Aus Day

[sea_wolf]

I know it's been ages since I've posted and I will post a more detailed update soon, but I just felt a need to hop on and post my take on Australia DayFirst off, whatever you did I hope you had a great time. Mostly though I'm posting this in response to the people who've decided to call it "Invasion Day" and have a hand-wringing experience about it

Comments

[rome_o]

let me clarify.

I have no objection to celbrating the good points of australia, but on a less offensive date than one which promotes the assumption civilsation began when the white settlers arrived.

[rome_o]

Also, let me note that neither I, nor Kitty, nor anyone else had a "miserable old time of it" by expressing that we think its a poorly chosen and offensive date.

[sea_wolf]

Well, you and Kitty were far from the loudest voices on this particular issue. After all, some people thought this was an issue worthy of Flag burning.

But I think the date is largely irrelevant, most of the people complaining on this issue don't really care about the date all that much anyway, it's the issue they want aired (ie that white settlement committed atrocities) and they'd do that regardless of the date. It just happens to be handy that the celebration is the date of settlement, rather than say the date of Federation.

But at any rate, there's no doubting that for better or for worse this date certainly marked a major transformation in this wide brown land and so it seems fitting to mark it, it's just up to us if we choose to see the good things, rather than the bad that have happened since that massive transformation.

[snowfoxx]

You neglected to mention the hordes of half naked bronzed Aussies aimlessly wandering the streets beating their chests, kicking the footy and wrestling over the last cold stubby ......?? AS WELL as every ute in extistance having the Aussie flag flying with full colours. :o)~