Australia Day

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Odessa said:
I like this that's why I stated more public holidays have a Aboriginal day have an Australian day and have a say builders day a celebration of the people who help build Australia the Chinese that came for the gold rush the Italian and Greeks who came over in the 50s and 60s and the Slavs who did alot of work on the snowy mountains hydro
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Do you understand what indigenous means ?
And your comments, whilst obviously attempting to be funny, imo are lame.
 
Halbrowne61 said:
Do you understand what indigenous means ?
And your comments, whilst obviously attempting to be funny, imo are lame.
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Just for clarity’s sake , what’s your stance ? I’m reading your posts and struggling to put my finger on it … are you anti Australia Day ?
Also I don’t think it’s us and them at all ! I would say I have fairly nuanced opinion about it . I’m happy to change it if it’s going to include everyone . At the same time , it annoys me we have to pander to virtue signalling professional protesters, whilst also having no issue with indigenous folks with genuine concern .
I find people who claim that everything is black and white annoying also . I would say there’s a fair chunk of us happy to live in the grey , and formulate opinions based on rational and best idea wins .
 
Lestronge said:
Just for clarity’s sake , what’s your stance ? I’m reading your posts and struggling to put my finger on it … are you anti Australia Day ?
Also I don’t think it’s us and them at all ! I would say I have fairly nuanced opinion about it . I’m happy to change it if it’s going to include everyone . At the same time , it annoys me we have to pander to virtue signalling professional protesters, whilst also having no issue with indigenous folks with genuine concern .
I find people who claim that everything is black and white annoying also . I would say there’s a fair chunk of us happy to live in the grey , and formulate opinions based on rational and best idea wins .
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Ok , I’ll make it very simple for you L.
1. I love Australia Day, always have, and been celebrating for a very long time.
2. I hate how non indigenous Australians are being bombarded by all this indigenous “stuff” eg Invasion Day, Welcome to Country, Smoking Ceremonies. Imo it’s overkill.
3. I was simply putting forward an idea for them to have an Invasion Day gathering that doesn’t interfere with our celebration of Arrival Day, the same as the USA have for their Indigenous people. Then the Koombya people amongst us can support one, or both, of those days.
4. The older you get the more you hate grey, black and white ( pardon the pun) becomes much more in tune with your way of thinking. Imo the biggest issue we have is that good old common sense has gone out the window.
5. The lamb will be on my bbq on Friday, washed down with appropriate Aussie liquids.
And any Aussies are welcome to join me and my family to celebrate all the advances that have been made since the arrival of our British ancestors.
 
Ok , I’ll make it very simple for you L.
1. I love Australia Day, always have, and been celebrating for a very long time.
2. I hate how non indigenous Australians are being bombarded by all this indigenous “stuff” eg Invasion Day, Welcome to Country, Smoking Ceremonies. Imo it’s overkill.
3. I was simply putting forward an idea for them to have an Invasion Day gathering that doesn’t interfere with our celebration of Arrival Day, the same as the USA have for their Indigenous people. Then the Koombya people amongst us can support one, or both, of those days.
4. The older you get the more you hate grey, black and white ( pardon the pun) becomes much more in tune with your way of thinking. Imo the biggest issue we have is that good old common sense has gone out the window.
5. The lamb will be on my bbq on Friday, washed down with appropriate Aussie liquids.
And any Aussies are welcome to join me and my family to celebrate all the advances that have been made since the arrival of our British ancestors.
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How do you feel about singing the national anthem?
 
The only way to settle this and gain consensus is to move the date to October 2. The most sacred date on the Wests Tigers calendar.
 
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Halbrowne61 said:
Ok , I’ll make it very simple for you L.
1. I love Australia Day, always have, and been celebrating for a very long time.
2. I hate how non indigenous Australians are being bombarded by all this indigenous “stuff” eg Invasion Day, Welcome to Country, Smoking Ceremonies. Imo it’s overkill.
3. I was simply putting forward an idea for them to have an Invasion Day gathering that doesn’t interfere with our celebration of Arrival Day, the same as the USA have for their Indigenous people. Then the Koombya people amongst us can support one, or both, of those days.
4. The older you get the more you hate grey, black and white ( pardon the pun) becomes much more in tune with your way of thinking. Imo the biggest issue we have is that good old common sense has gone out the window.
5. The lamb will be on my bbq on Friday, washed down with appropriate Aussie liquids.
And any Aussies are welcome to join me and my family to celebrate all the advances that have been made since the arrival of our British ancestors.
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So is that two public holidays you’re suggesting? I’ll vote for that.
 
Enmore_Tiger said:
I think the culture war is deciding on and insisting Australia Day is celebrated 26 Jan. Can't those who want to honour that date have First Fleet Day or something actually related?
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We look at stuff differently, I guess.
The date was decide on nearly 100 years ago, and bar the last 3 or 4 years, has been patriotically celebrated. As it should be.
It's Australia day. Has been for 90+ years.
Hows about those that want to change it have their very own " Virtue signalling day " or some such.
Because before this new thing called virtue signalling became widespread among certain sections of the community, the vast, vast, vast majority celebrated many generations of all that is great about our country.
3 years vs 90 years.
Please tell me the date you propose for Australia Day that will not attract the same ferocity of opposition ?
 
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