Tucker
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100%.
There’s no need for that garbage.
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There’s no need for that garbage.
Odessa
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Mate you don't know what's planned starting tomorrow according to some
The Three Days of Darkness is an eschatological prophecy of future events, held by some to be true. The prophecy foretells three days and nights of "an intense darkness"[1] over the whole earth, against which the only light will come from blessed beeswax candles, and during which "all the enemies of the Church ... will perish.
It's said to start 27 January 2024
Todd Packer
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Who ever expected that the random date in the distant future that was picked would actually arrive?
Winston Churchill
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Ask 95 % of that crowd what any of those signs, placards etc mean and all you will hear is "dunno, someone handed it to me"
Odessa
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A guy who was a made saint died in 1961 gave that date
Enmore_Tiger
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The true answer to that might explode your brain haha. Great question though.
Different people have different feelings about things. It seems we cling to the 'facts' that resonate with how we feel.
Today my offering to a national day is to accept people have different feelings and opinions. Respect, no name calling, no pile on.
Has anyone here engaged in this discussion actually changed their position on the day after reading someone else's different position? I'd be interested to know?
Winston Churchill
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Doubt it, those with the wrong position rarely change their mind, its too rusted on.
weststigers
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weststigers
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I'll summarise. He called everyone a boomer. Newsflash @Kaito I'm not a boomer and not every young person shares your view either. The views on Australia Day are not generational.
Go_You_Good_Things
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I'm surprised that you see an inequality . . . a practical, genuine disadvantage between those that were allowed to vote and those that were allowed, but not forced to vote. There can be a virtue found in there if you look hard enough, of course . . . .
I don't know the stats on non voting in remote areas, indigenous or not.
Kaito
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Haha, I also apologised for upsetting anyone
in the last paragraph. I think it is generational
TBH. Older timers care more about it than the
younger demographic. Will take a generation
or 3 for them to wean out & 2 decouple from
the old way of thinking. Australia is very different
now to what it was 50, let alone 300+ years ago.
Go_You_Good_Things
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Great post Winston.
An interesting side note, maybe even more so for one in your field.
Today at our Australia day bbq, we had some of our son's ( 25 yr old ) mates join us.
Amongst beers, lamb and discussions . . when I mentioned the "stolen generation" and the intentions of the "system" at the time . . in the light of the abuse and associated problems from alcohol, etc . . . they all looked at me like I was from another planet. They were all totally unaware of any of the reasons many of them kids were removed from their family. They all thought . . . again, 25 year olds . . that the government just rode into the settlements and rounded up the kids.
When I told them it's basically no different to Child Protection Services that exist today, they were all stunned. Their schooling had forgotten to mention the reasoning behind the stolen generation, and how it was deemed in the best interests of the kids. By the norms of society at the time.
To be fair, everybody seems to gloss over it. Might not be the stuff folks are proud of, but it happened.
We are pounded by what happened in other issues, but this is Mr Sheened away. History is history. The good, the bad and the ugly. Unless of course for the woke.
Kaito
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Will be good 2 celebrate Australia day when we
become a Republic & stop our bloody dependence
on America & Europe. Would be nice to think
autonomously for once & not be dragged into
geopolitical wars that have nothing 2 do with
us - we're too far, & unique as a nation to keep
fighting wars that aren't ours. Pisses me off smh
become a Republic & stop our bloody dependence
on America & Europe. Would be nice to think
autonomously for once & not be dragged into
geopolitical wars that have nothing 2 do with
us - we're too far, & unique as a nation to keep
fighting wars that aren't ours. Pisses me off smh
Ur dreaming, u think us becoming a republic we will not get dragged into wars . So we say no to the USA or The BRITISH, then a couple of years down the track the Chinese attack us and we ask them to help us , the answer would be f***** off , then we end up speaking Chinese, u really need to think before writing crap 💩
I agree mate but I doubt I’ll see a republic in my time but I hope you do. The date we become a republic would, I think, be a sensible new date for Australia Day.
Buttface
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Wow, inspirational stuff, sorry I couldn’t read them all.
Happy Oz Day everyone.
Happy Oz Day everyone.
Buttface
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I thought this thread needed a bit of a sing along.
weststigers
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I know many people in their 20's who strongly disagree with your take.
Maybe your sample size is your mates? It's sad you hate your homeland so much. I wouldn't want to be fighting next to you in the trenches.
Odessa
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Yes or no answer
dazza65
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Just a short note to the few simps and white knights on here. I don’t celebrate “invasion“ or “first fleet day” - I celebrate Australia Day, for Australia, as it is now. Despite what some people may think, I, along with many others, don’t celebrate the arrival of the first fleet. We don’t sit around regaling ourselves with tales of English seafaring and Empire, colonisation and Ricketts. I celebrate living in the best country in the world in my opinion. A country which welcomes all and a country where anyone can get ahead with hard work, with or without government assistance, regardless of your background. If the Govt someday changes the day, fine I’ll go with that. In the meantime, there is a million things to worry about both locally and overseas. A date (that many indigenous don’t care about either) is irrelevant. Haven’t had one indigenous person articulate any reason why this would magically fix anything in the here and now and be anything other than “feels” and a tick box before moving onto what the activists decide is the next ridiculous cause to protest In our incredibly racist country.
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