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Australia Day Poll
- Thread starter Rosy
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Brodders17 said:
Not particularly. Why do you ask me that? My posts indicate dates aren't important to me. I'd feel the same if there was a push to change Christmas Day from the 25th because not everyone is Christian. I just don't see it as addressing the problems. It would be like bandaids on an amputation going by the recent angst and comments. Far more important issues at hand than dates imo.
Do you agree with calls to abolish Australia Day celebrations altogether rather than change the date? What about changing the name of our country because it wasn't originally called Australia? What would those things solve?
The past will never change. We can all work towards a better future though. Sadly sometimes improvement needs to come from within too. There are a lot of negative messages and insults and accusations being hurled around.
Problem solved by becoming a republic and celebrating this day instead. New flag and hopefully a decent new anthem.
It will potentially also make It easier to acknowledge and recognise our dark history.
It will potentially also make It easier to acknowledge and recognise our dark history.
rosy3 said:
i asked you because in your original posts you said you think the date should stay the same. you then said the date was irrelevant.
i dont think anyone is suggesting changing the date Australia Day is celebrated will lead to instant drastic change in the living conditions of Indigenous Australians, but it doesnt need to. it is not one or the other. The date can be changed while attempts are made to make change on the ground.
celebrating the day Cook landed and decided Sydney would be a good place for a penal colony, which led to the slaughter of thousands of Indigenous Australians offends many people, and not just Indigenous Australians.
suggesting changing the date is in any way similar to change the name of our country is nonsense, as is comparing changing the date of Australia Day to changing the date of Christmas. Australia Day has been celebrated on Jan 26 across the country for about 20 years. the comparison is about as useful as many of those used in the marriage equality debate.
Brodders17 said:
Yep. I don't see the point in changing it at the moment. It's just a number that many have differing opinions about. It's not the main issue as far as I see it.
Do you agree with easy's comment that I was actually responding to in my post you quoted that the date is a red herring?
Brodders17 said:
Gay marriage (another red herring) was more about equal rights and opportunities. Do you think having Australia day on Jan 26th results in inequality and lack of opportunity, and if so in what way?
your complaining about white australians telling you what indigenous australians think while you tell us what indigenous australians think.tigertim said:
rosy3 said:
no i dont agree the date is a red herring. it is an issue, and one that can be easily addressed without any loss.
i am not comparing the 'change to date' issue to the 'marriage equality' issue, i am comparing your link to changing the date Australia Day is celebrated to changing Christmas Day to those who linked allowing gay people to marry to allowing people to marry animals or polygamy. both are/were totally irrelevant to the debate at hand.
You're stretching it a bit there but so be it.Brodders17 said:
I was commenting (complaining is your term) that many entitled white folk keep telling "us" what the indigenous feel and what's best for them whilst noting that I had only heard from a handful of indigenous who were equally for and against changing the date.
No irony there.
Whilst I’m just a racist white guy I was unimpressed with these comments:
“F--- Australia, hope it f-----g burns to the ground,” Invasion Day organiser Tarneen Onus-Williams said. “If you celebrate Australia Day, f---er, you’re celebrating the death of my ancestors.
“F--- Australia, hope it f-----g burns to the ground,” Invasion Day organiser Tarneen Onus-Williams said. “If you celebrate Australia Day, f---er, you’re celebrating the death of my ancestors.
Went to Yarrawonga for Aust Day celebrations and it was a breath of fresh air to see our Aussie pride rejoiced without political/minority crap. Beer, music, river, Aussie flag flying proudly. Get stuffed complaining minority and non appreciative foreigners, plenty of other countries for you to go and ruin
tigertim said:
i dont think it only you white supremacist, black haters who disagree with those comments.
rosy3 said:
I was saddened to hear that. The f**k Australia comments were disgusting. change the date yes, but don't remove the day.
MB78 said:
its not true. This land would have been settled by someone else if it wasn't the British. doesn't mean we should have the day this country was settled should be a day of celebration. how many countries do that?
