tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post8187397291816605290..comments2023-11-05T04:21:59.388-08:00Comments on mad parade: Australia Day or Invasion Daybrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06254904706943167053noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-28458738510114501982010-01-16T12:35:28.275-08:002010-01-16T12:35:28.275-08:00PROOF!
There's good and bad in all.PROOF!<br /><br />There's good and bad in all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-1051172256129875392009-10-03T16:08:04.972-07:002009-10-03T16:08:04.972-07:00u r a fuckwit bruceu r a fuckwit bruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-65114106013258261232008-01-27T14:20:00.000-08:002008-01-27T14:20:00.000-08:00If it had been the Dutch or Spanish landing in Aus...If it had been the Dutch or Spanish landing in Australia well before the English they surely would have eradicated the aborigines beyond existence. Essentially no different to other "invasions" throughout history.<BR/>Any talk of sorry or compensation only brought up by "halfcasts" that evidently have the "best of both worlds". Being "white" when it suits them with only a slight interest in their ancestoral rootsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-49077344925417295752008-01-25T19:15:00.000-08:002008-01-25T19:15:00.000-08:00Here in Thailand the kids aren't taught much about...Here in Thailand the kids aren't taught much about the outside world, at school I like to add a couple introduce the kids to various cultures, yesterday Australia... taught them a couple of verses to 'Waltzing Matilda' and showed them 'dot painting' and explained how old aboriginal culture is....they had a ball.<BR/><BR/>Mate Thailand's a cheap place to visit... ever have the urge my door is always open.<BR/><BR/>cheers <BR/>bbrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254904706943167053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-16978524633906685362008-01-23T16:07:00.000-08:002008-01-23T16:07:00.000-08:00Bruce, we walk the same ground. We see the same su...Bruce, we walk the same ground. We see the same sunlight.<BR/><BR/>And some time we ought to share a few coldies and burn some tucker on a barbie.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>CobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-17508891980738818722008-01-23T08:17:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:17:00.000-08:00cob.....mate not offended... made me think..made m...cob.....mate not offended... made me think..made me ask questions of my beliefs....life is a learning process... I value your opinion, appreciate your contribution... definitely think of you as a friend.<BR/><BR/>thanks cob.<BR/><BR/>bbrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254904706943167053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-61602515832392637402008-01-23T08:14:00.000-08:002008-01-23T08:14:00.000-08:00hank thanks for the comments, wise and very apprie...hank thanks for the comments, wise and very apprieciated<BR/><BR/>bbrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06254904706943167053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-31834543506514335172008-01-22T14:47:00.000-08:002008-01-22T14:47:00.000-08:00G'day Bruce.Sorry to have offended. I'll shut up a...G'day Bruce.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to have offended. I'll shut up and upload some more historic Oz rock for the Maddies.<BR/><BR/>CobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868144579588071953.post-10412729979095334792008-01-22T12:18:00.000-08:002008-01-22T12:18:00.000-08:00Perhaps not for me as a non-Australian to comment,...Perhaps not for me as a non-Australian to comment, but it made for very interesting reading. It struck me how similar the attitudes and values of Australians (the figures you quoted) seem to be to those of Swedes. Although we don't go in for celebrating our national day much, probably because it's a pretty old country that never has been a colonised or occupied.<BR/>Sweden also has its indigenous population, the Laps, who also have been gravely mistreated in the not so very distant past.<BR/>The key concepts are, of course, recognition of injustices committed in the past and how those have affected and still affects the population, reconciliation, recognizing common values and looking forward.<BR/>And making the national day an occasion to do that seems a pretty good idea.<BR/>Like you said, people and peoples move around. Everybody comes from somewhere else originally. What matters most in the end is where you are and where you're going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com