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Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

lal-au0 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:10:36 GMT

opinions?

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

horizon1907 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:18:53 GMT

Yep. Too bloody Right. Big Day.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

lal-au0 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:25:11 GMT

i have an aussie flag and a german flag in the same size and could sew them together to make a nice dress but hubby said it's VERY bogun thing to do to which i replied "but oztrawlia IS bogun!".

after all it's the essence of aussie culture.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

mick590_1 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:41:09 GMT

Hope all you Aussies have a nice day, tomorrow 🙂

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

cmcoins2000 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:50:31 GMT

@mick590_1 wrote:
Hope all you Aussies have a nice day, tomorrow 🙂

Thank you.

I suppose it is our 'Thanks Giving'.

I hope everyone enjoys,

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

boris1gary — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:03:35 GMT

@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@mick590_1 wrote:
Hope all you Aussies have a nice day, tomorrow 🙂
Thank you.

I suppose it is our 'Thanks Giving'.

I hope everyone enjoys,

yes both celebrating genocide.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

j*oono — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:58:00 GMT

I'll be flying one but not wearing one. I will be the typical Aussie bogan and sport my tattoo. Temporary thank goodness.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

fourandsixpants — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:46:54 GMT

I won't be wearing my Australian flag tshirt tomorrow-in protest of this Federal Govt that we have at the sledging helm at present.

....and there's not much to celebrate if you are an indigenous Australian.

I would imagine anyway going by:

The former ACT Australian of the Year Dr Tom Calma is urging all Australians to reflect on what the 26th of January means to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Dr Tom Calma has urged Australians to consider what January 26 means for Indigenous Australians.

Many Indigenous people choose to mourn or not celebrate Australia Day, preferring to call it 'Invasion Day' or 'Survival Day'.

"Some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are quite comfortable to use it as a day of celebration," said Dr Tom Calma."Others want to see it as a day of mourning, a day of sorrow, a day where we can help educate the rest of the community about us."

According to the Kungarakan and Iwaidja man, Australia Day is an opportunity to learn about Australia's pre-colonial history.

"It's not the birth of the nation, because the nation was well and truly here 40,000 to 60,000 years before Captain Cook proclaimed Australia as a colony of Britain".

"Australia, as a continent, was never ceded but it was actually forcefully taken through the doctrine of terra nullius. It meant that we as Aboriginal people couldn't exert our rights as the first peoples of this nation."

Dr Calma, who is also the co-chair of Reconciliation Australia, says discrimination and racism began on January 26, 1788 and has continued to this day..........

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/01/23/reflect-what-january-26-means-indigenous-aussies-calma

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

dwilke33 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:50:22 GMT

Happy Australia Day tomorrow to all my friends down under. 🙂

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

jds_noise — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:52:48 GMT

This how you really fly the flag! Happy OZ day!

I thought about posting this image upside down so that y'all could enjoy it properly.......

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:24:41 GMT

Proud to wear my 'Strine lapel pin........

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag today?

icyfroth — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:14:23 GMT

too right!

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

lurker172602 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:20:24 GMT

There was a young man wearing the flag as a cape in the cafe where we had lunch yesterday. We all thought it was very inappropriate. Your national flag is not an item of clothing.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

gkam2 — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 22:56:04 GMT

@boris1gary wrote:
@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@mick590_1 wrote:
Hope all you Aussies have a nice day, tomorrow 🙂
Thank you.

I suppose it is our 'Thanks Giving'.

I hope everyone enjoys,
yes both celebrating genocide.

And yet you are still here.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

dellynt — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 23:23:34 GMT

@aintsw007 wrote:
I won't be wearing my Australian flag tshirt tomorrow-in protest of this Federal Govt that we have at the sledging helm at pesent.

Get over it.... where would they be if the english hadnt come
Still running around throwing spears at each other and living Iin bark huts and they wouldnt have progressed or advanced one bit...

Now if the spanish or portuguese got here first what would it be like for them...if any were left alive

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

bluecat*dancing — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:40:03 GMT

I look forward to the day when Australia Day is a celebration for ALL Australians. Hopefully, the date will change once we become a Republic or when the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are finally recognised in the constitution. Or, even simply because it is the right thing to do.

I am glad that my forebears came to Australia and feel fortunate that I call this country home but celebrating the beginning of the disenfranchisement and genocide of the traditional custodians of this land is something that I find hard to do.

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

boris1gary — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:52:12 GMT

@gkam2 wrote:
@boris1gary wrote:
@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@mick590_1 wrote:
Hope all you Aussies have a nice day, tomorrow 🙂
Thank you.

I suppose it is our 'Thanks Giving'.

I hope everyone enjoys,
yes both celebrating genocide.
And yet you are still here.

and your point is?

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

boris1gary — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:58:49 GMT

nothing like a day of celebrating genocide for bringing out the racists and bigots. Wonder how many are getting drunk while wearing their made in China Australia Day tat while mumbling how much they hate China...lol.

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Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

dellynt — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:03:10 GMT

@boris1gary wrote:
@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@mick590_1 wrote:
Hope all you Aussies have a nice day, tomorrow 🙂
Thank you.

I suppose it is our 'Thanks Giving'.

I hope everyone enjoys,
yes both celebrating genocide.

As you dislike our country so much and our way of life and history why do you continue to live here boris..... lots of good socialist countries you could move to..... Including bankrupt greece now.

or is our welfare system to good to leave?

Re: Wearing the Aussie flag tomorrow?

boris1gary — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 05:23:35 GMT

so does this mean when the LyingNP lose the next election you will be leaving?