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THE forced removal of children from Aboriginal families has been included in an international compilation of genocide events, reviving the controversy about the use of the term to describe the Stolen Generations.
@izabsmiling wrote:
@amalan11 wrote:Its strange I think it may be a coordinated campaign as im in Sydney and Capt cook cottage is Melbourne .Yesterday I saw the back wall in the carpark of Tempe station has much the same kind of thing with very similar wording ,and I heard on the news that it was also being cleaned off in I think Sans Souci near me
it's possible ?
Campaigners call for Melbourne memorial to executed Aborigines to rival status of Captain Cook's cottage
21 January 2014
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/campaigners-call-for-melbourne-memorial-to-executed-aborigines-to-...
In 1841 Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner and three indigenous women stole guns, and in a six week, guerilla-style campaign against authorities in the Dandenongs and the Mornington Peninsula, burnt and stole from houses and killed two whalers.
Hardly pillars of the aboriginal community. There must be better examples that they could use for a memorial.
There is lot more to be done, words alone aren't enough. If someone punches me in the face, say's sorry, then does it again...well I think you get my point.
As for the anarchists, not a supporter in any way, shape or form and i certainly don't agree with silly, childish act's of vandalism.
Icy, I don't disagree with your disapproval of the act of graffitti and vandalism ....wherever it happens and whoever does it .
and re Australia Day . I agree with much of this article 
Patriotism has its ugly side. But Australia Day offers genuine opportunities to celebrate success and togetherness, too.
...A patriot is committed, of course, to the proposition that nations can determine who they admit into their membership. But this gives no licence for the demonisation of those who don't look like ''one of us''. It is no excuse for the callous treatment of those who breach no law in seeking sanctuary from persecution. We must not underestimate the potential consequences of invoking fear - or, as has been happening lately, employing the language of war.
It's not just that such language runs counter to the spirit of Australia's moral and legal obligations as a liberal democratic nation. Playing on fear and manufacturing martial anxiety also feeds a nasty xenophobia - one that may be difficult to contain. Not everyone makes a distinction between an asylum seeker, a refugee, a skilled migrant, a second-generation Australian, or an indigenous Australian. If we're not careful, we could end up contaminating our social cohesion and racial harmony.
There may be a time in the future when we have an opportunity to forge a new national day, free of the ambivalence that accompanies Australia Day. But for now, January 26 is it. Let's use it as an occasion to celebrate our achievements and reflect on the things that we share as Australians.
Let's also use it to ask whether our country is living up to the best of its traditions. In the words of one patriot, ''My country, right or wrong: if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.''
Tim Soutphommasane is federal Race Discrimination Commissioner and a board member of the National Australia Day Council. This is an edited extract of his Australia Day Address in Hobart tonight.
