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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => News and Politics => Topic started by: ninwa on January 25, 2009, 06:45:39 pm

Title: move Australia Day?
Post by: ninwa on January 25, 2009, 06:45:39 pm

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24960574-1243,00.html

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RON Barassi has called for Australia Day to be moved to May to commemorate the day Aborigines were given equal citizenship rights.

He said it was wrong to celebrate the day of the European invasion of Australia when "we took" this land from Aborigines.

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: Eriny on January 25, 2009, 09:41:26 pm

I don't know. Isn't the point of Australia to deny all the more questionable times in its history and pretend that nothing bad ever happened?

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: IntoTheNewWorld on January 25, 2009, 10:41:44 pm

Political correctness can be taken to the extreme. But how do we define the extreme?

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: costargh on January 26, 2009, 12:35:44 am

Quote from: SmRandmAzn on January 25, 2009, 10:41:44 pm

Political correctness can be taken to the extreme. But how do we define the extreme?

You apply it on a case by case basis. There is no need for a general definition that attempts to please every situation.

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: excal on January 26, 2009, 03:15:38 am

Or we can have another public holiday =D

Win/win, I say.

(exclude all economic arguments on this one, not meant to be taken seriously)

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: mark_alec on January 26, 2009, 10:13:28 am

Don't like the idea.

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: bubble sunglasses on January 26, 2009, 10:16:44 am

    A critique of Thanksgiving [somewhat parallel to Australia Day]
  http://www.vernoncoleman.com/americanthanksg.htm

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: hard on January 27, 2009, 02:27:40 pm

nah january is the best time imo. It's usually hot at this time and students are on holidays at this time of year.
  may sux. plus may is close to the mid years.

Title: Re: move Australia Day?
Post by: mypurpleundercracka on January 27, 2009, 02:48:23 pm

a solution to gaining another public holiday - http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Q36-9UUQE