• Why I am not proud to be an Australian.
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Well, I live in South Australia, it’s a nice place full of trees and big national parks, the people for the most part are friendly and the beaches are beautiful when they aren’t clogged with little screaming kids. But once a year we have this day, Australia Day, it happens on the 26th of January and is the anniversary of the first fleet landing at Sydney cove back in 1788… it is also the day that us white people invaded the Great and bountiful Australian Outback and started killing it’s Indigenous people. Now days Australian Day is a day for having a BBQ or going to the beach and swimming in the cool waters, people run around with big Australian Flags on their chests or over their backs, Cars have little flags out the windows and people love sticking those tattoos on their cheeks… I don’t… I think it is totally wrong what people do, celebrate a day that we destroyed a Race of people and destroyed their land, the Australian Outback used to have hundreds of thousands of Indigenous Australian living all over it, now they are living in outback shanty towns with no power, heating or medical care. They are abused by people for being Different and the police do nothing about it, there are some that aren’t but they are usually not fully Indigenous, half Australian Half not, I have nothing against this. I am also Troubled by this: [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/800px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png[/IMG] This flag is wrong... When this man was in power: [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Image-Howard2003upr.JPG/225px-Image-Howard2003upr.JPG[/IMG] (This is also the man who though apologising to the Indigenous australian 200 years later would help.) The country had a Referendum, Choose separate from the Commonwealth or stay with them... He made the voting card himself and the yes vote was a 300 word long statement and the no vote was the same so people just chose the first one because they couldn't be bothered reading it, the vote came in "no" we stayed part of the Commonwealth. Afterwards newspapers around the country took votes and 75% said they want to be out of the commonwealth. These days you get all these people (usually on Australia day) complaining about "Why would we want to change the flag?" Well it's got this huge ass Union Jack in the corner that’s says we want to be part of the commonwealth! We don't! We need a flag change! I don't want some flag that says "I'm part of the commonwealth of Briton!" (Nothing against you, I’m just not British). The Australian Flag at the moment shows that we were part of a huge group of people that took over a small community of people and killed them for their land the Australian flag should look like this: [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Australian_Aboriginal_Flag.svg/750px-Australian_Aboriginal_Flag.svg.png[/IMG] [U][B]THIS IS THE REAL AUSTRALIAN FLAG![/B][/U] I think I have ranted enough… Discuss?
I agree with you mostly, but we're past the racism towards the Indigenous people. It's just most of them aren't even trying to contribute to society. I hate our flag and national anthem as well. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - TH89))[/highlight]
You ungrateful fucker. We made you and this is how you treat us?! edit; by us I mean the queen god save her
Well, at least having the British flag inside your flag makes it look more classy.
I pretty much agree with everything you have said OP, we need independence and Aboriginals need to be treated as par to the rest of us. :C Also what the fuck, you're from Australia Muffin?
Hate to point this out to you guys but a portion of Australian teens are being racist to Asian people. That's what I've heard. Plus the government have heavy censorship on violent video games and the internet.
Yep and not proud of it.
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;20154795]Yep and not proud of it.[/QUOTE] I'm in the same boat with you there man. [editline]9:22PM[/editline] There's a phantom rater afoot, and he likes crosses.
Those who rate dumb do not understand the situation Australia is facing right now.
[QUOTE=BCell;20154790]Hate to point this out to you guys but a portion of Australian teens are being racist to Asian people. That's what I've heard. Plus the government have heavy censorship on violent video games and the internet.[/QUOTE] Yeah. But also take into account that a portion of Australian teens are a bunch of bigot derros.
Australia Day sounds a lot like America's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_day]Columbus Day[/url].
What Australia needs is a proper reform. Maybe the flag do need to change. Other British colonies like Singapore, Malaysia and India have long abandoned their colonial British flag. It is time that Australia and New Zealand do the same.
I hate Australia sometimes.
We should just nuke ourselves
Who here is australian?
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;20154914]Who here is australian?[/QUOTE] <--- South Australian too
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;20154914]Who here is australian?[/QUOTE] Quite a few people I would imagine by the posts. Including myself ofcourse.
Aussi Meet up?
I'm british and still think you need your own original flag, though not the one the OP made
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;20154943]Aussi Meet up?[/QUOTE] Only if we chilled in WA. I currently have no car or drivers license.
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;20154943]Aussi Meet up?[/QUOTE] Why? To get together and celebrate how not proud we are to be Australian? [editline]12:07AM[/editline] [QUOTE=worm;20154949]Only if we chilled in WA. I currently have no car or drivers license.[/QUOTE] People live in WA?
WA here, rockingham rep. Na and John Howard actually refused to apologize to the abo's because the way he saw it was he was not around when the abuse was happening to them and therefore he was not part of it.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;20154955]People live in WA?[/QUOTE] Shocking isn't it? [editline]9:43PM[/editline] [QUOTE=bigdan;20154985]WA here, rockingham rep.[/quote] Yeah, bro. You live near K-Town ay?
[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/96965i.gif[/IMG] This should be the flag, much more badass and its not racist.
[QUOTE=WilloTheWisp;20154944]I'm british and still think you need your own original flag, though not the one the OP made[/QUOTE] Thats the Aborigional Flag You dumbo. [QUOTE=MisterMooth;20154955]Why? To get together and celebrate how not proud we are to be Australian?[/QUOTE] To socialise.
I hate the Abo flag. Besides if England didn't take it, the Chinese would have got it. I'm not proud because we're a small nation that no one pays attention to, our laws allow americans to sue us (fucking corporations), infrastructure is crap, 75% of the land is useless dirt and we need more money. But anyway, I'm thinking of moving to another country. Why would I be proud to be born on the pile of dirt I now live on? It's just a location anyway. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - TH89))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=CertainDOOM;20155086]I hate the Abo flag. Besides if England didn't take it, the Chinese would have got it. I'm not proud because we're a small nation that no one pays attention to, our laws allow americans to sue us (fucking corporations), infrastructure is crap, 75% of the land is useless dirt and we need more money. But anyway, I'm thinking of moving to another country. Why would I be proud to be born on the pile of dirt I now live on? It's just a location anyway.[/QUOTE] No the Chineese have been coming here for years... way befor the English... The Dutch would have taken it if the Brits didn't.
[QUOTE=CertainDOOM;20155086]I hate the Abo flag. Besides if England didn't take it, the Chinese would have got it. I'm not proud because we're a small nation that no one pays attention to, our laws allow americans to sue us (fucking corporations), infrastructure is crap, 75% of the land is useless dirt and we need more money. But anyway, I'm thinking of moving to another country. Why would I be proud to be born on the pile of dirt I now live on? It's just a location anyway.[/QUOTE] What are you serious? Holy shit my friend you need to go backpacking.
But I like Australia and its flag.. :saddowns: If no one bothered reading the yes vote on the referendum, they obviously couldn't really care unless they're lazy bastards.
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;20154645] These days you get all these people (usually on Australia day) complaining about "Why would we want to change the flag?" Well it's got this huge ass Union Jack in the corner that&#8217;s says we want to be part of the commonwealth! We don't! We need a flag change! I don't want some flag that says "I'm part of the commonwealth of Briton!" (Nothing against you, I&#8217;m just not British). The Australian Flag at the moment shows that we were part of a huge group of people that took over a small community of people and killed them for their land the Australian flag should look like this: *insert pictoor here* [U][B]THIS IS THE REAL AUSTRALIAN FLAG![/B][/U] I think I have ranted enough&#8230; Discuss?[/QUOTE] Oh hai. I live in Canada, was born here. Get that fucking queen off our damn money. In short, Agree'd.
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