Play Nice Random Chat Thread VI

[Intothewind]

Floating Public Holiday on the Monday (4th Monday in Jan, if not popular have in third week of Jan)
NAIDOC Day (Public Holiday) in 1st week of August, NAIDOC week follows
Optional: Don’t call Jan holiday Australia Day

Yep krakouers probably would prefer all of those dates you suggest. I'd just hate to see as change the date and not do what's really required.

 

[krakouers]

Yep krakouers probably would prefer all of those dates you suggest. I'd just hate to see as change the date and not do what's really required.

I personally don’t think anything we on here can think of that solves the issue, even this is a cop out, but I firmly believe we are getting closer to being a republic and 26th Jan not being Aust day

 

[The acurate one]

goodness me a pair of second hand chrome hearts sunglasses $1400.00 .
what is the world coming to?

 

[Samsquanch]

goodness me a pair of second hand chrome hearts sunglasses $1400.00 .
what is the world coming to?



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But it will increase your "self esteem" by $2800.

A trip to Bangkok, $12 USD at the market and you get the same kick plus a holiday.

 

[Ligma]

Why is this Liverpool accent kinda hot HAHAHA it’s so catchy


Sim in a burgnher

 

[Val Keating]

Honestly don’t know why it’s so hard to change the date. Jan 26th is nothing to be proud of for Australians.

It’s a day for British colonialism. There’s nothing at all for us to be proud of.

A lot of Australians are descended from convicts sent here by the crown, or are descended from people migrated later to find a better life.

And obviously it’s very offensive to indigenous Australians who had the land taken from them.

Honestly at a loss as to why people want to hang onto this day as our day of “National pride” when there’s absolutely nothing for Aussies to be proud of. Nothing. It’s inevitable that it gets changed. The sooner the better.

 

[Ligma]

The reality of being a young teen who goes for north

 

[Makeshift Park]

Honestly don’t know why it’s so hard to change the date. Jan 26th is nothing to be proud of for Australians.

It’s a day for British colonialism. There’s nothing at all for us to be proud of.

A lot of Australians are descended from convicts sent here by the crown, or are descended from people migrated later to find a better life.

And obviously it’s very offensive to indigenous Australians who had the land taken from them.

Honestly at a loss as to why people want to hang onto this day as our day of “National pride” when there’s absolutely nothing for Aussies to be proud of. Nothing. It’s inevitable that it gets changed. The sooner the better.

yep, totally. But also, none of our public holidays - aside from Anzac Day and Labor Day - represent anything that we should be proud of as a people, and so this line of argument for protecting Australia Day has always seemed disingenuous.

We should just be upfront and say “we need a late summer holiday because we are a hedonistic people who like sun and beaches and cricket and cooking food outside and extended periods of public holidays”

 

[ferball]

Biden just called a reporter a stupid son of a b*tch. If that was trump pelosi would be voting to impeach.

I agree, but only if he didn't follow up with "Get me a drink!"

 

[ferball]

Just like it's not Donald's fault that Jr is a coke head, I suppose.

Not sure what your angle is here, there's no way that Biden gets better press treatment than Trump did. He just does fewer offensive things.

I reckon Donald gave Jr his first lines when he was about 10.

 

[the big lebowski]

yep, totally. But also, none of our public holidays - aside from Anzac Day and Labor Day - represent anything that we should be proud of as a people, and so this line of argument for protecting Australia Day has always seemed disingenuous.

We should just be upfront and say “we need a late summer holiday because we are a hedonistic people who like sun and beaches and cricket and cooking food outside and extended periods of public holidays”

Putting aside the date, don’t you think the Australia that we live in today, built by all the people before us, should be celebrated?

 

[ferball]

I thought the club's Australia Day message this year was thoughtful and nuanced.

Its days like this I'm tempted to check Tef's twitter feed.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Putting aside the date, don’t you think the Australia that we live in today, built by all the people before us, should be celebrated?

Absolutely.
Without a seconds doubt.

 

[ferball]

Important and insightful. Which, imo, makes the statement from earlier in the day all the more bizarre. Better of posting nothing earlier and the Kyron video as a statement in and of itself.

The club let a blackfella say what he thinks about it all.

That's better than some paternalistic platitude imo. Anyway happy Invasion Day!

 

[AnEmptyChair]

The club let a blackfella say what he thinks about it all.

That's better than some paternalistic platitude imo. Anyway happy Invasion Day!

Agreed. I would have not released the statement and only posted Kyron's video today. I think it would have been far more powerful.

 

[Sillygit]

I agree, but only if he didn't follow up with "Get me a drink!"

Damn fine song

 

[ferball]

Putting aside the date, don’t you think the Australia that we live in today, built by all the people before us, should be celebrated?

**** celebrating it, how about defending it. We live in a police state that's no longer concerned with a fair go. While we're at it make some real efforts at reconciliation etc.

Furthermore:

Honestly don’t know why it’s so hard to change the date. Jan 26th is nothing to be proud of for Australians.

It’s a day for British colonialism. There’s nothing at all for us to be proud of.

A lot of Australians are descended from convicts sent here by the crown, or are descended from people migrated later to find a better life.

And obviously it’s very offensive to indigenous Australians who had the land taken from them.

Honestly at a loss as to why people want to hang onto this day as our day of “National pride” when there’s absolutely nothing for Aussies to be proud of. Nothing. It’s inevitable that it gets changed. The sooner the better.

We still treat this place like a colony. We sell out shit off to foreign owned corporations for a pittance, we trash our national heritage in the process and we've turned into a nation of tight-arsed, obsequious, chicken shit cowards this century. So its kind of fitting that we celebrate the day a foreign power invaded our homeland so it could steal our shit and dump its problems here as everything that's good about the place.

 

[Caracas]

The reality of being a young teen who goes for north
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Now you’re just boasting…


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Ligma]

Now you’re just boasting…


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Last night I had a * fan tell me we had another 15 years development and he played for our Werribee VFL team LOL

 

[Makeshift Park]

fu** celebrating it, how about defending it. We live in a police state that's no longer concerned with a fair go. While we're at it make some real efforts at reconciliation etc.

Furthermore:



We still treat this place like a colony. We sell out sh*t off to foreign owned corporations for a pittance, we trash our national heritage in the process and we've turned into a nation of tight-arsed, obsequious, chicken sh*t cowards this century. So its kind of fitting that we celebrate the day a foreign power invaded our homeland so it could steal our sh*t and dump its problems here as everything that's good about the place.

Grievances aside…

2nd country to introduce national women’s suffrage
Very strong candidate for worlds best parliamentary and election systems
A pluralistic and secular society
A stunning diversity of natural beauty in a country almost as big as Europe but with about a third the population of the UK
You don’t have to bankrupt yourself to study or go to hospital
An outstanding (if imperfect) balance between relatively high minimum wages vs economic freedom and strong entrepreneurial culture
We’ve invented cool gear like WIFI and cochlear implants
Awesome natural produce gives us some of the best building blocks for great food
as multicultural as much of Europe but with less radicalised politics as a result

I reckon there’s a lot to be grateful for myself, mate.

 

[Samsquanch]

Grievances aside…

We’ve invented cool gear like WIFI and cochlear implants

Also Hill's Hoist, Victa Lawnmowers and the automotive differential. Oh, and the black box.

 

[krakouers]

Grievances aside…

2nd country to introduce national women’s suffrage
Very strong candidate for worlds best parliamentary and election systems
A pluralistic and secular society
A stunning diversity of natural beauty in a country almost as big as Europe but with about a third the population of the UK
You don’t have to bankrupt yourself to study or go to hospital
An outstanding (if imperfect) balance between relatively high minimum wages vs economic freedom and strong entrepreneurial culture
We’ve invented cool gear like WIFI and cochlear implants
Awesome natural produce gives us some of the best building blocks for great food
as multicultural as much of Europe but with less radicalised politics as a result

I reckon there’s a lot to be grateful for myself, mate.

Hang on... you missed something bloody obvious... particularly on this website

 

[Makeshift Park]

Oh, you’re right.

Gave birth to the best goddamn club of any sports league in the universe

 

[Tectonic]

Also Hill's Hoist, Victa Lawnmowers and the automotive differential. Oh, and the black box.

Ultrasound

 

[goalieboy82]

Coach Emeritus Scamper from today: