Happy Australia Day
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Thank you. It's good to have a day to celebrate this awesome country. It's my adopted home and it's an amazing place to call home. A land of freedom and diversity.
But ...
Without judging other people's connection to this holiday, I will say I respect the feelings that many indigenous Australians have about this day, which to many is a day that celebrates a colonial invasion and the beginning of a cultural genocide.
So I'm taking up a suggestion I read which is to take a moment today to connect with the fact that most of us Australians benefit because of the loss that our indigenous brothers and sisters have suffered.
And today I am consciously acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which I am lucky to live.
Peace to all Aussies. And everyone on SR.
But ...
Without judging other people's connection to this holiday, I will say I respect the feelings that many indigenous Australians have about this day, which to many is a day that celebrates a colonial invasion and the beginning of a cultural genocide.
So I'm taking up a suggestion I read which is to take a moment today to connect with the fact that most of us Australians benefit because of the loss that our indigenous brothers and sisters have suffered.
And today I am consciously acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which I am lucky to live.
Peace to all Aussies. And everyone on SR.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,373
Well, I deliberately chose my avatar to try and be inclusive today 
I'd like the date changed too to a day that means something positive and meaningful for all Australians rather than just first European settlement - maybe it will happen in my lifetime maybe not - but today here on SR I really just want to wish everyone a happy sober and good long weekend.
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I'd like the date changed too to a day that means something positive and meaningful for all Australians rather than just first European settlement - maybe it will happen in my lifetime maybe not - but today here on SR I really just want to wish everyone a happy sober and good long weekend.
D
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,185
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!
and Happy Birthday SnoozyQ!
Best wishes to my uncle who claims he lives in the worst town in Australia
(FYI he lives in Cooktown) I have never visited Oz, something I really should rectify.
and Happy Birthday SnoozyQ!
Best wishes to my uncle who claims he lives in the worst town in Australia
(FYI he lives in Cooktown) I have never visited Oz, something I really should rectify.
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Derbyshire Dales, UK.
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Originally Posted by MissPerfumado 
Thank you. It's good to have a day to celebrate this awesome country. It's my adopted home and it's an amazing place to call home. A land of freedom and diversity.
But ...
Without judging other people's connection to this holiday, I will say I respect the feelings that many indigenous Australians have about this day, which to many is a day that celebrates a colonial invasion and the beginning of a cultural genocide.
So I'm taking up a suggestion I read which is to take a moment today to connect with the fact that most of us Australians benefit because of the loss that our indigenous brothers and sisters have suffered.
And today I am consciously acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which I am lucky to live.
Peace to all Aussies. And everyone on SR.
But ...
Without judging other people's connection to this holiday, I will say I respect the feelings that many indigenous Australians have about this day, which to many is a day that celebrates a colonial invasion and the beginning of a cultural genocide.
So I'm taking up a suggestion I read which is to take a moment today to connect with the fact that most of us Australians benefit because of the loss that our indigenous brothers and sisters have suffered.
And today I am consciously acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which I am lucky to live.
Peace to all Aussies. And everyone on SR.
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