The off topic thread 6.0

[bok_party]

You and Bostonian seem to struggle with the distinction between Acknowledgement and Welcome to Country.

I think they are just purposefully being obtuse.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I think they are just purposefully being obtuse.

I think between this and Trump they're just showing their true colours.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

I think they are just purposefully being obtuse.

Strategically ambiguous

 

[Frank Bunn]

I think they are just purposefully being obtuse.

You could always try to use your words and explain what you meant.

 

[bok_party]

You could always try to use your words and explain what you meant.

Many others in the thread seemed to have understood what I said.

It wasn’t used by Indigenous people to welcome outside Indigenous people. It is used as a general thing for Indigenous people to welcome people who are not indigenous to Australia. Depending upon the area, the local Indigenous people can put their own cultural affectations onto it to represent them.

 

[Cruyff14]

Sure some in here will be thrilled at this news

 

[Planet14]

I think we can all unite in hoping BT is first to go.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Haven't missed rompingwins tbh.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I think we can all unite in hoping BT is first to go.

My favourite BT moment. Spudregis tearing him a new arseh*le.

 

[DBAH0]

Absolute gold.

 

[Frank Bunn]

It wasn’t used by Indigenous people to welcome outside Indigenous people. It is used as a general thing for Indigenous people to welcome people who are not indigenous to Australia. Depending upon the area, the local Indigenous people can put their own cultural affectations onto it to represent them.

That's why I was asking you to explain. It's not correct. Some tribes had a tradition where indigenous travellers crossing into someone else’s country were required to send a request to that land’s people to be granted permission to enter. This also required the visitor to acknowledge and respect the rules of the country that was being entered.

What we have now is a fairly recent invention.

In 1973 a bunch of scared hippies in Nimbin felt the need to seek permission from the traditional owners for the use of the land for their festival. A Bundjalung elder had a chat and welcomed them.

In 1976, Ernie Dingo and Richard Walley concocted a ceremony after being asked by a group of Polynesian performers to give them a welcome to country, as their spiritual beliefs dictated. Dingo and Walley claim it was the first to be performed for non-Indigenous Australians.

Rhoda Roberts coined the term Welcome to Country in the 1980s to popularise a way to start exhibitions or productions for the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust.

It grew into a cultural phenomenon that is just symbolic rather than carrying the original meaning. If you attend an event where a welcome or acknowledgement of country is carried out do you have a clue about the ancient customs and agree to them?

 

[DBAH0]

 

[Bradesmaen]

Like going to the toilet when your pole is too stiff, its difficult

 

[moomba]

Pretty disturbing scenes across the UK over the past few days.

"Peaceful" protests carried out by racist gammons and thick as pig shift kids. Seem to be mainly focused on robbing, vandalism and targeting anyone with a darker skin tone than theirs (as long as they're by themselves).

 

[Bradesmaen]

Pretty disturbing scenes across the UK over the past few days.

"Peaceful" protests carried out by racist gammons and thick as pig shift kids. Seem to be mainly focused on robbing, vandalism and targeting anyone with a darker skin tone than theirs (as long as they're by themselves).

Sounds like the majority of protests in Dublin recently.

 

[RPCB]

Like going to the toilet when your pole is too stiff, its difficult

 

[DBAH0]

 

[RPCB]

I’ve watched about 20 minutes total of the Olympics between the Tokyo games and this year.

Why’s that relevant? It probably isn’t.

 

[SM]

I’ve watched about 20 minutes total of the Olympics between the Tokyo games and this year.

Why’s that relevant? It probably isn’t.

Why's what relevant?

One of the athletes catching a disease from swimming in the Seine?

 

[chef]

I’ve watched about 20 minutes total of the Olympics between the Tokyo games and this year.

Why’s that relevant? It probably isn’t.

The Seine is a sewer, swimming has been banned in it for over 100 years. It's ****ing ridiculous they are making professional athletes get in there.

 

[RPCB]

Why's what relevant?

One of the athletes catching a disease from swimming in the Seine?

No. That I haven’t watched any of the last two Olympics is the irrelevant part.

I had no idea that the Seine river has been banned from use. That is crazy they’ve sent Olympic athletes to swim in it. What a mess.

 

[DBAH0]

The Seine is a sewer, swimming has been banned in it for over 100 years. It's ****ing ridiculous they are making professional athletes get in there.

Spent 1.5 Billion trying to clean it up also.

 

[Frank Bunn]

The Seine is a sewer, swimming has been banned in it for over 100 years. It's ****ing ridiculous they are making professional athletes get in there.

There's plenty of beautiful places on the French coast where they could have held it. Some are already geared up for tourism. Other places might have benefited from a boost to their economies.

Then there were the fans. Tickets for the cancelled Tuesday men's event didn't transfer to the Wednesday. Travel and accommodation costs not refundable. Apparently the contingency was to scrap the swimming leg and have a duathlon, which is a different event with its own specialists.

What a shitshow, literally!

 

[SM]

I see Trump has pulled out of the second debate just as most of us expected.

 

[Jatz]

Spent 1.5 Billion trying to clean it up also.

That's almost the most ridiculous part of it all.

The French population have a right to be absolutely incredulous at this.