And that is the important bit
Well it is important when you want to trust the credibility of someone.
If someone can fabricate one bit of information why can't they fabricate a whole series of tales.
He's the first person to reel off 250,000 years.
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And that is the important bit
Leave out the semantics mate.
What's political about it?I think Sport should be free of politics first of all.
Second i think welcome to country doesnt do anything for uniting infact the opposite.
“A Welcome to Country is not a ceremony we’ve invented to cater for white people”.
If these indigenous leaders are going to use primetime TV as an opportunity to be somewhat insulting & controversial like he did, should the AFL discontinue the practice ??
In the 1700s "natives" were considered fauna.In 1700s you’d still need a some of treaty for it not to be theft.
I think Sport should be free of politics first of all.
Second i think welcome to country doesnt do anything for uniting infact the opposite.
You started saying civilisation instead of continuous connection to the land.I don't think quoting historical research is "semantics".
No one actually knows. It is widely accepted that the first people arrived in "Australia" at least 65,000 years ago. No one knows for sure past that.Well it is important when you want to trust the credibility of someone.
If someone can fabricate one bit of information why can't they fabricate a whole series of tales.
He's the first person to reel off 250,000 years.
Well it's not up to you, it's up to Indigenous people. Why does your opinion matter? How long has your ancestry here been? 100 years?I think Sport should be free of politics first of all.
Second i think welcome to country doesnt do anything for uniting infact the opposite.
Whether it’s a good reason or not is irrelevant as many will dismiss what he says solely based on that. It’s his duty as a leader of the community not to make statements that call into question his credibility and the credibility of the indigenous people he represents by making questionable statements.No one actually knows. It is widely accepted that the first people arrived in "Australia" at least 65,000 years ago. No one knows for sure past that.
250,000 years does seem a strange number to run with but it is not a reason to dismiss everything else he said.
Bothers me that when they play Australia National Anthem Young and Free they tell me to remove my hat and tell me I can't order a ****ing beer. It's not my anthem, gagf.Dunny break
“I’m here this evening to perform a ceremony of Welcome to Country,” Kerin began before the semi-final at Sydney Olympic Park.
“A Welcome to Country is not a welcome to Australia. Within Australia we have many Aboriginal lands and we refer to our lands as ‘country’.
“So it’s always a welcome to the lands you’ve gathered on.”
Kerin then pointed out it is not a relatively new ceremony aimed at white Australians.
“A Welcome to Country is not a ceremony we’ve invented to cater for white people,” he continued.
“It’s a ceremony we’ve been doing for 60,000 years-plus BC. And the BC stands for Before Cook.”
The last comment received a smattering of applause and a few laughs and was a reference to Captain James Cook, who made the first recorded European contact with Australian land in 1770.
“Prior to colonisation, you could get yourself in a lot of trouble for walking on someone else’s lands without being welcomed onto those lands,” Kerin added. “So for me it’s always an honour to perform this ceremony.”
Kerin, who received more warm applause after his speech, then played a short piece on a didgeridoo before the National Anthem was sung by Mimi Velevska.
No one actually knows. It is widely accepted that the first people arrived in "Australia" at least 65,000 years ago. No one knows for sure past that.
250,000 years does seem a strange number to run with but it is not a reason to dismiss everything else he said.
what about the factually incorrect BS he made upHe debunked the idea that it is something made up purely for white people.
Why that should be a problem for some people is probably for them to work out for themselves.
You started saying civilisation instead of continuous connection to the land.
'We’ll hear much today about how Cook brought “enlightenment” to a continent that has staged the world’s longest continuous civilisation for 100,000 years.
Then you said there's no civilisation longer than 4,000 years.I referred to the article you posted.
So I didn't start using it, the article did. Thus I questioned who wrote that nonsense.
Sports and Politics have been intertwined since the days of ancient Rome.I think Sport should be free of politics first of all.
Second i think welcome to country doesnt do anything for uniting infact the opposite.
Then you said there's no civilisation longer than 4,000 years.
There should be a Welcome to THE Country for all Kardinia Park games
There has been a lot of condemnation for his comments, especially the "BC ...... before Cook" part with observers in the media calling for this stuff to stop.