Society/Culture The Welcome/Acknowledgment of Country thread

[Black Panther]

Sorry to break it to you but your determination on how genetics work doesn’t determine someone’s heritage

I'm sure there was a lot of white aboriginals wandering around in 1788

 

[kickazz]

Whoever wrote this needs to do some more research.
Willem Janszoon got here a long time before Cook. So did Dirk Hartog albeit a few kilometres separated him from the actual mainland of the continent.
He wasn’t even the first Englishman to arrive here: Dampier beat him by nearly 100 years.

But they didn't stick around and screw over the indigenous population I think is the point.

 

[PhatBoy]

I'm sure there was a lot of white aboriginals wandering around in 1788

So because their is some Anglo heritage in their blood line you get to tell someone what race they are.

Interesting stance.

 

[jakson68]

Why wait until then?

Still have a business to run for now.

 

[RUNVS]

Still have a business to run for now.

A business setup in Australia, using Australian tax dollars.

 

[jakson68]

Alabama will welcome you.

So will Ko Sumui

 

[kickazz]

Still have a business to run for now.

Run it in another country then! If it can succeed in a country as ****ed as Australia surely it can succeed anywhere....

 

[SC_Power]

Did somebody say KFC?

K is for Captain.
C is for Cook
F is for?

 

[jakson68]

A business setup in Australia, using Australian tax dollars.

Yes that is right and your point being?

I pay an exuberant amount of tax, so I am entitled to have an opinion of how overtaxed we are.
And how poorly the funds get used.

 

[RUNVS]

Yes that is right and your point being?

I pay an exuberant amount of tax, so I am entitled to have an opinion of how overtaxed we are.
And how poorly the funds get used.

Get off your high horse, we all pay taxes.

 

[Chief]

Yes that is right and your point being?

I pay an exuberant amount of tax, so I am entitled to have an opinion of how overtaxed we are.
And how poorly the funds get used.

Needs more spent on schools I reckon.

 

[kickazz]

Yes that is right and your point being?

I pay an exuberant amount of tax, so I am entitled to have an opinion of how overtaxed we are.
And how poorly the funds get used.

Yes they need to spend more on education so people know the difference between the words exorbitant and exuberant.

 

[jakson68]

Run it in another country then! If it can succeed in a country as ****ed as Australia surely it can succeed anywhere....

Not necessarily, it is because of how broken the country is, that makes my industry so successful.

 

[Chief]

Snap

 

[Chief]

Not necessarily, it is because of how broken the country is, that makes my industry so successful.

Why are you complaining?

 

[RUNVS]

Not necessarily, it is because of how broken the country is, that makes my industry so successful.

You do know that Thailand is much worse for corruption don't you?

 

[Hawksboy72]

He is 100% rolled gold correct that "Welcome to Country is not a ceremony we’ve invented to cater for white people".

Staggered that anyone would take offence to this or seek to deny this.

Welcome to Country is actually a ceremony invented by white people to cater for other white people who want to feel better about themselves whilst engaging in symbolism only.

Wasn't it first staged by Ernie Dingo in the 1970's to welcome a group of islander people to Australia on a visit or something

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[kickazz]

Not necessarily, it is because of how broken the country is, that makes my industry so successful.

Oh so it's ****ed because of you?

 

[jakson68]

You do know that Thailand is much worse for corruption don't you?

Oh no doubt.
But it is there for all to see, it doesn't sneak up on you pretending to be something its not.

There are so many new taxes introduced in Australia, it is near impossible for the normal person to get in front.
How is a young person supposed to save up for a house deposit or have investments.
Then you have jokes like Dan Andrews completely ruin a state and get an award for doing so.

I am just sick of being told what to do, what to think and how to act from everyone I guess.

Perhaps I am just a grumpy old man

 

[jakson68]

Oh so it's ****ed because of you?

Sadly not the first time I have heard that statement .

Two ex wives thought the same at times

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I love that the boomers hated it.

 

[Chief]

But it is there for all to see, it doesn't sneak up on you pretending to be something its not.

Two ex wives thought the same at times

Kind of thought this is where we were headed.

 

[PhatBoy]

Jews and Arabs are not a race, so why do you call Aboriginals a race?

Indigenous Australians can be called or referred to as whatever they choose. I don’t answer to you. I answer to my family and my partner. They refer to Aborigibals as a people, as a heritage, and as their race.

So with respect, GFY.

 

[jakson68]

Kind of thought this is where we were headed.

More detail please??

 

[RAPPA]

Just went back and watched it and it is just divisive crap.

It is getting beyond a joke now, how wit is shoved down our throats everyday.
I have to do this BS at every meeting I have, even if it is on ZOOM.
Next I will have a WTC to order a pizza.

Australia has gone mad with the way the country is going.
Between the corrupt and weak Governments, to the people who protest for the sake of protesting all the way to the people who fight a cause they know little about.
Australia just isnt that enjoyable anymore.

The sooner I can retire and leave this overtaxed, over governed, miserable place the better.

So when it’s ordering a pizza, is it you doing the WTC?