bust Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Happy Australia Day to my fellow Aussie board members🇦🇺 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Can you perhaps elaborate what this is all about and why there is so much controversy surrounding it this year? All I see on FB is a lot of anger and what may even be called “racism.” Please shed some light on this if you will… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 It's probably the equivalent to your Columbus Day however to help you understand try and imagine the Native American Indians protested against it calling it Invasion Day. Only an issue for a small percentage of the population who never do themselves any favors by carrying on like pork chops. Almost nine in 10 Australians believe Australia Day should continue to be celebrated on January 26, a new poll has found, revealing an overwhelming majority – and growing number – of our population is firmly against changing the date. Thousands of people are expected to attend Invasion Day protests, rallies, marches and vigils this weekend, their call to move our national holiday away from the anniversary of white settlement – which they say marks the dispossession and enduring oppression of our First Nations people – is falling on increasingly deaf ears. An online survey of more than 21,000 people, conducted by News Corp, showed at least 87 per cent think our national day should remain as it is, and at least three in four Australians declared any government that changes the date would lose their support. Just 12 per cent of respondents backed calls to change the date, and one per cent advocated for no celebration at all. And my final point is if people are getting their information of Facebook.....I rest my case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Irony being that the date this year has changed but no one seems to have noticed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, My Penis is hungry said: Irony being that the date this year has changed but no one seems to have noticed You've lost me. Not sure where you are but where I am it's the same day as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 Here in the USA, where being white was a crime, hence trump, Columbus Day is now called “indigenous people’s day…where we point out how aweful Columbus really was and how wrong it is to be a white European decent and that we all live on “Stolen land.” This is one of the basic reasons trump won… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 10 hours ago, bust said: You've lost me. Not sure where you are but where I am it's the same day as always. In case you hadn't noticed, Australia Day is Jan 26 However this year we are all celebrating it on Jan 27 Jan 27 is the Public Holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, My Penis is hungry said: In case you hadn't noticed, Australia Day is Jan 26 However this year we are all celebrating it on Jan 27 Jan 27 is the Public Holiday As an American, I will stick my nose in…here, in the USA, Holidays are usually observed as the next working day, when said holiday falls on a weekend…so if it falls on a Saturday, then the holiday is observed on a Friday, if it falls on a Sunday then it is observed on a Monday…no doubt, you wish to follow our way and thus have done so this year…now, to get you off that pesky “metric system…” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Penis is hungry Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) Same, but here it's very ironic because there's always this big debate about changing the date, which by the way has been changed many times, but this year because it fell on a Sunday, the "day" is on Monday. So the day got changed. Now my point is, if your hard core DONT CHANGE THE DATE Are you at work today? Edited January 27 by My Penis is hungry I have a huge cock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, My Penis is hungry said: In case you hadn't noticed, Australia Day is Jan 26 However this year we are all celebrating it on Jan 27 Jan 27 is the Public Holiday No it's still celebrated on January 26th. Jan 27th is a Public Holiday because Australia Day fell on a Sunday meaning it was already a day off. We just get an extra day to make it a long weekend. Had it fallen on a Tuesday or a Wednesday it would not have made a difference to the days off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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