[OT] Holiday - Australia Day 01-26-03

[hong]

Now THIS is Australia Day

Because it just ISN'T AUSTRIAN for Australia Day to fall on a weekend, ya know?

Let us all pause to give thanks for all that we have today, and to hope that the brave firefighters will extinguish those blazes that threaten to turn our wide brown land even browner.






Right, that's enough of that. On to THIS:

Hong "not a lush, but I play one on UNseboards" Ooi

 

[Mark]

Mark... do you keep track of every holiday that comes along?

Thanks for the thoughts.

I try to do so. I find it interesting what people like to celebrate or significantly recognize.

I hope the fires get put out.

 

[Eternalknight]

Latest update is 11 houses destroyed in the north-east of victoria and east gippsland. No loss of life.

 

[Mark]

No loss of life.

At least, there is that good news.

Sounds like everyone loves the beaches in Austalia!

 

[DDK]

News at Nine: Cheek stuck in Tongue!

We're off to the beach... Can't get any more Australian than that.

Bah! That ain't a jellyfish! Get yerself stung by an irikandji and then you'll know what a jellyfish is!

That's because it is the dryest January on record so far.

It's all them damn El Nino's... bloody foriegners...

Right, that's enough of that. On to THIS:

Bah! That ain't a beer, THIS...

...is a beer!

Just out of curiosity, what is it exactly that we're celebrating? The genocide of thousands of indigenous cultures? The destruction of almost 4% of the continents forests on a continent that only has 11% of it's area covered in vegetation of which only 7% is arable? Clearfelling? Salination? The current racist and capitalist policies of our government? The mining and sale of uranium, of which Australia has 43% of the world's resources, to America, Britain, China, Indonesia without any garuntee that it is used in nuclear warheads? The fact that half of our university placements are going to overseas students who can pay and not our own people who are also more qualified?

Australians all let us rejoice, for we are stupid and gullible...

P.S. Some of the figures quoted are from memory and I haven't bothered to check 'em up so therefore there may be some discrepencies. I recommend checking with Friends of the Earth and the Australian Conservation Foundation for more accurate figures.

 

[Mark]

Re: News at Nine: Cheek stuck in Tongue!

Just out of curiosity, what is it exactly that we're celebrating?

The first arrival of Europeans in Austalia.

The genocide of thousands of indigenous cultures? The destruction of almost 4% of the continents forests on a continent that only has 11% of it's area covered in vegetation of which only 7% is arable? Clearfelling? Salination? The current racist and capitalist policies of our government? The mining and sale of uranium, of which Australia has 43% of the world's resources, to America, Britain, China, Indonesia without any garuntee that it is used in nuclear warheads? The fact that half of our university placements are going to overseas students who can pay and not our own people who are also more qualified?

Australians all let us rejoice, for we are stupid and gullible...

P.S. Some of the figures quoted are from memory and I haven't bothered to check 'em up so therefore there may be some discrepencies. I recommend checking with Friends of the Earth and the Australian Conservation Foundation for more accurate figures.

Oh well. It was a good thread while it lasted...

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Um, happy Australia day everyone...but the above post may mean this thread closes down a bit quick...

 

[Eternalknight]

*smacks fourecks across the back of the head*

Err.. you wanna edit your last comment?

 

[DDK]

Oh well. It was a good thread while it lasted...

Err.. you wanna edit your last comment?

Oh fer Pete's sake... Eric's Grandma can hardly be offended by tongue-in-cheek humour... she has no teeth after all!

Sure, there was a serious twist at the end, but sheesh, these are things that SHOULD be thought about on a day like this; do not Americans remember their fallen on July 4th? Many native Australians died in the growth and establishment of this country and today there are still many problems that need addressing so that we can advance and grow into the future.

And anyway, comedy is all about social commentary. I never said I was good at it though...

 

[Eternalknight]

Oh fer Pete's sake... Eric's Grandma can hardly be offended by tongue-in-cheek humour... she has no teeth after all!

Sure, there was a serious twist at the end, but sheesh, these are things that SHOULD be thought about on a day like this; do not Americans remember their fallen on July 4th? Many native Australians died in the growth and establishment of this country and today there are still many problems that need addressing so that we can advance and grow into the future.

And anyway, comedy is all about social commentary. I never said I was good at it though...

The genocide of thousands of indigenous cultures?

The mining and sale of uranium, of which Australia has 43% of the world's resources, to America, Britain, China, Indonesia without any garuntee that it is used in nuclear warheads?

Politics are banned, and these are both sensitive poltical issues...

Australians all let us rejoice, for we are stupid and gullible...


That is offensive... Maybe try using a smiley face next time