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Suitman

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Keep it separate, pick some other day, there's 350-odd others an argument could be made for.

Ok, so how about you throw a suggestion out there that will appease the majority?
I've done that and put forward a suggested good reason why, and you have kyboshed it because you'll lose a public holiday. FMD.
I suggested an alternative where you won't lose it, and all you've offered is another 350 days of possible alternatives. Lol.

Ok, instead of being so vague, try and come up with a solution.
It is attitudes like this that shit me and why Australia Day is so divisive.
 

Obscene Assassin

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Given the history of what happened to the native people of this land no matter what date you pick you will find some horrific and quite traumatising event has happened in history. That's why I reckon we should actually get rid of "the date" and have it on the last Friday in February. Guaranteed long weekend every year, end of summer, just before the major sporting codes of the country go into their seasons
 

Incorrect

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Ok, so how about you throw a suggestion out there that will appease the majority?
I've done that and put forward a suggested good reason why, and you have kyboshed it because you'll lose a public holiday. FMD.
I suggested an alternative where you won't lose it, and all you've offered is another 350 days of possible alternatives. Lol.

Ok, instead of being so vague, try and come up with a solution.
It is attitudes like this that shit me and why Australia Day is so divisive.
I don't have the requisite cultural identity, knowledge or investment (to be frank) to come up with a suggestion. As I intimated earlier, there would be dozens of dates across the calendar that those who do, could point to and come up with a perfectly reasonable and justified reason why it works.
 

Suitman

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I don't have the requisite cultural identity, knowledge or investment (to be frank) to come up with a suggestion. As I intimated earlier, there would be dozens of dates across the calendar that those who do, could point to and come up with a perfectly reasonable and justified reason why it works.

Ok mate, I get that, and I understand that. Neither do I regarding your first statement.
I just threw up an alternative, which you immediately shot in the foot for a reason I thought was a bit weird and selfish and not particularly accepting of the whole discussion.
Get back to me when you come back with an alternative, once you've had time to honestly think of one that might possibly work.
The "any of 350 other days" just doesn't cut it.
 

Eelogical

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Given the history of what happened to the native people of this land no matter what date you pick you will find some horrific and quite traumatising event has happened in history. That's why I reckon we should actually get rid of "the date" and have it on the last Friday in February. Guaranteed long weekend every year, end of summer, just before the major sporting codes of the country go into their seasons
Unless it's a leap year. I'll have to go check the stats on Feb 29th being a Friday, too.
 

Eelogical

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Haha....lol! Here we are talking shit about Australia Day and we've overlooked Christmas Day and Boxing Day. I must admit, it's come a lot earlier than I expected.
 

Bandwagon

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Haha....lol! Here we are talking shit about Australia Day and we've overlooked Christmas Day and Boxing Day. I must admit, it's come a lot earlier than I expected.

It's kinda against the natural order of things to hear about some woke company taking away Australia day before some leftie steals Xmas.
 

Bandwagon

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Given the history of what happened to the native people of this land no matter what date you pick you will find some horrific and quite traumatising event has happened in history. That's why I reckon we should actually get rid of "the date" and have it on the last Friday in February. Guaranteed long weekend every year, end of summer, just before the major sporting codes of the country go into their seasons

Yeah, that avoids the whole shitfight , first Monday or last Friday of whenever.

Also has the selling point of always being a long weekend, rather then on a f**king Tuesday or Wednesday.
 

strider

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I have not looked into the pardon, but it did come as a surprise.

I will wait for legal analysis, however I do know this; once pardoned it cannot be re-tried by any new evidence or reversed by a new president.
Its ok .... i will consult the little birds in the know so we can get the true legal analysis


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