tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post4138095202409959695..comments2024-03-23T06:43:45.246+10:00Comments on 1735099: Australia DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-52083149166880619962021-02-05T06:04:03.572+10:002021-02-05T06:04:03.572+10:00Perhaps a little more analysis is required before ...<i>Perhaps a little more analysis is required before the blogger puts finger to keyboard.</i><br />You're the one requiring analysis.<br />By a properly qualified psychiatrist.<br />1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-29075423705578164412021-02-04T22:13:21.113+10:002021-02-04T22:13:21.113+10:00"It’s a public holiday because two hundred an..."It’s a public holiday because two hundred and thirty three years ago, a convict settlement was established at Botany Bay by the British."<br /><br />Care to correct your wildly erroneous opening statement?<br />John Grey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-41121619301428751922021-02-04T22:11:52.657+10:002021-02-04T22:11:52.657+10:00"Now where did I write that?"
Obviously,..."Now where did I write that?"<br />Obviously, it's everywhere in your post where you claim the original settlement in Sydney Cove was only a convict jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-6569211243368467482021-02-04T22:02:54.687+10:002021-02-04T22:02:54.687+10:00"The first time the term "Australia"..."The first time the term "Australia" was used on anything official was by Matthew Flinders in a chart he compiled in 1804"<br />How wrong can one blogger be.<br />Even his favourite lefty reference site Wikipedia mentions several official uses of the Latin "Australis", and from 1625 more official use of the English word Australia.<br />Flinders only popularised the word.<br />Perhaps a little more analysis is required before the blogger puts finger to keyboard.<br />Elementary mistakes like this makes the reader doubt all "facts" expressed by the blogger.<br />John Grey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-34086769913422941062021-02-04T13:58:02.232+10:002021-02-04T13:58:02.232+10:00Of course the blogger wants all that history consi...<i>Of course the blogger wants all that history consigned to the rubbish bin.</i><br />Now where did I write that?<br />How does changing the date so that it commemorates the federation of Australia consign our history to the rubbish bin?1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-81722198215926336182021-02-04T08:44:27.311+10:002021-02-04T08:44:27.311+10:00Australia Day is about celebrating the First Fleet...Australia Day is about celebrating the First Fleet's arrival in 1788 and recognising the early convicts and settlers, and the fact that our language, political and legal institutions are inherited from the British Isles. (Kevin Donnelly)<br /><br />Of course the blogger wants all that history consigned to the rubbish bin.<br />John Grey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-41032543133542606022021-02-04T08:39:45.990+10:002021-02-04T08:39:45.990+10:00Boom!
Well done anon.
John Grey.Boom!<br />Well done anon.<br />John Grey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-7355476958032675902021-02-02T15:59:22.873+10:002021-02-02T15:59:22.873+10:00I commented on a reply by Maree, but directed it t...I commented on a reply by Maree, but directed it to a number. 1735099 replied indicating that 1735099 is also Maree a name which is a favourite in the Bloggers family heritage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-76154980935100872562021-02-01T21:53:27.873+10:002021-02-01T21:53:27.873+10:00The calls to "change the date" are few i...The calls to "change the date" are few in number and only get traction in January. Even the blogger finds it necessary to link his arguments to this point in the calendar because no-one is interested for the rest of the year.<br />The anti-Australia Day meme has minimal support and can't make itself heard during any other month.<br />John GreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-72146768073715609532021-01-31T07:35:32.300+10:002021-01-31T07:35:32.300+10:00Indoctrination is not education when history is in...<i>Indoctrination is not education when history is intentionally changed or omitted from the curriculum.</i><br /><br />Absolutely.<br />Here is a very good example - http://1735099.blogspot.com/search?q=Setting+the+record+straight<br /><br />That piece of indoctrination had been on material used in the Australian curriculum about the war in Vietnam for decades. It was gratifying to assist in removing it.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-71878613484273233992021-01-31T01:49:49.054+10:002021-01-31T01:49:49.054+10:00You are right 1735099, there is a lot more to our ...You are right 1735099, there is a lot more to our history than what our children are being taught. Indoctrination is not education when history is intentionally changed or omitted from the curriculum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-41153491037753946712021-01-31T01:46:08.186+10:002021-01-31T01:46:08.186+10:00If informal votes are not counted, 9905371, why ar...If informal votes are not counted, 9905371, why are they given a mention at AEC with a full break down?<br />https://results.aec.gov.au/24310/Website/HouseInformalByState-24310.htm<br /><br />"They make no difference to the outcome."<br />Perhaps I should have been clearer....had those votes been used by the voter and therefore allocated to a candidate in a tight contest the result may have been different. Therefore by choosing not to allocate a vote the voter has affected the election result. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-50019237959117899552021-01-30T21:57:42.035+10:002021-01-30T21:57:42.035+10:00"It’s a public holiday because two hundred an..."It’s a public holiday because two hundred and thirty three years ago, a convict settlement was established at Botany Bay by the British."<br /><br />What a simplistic, incomplete, and ignorant comment by the blogger.<br />It is a public holiday because it commemorates the raising of the British flag at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip. This brought British Law, European concepts of land ownership and the political and social structures that would form the institutions and culture of modern Australia. <br />NSW was not just a penal settlement, and its first official day at Camp Cove is an excellent date to celebrate all that Australia has become.<br />John GreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-75651480701531130272021-01-30T16:51:46.601+10:002021-01-30T16:51:46.601+10:00Thanks 1735099
There is a lot more to our history ...Thanks 1735099<br />There is a lot more to our history than what is taught (or not taught) in our schools.<br />MareeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-81078958254987987912021-01-30T05:50:06.201+10:002021-01-30T05:50:06.201+10:00If you do not place a vote you are accepting the o...<i>If you do not place a vote you are accepting the outcome and have thereby taken part.</i><br /><br />So not taking part is actually taking part.<br />Logic 101!<br /><i>If you were to vote informal and it came down to that really fine line those non-votes may well decide the outcome.</i><br />Nope.<br />Informal votes are not counted.<br />They make no difference to the outcome.<br />That's why they're called "informal".1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-58796536618664221342021-01-29T19:39:19.836+10:002021-01-29T19:39:19.836+10:00"Electing not to vote is actually "havin..."Electing not to vote is actually "having a say".<br />You read it here first.<br /><br />This is accurate. If you do not place a vote you are accepting the outcome and have thereby taken part. It is similar to being part of a criminal group where one member although present takes no active part in a serious crime committed by the others, but allows it to occur without attempting to prevent it. The law says that all persons present besides the victim have been active in the crime committed. <br /><br />"Mind you, the same option is available in Australia.<br />All you have to do is go to the booth, get your name marked on the electoral roll, and walk away with a ballot paper. You can put it in the box without marking it."<br />That is a choice in creating the outcome of the election. Donkey votes are counted but not attributed to candidates. They are part of the system that elects our donkeys to Government. If you were to vote informal and it came down to that really fine line those non-votes may well decide the outcome. As happened with the homosexual marriage poll.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-7155665986472897952021-01-29T19:19:18.187+10:002021-01-29T19:19:18.187+10:00https://www.australiaday.org.au/about/history/https://www.australiaday.org.au/about/history/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com