May they remain forever irrelevant, a fading memory of a small-minded, mean-spirited, xenophobic, socks-and-sandals Australia that should–like creationism–have been dead and buried decades ago.
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The Apology: Part One
The Apology: Part Two
The Apology: Part Three
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What some Coalition members did during the apology speech:
It was long over due mate, long over due. Yes let’s hope they do get left behind. But we shouldn’t forget them lest they or their ilk return.
PS I am in Perth at the moment, some nice old buildings mate.
I tell yah reading about the apology while listening to the soundtrack of Return of the King has my eyes welling up.
Old Johnny Boy was absent to it seems. Did they forget the invite?
It was long over due mate, long over due. Yes let’s hope they do get left behind. But we shouldn’t forget them lest they or their ilk return.
Australia is Janus-faced, and for every Rudd there is a Howard or Hanson, for every “Sorry Day”/Reconciliation there is a Tampa/Woomera.
But let’s savour the moment, at any rate.
Old Johnny Boy was absent to it seems. Did they forget the invite?
It’s just that the times no longer suit him. For a few very ugly years, they did, but not anymore.
I wonder what Silas was doing during the speeches. On the topic of the Stolen Generation he has previously had this to say:
I haven’t had a chance to get to you here. Too busy typing “Wilson Tuckey, what a f*cken knob” on other forums.
It’s about time isn’t it. Given the disinformation about “sorry”, the stolen generation and more that has been prolifically spewed from the culture warriors, I suspect when things don’t eventuate as they predict, they will only become more and more behind the times. More irrelevant.
Sure, they will be out there in the political wilderness and with the ebb and flow of politics they will come back. But for the time being I think the momentum against them and the momentum for finishing a long, drawn out, sad chapter in our history has begun.
Sure, they will be out there in the political wilderness and with the ebb and flow of politics they will come back.
Even so, it will be terribly difficult for any future government to take this apology back.
That was a big day in Australian History yesterday, lets hope the fervour of the day will turn into useful policies and actions that assist the indigenous community.
Thanks for posting all the videos and links to the speeches.
Johnny got the invite alright, he just chose to ignore it, like he chose to ignore all sorts of things.
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Apparently Wilson went off to pray during the sorry speech.