Comments on: Happy Australia Day

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 03:46:25 +0000

Oh, yes, the “good old days”, “tradition”, “we’ve always done it this way” , etc. Great, let’s start bleeding sick people again 😉 What is so great about a King/Queen? Richard Cromwell, Nicholas II, Louis XVI, Donald Trump … inheriting money and/or political power has failed famously too many times.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 03:19:19 +0000

Yeah, pretty much like Columbus day. Another thing we have in common. Attempted extermination of the indigenous population. Though, given we were both British Colonies at the time, hardly surprising.

That makes two of us then. 🙂 But then, that isn’t as *cool*. Right? 🙂 There are many who still think becoming independent of the *Motherland* was a bad idea. Though, technically, we are still part of the Commonwealth. Wahoo.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 03:09:35 +0000

So, this is your equivalent of Columbus Day – celebrating Europeans stealing land from the indigenous people. I would have thought that the date of Australia becoming self-governing would have been more appropriate for a celebration.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:21:06 +0000

Ummmm… Yeah. Whoopee. *sigh*

Seriously? Who cares!

Just another excuse for overtime pay or a day off. Ahhhh… I get it now! 😉 😆

Some nut started a petition to change the holiday date. I kid you not.