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<blockquote data-quote="Philip_B" data-source="post: 77109786" data-attributes="member: 389027"><p>As a child of immigrant parents from an Island off the north-western coast of Europe I was very much encouraged to treat Australia Day with great respect, as a source of pride and identity. In the last x number of years, that sense of pride and belonging has been eroded, and it has become the guilt and shame day. </p><p></p><p>I too understand the angst this day causes for First Nations Peoples, and I wonder if we have thought about what is changing. Is it a social awakening, or is it just the guilt-peddling left pushing and manipulating an agenda for whatever purpose? I don't know the answer. I do know that the last thing Australians want to give up is another public holiday. Yet somehow our national day should be more than just a holiday.</p><p></p><p>We have become a three-flag country, and this seems to bring division, rather than unity. Perhaps we need a new flag. Perhaps we need a new Day. Perhaps we need a better understanding of inclusion, of common hopes, and common future, and indeed what we used to call commonwealth.</p><p></p><p>The Spirit that brooded over the waters 'ere creation was begun, is the same spirit that whirls in the deserts of the Nullabor, and whistles in the GumTrees. God was here long before Richard Johnston preached 'How Good Lord to be Here' as he proclaimed the newfound liberty of the Gospel to men in chains!</p><p></p><p>I am sorry that we have lost this day. I think we need to find a Many Nations Day to take its place. </p><p></p><p>Most of the people who came here did not come here by choice (even my parents had limited choice). Perhaps Barrington's prologue summed it up well:</p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>True patriots we, for be it understood</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>we left our country for our countries good!</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philip_B, post: 77109786, member: 389027"] As a child of immigrant parents from an Island off the north-western coast of Europe I was very much encouraged to treat Australia Day with great respect, as a source of pride and identity. In the last x number of years, that sense of pride and belonging has been eroded, and it has become the guilt and shame day. I too understand the angst this day causes for First Nations Peoples, and I wonder if we have thought about what is changing. Is it a social awakening, or is it just the guilt-peddling left pushing and manipulating an agenda for whatever purpose? I don't know the answer. I do know that the last thing Australians want to give up is another public holiday. Yet somehow our national day should be more than just a holiday. We have become a three-flag country, and this seems to bring division, rather than unity. Perhaps we need a new flag. Perhaps we need a new Day. Perhaps we need a better understanding of inclusion, of common hopes, and common future, and indeed what we used to call commonwealth. The Spirit that brooded over the waters 'ere creation was begun, is the same spirit that whirls in the deserts of the Nullabor, and whistles in the GumTrees. God was here long before Richard Johnston preached 'How Good Lord to be Here' as he proclaimed the newfound liberty of the Gospel to men in chains! I am sorry that we have lost this day. I think we need to find a Many Nations Day to take its place. Most of the people who came here did not come here by choice (even my parents had limited choice). Perhaps Barrington's prologue summed it up well: [CENTER][B]True patriots we, for be it understood we left our country for our countries good![/B][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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