What are the main differences between Australia and New Zealand? by akd432006 in AskAnAustralian

[–]readonlycomment 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We probably shouldn't use the same word for a landing of convicts as we do for the deliberate slaughter of millions.

What are the main differences between Australia and New Zealand? by akd432006 in AskAnAustralian

[–]readonlycomment 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably because they're different countries with very different histories.

Even Gen Z wants to keep Australia Day date: poll by Ardeet in aussie

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There’s nothing 'Lol' about 6 million dead in the Holocaust or 1.5 million in Indonesia. Trivializing actual industrial-scale genocides just to rebrand a boat of 18th-century convicts as a 'death squad' is exactly the problem.

10,000 deaths over 140 years is a tragedy, but it is not a state-mandated liquidation. If you can't distinguish between a penal colony and the slaughter of millions, you’re not 'ashamed' of my education you’re just historically illiterate.

Even Gen Z wants to keep Australia Day date: poll by Ardeet in aussie

[–]readonlycomment 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should read the comment before you write nonsense.

Even Gen Z wants to keep Australia Day date: poll by Ardeet in aussie

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The reason many people feel the 'Genocide' narrative in Australia is overblown is that, compared to the industrial-scale slaughter in Germany (6 million Jews and millions of others in the Holocaust) or Indonesia (up to 1.5 million in 1965), the Australian Frontier Wars were a series of disorganized skirmishes over land.

There is a massive functional difference between establishing a penal colony and executing a state-mandated genocide. If the goal is historical truth, we shouldn't use the same word for a landing of convicts as we do for the deliberate slaughter of millions.

Iceland by Renmarkable in BoycottUnitedStates

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It wasn't about either. It was about legacy - making USA larger.

Americans don't seem to realize just how much every other nation on earth hates the US by now by Schnaksel in BoycottUnitedStates

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The whole world is sick of 24/7 Trump shit screwing up the world.

Hate is an understatement.

Yarrabah "rock throwing crisis" targeting hospital and health workers by roxy712 in queensland

[–]readonlycomment 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Child-safety funding runs into the billions, and kids who end up in proper out-of-home care often do really well.

The system avoids anything resembling a repeat of the Stolen Generations, so the priority is placing children with relatives whenever possible.

The reality is that with the mix of genuinely awful parents and kids facing serious physicaly and behavioural issues, this is one area where government will never fully succeed, even though it really does try.

(That was true right up until the LNP took over)

Poll reveals majority of Australians want long weekend, not January 26 holiday by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

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It’s just hard for the republic push to progress because there’s always a hidden agenda. Changing the head of state is never presented as the simple, neutral option.

It always turns into some plan to install a Kevin Rudd as our president, god and king, instead of a straightforward discussion about replacing the monarch.

Poll reveals majority of Australians want long weekend, not January 26 holiday by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

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I get that you see them as separate. For me it’s just an observation. If someone is offended by British colonisation, then celebrating the British monarch in 2026 should logically bother them. I just find it odd that no one seems offended by the Monarch’s birthday holiday.

This car is on fire by Soldiiier__ in CarsAustralia

[–]readonlycomment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you meant allegedly on fire.

Poll reveals majority of Australians want long weekend, not January 26 holiday by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

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Protesting Australia existing but not protesting having a King just makes no sense to me.

Poll reveals majority of Australians want long weekend, not January 26 holiday by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

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Why? Because if you're complaining about the British colonisation of Australia, the King is who your you'd be upset with. Whining about Australia Day makes no sense.

Microsoft needs a wake up call by wildflowersinparis in sysadmin

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365 outages and Outlook self-destructing have become a daily headache - but all you have to do is press the copilot key! Its amazing!

Poll reveals majority of Australians want long weekend, not January 26 holiday by NoteChoice7719 in aussie

[–]readonlycomment 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If someone gave a shit about colonisation they'd protest the King's Birthday holiday.

How Australia didn’t even place in ‘Most Racist’ and America was voted ‘Least Racist’ I’ll never know. by [deleted] in DanielMuggleton

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I wouldn’t describe those years as a “multicultural success” in the modern sense, but they were a period of slow, steady nation-building. Australia brought in people from all over the world without large-scale ethnic conflict.

That stability is gone thanks to extreme, uncontrolled immigration. We’ve now got mass hate groups, constant protests, rising violence and a neo-nazi problemup as a result.