01-30-2023, 08:15 AM
(01-30-2023, 02:04 AM)LP link Wrote:I apologise for my cynicism but that very label, Invasion Day, is almost certainly a thinly veiled attempt by some to frame the groundwork for a legal compensation bid.
As far as I can tell, the protests, the mourning ceremonies, have very little to do with personal grief after so many generations and so much time has past! We celebrate Anzac Day and Armistice Day to remember, nobody is there protesting and calling for compensation.
I've stated this before, about a myriad of issues not just those in Australia, take the profit out of these disputes and you'll find only those people genuinely searching for reconciliation remain. Until then, I reserve the right to remain cynical.
Why do you always resort to the compensation line?
Look up William Cooper. He’s the bloke who started the national day of mourning on 26 Jan 1938. He’s also the bloke who led a delegation to the German consulate in 1938 to protest about the Nazi attacks on Jews. Was he looking for compensation from Hitler?
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball