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tech/a

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I dont care what race you are.
Australian/aboriginal/or any other race.
Spit on our flag or burnit and you don't deserve to
Breathe the same air that covers this great nation.

Hiding under the canopy of race just doest cut it.
The sight of ignorant kids trying to impress
Bogan adults who just want to milk the system
Makes me want to go down there and show them the
Way off this continent ---- permanently.

I'm sure a few would join me.
Woozy do gooders---- wake up--- these people are bludgers ----- our countries Cancer,
 
You can do that just remember they have RIGHTS and entitled to all the free legal aid at your expense, even then it would take years to export any one.
 
Glen48 said:
You can do that just remember they have RIGHTS
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After that not in my eyes.

and entitled to all the free legal aid at your expense, even then it would take years to export any one.
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Do that in many other countries and you'd never get out of jail.
In some you'd be dead!

I'm being ----- nice.
 

Burning the flag is not a crime.

Do you think there shoud be legislative change?
 
Solly said:
Burning the flag is not a crime.

Do you think there shoud be legislative change?
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I believe it may be called TREASON. That is violation by subject of allegiance to sovereign or state; breach of faith, disloyalty.(Oxford dictionary 1987).

It may well be a crime?????
 
noco said:
I believe it may be called TREASON. That is violation by subject of allegiance to sovereign or state; breach of faith, disloyalty.(Oxford dictionary 1987).

It may well be a crime?????
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Not in Oz..
 
It's all very sad, the more money you throw at the problem, the more the life expectance is reduced.
 
So what sort of reaction do you think there would be if we saw vision of the aboriginal or Chinese flags spat on or burnt.

Change legislation----how did it get to where it is now?
Was it once a crime back with the white Australia policy.
 
tech/a said:
So what sort of reaction do you think there would be if we saw vision of the aboriginal or Chinese flags spat on or burnt.

Change legislation----how did it get to where it is now?
Was it once a crime back with the white Australia policy.
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I think anyone with any decency and respect wouldn't burn or spit on any flag from whatever country. It is not illegal though, this story might bring back a few memories.

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Burning the Australian flag was offensive but should not be made a criminal offence, Prime Minister John Howard said today.

But he said it should not be made a criminal offence because it was an expression of political opinion.

Link to story here: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/flag-burning-not-criminal-says-pm/2006/01/27/1138066948667.html

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Uncle Festivus said:
While ever it's got a Union Jack in one corner it's not our flag anyway........
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Who's is it then Britains?
Typical apathetic woosy in difference.

People want to get out more and see what
We have here in Australia.
Go speak to a few in detention centers and see
How their country treats them.

But come here burn our flag or spit on it
Your out!

As for Aborigials burning and spitting on it
They get whatever they want when they want it
Have no respect for anything and an insatiable
Penchant for sucking everything they can from
The gullible do gooders----we stand back and let
It continue ----- not even a whimper.
 
Tech, as you know, in china you'd be tortured and buried alive by the "authorities" for burning the flag.

I don't think we want to be like the Chinese, all full of patriotic pride and self-importance. It's ugly.

The other thing is, the majority of Aboriginies are not able to take advantage of opportunities in the western world because of low intellect and alcohol abuse. These might be learned or genetic phenomena, or a combination. They need a degree of support.
 
I'm upset about flags being burnt. It's a very powerful image. While it's just a strip of cotton, it's what it represents that matters to me.

Having said that, I still know it's just a piece of cotton and I do not value the opinion of the person burning the flag. They do not warrant my emotional effort. I mean really, they are just unemployed losers with very poor dress sense. Who cares.

tech/a said:
So what sort of reaction do you think there would be if we saw vision of the aboriginal .. flag .. burnt.
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Yes, imagine that!
 

You are exactly one of those do gooders that looks the other way and confuses cause with effect...

If I got all my money handed to me and didn't have to work I'd sit around and sink piss all day and wouldn't bother getting an education either!
 
wayneL said:
What does the flag represent?
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My country. My home. Me.

Perhaps that's why some people are offended at their flag being burnt. It's a personal attack.

Maybe it just represents a rampant nationalistic belligerent jingo also.
 
What does the flag represent?

The flag represents, and is, a symbol of the state.
It is something the state uses to call the populace "to arms" and help create loyalty to the state and in turn the political elite or ruling class.

They say you fight and die for the flag as many of my great uncles and grandfathers did (7th generation Australian) they are hiding who you are really fighting for. The reason Great Britain is in the corner is because we were meant to fight for them in past history.

It is healthy that we don't have laws "protecting it". Australians are meant to have a disdain for authourity and I think it is sad that people want us to be like some other nations. The USA use their patriotism/nationalism as a way to enforce behaviour. China, Iran etc, use it to control the people more. Be careful of symbols of authoriatism.

It does represent the country as a whole and hopefully our aims just like the national anthem but I don't want to see it used by our elite to control us!

The Aborigines who burned the flag have done their cause huge damage. They have created an own goal and will get a lot less sympathy in future. They will lose out big time for their stupidity. That is punishment enough.
 

I was thinking how to reply to this thread but you have said it better than i ever could. I'm only 5th generation Australian on one parents side however.
 
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