Happy Australia Day!

by **Barunia** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:08 am

Mike the Progressive wrote:
I had actually meant Outback Steahouse. It's a restaurant in the states with Australian* cuisine.

I've seen their menu. Calling it Australian cuisine is laughable, half that stuff isn't eaten here.

by **The Risen Jaguar Warriors** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:09 am

The Conez Imperium wrote:
Mike the Progressive wrote:Australia has a day? Is there a special going on at Outback?

Its just sand and lots of evil creatures. Everyone would be at the beach instead of the outback in Australia day.

Dropbears... :unsure:

by **Costa Fierro** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:12 am

As a Kiwi, happy birthday Australia and always remember one thing: we still have the Bledisloe Cup.

by **The Eastern Antarctic State** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:14 am

The Risen Jaguar Warriors wrote:
The Conez Imperium wrote:
Its just sand and lots of evil creatures. Everyone would be at the beach instead of the outback in Australia day.

Dropbears...

Praise the mighty drop bear. May we sacrifice him tourists.

Costa Fierro wrote:As a Kiwi, happy birthday Australia and always remember one thing: we still have the Bledisloe Cup.

We actually don't care that much about it... Sorry.

by **Costa Fierro** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:16 am

The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:We actually don't care that much about it... Sorry.

Grr. I'll have to find something else to tease you with.

by **Dazchan** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:20 am

The Conez Imperium wrote:
The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:Ah Gallipoli, the 100th anniversary this year.

Yes. A tragic event. Funny how we Australians celebrate a loss...

Up until a few years ago, I would have pointed out that we commemorate it, rather than celebrate it. Unfortunately, it has been hijacked by jingoistic bogans and all solemnity appears to have been lost.

by **Dazchan** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:23 am

Costa Fierro wrote:As a Kiwi, happy birthday Australia and always remember one thing: we still have the Bledisloe Cup.

In Australia, we have two states that care about rugby league, four states that care about Australian Rules football, and exactly zero states that care about rugby union.

by **The Risen Jaguar Warriors** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:31 am

Costa Fierro wrote:
The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:We actually don't care that much about it... Sorry.

Grr. I'll have to find something else to tease you with.

Please stay away from our sheep...

by **Costa Fierro** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:43 am

The Risen Jaguar Warriors wrote:
Costa Fierro wrote:
Grr. I'll have to find something else to tease you with.

Please stay away from our sheep...

We're more interesting in cows these days...

by **Faschist Deutsch Reich** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:47 am

Hmm... I didn't know that there was a thread about this. Anyway, happy Australia Day fellow Aussies!

by **Vashtanaraada** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:49 am

IT'S MY F*CKING 18TH BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

by **Faschist Deutsch Reich** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:54 am

Vashtanaraada wrote:IT'S MY F*CKING 18TH BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

How nice. Happy Birthday to you.

by **Old Tyrannia** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:18 am

United Russian Soviet States wrote:
Dazchan wrote:
The Queen of Australia happens to share a body with the Queen of Great Britain. How does that make us a "British puppet"?

You are controlled by the monarch of Britain.

And Britain is controlled by the monarch of Belize. Therefore, we are all Belizean puppets. Long live the Belizean Empire!

Oh, and happy national day to our brethren down under. Together we will unite the world under the Imperial Throne of Belize.

by **Reddogkeno101** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:01 am

United Russian Soviet States wrote:
Dazchan wrote:
The Queen of Australia happens to share a body with the Queen of Great Britain. How does that make us a "British puppet"?

You are controlled by the monarch of Britain.

Oh yes, the most absolute monarch in the world; the tyrannical Elizabeth the second.

Anglo-California wrote:Happy Australia Day my Anglo brethren!

We're not all part English, but I am, so happy 'straya day.

Ardoki wrote:
Geilinor wrote:That's how Australia was founded...

I know, and that is why we should not celebrate it.

Would you also celebrate the Holocaust, just because it happened? No, you wouldn't. Just because a historical event occurred, does not mean you should celebrate it, especially if it is a massive human rights violation and crime against humanity.

That's a ridiculous comparison. Besides, double standards if any Americans point that out btw. It's not any different from any other imperialism, and to blame it soley on Australia and to lay no blame, that should be equally shared, with Britain is a very narrow view of what happened.

Dazchan wrote:
Ardoki wrote:Oh yeah, it's Australia Day today. I had forgotten since I don't celebrate it.

In my opinion. Australia Day is a racist, colonialist and imperialist holiday. It celebrates the British invasion of Australia, and the mass persecution and mistreatment of the Indigenous Australians. I cannot celebrate a thing like that.

Yeah, Aboriginals tend to find the date offensive, referring to the holiday as Invasion Day. My main issue with Australia Day is that January 26 is irrelevant to the history of 5/6 of the country. Unfortunately, with the date of the founding of Australia being January 1, there aren't a lot of dates that would work.

We could go with December 20, Menzies' Brithday

Oh hell no. Not bloody Menzies; let's not even go there.

Risottia wrote:
The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:Today is January the 26th (in Australia). This means it is Australia Day, the national holiday of Australia.

Happy anniversary, downunderers!

Cheers mate!

Ardoki wrote:
Hyfling wrote:All that really happened on Australia Day was the arrival of the First Fleet. The actual persecution and slaughter didn't happen until a few years later, initially, the Europeans and Aboriginals got along quite well.

If the First Fleet (or any other fleet) never arrived, there would not have been the genocide and persecution.

But let's be realistic, at one point or another, someone was going to come along and the same stuff was going to happen. I mean, it's pretty bloody hard to go to an Imperialistic Europe and say, oh yeah, let's leave that little place Australia alone and never colonise it.

The Conez Imperium wrote:
The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:Ah Gallipoli, the 100th anniversary this year.

Yes. A tragic event. Funny how we Australians celebrate a loss...

Yeah, we should probably celebrate Tobruk.

Mike the Progressive wrote:
Barunia wrote:
I know, right? Who'd have thought that a nation might have a national day? What an original idea!*

Also, It should be "in the Outback"? But to answer the question, most events will be happening in the cities, rather than the Outback.

*seeing as I'm fairly confident you're American, I'll make this easy for you: That was sarcasm.

I had actually meant Outback Steahouse. It's a restaurant in the states with Australian* cuisine.

*Australian cuisine is people!

Hang on, we have a cuisine?

by **The Eastern Antarctic State** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:16 am

Um, lamingtons? Kangaroo?

by **The Risen Jaguar Warriors** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:42 am

The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:Um, lamingtons? Kangaroo?

Dude! You forgot Pavlova!

BLASPHEMY!!!

by **Vortiaganica** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:46 am

The Risen Jaguar Warriors wrote:
The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:Um, lamingtons? Kangaroo?

Dude! You forgot Pavlova!

BLASPHEMY!!!

Pavs are Kiwi, mate! Lams are ours, and also Tim Tams.

by **The Risen Jaguar Warriors** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:31 am

Vortiaganica wrote:
The Risen Jaguar Warriors wrote:Dude! You forgot Pavlova!

BLASPHEMY!!!

Pavs are Kiwi, mate! Lams are ours, and also Tim Tams.

Not without our Iced Vovos!

by **The Foxes Swamp** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:06 am

happy australia day

by **Mike the Progressive** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:10 pm

Barunia wrote:
Mike the Progressive wrote:
I had actually meant Outback Steahouse. It's a restaurant in the states with Australian* cuisine.

I've seen their menu. Calling it Australian cuisine is laughable, half that stuff isn't eaten here.

When you think about it, it's horribly racist.

by **Skeckoa** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:52 pm

by **Meryuma** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:01 pm

Fuck a colonist.

by **Britanno** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:12 pm

The Eastern Antarctic State wrote:Happy birthday!

We weren't discovered then, we sent the convicts here on the 26th.

Looks like my ignorance got the better of me. Oh well, happy Australia Day!

by **Sebastianbourg** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:33 pm

Old Tyrannia wrote:
United Russian Soviet States wrote:You are controlled by the monarch of Britain.

And Britain is controlled by the monarch of Belize. Therefore, we are all Belizean puppets. Long live the Belizean Empire!

Oh, and happy national day to our brethren down under. Together we will unite the world under the Imperial Throne of Belize.

You are mistaken; we are controlled by Tuvalu.

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