extraordinary PC tossery

[Ken Gargett]

i know PC has been discussed endlessly on the forum and we have had some absurd examples. i know that people have different thresholds. but this latest moronic crap takes the biscuit.

for those not aware, the gold coast in Qld will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. these are Games, similar to the Olympics, but held for the UK, Canada, Australia and all members and former members, i believe, of the british commonwealth. they used to be very important. far less so these days but still a big thing. they are funded by the various levels of government (and sales of tickets etc etc). they are not some private event.

anyway, the organisers are hosting a barbecue on australia day for all the workers (in other words, tax payers are hosting a barbecue, but a lot of the workers are volunteers and doing it for free so i doubt anyone minds). australia day is celebrated on jan 26 every year, the anniversary of the first fleet landing at port jackson in 1788. in recent years, some but definitely not all members of our indigenous australians have been protesting that it actually celebrates an invasion.

now, let us leave that alone. whether you support that or oppose it, is not that relevant for this.

the disgraceful grubs who run the games - yes, public servants and government bureaucrats - have declared the barbecue they are hosting to be an "invasion day barbecue". i understand that some think this, and i understand why. i'm not particularly fussed either way, but i do not believe that government grubs should be allowed to push their own political agenda in this manner. that is disgraceful and whoever is behind it should be sacked. fat chance of that.

i am so pissed at this that as far as i am concerned, the commonwealth games can disappear up its own arse. i'll be busy (and i say that as someone who attended, and loved, much of the 82 games).

those grubs are entitled to their views, no issue with that, but they do not have the right to impose them on others in this manner.

[LordAnubis]

It better be halal.


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[shrink]

Next thing, mothers will begin to celebrate the conception date of their children as "#MeToo Invasion Day". 

[oliverdst]

14 minutes ago, shrink said:

Next thing, mothers will begin to celebrate the conception date of their children as "#MeToo Invasion Day". 

Ahahah

I miss the good old humor.

[SirVantes]

Maybe you're seeing this the wrong way .  Maybe it's extraordinarily un-PC.  "Yes, it WAS an invasion.  You'd expect us to be solemn and contrite, but instead we're still celebrating.  With a big barbecue.  And damn the carbon footprint. Nyah nyah nyah." 

[Fuzz]

Don't forget Ken, these are the same people who told all volunteers that they should use gender neutral terms (ie don't say, "ladies & gentlemen", "boys & girls" etc).

Personally, I'd like for it to be officially recognised that Australia was conquered and not settled. That way, we can do away with as the native title BS.

[oliverdst]

This would cause a lot of buzz even in a messy country like Brazil. Hmmm. Maybe not. Our current president is a thief and friend of the big farmers. He is kind of selling indian lands and not much happening. 

Aussies should be concerned If somehow is possible to compare Brazil and Austrália. 

 

[Akela3rd]

Seems quite appropriate as the whole British Commonwealth was basically a worldwide invasion and appropriation of resources.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, it's not as if the BBQ is a competitive event or affects the sport in any way (unless the athletes attend and get a dodgy burger or two, which might influence the sprint...).

Thunder & Lightening '75 - '15

[Auspaul]

Saw it on the news don't know if it was sarcasm or some SJW as for Australia day and changing the date have not met many indigenous people who have any interest in changing the date. 

[Ken Gargett]

my problem is not whether we should change the date or not. i think that is something that there can be a legit debate about.

my issue is that some tosser public servant uses an international event to push his/her agenda. what gives them the right...

[Dave O)))]

Personally, I'd like for it to be officially recognised that Australia was conquered and not settled. That way, we can do away with as the native title BS.

Interesting idea. But Terra Australis was neither conquered nor settled. It was "appropriated" by the British with the declaration: Terra Nullius, ie "me first". Such an arrogant "conquest", practically by default. But if you go back far enough, even Aboriginals were immigrants. Where does one draw a line?

We are all immigrants I suppose, or descendents of. Lucky bastards, one and all.

[Thig]

This invasion sentiment could be said about most countries today, the only way to stop that would have been for everyone to stay in the country they were born in.

[ayepatz]

We live in The Age of the Easily Offended. Social Media has given everyone an arena in which to voice their perceived grievances.

How many simple, common-sense practices are now becoming unnecessarily complicated, or even deemed unacceptable, because somebody takes offence?

Vive la difference!!!

[topdiesel]

 

[suggs]

41 minutes ago, ayepatz said:

We live in The Age of the Easily Offended. Social Media has given everyone an arena in which to voice their perceived grievances.

The irony of these sentences, given the context of the OP, is not lost.

[Colt45]

1 hour ago, suggs said:

The irony of these sentences, given the context of the OP, is not lost.

[Islandboy]

12 hours ago, SirVantes said:

Maybe you're seeing this the wrong way .  Maybe it's extraordinarily un-PC.  "Yes, it WAS an invasion.  You'd expect us to be solemn and contrite, but instead we're still celebrating.  With a big barbecue.  And damn the carbon footprint. Nyah nyah nyah." 

This is the only explanation making sense to me, otherwise why would you celebrate such a thing in an attempt to appease its victims? Personally, I’d be doubly pissed off if I were a vegan indigenous Aussie.

[99call]

Here in the UK, we have it down pat,

We like to treat each other equally like shit, (we even treat ourselves like shit), a great deal of social unrest can be avoided this way.   Anybody caught BBQ'ing in the UK, is immediately then forced onto that BBQ, and then Wickerman festivities ensue,