Well, it is the modern western way of needing to play/be the victim.
Perhaps I could have been typing this in Japanese if not for the USA dropping a few big bombs where it really hurts. Are the Japanese thinking of revenge and dropping a few back in return? No, this is just how retarded Joyce and his cronies argument has become.
Alexander the Great invaded many more countries, and in the process of assimilation, those countries generally benefitted. Sure Australia has a bit of a bloody past, and we are not in denial of it, but for a growing number of people it's fuel for playing the victim to the sole benefit of the individual rather than the collective.
Back in my day the sphincter was a one way valve; it seems times are a changin'...
In the corporate world it's a tool mainly used for promotion.