Originally Posted by
morno
Far out, if the indigenous want to have smoking ceremonies and welcome to country, whether it was invented last week or 40,000 years ago, let them.
It's as if they think if they can just prove that smoking ceremonies were invented after white settlement, then they can dismiss them as irrelevant, though I'm not sure if this would be because anything dating to after 1770 should not be taken seriously (hello? the entirety of white Australian history?) or because anything dating to after 1770 by blacks is uppity behaviour against white domination? Neither is an attractive conclusion...
Originally Posted by
morno
As for the flag, we have one currently, it’s called the Australian flag. If everyone (or the majority) feels strongly about adopting another one which acknowledges all parts of our society, then make the noises in the right places.
Canada changed their flag to a popular and instantly recognisable design 56 years ago and don't seem to obsess about becoming a republic at all (perhaps something to do with their southern neighbours?).