Can you believe the nerve of this guy?

[Jesterarts]

Don't care what it's called. It's a public holiday and each person can give it it's own meaning. For me it's Australia day, for someone else it can be citizens day.

It's a bit like christmas. It's a pagan holiday which was taken by christians to celebrate the birth of their prophet. I'm not a christian so to me it's a secular holiday that I use to see my family.

The best thing about Australia is we're all free to celebrate holidays how we choose and assign them with our own meaning and tradition

What a load of crap.

The idea of Holidays such as Australia day is to unit all those lucky enough to be living here in celebrating this awesome country together.

Just cause I decide it's actually "Run around in the nude and do penis windmills day" doesn't make it so.

It's not citizen day, because it's not celebrating a or the citizen, it's celebrating our country and how luck we are to be here.

 

[skitzone80b]

Does that mean I'm no longer allowed to get drunk on the 26th seeing as I'm not a citizen? Douche.

 

[monkeys437]

What a load of crap.

The idea of Holidays such as Australia day is to unit all those lucky enough to be living here in celebrating this awesome country together.

Just cause I decide it's actually "Run around in the nude and do penis windmills day" doesn't make it so.

It's not citizen day, because it's not celebrating a or the citizen, it's celebrating our country and how luck we are to be here.

People can celebrate holidays however they want. It's not compulsory to stick flags on your car, have a BBQ and listen to Triple J.

If you want to meet on the 26th every year in a miserable group of people in a dark room and talk about Citizens day and how Australia is a Fascist country ruled by Satan with too many Gays and then stand in a circle reciting ancient chants, that's fine.

For me it's Beers, Beach, Barbie, and some work around the house

 

[minux]

Well you can call it what you like but the recognised public holiday is Australia Day.

I am wondering if I could force people to work without penalties if they fail to recognise Christmas, Easter, Australia Day etc? Surely if they view it as any other day except what is recognised for the public holiday then it deems the holiday null and void?

 

[87RB30VL]

Imagine if we went over to a MiddleEastern country during Ramadan and posted on facebook about how it shouldn't be called that or whatever, they'd chop our heads off and offer it to the gods or something

 

[monkeys437]

Well you can call it what you like but the recognised public holiday is Australia Day.

I am wondering if I could force people to work without penalties if they fail to recognise Christmas, Easter, Australia Day etc? Surely if they view it as any other day except what is recognised for the public holiday then it deems the holiday null and void?

No they're public holidays by law, the wide array of our own personal beliefs actually count for nothing.

 

[Jesterarts]

Huh? Just throwing it out there but I am fairly sure they didn't just one day decide to have a public holiday and call it Easter.

The day being a public holiday as such is secondary to that day being a celebration of something. In this case, Australia Day.

Its Australia Day, and its a public holiday to allow people to celebrate that day. Its not a public holiday just for the shots and giggles of having one.

 

[87RB30VL]

Let's just call it "Arrival of the first fleet" day

Huh? Just throwing it out there but I am fairly sure they didn't just one day decide to have a public holiday and call it Easter.

The day being a public holiday as such is secondary to that day being a celebration of something. In this case, Australia Day.

Its Australia Day, and its a public holiday to allow people to celebrate that day. Its not a public holiday just for the shots and giggles of having one.

This. /End thread

 

[Troy711]

Anyone who thinks the day has been changed to Citizens Day is simply an uninformed git. There has been absolutely nothing ever to suggest it's changed, no political announcement, nothing in the media... the only people who say so are young little shits* from deluded minority groups who want to try and cause a stir. The sad thing is it's all the half baked hilly billy bogans who bite and start saying stupid **** like 'git thar faaarrrkk outta me country STRAYA DAY'.

I remember being a kid and Australia Day was spent playing cricket in the yard while most of the family had a few beers and a BBQ. Now it seems it's more to release your inner bogan, get **** faced and disgrace the flag by slapping it on as many articles of clothing as possible and at the end of the day trample all over it before you leave it for a rubbish collector to pick up.





*Not all minorities are this way inclined, most of them are actually very respectful of this country and don't feel the need to troll for shits and giggles

 

[87RB30VL]

'git thar faaarrrkk outta me country STRAYA DAY'.

Bahahahaha