Is this racist or is this another case of people being retards?

[c2105026]

So many (1 person) clearly do not understand sarcasm.

Fair nuff lol.....:emb:

 

[Demonica]

this thread is racist and I am offended.

but seriously they are lucky that the chinese or indonesians didn't settle here. they would have rounded them all up and chased them off a cliff or something.

Probably would of eaten them lol

 

[greenacc]

The whole issue is ####ing rubbish. If you don't like the T shirt don't buy it.
What are the chances this T shirt is made in Australia anyway ? We should all be more offended about that than which bunch of soft ning nongs it supposedly offends!

 

[Jesterarts]

Big W follows Aldi in pulling 'racist' T-shirt from shelves following online outcry

Seems it wasn't just Aldi who was selling those t-shirts.

 

[Calaber]

Ah well, in for a penny.....

Frankly, I don't give a rat's arse about the shirts being available or not. Every January, our national parochialism blooms with childish, stupid (Chinese made) Australiana. Get a free bucket hat (a recycled Chinese handkerchief, probably) with your Daily Tele. Buy a (Chinese made) t-shirt that proclaims Australia was established etc.....Wave (Chinese made) miniature Aussie flags with pride on the 26th of Jan......

It's all bloody stupid, not just these shirts. Apart from those who object for various reasons to the things being sold , who really cares?

 

[Immortality]

TBH, compared to the maori's in NZ, those Aboriginals have been hard done by (just like the native American Indians), but that's not what this thread is about.

This thread is about a few stupid T shirts and as our nerdy friend/user NAAF pointed out is all about how/when modern Australia came about, not how we may or may not have abused the indigenous population (maybe we should start a new thread for that).

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

as our nerdy friend/user NAAF pointed out .

 

[monkeys437]

I am undecided abut 'Invasion Day' issue but.....Here is a hypothetical situation. Suppose Earth was discovered by an interplanetary species with far greater scientific and technological and economic knowledge than us humans. They see earth as ripe for the taking, as they needed a place to send their convicts. They then proceed to settle earth, and basically ruin our way of life. I am willing to bet many would see that as an invasion.

That's not even a vaguely similar situation. Human Beings are all the same species, we evolved on this earth and share a very recent common ancestor. Since the earliest origins Homo Sapiens have migrated to any new areas where we can carve out a Niche to better our survival. Who's to say that this sparsely populated land mass even "belonged" to the Aborigines prior to 1778 for it to be invaded in the first place? Who's to say it belongs to "us" now? We only protect our borders in the interest of the good of our tribe

 

[DavoVP]

That's not even a vaguely similar situation. Human Beings are all the same species, we evolved on this earth and share a very recent common ancestor. Since the earliest origins Homo Sapiens have migrated to any new areas where we can carve out a Niche to better our survival. Who's to say that this sparsely populated land mass even "belonged" to the Aborigines prior to 1778 for it to be invaded in the first place? Who's to say it belongs to "us" now? We only protect our borders in the interest of the good of our tribe

Yeah but N I G G E R s ............

Oh right this threads about some butt hurt social media fags

 

[c2105026]

That's not even a vaguely similar situation. Human Beings are all the same species, we evolved on this earth and share a very recent common ancestor. Since the earliest origins Homo Sapiens have migrated to any new areas where we can carve out a Niche to better our survival. Who's to say that this sparsely populated land mass even "belonged" to the Aborigines prior to 1778 for it to be invaded in the first place? Who's to say it belongs to "us" now? We only protect our borders in the interest of the good of our tribe

Well aboriginal culture (and most indigenous cultures), as I understand it, are heavily reliant on the connection to land; if the connection is ruined, it can be very problematic for those concerned. I would say that Colonial Indigenous Australians would have viewed their water sources, hunting grounds, camping areas etc. as 'theirs'. As such, on occasions, new settlers were attacked by local Indigenous groups.