Comments on: Flagging Australia Day http://theangle.org/2010/01/26/flagging-australia-day/ Independent Australasian news and analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: alexschlotzer http://theangle.org/2010/01/26/flagging-australia-day/comment-page-1/#comment-818 alexschlotzer Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:41:36 +0000 http://theangle.org/?p=1950#comment-818 For me seeing the flag used to mean that someone was overly zealous about proving they were Australian or they had some love of the country. It is quite annoying that much of what the day seems to mean has turned into a hillbilly festival. The plethora of false platitudes and rhetoric about the day is definitely another aspect that makes me cringe. It would be nice if the day could be used to remind ourselves of the history of the country rather than the "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - Oi, Oi, Oi" swill we get these days. For me seeing the flag used to mean that someone was overly zealous about proving they were Australian or they had some love of the country. It is quite annoying that much of what the day seems to mean has turned into a hillbilly festival. The plethora of false platitudes and rhetoric about the day is definitely another aspect that makes me cringe.

It would be nice if the day could be used to remind ourselves of the history of the country rather than the "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie – Oi, Oi, Oi" swill we get these days.

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://theangle.org/2010/01/26/flagging-australia-day/comment-page-1/#comment-816 uberVU - social comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:13:27 +0000 http://theangle.org/?p=1950#comment-816 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by globaleye: Flagging Australia Day: Australian flag, Parliament House, Canberra. Credit: Aenneken/ flickr By Kevin Rennie: Whe... http://bit.ly/7eQ57k... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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