Ideas
Imagine if the above headline was: “In support of the wholesale slaughter of babies.”
Examine your reaction to it. Your reaction is the problem.
Now, there are only two credible reactions to reading something like this. One is that it’s some kind of poorly-focused black humour, that the author is being deliberately provocative (and not very funny). The other is visceral moral outrage. The very idea that we should do such a thing.
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Reconciliation, multiculturalism, sustainability (including confronting human-induced climate change), feminism and economic redistribution are five ‘big ideas’ that, not only excite the passions of The Punch readers, but have characterised Australia’s post-War history.
Each one of these concepts represents a noble goal to be achieved in our society. Let me explain by starting with reconciliation. Reconciliation has little to do with ‘saying sorry’ – though it is an important symbolic act – but more to do with confronting the forced and illegal dispossession of the Australian Indigenous population.
Reconciliation is about reconciling the past with the present, as well as defining the type of future we want – one that recognises and celebrates Indigenous culture and finds a way to compensate for things passed.
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Shane From Melbourne says:
Economic deregulation worked real well for the United States. A basket case economy kept alive by the artificial stimulus of printing more money. Strange how shrinking the size of government doesn’t include a bloated national security bureaucracy….. Read more »
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SRS says:
You can’t beat a tried and tested solution. Personally, I would be in favour of a white Australia policy even if it meant I had to go home. I love this country enough to sacrifice my time here for its’ future. It’s people like you who are the real disgraces… Read more »
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