Peak Warming Man said:

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

Booing and heckling from crowd members during multiple Welcome to Country speeches at Anzac Day services across the country have drawn widespread condemnation.

Political leaders, veterans and service attendees described the disruptions at dawn services in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth as “disgraceful” and bastardry.

I was mighty pissed. 🤬🤬🤬

The booing of welcome to country was poor form, having said that I don’t believe that welcome to country has any place at a dawn service.

I respectfully and passionately disagree.

My Great Uncle played the bugle each time an Australian died whilst he was in Changi. He was passionate about Indigenous peoples inclusion. At his funeral this was the major of discussion.He’s sawv it as part of what he lost a lot of mates for. We have a Victorian Cross on the other side and save feelings and not attending the match whilst the Indigenous returned servicemen after excluded.

We have a stack of a whole lot of medals and participation in just about every conflict that Australia has been in. But those feelings reach across them all.

As one of The Children of the Mist “ that is why I attend to get that sense of belonging and connection to Country and all other Australians who take it into their hearts.

I respect your point of view but I land in a very different place.