Anthem word change

[speedy2460]

I voted "rats". Changing the anthem will increase the division that has been created.
It's very important that all inhabitants of this country pull together and fight for a common cause.
Changing one word is rolling over to a minority which seems to be increasing the divisional problem and not helping it.

 

[N4TE]

Well ... continuing on from my previous statement ...

When I met "young and free" women in Thailand I would generally "rejoice" after about a minute of being happy.

Girt by puss-sea

 

[The DoggFather]

Girt by puss-sea

GIRTH by pus-sea lol

 

[south of heaven]

He's got one thing right, emus are assholes.

I seen a semi smash and emu out south Australia the **** got barelled and kept running surely it would of died an was running on adrenalin was pretty funny

 

[Blue_boost]

They got gay marriage over the line so anthem changes should be a Singh.

The gay marriage argument was shot down 3-4 times before they got it over the line. Why can't the no group have another shot to knock gay marriage out... They get one yes and it's done forever?

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Maybe that's what we should change it too:

"Australians all let us rejoice for we don't give a rats"

 

[Hacky McAxe]

They got gay marriage over the line so anthem changes should be a Singh.

The gay marriage argument was shot down 3-4 times before they got it over the line. Why can't the no group have another shot to knock gay marriage out... They get one yes and it's done forever?

Nah. Not done forever. Just until a fascist dictator takes over the world.

 

[Dawgfather]

They got gay marriage over the line so anthem changes should be a Singh.

The gay marriage argument was shot down 3-4 times before they got it over the line. Why can't the no group have another shot to knock gay marriage out... They get one yes and it's done forever?

On the matter of social issues, society generally trends towards the progressive, so as time passes, you will have less and less people thinking that traditional marriage is the optimum. Very unlikely more than 50% will suddenly start wanting traditional marriage to come back (especially considering the threat to your personal status in society via social media / work places / social circles if people found out you supported the conservative notion of marriage).

 

[Blue_boost]

On the matter of social issues, society generally trends towards the progressive, so as time passes, you will have less and less people thinking that traditional marriage is the optimum. Very unlikely more than 50% will suddenly start wanting traditional marriage to come back (especially considering the threat to your personal status in society via social media / work places / social circles if people found out you supported the conservative notion of marriage).

All those silent voters like trump.. noone admits to voting for Trump but many vote for him. Same with gay marriage. They won't openly say they are against it but will vote no.

Let's not have a plebiscite where only yes people voted and the no people couldn't be bothered voting, but make it compulsory, no will get up for sure

 

[The DoggFather]

If the civil union of gay marriage does not effect places of worship and the government doesn't force them to perform them, what's the problem?

Like I've always said, if this was CLEARLY specified before the vote (Which it wasn't if you can remember) then I'm guessing there would of been more yes votes.

But that joke of a vote was only an exercise for the government not to lose votes. Whatever the outcome was, they were immune to criticism as it was "up to the people". Obvious tactic used to not lose votes from either the yes or no groups.

 

[D0GMATIC]

The rorted premier wants to change a word in the anthem, most likely to take attention away from her rorts.

She wants "one and free" instead of "young and free".

What say you?

It’s a good idea , but it won’t make some people happy. And I can understand why. But the aboriginals had close to 300 hundred different tribes or nations with different languages that have sadly been lost.how do you then, translate the current song or even create a new one that’s representative of all tribes and not sung in English ?

 

[Ripley]

An anthem that would not offend anyone would be one that doesn’t mention people at all. NOBODY. No races, no religions no we no us no you no them no nobody. Just the one thing we all have in common no matter how long you been here or from where you came - the love of this place.

So get someone to write a stirring tune to this piece and we’re done. It’s been there in front of us all along. Sing it once in English and once in indigenous... or not... who cares.

And be done with Advance Australia because it can’t be fixed. Oh sure you can change a word or two to fix the controversy but not the cringeworthy rest of it or that vomit inducing tune


I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me.

 

[Motorhead]

I Still Call Australia Home is a good tune, would be happy with that.