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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The sky is blue, moon is a rock in space, earth is a stupid name for a planet. Tell me new things

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Water isnt wet. It makes things wet. The effect of an object a to another object b is never the state of the object a. A pen writes on paper, the paper then is writen but the pen isnt writen

(Had to. Sorry. SpaceFrogs reference)

[–] REDACTED 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's interesting how whenever interesting topics like these appear on reddit, it devolves into paragraph long discussions. When these topics appear on lemmy, people just downvote you, call you a nerd and say they don't give a shit. Just something I've noticed.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People here have a life outside this website

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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

I don't care. Water is wet.

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[–] JesseoftheNorth@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It’s important because settlers have been denying the genocide from the beginning and still do to this day.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Look, I'm on the Brit's side on this one. Just because the aborigines have the oldest ever civilisation and just because they lived here for 100K years before the brits turned up, doesn't mean shit.

/s obviously.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

looks at Canada, then the US

Guess the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just wait 200 years and the West will also admit to all the contemporary genocides. And will make some very touching museum to them, while committing new ones and silencing anyone opposed to it.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

The genocides will continue until the morale improves.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago

They needed an inquiry?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 113 points 2 days ago (4 children)

And Tasmanians, and Native Americans, and Indians, and Kenyans, and Irish...

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 12 points 2 days ago

Tasmanians

Tasmania is a state of Australia, all Tasmanian are Australian. Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples are the same as mainland Aboriginal peoples.

Torres Strait Islanders are the other indigenous peoples in Australia.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There's an Australian Canadian co-production that goes into some of the atrocities the British got into:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_the_British_Stole

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[–] mrmorganiser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] queueBenSis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

for real. i thought this was common knowledge how ravenous the British were throughout history

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 days ago

The Inquiry:

*Opens a 7th grade social studies class textbook.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And the elites over there still think Genocide is absolutely fine as long as its Whites doing it to non-Whites, hence their support for Israel and its Genocide.

Britain is maybe the best example there is of an European country which culturally didn't evolve much from 19th century thinking, at various levels (their political system, too, is an earlier, partial form of Democracy easily subverted).

Plenty of people over there do have a XXI century mindset, but those aren't the ones with actual Power.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elita support genocide as long as they get paid.

Which kind of takes out the racism, but I'm not sure it makes it better. See also them turning their head to Rwanda, the Arabs slavery and so on, as long as they invest in western companies.

Palestinian fault's was apparently to not invest in some shitty football team

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I think the profound contrast between the reaction from the British "Authorities" to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to the Israeli Genocide in Gaza, disproves the idea that it's all about money, especially given that there was a lot more money being made from Russia than can be made from Israel.

I mean, a musician is right now being investigated by the British Police for shouting his desire for death to the invader, genocidal army that's purposefully mass murdering children - that of Israel - whilst nobody in Britain was ever investigated by police for wanting the death of members of the invading Russian army in Ukraine, even though the latter is barelly targetting civilians and never explicitly children (unlike the former).

Racism, extreme and profound Racism even, is the most reasonable explanation for such a massive disconnect in their reaction to those two different aggressors in proportion to the crimes they're committing, more so given that a money reason would yield an unbalanced reaction in the very opposite direction.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think Russia tends to be a different story because it causes uncertainty in their backyard. It is a large scale war, that threatens to spill into Europe "proper", and that's bad for trading and the economy in the EU.

I agree that, for most people, there is still a degree of racism, but I still think that Billionaires look primarily at your wallet (ex: Sunak is in all "proper" circles in the UK, Indian or not) and you race secondly.

IMHO l, racism is a tool to keep the poor from talking about classism. So after years of propaganda about it, it's a problem that mostly affect the poor, while they get fucked in their wallet

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (10 children)

They needed an inquiry for this? If the British showed up, they tried to genocide, that’s just what they do

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s always been characterized as a police action against “criminals.”

In the US, we declared war against Native Americans, so it’s more obviously a genocide. Murders of aboriginal Australians have always been constructed as police actions.

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[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And most of us Aussies voted no to recognise the indigenous voice in our constitution. It just never ends.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I voted yes, and got called racist by some dink simping for Lidia Thorpe in the Green and Pleasant subreddit. The immature trashy twat who campaigned No because she said it was tokenistic.

I don't know what to think anymore.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah bunch of cunts, I'm a Ngombur man and it was incredibly disheartening to talk to anyone out and about and hear how they didn't want to vote yes for what really boiled down to racist fear.

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And here I thought folks just let the Brits displace them because they're so nice!

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Certainly the posh ones will tell you they value your input as you scream from the pain due the knife they plunged into your back.

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If this inquiry has no power to actually do anything about this finding, I’m not sure I understand the point.

Anyone who ever read a history book already knows about the multiple genocides. The issue is what happens now?

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They'll formally apologize, as talk is cheap, and then do nothing further.

And no, I'm not at all kidding or exaggerating: this is THE most common strategy in British Political and Social Elite circles for getting rid of such "problems" when denying it doesn't work.

Deny it, deny it was a problem, deny it was systemic, apologize and claim it was too long ago and it's pointless to do anything about it now, is a well travelled multi-step strategy in British politics (THE main strategy, even) to avoid actual consequences for their actions or lack of action.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 days ago

I guess the point would be for everyone involved to say "never again" and if someone quotes Hitler they should not win elections.

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[–] toppy@lemy.lol 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So now what ? Are the families or descendents of those indigenous australians alive today in australia ? After so many years what kind of compensation will be provided or what kind of justice will be provided ?

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago (5 children)

And the American settlers genocided the native Americans. All the western super-powers are built of slaughter, rape and pillage.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 days ago (4 children)

My dude, pretty much all countries have been founded by genocidal settlers.

Problem is that some of them can't get past it and keep being genocidal settlers.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly.

The problem is those countries were the 19th century colonialist mindset isn "something we fortunately left behind" but instead is alive and well.

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[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

LIES!!

Europeans traveled the globe to spread the love of God and everyone they encountered they treated with the utmost respect because they realized these people, like themselves, are God's creation, created in His image. That's the beauty about Christians throughout the ages, you can safely trust upon their moral compass because they adhere to the laws of God and God only. If Europeans weren't truly guided by God, and ever behaved in bad ways as is suggested here, you would expect to see examples of such unprovoked death and destruction across the globe all throughout the age of exploration and colonialism. But what we see, for the most part, is harmony and bliss, ever lasting peace and prosperity, like a mirror image of the Kingdom of Heaven brought to earth. And people across the globe converted because they were impressed by the moral superiority of the white man, saviors of humanity, chosen by God himself to guide us to His perfect light. And yes, of course, in some instances, when indiginous people would threaten this harmony, the good Christians needed to defend it, as warriors of God, and sometimes harsh measures needed to be taken. But to frame this genocide, ethnic cleansing, rape, torture, theft, etc. as immoral is shortsighted. They raped and tortured in self defense, or if not that, in His defence. Sometimes it may not be immediately obvious how these actions by Christians are part of Gods plan, but God and his true believers in His name, work in mysterious ways, and to question these ways, whether guided by hatred or logic, is to disrespect God, because it shows you have no faith. When you act out of faith in God, this requires no logic, no justification. The actions of the Christian man are it's own justification. Submit and all will be well. But if you resist you deserve everything that's coming to you, fire and brimstone, whether it's in Hell or here on earth, you will burn, as the abomination you are.

Say it with me, 'for the Grace of God, DEATH TO ALL NON-BELIEVERS!'

/s (obviously..)

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

They also found the sky is blue and water is wet. (I know, technically it's not)

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My Aussie mate back in England told me that the British killed the First Nations and took their land, like his ancestors just turned up here to find swathes of unoccupied land and were like “crikey, what’s been happening here!” and immediately started doing Acknowledgement Of Country at the start of every office meeting.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I legit do not understand your comment.

My Aussie mate back in England told me that the British killed the First Nations and took their land,

With you this far. Yes your Australian friend (who was in England at the time) told you that the British killed the first nations people and took their land.

like his ancestors just turned up here to find swathes of unoccupied land and were like “crikey, what’s been happening here!” and immediately started doing Acknowledgement Of Country at the start of every office meeting.

Now you're saying your Australian friend was foolish to ideate that his ancestors just turned up in Australia to find swathes of unoccupied land.. and then start making Acknowledgement of Country statements.

First of all - how is this not contradictory to the first part of your analogy? He didn't ideate that.

Second, the Acknowledgement of Country statements didn't start until 200 years after colonisation.. So this is really disingenuous representation you make of your "Aussie mate's" position.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think they assume Anglo-Australians separate their own ancestors from the British colonisers.

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