Janey Mac
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War, as everyone will attest to, is horrific. Yet, we continue to indulge in it, under the guise of 'defense' or 'peace keeping' or whatever. And we, continue to glorify the stupidity of war (there can be no other term, to be applied to Paschendale or Balaclava or Gallipoli or 'weapons-of-mass-destruction' Baghdad) with our annual parades and our demonstrations of patriotism and our pontifications on sacrifice and honor and moral debt, while learning...
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Every country has dark moments in its history. Some are the result of considered actions that only become dark in retrospect, when the morals of the time evolve; others are morally indefensible even at the time of commission. Here in Australia, we have seen the pre-1949 'White Australia' policy and we have seen the pre-70s 'Stolen Generation' among other social shames. Together, these have left a stain on the country's past that continues to seep...