Australia Day

Happy Australia Day.

I'm breaking out the chops and sausages today for a nice traditional feast. It's tempting to be a cynic on a day like this, make jokes of stereotypes and make fun of how fundamentally Australian it is to cling to the bygone eras of yesteryear. To poke a stick at the Great Australian Sport Machine, or petrol head f-wits. But it's really not all like that when you get past what the media are drumming into us what we should be. In the age of dying nation states, it's kinda nice to still have something in common with people.

Although not to this degree: race riots. Damn idiots, on both sides. New immigrants or first generation Australians going nuts and burning flags, proclaiming national pride from somewhere else yet reaping the benefits of being an (passport) Aussie. Then the equally as dim-witted white Australians (including those who are only 3rd gen) who are forcing people to have the same views as them. And this is why we've had our flag banned at some events, including the Big Day Out in Sydney.

Must say though, great day to see us whoop some arse in sport, eat meat and have a bit of pride.