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1. Thankyou John Howard
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 04:40 AM
Jan 2012

This so called patriotism came about during the years of the Howard Government. Before then, most people were quietly proud to be Aussie, but not overbearing like the Americans. It was a rare sight to see an Australian flag displayed outside one's private home, but nowadays its pretty common.

As far as I'm concerned, religion and an over abundance of patriotism cause wars. We are all citizens of the world and are all equal. We can be proud of Australians achievements without falling over drunk by celebrating a day that probably is more accurately described as being "Invasion Day". Thank god we haven't got to the stage where we finish speeches by saying "God bless Australia".

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