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    The Australian‏Verified account @australian Jan 17

    Abbott describes British settlement of Australia as a “very good thing”http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/labor-leader-criticised-for-australia-day-debate-silence/news-story/4e971891810c83d1314856544d8116a3 …

    10:30 PM - 17 Jan 2018
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      2. No Body‏ @BBBubby77 Jan 17
        Replying to @australian

        For the British.

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      3. murray james‏ @murr1960 Jan 17
        Replying to @BBBubby77 @australian

        If not the British, then who? The French,The Dutch? Some people need a reality check.

        2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
      4. No Body‏ @BBBubby77 Jan 17
        Replying to @murr1960 @australian

        You mean the reality that Australia was invaded and not discovered.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. murray james‏ @murr1960 Jan 17
        Replying to @BBBubby77 @australian

        Keep telling yourself that? As I said if not the British then who?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      6. No Body‏ @BBBubby77 Jan 17
        Replying to @murr1960 @australian

        Cats

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      2. chris younger  🏳️‍🌈‏ @Funkyfetlock Jan 17
        Replying to @australian

        Wasn’t so great for all the indigenous who were killed

        2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. Amber.K.‏ @AmberX994874 Jan 17
        Replying to @Funkyfetlock @australian

        If it wasn't the British..it was going to be someone..

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. A’tuin Sneezed‏ @damethelog Jan 17
        Replying to @AmberX994874 @Funkyfetlock @australian

        So that makes it ok?pic.twitter.com/KK8Aeow1r2

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Cold 👨🏽‍⚕️ ⚕️Hands‏ @_ColdHands_ Jan 17
        Replying to @damethelog @AmberX994874 and

        Well, what's your scenario for the most benign course of Indigenous history, given that some Colonial Power would exploit the power vacuum left by a Stone Age people inhabiting the Australian Continent? Who would have done less harm than the British?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. A’tuin Sneezed‏ @damethelog Jan 18
        Replying to @_ColdHands_ @AmberX994874 and

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Australia … Saying “aren’t we glad it was the Poms who massacred is not the Belgiums” is, quite frankly, a fucking ridiculous argument

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      7. Cold 👨🏽‍⚕️ ⚕️Hands‏ @_ColdHands_ Jan 18
        Replying to @damethelog @AmberX994874 and

        You still haven't answered the question. Give us your ideal historical scenario for the Colonial occupation of Australia, given that in the era of European colonisation, some nation was going to take possession of this great South land.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Cold 👨🏽‍⚕️ ⚕️Hands‏ @_ColdHands_ Jan 18
        Replying to @_ColdHands_ @AmberX994874 and

        It's very easy @damethelog to get all indignant about the massacres. However🇬🇧under Captain Phillip had a settlement run under Enlightenment principles, & massacres were rare & often perpetrators were prosecuted (sadly, not always), a distinct contrast to other Colonial Powers.

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      9. Cold 👨🏽‍⚕️ ⚕️Hands‏ @_ColdHands_ Jan 18
        Replying to @_ColdHands_ @AmberX994874 and

        Finally, in the post-colonial phase,🇬🇧peacefully relinquished direct rule over Australia leaving us as a modern nation that respects the Rule of Law & stands in distinct contrast to say 🇫🇷,whose former colonies mostly did not fare as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire#Decolonization …

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      1. Peter Robins‏ @Peter__Robins Jan 17
        Replying to @australian

        As an Australian alive in 2018 I agree. Its pretty good here, glad the Poms came here. Some might be glad the Romans went to their countries...

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      2. Lachlan McLean‏ @LachlanDMcLean Jan 17
        Replying to @australian

        100% correct there! British settlement was a fantastic thing, as it created all the blessings we enjoy in Australia today & it should always be celebrated.

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Christopher Keogh‏ @GrumpyKeysey Jan 18
        Replying to @LachlanDMcLean @australian

        Presbyterian nut and Cory Bernardi fan. Not exactly representative of the population. Unsurprising that you don't care about other people such as indigenous people.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Lachlan McLean‏ @LachlanDMcLean Jan 18
        Replying to @GrumpyKeysey @australian

        Another ingrate! So where would you be now without British settlement? You certainly wouldn't be pontificating from Collingwood as a champagne socialist. Most of the population want to enjoy next Friday & will ignore the pointless navel-gazing orchestrated by the idiotic Greens.

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Christopher Keogh‏ @GrumpyKeysey Jan 18
        Replying to @LachlanDMcLean @australian

        Bullshit. "Most people" or "most people I know in my narrow minded Sydney enclave"? Surely a former councillor should keep up with the news. Most Aussies don't care what day it is and don't even know Jan 26 has anything to do with the First Fleet. http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-18/australia-day-debate-more-than-half-dont-mind-changing-the-date/9337500 …

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      6. Lachlan McLean‏ @LachlanDMcLean Jan 18
        Replying to @GrumpyKeysey @australian

        So you're not only an ingrate, but you also have poor vocabulary skills. The survey was done by the leftist Australian Institute, so it lacks credibility. However, if people "don't care" like you claim, there is no need to change anything as there is no appetite for change.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      7. Christopher Keogh‏ @GrumpyKeysey Jan 18
        Replying to @LachlanDMcLean @australian

        "Vocabulary skills". Hilarious. You could have just said "vocabulary", genius. The majority don't care when it is, so why keep it as a commemoration of genocide? You claim to be a Christian, but you don't seem to be very Christike. Or bright. #FauxChristians

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      8. Lachlan McLean‏ @LachlanDMcLean Jan 18
        Replying to @GrumpyKeysey @australian

        I thought you could handle an extra word, but no doubt your mental energy has been sapped by Twitter doubling its character limit. The 1st Fleet came to establish a penal colony, but your aim is to distort history. There is no appetite for change. I think you mean 'Christlike'.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Christopher Keogh‏ @GrumpyKeysey Jan 18
        Replying to @LachlanDMcLean @australian

        Yes, I did mean Christlike. Jesus would forgive such a typo. Why is someone who claims to be a Christian so uncaring for others? #FauxChristians

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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