Australian Acceptance Day

Easter commemorates nailing a Jewish bloke to a cross. We accept the holiday, we no longer hate the Romans.

Anzac Day commemorates thousands of deaths: Aussie, Kiwi, even Turks. Thanks in part to the annual commerations we are able to join hands to commemorate all of the losses.

VE Day commemorates invasion, death and war. We are now able to accept that today's Germans are not to blame. We can commemorate VJ Day without maintaining a hatred of Japanese.

The British monarchy was founded on war, invasion and oppression. Yet even republicans accept a holiday to commemorate the Queen's birthday. We embrace Irish, American and Chinese cultures on their respective national days.

All this commemoration and celebration does not mean that we are glad of the brutal histories behind each day. What it means is that we are willing to deal with the world as it is. As it is today.

It also allows us to learn a bit or remember a bit about the history behind each day. And it perhaps allows us to accept what happened. To forget blame. To make sure that we all can accept Australia as it is now.

With understanding and acceptance we can even improve the future.

Nick Lethbridge  /  consulting dexitroboper
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"I took out a loan to pay for an exorcism. If I don't pay it back, I'm going to get repossessed." … Olaf Falafel
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