big day
The big news around the traps, apart from Gary Coleman from Different Strokes getting married, seems to be about the big apology up at Canberra. It was enormous news where I work. They had big screens set up in the lobby, which was choked with so many people you couldn’t even make it into the lifts. The sound mysteriously turned itself off when Brendon Nelson started to speak, perhaps out of sympathy with the prevailing ideological bent.
What do I think about it all, you ask? (I know you probably didn’t ask, but I’m going to answer anyway.)
I think the apology is a good thing, too long delayed, and I’m glad it’s finally been done, and with some style. For whatever reason, good or bad, a lot of Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their families. This has caused ongoing trauma for all concerned. Whether we’re personally involved or not, it’s right for us to apologise as a country, and seek some sort of reconciliation.
I wouldn’t be too hard on Brendon Nelson, though. He represents a party that comes from a definite ideological position, and within that he made a decent fist of coming to terms with the history involved. The stuff about millions of people dying for their country was a bit out of left field, but I kinda see what he was getting at.
Andrew Bolt seems to be whipping himself up into a more than averagely rabid frenzy over the issue (5 blog posts on the topic today alone) which is usually a sign we’re on the right track.
What choo talkin’ ’bout?
Back to the important stuff. Gary Coleman, aged 40 (gee that makes me feel old) married Shannon Price, aged 22, on a mountaintop in Nevada. Way to go Gary! Apparently:
Nobody was around but the minister, preacher, the videographers, the photographer, the helicopter pilot and us
Why did he need a minister AND preacher? And why videographers plural? And why invite the helicopter pilot but not Mum and Dad? I don’t get it.
Filed under: politics, trash | Tagged: brendon nelson, diffrent strokes, kevin rudd
Didn’t see it, didn’t hear it and haven’t read anything about it either.
That’s probably not a good thing, is it??
I AM surprised you’ve never heard of Different Strokes. It was classic television, as I recall.
Hahahaha, watchoo talkin bout Willis - classic stuff!
I’m keeping out of the apology stuff, very controversial and I know better than to express an opinion on such a volatile subject
Is that photo of Gary from today at the wedding? I’m sure he wouldn’t look all that different or be any taller.
I think the apology was a good thing and Rudd presented it well.
Pmsl at Gary Coleman, I would love to see some wedding photos!
P.S re Anderson Street hill, I think now you are just plain right showing off
I generally keep my trap shut on this sort of stuff at work, not everyone’s guaranteed to be as insightful and intelligent as you lot. Thankfully I have a blog.
Oops, I was talking about the sorry thing!!
Different strokes I used to watch when I was younger!
I agree with you about the apology, long overdue and a vital symbol for national growth. Rudd did a great job. Nelson’s speech was disappointing but he was humstrung by party historical and current policies.
Oh, and I am “sorry” for embarrassing you.