It is the country's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry that ran for four years from 2021.
    • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      191·
      1 month ago

      Yeah. “No shit” was my first thought as well.

      Won’t complain if this inquiry means it makes a round in the news though. So many people are still clinging onto the myth the colonisers were nice people brining civilisation or some shit.

      • DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zoneEnglish
        41·
        1 month ago

        I was born in England. Lived in Aus more than half my life now. A few years ago I drank in the same pub as another former English bloke. He got here as a 12 year old. We were talking about the Brits running rampant around the world back in the day.

        He said he was proud that “we” went around the world teaching the people about industry and all that. I’m like dude, “we” went around the globe raping and pillaging FFS.

        Sad that so many people don’t realise what went on. I have a half Aboriginal “friend” that brings up shit against the Brits, but he says it in a way that he blames me. I explained that I really wasn’t there. He says it doesn’t matter it was my lot…I don’t mix with him these days.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        41·
        1 month ago

        At least Anglo sphere regimes will at least acknowledge the genocide.

        Russia and Turkey act like they dindu nuffin but if they did the undesirables deserved it

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    first formal “truth-telling” inquiry […] from 2021

    Holy fuck… I mean that’s great but why did it take until 2021 for them to enquire about that?

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    29 days ago

    To everyone going “duh”

    There is a reason why this needs to be “academically backed up”.

    And how many times have you heard that indigenous people died of disease or alcoholism vs having an entire tribal group shot in the fucking face.