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Not A Date To Celebrate (quokk.au)

submitted 9 months ago by Deceptichum to c/australia@aussie.zone

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/fns/p/617670/not-a-date-to-celebrate

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Not A Date To Celebrate

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[–] observes_depths@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

The short answer is an important part of the Australian community considers the 26th to be a day of mourning and pain, so hardly a day we should celebrate.

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