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  • Captain James Cook

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 25 12:11:41 2025
    Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James
    Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia
    Day weekend.
    ...
    ...
    Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26
    January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney
    Cove in 1788. Many Indigenous Australians say the date causes them
    pain.
    ...
    ...
    The statue - which was first unveiled in 1874 - was previously
    targeted in February last year, when it was covered with red paint and
    had parts of its sandstone damaged. Works to repair and restore it
    were completed a month later.

    There are several Captain Cook statues across Australia, and others
    have also been vandalised on or around 26 January

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70qxq49ejlo

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 29 11:13:16 2025
    On 1/25/2025 1:11 PM, JAB wrote:
    Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James
    Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia
    Day weekend.
    ...
    ...
    Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26
    January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney
    Cove in 1788. Many Indigenous Australians say the date causes them
    pain.
    ...

    I'm not familiar with the story, but it sounds like Captain Cook is to Australia as Columbus is to the USA.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to michael.trew@att.net on Wed Jan 29 11:05:15 2025
    On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:13:16 -0500, Michael Trew
    <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

    I'm not familiar with the story, but it sounds like Captain Cook is to >Australia as Columbus is to the USA.

    Both were explorers and navigators, but Columbus never discovered USA.

    Both were sailing on "serendipity," so I'm not sure why credit is
    given to them; of course back then, they had turf rules where if
    something is found, it's "ours," despite the natives living there.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 29 20:37:29 2025
    JAB wrote:

    On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:13:16 -0500, Michael Trew
    <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

    I'm not familiar with the story, but it sounds like Captain
    Cook is to Australia as Columbus is to the USA.

    Both were explorers and navigators, but Columbus never
    discovered USA.

    Both were sailing on "serendipity," so I'm not sure why credit
    is given to them; of course back then, they had turf rules
    where if something is found, it's "ours," despite the natives
    living there.

    The phrase back then was, might is right.

    If we can take it and hold it, it's ours!

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