I see this image as a symbol of racism in our country. I think Pauline Hanson started the flag’s demise, by wrapping herself in it and uttering those ridiculous, sadly untrue, words, If you are seeing this then I am dead, the implication was that she was killed by some deranged Asian, Muslim non-Australian boat person of some kind. I think John Howard, who from all accounts should have known better, galvanised its dark meaning when he started the denigration of some of the most desperate people for political gain, after seeing how much we loved some dumb cunt red-haired Queenslander's “tough words.” I think it has been used by stupid, white Australians, wrapped around their shoulders, or tattooed to their thighs, to create an “us” and “them” mentality that has become this countries dirty little, not so, secret.
It is continuing still in policies that most Australian’s voted for – yes, for which most Australians voted – that manifest in some of the cruellest and most ridiculous polices, or beliefs, this country has ever adopted. We are perfectly happy spending 2 billion dollars stopping, what amounts to, little more than 2000 sad, desperate people coming to this country who urgently need our help, justifying it by saying such things as Team Australia, or one nation under one flag, or my very favourite, Australia, love it, or leave it, usually illustrated by the Southern Cross, at the very least, or the flag itself.
