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Thread #156893 Message #3700596
Posted By: Helen
08-Apr-15 - 02:40 PM
Thread Name: Misuse of song - anti-migrant Oz rallies
Subject: RE: Misuse of song - anti-migrant Oz rallies
Yes, MGM Lion, a two-edged sword. I can see why the bleeping-bleeps would see it as an anthem. I still can't see how they could pick I Was Only 19 as an anti-immigrant song. What's the logic, if there is any, to pick on a song about what it was like to be an Australian soldier in the Vietnam war and what life was like for those soldiers after the war - a war that a lot of people thought we shouldn't be involved in anyway.
And Andrez, I agree, Rupert Murdoch has a lot to answer for, and our fearless, or should I say, brainless leader is not much good at anything really, IMHO.
Thank god for the ABC & SBS - impartial and fearless in the most positive sense of the word.
Helen