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The spread of bogan into climbing 1-Jun-2010 At 12:57:23 PM cruze

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On 1/06/2010 Damo666 wrote:
>On the first Australian ascent of Everest in 1984, one of the greatest
>ever Himalayan climbs by any nation, they hoisted the Eureka southern cross
>flag, rather than the Australian Union Jack flag. They did it as a gesture
>of support for an Australian republic.
>
>A non-Eureka Southern Cross image can be quite beautiful, so it pisses
>me off that it's been co-opted by so many dumb, violent, racist, bogan
>losers*.
>
>
>*quadruple tautology?

Despite the closeness that I feel to the Southern Cross, I don't see what is so patriot/nationalistic about it. You can see it from heaps of countries all over the Southern hemisphere. Maybe those with tattoos haven't travelled much, or perhaps they just think it's purty?