In the unrelenting propaganda campaign which is being waged on the increasingly fatigued populace by those who wish to divide us by race, there is no platform too mundane, no institution too ordinary and no mode of transport too pedestrian for the elite to impose their political and ideological vision for Australian onto the masses.
In case you missed it, I’d like to bring to your attention an event which occurred on a rather dull day at the Torrens Transit’s Mile End Depot Bus Station in Adelaide. There, on May 23rd, Transit Systems launched one of three specially designed buses for National Reconciliation Week. To ‘reflect this year’s theme,’ three buses, one in Adelaide and two in Sydney, have been adorned with the words ‘Be A Voice For Generations’ and have been painted in ‘unique and colourful wraps boasting the simple, yet striking message emblazoned across the entire sides of the bus.’ These days, you can’t even take public transport without being hammered across the head with a blunt, political instrument.
The Adelaide bus was launched with a ‘cleansing ceremony’ by one Jack Buckskin, Kaurna leader. And by that I don’t mean that he whipped out the Mr Sheen and polished the interiors. When Transit Systems CEO Michael McGee remarked that ‘we are very proud to be a vehicle to promote the theme ‘Be A Voice For Generations’ I would like to think that Mr McGee was taking the opportunity to showcase his gift for puns.
Last year, Transit Systems NSW paid Josh Sly, ‘proud Biripi, Worimi and Wiradjur man of Muggera Cultural Enterprises’ to launch its special Reconciliation Bus with a smoking ceremony. Mr Sly ‘allowed’ Transit Systems NSW to film the ceremony, which he claimed as all about ‘healing, connecting back to mother earth, getting rid of any bad spirits and giving us safe passage.’
The film, which is available on YouTube, shows a selection of bus drivers and other staff taking turns to prostrate themselves before the bus, Mr Sly and his smoking embers. It seems a rather obvious point to make, but generally speaking, the same people who dismiss a belief in Saints, or in Heaven and Hell as superstitious nonsense, are not at all averse to exorcizing ‘bad sprits’ which may be lurking about at the back of a freshly painted bus.
Mr McGee concluded that he ‘would strongly encourage everyone to be proactive in learning more about Australia’s First Nation’s history and what you can do to create a more just, equitable and reconciled country for all’. Putting slogans on the side of a few buses will do about as much to solve real issues facing Aboriginal communities as the Voice itself. I would strongly encourage that Transit Systems, which is a private company, should desist from operating as yet another propaganda arm of the Labor government, and stick instead to its core business, which is to provide bus networks across Australia.
