Paint job broadens Braddon roundabout's rainbow connection

Surely people’s egos aren’t that fragile that they have to protest a sign of inclusiveness in our society. Not everything needs to be about straight white men

Ok, upfront. I can’t say that I was in favour of the original rainbow roundabout, but, I understand for a section of the community, it had meaning, and was special.

For the City Renewal Authority to decide to change the rainbow roundabout, must be a kick in the teeth for some.

It does however, raise bigger questions.

Should there be wedges added for those of indigenous heritage, for those with mental illness, alcohol and drug dependency, for those with autism, for those suffering from or who have passed due to cancer, for those with motor neuron disease, for victims of domestic violence etc? All of these issues are heartbreaking and as a society, it’s important to draw together and support those who for whatever reason feel that they are unique or on the outside.

Everyone of us has some that makes us unique. Surely, in a world that seemingly needs to point out our diversities, in the name of inclusiveness, we should all have colours in this roundabout, or maybe our own roundabout?

Personally, I fit into many subcategories and rather than being represented by even more colours in this roundabout or being represented by multiple roundabout, I’m pretty happy to celebrate my diversity through an inclusive, ordinary roundabout, and for the money saved, to be directed into mowing the long grass.

I don’t get it. Wasn’t the roundabout painted in recognition of the SSM plebicite? Isn’t adding the trans and black & brown colours (less the intersex-inclusive bit btw) forgetting what the original project was for?

If it isn’t a monument to remember a moment, it’s hard to see that we won’t be repainting this same roundabout again and again.

“the design is intended to be more inclusive” — well not really though is it? It’s only intended to include identities currently fashionable with the new aristocracy.

In logic, absolute truth exists and can be known; anything contradicting this being self-refuting.

Moreover, this truth is narrow*, excludes the many things that are false, and includes only the relatively few things that are true; while falsehood is broad, includes the many things that are false, and excludes the relatively few things that are true.

None of this is open for debate (by anyone in his or her right mind).

Now, when even more colours on the rainbow roundabout in Braddon stand for even more inclusivity, which side do we think this symbol best represents – that which is true, or which is false?

*take a table, for example. The narrow truth is that it’s a table, of whatever kind, and not anything belonging to the many possible falsehoods, such as an apple, a country, an animal, a car, etc., etc., etc., almost without end. In this way, the inclusivity movement is essentially that which brays for the table to be seen as anything but a table, and would gladly run your life if you won’t agree to it.

What absolute HS they’re giving people to eat, and the HS eaters, apart from ruining the world, are hungrily lapping it up

Last time I checked a rainbow was a graident, not 6 colour patches.

For the same price you could have painted a single story home, inside and out.
There is probably someone waiting for home maintenance in a government house!

The colours stand for:
Red Life
Orange Healing
Yellow Sunlight
Green Nature
Turquoise Magic
Indigo Serenity
Violet Spirit

As usual, no mention of those of us with a disability, the always forgotten. We even have our own flag, not that anyone would know.

Lisi, put down the cool-aid and slowly step away. People who are transgender or intersex have always existed and always will. There is no need to be scared, they don’t want to steal or destroy, they just want inclusion.

Good to see the Government getting on with the important stuff.

How about you spend a bit more time keeping the lawns around the city trimmed. Can’t even see footpaths around the place with the height of the grass and weeds growing everywhere, but yeah let’s concentrate on this roundabout because that will fix everything.