There is alot of controversy at the moment here in Oz about Turkey digging up the bones of the diggers in Anzac Cove in Turkey. People are up in arms calling it a disgrace and a desecration of "sacred" ground.
For thos not in the know ANZAC cove in Turkey is a place called Gallipoli where the soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand army fought with the enemies in World War One.. it is a place very sacred to the Australian People as lots of loives were lost. It is where thousands travel each year to remember the fallen Aussies who died in World War One.
So the Turkish people are now digging up most of ANZAC cove trying to build a road, that will help ferry the tourists that go to visit ANZAC cove.
What brings to mind here for me is we have right here in Australia been digging up the "sacred" Aboriginal grounds for two hundred years now, building our houses and roads and whatever on now, and there is no fuss made by the people here about it. They just continue to disrespect the Aboriginal people.
Right here close to where I live in 1998 there was a huge flood which unearthed a skeleton of a "kuradgi" or medicine man dated back 6000 years ..yeah thats right a 6000 year old skeleton! complete with artifacts. It was a time when the coastline of the eastern Australia was transformed by a tsunami as well. There is alot of history here. Yet at the same time we have developers trying to develop the land with a housing estate right on where this grave was found with many more skeletons unearthed. If it was a place in Egypt it would be seen as major archaeological significance, yet here in Australia it is being allowed to be developed by those with loads of money and greed with no respect for the cultural or religious significance for the Aboriginal people.
So they are digging up some of the bones of the diggers in Turkey. So the people here are making a huge fuss over it, and it's significance to the Australian people. Well maybe karma is coming around. How do you feel now people knowing it is happening to you?