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Originally Posted by Talyn
As a Brit, I can't let that pop at us go. While I don't agree with the testing of nuclear weapons at all, I would point out that the UK detonated those weapons - presumably - with the consent of the Australian government of the time. In that case the stinking Australian twits were just as guilty as the stinking British ones. 
The British were wrong to test nuclear weapons in Australia, indeed anywhere for that matter, and so were the Australian government of the day for letting them. |
As this site is so ultra-sensitive to criticism or controversy, political or otherwise, I can only recommend you read some of the links below.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...17-401,00.html or
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...0-2682,00.html
As to the cover-up, read the BBC view (and associated linked articles on this page) at;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1324771.stm
Naivety is one thing, the facts are another. As they say;
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Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability."
