Commentary It has been widely reported that on Dec. 30, 2021, a group of protestors, carrying Aboriginal flags, gathered outside the Old Parliament House in Canberra, the capital city of Australia, and set the front entrance to the heritage listed building ablaze. It was the second such incident; the first one occurred on Dec. 21, 2021. There is extensive damage, but the doors, originally installed in 1927, might be salvageable and could be repaired. This attack on a national monument necessitates a consideration of the circumstances and background, which provoked or led to this ruinous event. Of course, the firebombing of the door to the Old Parliament House is a criminal act, even if protestors accidentally, negligently, or intentionally started the fire with the performance of a smoking ceremony. But it raises the question as to whether the fire blaze is a desperate attempt, on the part of the protestors, …