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Ok, I assume as ""DISCUSSION FORUM"" is the title of this forum the reason for posting it was fairly obvious.

If I have to make it more plain how about this, there seems to have been an incredible rise in crime in OZ the last few months, 8 fatal stabbings in melbourne, gangland crime in melbourne, gold coast and brisbane, the murder of a 89 year old british expat in Bayside Brisbane, wonder if part of the reason is the surge in drug taking. Quite a concern when you are raising your family here :)

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That's terrible. I dunno what it means but if the BBC say its bad, or something, then it ain't too good.

I think I'll migrate !!

Hold on, I'm already there. Damn, I already live in paradise. Bloody hell is this as good as it will ever get :cool:

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That you can prove anything with 'em! :D

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OK, I stand corrected. :)

No I don't want censorship, and this is about crime statistics - not "lifestyle and culture."

If we start going down that road, I might as well post a string of threads on binge drinking, happy slapping, schoolyard stabbings and Yardie gangs and tell people that this is an introduction to "British lifestyle and culture." :rolleyes:

BTW, how did they arrive at these statistics? Are users of illegal drugs participating in national polls? Is it a new question on the census? Are all the druggies walking into cop shops and letting them know what they've been smoking/drinking/injecting/snorting lately?

:confused:

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If that's all it takes for people to start talking about an "incredible rise in crime", the crime rate must have been pretty damn' low to begin with.

BTW...
Source.

I think that's probably true.

Cobblers.

I lived in Australia for 31 years, and the drugs scene was never a concern for me, nor have I ever been affected by it - whether directly or indirectly.

I suppose it helps that I'm not a drug user myself. :)

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Oh my god Australia isnt paradise, same shit,same people. :rolleyes:

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83 people where stabbed in LONDON alone, on new years eve 2005.

now that's a statistic that worries me.

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Your brave, you will probably get bombarded with a load of percentages now.
I'm sure Sydney was at least 21.2344433344333557778% worse than London :D

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Why, were you there? ;) . Was it one person running amoke, or 83 different people with knives? or 40 odd people who stabbed each other :D

Generally though, I have enough to consider in my life, worrying about someone I don't know, taking drugs for whatever reason seems pointless. I have taught my children to the best of my ability to stay away from drugs and why. Until it actually impacts my life, I will stay relatively unconcerned.

Anyway, as Vash said, how the hell do they know. If you went to any school and asked the 15 year olds if they had tried drugs, the majority would probably say yes because they want to appear "cool" in front of their mates, or some other rediculous reason.

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So after spending most of your life posting pages of statistics you now doubt their validity :rolleyes:

You dont need to start UK is a hole posts do a search! there are bloody thousands of moan about the UK posts, probably by the same people who get in a knot if anyone posts a link about life in australia. Try searching on godforsaken hole posts for a start :p

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I seriously doubt you'll find anything like the quota of crap that you continually trot out, and as I've said numerous times, it's always a direct response to sensationalist rubbish from failed expats with their own pathetic axe to grind.

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Australian article
Front page of australian newpaper
About australians
on the australian forum

If that is crap so be it :rolleyes:

The post had far more place on this forum than your UK godforsaken hole posts ever will.

If you dont want to discuss all aspects of australia, including less than wonderful sides to it, dont - Go read another thread. Or you could go back to trashing threads on the moving back to the UK forum :rolleyes:

You didnt last long as a troll over there tho :D I can see why by todays postings in the 50/50 thread on there :D

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Okay. Let's say that I drop into the 'Moving back...' forum and I post a thread like this:
The story's from the Daily Telegraph (a fairly reputable newspaper) so that's okay then. And my credentials? Well, let's face it, I have much more recent and extended experience of the UK than you, so it could be argued that I was merely trying to inform returning expats (some of whom have been out of the UK for a considerable length of time) about the UK in the UK section of a UK site for UK people. Or, it could be said it was a deliberate and very transparent attempt to shit-stir, that served no purpose other than to poor scorn on another country.

So, Sherlock - how do you think my post would go down? And next time you go on troll hunt, have a look in the mirror first...

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! Someone once said, there is a difference between expats and migrants - migrants want to make a go of it, often expats don't because they are here for relationship or business reasons. Theres a difference then in the motivation.

Jad, I think you have never really wanted to be here, nor your husband.