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Escape from Oz
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by MDawson
(Post 8178510)
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by MDawson
(Post 8178510)
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . they were a bit shocked when she informed them that her ancestors stayed in England and let the aborigines alone and that it was their ancestors who came to Australia and slaughtered aboriginals not hers they insisted it was you Brits she insisted her ancestors were farmers in England and had nothing to do with Australia. mind they were pineapple packers so maybe not too bright I have a shop assistant who regularly tells me to go home and when I tell her I am home gets all shirty but mostly Aussies accept me for who I am just as I accept them for who they are the minority are ignorant and ignorable |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by MDawson
(Post 8178510)
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by MDawson
(Post 8178510)
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . They seem to live in their own little bubble, thinking they live in the best country in the world, which if you question them by pointing out how crap something is or a better way something could be done they cannot handle it. They act like a child whos toys have been stolen. I am sure you will get some reactions like that from aussies on this topic in this forum, they seem to like to troll here and ignore the whole british expats banner at the top. |
Re: Escape from Oz
They seem to live in their own little bubble, thinking they live in the best country in the world, which if you question them by pointing out how crap something is or a better way something could be done they cannot handle it. They act like a child whos toys have been stolen. |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by tartantopgun
(Post 8178643)
Do you not sense the irony of that post? :lol:
Oz is what you make of it - if you let a small minority cloud the big picture then the fault is not with Australians |
Re: Escape from Oz
What a load of BS :-( An English person moaning about being treated badly on account of them being English, is not an alien concept. They have systematically as a nation oppressed and bullied countless countries over a very long time with exactly that ethic. Even on a lighter note, rampaging across resorts the length and breadth of Europe, with the anti social obnoxious behavior. Not saying us Scots are immune to that kind of behavior, however, we seem to 'get along' with the locals a lot better than out southern cousins. That was my reference to the irony of their post. It had no reference to Australia, or Australians. Catch ma drift? :blink: |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by MDawson
(Post 8178510)
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by tartantopgun
(Post 8178682)
Not saying us Scots are immune to that kind of behavior, however, we seem to 'get along' with the locals a lot better than out southern cousins.
There are minorities of almost all nationalities that have similar problems, but many also can't see that it is only a minority. ;) |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by MDawson
(Post 8178510)
Is there anyone else out there who as recently returned to the UK from Australia, I didn't really like it there , not due to the weather , mainly due to the general attitude to the English by the Australians and the Australian media.
Don't get me wrong not all Aussies have problems with the English , but most appear to look down at the English . They tend to have a very negative view about my fellow countrymen, all based on the past ?? some Aussies seem to have a two hundred year old memory . |
Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by tartantopgun
(Post 8178682)
You missed my point in your unique eloquent manner.
An English person moaning about being treated badly on account of them being English, is not an alien concept. They have systematically as a nation oppressed and bullied countless countries over a very long time with exactly that ethic. Even on a lighter note, rampaging across resorts the length and breadth of Europe, with the anti social obnoxious behavior. Not saying us Scots are immune to that kind of behavior, however, we seem to 'get along' with the locals a lot better than out southern cousins. That was my reference to the irony of their post. It had no reference to Australia, or Australians. Catch ma drift? :blink: |
Re: Escape from Oz
This thread has the makings of a classic handbag fight:lol:
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Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by kporte
(Post 8178813)
Scots have an 800 year memory. Aussie lightweights;)
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Re: Escape from Oz
Originally Posted by dave99
(Post 8178615)
I have noticed this to, often I feel like a second class citizen. Some of them look down on english people and if you ever dare to question anything australian you get the kneejerk reaction 'why dont you piss of back to england then'
They seem to live in their own little bubble, thinking they live in the best country in the world, which if you question them by pointing out how crap something is or a better way something could be done they cannot handle it. They act like a child whos toys have been stolen. I am sure you will get some reactions like that from aussies on this topic in this forum, they seem to like to troll here and ignore the whole british expats banner at the top. They are the school bully who can dish it out (notice how much the Aussies like to take the piss out of other nationalities/ethnicities and call them unflattering nicknames) but if some criticism or humour is directed at them they generally (I am sure there are exceptions blah, blah, blah) seem to respond like a kid at school who goes to pieces when his hostile behaviour is turned back on him. My father-in-law will defend Australia to the cows come home and gets visibly troubled by any criticism of it. At some point in history someone decided that it's politically incorrect to criticise Australia. Telling an Aussie that you don't like something about Australia is like telling a staunch Catholic that you don't believe in God. |
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