Escape from Oz
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:08 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
A lot of Ozzies are plain old racist. My wife is Peruvian and last Peruvian independance day we got together in a park for a bbq. We decorated the area with a combination of Peruvian flags and Australian flags, but we had people walking past saying some pretty derogatory remarks.
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:08 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
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.
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.
The circles some people seem to move in...it's like their workplace is at the level of the local primary school...or the factory floor..
... the CEO of one of Australia's Big 4 Banks is a Pom. I wonder how he copes sometimes!
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:09 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
A lot of Ozzies are plain old racist. My wife is Peruvian and last Peruvian independance day we got together in a park for a bbq. We decorated the area with a combination of Peruvian flags and Australian flags, but we had people walking past saying some pretty derogatory remarks.
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:12 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
My view is - make choices that steer you away from these people.
In my industry, people seem to spend all their time critiqueing themselves and practically beg to be corrected. It can be almost too much...you think - 'yeah yeah. What we did was enough'.
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:13 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
Is this better or worse than constantly running your country down like many Brits do? Serious question.
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:19 pm
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As for reality, everyone's reality will be different. I don't think Britain is crap and I don't think Australia is the best country in the world. I don't believe it makes you arrogant to love your country either. As usual the Americans get brought in as thick and insular... Bollocks
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:26 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
So Britian is shit then? I don't think so. It seems to be only Brits that find pride to be a flaw. The idea that you prefer a largely negative view of your country than a largely positive one, shows this.
As for reality, everyone's reality will be different. I don't think Britain is crap and I don't think Australia is the best country in the world. I don't believe it makes you arrogant to love your country either. As usual the Americans get brought in as thick and insular... Bollocks
As for reality, everyone's reality will be different. I don't think Britain is crap and I don't think Australia is the best country in the world. I don't believe it makes you arrogant to love your country either. As usual the Americans get brought in as thick and insular... Bollocks
I simply think that being self-deprecating allows you to see the warts. It gives you a truer vision of things. Being arrogant blinds you to the truth.
People think that Australia is close to perfect. That is way more absurd than the moaning people do in the UK.
Dec 16th 2009 | 3:28 pm
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Re: Escape from Oz
A lot of Ozzies are plain old racist. My wife is Peruvian and last Peruvian independance day we got together in a park for a bbq. We decorated the area with a combination of Peruvian flags and Australian flags, but we had people walking past saying some pretty derogatory remarks.
What do you expect for barbequeing 'guineapig' in public:
,hope you had a good day though.
Dec 16th 2009 | 4:51 pm
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NO! Britain is NOT shit! Didn't say that or imply it!
I simply think that being self-deprecating allows you to see the warts. It gives you a truer vision of things. Being arrogant blinds you to the truth.
People think that Australia is close to perfect. That is way more absurd than the moaning people do in the UK.
I simply think that being self-deprecating allows you to see the warts. It gives you a truer vision of things. Being arrogant blinds you to the truth.
People think that Australia is close to perfect. That is way more absurd than the moaning people do in the UK.
Dec 16th 2009 | 4:55 pm
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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?
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?
Do you think you should be held responsible for something you read in the news even though you had no involvement.
I dont catch your drift
Dec 16th 2009 | 5:36 pm
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Re: 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 .
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 .
The nuclear testing in the 1950's, and so on
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Dec 16th 2009 | 5:45 pm
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