How safe is Australia?
Nov 5th 2002, 2:55 am
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by Kendoddsdadsdog
I think PB's doing a great job - you've got to look at the
darker side as well as the good side. I had no idea what
scum existed in Australia till I lived there - and that's true
of most places. Check out the good news for anyone moving to Adelaide - Australia's City of Corpses:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial10/adelaide/index.htm
or Sydney
http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics5/cobby/
Sleep easy
I think PB's doing a great job - you've got to look at the
darker side as well as the good side. I had no idea what
scum existed in Australia till I lived there - and that's true
of most places. Check out the good news for anyone moving to Adelaide - Australia's City of Corpses:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial10/adelaide/index.htm
or Sydney
http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics5/cobby/
Sleep easy
Nov 5th 2002, 5:14 am
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Originally posted by pommie bastard
You are a tease I wonder how many Aussies would own up to being part Abbo?.
Hope to return to the old Fart in Spring, Oh to be in England now Spring is here , I think it goes.
You are a tease I wonder how many Aussies would own up to being part Abbo?.
Hope to return to the old Fart in Spring, Oh to be in England now Spring is here , I think it goes.
It will be pissing down with raid and cold.
I met someone who returned to the UK after 15 yerars in Australia, to quote them.
"The country looks the same, but what has happened to the people?"
Nov 5th 2002, 5:54 am
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Originally posted by renth
It will be pissing down with raid and cold.
I met someone who returned to the UK after 15 yerars in Australia, to quote them.
"The country looks the same, but what has happened to the people?"
It will be pissing down with raid and cold.
I met someone who returned to the UK after 15 yerars in Australia, to quote them.
"The country looks the same, but what has happened to the people?"
What gets me about the people who come to Australia is 90% do not mix with anyone bar other Poms , Perth is a magnet because there is safety in numbers , says it all.By the way you will find out that air-con is the most important thing to buy here, being cool in summer is the be all and end all , baking is not all its cracked up to be
Last edited by pommie bastard; Nov 5th 2002 at 6:21 am.
Feb 26th 2004, 8:50 pm
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Bump to the top
A classic thread to educate Jack Daws... on PB!
A classic thread to educate Jack Daws... on PB!
Feb 26th 2004, 9:03 pm
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I'm curious - the first post on this thread is from PB, yet the 'thread starter' listed in the menu is 'dotty'....
Is dotty PB in drag...???? :scared: :scared: :scared:
(Suppose I'd better read the thread now.)
Is dotty PB in drag...???? :scared: :scared: :scared:
(Suppose I'd better read the thread now.)
Feb 26th 2004, 9:06 pm
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Originally posted by downunderpom
I'm curious - the first post on this thread is from PB, yet the 'thread starter' listed in the menu is 'dotty'....
Is dotty PB in drag...???? :scared: :scared: :scared:
(Suppose I'd better read the thread now.)
I'm curious - the first post on this thread is from PB, yet the 'thread starter' listed in the menu is 'dotty'....
Is dotty PB in drag...???? :scared: :scared: :scared:
(Suppose I'd better read the thread now.)
You're right! Just checked it out and the thread says Dotty, but its started by BP...
Feb 26th 2004, 9:22 pm
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I didn't realise Renth was such a street fighter.
Feb 26th 2004, 11:00 pm
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Originally posted by bondipom
I didn't realise Renth was such a street fighter.
I didn't realise Renth was such a street fighter.
Feb 26th 2004, 11:11 pm
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Originally posted by renth
Are you looking at my bird?
Are you looking at my bird?
Feb 27th 2004, 1:15 am
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Originally posted by downunderpom
I'm curious - the first post on this thread is from PB, yet the 'thread starter' listed in the menu is 'dotty'....
Is dotty PB in drag...???? :scared: :scared: :scared:
(Suppose I'd better read the thread now.)
I'm curious - the first post on this thread is from PB, yet the 'thread starter' listed in the menu is 'dotty'....
Is dotty PB in drag...???? :scared: :scared: :scared:
(Suppose I'd better read the thread now.)
Excuse me!!
PB's thread, cant take any credit for handiwork on Perth. Not mine, so could someone get my name OFF thank you
Feb 27th 2004, 12:06 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by stay or go ?
not whinging about UK vs Oz, but today at least two students were shot dead by a gunman in Monash University (Melbourne, Vic) - happened earlier today (monday 21st oct), havent seen news reports on it yet, so "unconfirmed" label goes next to it.
then there was the two vietnamese guys chased 400m through Melbourne CBD by 40 other vietnamese armed with kukri knives - one promptly hacked to death on the street, the other threw himself into the Yarra River to get away - and drowned.
also about 4 months ago, 4 streets away in sleepy old williamstown, a 23 year old sparky was stabbed in his bed, next to his wife, at 2am, by an assailant with a HOME MADE SAMURI SWORD !! Hasnt been caught (or so i am lead to believe - anyone in Melb capable of correcting me if wrong ?).
it happens EVERYWHERE. EVEN AUSTRALIA ! In every major city there is this kind of stuff - you just gotta be switched on and possess common sense.
not whinging about UK vs Oz, but today at least two students were shot dead by a gunman in Monash University (Melbourne, Vic) - happened earlier today (monday 21st oct), havent seen news reports on it yet, so "unconfirmed" label goes next to it.
then there was the two vietnamese guys chased 400m through Melbourne CBD by 40 other vietnamese armed with kukri knives - one promptly hacked to death on the street, the other threw himself into the Yarra River to get away - and drowned.
also about 4 months ago, 4 streets away in sleepy old williamstown, a 23 year old sparky was stabbed in his bed, next to his wife, at 2am, by an assailant with a HOME MADE SAMURI SWORD !! Hasnt been caught (or so i am lead to believe - anyone in Melb capable of correcting me if wrong ?).
it happens EVERYWHERE. EVEN AUSTRALIA ! In every major city there is this kind of stuff - you just gotta be switched on and possess common sense.
Can you possibly be serious?!!! Making the point that Australia is dangerous and bringing up incidents from two years ago?!!!! That Monash Uni shooting was in 2002 (21st Oct was a Tuesday in 2003 in case you want to check).
As for those guys being chased down Chapel Street in Prahran (not the CBD) that was in July 2002! Are you going to start saying the Germans are war mongers because they picked a fight with the Polish 65 years ago?! There were three Vietnamese guys and after one of them had hit on a girl in Salt nightclub, her boyfriend called all his mates who were waiting outside for them when the club close. They chased them down the street, one of them fell over and they hacked him to death, the other two jumped in the Yarra and drowned.
Both of those incidents were as a result of Vietnamese youths not playing happy families. I didn't hear about the Williamstown one though.
I also agree with Renth that random trouble is far more common in the UK. Same goes with using bottles in fights. You can just look at somone and they'll pick a fight with you.
And anyone who thinks that associting crime with an ethnic group is racist then they need to get a clue. I've had abuse hurled at me for being white and had a group of Vietnamese surround me at a train station I had never been to before accusing me of punching their friend. If you think the Vietnamese Triad is just a community group then think again. Ethnic crime does exist, it is prominent and the fact that the police are accused of being racist if they aggressively try to target the problem means its even harder to control. Get a grip! Just because someone is white doesn't make them racist.
I love Australia's multi-culturalism but like all aspects of society, it isn't perfect. There are many migrants who have contributed positively to the country but this is tainted by the many who have just thrown it back in Australia's face.
Feb 27th 2004, 12:16 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by jezdavies
Can you possibly be serious?!!! Making the point that Australia is dangerous and bringing up incidents from two years ago?!!!! That Monash Uni shooting was in 2002 (21st Oct was a Tuesday in 2003 in case you want to check).
As for those guys being chased down Chapel Street in Prahran (not the CBD) that was in July 2002!
Can you possibly be serious?!!! Making the point that Australia is dangerous and bringing up incidents from two years ago?!!!! That Monash Uni shooting was in 2002 (21st Oct was a Tuesday in 2003 in case you want to check).
As for those guys being chased down Chapel Street in Prahran (not the CBD) that was in July 2002!
It's gets a bit confusing when old threads are pulled back up!
Feb 27th 2004, 12:18 pm
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Re: How safe is Australia?
Originally posted by jezdavies
Can you possibly be serious?!!! Making the point that Australia is dangerous and bringing up incidents from two years ago?!!!! That Monash Uni shooting was in 2002 (21st Oct was a Tuesday in 2003 in case you want to check).
Can you possibly be serious?!!! Making the point that Australia is dangerous and bringing up incidents from two years ago?!!!! That Monash Uni shooting was in 2002 (21st Oct was a Tuesday in 2003 in case you want to check).
LOL, jezdavies have at this thread, it was started in 2002
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