The Aussies are getting worried !
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Agreed. It was nice to see Grant Hackett standing up for the Tunisian guy who beat him, saying the guy had done his time for the drug offence, it was over, history and that he had simply swum better than him on the day, whilst certain sections of the media were gung ho about how the Tunisian shouldn't have been swimming at all.
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
Agreed. It was nice to see Grant Hackett standing up for the Tunisian guy who beat him, saying the guy had done his time for the drug offence, it was over, history and that he had simply swum better than him on the day, whilst certain sections of the media were gung ho about how the Tunisian shouldn't have been swimming at all.
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Given the wide spectrum of different types of Aussie you could mix with, why do so many expats choose the sore loser, arrogant bogan types?
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(just my perception. Could be wrong. Someone will tell me if I am )
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Watching C7 News last night (don't ask me why, because it's so crap), they had an article on why we're doing so well. Their conclusion was that it's because we are throwing bucketloads of money at our sportsmen and importing the best coaches. Not an expert but how much did the Australian Institute of Sport cost to set up and run.
The ozzies also seem to forget that when Cathy Freeman won their gold in the 400 metres in Sydney, that she lived and trained in London. Their cricketers, footballers and rugby players also come to Britain to learn their trade and their equestrian riders also live and train in England or Germany.
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Could it be that it's a reaction against the popular media - esp radio over here in Perth - which seems obsessed with Australia's superiority in so many ways (and that all immigrants (esp Muslims) should be eternally grateful that Gods Own Country has allowed them in).....?
Clearly not to you but to many people the obsessiveness of pro-Australia coverage and commentary does get a bit cloying sometimes.
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Never one for impartiality eh Moneypen?
Could it be that it's a reaction against the popular media - esp radio over here in Perth - which seems obsessed with Australia's superiority in so many ways (and that all immigrants (esp Muslims) should be eternally grateful that Gods Own Country has allowed them in).....?
Clearly not to you but to many people the obsessiveness of pro-Australia coverage and commentary does get a bit cloying sometimes.
Could it be that it's a reaction against the popular media - esp radio over here in Perth - which seems obsessed with Australia's superiority in so many ways (and that all immigrants (esp Muslims) should be eternally grateful that Gods Own Country has allowed them in).....?
Clearly not to you but to many people the obsessiveness of pro-Australia coverage and commentary does get a bit cloying sometimes.
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I thought Northern Ireland was Gods Own Country?
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No, it's all bow locks. There is no god so there can be no country that belongs to god.
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Agreed. It was nice to see Grant Hackett standing up for the Tunisian guy who beat him, saying the guy had done his time for the drug offence, it was over, history and that he had simply swum better than him on the day, whilst certain sections of the media were gung ho about how the Tunisian shouldn't have been swimming at all.
I didn't realise just how much sport meant to Oz until my sister went there. She wanted something like a science after school club for her two young children, but all they offered was sport.