bitter poms
Sep 14th 2011 | 1:53 pm
#77
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Re: bitter poms
And that pretty well sums up my point. You have been here for what - two years? You have lived in Sydney and Cairns? And suddenly its an Australian wide vibe?
I agree with your points, but i have seen just the same attitudes in several other countries, including the UK. Try the Japanese, Chinese or Koreans for petty nationalism for instance. The main difference is if you cant speak the local language you don't pick it up.
I agree with your points, but i have seen just the same attitudes in several other countries, including the UK. Try the Japanese, Chinese or Koreans for petty nationalism for instance. The main difference is if you cant speak the local language you don't pick it up.
Last edited by Turban Explorer; Sep 14th 2011 at 1:58 pm.
Sep 14th 2011 | 3:24 pm
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Re: bitter poms
I bet you, most who comment here make little or no comments anywhere else concerning there 'woes' as to being here.
Sep 14th 2011 | 4:09 pm
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Re: bitter poms
I've been here 4 and a half years. Darwin, Sydney, Townsville and Cairns. Spent a year here as a backpacker yonks ago in Perth and Sydney. Plenty of time to have an opinion. Not saying other countries don't have the same attitudes I just think they're more all encompassing here.
Those who are not nationalists ultimately are traitors.
Sep 14th 2011 | 4:28 pm
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Re: bitter poms
Patriotism may well be the last refuge of a scoundrel, but johnson was a fat twat with tourettes...
Sep 14th 2011 | 4:32 pm
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Re: bitter poms
Sep 14th 2011 | 4:35 pm
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Re: bitter poms
Nothing wrong with Boris Johnson anyway........
Sep 14th 2011 | 5:43 pm
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Re: bitter poms
Sep 14th 2011 | 5:44 pm
#88
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Re: bitter poms
With all due respect that's utter claptrap. Nationalism is the scourge of the world - the reason behind wars, famines and the inability to address global problems such as overfishing and climate change. Surely we've progressed beyond the need to remain in tribes.
Sep 14th 2011 | 6:27 pm
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Re: bitter poms
He is in a very strange sort of way. He makes me smile and laugh sometimes and that is considered very sexy. He himself isn't sexy to me I hasten to add, I think he's a bit of an idiot. A clever idiot obviously but still an idiot. 
