Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Feb 5th 2008, 11:48 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Can't speak for anyone but myself - I married an Aussie, that's why I came here. I dodn't come for love of the country or it's people in general, and I can't force myself to love it now I'm here, I can only live with it and make the best of it. If we went to the UK The Bloke would be in the position I'm in here - that's just life I'm afraid. Not a conscious decision not to like it, or not to fit in, many aspects of life here just don't suit me.
Feb 5th 2008, 11:59 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
i think it is amazing how tolerant australians are to pommy immigrants.....where i work there's an over abundance of poms who moan all the time...i haven;t heard a bad word said about them by any of the australian workers...in fact they are really nice to them despite the poms running down the job, the pay,the way of life,the shops,the weather...well everything
there is a constant flow of poms coming here..and i have to say of my twenty years..they are getting more and more whingy.....and have too high expectations
by reading this site it seems to be for all the wrong reasons and the wrong time in their lives...i think it would be mad to come here after your 30 and with kids...should have done it when you were young and not set in your ways.....
in 20 years all i have eve got is respect from australians and a true interest in me as a person
i almost feel like saying (as an Australian) don't come here and moan!!!!!
at least Ozzie's don't whinge as much
i suspect that there's a lot of people living here in australia who don't even know any Australians anyway
i don't want to get bitter....but i have read some stories here of going off to australia running it down and then going back
WHY BOTHER....go and live in bognor regis it would be much cheaper
there is a constant flow of poms coming here..and i have to say of my twenty years..they are getting more and more whingy.....and have too high expectations
by reading this site it seems to be for all the wrong reasons and the wrong time in their lives...i think it would be mad to come here after your 30 and with kids...should have done it when you were young and not set in your ways.....
in 20 years all i have eve got is respect from australians and a true interest in me as a person
i almost feel like saying (as an Australian) don't come here and moan!!!!!
at least Ozzie's don't whinge as much
i suspect that there's a lot of people living here in australia who don't even know any Australians anyway
i don't want to get bitter....but i have read some stories here of going off to australia running it down and then going back
WHY BOTHER....go and live in bognor regis it would be much cheaper
Feb 5th 2008, 12:18 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Not only am I old then, but I must be mad and set in my ways .............now wheres ma slippers....
Feb 5th 2008, 12:22 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Feb 5th 2008, 12:24 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
I would agree to this. I was at a BBQ on Australia day and my bosses Daughter was moaning about the amount of immigrants around were she lives, Fitzroy in Melbourne. I jokingly said "thats right blame it on us foreigners" to which replied "Ho you don't count your white"
This didn't come from a silly all flag waving aussie teen, but from a mature woman who holds a responsible job.
I always give as good as I get when called a pom and I reckon most aussies want to be one too, well thats what I tell them
This didn't come from a silly all flag waving aussie teen, but from a mature woman who holds a responsible job.
I always give as good as I get when called a pom and I reckon most aussies want to be one too, well thats what I tell them
Feb 5th 2008, 12:40 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Have you read 'Watching the English'? Moaning is not moaning for moaning's sake it is apparently therapeutic and a form of bonding. If we can accept that the Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Italians etc etc have certain idiosyncracies then why can't the English be accepted for theirs?
Feb 5th 2008, 12:41 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
by who,its a country full of immagrants....
Feb 5th 2008, 1:01 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Apparently the Italians are Dings................... I think a Wog is a general term for someone from Yugoslavia.............. southern European countries ..........?
Dunno.................. I just call everyone mate............ I don't give a rat's arse where they come from. It's very cosmopolitan at our place when we entertain .................. plenty of black, blue, brindle .................... not too many Poms though................... we avoid them if we can
Dunno.................. I just call everyone mate............ I don't give a rat's arse where they come from. It's very cosmopolitan at our place when we entertain .................. plenty of black, blue, brindle .................... not too many Poms though................... we avoid them if we can
Feb 5th 2008, 1:31 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
bit like 'darky' or 'goliwog' was a term of endearment in Britain a few decades back you mean... there is no complexity is it racism.
Feb 5th 2008, 1:44 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Lets play the substitution game here and see if there is no racism.
'In fact I often introduce myself as a Black B*****d and that seems to break any ice there might have otherwise been.'
Doesn't sound so lighthearted and fun now does it? Just sounds a bit like 50 years ago in Britain. Which has moved on from that.
A few years on and you will get sick of having to play the 'Pommy b****d' for the amusement of your ignorant and racist Australian friends. Because the more you play the game the more they won't change.
Also isn't banter meant to be from both sides. Tell me what happens when you say to them something bantery about Australia...
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Feb 5th 2008, 2:52 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Lets play the substitution game here and see if there is no racism.
'In fact I often introduce myself as a Black B*****d and that seems to break any ice there might have otherwise been.'
Doesn't sound so lighthearted and fun now does it? Just sounds a bit like 50 years ago in Britain. Which has moved on from that.
A few years on and you will get sick of having to play the 'Pommy b****d' for the amusement of your ignorant and racist Australian friends. Because the more you play the game the more they won't change.
Also isn't banter meant to be from both sides. Tell me what happens when you say to them something bantery about Australia...
'In fact I often introduce myself as a Black B*****d and that seems to break any ice there might have otherwise been.'
Doesn't sound so lighthearted and fun now does it? Just sounds a bit like 50 years ago in Britain. Which has moved on from that.
A few years on and you will get sick of having to play the 'Pommy b****d' for the amusement of your ignorant and racist Australian friends. Because the more you play the game the more they won't change.
Also isn't banter meant to be from both sides. Tell me what happens when you say to them something bantery about Australia...
There are people that will hate on others regardless. No matter where you are there are haters right there waiting to hate on you. Jesus was perfect and only had twelve friends but even one of them turned out to be a hater. Racism is just the adult version of bullying. The government is just parents for adults and going to jail is the adult equivalent of being sent to your room.
Feb 5th 2008, 4:26 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Difference with english and Oz immigrants is that to get into Oz is a long, hard lengthy process and unless you have family, a wanted job or a lot of money you don't get in. Anyone can get in England..it's getting out thats the problem!!
Feb 5th 2008, 4:27 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
It really gets on my tits when I hear about stuff like that. I wonder where it started from that people truly seem to believe that because they have white skin that they are more intelligent and superior?
Because anyone that thinks they are superior purely on the basis of having white skin, is actually sadly lacking in intelligence.
We met a few racist people in Namibia who thought they were superior because they were white, yet they relied on the guide who was black, to demonstrate his knowledge of the desert and area to give them a fantastic 3 day trip.
Makes you laugh, well actually the 'white man' superior to 'black man' attitude makes me feel sick but I am still curious to know who put the idea in their heads.
Feb 5th 2008, 4:32 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
There is no way I am going to be known as a "whinging pom" when I get to Australia..if I winge about anything it will be the U.K!! Plus, where I am going-Cairns, it is very multi cultural.
Feb 5th 2008, 4:43 pm
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
princess, ever heard of the Nobel Prize, people of colour who win seem to excell in the area of politics, Mandela, Desmond T, people who win the Economics or Science awards are predominately from other ethnic groups.
Maybe they should start awarding more prizes to diverse groups, that would help destroy a stereotype??
Maybe they should start awarding more prizes to diverse groups, that would help destroy a stereotype??