Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
Jan 27th 2010, 9:49 pm
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
The name calling is surely proving the point that some are.
Jan 27th 2010, 10:54 pm
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
No in my opinion racism is a form of discriminating or labelling a race of people as being something in general rather than taking each person on an individual basis regardless of their skin colour, religion or race.
By calling all Australians racist they are making a general judgement of Australians. It is just as bad as saying all Muslims are terrorists. The English don't all want to be pigeon holed as whinging poms either.
Forget about all the silly name calling. Why can't people just look past skin colour, religion and race? Like people for who they are and if someone doesn't like you don't assume it is because they are racist. Not everyone is going to automatically get along. Sometimes it might be your different backgrounds that can cause that incompatibility but that is not racism it is just lack of understanding of other cultures.
By calling all Australians racist they are making a general judgement of Australians. It is just as bad as saying all Muslims are terrorists. The English don't all want to be pigeon holed as whinging poms either.
Forget about all the silly name calling. Why can't people just look past skin colour, religion and race? Like people for who they are and if someone doesn't like you don't assume it is because they are racist. Not everyone is going to automatically get along. Sometimes it might be your different backgrounds that can cause that incompatibility but that is not racism it is just lack of understanding of other cultures.
Jan 28th 2010, 6:28 am
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
That comeback would have been brilliant if the Sunny Queen Egg marketing ploy had actually been racist. But it wasn't, so it isn't.
Yes, that'll go down well with the 25% of Australians who came here from a foreign country (including those from the UK). I'm sure they just love that corny old "convict" label, along with all the people in states which began as free colonies (ie. South Australia). Exposing your ignorance of our history might be more amusing than the joke you're attempting to make.
You're welcome to have a dig, but try not to end up in the hole.
Yes, that'll go down well with the 25% of Australians who came here from a foreign country (including those from the UK). I'm sure they just love that corny old "convict" label, along with all the people in states which began as free colonies (ie. South Australia). Exposing your ignorance of our history might be more amusing than the joke you're attempting to make.
You're welcome to have a dig, but try not to end up in the hole.
Jan 28th 2010, 6:36 am
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
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Jan 28th 2010, 6:51 am
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
Aint it a load of rubbish that this sort of thing always results in stats n all that. There's only ever an issue with this sort of thing when someone who can quite happily give it, can't take it. It's purely piss taking and is only very loosely based on fact,
If you can't take it don't dish it out as my old man says, and if you get some, dish it right back, as my Uncle Eric says
If you can't take it don't dish it out as my old man says, and if you get some, dish it right back, as my Uncle Eric says
Jan 28th 2010, 7:11 am
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
Aint it a load of rubbish that this sort of thing always results in stats n all that. There's only ever an issue with this sort of thing when someone who can quite happily give it, can't take it. It's purely piss taking and is only very loosely based on fact,
If you can't take it don't dish it out as my old man says, and if you get some, dish it right back, as my Uncle Eric says
If you can't take it don't dish it out as my old man says, and if you get some, dish it right back, as my Uncle Eric says
Call the Aussies convicts by all means, i don’t think they care, or even are proud of it.
Jan 28th 2010, 7:15 am
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Re: Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
Jan 28th 2010, 7:42 am
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Whinging pom eggs. Racist or just ocker humour?
Why? Are they only selling the egg whites?
Why? Are they only selling the egg whites?
Jan 28th 2010, 7:51 am
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Jan 28th 2010, 7:53 am
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