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Forum: Australia
Jan 24th 2013, 7:47 am
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

Chris I have no interest in analysing your character or discussing mine with you. You turned a reasonable debate about ideas into personal comments for reasons only known to you. I have no interest...
Forum: Australia
Jan 24th 2013, 6:48 am
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

Shame to spoil a reasonable debate with a personal comment like that Chris. It does you no justice specially at your age.
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2013, 7:26 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

As an argument I'm not sure that characterising the calling out of natural human bias in two countries as defensiveness and one country as astuteness to suit is a convincing one...probably best to...
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2013, 12:52 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

I saw plenty of potshots...the trick I think is to realise both countries have a##holes and not respond to one generalisation with your own. It never fixes things....hard to do always specially for...
Forum: Australia
Jan 23rd 2013, 12:26 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

I disagree with this. In my years in the UK I saw plenty of media potshots at Aussies. I also saw Aussies having overreactions to them, just like I see Brits do here. One generalisation is not fixed...
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2013, 10:27 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

Yes, it is standard practice to look for an angle on a story and then get a quote from an "expert" to substantiate your angle. Given the quote was not malicious the motivation wasn't either as the...
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2013, 8:37 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

If the motivation was ridicule would they really have printed a line saying the difference was "fair enough" ? The journalist controls the quotes printed.

Real hatchet jobs are sometimes done on...
Forum: Australia
Jan 22nd 2013, 9:49 am
Replies: 59
Views: 4,010
Posted By fish.01

Re: News out of nothing - Herald Sun

Vilification, rather than fluff piece?


"It is interesting that applicants from the UK, and particularly New Zealand, perform less well than those from similarly developed and wealthy countries,"...
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