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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 23:28:54 GMT -4
Hey, I'm under 30 and I LOATHE Howard.
My favorite part of said article:
"Australians are some of the most coarse, racist people on earth, as Kath & Kim rightly portrays. For example, an American girl who seeks courtship will tentatively ask you for a meal and weeks of getting to know you; an Australian girl will come up to you at the Walkabout bar in London’s densely Aussie-populated Shepherds Bush and inquire ‘Would you like a fuck?’"
I'm sorry guys, I should be offended, but I actually found the article kind of funny. And he does have a little bit of a point; the state of hard science and mathematics is atrocious in Oz. But I wouldn't go as far as to call us all "white trash". He's just another Brit in a long, long line of Brits who think that British people are perfect and everyone else needs to shut it. Don't get me wrong, Brits are great people, but they have their set of issues just like we do. Yes, maybe Aussies drink a little too much (okay, a LOT too much), and I would love to see the general public care a little more about literature and a little less about sport, but we are also known for our friendliness and acceptance of others. The only part of the article that I really found offensive was when he called us racist...Australia's history of racially-motivated crimes and just general prejudice is nothing compared to that of most other countries.
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Post by fairfox on Mar 20, 2007 1:48:28 GMT -4
Damnit Aussies, you're being all reasonable. I was hoping to see some beers thrown at someone's head or something. There was a response posted to the original article, btw. I think it was tongue-in-cheekly entitled "Rack Off."
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Post by Yossarian on Mar 20, 2007 21:48:26 GMT -4
Damnit Aussies, you're being all reasonable. I was hoping to see some beers thrown at someone's head or something. The cultural cringe is alive and well. So, on to other lovely topics - who's the liar? Pauline Hanson or David Oldfield? My bet's on Oldfield. Pauline may be a racist shrew but he's a racist weasel with no taste, no scruples and no class. I'm sure they slept together!
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Post by december on Mar 20, 2007 23:26:13 GMT -4
I agree. Hanson for all the stupid and racist stuff she has said seems to be a pretty straight shooter with very little thought process in what she says. Oldfield is slimy and his wife creeps me out on that new 'aussietheview' or whatever.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2007 5:41:26 GMT -4
Totally in the wrong thread but... there's no thread for it and I would hope to find some cricket lovers here. Pakistan! Bye bye India! Soon go bye bye Ireland! Go Irish The Kiwis drive the English V.C. into the drink Windies still in ... and oh yeah.... the Aussies still there cracking heads. AUS vs SA on Saturday - - whee! I was floored when I heard Pakistan lost - and to Ireland of all teams. Now Bob Woolmer's death is being treated as suspicious. If nothing else I want Australia to beat South African on Saturday, if only to show them that they didn't earn the number 1 ODI spot, Australia lost it. (If that makes sense). IRT the article, I do object to being called racist. We're not perfect, but I agree that for the most part we're open, friendly and inviting, and the English are in no position to point fingers. Little Britain's not just a TV show, you know, it's a concept. (Alright, my sources are a little dubious, but still...) ETA: I third Oldfield and I hate Howard.
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Post by Yossarian on Mar 21, 2007 23:56:24 GMT -4
James Packer is supposedly getting married in France next month? I wonder how long this one will last? And, more importantly, did Tom Cruise get an invitation?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2007 0:30:14 GMT -4
Chiming in a day late to fourth Oldfield. Pauline's far too stupid to be a convincing liar --if she had been, her political "career" might've had a bit more longevity and credibility. As it is, she might make an entertaining replacement for Oldfield's zombie-bitch wife on "The Catch-Up" --on the episode I saw, she sat there almost silently with her hand on her hip the whole time.
As for that article, is a country that not only made Jordan (and Reject Shop knock-offs like Jodie Marsh) a sex symbol, but had both her autobiographies on its bestseller lists for months really in a position to describe anyone else as coarse, trashy or uneducated? It's hilarious as well that this guy's calling the Aussies a nation of drunken, violent yobbos when most European countries dread the arrival of English soccer fans more than any others (AFAIK).
The Aussie slut he "met" (who seems ridiculously well-spoken --if she existed, it'd be more like "D'ya wanna fuck?" than "Would you like a fuck with your meal, sir?") sounds straight out of a backpacker porn movie --"Outback Rack", or something.
Sorry, Raqs, my interest in cricket is limited to the latest Shane Warne scandal. But if anyone ever wants to discuss league, I'm in.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2007 1:44:03 GMT -4
Go Cowboys!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2007 9:05:50 GMT -4
I just choked on my tea..."Outback Rack"...HAH! Never heard of that one. And sorry EvilMinion, but I'm a Crusaders/Knights fan. Although the Cowboys do look pretty good this year. That Sione guy, holy crap...I would NOT want to make him mad.
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Post by Yossarian on Mar 22, 2007 23:25:45 GMT -4
Now I would like a Cricket World Cup thread if only to discuss the craziness of Bob Woolmer's death! And I thought Australians took cricket seriously ...
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