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IMO the rate of growth in Northern NSW is only less because it is by and large neglected by the State government. I feel fairly certain if northern nsw ever came under Bligh's (or Beattie's old) jurisdiction they would have raped it sideways in a similar vein to what has happened to SE Qld. Beattie ...

Shearer. Why is it when someone says something about something or someone beloved to them, their immediate reaction is to point the finger elsewhere? There is nothing to me beloved about America other than their MLB baseball. And they sure as hell have their problems. All I did was illustrate a poin...

dinosaur wrote:Your holding the US up as a paragon of racial tolerance and open minded thinking? Because you hung out with a bunch of dweebs on a christian basketball camp?

Are you smoking crack?

Fcuk, you're dumb.

You said Aus had NO culture except making a cnut of ourselves on the piss. Don't forget, we are a country with a high volume of racists. I said we are by and large uncultured when it comes to family values, morals, tradition and most importantly the lack of respect we are taught/ able to teach. You...

skipper wrote:Wenn ich Kultur höre ... entsichere ich meinen Browning!"

Colt .45 ... Now that's a gun.

dinosaur wrote:

Braithy wrote: Being adopted I only found out in the last decade my biological roots are from the Italians you speak of.

If there's one thing I hate more than racists, It's a whiny fucking ethnic slur goes here.

Says the guy who cycles in lycra. You're not exactly bleeding manly credibility, are you.

Ummm......point out where was I stereotyping Bwaify :?: I'm actually a clean skin and never been close to getting a tat just for the record. I also cringe at the fcukwit, bonehead, 'southern cross' element of our society but am smart enough to know it's only a small minority. You're lucky then. Eve...

Are you a recovering alcoholic braithy? Or, has alcohol abuse affected your life in some way? I only ask, as what you say about alcohol seems to suggest that there's an underlying issue here. Haha. Not at all. Growing up having kids and watching friends I've had since highshool choose a night on th...

Just on the racism thing, I'm not claiming that Australians aren't racist, I'm just saying that you can't say that Australians are racists. Fact is, we aren't, as a nation. You can't say that a country is racist. You can however apply that to a culture, where the very depths of that culture demand ...

name one family tradition that has been passed down to you, that you will in turn pass onto your kids. You are taking the piss, aren't you Braithy? Because if you aren't, god (coll.) help your children, for you must have no respect, moral values or standards of your own to pass to them. A family tr...

My point before, although I must admit that as I'm not a writer by profession and I'm not often as elegant in writing as others, is that it's a fine line and what can be seen as colloquialism or humour to some can be seen as racist to others or especially those it's directed at. My other point is t...

I guess what I do take out of your agument, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, is that Australia is more racist than other places? I'm doing some work in Hong Kong & China at the moment and I'm regularly called a gweilo, Japan is very similar, France gets that way, heck you might have even s...

That is a great point. Some of the things I typed about are very geographically relevant. Camooweal is a long way from Flinders st. Both in distance and racial tolerance. It's funny you mention the Italians and Greeks. Being adopted I only found out in the last decade my biological roots are from th...

dinosaur wrote:

ledge71 wrote:Geez! I've lived in some horrid parts of the world where people’s lives are worth nothing and can be taken from them within a blink of an eye.

Byron Bay?

You're beginning to grow on me.

So a couple of thousand numbnuts go stupid and racist in Cronulla and you tar the other 20 million of us with the same brush...nice one! Read my reply to alakaboo ... Yes. it was a generalisation, but there is far less than 20 million who might have your views. And as for the Americans you spoke to...

The Cronulla race riots probably epitomise everything wrong with this new dynamic society you speak of. imo ... how the f#$k did you take what I wrote, and link it to support for race riots? or racism of any kind? the riots, as far as i understand, were in fact the complete opposite of what i sugge...

Mate....one of the great things about Australia is that it's a democracy and there's an international airport in almost every capital city. This means you're free bail permanently anytime you want if the 'lack of culture' is bringing you down. Living in another country as opposed to just visiting.....

In Tonga I saw a grommet turned away from a surgery because he happened to split his head open on a Sunday. Fair enough, he knew the religious context and chose to surf anyway, but he was refused treatment because of an adopted Christian practice not the polynesian traditions. Was this right? Is th...