Australian Values

[Iain]

If money grabbing or materialistic is the urge to own your own little bit of dirt here I fail to see the problem.
Mr Jones and his mates are happy to condemn this if they are collecting your rent and telling you what a 'good, honest hardworking Aussie' you are while considering how to screw you a bit harder.

[Phil Spencer]

If the number of positive responses in this thread is indicative of the attitudes of Australians as a whole then the only thing wrong is that we have a miserable little twerp and a smirking pickpocket in charge in Canberra. And we can fix that (possibly as early as February next year if the whispers among senior Libs can be believed).

The trouble is too few people care to stand up to the noisy minority led by millionaire fools like Alan Jones, John Laws and there mad ultra right mates.

And because no-one else cares enough I switched off. I don't buy newspapers anymore because Rupert's far right of Genghis Khan and is trying to turn us into Seppo clones.

Off the box....

I think that 'Shedhand' sums up the feelings of most working Australians, thanks for the comments my faith is restored. My next question is:

If the mob in Canberra is so hopeless and misguided how did this happen? Should we form a party of our own and displace them?

To qualify for membership one would have to be a woodworker as it seems that we are the most level headed, perhaps we could persuade 'Gumby' to come out of retirement and lead us, imagine that 'Gumby' as PM!

Regards

Phil

[craigb]

I think that 'Shedhand' sums up the feelings of most working Australians, thanks for the comments my faith is restored. My next question is:

If the mob in Canberra is so hopeless and misguided how did this happen? Should we form a party of our own and displace them?

To qualify for membership one would have to be a woodworker as it seems that we are the most level headed, perhaps we could persuade 'Gumby' to come out of retirement and lead us, imagine that 'Gumby' as PM!

Regards

Phil

Do you have a probem because the majority didn't agree with you?

What's Gumby got to do with it?
There is no Gumby.

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Phil Spencer]

Do you have a problem because the majority didn't agree with you?

What's Gumby got to do with it?
There is no Gumby.

:confused: :confused: :confused:

I never have any problems craigb, with my initials being PMS I cause them. Seriously I wondered what every one thought.

I know that Gumby cracked the sulks and left miss him.

Regards

Phil

[Harry72]

What a load of rubbish.



There are several very vocal minority groups who are all of those things and it is those who give the rest of us a bad name. But the average Australian is accepting and tolerant and really couldn't give a shyt where you come from, as long as you do your bit.

That's what I reckon anyway.

Dan

Couldnt agree more Dan, being a Australian is about being a mate!
The most of us dont care if yer green blue or multicoloured yer still a mate... hey mate have a beer

[Shedhand]

Sammy Kekovich has got it right. Have a barbie, invite the neigbours. If you can't pronounce their names, just call 'em mate and give 'em a lamb chop.

[Ashore]

Zed and Dan got it right , who gives a ##### where you are from or who you believe in
Mind you at the barbie don't touch my chop I like it turned twice and not when you decide

There have been political views (though funny to me )posted earlier in this threads and those posting them have every right to post them however I personally don't agree And I am sure they don't mind me posting mine
I don't want to go back to the good old pre Howard days, when we had no children in poverty, the banana republic and 18% intrest rates etc etc
You may have a dislike for the present government as indicated by earlier posts "the only thing wrong is that we have a miserable little twerp and a smirking pickpocket in charge in Canberra. "I can only say have a good honest look at what preceded the present Government and then tell me when employment levels were higher, inflation was lower, standard of living was higher.
I am not having a go at anyone personally just my opinion.


Rgds

[black1]

i am, you are, were all AUSTRALIANS. isnt that how the song goes(apart
edit: we are (insert above)
from those born and living in another country).

[Auld Bassoon]

Quite so Ashore!

[DanP]

But it was the recession we HAD to have.

[Iain]

i am, you are, were all AUSTRALIANS. isnt that how the song goes(apart from those born and living in another country).

That is a major typo, I thought we still was

[JDarvall]

It must be kinda hard to know what exactly Australians are......if, being Australians, we've never been anything else.

I do here comments from people visiting from overseas, about how friendly we all are, and how we offer help where we can and all that. Easy going.

But thats not always the case I suppose.

I prefer Australian country people though in general. More of them seem more willing to stop and talk, have a laugh, and offer help more than I've noticed from city types. Everybody knows everyone else etc. Living in the city, I saw little of that. But then that might be similar in other countrys as well ????

Spose, there's good and bad everywhere

[Christopha]

When you pull up on a rough track in the Flinders Ranges and a while later another $WD pulls up and a Vietnamese bloke, his Aussie missus and their kids get out and the little slopy bloke says "G'Day mate, Owyagoin?" you can't help but grin and think "thank Christ we're Aussies all!"
When some little bloke or blokette turns up here from anywhere on this planet, works hard, lives well and wants to say "Owyagoing?" then he is as Aussie as me and you. I don't give a bats bum what yo look like, what you sound like, what you do for a crust just as long you want to be here rather than anywhere else then you are an Aussie! Goodonya!

[echnidna]

right on chris

[boban]

Zed and Dan got it right , who gives a ##### where you are from or who you believe in
Mind you at the barbie don't touch my chop I like it turned twice and not when you decide

There have been political views (though funny to me )posted earlier in this threads and those posting them have every right to post them however I personally don't agree And I am sure they don't mind me posting mine
I don't want to go back to the good old pre Howard days, when we had no children in poverty, the banana republic and 18% intrest rates etc etc
You may have a dislike for the present government as indicated by earlier posts "the only thing wrong is that we have a miserable little twerp and a smirking pickpocket in charge in Canberra. "I can only say have a good honest look at what preceded the present Government and then tell me when employment levels were higher, inflation was lower, standard of living was higher.
I am not having a go at anyone personally just my opinion.


Rgds

Whilst I've voted for the little twerp since 1996, I have a number of grievances that simply cannot be swept to one side because of their good financial management.

The workplace relations are for me are the last straw, regardless of how well they have managed the economy. I've said this before, they dont affect me at all, not directly anyway. But it will affect those who can least afford it.

While Menzies was "British to his Bootheels", it seems that Johnny wants to lead us down an American path as far as health care, workplace relations, religious fanaticism and foreign policy are concerned. That scares me no end. Does that make me part of the majority. Mandate my bum.

Oh, and as far as this country is concerned, it has in my opinion changed in the last 20 years and will continue to change. I remember when Wogs were the targets, then Asians and now Arabs. Eventually we see a degree of assimilation (a good thing in my view) and a degree of acceptance, both of which take some time. For what its worth, I think that it is a matter of time and exposure that does the trick.

I couldn't give a stuff what someone looks like, but I do care how they act. If they are rude, ignorant, arrogant, intolerant or whatever and it seems to be a trend particular to a certain race then my initial attitude will be to expect more of the same, until shown otherwise. If that's racist, then that's what I am.

I judge individuals based on my experiences with that individual. What do we call that, individualism? There you go, I'm an individualist, racist son of a mother. Bugger the labels.

Time to dismount.