Me and my friends were talkin about Mel Gibson since his new movie was comin out soon. Well it shifted to australians, i am sure there are some nice people there, but from the conversation alot seem like racists and assholes. I dont mean to pigeonhole them into that category, but they seem to have a higher ratio than other places (UK, western europe, netherlands, etc.) or maybe they are more obvious about it. Just curious what kind of opinions, feedback or stories to disprove or confirm this trait. Again i am not trying to sterotype australians, just looking to gauge this phenomena if this is a rare occurence or not. Peace.
Australians?
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agentman said:
I think the line is:
"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch. "
- Austin Powers Fasha
agentman said:
Mel is actually an American that grew up down under.
agentman said:
To generalize that Australians are racist is a racist statement in itself. All Australians aren't white and aren't assholes. It isn't like your talking about the whites that controlled South Africa for years.
Racism is everyone where it could be they are just less politically correct then others.
love austin powers!FatOne said:Yeah, the only thing worse then racial intolerance are the Dutch
racism/bigotry
or less aware and considerate of others ... [my interpretation] of political correctness is that it is either forced or people "choose" to perceive it as such ... consideration and the willingness to understand [and accept] other cultures/races is voluntary.
hunter001 said:
or less aware and considerate of others ... [my interpretation] of political correctness is that it is either forced or people "choose" to perceive it as such ... consideration and the willingness to understand [and accept] other cultures/races is voluntary.
unless we are insecure in our own beliefs, as rational adults, we shouldn't see it as attempting to force anything on us ... sometimes, part of one's belief system is to try and share their beliefs ... their intention, while it may be interpreted as imposing, is generally good and of no threat whatsoever ...Sheik said:
Met plenty of nice Auzzies but there is a tendancy towards redneck. They are the Americans of the neighbourhood.
sybarites said:
wait a cotten picking minute.............We have that title in the US and damnit if those roo-humpers want to take it from us, there will be a fight
Didn't the UK send their worse criminals there many moons ago instead of putting them in UK jails...
Christ, talk about stereotyping, To imply that all Australians and South Africans are backward and / or racist". What an idiotic thing to say. Only a really ignorant twat could come up with something like that.
Racism is alive and well in this country we call home as well , or are you too ignorant to see that either?
Racism is alive and well in this country we call home as well , or are you too ignorant to see that either?
I've still yet to come across someone who is free from racism and bigotry - both always exist on some level in all of us. However, it can manifest itself to varying degrees and in different forms between one social group and another ... but we should never forget to view people on the basis of the individual.
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Sheik said:
I think it's a two way street.
We want everyone to become a Canadian. We do not need everyone to become culturally British or French. There are some values we currently hold that are core to having a country like Canada, especially in the areas of ideas about freedom, tolerance, civility, the rule of law, and respect for other people. On the other hand, there are some values we currently think of as "Canadian" that are probably more accurately British and French and not really things that we need to expect immigrants to adopt, but through historical accident may be encoded into our laws and institutions. So there are still things we can change, or learn from immigrants, to make Canada a nation that is easier for them to adapt to.
There are also some things that we could learn from immigrants, and perhaps things that are not currently part of our culture but probably should be, because they do it better than we do. I'll throw an example out: I think we could learn a lot from the Chinese about how a family should work. Chinese families simply work better than typical Canadian families do, they hold together better, they look after their own better, they support one another better, and as a result, they serve society better by taking significant load off the wider safety net.
On the other hand, I think the Chinese could learn a lot from us about showing concern for the comfort of strangers in public. Chinese men in particular seem to be remarkably uncaring as to whether their actions make others around them uncomfortable. Things like spitting. A society works better when its members, even when they are strangers, take steps to ensure each others comfort. British culture does this _very_ well. It's a two way street.
basketcase said:
Good analogy, but there are alot of well informed Aussies and Americans, but nobody ever talks about them.
This whole nation born from a penal colony thing may be technically true, but alot of the "criminals" were there for crimes like a Catholic stealing a loaf of bread from a Protestant, or just being a Catholic period. There are a hell of alot of Aussies descending from the convicts with Irish surnames.
