Re:Why Australians hate the US so
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Heh, I'm reminded of what Bill Bryson wrote about us in 'Down Under' (a fun read, if not entirely accurate). To the best of my memory: "If you ask an Australian a question, they will argue it so passionately, from so many perspectives, with so many loosely connected side issues, that it soon becomes impenetrable to the outsider".
As for Durf, people who live in pots (or nations that actively spread smallpox and otherwise did their best to wipe out the native populations, enslaved other humans for hundreds of years and actively removed children from native families) shouldn't call people who live in kettles (or other nations that didn't actively spread smallpox but nonetheless actually SUCCEEDED in eradicating the native population in at least a portion of their nation, and actively removed children from native families) black. It is how our nations currently behave toward people of other races, religions and creeds that defines us as a people.
If I might totally mangle a metaphor or two and bring in some loosely connected side issues ; )
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Heh, I'm reminded of what Bill Bryson wrote about us in 'Down Under' (a fun read, if not entirely accurate). To the best of my memory: "If you ask an Australian a question, they will argue it so passionately, from so many perspectives, with so many loosely connected side issues, that it soon becomes impenetrable to the outsider". As for Durf, people who live in pots (or nations that actively spread smallpox and otherwise did their best to wipe out the native populations, enslaved other humans for hundreds of years and actively removed children from native families) shouldn't call people who live in kettles (or other nations that didn't actively spread smallpox but nonetheless actually SUCCEEDED in eradicating the native population in at least a portion of their nation, and actively removed children from native families) black. It is how our nations currently behave toward people of other races, religions and creeds that defines us as a people. If I might totally mangle a metaphor or two and bring in some loosely connected side issues ; )