Re: Pommy Politician: Warner sign of Australia's sick societ
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 11:13 pm
Kiwi born and breed though. Let's not let his foreign service drag the Brits into this.
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Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
guy smiley wrote:Peter Dutton's a Queenslander, too.Thomas wrote:Wow
Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
Wake up Thomas. You are the frog. You're in the pot.
Used to run the university here - he knows his Aussies.bimboman wrote:Kiwi born and breed though. Let's not let his foreign service drag the Brits into this.
Looks like a stick up his arse.Thomas wrote:Wow
Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
kiap wrote:Looks like a stick up his arse.Thomas wrote:Wow
Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
Let's hope he was at Auckland airport displaying his welcome home face to these friends:
- Notoriously violent Mongrel Mob street gang members booted back to New Zealand as they try to grow their crew
By Ben Hill
10 March 2018
A notorious street gang looking to set up in Australia has had its members kicked out of the country.
... The Mongrel Mob has attempted to gain a foothold in Perth by moving members to the city from other Australian chapters or from New Zealand.
The gang also has its own Facebook page, 'Mongrel Mob Australia', featuring photos of heavily-tattooed gang members riding motorcycles.
Police have been working to identify members of the gang who are not Australian citizens and can therefore be targeted for deportation.
One of the gang members to be deported was senior leader Joe Edmonds who was caught at Perth Airport in 2017 trying to bring gang uniforms into Western Australia.
His visa was cancelled on 'character grounds' and he was put on a plane back to New Zealand.
Australian Border Force WA regional commander Rod O'Donnell said they wanted to protect the community from 'violent' gangs ...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z59TzJ6Xlk
So you're back now?guy smiley wrote:
That is a wierd but typically Australian response.kiap wrote:Looks like a stick up his arse.Thomas wrote:Wow
Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
Let's hope he was at Auckland airport displaying his welcome home face to these friends:
- Notoriously violent Mongrel Mob street gang members booted back to New Zealand as they try to grow their crew
By Ben Hill
10 March 2018
A notorious street gang looking to set up in Australia has had its members kicked out of the country.
... The Mongrel Mob has attempted to gain a foothold in Perth by moving members to the city from other Australian chapters or from New Zealand.
The gang also has its own Facebook page, 'Mongrel Mob Australia', featuring photos of heavily-tattooed gang members riding motorcycles.
Police have been working to identify members of the gang who are not Australian citizens and can therefore be targeted for deportation.
One of the gang members to be deported was senior leader Joe Edmonds who was caught at Perth Airport in 2017 trying to bring gang uniforms into Western Australia.
His visa was cancelled on 'character grounds' and he was put on a plane back to New Zealand.
Australian Border Force WA regional commander Rod O'Donnell said they wanted to protect the community from 'violent' gangs ...
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z59TzJ6Xlk
Jeff the Bear wrote:On a slight tangent, the missus and I have been watching a lot of house renovation shows at the moment as we are about to start building a house ourselves...and one of the oddities we've come across (given that NZ doesn't really do any of it's own shows, and instead imports from Aus, UK and USA) is how mean the Ozzie's are.
Invariably, theses show start with a house that's a bit rundown, and then some experts come along and fixes it up. So far, so similar...but in a twist, when the Aussie experts turn up, instead of being polite, they just laugh in the face of the people they are there to help. They get properly stuck in, having a go at the shitty house that the people have, in many cases, lovingly raised their family in.
I find it a bit bizarre really. Even if what they are saying is technically true...you'd expect people to be a bit more tactful (as they invariably are in the UK and US versions).
Selling Houses Australia is an Australian reality and lifestyle TV series, based on the British show of the same name. The series follows property owners who are having difficulty selling their home. The show is hosted by English property expert and author Andrew Winter,
All good.guy smiley wrote:I'm not sure what you're on about but you fill those boots while you're at it.kiap wrote:So you're back now?guy smiley wrote:
You're not going to cry off next time I wield the jandal?
One in every 7 of 'em.wamberal99 wrote:Farking wonderful how these needy Keewees love to flood into any thread which criticises their big bruvver.
How many of the buggers are over here sucking on the Ozzie teat?
That's one of the lads!shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:On a slight tangent, the missus and I have been watching a lot of house renovation shows at the moment as we are about to start building a house ourselves...and one of the oddities we've come across (given that NZ doesn't really do any of it's own shows, and instead imports from Aus, UK and USA) is how mean the Ozzie's are.
Invariably, theses show start with a house that's a bit rundown, and then some experts come along and fixes it up. So far, so similar...but in a twist, when the Aussie experts turn up, instead of being polite, they just laugh in the face of the people they are there to help. They get properly stuck in, having a go at the shitty house that the people have, in many cases, lovingly raised their family in.
I find it a bit bizarre really. Even if what they are saying is technically true...you'd expect people to be a bit more tactful (as they invariably are in the UK and US versions).Selling Houses Australia is an Australian reality and lifestyle TV series, based on the British show of the same name. The series follows property owners who are having difficulty selling their home. The show is hosted by English property expert and author Andrew Winter,
Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
I think JtB is the one being assimilated.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
In Northland you aren't a true local until you do a haka at passing cars (which have a missing door) and call everyone "cuz". "Bro" is so yesterdays news.kiap wrote:I think JtB is the one being assimilated.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.
Can't say I watched his show (or any show like that tbf) back when he was in the UK...but, as stated, his show in OZ is like night and day compared to the way the presenters address ordinary folk on the other current shows from the UK and USA.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
Well, we’ve established that it’s an English TV show, created by Englishmen and hosted by an Englishman - but nonetheless symptomatic of Australian-nesskiap wrote:I think JtB is the one being assimilated.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.
If Crowe had stayed in NZ then the phone market may have collapsed.mr bungle wrote:There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.
There is a hard edge to many Aussie sportspeople, but I don't have an issue with it on the whole. You do notice a contrast in behaviour with some who've crossed the ditch. Guys like Willie Mason and Russell Crowe just wouldn't have the same personality had they stayed in NZ. There'd potentially be other downsides, maybe Mason would habitually say 'chur' for example.
mr bungle wrote:There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.
mr bungle wrote:There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.
There is a hard edge to many Aussie sportspeople, but I don't have an issue with it on the whole. You do notice a contrast in behaviour with some who've crossed the ditch. Guys like Willie Mason and Russell Crowe just wouldn't have the same personality had they stayed in NZ. There'd potentially be other downsides, maybe Mason would habitually say 'chur' for example.
Seneca of the Night wrote:Coog delivering the king hit I presume.shanky wrote:
Having just had a look, I don't think it was a particularly successful show in the UK .There are no links in a general search to him other than those from his time in OZ on the first page, and even if you restrict the search to anything prior to 2005, you only get a handful of searches returning.shanky wrote:Well, we’ve established that it’s an English TV show, created by Englishmen and hosted by an Englishman - but nonetheless symptomatic of Australian-nesskiap wrote:I think JtB is the one being assimilated.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.
I’ll agree that, yes, Jeff has assimilated the Kiwi ability to mount a cohesive argument
The footage of him being bundled off to a detention centre in the middle of the night was pretty funny.shanky wrote:Seneca of the Night wrote:Coog delivering the king hit I presume.shanky wrote:
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Face it...he wasn't liked much in the UK, and you Ozzies love him.shanky wrote:Reductio ad Kiwidum
Next you'll be telling me that Mark Nicholas is a true blue fair dinkum Pom, despite his verbal fellating of any Australian cricketer, however well or badly they're playing. It's almost as if some of the schtick is set by the agenda of the TV channel they work for.shanky wrote:Well, we’ve established that it’s an English TV show, created by Englishmen and hosted by an Englishman - but nonetheless symptomatic of Australian-nesskiap wrote:I think JtB is the one being assimilated.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.
I’ll agree that, yes, Jeff has assimilated the Kiwi ability to mount a cohesive argument
Such a weirdly bitter and insecure country.Seneca of the Night wrote:Most Australians would dismiss any talk of "fair play" or of "the spirit of the game" or of "sportsmanship" as the talk of "losers" or, at best, hopelessly old-fashioned. A deliberate aggressiveness is thought to be the key to success and, when victory is won, an excessive triumphalism is expected as the appropriate Australian response.
And, if a David Warner or Nick Kyrgios is criticised for bad behaviour, most Australians would defend them and their actions as long as they win - indeed, as with sledging, the bad behaviour is seen as an essential part of a winning strategy.
None of this might matter if it were a purely sporting phenomenon. But attitudes such as these, seen in sport, are (predictably enough, given the important place occupied by sport in Australian society) sadly reflective of the attitudes that increasingly imbue Australian society as a whole.
Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=12010795
What? He's fine. Anyone who winds the tennis pearl-clutchers up is generally doing something right.mr bungle wrote:There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.
Mark Nicholas is a great bloke. Knows his cricket.Gordon Bennett wrote:Next you'll be telling me that Mark Nicholas is a true blue fair dinkum Pom, despite his verbal fellating of any Australian cricketer, however well or badly they're playing. It's almost as if some of the schtick is set by the agenda of the TV channel they work for.shanky wrote:Well, we’ve established that it’s an English TV show, created by Englishmen and hosted by an Englishman - but nonetheless symptomatic of Australian-nesskiap wrote:I think JtB is the one being assimilated.shanky wrote:Jeff the Bear wrote:
That's one of the lads!
He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.
Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place
Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.
I’ll agree that, yes, Jeff has assimilated the Kiwi ability to mount a cohesive argument
This is still Warner you are talking about right?Jeff the Bear wrote:Face it...he wasn't liked much in the UK, and you Ozzies love him.shanky wrote:Reductio ad Kiwidum
Do you know how Americans tend to cast English as "baddies" on their screens? This is a similar thing. The guy fills the role of "Pommy Wanker".Jeff the Bear wrote:Ergo, his style of acerbic sarcasm seems to have struck a particular chord with Ozzies
By volume, most are from Nu Zillund (but we're sending the odd few back)Jeff the Bear wrote:(He has won the ASTRA subscriber's choice award for Favourite Male Personality in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014), whereas he was a bit of a nobody on the UK scene.
So, not only are Ozzies dicks...they're importing them too!
Jeff the Bear wrote:Face it...he wasn't liked much in the UK, and you Ozzies love him.shanky wrote:Reductio ad Kiwidum
They know their audience, though.Dumbledore wrote:Such a weirdly bitter and insecure country.Seneca of the Night wrote:Most Australians would dismiss any talk of "fair play" or of "the spirit of the game" or of "sportsmanship" as the talk of "losers" or, at best, hopelessly old-fashioned. A deliberate aggressiveness is thought to be the key to success and, when victory is won, an excessive triumphalism is expected as the appropriate Australian response.
And, if a David Warner or Nick Kyrgios is criticised for bad behaviour, most Australians would defend them and their actions as long as they win - indeed, as with sledging, the bad behaviour is seen as an essential part of a winning strategy.
None of this might matter if it were a purely sporting phenomenon. But attitudes such as these, seen in sport, are (predictably enough, given the important place occupied by sport in Australian society) sadly reflective of the attitudes that increasingly imbue Australian society as a whole.
Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=12010795