tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post3496434576260500160..comments2023-08-15T19:04:19.757-07:00Comments on WARNING: May contain traces of bastard: A CLASSIC example of Aussie preju......ignorance.Moko 2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08184138480876859503noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-6964572230016027252009-01-21T18:34:00.000-08:002009-01-21T18:34:00.000-08:00Facts and Bigots generally don't blend to well.BE ...Facts and Bigots generally don't blend to well.<BR/><BR/>BE curious to know what an 'Australian name' actually is tho...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-51113350857621335362009-01-21T18:04:00.000-08:002009-01-21T18:04:00.000-08:00Funny, thinking about this pattern where the immig...Funny, thinking about this pattern where the immigrant who's been here for two hours looks down on the one who's been for for one.<BR/><BR/>We went to see Mental as Anything (well really, it's just Greedy and Martin Plaza with a few ring-ins these days) at the Kedron-Wavell RSL club last week. My wife, who kept her maiden name because she's one of only three in Australia to have it (including her parents) had booked the tickets in her name.<BR/><BR/>Fine.<BR/><BR/>So the girl at the counter says "Now, that's not Australian is it?". I wasn't quick enough to come up with a "That's right, she's from Melbourne", my wife, who has a prety broad Aussie accent, just says "No it's Hungarian" and we head in. <BR/><BR/>I'd be willing to bet that my German side, which settled between Ipswich and Toowoomba in the 1860s have been here longer than most of this girlie's forbears. But one doesn't generally get the option to drag out actual facts to counter bigots, does one? Ah well.Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08537136518971140642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-10536948080831672682009-01-20T20:06:00.000-08:002009-01-20T20:06:00.000-08:00Welcome Domestic Daze. Thanks for the comment."......Welcome Domestic Daze. Thanks for the comment.<BR/><BR/>"...giving you a look that says he would dearly love to spit on you."<BR/><BR/>Maybe he was considering asking you if you knew where an ATM was too. You're a product of your upbringing and certain things beyond your control. You believe things that you never questioned - we all do. You hate judgement yet you judged them. <BR/><BR/>Respect is earned. Very true. You ever tried talking to them?.Moko 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184138480876859503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-23605259689529349962009-01-20T19:53:00.000-08:002009-01-20T19:53:00.000-08:00Ignorance and bigotry. Speaking from experience it...Ignorance and bigotry. Speaking from experience it is very hard as a mother with young children going shopping in a pair of slacks and blouse not feeling upset and indeed wondering why there are certain people allowed in our country, when you have a Muslim male complete with his wife and daughter totally in black, giving you a look that says he would dearly love to spit on you. God knows I am an immigrant too, now an Australian citizen, and I DO NOT appreciate being subjected to rude behaviour from anyone and I don't give a fat rats freckle where the hell they come from. Respect is a simple term, and above all something to be earned. NOT demanded.Domestic Dazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367589992134982555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-29277520970085045472009-01-20T01:52:00.000-08:002009-01-20T01:52:00.000-08:00Criminals? B–but modern Australia was founded as a...Criminals? B–but modern Australia was founded as a criminal colony!<BR/><BR/>To say that people shouldn’t be allowed to lobby for a change in law because they’re relatively recent immigrants is absurd. The laws in any country have been created by the people who’ve settled there – it’s a purely relative matter.<BR/><BR/>You get the same in any country of course, the UK and the US included, despite the fact that both were founded by settlers and/or invaders.Simon Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515986779205716110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-16660824470552965162009-01-19T22:44:00.000-08:002009-01-19T22:44:00.000-08:00Hard to do anything but laugh!Hard to do anything but laugh!LERMONTOVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995215599478471912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-73136912711462057702009-01-19T21:22:00.000-08:002009-01-19T21:22:00.000-08:00...and Capt ~ http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/transcri......and Capt ~ http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/transcripts/NMA_Mercieca_20080709.html<BR/><BR/>For reference.Moko 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184138480876859503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-43090996508933661692009-01-19T21:18:00.000-08:002009-01-19T21:18:00.000-08:00Capt ~ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/788082?&...Capt ~ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/788082?&#details<BR/><BR/>Search the key words too. It's intriguing. Many from the Indigenous population went back with the 'Indonesian' - Macassarese - to sus out their origins. The Spanish apparently found some there.<BR/><BR/>YDog ~ Yeah, he's for real. lolMoko 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08184138480876859503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-14044198243286412652009-01-19T20:24:00.000-08:002009-01-19T20:24:00.000-08:00Is that guy for real, or some very clever fellow d...Is that guy for real, or some very clever fellow doing his yobbo impersonation? I'll buy him the big NASCAR T-shirt right now!<BR/><BR/>Actually, at least here, we do need to do something about illegal immigration. Unlike you, we of course have long relatively unguarded land borders, easy for sneaking in (or smuggling stuff in). That's got to be curtailed.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, we gotta want to do the work the immigrants are doing (manual labor and domestics).yankeedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030949627569532413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-91113585177921981682009-01-19T19:28:00.000-08:002009-01-19T19:28:00.000-08:00Curious. I'm not aware of any historical evidence ...Curious. I'm not aware of any historical evidence pointing to commerce/exchange between the Indonesians and the Aborigines. Of course, it's an area I've never looked into, and you'd sort of expect some kind of contact, given the geological proximity. Can you point me to some resources on this?Flintharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456024642528783549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-7567688072996283352009-01-19T18:49:00.000-08:002009-01-19T18:49:00.000-08:00I think you're not far from reality there Moko. Xe...I think you're not far from reality there Moko. Xeonophobia, racism and bigotry are played out of fear of the unknown. Racist slurs also become handy sledges on the sporting field. the answer is living and working with people from all sorts of backgrounds. Helping out a workmate or teammate can go a long way to riping up that fear and ignorance.Therbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152748667559020695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-2381368684145469702009-01-19T18:41:00.001-08:002009-01-19T18:41:00.001-08:00but Kiwis do steal all the jobs. In my office ther...but Kiwis do steal all the jobs. In my office there are 15 people, 5 of which talk with that weird noo zoolund accent.<BR/>thats 30 percent from a country 1/6th of the size<BR/>you're kind is taking over the world mate<BR/><BR/>oh and lermontov called you a poof on my blogger page - http://uamada.blogspot.com/<BR/>- don't know which one i'll keepuamadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584719007745691885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952293258341051637.post-52606721847006191022009-01-19T18:41:00.000-08:002009-01-19T18:41:00.000-08:00yeah. i'm not so much 'white' as 'putty colored.' ...yeah. i'm not so much 'white' as 'putty colored.' and i'm with you as to the whole 'taking our jobs' philosophy. living in the american south, a liberal like me feels like a fish out of water some of the time. but my reasoning is, this place needs people like me, so i plan to stay put for the next few years at least. plus, moving is the biggest pain in the arse there is. wow. this is a very disjointed comment, isn't it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com