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    Default Re: Another Australian story I just don't get.

    Sadly, most of the world is like Australia in this respect, and for most of human civilization. In much of Medieval Europe, defending yourself, especially from an attacker from a higher class than yours, frequently meant that you would be a victim of the government's wrath as well.

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    Not surprising at all. Australia has a weak Constitution so their elected leaders have way too much power to push agenda at their whim. That's how they were able to get away with massive gun confiscations.
    Last edited by GinzoMatic; November 1st, 2017 at 04:03 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wanneroo View Post
    It is to some extent. Australia is one of the world's most urban countries, yet has vast swaths of rural land and then huge chunks that are totally empty. Plus Australia is relatively new in a sense, really only post WW2 did the country grow significantly and much of the population is recent generations of immigrants. Despite some of these issues, in some ways Australia is more free as the bureaucratic state is not as developed.
    I'll take your word for it, but they still sound like a shit hole run by assholes. I guess that's what a country started as a prison will get you. Idiots here in America idolize these ideas and fantasize about the day they take over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunsnwater View Post
    I'll take your word for it, but they still sound like a shit hole run by assholes. I guess that's what a country started as a prison will get you. Idiots here in America idolize these ideas and fantasize about the day they take over.
    Yes and no. Especially in the cities you will come across a lot of nanny state stuff and things like absurdedly low speed limits, but once you get away from the city it's more sparse and Australia doesn't have the lawsuit suing culture like we have so you'll notice some differences.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GinzoMatic View Post
    Not surprising at all. Australia has a weak Constitution so their elected leaders have way too much power to push agenda at their whim. That's how they were able to get away with massive gun confiscations.
    Well one thing is voting is mandatory so a lot of stupid people vote.

    Next is they really need a Tea Party type revolution to get some conservative ideas going. The more conservative parties, the Liberals and Nationals have a lot of pussies in their federal ranks. There are a few off shoot more conservative parties but the problem with those is the platform is based around an individual rather than a idea.

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    On a side note...An American nurse on exchange to Australia walks in a patient's room. The patient says, "I'm going home to die." She checks his chart and says, "You certainly are not. Who told you that?" The patient replies, "The doctor." The American nurse says, "Well, you must be mistaken." He says, "I better not be. First, the doctor told me I could go home yester-die, and I didn't, so I better be going home to-die!"
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    Sounds like a perfect reason for shoot, shovel, shut up.

    Reminds me... need to go stock up on really hefty garbage bags and black plastic tarps.

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    Default Re: Another Australian story I just don't get.

    Fine Young Cannibals song comes to mind real quick, A Land Down Under.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Qtrborecrazy View Post
    Fine Young Cannibals song comes to mind real quick, A Land Down Under.
    I thought that song was by Men at Work?
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