Dear SPQR,

In reply to your rant about multiculturalism -

This is taken from the "National Lampoon," (US)
on the "Racial characteristics of Australians,":

"Violently loud alcoholic roughnecks whose idea of
fun is to throw up on your car. The national sport
is breaking furniture and the average daily
consumption of beer in Sydney is ten and three quarters
Imperial gallons for children under the age of nine.
... Possibly as a result of their country being
upside down, the local dialect has over 400 terms for
vomit."

Is this a "true" picture of Australians?
Why or why not?

Dear Lexi,
<<Is this a "true" picture of Australians? Why or why not?>>

I’m thinking it must be true. After all, I’ve seen at least two hundred “studies” by think tanks that conclude exactly that (and now you’ve shown me the same from National Lampoon!).

And both SBS & the ABC run documentaries every couple of months, under various guises, that tell us exactly that--except they usually include the additional line about “racist xenophobes” (which I assume you left out ‘cause you did want to go over the OLO word limit).

PS: Does that there source of yours have comparable briefs on the racial characteristics of any black African nations?

Indy has no understanding of the world.
He lives in a place that neve4r existed.
Chasing truths he would not understand.
And rewarding himself for every smirk he posts, proving the above to be true.

Dear SPQR,

The source that I've been using is a
high school text book called, "The Changing
Australians: A social History." It belonged
to my son - and was one of his basic texts
at high school.

cont'd ...

Talking about racist xenophobe's...

Here's an extract from the Age, 1957,
letter to the Editor:

"I for one feel no apology is owing...for...'racial
prejudice' against foreign immigration. It is
nothing to be ashamed of to prefer one's own kind...
I want to see Australia great, to be a united and strong
country - a British country with one people...
I make no apology for...not wishing to see a
mongrel, motley Australia. I believe in a British
Australia."

Yep. Some things don't change for some.

Dear Lexi,

<<The source that I've been using is a high school text book called, "The Changing Australians: A social History...>>

[SPQR muses to himself: She's dying to give her little spiel about stereotyping--come on, give her a break]


Oh, OK Lexi, and what was your point by the way?