Actually I'm talking about the narrow-minded
authoritarian personalities that frequent
forums such as this one. We all know the
type. The ones who see the
world in very rigid and stereotypical terms.
The ones whose concepts are too vague and
sweeping in their scope.

The ones who aren't
capable of seriously discussing the problems
facing this country like the deterioration
of services and infrastructure, the increasing
"casualisation" of the workforce, the growing
gap between the inner city and the rest of
society, the ageing working population, the
degradation of our transport, education and
health systems and so on. The anonymity of
forums of course - suits them to a tee.
Because these types are able to shed
their veneer of decency.

Then of course there's also the underdeveloped barbarians
that one meets travelling home on public transport.
The kind you meet on trains - the Aussie men, off their
faces and calling out abuse. They're not as subtle
as the ones you meet on forums. Drunks, taking swigs
from bottles - so when a young Asian student looks up
at them for just an instant, they snarl,
"What are you looking at, wog?"

And as you exit the train, they're still shouting and
cursing.

Yes indeed!

Enough said.

"Then of course there's also the underdeveloped barbarians
that one meets travelling home on public transport.
The kind you meet on trains - the Aussie men, off their
faces and calling out abuse."

Those hated 'white' men that the 'diversity-we-have-to-have' will dilute to non-existence, eh Fox? There is a word for that too.

Rather than feed those feelings which may have had some basis in poor treatment you received years ago but still foster, do yourself a favour and get your spouse and yourself out of the city rut and out of the State if necessary and do something like this,

http://blazeaid.com/volunteering-information/

Beach, do you have some vague association with the aforementioned web site, and the organisation 'BlazeAid' or did you just Google it up and though you would look rather good hanging them on a post of yours. Did you do something like that? Are you a can do person, or an armchair expert?

otb,

Try acting on your own advice.

It just may help you.

Fox,

That was a strange post of yours stereotyping Aussie men as "underdeveloped barbarians". A continuation of your thinking that Australians are "Nullaboring"* and must be diversified.

*your oft-employed Phillip Adams quote - the very comfortably well off gentleman farmer and faux left cultural cringer (and cringeworthy pretentious idiot).

It's up to you, your choice.

Foxy, <<Then of course there's also the underdeveloped barbarians
that one meets travelling home on public transport.
The kind you meet on trains - the Aussie men, off their
faces and calling out abuse.>> I must add, sometimes women.

You only speak of what is the reality of everyday living in a big city like Sydney. Beach most likely has never experienced such behavior, living the cloistered life of the rural detached, forever in need of a reality check to realise what is in the real world, where most Australians live. In my world I have seen things which would make some peoples hair stand on end. Just the other day a drunken/drugged young woman with a baby (crying) strapped to her front stepped/staggered off a bus, and crashed heavily to the pavement, front first. Ambo's on the way! And that was 3 o'clock in the afternoon.