For you guys that have lost faith in Australianess, can you inform us why it was so good in the past.

I am interested in a comprehensive explanation about what Australia has lost.

for all of our problems today, the Australia i remember in the 1970s was a sad comparison to the one that has evolved since.

I did like watching R rated movies from outside the fence though, back then.

ttbn,

You said that Ben Pobjie is a "Lefty poet" who would love
watering down the Australian way of life with enforced
multiculturalism, mass immigration and closer ties with
communist China.

Ben Pobjie studied history at the University of Western
Sydney before his lust for glamour led him to comedy
writing. He is known for his columns in - The Age,
The Sydney Morning Herald, and political satire for -
New Matilda, Crikey, and the ABC and others.

He's a published author of several books, and has written
for TV shows, Reality Check, and The Unbelievable Truth.
He lives in Melbourne with his wife, 3 children, and a rising
sense of panic.

He's a proud Australian, and firmly believes in the
lessons our mighty Australian figures of history
have to teach us.
He believes the lessons are massive and enduring.

He does not believe in closer ties with communist
China. The communist Chinese do not have a sense of humour.
Most totalitarian regimes don't. Ben likes to make people
laugh out loud a lot. The communists would not trust him,
nor he them.

Ben tells us that "Should we wish to learn how to better
serve our nation, how to leave a legacy worthy of the
term, there is no difficulty: all we need do is look to
the great Australians we have had and drink in the cool,
refreshing inspiration they devoted their lives to
pouring out for us. To these earthly gods of the
Antipodes, we salute you, the most Australian way we know:
with the joyous cry: 'Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!"

Foxy,

Who are these "mighty Australian figures of history' you refer to?

When I think mighty figures of history it is people like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, etc., who come to mind.

Who's on your list of mighty Australian figures?

(failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons)
Toni Lavis,
Hindsight stuff. I'll give you some foresight material; Your mentality will be looked upon as a very negative one with which the era from 1972-to the present was infected with !
I'd say this will be said in about 2030 !

Foxy,

Come on now. I don't need a potted history of a lefty that you have clearly copied out. Ben can think as he pleases, as can you. You concur with his version of Australia. So be it. But you did ask what other people thought, and we have told you. You will not change your views; neither will we. Is there anything else to say?

Actually, there is something else I would like to say.

We have had some really good people in the past. We don't have them any longer. Anzac Day makes me angry because I feel that those very people who claim to be honouring the Anzacs are the same people who have rejected just about everything those Anzacs fought and died for. Next to acquiescence, hypocrisy is the next major trait of Australians, closely followed by greed and hedonism.