You're absolutely right, Australia should deal with China's encroachment on the Philippines and North Korea's petulance on it's own. Should work out perfectly fine for y'all down under.

that is pretty funny i must say.

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Sadly, I'm old enough to have watched that when it first aired.

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Gonna buy a fast car, put on my lead boots, take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money, but I'll still be alive

WTF are you talking about?

If some foreign science denier's daughter wants to pet a koala, she should do so without half our local roads being closed. That would work out perfectly fine for us all.

Where, pray fucking tell in this above post is there any mention of a "science denier's daughter" petting koala's? I took your neighbourhood comment as a metaphorical reference to the geographical region that you live in. Apparently, you're a lot more local than that.

BTW if you want to be consistent with your anti-science message quit harassing fucking wildlife for financial gain. It's not good for them.

Viet Nam worked out really well.

WTF are your talking about? You drinking with Owen or something?

I wouldn't want Pence in my neighborhood either. He'd be welcome in rural Bumfuk, Alberta where r-rusty lives.

You want to go out for a beer with the Victoria crowd? Good luck with that. You're some kind of special. IE Racist piece of shit.

Nobody need miss the Forge, with rr stepping up with the crack-addled nonsense.

Pence left this morning, BTW. His next stop is some island in the Pacific.
Saying sorry could really be his full time occupation in Trump's administration.

Yes, I have been drinking with Owen, which something you'll never do.

Not something I'd ever want to do. So what kind of redneck hillbilly stuff did you two guys talk about.

Did he offend any Australian values whilst he was over in your locale?

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Yep. I was hoping for an epic thread but Boner Idol lacks the grey matter to post anything worth responding to. He is so boring and sophomoric, I don't even mind ending a sentence with a preposition.

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He has expressed many views in the past that are deeply offensive to Australian values.
While he was here, though, he was reportedly on his best behaviour.

Which ones? Your Aussie values or Turnbulls?

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#convictvalues

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Both.

I really don't understand your obsession.
The USA and Australia were both previously British convict settlements.
That is a moderately interesting fact. Not interesting enough for it to be the only response you have to any topic.
Are you autistic?

#stupidnotagoodenoughexcuse

Glad you sound sure, because he didn't.

Australia - home of the rabbit proof fence

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Just keep proving how classy you really are.

Uh oh. Those are words worthy of banishment. And to the nicest guy on the LR...

Halvard might be an annoying condescending generally unpleasant asshole who'd I'd like to see voted off the island but you deserve permanent exile, which is ironic.

Um not so much. IIRC Georgia had a small transport population, but the VAST majority of the initial settlers to Oz were transports. Thanks for playing you ignorant fuck.

My son is autistic, and he is far brighter and congenial than you, that's for damn sure.

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Australia has values which can be offended? From reading Bone Idol's post I would question that. I would also question the countries teaching of composition. The op is a mess. Took me three tries to figure out what he was trying to say.

Yeah, "so much". About 50,000 convicts. Actually, most of them went to Maryland and Virginia. You don't recall correctly, and in fact you are the ignorant fuck. Again.

The main difference was America's treatment of British convicts as "indentured servants"; in practice just slaves. Helped pave the way for the wider American slave trade. Do you recall the slave trade, you ignorant fuck? About a further half million? Australia didn't engage in that - why don't you chest thump about that fact?


Sheeesh. What an ignorant fuck!

I made and intended no comment about your son. I don't doubt his brightness or congeniality. I'm sure he's brighter and more congenial than most contributors to this thread, but enough of damning him with faint praise.

My question was to last tri. One common symptom of autism is narrow, repetitive behaviours, as last tri has exhibited. If his behaviour is the result of autism, which seems a reasonable possibility, certain additional allowances might be made.

You'll note that I made no other comment about last tri. Not even about his brightness or congeniality.

As a parent of an autistic child, what would be more offensive when directed at you or him?

Is he/ are you autistic?
He is/ you are an ignorant fuck? (or lacking grey matter? or an asshole?)

It's interesting what some of the self-righteous bullies on this forum think is OK, or not.

If you're trying to be that kind of dick, at least get the basics right.

Well that's a new low.

So, you are saying that somebody from another country who has expressed views you find offensive dared set foot in your country. OMG.

Someone has a different viewpoint of you people in Oz? How dare he come there.

That's just unbelievable. I guess he might as well have a price on his head if he makes a post in the LR speaking negatively of Oz.

Greg

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"Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f___ things up" - Barack Obama, 2020

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Emery's Third Coast Triathlon | Tri Wisconsin Triathlon Team | Push Endurance | GLWR

Quoting this for posterity.

And, your protestations are quite hollow. Note that you asked if he was autistic without mentioning any sort of behavior, followed up by #stupidnotagoodenough. Your question about whether or not he was autistic was meant purely to insult last tri, so don't feed us your bullshit about "making certain allowances."

I always knew you were a complete, flaming asshole, but you've sunk to new depths. Congrats.

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The behaviour has been mentioned previously. There is a long history there.
I make various allowances for a couple of posters here, including last tri who clearly suffers some kind of mental deficit, which may or may not involve autism spectrum disorder. As you well know, autism is diagnosed by behaviours, not mechanisms. In the face of last tri's compulsive behaviours it is a valid question to ask.

In context don't consider the question an insult. I note that you do, but I disagree. If I wanted to insult him it would be pretty easy, he offers plenty of material. I've completely ignored about the past 20 of his characteristic responses to me, which is an accommodation of what I suspect, but I am curious for confirmation.

If he is not suffering any such disorder, I'll get about the business of calling him a flaming asshole, like the cool & high-minded people do.

You're being an ass.

Seriously, what kind of dick attempts to use webmd.com or wherever else it is you got your supposedly "common symptoms of autism" and diagnose a stranger online? How much more of a dick does that person have to be to double down on it and then insult someone who, in a perfectly tactful way, shows that it was disrespectful?

You're 10000% in the wrong here.

can you guys do me a favor? took a fall on the bike today. at 60, i don't bounce as well as i used to. there are 3 or 4 of you who'll probably regret your comments on the thread in a day or 2, so, can we accelerate that process and start regretting it now? enough to throttle back the comments?

because i'd really like to take some luscious pain killers but i can't if i have to watch you all in this thread.

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Hopefully they will!
Heal well.

Georgia was founded as a penal colony, just like Australia. 50,000 over 100 years or so is 500 per year. Egads. Indentured servitude was not transportation and not slavery, but nice try. I studied the First Fleet a bit and the make up of the prisoners was "interesting." Just because your great great grandpa was a two bit thief and great granny a ha'penny hooker doesn't mean you should let your sociopathic tendencies come through. Thanks for playing though.

He's talking about you, dipshit.

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Feel better. Just put Bone Idol in the penalty box and all will be well, unless his whole autistic shtick is cool with you.

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Do you recall how the Aboriginal people were are are treated to this day? You might want to shut your cock holster long enough to actually look in the mirror before talking about anyone else's actions.

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No.. No.. he wasn't talking about you. Keep doubling down on your idiocy. Maybe then there will be one less asshole on here.

It is estimated that 25% of Australians has convict ancestry. In the past having convict ancestry was a source of shame. Today, a convict ancestor is a matter of pride.

Australian nationalists view the penal past as an era when the British ruling class unjustly persecuted workers and revolutionaries. Convicts were sent to Australia because of their “struggles for freedom” or trivial offences.

http://theconversation.com/...mixed-feelings-41097

#proudtobeAustralianwithconvictancestry

By "struggles for freedom" the nationalists mean groups like the Luddites, right?

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The Luddites were generally misunderstood. They didn't object to technology so much as the dehumanizing aspects of technology. Many of the convicts shipped to Australia had committed crimes like petty theft or prostitution basically to stay alive. They couldn't pay their way out of jail so they often opted or were co-opted into transport. That being said I am not a bone idol fan.

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As Len pointed out the Luddites were protesting the use of machinery in a "fraudulent and deceitful manner" to get around standard labour practices. Convicted Luddites were either executed or sentenced to penal transportation.

Other political prisoners such as Irish rebels, Scottish rebels, striking sailors and other working class rebels were sentenced to transportation in Australia. There were even 150 Canadian rebels transported.

20% of the transportees were female. Prostitution wasn't a transportable offence. Most of the females were sentenced for stealing to feed their families. So there were not any "ha'penny hooker".

 

You are correct some of the women were prostitutes. However their crime, which resulted in transportation, was not prostitution, in most cases it was petty theft.

I should also point out that the Vice President of the USA is welcome to visit the western side of the rabbit proof fence. I will even throw a shrimp on the barbie for him.

Also the use of the word autistic as an insult is wrong.

Only one person disagrees

So yes.

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Sorry for my mistake. I was trying to convey the sense that those transported were generally people who were just in unfortunate life circumstances. Hope you had a happy ANZAC Day!

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Dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good T.S. Eliot

GrimOopNorth. The error in the quoting occurred in my post which Windy Wave then quoted. Not sure how the error occurred in my post. I have corrected my post.

Actually I was agreeing with you. While some were political prisoners the majority were sentenced for petty crimes.

Unfortunately I had to work on ANZAC day

I have just ordered this book. I have enjoyed a number of Tom Keneally's books previously.