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I am familiar with the term--"whinging pom."  Basically, an English person who complains endlessly, right? 

So I can't help but notice and appreciate the irony of this situation.

I heard that Pom originally was short for "Prisoner of the Motherland".

Actually that would insinuate that us Australians whose ancestors came out here as convicts are more likely to be Poms - than the English themselves.

The English do whinge though.

Thanks mac - nice to see some thinkers here.  Freedriver will have this forum up and away in no time - and give Cracker a run for it's money.

Hi all,

I go by the name of avatar...

On the subject of whinging poms...well yes, but Im sure thats not all of them.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Whinging-Pom-beer-ad-deemed-offensive/2007/01/25/1169594422989.html

Australia's advertising watchdog has struck a blow against the stereotype of the whinging Pom - upholding complaints from irate Englishmen offended by a beer advertisement.

The Advertising Standards Board (ASB) on Thursday said the Tooheys New Super Cold radio advertisement negatively stereotyped and demeaned the British, and found it to be in breach of section 2.1 of the Advertiser Code of Ethics dealing with vilification based on nationality.

The board reviewed the radio advertisement, in which a group of British men sing the tune of Land of Hope and Glory using various synonyms of the word whinge including whine, moan, slag and complain.

The advertisement has now been taken off the air.

"The board also considered the annual Meat and Livestock Australia Day ad presented by personality Sam Kekovich, exhorting people to eat lamb on our national day," Mr Jeanes said.

"Some complainants believed the ad stereotyped and vilified minority groups, including vegetarians," he said.

"But the board decided that the ad was in good humour and did not intend to genuinely vilify or hurt any particular section of the community."

The board also upheld complaints about a television advertisement for Shell V-Power petrol which showed a man base-jumping from a cliff and again from the top of a tall building.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Aussie-Brits-take-Pom-whinge-to-UN/2007/01/27/1169788723227.html

A group of Australian Brits who won an advertising ban on the use of the word Pom now want the United Nations to rule the use of term as racial discrimination.

Its 14 West Australian and 12 Victorian members, who have spent four years campaigning against the word, say they don't want Pom totally banned.

Group spokesman Dave Thomason told News Ltd: "We just object to the fact that the media won't use nicknames for other nationalities - the Italians, the French, the New Zealanders, the Americans - but they use Pom all the time."

He said Pom was used at least five times a week in Australian media reports, whereas the word "wog" was used just once in 12 months.

"How would most Australians feel if they were called prisoners in the paper all the time," Mr Thomason told News Ltd.

He said all racial nicknames should be used or none at all.

"We are in the process of submitting a petition to the UN calling for an investigation of Australia's racial discrimination laws because they are deficient."

Its called free speech.