Bowen wrote on Nov 6
th, 2012 at 10:31pm:
Yes, Australia is your country. But Australia is my country too.
Can I tell you, you are not an Australian? It's absurd.
I am Australian now.
*You are the member of a soccer club.
*You want to join the local Rugby club because you like their club better.
*You say you want to join the club to support the team.
*Upon joining the club you say that you now have a say in how the club should be run.
*You argue that the club should stop playing rugby and start playing soccer as it is more international.
*The people who have been at the club all their lives don't like the sound of this and want to keep with Rugby.
*You call them old fashioned, raciest, and claim that they are causing problems and "segregation" in the club by being like this. If they just allowed soccer there would be no problems.
*They ask why you just didn't stay with your old club if you like soccer so much.
*You say that you are a part of this club as much as them now, and you're just trying to open their eyes to the world of soccer. If they still like Rugby, no one is stopping them from playing down the local oval in their free time.
You say you love the club; you are a member of the club; but you want them to change everything they stand for. That's what you bloody well sound like. You joined something just to change it to what you want. What's worse is what you want is already where you came from.
Why can you not see how stupid it is to come to a country to change it to the way you want. Why join something if you didn't like it to begin with?