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Reply #135 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 12:48pm
 
capitosinora wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 9:31am:
Agree they don't need to abandon anything because there is no culture.
Everything what's left is a poor imitation of British prehistoric convict colonial "culture".

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Not unlike America, then.

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Reply #136 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:05pm
 
Frank wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 12:48pm:
capitosinora wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 9:31am:
Agree they don't need to abandon anything because there is no culture.
Everything what's left is a poor imitation of British prehistoric convict colonial "culture".

https://38.media.tumblr.com/9b5d235913996c0d7d61209473e79237/tumblr_inline_n86rm...


Not unlike America, then.

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Actually, funnily enough, to a certain extent, I agree with you, Soren.  I am in shock!  Shock, I tell you!  I think I need a strong cuppa, a Bex and a long lie down!    Roll Eyes
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Reply #137 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:09pm
 
Auggie wrote on Jan 13th, 2018 at 11:09pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 13th, 2018 at 10:54pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 13th, 2018 at 9:25pm:
The_Barnacle wrote on Jan 10th, 2018 at 3:17pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 10th, 2018 at 11:46am:
Multi-ethnic populations are something I have no problem with at all, but the ones who put their historical culture ABOVE the australian culture, should get the arse. F off back there if ya love it so bloody much you maintain it's beliefs and cultural practices instead of adopting the australian culture.



And what is the "Australian Culture"? (if it even exists)
I don't binge drink on weekends or obsess over cars.
Does that mean that I'm not adopting Australian Culture?



Australian culture is a wonderful thing, and immigrants and their offspring do not need to abandon their historical culture, unless it is in clear contradiction to OUR culture, it just must not be put above our culture, so that these migrants believe they are our superiors, on a cultural level.

Can anyone here honestly tell me they have not come across those types, who hark to the superiority of greek culture, because that is where democracy and the great philosophers sprang from, or macedonians thinking that like alexander, and ali, they are the greatest, or italians that identify with the world dominating roman empire, or iranians with the persian etc. etc.

That is what we do not need, having new australians condescending to "convicts".

Aussie culture is famous for it's self deprecating humour, for it's generousity of spirit, and welcoming egalitarianism. We stick up for the underdog, thumb our noses at pretentiosness and self importance, and deride the overly pious and patriotic, with equal disdain. The preparedness to help out a friend, neighbour, or stranger in need, goes back to our pioneering heritage, where we also developed the characteristic of stoically taking hardships in our stride, but continuing to strive to build a better future for all.

When people claim to not know of any australian culture, I have to wonder who are these people, and what the hell is wrong with them that they fail to recognise what is all around them.
I am 5th generation australian, and grateful to have such a great home country, and I would like to think that pathetic whining self pitying zealots from other cultures do not lessen what so many have built up over the last 200 years or so.


Unless of course, they are Muslims and then they earn the ire of oh, so many Australians who have never met a Muslim nor understand that Muslims aren't all Terrorists, they are just ordinary people who just happen to worship a different god to the one normally accepted by the majority of Australians.    Roll Eyes


Again, this focus on the peace-loving majority. The disorganised majority doesn't matter. What matters is the organized minority, which needs JUST ENOUGH SUPPORT to be a force of reckoning. Something is driving this movement; and it's an ideology.


So, the "disorganised majority" become the collateral damage, hey, Augie?   Shame, hey, that innocent people are persecuted, that innocent people have their lives damaged/destroyed by you trying to aim so broadly at the minority that you catch the whole population in your sights.    Tsk, tsk, how American of you.    Roll Eyes
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Reply #138 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:16pm
 
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 12:16am:
Brian, brian brian, you are so wrong.
Unless of course, they are Muslims and then they earn the ire of oh, so many Australians who have never met a Muslim nor understand that Muslims aren't all Terrorists, they are just ordinary people who just happen to worship a different god to the one normally accepted by the majority of Australians.    


Here is a little clip of some local Mebourne boys, born and raised here, good aussies one and all, according to you, and your fellow apologists.


I make it to be about 30 people.  Hardly representative of the overwhelming majority of Muslims, now are they?

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If this clip is long enough, you may see some christians spewing hate as well, more lovely folk.


So?  Yet you signal out the Muslims for most of your criticism.  Interesting that.   Both groups are exercising their Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly.   Both are acting democratically and protesting, peacefully.   I see nothing wrong with either group doing that.

I don't agree with their position, as is my right.   I'd enjoy more than likely arguing with people from either group.  However, they have a right to their views and I would never tell them they were wrong for doing so as you appear to be doing.

Neither group was violent, neither group threatened anybody physically.   So, what is your problem with either group expressing their opinion?

You may disagree with what they say but you have no right to silence either group.  No right at all.    Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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Reply #139 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:30pm
 
But it's not always peaceful is it bwian...
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Really Bwian.
Bwian says they will become Australians in the future...
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Really bwian.
Multiculti works says bwian...
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Really Bwian.
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Reply #140 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:33pm
 
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Reply #141 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:49pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:16pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 12:16am:
Brian, brian brian, you are so wrong.
Unless of course, they are Muslims and then they earn the ire of oh, so many Australians who have never met a Muslim nor understand that Muslims aren't all Terrorists, they are just ordinary people who just happen to worship a different god to the one normally accepted by the majority of Australians.    


Here is a little clip of some local Mebourne boys, born and raised here, good aussies one and all, according to you, and your fellow apologists.


I make it to be about 30 people.  Hardly representative of the overwhelming majority of Muslims, now are they?

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If this clip is long enough, you may see some christians spewing hate as well, more lovely folk.


So?  Yet you signal out the Muslims for most of your criticism.  Interesting that.   Both groups are exercising their Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly.   Both are acting democratically and protesting, peacefully.   I see nothing wrong with either group doing that.

I don't agree with their position, as is my right.   I'd enjoy more than likely arguing with people from either group.  However, they have a right to their views and I would never tell them they were wrong for doing so as you appear to be doing.

Neither group was violent, neither group threatened anybody physically.   So, what is your problem with either group expressing their opinion?

You may disagree with what they say but you have no right to silence either group.  No right at all.    Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes



Seriously Brian, I reckon I have scraped stuff off the soles of my shoes that is smarter than you.
I have trouble reconciling that people of such little intellectual capacity exist.

Muslims do have the right to free speech.
They do differ from other groups in that they threaten to kill people who disagree with them.
That is bad enough, but even worse is that these are not empty threats, because they actually do go on to murder those who diasgree with them.

That goes beyond free speech, I would think even someone with a dead gerbil to keep his wheel spinning could pick up on that much.

To pretend that a screaming muslim does not carry a threat of violence, even if he does not say it because he is being filmed, does not mean it is not there.

Do you think if I put my name and address with every statement against Islam I could rest easily in the fact that they will allow me my free speech in a manner free from threat of or actual violence.

Yeah, like fu33 you do.
Neither do any other of you mealy mouthed apologists.
So get friggin real for a change and admit these guys are not like everybody else.
Their religion is a political ideology that is totalitarian in nature and more closely resembles fascism than anything we have seen since 1945.
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Reply #142 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:55pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:09pm:
So, the "disorganised majority" become the collateral damage, hey, Augie?   Shame, hey, that innocent people are persecuted, that innocent people have their lives damaged/destroyed by you trying to aim so broadly at the minority that you catch the whole population in your sights.    Tsk, tsk, how American of you.   


Shame who your denial actually alienates Moderates who actually hold liberal values. You're enabling the suppression of the true Reformers in Islam by being in denial. Stand up for the rights of your fellow Reformer Muslim and support core liberal values. There is no compromise on these liberal values, Brian Ross. That is what you should be doing, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Reply #143 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:36pm
 
Auggie wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:55pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:09pm:
So, the "disorganised majority" become the collateral damage, hey, Augie?   Shame, hey, that innocent people are persecuted, that innocent people have their lives damaged/destroyed by you trying to aim so broadly at the minority that you catch the whole population in your sights.    Tsk, tsk, how American of you.   


Shame who your denial actually alienates Moderates who actually hold liberal values. You're enabling the suppression of the true Reformers in Islam by being in denial. Stand up for the rights of your fellow Reformer Muslim and support core liberal values. There is no compromise on these liberal values, Brian Ross. That is what you should be doing, and that's what I'm trying to do.


I am not in denial in the slightest, Augie.  I welcome reformers from within Islam.  Indeed, I have often argued that reform must come from Muslims themselves.  All the criticism from Islamophobes does is make them close ranks and withdraw into a bunker mentality.   The same for any group.    Time to stop thinking that you're helping the reformers, you're actually hindering them.  Making their lives harder because the extremists claim that the reformers are betrayers/apostates because they are siding with the secular West.   I've seen the same effect with Catholics, Protestants, Jews, you name it.   It does not work.    Roll Eyes
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Reply #144 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:40pm
 
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:49pm:
Seriously Brian, I reckon I have scraped stuff off the soles of my shoes that is smarter than you.
I have trouble reconciling that people of such little intellectual capacity exist.

Muslims do have the right to free speech.
They do differ from other groups in that they threaten to kill people who disagree with them.
That is bad enough, but even worse is that these are not empty threats, because they actually do go on to murder those who diasgree with them.

That goes beyond free speech, I would think even someone with a dead gerbil to keep his wheel spinning could pick up on that much.

To pretend that a screaming muslim does not carry a threat of violence, even if he does not say it because he is being filmed, does not mean it is not there.

Do you think if I put my name and address with every statement against Islam I could rest easily in the fact that they will allow me my free speech in a manner free from threat of or actual violence.

Yeah, like fu33 you do.
Neither do any other of you mealy mouthed apologists.
So get friggin real for a change and admit these guys are not like everybody else.
Their religion is a political ideology that is totalitarian in nature and more closely resembles fascism than anything we have seen since 1945.


Oh, dearie, dearie, me.  Another one who when he can't win automatically resorts to ad hominem argument.  Tsk, tsk, I have no idea why you bother, I really don't.   You add nothing to the debate except insults and hatred.

The Muslims in your video did not threaten to kill anybody, as far as I can tell.   They did not threaten to hurt anybody.   They were just making a vocal and visual protest against the speakers.  Nothing more.  Once more we see the Islamophobic mindset.   Most Muslims are law-abiding, well assimilated, peaceful people.   I am unsure why you attempt to characterise them as being anything else.   Could it be your Islamophobia speaking?    Roll Eyes
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Reply #145 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:44pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:40pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:49pm:
Seriously Brian, I reckon I have scraped stuff off the soles of my shoes that is smarter than you.
I have trouble reconciling that people of such little intellectual capacity exist.

Muslims do have the right to free speech.
They do differ from other groups in that they threaten to kill people who disagree with them.
That is bad enough, but even worse is that these are not empty threats, because they actually do go on to murder those who diasgree with them.

That goes beyond free speech, I would think even someone with a dead gerbil to keep his wheel spinning could pick up on that much.

To pretend that a screaming muslim does not carry a threat of violence, even if he does not say it because he is being filmed, does not mean it is not there.

Do you think if I put my name and address with every statement against Islam I could rest easily in the fact that they will allow me my free speech in a manner free from threat of or actual violence.

Yeah, like fu33 you do.
Neither do any other of you mealy mouthed apologists.
So get friggin real for a change and admit these guys are not like everybody else.
Their religion is a political ideology that is totalitarian in nature and more closely resembles fascism than anything we have seen since 1945.


Oh, dearie, dearie, me.  Another one who when he can't win automatically resorts to ad hominem argument.  Tsk, tsk, I have no idea why you bother, I really don't.   You add nothing to the debate except insults and hatred.

The Muslims in your video did not threaten to kill anybody, as far as I can tell.   They did not threaten to hurt anybody.   They were just making a vocal and visual protest against the speakers.  Nothing more.  Once more we see the Islamophobic mindset.   Most Muslims are law-abiding, well assimilated, peaceful people.   I am unsure why you attempt to characterise them as being anything else.   Could it be your Islamophobia speaking?    Roll Eyes


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Reply #146 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 3:10pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:40pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:49pm:
Seriously Brian, I reckon I have scraped stuff off the soles of my shoes that is smarter than you.
I have trouble reconciling that people of such little intellectual capacity exist.

Muslims do have the right to free speech.
They do differ from other groups in that they threaten to kill people who disagree with them.
That is bad enough, but even worse is that these are not empty threats, because they actually do go on to murder those who diasgree with them.

That goes beyond free speech, I would think even someone with a dead gerbil to keep his wheel spinning could pick up on that much.

To pretend that a screaming muslim does not carry a threat of violence, even if he does not say it because he is being filmed, does not mean it is not there.

Do you think if I put my name and address with every statement against Islam I could rest easily in the fact that they will allow me my free speech in a manner free from threat of or actual violence.

Yeah, like fu33 you do.
Neither do any other of you mealy mouthed apologists.
So get friggin real for a change and admit these guys are not like everybody else.
Their religion is a political ideology that is totalitarian in nature and more closely resembles fascism than anything we have seen since 1945.


Oh, dearie, dearie, me.  Another one who when he can't win automatically resorts to ad hominem argument.  Tsk, tsk, I have no idea why you bother, I really don't.   You add nothing to the debate except insults and hatred.

The Muslims in your video did not threaten to kill anybody, as far as I can tell.   They did not threaten to hurt anybody.   They were just making a vocal and visual protest against the speakers.  Nothing more.  Once more we see the Islamophobic mindset.   Most Muslims are law-abiding, well assimilated, peaceful people.   I am unsure why you attempt to characterise them as being anything else.   Could it be your Islamophobia speaking?    Roll Eyes



You ought to know bwyannnnnn,

You are the one who always falls straight back to the exact same statement of stupidity every single time you can't win.

Tsk tsk
Calling everyone an legislative. (Even the spell check can't legitimise islamaphobia)
You christophobe
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A DREAM OF A WORLD THAT HAS NEVER KNOWN ISLAM
A DREAM OF A WORLD FREE FROM THE HORRORS OF ISLAM.

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Reply #147 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 3:17pm
 
Valkie wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 3:10pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:40pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:49pm:
Seriously Brian, I reckon I have scraped stuff off the soles of my shoes that is smarter than you.
I have trouble reconciling that people of such little intellectual capacity exist.

Muslims do have the right to free speech.
They do differ from other groups in that they threaten to kill people who disagree with them.
That is bad enough, but even worse is that these are not empty threats, because they actually do go on to murder those who diasgree with them.

That goes beyond free speech, I would think even someone with a dead gerbil to keep his wheel spinning could pick up on that much.

To pretend that a screaming muslim does not carry a threat of violence, even if he does not say it because he is being filmed, does not mean it is not there.

Do you think if I put my name and address with every statement against Islam I could rest easily in the fact that they will allow me my free speech in a manner free from threat of or actual violence.

Yeah, like fu33 you do.
Neither do any other of you mealy mouthed apologists.
So get friggin real for a change and admit these guys are not like everybody else.
Their religion is a political ideology that is totalitarian in nature and more closely resembles fascism than anything we have seen since 1945.


Oh, dearie, dearie, me.  Another one who when he can't win automatically resorts to ad hominem argument.  Tsk, tsk, I have no idea why you bother, I really don't.   You add nothing to the debate except insults and hatred.

The Muslims in your video did not threaten to kill anybody, as far as I can tell.   They did not threaten to hurt anybody.   They were just making a vocal and visual protest against the speakers.  Nothing more.  Once more we see the Islamophobic mindset.   Most Muslims are law-abiding, well assimilated, peaceful people.   I am unsure why you attempt to characterise them as being anything else.   Could it be your Islamophobia speaking?    Roll Eyes



You ought to know bwyannnnnn,

You are the one who always falls straight back to the exact same statement of stupidity every single time you can't win.

Tsk tsk
Calling everyone an legislative. (Even the spell check can't legitimise islamaphobia)
You christophobe



Better lay off the Fruity Lexia, Valkie.   Tsk, tsk, a "legislative"?  Really?   Oh, dearie, dearie, me.   Roll Eyes

Islamophobia - defined just for you, Valkie, as your spell checker has so much trouble with it.   Roll Eyes
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Reply #148 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 5:08pm
 
Ajax wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:44pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 2:40pm:
mozzaok wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 1:49pm:
Seriously Brian, I reckon I have scraped stuff off the soles of my shoes that is smarter than you.
I have trouble reconciling that people of such little intellectual capacity exist.

Muslims do have the right to free speech.
They do differ from other groups in that they threaten to kill people who disagree with them.
That is bad enough, but even worse is that these are not empty threats, because they actually do go on to murder those who diasgree with them.

That goes beyond free speech, I would think even someone with a dead gerbil to keep his wheel spinning could pick up on that much.

To pretend that a screaming muslim does not carry a threat of violence, even if he does not say it because he is being filmed, does not mean it is not there.

Do you think if I put my name and address with every statement against Islam I could rest easily in the fact that they will allow me my free speech in a manner free from threat of or actual violence.

Yeah, like fu33 you do.
Neither do any other of you mealy mouthed apologists.
So get friggin real for a change and admit these guys are not like everybody else.
Their religion is a political ideology that is totalitarian in nature and more closely resembles fascism than anything we have seen since 1945.


Oh, dearie, dearie, me.  Another one who when he can't win automatically resorts to ad hominem argument.  Tsk, tsk, I have no idea why you bother, I really don't.   You add nothing to the debate except insults and hatred.

The Muslims in your video did not threaten to kill anybody, as far as I can tell.   They did not threaten to hurt anybody.   They were just making a vocal and visual protest against the speakers.  Nothing more.  Once more we see the Islamophobic mindset.   Most Muslims are law-abiding, well assimilated, peaceful people.   I am unsure why you attempt to characterise them as being anything else.   Could it be your Islamophobia speaking?    Roll Eyes


I agree........... Cool



That's not the case in Young NSW Ajax

A good test for muslims assimilating is in towns like Young which have small populations. Young has 7000 residents. In small towns, any behavour inconsistent with the locals culture and norms, sticks out like a sore thumb. The muslims in Young don't seem to be interested in the Aussie population (I'll be traveling to that area this year, so I'll find out the truth when I stop at Young and talk to residents)

Apart from SBS, all reports are that the muslims are keeping to themselves and already one has been charged with supplying info to ISIS

I hope there's no more than one definition of "assimilation"


assimilate |əˈsiməˌlāt|
verb [ trans. ]
1 take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully
• (usu. be assimilated) absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture



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Reply #149 - Jan 14th, 2018 at 6:27pm
 
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Grendel wrote on Jan 14th, 2018 at 11:32am:
4. A Sporting Culture.


Australians have developed a sporting sub/culture, whether they be spectators or participants, Australians have a love of Sports.  Perhaps more than any other nation.

http://www.convictcreations.com/citizenship/sport.html

Australians have excelled at and have had many world champions in many world sports as well.
Tennis, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Cricket, Squash, Swimming, Hockey, Golf, Boxing, Track and Field, etc, etc, etc...

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Australians take great pride in the sporting feats of our compatriots — indeed a large degree of our national identity has been forged on the playing field.
From Bradman to Gould, Freeman to Cash, the achievements of our legendary sports stars fill us with a collective national pride. In the wake of national celebrations for Australia Day, Wide World of Sports hones in on 11 of our greatest sporting heroes. 

Don Bradman
Any discussion of Australian sporting champions must begin with cricket legend Sir Donald "The Don" Bradman. Even with almost 70 years having passed since his retirement and 15 years since his death, Bradman's many batting records remain mostly unchallenged.

Bradman still holds the highest Test batting average of any batsmen at 99.94, and his insatiable run-making prowess is unlikely ever to be bettered.

Shane Gould
Australia has also excelled in the Olympic domain, with numerous legendary performers enshrining their names in the history books. Shane Gould wowed a generation as a shy 15-year-old schoolgirl at the 1972 Munich Games, winning three gold medals, a silver and a bronze in various swimming events.

But the pressure of success was too much for her and on her return to Australia, she retired from competitive swimming. The mother of four has since revived her career competing at Masters level, where she’s set an array of records, solidifying her legendary status.

Herb Elliott
Aussies have also excelled in the track and field arena. Herb Elliott was the greatest middle distance runner of his generation, unbeaten over both the mile and the 1500m during his career from 1957 to 1961.

Such was his domination during that period, it was simply assumed he couldn't lose — and in the 1960 Rome Olympics, he only fueled this rumour further by smashing his own world record, winning by 30m.

Betty Cuthbert
Betty Cuthbert became Australia's "Golden Girl" when she blitzed the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, winning a total of three gold medals, before taking home another gold in Tokyo four years later.

Cuthbert was inducted into The Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member and in 1994 was elevated to Legend of Australian Sport. Tragically, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1969, but went on to become a keen advocate for the condition.

Cathy Freeman
In terms of an athlete who truly became a legend in a single moment, you can't go past Cathy Freeman. As Australia held its collective breath, the proud indigenous athlete  clinched gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in stunning fashion during the 400m.

The significance of her achievement cannot be underestimated. Coming in an era where the incumbent government had refused to apologise for past injustices against the Aboriginal people, her win was a unifying experience for the entire nation

Mark Richards
As a coastal nation, it should come as no surprise that Aussies have also excelled in surfing. Rising from the counter-culture milieu of the 1960s and 1970s, Australia's beaches spawned a radical crop of competitive surfers who dominated the fledgling years of professional surfing. And there were none better than Newcastle's Mark Richards.

Winning four world titles and revolutionising the sport with a powerfully fluid style, Richards was everything surfers weren't originally considered to be. A quiet, humble family man, Richards' Australian record of four titles has stood firm for years, with only three-time world champ Mick Fanning coming close.

Tennis legends

The tennis courts of the world have also long been hallowed ground for Australian athletes. Legends include Margaret Court, who won 62 Grand Slam titles between 1969 and 1975; Rod Laver, who took the world by storm throughout the 1960s; and Ken Rosewall, whose 20-year career carved his name forever in the Australian psyche.

Pat Cash
But one of the greatest and most well-loved tennis champs from Oz is Pat Cash – whose victory over Ivan Lendl in the 1987 Wimbledon final cemented his status as eternal sporting legend.

Throughout his career, Cash won six singles titles and 12 doubles titles, before retiring from the game in 1997.

If you scratch the surface of almost any sport, you will find an Australian sporting legend. From sailors John Bertrand and Jessica Watson, to cricketers Shane Warne and Dennis Lillee, to golfers Peter Thompson and Greg Norman, this nation has bred a plethora of legends, all admired and loved for their achievements.

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