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What have the British ever done for us?
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Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?
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Reply #1 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:51am
 
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?

And the sanitation. Oh yes... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like.
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The aquaduct?
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Reply #3 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am
 
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!
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Reply #4 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:02am
 
And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.

Undecidedum, I'll skip that one.
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I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.
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Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


They put the Blacks in their place?
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Reply #7 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:42am
 
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.




Who cares?  Wink
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Reply #8 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:44am
 
Well they did take this fine country away from the boongs and had a good go at wiping them out, I'd call that a great accomplishment.
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Dr Mengele wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:44am:
Well they did take this fine country away from the boongs and had a good go at wiping them out, I'd call that a great accomplishment.


A Cuban man told me that in Cuba there is a statue of the last aboriginal to survive. The Spanish were quite thorough compared to the British.
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Reply #10 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm
 
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am:
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!


Reg?
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Reply #12 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:13pm
 
Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:11pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am:
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!


Reg?


Reginald ... Reg... out of Monty Python Life of Brian.... the People's Liberation Front meeting...


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Reply #13 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:14pm
 
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:13pm:
Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:11pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am:
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!


Reg?


Reginald ... Reg... out of Monty Python Life of Brian.... the People's Liberation Front meeting...


Sooooooo....what's the connection to the Thread?

Huh
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Reply #14 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:20pm
 
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


They brought peace.... most of their law they turned against the Whiteys to keep them in line... look at what they done to Ned Kelly...  you didn't see that done to them Kaffirs out there who weren't even considered citizens, do you?

Face it - the Blacks were irrelevant and the British at least brought some peace to their little warring bands fighting over kangaroo rights at the billabong like savages ...... pounding on their womenfolk in more ways than one .... everywhere the White Man went the Blacks were enlightened.. sometimes physically by mixing genetic material...... you know... coupla years out there in the donga and every Gin looks white as snow.... same colour inside and Whitey didn't beat 'em up as much.

Not a girl over fifteen in Moree has her front teeth... they're whupped out of 'em .... and an Aboriginal I respected told me that..... died of a heart attack at 42.. poor buggar...
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Reply #15 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:25pm
 
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:20pm:
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


They brought peace.... most of their law they turned against the Whiteys to keep them in line... look at what they done to Ned Kelly...  you didn't see that done to them Kaffirs out there who weren't even considered citizens, do you?

Face it -the Blacks were irrelevant and the British at least brought some peace to their little warring bands fighting over kangaroo rights at the billabong like savages ...... pounding on their womenfolk in more way than one .... everywhere the White Man went the Blacks were enlightened.. sometimes physically by mixing genetic material...... you know... coupla years out there in the donga and every Gin looks white as snow.... same colour inside and Whitey didn't beat 'em up as much.

Not a girl over fifteen in Moree has her front teeth... they're whupped out of 'em .... and an Aboriginal I respected told me that..... died of a heart attack at 42.. poor buggar...


I reckon these are both over 15.

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Reply #16 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:32pm
 
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:20pm:
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


They brought peace.... most of their law they turned against the Whiteys to keep them in line... look at what they done to Ned Kelly...  you didn't see that done to them Kaffirs out there who weren't even considered citizens, do you?

Face it -the Blacks were irrelevant and the British at least brought some peace to their little warring bands fighting over kangaroo rights at the billabong like savages ...... pounding on their womenfolk in more way than one .... everywhere the White Man went the Blacks were enlightened.. sometimes physically by mixing genetic material...... you know... coupla years out there in the donga and every Gin looks white as snow.... same colour inside and Whitey didn't beat 'em up as much.

Not a girl over fifteen in Moree has her front teeth... they're whupped out of 'em .... and an Aboriginal I respected told me that..... died of a heart attack at 42.. poor buggar...


There aint nothing more peaceful than a dead man.
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Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:14pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:13pm:
Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:11pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am:
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!


Reg?


Reginald ... Reg... out of Monty Python Life of Brian.... the People's Liberation Front meeting...


Sooooooo....what's the connection to the Thread?

Huh


Watch the video.....
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Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:32pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:20pm:
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


They brought peace.... most of their law they turned against the Whiteys to keep them in line... look at what they done to Ned Kelly...  you didn't see that done to them Kaffirs out there who weren't even considered citizens, do you?

Face it -the Blacks were irrelevant and the British at least brought some peace to their little warring bands fighting over kangaroo rights at the billabong like savages ...... pounding on their womenfolk in more way than one .... everywhere the White Man went the Blacks were enlightened.. sometimes physically by mixing genetic material...... you know... coupla years out there in the donga and every Gin looks white as snow.... same colour inside and Whitey didn't beat 'em up as much.

Not a girl over fifteen in Moree has her front teeth... they're whupped out of 'em .... and an Aboriginal I respected told me that..... died of a heart attack at 42.. poor buggar...


There aint nothing more peaceful than a dead man.


That's a good Kaffir.....
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Reply #19 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:13pm
 
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


Nothing much....However I thought it was the Romans ya dickhead???

Huh Huh Huh
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:18am:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


They put the Blacks in their place?


Would that be the cotton fields in the deep South Grap???

Huh Huh Huh
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Exported crusty old closet pom bludgers to live off the sweat and labor of Australian taxpayers.
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philperth2010 wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:15pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:18am:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


They put the Blacks in their place?


Would that be the cotton fields in the deep South Grap???

Huh Huh Huh


Indeed, Suh - Down South Our Darkees KNOW their place... and it sure as hell ain't on that front porch lolly-gaggin' and eatin' water-melon an' chicken!



Check that bale!  No Kangaroo Kaffir ever lifted one of those!!
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Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.



Old negative nancy.

You do realise that life was extremely different back then don't you?

All of these things you mention, as well as all the good....such as men and women fighting for your freedom, our once brilliant manufacturing, our hard work to turn this country into a place that is pretty well the best country to live in and it all came together from what happened yesterday.
If you went back to that time with your mindset now.....you'd be hung, high!

Get your pity belt off and throw on the pride belt. If your not proud of your country then get on the next transport provider out of this place  and leave it to the people who love it.
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Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


BS .... their colonialism helped develop the Indian sub continent ... & the railways they built there are testament to that.

Perverting historical records? Aboriginals never had a written language or records.

Today they just make it up to suit their agenda .....

exactly like you do.
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Captain Caveman wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:09pm:
Get your pity belt off and throw on the pride belt. If your not proud of your country then get on the next transport provider out of this place  and leave it to the people who love it.


You are evidently a crusty old closet pom living off Australian social welfare.

I don't pity you. I marvel at your audacity.
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and the Rabbits...

don't forget the Rabbits...
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:24pm:
philperth2010 wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:15pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:18am:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


They put the Blacks in their place?


Would that be the cotton fields in the deep South Grap???

Huh Huh Huh


Indeed, Suh - Down South Our Darkees KNOW their place... and it sure as hell ain't on that front porch lolly-gaggin' and eatin' water-melon an' chicken!



Check that bale!  No Kangaroo Kaffir ever lifted one of those!!


Especially this Jerk  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

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Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:13pm:
Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:11pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am:
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!


Reg?


Reginald ... Reg... out of Monty Python Life of Brian.... the People's Liberation Front meeting...




Peoples Front of Judea? ......

or was that the Judean Peoples Front?

Splitters!!!!! Grin
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Reply #29 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:32pm
 
Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:14pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:13pm:
Aussie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:11pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:56am:
.. apart from the roads, and law and order, and sheep on the table, and sewerage, and tin roofs that aren't humpies made of bark, and international trade, and money, and liquor and beer and wine, and fancy cars, and land rights... what.. WHAT.. I ask you.. WHAT have the British ever done for us?

Women can vote!

But we beat them to that, Reg.... what else?

I know - the idea that women could vote.... they gave us that, all right!

Always one to stick to the negative outcomes, Reg... get over it!  Worst thing they ever came up with!


Reg?


Reginald ... Reg... out of Monty Python Life of Brian.... the People's Liberation Front meeting...


Sooooooo....what's the connection to the Thread?

Huh


You don't get out much do you Aussie?  Roll Eyes

What have the Romans ever done for us?

That's the connection  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
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Reply #30 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:34pm
 
Gnads wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:22pm:
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


BS .... their colonialism helped develop the Indian sub continent ... & the railways they built there are testament to that.


By killing millions through mismanagement and racism...  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

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Perverting historical records? Aboriginals never had a written language or records.


I think he is referring to the White, colonial records which lied about the Indigenous people...   Roll Eyes

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Today they just make it up to suit their agenda .....

exactly like you do.


Funny how you ignore reality...   Fool.    Roll Eyes
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Reply #31 - Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:40pm
 
Brian Ross wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:34pm:
Gnads wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:22pm:
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


BS .... their colonialism helped develop the Indian sub continent ... & the railways they built there are testament to that.


By killing millions through mismanagement and racism...  Roll Eyes Roll Eyes

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Perverting historical records? Aboriginals never had a written language or records.


I think he is referring to the White, colonial records which lied about the Indigenous people...   Roll Eyes

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Today they just make it up to suit their agenda .....

exactly like you do.


Funny how you ignore reality...   Fool.    Roll Eyes


What? ... ignore your version of reality?

I know who the fool is ... you whistle I'll point.

Why do you "think" that's what he's referring to?

You don't know for sure? ... in reality that is. Roll Eyes

If Aboriginals didn't have a written language or written history ... what else would he be referring to?

No points for you Bwian. Clown.
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The British went around the world creating an empire....Now those British citizens have turned Great Britain into a nation full of immigrants and refugees according to Pauline Hanson....Now they want to come here....Ban all immigrants I say!!!

Angry Angry Angry

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/uk-too-full-of-immigrants-says-pauline-hanson...
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President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:26pm:
and the Rabbits...

don't forget the Rabbits...


and thats why they Built the Great Wall of China...

to Keep the Rabbits out...  Smiley
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Britain - a nation of shopkeepers...

America - a nation of immigrants.....

Australia  - a nation of immigrant shopkeepers....
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Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:25pm:
Captain Caveman wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 6:09pm:
Get your pity belt off and throw on the pride belt. If your not proud of your country then get on the next transport provider out of this place  and leave it to the people who love it.


You are evidently a crusty old closet pom living off Australian social welfare.

I don't pity you. I marvel at your audacity.


See...negative again.  Grin

Marvel all you like champ. You're wrong in every respect.
I'm not old. I'm not english and I work my arse off. 
It's called being Australian. Put in or move out!

And what is it with you lot and your welfare insults?
Straight up that screams some sort of superiority complex. The kind of jackarse that would have had 10 slaves back in the day....being the superior man and all.
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The Poms kept the stinking French out.

Imagine if you had to swap to driving on the right side of the road when crossing the Nullarbor.
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The aquaduct?


Roman.
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Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 9:01pm:
Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:51am:
The aquaduct?


Roman.

It's a joke from Life Of Brian herb.
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Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


They put the Blacks in their place?


Correct.

Immigrated them into the UK so that London is now no longer a majority white capital city but increasingly a black ghetto.

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Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 9:06pm:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 9:01pm:
Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:51am:
The aquaduct?


Roman.

It's a joke from Life Of Brian herb.


The Romans also invented an early form of cement.
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Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 9:16pm:
Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 9:06pm:
Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 9:01pm:
Mr Hammer wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:51am:
The aquaduct?


Roman.

It's a joke from Life Of Brian herb.


The Romans also invented an early form of cement.


Some these days could benefit from a dose.......

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Reply #42 - Feb 13th, 2018 at 2:26am
 
They were willing to sacrifice our entire country during WWII.

Although happy to take all the sailors, soldiers and airmen that Australia was prepared to place at their disposal for the defence of Britain, they had no concern about Australia's fate when Japan's conquering armies menaced Australia. Their assurances of British military support for Australia against the Japanese were lies. They had already betrayed Australia to the Japanese at the Arcadia Conference held in Washington in late December 1941. They even resisted the return of Australian troops from the Middle East to defend their own country; they wanted to use them in Burma to defend India against the advancing Japanese.

This is why Raven holds John Curtin in high regard. He brought our troops home. Raven likes to think he understood that Britain has always viewed us as nothing more then a colony.

Unfortunately, unlike the Americans, we cling to our british heritage like an abused dog left starving at it's master's gate.
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Could've kept most parts of the empire. But willingness for more war was probably lacking too much.

A lost chance maybe. Self-adoration by even the most insignificant dumb buggers will abound given the chance.

My father always said to me " Never give a sucker an even break". That sorta goes against Australia's so-called "Fair go" attitude.

I'm apt to never give a sucker an even break.

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people forget that the guys who wrote the USA constitution were basicly british.
and thats been the defining document that has led to american ascendancy.

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philperth2010 wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:13pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


Nothing much....However I thought it was the Romans ya dickhead???

Huh Huh Huh


Looks like Phil got triggered....
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Auggie wrote on Feb 13th, 2018 at 11:21am:
philperth2010 wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:13pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


Nothing much....However I thought it was the Romans ya dickhead???

Huh Huh Huh


Looks like Phil got triggered....


You are a dickhead mate....Leave me out of your bullshit!!!

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philperth2010 wrote on Feb 13th, 2018 at 4:20pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 13th, 2018 at 11:21am:
philperth2010 wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 4:13pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 11:08am:
I wonder what Phil has to say about all this.


Nothing much....However I thought it was the Romans ya dickhead???

Huh Huh Huh


Looks like Phil got triggered....


You are a dickhead mate....Leave me out of your bullshit!!!

Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes


Triggered....
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Why don't  you go back to Murfiistan, then? What keeps you here, exposed to all the dreadful the Britannic inheritance? Why not be equal to your confected outrage and pissoff? Why are you still here?

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Reply #52 - Feb 13th, 2018 at 10:00pm
 

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Three  Mile Island, Chernobyl or Fukushima ring any bells? Bikini Atoll? These people poisoned themselves. We've had a reactor at Lucas heights since 1958.

If we're going to delve into ancient history, the Brits gave us Lachlan Macquarie, for which we should be forever grateful.

Everyone makes mistakes in hindsight and it is far easier to criticise from a future perspective. In your opinion, would it have been safer to test nuclear weapons, given the political climate at the time, in say, Kent?

One wonders if you ever saw Pick-a-Box on the TV.

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Quote:
......would it have been safer to test nuclear weapons, given the political climate at the time, in say, Kent?


How about you answer your own question and also address why you seem to be implying....ie....that it was far better for the Poms (as is obvious) that they destroy a part of Australia and kill off some Abos and Diggers, than test their own schit in their own Country.   Our interests did not count over theirs.  Is that it?
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Reply #54 - Feb 13th, 2018 at 10:26pm
 
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:32pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:20pm:
Unforgiven wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 3:06pm:
Auggie wrote on Feb 12th, 2018 at 10:35am:
Apart from the abolition of slavery, the common law, Westminster democracy, the steam engine, Protestantism, mechanized agriculture, the English language, the exposure of foreign cultures, the public health system, the welfare state, and the constitutional monarchy....

What have the British ever done for us?


Colonialism, slavery, stealing the wealth of third world countries, Genocide, perverting historical records to hide their crimes.


They brought peace.... most of their law they turned against the Whiteys to keep them in line... look at what they done to Ned Kelly...  you didn't see that done to them Kaffirs out there who weren't even considered citizens, do you?

Face it -the Blacks were irrelevant and the British at least brought some peace to their little warring bands fighting over kangaroo rights at the billabong like savages ...... pounding on their womenfolk in more way than one .... everywhere the White Man went the Blacks were enlightened.. sometimes physically by mixing genetic material...... you know... coupla years out there in the donga and every Gin looks white as snow.... same colour inside and Whitey didn't beat 'em up as much.

Not a girl over fifteen in Moree has her front teeth... they're whupped out of 'em .... and an Aboriginal I respected told me that..... died of a heart attack at 42.. poor buggar...



There aint nothing more peaceful than a dead man.





That is the message that ISLAM promotes too.

How come you know so much about ISLAMIC ways   Unforgettable ?          Tongue


"ISLAM ES PAZ"


IMAGE.....
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Everyone knows that true ISLAM, is a religion of peace.

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Quote:
......would it have been safer to test nuclear weapons, given the political climate at the time, in say, Kent?


How about you answer your own question and also address why you seem to be implying....ie....that it was far better for the Poms (as is obvious) that they destroy a part of Australia and kill off some Abos and Diggers, than test their own schit in their own Country.   Our interests did not count over theirs.  Is that it?


Which question were you referring to? The one you snipped?

Don't waste my time. I was responding to Unforgiven and his statement. Any comment on Macquarie?

Address the OP.


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Lionel Edriess wrote on Feb 13th, 2018 at 10:48pm:
Aussie wrote on Feb 13th, 2018 at 10:26pm:
Quote:
......would it have been safer to test nuclear weapons, given the political climate at the time, in say, Kent?


How about you answer your own question and also address why you seem to be implying....ie....that it was far better for the Poms (as is obvious) that they destroy a part of Australia and kill off some Abos and Diggers, than test their own schit in their own Country.   Our interests did not count over theirs.  Is that it?


Which question were you referring to? The one you snipped?

Don't waste my time. I was responding to Unforgiven and his statement. Any comment on Macquarie?

Address the OP.




Thought it was obvious.  But, happy to repeat:

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You'll never get sense or reason from a TROLL Lionel.

I note no-one has refuted my list...  just as well...  but they seem to obsess over the Nuclear Test which the australian Government was part of and allowed.  Mind you the US tested theirs in their backyard in similar areas...  the Brits didn't have such a choice.
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Frank wrote on Feb 13th, 2018 at 9:35pm:
Why not be equal to your confected outrage and pissoff? Why are you still here?



Yes, the old boy did say this.

He's the only one here with the right to be outraged and not pissoff, no?
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.. trimmed down the population of black bastards until they started breeding like flies again?

Just asking....

I'm looking at maybe one place for Autumn/Winter here, at a place near Corleone, Sicily.... just business, you understan'...... at the moment my favourite is an abandoned monastery.... six bedrooms, plenty of space.. one hour from Roma.... I see a nice little retreat there.....

One place for here in the cool .. one for the hot season, capisce?
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If you have influenza at some time of the year, befriend an aboriginal person from a remote community who has come in to town for some supplies. They will head back to their township, unaware that they have contracted influenza. The police, fire, and ambulance crews will wonder why it has gone quiet in a usually boisterous place.
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