Mortdooley wrote on May 28
th, 2019 at 12:18am:
Quote:I am unsure what society you're talking about, Mort. Downunder, we have lived a largely classless society since the mid-1880s. So much so, that people sit in the front seat of taxis and actually talk to the driver! Shock, horror, hey? Time to grow up and look at the real world.
Said the man who is better than his countrymen because unlike them he is not descended from the convict population banished to live on the other side of the world!
Oh, no, I did not. I merely pointed out, in regards to your attempt to insult me that you were wrong - I was not convict descended. I am proud of my nation's history, convicts and all. However, you being a Septic, it's obvious you're been reading "A Fatal Shore" - that contrived piece of rubbish. Each Australian colony was unique in it's formation and mine was free, all the way.
Quote:Why would you distract a Taxi driver by talking to him? The people who swung the popular vote you keep referring to live in New York where many of the Taxis have bullet proof partitions to protect them from the Hillary supporters.
Such a nice attitude you have towards your fellow Americans. Why would I want to chat to my fellow Australian who just happens to be driving me somewhere? 'cause I am socialable and I don't hold myself above him, merely because he is a taxi driver. Basically, he is providing a service, he is not a servant.
Quote: Quote:Interesting. It appears the English Civil War and the Revolution of 1688 has just disappeared from your understanding of history, Mort. I wonder why your education has been so deficit? No one in the UK has believed in the "divine right of kings" since Charles I had his head chopped off at the end of the English Civil War. Parliament is sovereign in the UK. Time I think you learnt a little about history and the effects of both events had on the political life of the UK. It will do you good to get out and to get some learnin' little man.
That just changed the faces of those at the top, it didn't improve the lives of the average person! Far too many people are only comfortable when there is a strong hand to run their lives or it wouldn't be tolerated. The kings are chosen by the political system and have different titles, same sh1t, different day!
Oh, it took time, I will admit but the pace of change was steady and sure. What it meant was that Parliament as sovereign and that the monarch ruled at it's pleasure. Guess who elects Parliament? The people. Today, the UK is more democratic than the US it appears. No need for an "electoral college", no need for the song and dance of the primaries, no way the Prime Minister can avoid the gaze of the people when he faces Parliament at Question Time.
Quote: Quote:Does that include the two thirds of Americans that don't want Arabic numerals taught in school? The 39% of Americans who believe the sun revolves around the Earth? How about the many Americans who believe that pre-historic man lived with the Dinosaurs? Mmmm? Strange how your inadequate education system produces such results, hey?
You are going to have to provide me with links for this one, I don't know of anything two thirds of Americans agree on.
Should Arabic numerals be taught in schools?25% of Americans who believe the sun revolves around the EarthOver 40% of Americans believe humans and dinosaurs shared the planet Quote: Quote:Why am I not surprised by such ignorance amongst the majority of Americans, Mort? It seems American society teaches it's people to be stupid, not to take an interest in politics and to look upon those that do as abnormal or something...
I wouldn't say most but just about all who support the Left with their votes and attacks on those who disagree are brain dead. The Progressive Left is busy rewriting the history books all the time. We have just about reached the level of "Fahrenheit 451" where oral history is the only one with truth to it.
And we have the regressive Right who disbelieve what the scientists are saying on so much. Evolution, Global Warming, Pollution, etc., etc. The regressive Right doesn't want even something like "Fahrenheit 451", they want people back in caves...