I am not a racist but... - Page 8

herp · 18th June 2010, 01:22

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Originally Posted by Cynos

Bullshit, it's warm in Melbourne.

Christchurch = Tasmania.

Ab · 18th June 2010, 01:36

Adelaide has a very Christchurchy vibe about it, both geographically (on the coast, with a significant port near but not part of the city, on flat land surrounded by a ring of hills), visually (long, straight, wide streets all at right angles, loads of churches, English gardens, and a trickle of water that in any other city would be called a "creek" but which here is a "river"), and ethnically (it's the most Anglo city in Australia).

That being said, the way I usually describe Adelaide to fellow Kiwis is "size of Auckland, looks like Christchurch, feels like Hamilton". It's a white hick town with delusions of grandeur.

Cynos · 18th June 2010, 02:11

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Originally Posted by Ab

Adelaide has a very Christchurchy vibe about it, both geographically (on the coast, with a significant port near but not part of the city, on flat land surrounded by a ring of hills), visually (long, straight, wide streets all at right angles, loads of churches, English gardens, and a trickle of water that in any other city would be called a "creek" but which here is a "river"), and ethnically (it's the most Anglo city in Australia).

That being said, the way I usually describe Adelaide to fellow Kiwis is "size of Auckland, looks like Christchurch, feels like Hamilton". It's a white hick town with delusions of grandeur.

Sounds like Christchurch too. We've got nobility, ffs.

ilk · 18th June 2010, 05:25

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Originally Posted by fidgit

How've you been anyway? Keep meaning to scan that photo of you being beaten up by Jared now that I have a scanner, but every time I find the photo again I'm in the middle of something else and forget and lose it again. One day!

I've been great - got married in April and we're moving back to NZ at some point after Christmas. Will have to catch up!

StN · 18th June 2010, 09:09

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Originally Posted by Cynos

Sounds like Christchurch too. We've got nobility, ffs.

I can claim this one.

Hmm - died a bankrupt - that explains why I don't have a farm north of the river to inherit.

smudge · 18th June 2010, 09:42

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Originally Posted by Cynos

Sounds like Christchurch too. We've got nobility, ffs.

This first four ships fascination is one of those things that makes people from outside of Chch think people from there are a little bit odd.

Cyberbob · 18th June 2010, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Cynos

Bullshit, it's warm in Melbourne.

Today: Possible shower
NOW 7.4°C
MINb 8°C
MAX 15°C

This is after two days of up to 113 km/h winds in the city.

It's exactly like Wellington

Cynos · 18th June 2010, 11:41

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Originally Posted by smudge

This first four ships fascination is one of those things that makes people from outside of Chch think people from there are a little bit odd.

95% of Chchers don't give a shit. The other 5% tend to live in Fendalton and actively seek private school accents. (Medbury's the worst). Old money, I guess, or older money.

_Incubus_ · 18th June 2010, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Ab

Adelaide has a very Christchurchy vibe about it, both geographically (on the coast, with a significant port near but not part of the city, on flat land surrounded by a ring of hills), visually (long, straight, wide streets all at right angles, loads of churches, English gardens, and a trickle of water that in any other city would be called a "creek" but which here is a "river"), and ethnically (it's the most Anglo city in Australia).

That being said, the way I usually describe Adelaide to fellow Kiwis is "size of Auckland, looks like Christchurch, feels like Hamilton". It's a white hick town with delusions of grandeur.

You left out the insanely hot summers and the fact that you forget what green looks like and that no one goes swimming deeper than their waist because of all the lovely great whites.

fixed_truth · 18th June 2010, 11:45

I have to agree. Melbourne's the best city in Australia. So Wellington would be it's NZ equivalent.

Cynos · 18th June 2010, 11:49

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Originally Posted by fixed_truth

I have to agree. Melbourne's the best city in Australia. So Wellington would be it's NZ equivalent.

Hmm, Wellington's got the best CBD and trains, but your buses are a bit arse, and man, way too close to that city named after a prominent Star Wars crime family.

Lightspeed · 18th June 2010, 14:12

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Originally Posted by fidgit

~1500 words

Sorry man, I'll pass.

crocos · 18th June 2010, 15:13

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Originally Posted by xor

lolspeed has gone full retard.

Never go full retard.

Ab · 18th June 2010, 15:15

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AFL legend Robert DiPierdomenico has admitted that he described fellow Brownlow medallist Gavin Wanganeen as "not too bad for an Abo" at a public function last week, according to AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou.
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"he hasn't got a racist bone in his body this bloke" said Demetriou

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/n...0618-ykz8.html

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Originally Posted by TnT

I've come to the conclusion Australians just don't know what racist means. There can be no other explanation.

Cynos · 18th June 2010, 15:49

See, what I don't get about Aussie is that they like Midnight Oil, despite songs like "Beds are Burning" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beds_Are_Burning

Australia, where they hate Aborigines and hate giving their land back, but like songs about giving their land back.

fidgit · 18th June 2010, 20:38

For an aboriginal group, being Maori surely shits all over a lot of other groups. Yes, they had their shit well and truly ruined for centuries, but unlike other countries, we're given it a reasonable shot at making up for it.

TnT · 19th June 2010, 13:12

It's happening every fucking day over here... seriously WTF?

First Johns, then Brown, now 'Dipper'. It's a hell of a moustache though.

Oz news sites are going to have a new category. Local, National, International, Business, Lifestyle, Sport, Racist Fuckwit of the Day.

TnT · 19th June 2010, 14:46

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Originally Posted by CCS

No one every said Aussies are smart...

ipee · 19th June 2010, 22:08

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Originally Posted by Ab

Adelaide has a very Christchurchy vibe about it, both geographically (on the coast, with a significant port near but not part of the city, on flat land surrounded by a ring of hills), visually (long, straight, wide streets all at right angles, loads of churches, English gardens, and a trickle of water that in any other city would be called a "creek" but which here is a "river"), and ethnically (it's the most Anglo city in Australia).

That being said, the way I usually describe Adelaide to fellow Kiwis is "size of Auckland, looks like Christchurch, feels like Hamilton". It's a white hick town with delusions of grandeur.

Spent a week in adelaide couple of weeks ago. Really enjoyed the place although i wouldn't live there. Talk bout city of churches alright.....very pretty. Not kidding about the streets all on right angles. The zoo was ok, enclosures were a bit too small for my liking.....too many animals pacing back and forth which tells me they bored out of their fuckin minds but maybe i'm wrong. Stayed on Gouger St i think it was called? Main food district is it? Loved the food on that street, bit of variety and fairly cheap compared to other aussie cities.

xpandnz · 19th June 2010, 23:07

Once I walked into a record store and I went to the hip hop section and all the people started looking at me like I was fucked. Racist mother fuckers. Rewa hard bitch.

Ab · 28th June 2010, 03:00

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Originally Posted by Ab

Here in Australia last January an Aboriginal elder was pulled over in a country town for drunk driving. This guy wasn't some loser lowlife, he was a respected member of the community who had been invited to address Parliament on indigenous people's issues and who had recently been part of the Australian delegation to a land management conference in China. And he'd had too much to drink and got behind the wheel of a car. Silly fellow.

But Mr Ward was Aboriginal.

So he was thrown in jail without bail - hell, without even being CHARGED - and the next morning he was handed over to a "private security contractor" (ahh, what a wonderful phrase) for transportation to Kalgoorlie jail 400km away, where presumably after having already been in custody for a day he would actually be charged with something or maybe even get to talk to a lawyer or make a phone call.

So Mr Ward was chucked in an unventilated metal "security compartment" in the back of a van and driven 400km through the fucking outback in fucking January with no air and no water, so Mr Ward got cooked to death. Tests showed the metal of the compartment in which he'd been confined reached 56 degrees, and that the air temperature in the box would have reached 47 degrees by the end of the first hour of the four-hour journey. The two guards driving the van later admitted that they heard some noise from the back, but you know, whatever.

So when they arrived at Kalgoorlie they unloaded a dead lump of cooked meat, a lump that had experienced third-degree burns wherever he had come in contact with the metal of the box in which he'd been locked before he died.

The guards received no disciplinary action because they hadn't breached any company policies or procedures. Translation: just a fucking nigger, who gives a shit.

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Western Australia's Director of Public Prosecutions has informed the widow of an Aboriginal elder, who died in a scorching prison van in 2008, that the officers involved in his death will not be charged.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...27/2938214.htm

Warrick · 28th June 2010, 03:13

disgraceful.

cyc · 28th June 2010, 05:25

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE; OUI OUI OUI.

Fuck that racist hellhole of a country.

TnT · 28th June 2010, 13:53

But, but we're a progressive country...*WE HAVES A RED HEADED WIMMINS AS PM*

Warrick summed it up perfectly.

Ab · 28th June 2010, 14:05

I had some chick raving at me when Gillard became PM that this was a great day for egalitarianism in Australia. I replied "yeah, because white British lawyers have always had it so hard in this country".

But this decision in WA... it just boggles the mind. Actually, turns the stomach.

ChaosWulf · 28th June 2010, 14:31

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Originally Posted by Ab

Actually, turns the stomach.

This.

David · 28th June 2010, 15:09

The horrible thing about stereotypes is that they're generally reinforced and tend to mean people don't look past them when dealing with a single person. Until Australia deals with that, you'll always have this issue with aboriginal people.

Lightspeed · 28th June 2010, 17:38

What about ole whats-his-face, hatin' on the Jews and the AIDS people.

His apology was pretty onto it though, something along the lines of "it was a dumb thing said by a dumb man." I think a lot of people could learn from him how to respond to racist comments they've made.

CCS · 28th June 2010, 17:41

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Originally Posted by Lightspeed

What about ole whats-his-face, hatin' on the Jews and the AIDS people.

What about it?

fixed_truth · 28th June 2010, 18:20

Aussie is pretty racist but the weather more than make up for it. Amiright?

StN · 28th June 2010, 19:05

Aussies are so racialist they don't like Frenchies gettin' half nekkid on national icons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owOGy3hpDow

Cynos · 28th June 2010, 19:15

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Originally Posted by Ab

Update...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...27/2938214.htm

What.
The.
Fuck.

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Originally Posted by TnT

But, but we're a progressive country...*WE HAVES A RED HEADED WIMMINS AS PM*

Actually, they're doing better than NZ in the "not being fags about people with red hair for once" stakes.

TnT · 28th June 2010, 19:27

As a red head, living in Australia, I feel fairly well qualified to say: No, they're not

fixed_truth · 28th June 2010, 19:29

Geez, ya wouldn't want to be a red headed Samoan living in Aussie.

Cynos · 28th June 2010, 19:30

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Originally Posted by TnT

As a red head, living in Australia, I feel fairly well qualified to say: No, they're not

That's okay then, I'll stop hating on NZ so much. It just fucks me off so much when I listen to the radio and they say "...their first female PM, even though she's a ginga!"

TnT · 28th June 2010, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Ab

But this decision in WA... it just boggles the mind. Actually, turns the stomach.

Yeah contrary to popular belief WA actually stands for White Australia.

leadinjector · 4th July 2010, 21:36

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Originally Posted by Cynos

That's okay then, I'll stop hating on NZ so much. It just fucks me off so much when I listen to the radio and they say "...their first female PM, even though she's a ginga!"

spot the ginge

Lightspeed · 5th July 2010, 17:45

I'm sure glad Stuff took the time to inform us of the ethnicity of these jokers. It is highly pertinent information!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...s-he-lay-dying

madmaxii · 5th July 2010, 18:07

So? It was a statement of fact, as was the fact they were male. Should that fact not be mentioned either? Or that the taxi driver was Indian?

Lightspeed · 5th July 2010, 18:20

News stories aren't all the facts, just the relevant facts. How is ethnicity relevant in this case?

18th June 2010, 20:38	#296
fidgit Always itchy	For an aboriginal group, being Maori surely shits all over a lot of other groups. Yes, they had their shit well and truly ruined for centuries, but unlike other countries, we're given it a reasonable shot at making up for it. __________________ 4 7 2 3 9 8 5...1 4 2 9 7 8...14 16 22...36°

18th June 2010, 01:36	#282
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Adelaide has a very Christchurchy vibe about it, both geographically (on the coast, with a significant port near but not part of the city, on flat land surrounded by a ring of hills), visually (long, straight, wide streets all at right angles, loads of churches, English gardens, and a trickle of water that in any other city would be called a "creek" but which here is a "river"), and ethnically (it's the most Anglo city in Australia). That being said, the way I usually describe Adelaide to fellow Kiwis is "size of Auckland, looks like Christchurch, feels like Hamilton". It's a white hick town with delusions of grandeur.

18th June 2010, 11:45	#290
fixed_truth	I have to agree. Melbourne's the best city in Australia. So Wellington would be it's NZ equivalent. __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

18th June 2010, 15:49	#295
Cynos	See, what I don't get about Aussie is that they like Midnight Oil, despite songs like "Beds are Burning" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beds_Are_Burning Australia, where they hate Aborigines and hate giving their land back, but like songs about giving their land back. __________________ So the perkbuster Hide abusing perks, crimbuster Garrett actually a crim - what's next? Roger Douglas is secretly poor? --Saladin

19th June 2010, 13:12	#297
TnT	It's happening every fucking day over here... seriously WTF? First Johns, then Brown, now 'Dipper'. It's a hell of a moustache though. Oz news sites are going to have a new category. Local, National, International, Business, Lifestyle, Sport, Racist Fuckwit of the Day.

19th June 2010, 23:07	#300
xpandnz	Once I walked into a record store and I went to the hip hop section and all the people started looking at me like I was fucked. Racist mother fuckers. Rewa hard bitch. __________________ asghasdhoaidhoqhdoqjwod;asdadas

28th June 2010, 03:13	#302
Warrick Awesome Ring Master	disgraceful.

28th June 2010, 05:25	#303
cyc Objection!	AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE; OUI OUI OUI. Fuck that racist hellhole of a country.

28th June 2010, 13:53	#304
TnT	But, but we're a progressive country...WE HAVES A RED HEADED WIMMINS AS PM Warrick summed it up perfectly.

28th June 2010, 14:05	#305
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I had some chick raving at me when Gillard became PM that this was a great day for egalitarianism in Australia. I replied "yeah, because white British lawyers have always had it so hard in this country". But this decision in WA... it just boggles the mind. Actually, turns the stomach.

28th June 2010, 15:09	#307
David	The horrible thing about stereotypes is that they're generally reinforced and tend to mean people don't look past them when dealing with a single person. Until Australia deals with that, you'll always have this issue with aboriginal people.

28th June 2010, 17:38	#308
Lightspeed	What about ole whats-his-face, hatin' on the Jews and the AIDS people. His apology was pretty onto it though, something along the lines of "it was a dumb thing said by a dumb man." I think a lot of people could learn from him how to respond to racist comments they've made. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

28th June 2010, 18:20	#310
fixed_truth	Aussie is pretty racist but the weather more than make up for it. Amiright? __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

28th June 2010, 19:05	#311
StN I have detailed files	Aussies are so racialist they don't like Frenchies gettin' half nekkid on national icons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owOGy3hpDow

28th June 2010, 19:27	#313
TnT	As a red head, living in Australia, I feel fairly well qualified to say: No, they're not

28th June 2010, 19:29	#314
fixed_truth	Geez, ya wouldn't want to be a red headed Samoan living in Aussie. __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

5th July 2010, 17:45	#318
Lightspeed	I'm sure glad Stuff took the time to inform us of the ethnicity of these jokers. It is highly pertinent information! http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...s-he-lay-dying __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

5th July 2010, 18:07	#319
madmaxii	So? It was a statement of fact, as was the fact they were male. Should that fact not be mentioned either? Or that the taxi driver was Indian? __________________ Carpe Diem

5th July 2010, 18:20	#320
Lightspeed	News stories aren't all the facts, just the relevant facts. How is ethnicity relevant in this case? __________________ Stay shook. No sook.