Re: NSW Internet Legislation

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From: Peter Merel
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 00:00

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Daniel Lam writes,

>If you go into the pub and have some private conversations with some
>"ordinary Australians", you'll get a very different picture from the
>one you get watching "The Sum Of Us".

Depends which pub, where. Having lived in Sydney's east, where TSOU is
set, for thirty years, I should say that it is representative of *some*
Australian society - I don't know any flick that represents all of
Australia. There certainly are places where rampant homophobia is the
norm.

The reason I mentioned it to our mate tommy is that he's doing his best to
come up with issues which stir dudgeon - and I don't think gay rights issues
stir as much dudgeon here as in the states. But apologies if I've overstated 
this.

>One difference between the US and Australia is that in the US, people
>are much more ready to wear their political opinions on their sleeves,
>whereas Australians feel uncomfortable even talking about politics,
>and they will tend not to reveal their opinion before they have made
>sure it is a "safe" opinion to express.

True.

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From: Peter Merel <pete@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: NSW Internet Legislation
Date: 1996/05/13
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