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"Collateral Damage" wrote in <3e6c2906@news.comindico.com.au>:
> "Irritated" wrote:
> >
> > I spent some time with a group of overseas visitors the last couple of
> > days they are from Prague and have been touring Australia for 6
> > months. They tell me that after staying in Perth for the past eight
> > weeks they would never come back here again. When I asked them why I
> > opened Pandora's box, wow at first I thought they were joking. They
> > said that of all the places they have been to and it seems they have
> > travelled extensively, they said Perth had the most narrow minded and
> > bigoted people they also said that they felt there was a lot of
> > aggressive people here more than Sydney even.
> >
> > I laughed at the last comment and I rang one of my mates in Sydney to
> > share the joke with him, much to my surprise he said he agreed Perth
> > was the most aggressive city? WTF I said you must be joking but he
> > insisted that he felt there was something wrong here with the way we
> > think, every man for himself and F** the next guy type thing.
> >
> > Both my mate from Sydney and the people from Prague said the same
> > thing almost word for word, that we seem to take delight in tearing
> > others down like its our local sport or something. My mate from Sydney
> > lived in Perth for five years and he said that he thought it was a
> > lovely place but he said he felt people in Perth confuse screwing
> > someone with getting ahead as if one goes with the other.
> >
> > Now when I got of the phone man was I pissed off how could anybody get
> > that idea, after stewing on it overnight what bugs me is maybe they
> > have a point?
>
> People often form opinions based on their own experience.
>
> Your survey sample of 4 does not seem to be enough to
> draw statistically valid conclusions.
>
> What you demonstrate is the 'cultural cringe', the observed
> need for many Australians to immediately ask foreign visitors
> 'What do you think?"  "How do you like Australia?"

No. What he demonstrates is a willingness to listen to other people's
opinions even when he doesn't ask for them.

Less gullible people than you don't blindly accept the establishment
and media propaganda aimed at blaming us for their cultural cringe.

It's they who cringe, because the international (and domestic) image
of Australia is of a working class culture (True Blue), and they can't
stand that.

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