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RE: TEAMAUSTRALIA: Weekly Challenge #1 - Prize: 5 SBD
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Im sick of seeing my taxes go to ridiculous government schemes like forced immunisation and measuring the weight of children at schools to continue the invasion of privacy of parents based on the "nanny government knows best" principle. Its un-Australian and undermines the parents authority over their children. If a kid is obese its obvious and the money should be targeted at the real problem. eg. Corporate influence over eating habits and the cost of readily available fresh healthy food.
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Cringe!! Someone had to say it. Un-Australian. What the **** does it mean anyway? Just sayin. :-)
Well I couldn't say the context in which you have come across it in the past, as clearly it wasn't a positive experience for you.
However in this context ...invasion of privacy and undermining the family structure,flies directly in the face of our once so cherished Australian values. Being un-Australian is adopting the values of a foreign country, external political movement or even worse a corporation, to benefit a few unsavory individuals rather than the population of our great country. Being un-Australian is conforming to global agendas that inhibit and/or destroy the ability of Australians to develop skills that will strengthen the core paradigm of the Australian community at large. Using our taxes to advance this systematic undermining is very, at minimum, Un-Australian.
Even though some of our politicians have hijacked the term to manipulate the Australian public, it is upon "us" to discern the difference between the context in which I use it, and how they use it.
The reason I say this is that I don't believe it to be unique to Australians. A large majority of humanity I believe share the same Australian values.
Our government doesn't represent humanity it's meant to represent us.
The members of the Australian government are pretty well all in it for themselves. Yes, some enter politics with grand ideals, but not too long after they give their maiden speak they are "told" how the game is played. If they want to survive in politics they either tow the party line or find themselves on the outer. These aren't my words, I'm basically paraphrasing Don Chipp from his book "Keep the Bastards Honest". Yes, they are supposed to represent the people, but in reality the people are last on the list as far as priorities go.
As to the term Un-Australian, when it is generally used, it suggests that Australians have unique values that the rest of humanity do not have. What I'm suggesting is that the values Australians have are really no different from the rest of humanity. So when I hear un-Australian they may as well be saying un-Fijian, un-New Zealand, un-French, etc. For most people around the world want exactly the same thing. To be left in peace, to have food and shelter for their family, to be able to explore their passions unhindered by government interference, to name but a few.
Well said you're quite correct, people really do just want the same things in life thats for sure. Don Chipp from his book "Keep the Bastards Honest".lol great Australian to say the least.