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Go NZ, mate. Only time I'll say that in my life bit it is a smaller nation and you can see more of it; whereas you won't be able to, escape Sydney as it is so expansive. You'll get more chance to experience Maori culture than Murri culture if your into that sorta thing

I don't think Teso is toxic, I feel that would be true if it were intentional; he simply a fanboy and rubs people the wrong way. I've read and seen many of his other posts and it is obvious to see that there is a sincere side. Only yourself and Brian take particular umbridge towards Teso. He is a good member, he mightn't be the type you appreciate but at least he is different and all opinions are allowed. I enjoy all the opinions on here and there are many contrasting and opposite opinions.

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Affording Australia. You summon up sad thoughts with those words I fear I'll never live there again

My wife says I sounds like an incomprehensible Scotsman when I've lost my temper.

Sydney isn't real Australia.

There is a growing Latino population in Brisbane.

They haven't done anything to be sold that high. 16mil is nearly entirely profit.

Conte staying is as good as signing a world class player, if not better.

Ha, I once considered a career in psychology/psychiatry. Though the latter would be far more intense.

We <3 u Brian

@LaSambadeStGermain when he sees a post by Teso.

Just because it applies to one case doesn't mean it applies to another. Dog for instance is an insult in Australia but an endearing term in the USA.

Well it is culturally relative isn't it? A Sudanese man probably won't find 'nigger' very offensive because it isn't culturally relebant to him. Just kinda like you wouldn't find 'gweilo' that offensive if a Cantonese person said it.

I didn't mean it wasn't an important win for Pakistan, I'm just not that into ODI for the most part. Congrats!

Can't see I'm even the slightest bit fussed by this tournament. Clenching my bum for the Ashes.,

Racism is unfortunately a lot more common than we think it is, and I'd wager most of them aren't the type to wear it on their sleeve. A lot of the time (well at least in my experience) a lot of the racism I've witnessed is from people that aren't sincerely racist, they just let slip something stupid that they didn't actually mean, trying to insult someone for instance.

Was it an intentionally racist comment? For instance I could take that two ways 'You are a gorilla because you're Ecuadorian' versus 'You are a gorilla because you are unrefined and stupid'. I'm always cautious about the 'racist' label these days, it gets thrown around a lot to the point that everything is reduced to racism.

Depends on what part of Australia you go to. It's pretty respected in places where people actually take part in their cultural heritage rather than fall into the pitfalls so many young fellas do, the drinking, the fighting, the drugs, lots of programs to help them too but not too many want the help. Kinda sad that most of the young Murris I grew up with have ended up doing some time in jail, just a product of their environment, hard for most of them to escape the cycles of poverty. There was a local bloke that was a published author wrote stories of his youth doing a lot of station work in the outback, nothing fancy but interesting reads. Also some great art work and handiwork, I dunno if you've come across one but a carved emu egg is pretty amazing. I feel like with some Murris anway, there is resistance, they wouldn't than their culture to be 'core' given the choice.

The Maori All Blacks is an odd thing really. A similar thing happened in Australia call the Indigenous All Stars.

Do you even really have OCD?

Oh grow up. You can't even ignore someone properly and you have to untoggle all their posts?

Jesus, talk about an overkill.