Ned Latham
Oops, snipping the bits out was simply for reasons of readability. I had felt I could not add any more to the stuff you written cos it would have just bog me down into arguing with you what I felt were merely capital leter in the phrase.
Nothing sinister in my snipping :)
*Shrug* whatever you say - it is not my intention to start a poo fight with you.
I guess you were asking me why it was an honour to be considered a true blue ozzie which, in my mind, would have answered the question itself of "Why?"
A more direct answer would probably have had been my next paragraph, in which I said that it was an honour, becos of the good international repute of Australia.You have already made comment on this further down in your reply so lemme address that now :)
On an individual basis, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to make ANY broad buttumptions of the kind most conversations tend to take.
I was obviously mistaken in thinking that we were discussing this in a general manner.
Despite my very naive macro views on some subjects, I treat everybody on an individual basis - I have no choice really. One of the problems of living in a civilised society :)
Everybody gets buttessed on their individual behaviour regardless of their naionality - and this supports your previous statement on individuality.
In lieu of meeting a specific individual, ppl get lumped into categories. Sad but true. It tends to breed f***wits and poo-stirrers.
