RPM wrote:For the lurkers here, A few things to keep in mind when you read Andrew comment regarding politics in the USA or riots and looting. He is from the smallest continent on earth Australia,the only thing he would know about riots or looting is in the movies or CNN. The people that he is surrounded by a generally good hard-working people who don’t burn their own neighborhoods when they get upset. They don’t have citizens attacking the police with fire bombs and bottles. It’s very easy for someone halfway around the world to tell other people in their own Country how to think or how stupid they are. Keep it in mind !
Keep in mind that RPM is a very narrow minded, somewhat racist, typical right wing nut job.
Also - plenty of lurking going on here - stats are consistent over the past few years.
And while we are doing learning stuff - Australia is these days one of the most diverse multi-cultural populations on earth. We have the second largest Greek population outside of Greece itself, plus huge Italian, Macedonian, Chinese, Thai, Serbian, Croatian, British, German, Dutch, Japanese, Sudanese and even New Zealand communities. Plus our own indigenous culture, which proudly goes back some 40,000 years - the oldest continuous native population on earth.
We all manage to get along most of the time - but there are big disparities with indigenous health and well-being that must still be addressed. There are also interracial fights, skirmishes and the odd kerfuffle.
All in all, we are all most thankful to be here and to be blessed with a wild, varied country....and thankful we don't have a loud, obnoxious, ultra-conservative base running around like a cowboy militia.