Posted by sigismund on April 19, 2011, at 13:58:39
In reply to Re: oh, whatever [w/a californian accent] » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on April 19, 2011, at 0:13:53
>How is the u.s. a bit different from your perspective?
The role of religion in the US seems quite different. There are of course people in the US who do not believe, but so many people are deeply religious....they believe, they go to church. We don't do that, and if you do you are categorized I guess. It is more like Europe in that respect. I don't think Australia has ever been self consciously religious. Perhaps it is because Australia started as a prison camp and therefore cannot believe itself to be the light on the hill? The closest equivalent we have is wanting to punch above our weight, and that is tedious too and makes me want to move to New Zealand.
If there was a critical mass of people we could have competitions on the politics board with prizes. Such as construct a paragraph within the civility rules arguing why Donald Trump would be the best next president of the US. I can think of a few off the top....because he is rich in particular, and because his hair is so cool, and because he deserves it and because his thinking is so subtle. I read about him in yesterday's Herald. Absolutely priceless.
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