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SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
6. It's the Ugly Americans/Australians who are most heard, unfortunately.
Fri Feb 10, 2012, 11:22 AM
Feb 2012

And I believe this trend started before John Howard. About 20 years ago, my friend brought his family to stay with us in Holland. One of his sons was singing an ugly, overbearing song about how great Australia is. One of the lines was "Everybody wants to know where do we come from". I sarcastically muttered "That's so they can avoid the place like the plague".

I also remember Mike Gibson telling some woman to leave Oz because she dared to suggest that Australia's education system was less than perfect. That was pre-Howard as well.

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