>>before you bother replying, go do some research on the subject matter. >>i'll just ignore anything which reeks of typical american ignorance. > >Research... I didn't pull this out of thin air you know. I was watching a >program about Australia and it was describing some of their "programs" and I >generally found it to be disturbing. Before that I kind of thought of >Australia as a semi-idyllic place. Unlike here. This country is utterly >screwed up and ass-backwards. And people wonder why the Roman Empire fell...
ROFL. I did research, I watched a TV show! Could you indict America any further? As for Australia being a semi-idyllic place, no place is. I have decided not to live permanently in Australia again because I get the impression that smart people aren't wanted (unless they are earning lots of money and can be taxed at a rate of 50% to pay for social security for dole bludgers who are too lazy to work). I now live in the Netherlands where smart people are generally liked, the pay is good, the tax is low, things are generally better here. I am trying to convince all smart Australians I know to join me here in Amsterdam. As for the Roman Empire. I believe that we are coming to a time of change. I think that a number of currently first-world countries will fall in the next few decades. Large parts of America will go down, but I think that some states will evolve into seperate countries which remain in first-world conditions. Russell Coker PS Perhaps we should take this discussion to a different list like LUV-TALK.
