UnAustralian?
On Friday our Prime Minister John Howard launched another creative conservative journal entitled 'The Conservative'. He was good enough to define what the average Australian looks like:
"The average Australian, that overworked expression for which there is really no proper or valid alternative, the average Australian is a mixture of a lot of things –
he believes very much in the traditions of this country;
he or she believes this country has been very successful;
he or she doesn’t think this country has much to be ashamed of;
he or she believes that this country is well regarded around the world.
... He or she believes in traditional institutions, like the family and the traditional view of the family...' [Full transcript]
How very unAustralian I am!
3 Comments:
[There's a phone number on a fridge magnet in my house that i might need to ring to report you...]
I still think we should launch a campaign for Victoria to become the western island of NZ.
love the photo - no, not the one of Howard...
I'd be honoured to be considered the outer reef of Tuvalu!
The thing is, I think he may be right on this one. Critics of Australia are regarded with suspicion.
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