just cos i can

[SmallBlueThing]

"I don't object to you not wanting to travel. Australia is probably better off for it. Our bigot quota is full."

Yep, I knew if I stuck around long enough, someone would play the 'bigot' card. It's so easy isn't it? Over the Internet.

Listen, Valhalla. Since I am not "intolerent of other people's views" on the subject of Australia, am personally quite happy for others to go there, happy that the place exists (as long as I'm not there), your so-well-reasoned argument falls somewhat flat.

I'll say again. I don't want to go there. I don't understand why others do and nothing that I've seen or heard about the country fills me with anything other than a sense of overwhelming depression, dread and absolute despair.

Floyd was right, when he said I was being tongue in cheek at first. My reasons for despising Austalia are based on silly things that have convinced me I should never travel there. The cumulative effect of these silly things is enough to put to me off. I may have been tongue in cheek about my reasons, but your message has really solidified a thought that has been growing in the back of my mind for a long time. Thank you for that, at least. Your funda-mentalist attitude to another's light-hearted criticism of your adopted country has done nothing to alter my opinion and everything to reinforce it. Your view of the world seems lifted from a bad script for Neighbours -especially regarding your calling me a "bigot" for the heinous crime of not wanting to travel halfway round the sodding world to get bitten by spiders, melt in the heat, and have a "shrimp barbie", when I loathe spiders, heat, shrimps, barbies and, for that matter, "tinnies".  

"What you might find is great people and new experiences."

Did you get that off a poster? It's so trite it hurts the eyes. We obviously have completely different views on everything, so I suggest you don't worry about my opinions in the future, and instead, talk to people who are happy to 'travel' in search of 'great people and new experiences'. Whatever that may mean.

This is very frustrating- to find this kind of non-thinking here. I'm quite sure if I were to tell Floyd Kermode that I have no intention of ever visiting Japan either (too far away, the culture doesn't appeal and I hate the food), he wouldn't immediately adopt a posturing hardman act (saying of my dislike of spiders that 'most girls here are' really was pathetic you know). Similarly, I wouldn't call you a wanker for expressing a desire never to come to Hastings for fear of junkies, old people and boredom. I would for your above message though.


Steev

[rc]

Hey, now stop this!

I think that is quite enough.

[longmanshort]

rc, I find your anti-tongue-in-cheek-comment-mistaken-for-bigotry-thread prejudice offensive and will immediately take up arms against you.

Choose your weapon and begin pacing ...

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[Wils]

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[Smiley]

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[rc]

Oho! The big guns are out now!

You take 'em both, I have a secret weapon.

[Tanky]

Is it a pint-a-second water pistol full of barbeque lighter fuel? cos if not, i've got 2! Failing that, consider your virtual heads knocked cleanly together.
ANYWAY!
DD, An e-mail should have winged it's way to you by now (technical difficulties as usual!).
laterz

[Devons Daddy]

hi tank GRRL

i sent you an email through the site.
it basically says.
im not a schyco path but just in case i have given a few suggestions to you which will keep your inner most fears at bay.
you cannot be too careful when it comes to the internet.

i did not get the email you sent.but hopefully you got mine. so let me know if you didnt.

the offer is open. as is an alternative free heres what you should do whilst here instead by email.
more then happy to write/cut and paste such an email for you.