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Re: What's a freedom fighter?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 28 May 2004 15:40:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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> > > Even more telling is the truly American approach of simply filtering out the
> > > feedback that does not proceed rationally from the established mindset.
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> > See? I told you Australians hate freedom.
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> They love it; most of their grandparents were convicts. ;)
Ha!
No convicts in my line as far as I know (I'm sorry to say), but definitely some
displaced Irish, downtrodden English, and the odd Scot. Mind you, that was all
a long time ago, and its not like genealogy has been a big interest in my family
- we kinda take people as they come.
And there's no denying that convict beginnings has a lot to do with Australia's
cultural identity, including our general cynicism in relation to all authority,
its motives and its practices.
One of our more endearing qualities ;-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
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| (...) Then we may be the same. Our FF were very wary of government and set up our Constitution to basically protect the people's freedom from the government they were establishing. Our heritage is colorful, but not for the same reasons as yours;-) (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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