Thursday must be Keep on Topic Day, or else someone will remove the post.  

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@daydream**believer wrote:

"It's not a shirt I would buy, but if given as a gift, I would have worn it and would have never made the connection between the slogan and Muslims specifically. As I said, I interpreted the shirt as being a message for anyone who didn't like Australia, not one specific sub group of our country."

 

 

My thoughts exactly. English, Chinese, Greek, French even fellow Aussies, if you dont like it here, leave.

 

 

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Why should we  leave? I think we should stay and try to change what we don't like.

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which infers that there is more here that you do like than dislike.

An enterprise as large as an entire country with 22 million people cannot have every attribute that suits every member of the population all of the time. But if most of the things are the way you like them, and there are opportunities to make certain aspects suit your individual needs, then go for it, otherwise - leave.

Australia is about what is best or most suitable for the greatest number of the 22 million people that choose to live here, it is not about what is best for the individual.

I think any person who decides they don't like Australia (for any reason at all, lack of employment opportunities in their field, climate, ) can decide themselves if they want to move to another overseas country if they can get visa & employment there, or return to a country they may have originated from...they don't need bogans wearing navy blue singlets with slogans telling them to.

If a lot of educated, experienced in their field, people left Australia this country would suffer from 'brain drain'.

Sadly am*3, for that to happen not many would need to depart 🙂

Why is it OK to call other people Bogans?  I find it quite derogatory, says a lot about those who use it

If they come from Bougainville Island it is acceptable, otherwise it is a derogatory term 🙂

I find it offensive that people are being called "bogans" .

I like the singlet and although i wouldnt buy one, if i was given one, i would probably wear it as pyjamas.

Does that make me a bogan?

Are you calling anyone who likes the singlet a bogan or only those that wear it?

Even that is only derogatory in certain context.

I call Channy a bogan when she pinches my thongs.

which reminds me, she hasnt returned the last two pair 

Blessed are the cracked, for they are the ones who let in the light.