Not in the way Americans are.

how could you possibly know that?

I've been there many times and have family there

it still remains your opinion based on your perspective which is entirely subjective

Sure, have you been to America?

You're brainwashed into thinking Australian's aren't brainwashed.

Ok

But if you think we are brainwashed, what exactly are we brain washed about ?

Edited by roar #1 : 28/8/2014 04:33:49 PM

The guy is obviously an idiot. If he wasn't giving a little kid an automatic weapon he'd have been putting one behind the wheel of a car and getting himself run over. The world's missing a moron.

The most worrying part is that he's an instructor. Actually, no, the worst part is the parents taking the footage and putting it on the internet. The young girl is going to be scarred for life to say the least.

Always looks like Americans lack common sense sometimes.

-PB

Ricecrackers can base his consensus that one YouTube comment can represent the sole view of an entire country....isnt that right crackers. That ought to tell you something.

We're in love with the nanny state despite our insistence to tell ourselves how easy going we are.

The NSA is spying on Americans and atleast there's outrage. Here no-one gives a shit and just shrug it off saying "if I've got nothing to hide I've got nothing to fear".

You can't ride a bike without a helmet. Can't smoke a cigarette at a train station. Bars can't serve shots after midnight. Bars have to close by certain times. Some R rated games and movies can't be sold here.

Those are just laws on the books, polls show over half of us want to ban cigarettes outright and raise the drinking age.

These lists do go on, and if my ipad didn't crash twice mid post I'd have shown more, but this how I feel about this country sometimes.

all true

in fact in Australia recently surveillance powers of the public were increased, post Snowden revelations and no one batted an eyelid

Australians are in such an apathetic slumber, one wonders what it will take to wake up

Don't forget the Australian gov censored wiki leaks. Joining the likes of china and UAE to do so. Great list of countries to be apart of.

Is that it? Big fucking deal :lol:

Who are they surveilancing ?

and you've proved my point. Brainwashed.

Every country has laws, are you saying everyone in the world is brain washed?

=d> =d> =d>

Superb post dispels the delusion that strayans are easygoing or anti-authoritarian.

all of us via telephone and ISP records

:lol: oh no they may find out my dominos order

Why would they be listening to the phone calls of average citizens.?

And my ISP records, shit, they might find out how much porn I watch :oops:

Look at this slave go. :oops:

and you reckon yanks are brainwashed
god help you

I know, right? What a disaster for those people who aren't doing anything wrong. We're slaves to the system, because what porn we watch being secret is the true definition of freedom!

I'm sure ricecrackers riding his high horse of faux intellectualism will continue to provide laughs on this matter.

ah the old, you've got nothing to worry about if you arent doing anything wrong line :lol:

expected nothing less from afrodope to be honest

So what information are they collecting then?

There's a difference between laws that prevent you from harming others and moral laws that tell you what you are doing to yourself is wrong.

who you call, who calls you, what day, what time, how long
all your internet data...what sites you go to
eg why did you type 'bomb' into google anyway?

catch public transport? use a swipe card? they'll know when you leave home, where you are going, when you arrive
oh then your mobile phone records will track your movements more precisely if you carry it all the time

but what if someone steals your phone? accesses your internet account?
try proving that

speak to hamas supporters on skype? ASIO might be interested in that

visit the Inspire Magazine site? ditto

then what is coming down the line is profiling, pre criminal activity. the NYPD are already rolling this out...predicting where and when citizens will commit crimes by probability going on known data. sure it totally wont be accurate but it has the potential to mess someone's life up

:lol:

Oh well

Whatcha gunna do?

They also kept it secret for so long. Wonder why :roll:

Because people like you would take it out of context and bitch about it. Mate don't flatter yourself and think that the government is actually watching you. They don't care about what you are doing at 3am on your laptop

Or maybe they are and your someone that needs to be removed from society. If that's the case, I support these new laws.