What else would you call it....I thought it was just set up for people to laugh at those people who had no idea it was going to portrayed the way it was.
A pisstake in very bad taste.

Edited by SocaWho: 8/5/2015 09:02:12 AM

You've actually watched the full episode?
I thought the promo was cut together in a way that did give that impression. The show itself was not.

yes i did
i thought it was sugarcoated to give that impression but there was an underlying motive that gave viewers an excuse to laugh at them.

Edited by Socawho: 8/5/2015 09:26:08 AM

OK interesting. I didn't find much to laugh about, not sure where it was sugarcoated.

We've also become a country of bloody entitlements. People seem to over-value their use to society.

Agreed, I didn't find it funny at all.

I found it concerning and feel ashamed that we allow this to happen. We talk about standards of living as if we all have it easy, conveniently brushing these social issues under the carpet.

its amazing in this day of age we still judge someone by their class status.
Jarryd Hayne used to be a Houso and its funny how those same people dont look at him the same way as those in that show.

It wasn't a pisstake at all. It was showing what the extremes of poverty do to people in Australia. Those people are not neccisarily a representation of the entire area they are just a few sad stories that are a bit too common.

Please don't apologise, I saw some rough and odd things going on but by and large the community is full of generally good people. You can see in the show that people are pretty tight with their neighbours and I had the same experience that I havnt had living anywhere else. I had some of the best football coaches out there soccer and rugby league. They were fantastic and treated us like their own kids.

There was some strange things about the place too, there used to be this "street baby" in my culdasac i remember seeing him grow up from age 2-6 standing outside his house everyday seemingly with no supervision.

There was a dude that walked down the street with a different bike or lawn mower everyday, i went into his yard with his son one day and saw hundreds of them under the house and in the backyard.

I saw my neighbour get arrested by 8 cars full of armed cops dragged out in his underpants.

Probably the most haunting thing I ever saw was a crying teenage girl being let out of the toilets at plumpton shopping centre followed by a dude in his undies being dragged out by cops.

In the same mall I saw someone assaulted with a metal pole, there was a lot of blood.

So I just thought I'd share my experience, good and bad. This part of my life probably did a lot to shape my political views. I've got no regrets.