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[bassexpander]

I've never been to Australia. Pretty much everyone I've ever met from the country, I've liked and/or become friends with.

A non-Aussie friend said something about Australia that I hadn't heard of, and I was a little surprised. He said that in Australia, people don't try to "rise above" or do anything that would make them seem as if they're trying to be special. He said that Australians look down on people who are like that, and/or draw too much attention to themselves. He said this is why many Australians didn't like the "crock hunter" guy that was killed.

Does any of that make sense, or sound correct?

[itaewonguy]

[blackjack]

Its called tall poppy syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome

[peemil]

Horse's he was. His show wasn't even on the television when he died.

OP - What you are referring to is the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

[Koreadays]

[peemil]

Absolute and utter tosser.

All media hype.

The man deserved it.

[itaewonguy]

[peemil]

Typical Australian ridiculous sentimentality.

If a man walks through a mine field knowing what is beneath him with a churlish grin on his face, you don't shed a tear when he finally steps on one.

John Howard said a lot of things. A lot of it was BS.

The press was in it for a few headlines because they know this country, as Andrew Denton once said, is an easy lay. Schools do that type of crud because it keeps the kids amused and uneducated like the majority of the population.

I care not for the opinion of this country of schmucks.

[itaewonguy]

[The evil penguin]

[komtengi]

most aussies hated him cause he was so ocker..
like Crocodile Dundee... the yanks love it, but most aussies aren't that ocker nor do they want to be

[itaewonguy]

dont speak for all Australians OK!!
If you want to say he was not liked in Australia then thats your right..
but you are wrong and the facts prove it!

He was VERY MUCH LOVED by the education community! he was loved by children and people abroad! he had countless TV SHOWS, documentaries, appeared in hundreds if not thousands of tv shows, talk shows, etc..

WHY? oh yeah becuase he was a complete tosser, and thats what Australians do, we put tossers on the telly, we put people who the public dislike on the telly...

out newspapers have write ups about it all the time, when he died, every network, every paper followed his death then 1 and 2 years after they did tributes which can be found here..



http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/index/0,22045,5009080,00.html

all this for a man who was not loved by Australians..

you have no clue what you are talking about !!

Ill say it again! HE WAS AN AUSTRALIAN ICON! and loved by the people!
yes some people in his line of business might think his ways were not right!

he got more press than peter brock did when he died!
more press and attention than Michael Hutchences,
and much more love!!

[Suwon23]

every time I meet an Aussie in Korea the first thing they do is smile and talk about the interesting things they've done or seen. even if it was a bad experience, they talk about it with this chill, "life's an adventure" sort of attitude. They rarely bad-mouth Korea or other foreigners, and they're genuinely eager to make new friends. When I meet a new Canadian or American, they immediately start whining about America or Korea (respectively), in a condescending tone that suggests they know all and come from the only perfect culture on Earth.

Aussie's kick ass is what I'm saying. But dudes, get a new song. Waltzing Matilda makes about as much sense as Louis Louis.

[D.D.]

I went to Aus and loved it at first. University there was awesome, so I stayed after graduation. Things were really cool until I became better off than my friends. I opened a business and did very well. Then I got to live through this tall poppy syndrome.

Some Aussies get very jealous and will sabotage people that do better than they are doing. Some of my best mates did this to me even after I gave them jobs.

With a sad heart I left after I noticed that the laid back attitude was just under achievement and passive aggression in disguise.

Still have some great friends down there but I am having second thoughts about returning. No place is perfect but the cost of living and the be average attitude is draining.

If you are from North America you will be considered a jerk if you try your best and act confident.

Aussies don't have a strong sense of a true identity and can have a pack animal mentality. It is not the most racist neutral place and after a while you will see racism playing it's ugly hand. It is much more subtle the racism from white to white.

On a lighter note- great beaches, awesome weather clean air, nice ladies, great wine, some really cool people.

Don't let that laid back attitude fool you. quite often people with limited chances in life act laid back. It is a sort of giving up attitude masked by sitting back.

Take away a dope smokers sedative( the smoke) and watch that passive aggression bubble to the surface.

Cheers gday mate and fair dinkum to you all.

[Easter Clark]

Every Aussie I have ever met was a raging alcoholic who had trouble keeping opinions to themselves and had no shame whatsoever...just saying, is all.