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I dunno. Why is that necessary? I'm sure they'll do it at the opening ceremony, but for the most part this is a new millennium, a new age (of globalisation, democracy, and the Internet/electronics), and everybody is already fairly well aware of Britain's traditions and culture - I mean heck...

No, corruption causes poverty.

Well it's one more than the conspiracy theorists like you gave. :) Exactly what does "America's lapdog" mean? Our government answers to Australia before it does America. Australians aren't particularly fond of America or Americans. Is being a Western nation enough to be classified as...

Tell me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that phones and the internet are electronic, right? And they are communication mediums, right? So, would I be correct in saying that they are electronic communication? I don't know enough about how Telecom fared after its privatisation to...

Unfortunately, it's far more severe in Russia. I believe it's levelled off somewhat (still negative, but not getting worse), but the 1990's economic crises from the breakup of the USSR, coupled with the loss of the Cold War, coupled with the population growth stagnation typical of countries...

Um, no, I was including their army of 3 million. America alone also has an army of 3 million. I included backup reserves and paramilitary. No shit. But that happened in Europe and America, too, so moot point. Again, no shit. So if it's military technology that matters, what's your point...

lol, if Jimmy Page isn't well known enough to Chinese citzens, maybe they can fix that by not trying to censor Western culture. I think the British ceremony was absolutely great.

You have no chance to survive make your time !

lol, I know. I was agreeing with what you were saying in a silly way. Wasn't directed at you. I'm a fence sitter. I'm more concerned about Australia's energy security in the coming decade, as well as keeping things Australian-owned, than privatisation potentially making life harder for...

Because the government sucks at managing a lot of things. Welfare and healthcare are not part of that set. Communications (electronic, postal) and energy are a grey area. Anyway, you know me, Dan. I love the free market insofar as it supports social welfare. Best way to solve China, North...

The invisible hand of the market would never see the existence of such problems! Everything works perfectly right from the start, nothing every breaks, and everybody is happy forever and ever AMEN!

Yeah, definitely better to live off the unpredictable and inconsistent charity and whims of the wealthy instead of uphold a basic layer of rights and support for all citizens. Those thieving homeless! Trying to steal my tax dollars! Welfare - pfah! Bring on widening socio-economic divides and...

That's a pretty retarded straw man to put up considering in just my last post I said the opposite: improvement is always desirable, but not at the cost of something equally important such as energy security. Yeah, good job. That happens every day. :rolleyes: This is a clear sign that our...

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Actually fairly well considering Australia has among the world's best welfare and healthcare to begin with. A small once-off chip from that pool won't send our welfare tumbling down. Though obviously it's not desirable, I'd much prefer it to our energy falling out of government control.

So how are your welfare and healthcare going lately my friend?

Suck it up, China. So the British are funny and you aren't. Cry more.

Um... sorry? In case you haven't noticed, Russia isn't the superpower it used to be. Its population growth is negative and while its economy is growing again, it is still fairly fragile - most of the GDP is situated in Moscow and Kaliningrad (which is a tiny state in the middle of Europe, not in...

Coming from the guy who didn't even know what democracy was.

You sound like one of those Muslims or Christians that tries to convince people god exists by showing them "scientifically proven miracles" and making wild sweeping statements like "all scientists secretly know they're true but try to hide them from the public". Well done old chap, I commend you.