(November 13, 2012 at 9:48 am)jonb Wrote: It's true, that is why it is also funny, I heard on the BBC world service, last week in a programme called the forum, (which I recommend highly) one of the speakers saying the most powerful stop on becoming a fanatic is the ability to laugh at yourself. This for me is the true mark of an advanced society. Not what technology that society has.
There is no society in the world that has no produced harm, yet still there are only a few which are strong enough to admit it. If I put up a similar set of pictures for China there is no joke, just images of guilt. Yes I can take the piss out of America that is why she is strong. I cannot take the piss out of Japan because the Japanese still do not admit they ever did anything wrong, all I can do is accuse them. The difference might seem slight, but it is for me all important.
So Australia is doing ok then?? This is good ...I think, except for the drop bears...Oh and our PM.
