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[–]RuckFeddit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

As an Australian you're pretty uneducated on a lot of stuff.

https://www.legalisevaping.com.au/australian-law this is the first google result I got.

We do have hidden car speed cameras, we've also got hidden phone ones now, both these actions are illegal and take lives so I'm not sure what your issue is but then again I'm guessing you might be American, so you guys don't tend to want to find a solution for things that take lives.

I think you're taking this personally. I'm not American, I get nothing from criticising your countries' current state. My ego has not been offended, I'm not jealous of Australia thus venting my frustrations. This was merely my observation of Australia.

The arrogant dickhead you're referring to who threw the party is Corey, who didn't need any help being hated because he was a wanker.

I'm talking about the following report on him, it was very strange. If you think he's ignorant/arrogant/a wanker, he outwitted a smarmy reporter as a 16 year old kid.

The Bikie thing is an issue but I don't know a lot about it nor Lebanese gangs. Cities tend to have different ethnic gangs I don't think Aus is all that different.

Okay well thank you for your input, can I ask what region in Aus you're living? because the first time I heard about "Lebbos" or Lebanese organized crime was Australia. I don't think it's exclusive to Australia, and justifying crime is moronic, that's American if anything.

We've gone a bit nuts with covid19 but we really did the same stuff as Europe we have just had the lockdowns in for much longer (which I personally don't agree with).

You're an isolated sparsely populated island, same as Ireland (my country). Our excuse is our politicians have created a failure of a health system, and the placated masses accept. Your economy has been booming for a long time. There is nothing facing Australia. What's the excuse?

https://www.thejournal.ie/national-childrens-hospital-2-billion-cost-4469650-Jan2019/

These are the people running our country.

[–]Seahorse 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Weird, anyway I don't smoke so I can only speak from what I've seen which is lots of people vaping.

I'm guessing it's one of those laws like the smoking with kids in the car one or littering (very rarely, if ever enforced). I've been with friends in public while they vaped, it's not very popular over here however.

I have no issues with speed and phone detection cameras, to be fair we have websites, radio station updates and even maps updates about where they are....so it's not really like they're there without public knowledge.

The ones that are permanent have signs (although this isnt always the case depending on states and territories).

I mean he made people look like idiots yeah but the general reception was that he was winding up the media and that they deserved each other. That's a cultural thing I think, we don't suffer fools.

I won't go into detail but it's Western, I can't speak for the Lebanese gangs cause that seems mostly Sydney but the Bikies thing is, yes, political but has a long history. But from what I know they started cracking down because there had been a series of disturbing crimes which had gained a lot of media attention.

Drive bys, killing people in the light of day around children at public places etc. The bikies have a lot of the gun and drug trade. It's likely the two mix, even if the Lebanese gangs are an issue in Sydney, it's likely they've consulted with the bikies for weapons etc.

Yeah like I said I don't agree with what was our second phase lockdown, it does seem very totalitarian. But people aren't happy about it, the state leaders are receiving death threats.

Nah the economy was actually starting to struggle well before covid19, have you seen our housing prices? Our cost of living is huge and our electricity prices are like the highest in the world.

We have a conservative government that has been in for years because the opposition hasn't got it's shit together. So they were always going to be this way with covid19, conservative and backwards.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

australia did vote to ban vaping but then they delayed it after many people protested

[–]RuckFeddit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm still wondering what exactly I'm uneducated on and why. I really haven't learned much here

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

you're supporting australia too much, they're off the rails and being used as a test run for a lot of weird shit.

[–]RuckFeddit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's what I think aswell as nothing they do makes sense. I tried to get information from someone living there and evidently failed

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

my mistake, yeah you're the one not from australia who is not supporting them. This other guy is just a paid shill.