>tfw Australian

CHI

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>>53358555
>tfw mexican

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>>53358555
Why are you so sad about being Australian, bud?

>>53358572
ABO

>>53358593
Can't have serious discussions

>>53358612
Here or irl?

>>53358612
What's bothering you buddy? I'm all ears.

>>53358631
Both

Banter permeates our society at every level

>>53358638
>I will never have a qt yank gf

Just fucking kill me

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Tfw Australian

Feels good man

>The areas of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are larger than the land area of Israel, Belgium, Taiwan, The Netherlands and are roughly the same size as Switzerland

>>53358686
Wtf really? All the metro areas put together?

>>53358647
>banter
Then stop perpetuating it. Really, it wouldn't break our hearts if Australians toned it down a bit.

>>53358668
Go to a australian uni and find some semester abroad qts. Lots of American hags go there for school and big emu dick.

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>>53358612
>>53358647
I'll start a serious discussion. What is your favorite ape or monkey and why?

>>53358722
I met one once but she dropped the class soon after it started. She seemed keen though. Do Aussies get good luck over there with the lasses?

>>53358739
Bonobos are alri тbh

>>53358764
Burgerstani girls have a thing for guys with foreign accents. As soon as you open your mouth and say NOICE, they'll be all over your dick.

>>53358703
Yea put together the areas greater Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne equals 38183km^2 and has a population of ~12 million making a population density of ~315 people per km^2

>Greater Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are literally less dense than the country of India

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>>53358819
brb booking my ticket

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>>53358789
Perhaps I can persuade you over to Proboscis Monkeys?

>>53358886
What about those cheeky little grey ones that steal your stuff

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>>53358739
i like orangutans
they're cute as fuck

>>53358925
Are you talking about Capuchins? They're in movies a lot.

>>53358929
When the sunlight shines off the water in the swamps of Indonesia, if gives the jungle an orange glow. Thats why Orangutans have orange hair, for camouflage!

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>>53359068
You are probably the cutest poster on /int/ tвh

Thanks for brightening up my day

>>53358886
Fucking Jew monkeys

Also fuck Howler monkeys. They'll shit all over everything you hold dear.

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>>53358929
I didn't come here to feel

>>53359202
Leave?

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>>53358739

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>>53359115
No problem bud!
>>53359155
Don't hate on based big nose monkeys. The bigger the nose, the more attractive the male is to a female.

>>53359261
Newfag

>>53358555
sorry bro
>no right to free speech, hate speech laws out the ass and you can easily get arrested for it
>downright draconian gun laws
>need a license for fucking air rifles
>airsoft is banned
>LASER pointers are banned
>fucking YO YO WATERBALLS are banned
>FUCKING RUBBER DUCKS ARE BANNED
>novelty lighters are banned
>smokeless tobacco is banned
>need a helmet to ride a fucking bicycle
>plain packaging on cigarettes
>absurdly high taxation on alcohol and cigarettes, most cuckfailians have to drink shitty goonbags because it's all they can afford
>many violent games and movies banned
>video games are expensive as shit
>no self defense allowed
>hoverboards will be banned soon

>>53359487

They clearly spend all the energy they should put towards fighting injustice towards bantz.

>>53359487
t. literally a spic

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>>53358612
>Can't have serious discussions
>>53358647
>Banter permeates our society at every level
No, that's just you; people have them all the time.

>>53359541
as opposed to "figuratively a spic"?

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>>53359452
You're cute

>>53359541
Not him, but what?

>>53359487
we consider your gunlaws draconian, fyi

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>>53358925
A Bonnet macaque? I forgot about them.

>>53358686
And now you know that australia isn't full yet

>>53359688
>dra·co·ni·an drəˈkōnēən adjective (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe.
How so?

>>53359683
He's a spic who always posts anti australian garbage. An Aussie probably banged his sister and didn't call her back.

>>53359727
me

>>53359761
Sorry, no we're still full [on non-white people]

>>53359727
That's the one

When I was in Africa on safari they always used to hang around the camps and eat the rotting fermented fruits which would get them drunk. Pretty funny тbh

>>53359764
Oh, ok.
What about his post is actually false, though? I mean, I'd be outraged over at least 1/2 of those laws, especially the ones about speech and media.

>>53359762
severe in how severely lax they are. I guess draconian isnt the word, just antiquated

>>53359487
>>no right to free speech, hate speech laws out the ass and you can easily get arrested for it
Can you even name one time it's happened?

>>53359487
>>fucking YO YO WATERBALLS are banned
What are those?
>>FUCKING RUBBER DUCKS ARE BANNED
Proof?
>>novelty lighters are banned
Also need proof on this one.
>>many violent games and movies banned
Not really. Only a handful are and people get around the bans all the time anyway if they want.
>>no self defense allowed
Also a lie.

>>53359815
Most of them are lies/distortions. I admit we're a bit of a nanny state but at least we can drink alcohol at 18, etc.

>>53359835
Andrew Bolt
>>53359870
>Only a handful are
But they are? That's alarming.

>>53359913
The mandatory helmets thing just seems crazy. And being able to ban adults from games and films? I dunno, m8...

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>>53359789
Those guys actually live in India but Brazil does have a lot of monkeys (Squirrel monkeys mostly) but some really interesting looking ones like pic related.
>>53359799
I made a mistake, Bonnet macaques are from South India.

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>>53359952
Whoops wrong pic. That lady lives in Indonesia.

>>53359949
Yep, no place is perfect. Australia definitely has it's flaws but I'd much rather live here than America тbh.

>>53359921
Are you implying that a movie or video game has never been banned in the US?

>>53358555
We shouldn't have execute your people

>>53359949
>The mandatory helmets thing just seems crazy.

Is mandatory seat belts a crazy thing?

>>53359997
>not having snow as a part of my life
Fair enough. The feeling is mutual.
>>53360012
We're talking about the present, and implying things is not something I do.
>Inb4 muh 4chan protocols
>websites = serious business
Yeah, I don't care.

>>53358555
Has anyone calculated what year Australians will stop being white? Surely all that exposure to the sun will eventually lead to evolved melanin, the question is when does that happen?

>>53359815
>What about his post is actually false, though?
I'll go through what I can for you.
>>no right to free speech, hate speech laws out the ass and you can easily get arrested for it
Technically true. We have anti-slander and anti-libel laws that inhibit people from saying damaging things about people, but as far as I'm aware those only come into effect if you're lying/making things up about people and can't prove them.
>>downright draconian gun laws
Kind of true. Plenty of people in country areas own guns for hunting and pest control, but they're quite limited in what they can and can't own. Semi automatic and select fire rifles are banned, but semi auto pistols are legal. Other than that, run of the mill shit like shotguns and bolt action rifles are legal as far as I'm aware.
>>need a license for fucking air rifles
I don't know if this one is actually true, although it would not surprise me if it is. Weapon laws in general are quite strict here, so he's probably right on that one. Although it's also something that most people would have no idea about because nobody here other than teenagers would even have the desire to own them anyway.
>>LASER pointers are banned
Actually they're not. Some places still sell them and some people still own them. Although again, something that adults never seek out and only kids use them.
>>fucking YO YO WATERBALLS are banned
I can't comment on this because I don't even know what they are.
>>FUCKING RUBBER DUCKS ARE BANNED
>>novelty lighters are banned
I've seen both of these in shops plenty of times. He's either mistaken about these or is flat out lying.
>>smokeless tobacco is banned
I don't smoke, so no idea if he's right or not.
>>need a helmet to ride a fucking bicycle
This one is true. If a cop catches you riding a bicycle without a helmet they can issue you with a fine.
Run out of space, more to come.

>>53360033
>Is mandatory seat belts a crazy thing?Yes, it is, and I oppose those laws.

>>53360087
I'm pretty sure that the laser pointers are only banned in Tasmania

>>53360115
>>Is mandatory seat belts a crazy thing?
Yes, it is, and I oppose those laws.

Oops.

>>53359487
Tbh is even a half of these things is true, it seems like they are trying really hard to make Australia safe and livable, no winder they're, like, the best country on Earth. It's completely justifiable to tax alcohol and tobacco to hell and "force" people to wear helmets.
>muh video games
lmao

>>53360087
Hate speech laws are disturbing, not libel and slander laws.
>smokeless tobacco
That means chew and snuff.
>If a cop catches you riding a bicycle without a helmet they can issue you with a fine.
Even the Netherlands aren't this silly. C'mon, man.

>Amerishoots always say that if you ban guns people will just get them through a black market
>Ameridumbs always bring up all the things that are banned in Australia

Do you think vast majority of the people actually follow the laws

It's so easy to get anything that the nanny state has officially banned here

>>53360180
Best ally

>>53360180
>is
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>winder
wonder*

Sorry, I just woke up and still on my phone

>>53360087
>>plain packaging on cigarettes
Depending on how you want to classify it, this is a grey area. They packaging isn't technically plain, but the original packaging isn't used, either. Instead they usually put photos of things like brown lungs and emphysema patients on them, usually with some kind of written health warning.
>>absurdly high taxation on alcohol and cigarettes
This one is half right. There are high taxes on cigs, but currently tax on a lot of alcohol is fairly low. It's true that the taxes have been increased, but they were later repealed. You just wouldn't know it because the companies that sell it have kept the prices high anyway and hide behind some shitty concept like the market and consumers having already adjusted to the price hike.
>>most cuckfailians have to drink shitty goonbags because it's all they can afford
This is either a mistake or a lie. Plenty of people drink it, that much is true; but most people still drink beer and/or spirits.
>>many violent games and movies banned
Generally not movies, but some videogames are refused classification. It's not quite the same as being banned, but when you consider that it means you can't walk into a brick and mortar shop to buy them, it's very much the same. However, people that want to get the games can still get ahold of them easily enough if they know what they're doing.
>>video games are expensive as shit
This one he's right on. Especially when it comes to big budget releases by companies like EA, Ubisoft, Activision, etc. That's not really a nanny state thing, though; that's just foreign companies ripping us off.
>>no self defense allowed
Another mistake or lie. I can't speak for the other states, but here in NSW you're definitely allowed to defend yourself. The laws surrounding the means by which you can do it are definitely far more restrictive than they would be in a place like the United States, but to say it's not allowed is not even close to the truth.
>>hoverboards
No idea.

>>53359870
>proof?

https://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/bans#toc2

get rekt

>>53360180
I like living in a free country, even if it's a bit more dangerous as a result.

>>53360087
>This one is true. If a cop catches you riding a bicycle without a helmet they can issue you with a fine.

If you don't want to wear a helmet because you think It's not fashionable, just carry it around your handlebars

If a cop sees you 99% of the time they'll just tell you to put the helmet on and inform you that it's illegal not to wear a helmet

I'm not going to say 100% of the time because some asshole cop probably would fine you but It's never happened to me and I've been pulled up by cops numerous times for not wearing the helmet and every single one has let me off with a warning

They'd fine you If you didn't have a helmet at all though

>>53360197
>Hate speech laws are disturbing, not libel and slander laws.
Well in any case even if we do have those, they're poorly enforced. People get accused of it, but I don't know of anybody being arrested for it.
>That means chew and snuff.
I have no idea if that's banned or not. You'd have to speak to somebody that frequents a tobacconist.
>Even the Netherlands aren't this silly. C'mon, man.
Yeah I know, you guys like to be free to crack your skull open and all that, I've seen that rant before. But honestly, the other laws and regulations annoy people far more than one that's there to remind you to protect your head when riding a bike. But based on what I've seen that's another one that's poorly enforced because I see people riding without helmets all the time for some stupid reason.

>>53359952
>squirrel monkeys

Nasty cunts. When I was hiking in Costa Rica, they would find the hardest seeds and thrown them at us from the trees as hard as they could. They're like little Arabs.

>>53360237
Alcohol taxes in Cuckstralia are some of the highest in the first world.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/why-do-we-pay-so-much-for-alcohol/news-story/1647c23acc476553ade5d77774b8fa7d


In Australia if you were to shoot somebody for trying to physically assault you, you'd go to jail. So yes, pretty much the vast majority of self defense is banned

>>53360237
>This one he's right on. Especially when it comes to big budget releases by companies like EA, Ubisoft, Activision, etc. That's not really a nanny state thing, though; that's just foreign companies ripping us off.

He's actually not right.

We get paid higher wages so things cost more

In terms of purchasing power there is no substantial difference between the cost of video games in Australia and the cost of video games in the US

The PPP conversion for US to Aus in 1.4

New releases in Australia cost between $70 and $90, meaning in a purchasing power comparison they cost between $50 and $65 US

What's the price of new video games in the US? Between $50 and $60

>>53360315
>In Australia if you were to shoot somebody for trying to physically assault you, you'd go to jail.

If your life is threatened you are well within your right to use Lethal force to defend yourself

Just because there is no things like an explicit castle doctrine written into the law doesn't mean there isn't precedent and other laws which provide it

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>>53360151
> I have the rights and freedoms to kill myself and children because seat belts invade my burgergut and thus, I exercise my right as a free citizen to say that my gut SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
> ps. Support the troops
> pps. And Israel too.

>>53360087
>Actually they're not. Some places still sell them and some people still own them. Although again, something that adults never seek out and only kids use them.

You can only own laser pointers under one milliwatts aka the happy meal shit. The vast majority are banned.

>>53360315
All of the alcohol/cigarette/helmet/seatbelt shit is because we have an A+ public healthcare system. If my taxes weren't paying for your cancer treatment/stay in critical ward I'd be outraged but since they are I'm a supporter of these laws. And before you ask yes I'd choose having our healthcare and putting up with these laws over your system

>>53358677
vb mullets mate is amazing

>>53360392
But it is. You have a proportionality requirement.

If somebody broke into my house and I shot them or if somebody was punching me and I shot them I'd be arrested and convicted.

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>tfw born and raised in sydney's inner west
>no accent

>>53360424
Literally who gives a shit?

>>53360452
That's up to you m8. I prefer people paying for their own costs. That ways freedom is maximized.

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>>53360311
Speaking of which, the Middle East doesn't really have many apes or monkeys (other than humans). Hamadryas Baboons can be found in Yemen and occasionally Saudia Arabia

>>53360265
>https://www.productsafety.gov.au/content/index.phtml/tag/bans#toc2
Damn. I did not know they'd put that through. I could have sworn I saw all kinds of rubber toys like that in shops. That said, I don't often go into big department stores, so I'm kind of going off outdated information. In any case, touche to you.
>>53360315
>Alcohol taxes in Cuckstralia are some of the highest in the first world.
Based on our nations drinking problem, apparently it doesn't stop anybody from getting more alcohol than they reasonably need. So I guess it's not doing much in any case. Honestly, taxes like that aren't even to protect people, they're just a blatant revenue grab. Our govt does shit like that quite a lot, desu.
>In Australia if you were to shoot somebody for trying to physically assault you, you'd go to jail.
It depends on the circumstances. If you're talking about somebody just pushing or punching you and then you killed them, yes, you almost certainly would. But the law does allow you to use lethal force to defend against lethal force used against yourself or somebody else. However, because gun laws are so restrictive here, the only people that can really use a gun in those scenarios are police and armed security guards.
Also I'm not trying to digress from the point here, but assuming that when you say "physical assault" you mean somebody trying to punch you, kick you or beat you up, what kind of a maniac would use lethal force on somebody just for that?
>So yes, pretty much the vast majority of self defense is banned
Well no, not really. Guns are not the only way to defend yourself. I don't know if this is some kind of cultural barrier and life is just more crazy and extreme in the US, but most altercations here are not life threatening. Yes sometimes people end up in hospital, on rare occasoins they even die, but most people are looking at maybe a few cuts or bruises at worst.

>>53360469
>If somebody broke into my house and I shot them I'd be arrested and convicted.

Depends what they were doing

If they saw you and surrendered and you killed them anyway, yea, you would get murder

> if somebody was punching me and I shot them I'd be arrested and convicted

No you would 100% get off.

Every Australian knows a punch has the capacity to kill

If someone was fighting you and you shot and killed them, you would be completely acquitted

>>53360353
>We get paid higher wages so things cost more
True, but they could easily sell them for cheaper if they wanted, they just don't.

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>>53360309
>I don't know of anybody being arrested for it.

http://m.baka.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/play-ball-not-bolt-in-free-speech-debate-20111027-1mm4h.html

>Yeah I know, you guys like to be free to crack your skull open and all that,
And?
>inb4 gun laws
Gun laws make sense because other people's rights are potentially at stake. If I fall off of my bike, it won't break the skull of someone 100 meters away.
>>53360419
>mfw you can't have even the simplest of conversation without hurr durr banter

>>53360498
Nanny state.

The Ausfailian government treats you like fucking children, shielding you from everything slightly dangerous.

A rule of thumb is that in Australia, if somethibg poses the SLIGHTEST bit of danger it's either:

>banned
>heavily taxed
>heavily restricted

Such a mentality does not belong here. This country was founded on dangerous freedom. For example I can ride a motorcycle in my state without having to wear a helmet and smoke a fucking cigar indoors at a bar. And I love it so much.

>>53359921
>Andrew Bolt
I'm going to need more than a name. When was he arrested for something he said?
>>53359921
>But they are? That's alarming.
To be fair, yes, it is a bit. Our mistrustful, crotchety old man govt is by far the thing about this place that bothers me the most.

>>53360586
kinder surprise

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>>53360504
>That ways freedom is maximized.

>>53360520
>>53360548
>In the South Australian Court of Criminal Appeal in R v Howe (1958) SASR 95, Mason J formulated six propositions on the law of self-defence were accepted as a model direction on self-defence in murder trials. Thus, a full acquittal was achieved if the jury found that the accused had reasonably believed they were threatened with death or serious bodily harm and, if so, that the force used was reasonably proportionate to the perceived danger.

Your self defense laws are a logic.

I like being allowed to defend myself with lethal force if I were to be physically assaulted m8

>>53360586
>and smoke a fucking cigar indoors at a bar.

Protip: The reason smoking is banned in vast majority of public places is not to protect the smoker

>>53360563
>http://m.baka.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/play-ball-not-bolt-in-free-speech-debate-20111027-1mm4h.html
Well shit. I knew we had them, but I didn't realise they were actually enforcing them. Probably because I'd seen people get away with it before. In any case, given all the nanny state shit our govt does, I'm not exactly terribly surprised by it.

>>53360603
yo yo waterballs

rubber ducks

:^)

>>53360659
>Thus, a full acquittal was achieved if the jury found that the accused had reasonably believed they were threatened with death or serious bodily harm and, if so, that the force used was reasonably proportionate to the perceived danger.

Google 'one punch can kill'

>>53360593
>>53359921
Disregard this. I read your baka link and have conceded that point.

>>53360603
Whereas I think that's stupid to be banned here, it's been done because it's a children's product. What's the reason for banning violent media for adults?
>>53360593
http://m.baka.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/play-ball-not-bolt-in-free-speech-debate-20111027-1mm4h.html

>>53360681
Bolt is the only notable example of them ever being enforced

>>53360504
freedom doesn't mean shit if you're dying from lung cancer and you can't get treatment

>>53360708
>>53360710
Sorry, posted too late. Fair enough.

>>53360661
I know. But if a private establishment wants to allow smoking indoors, and people who want to visit should an establishment should be legal.

Why can't non-smokers simply fuck off to the many non-smoking bars that exist? Don't want to breathe smoke? Don't visit a smoking bar.

>>53360681
>baka.com.au
when is the chink cunt fixing this

>>53360586
prostitution is completely legal here

>>53360424
Okay, but again, I don't expect you to understand, but most people find things like this difficult to care about. Yeah, you're exactly right when you say that our govt runs a nanny state and wants to either ban or regulate anything that's dangerous or that it doesn't understand, but on minor things like this nobody other than mischevious youths are even affected, so generally nobody cares.

>>53360734
I can afford health insurance.

The vast majority of Americans have health insurance dipshit.

>>53360734
>muh freedom from consequence
Thanks for effectively conceding, socialist.

>>53360759
It's not banned at the federal level here, either.

>>53360659
>I like being allowed to defend myself with lethal force if I were to be physically assaulted m8
Frankly that one just makes you sound like a bit of a psycho, really. Don't get me wrong, I think our self defence laws are a bit inadequate and I'm not real thrilled about others dictating to me the way in which I can protect my own life should it ever be threatened. But using lethal force against someone that's punching or kicking somebody is Africa levels of reaction.

>>53360804
it's effectively banned pretty much everywhere in you bunch of puritans

>>53360734
Don't even bother. Everyone in this country thinks that if their selfish needs aren't 100% catered to, their freedoms are being attacked.

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>>53360804
>If It's a not a federal law it doesn't matter

>>53360780
> if y'all cares for society, y'all are all god damn commies.

>>53360723
Okay, but still I'm not comfortable with that happening, are you? We only have a couple of political parties that even give half a shit about civil liberties and they're either tiny, ineffective ones like F.R.E.E. or shitty meme ones like the Sex Party. We really do deserve better.

>>53360830
No. It's called not aggressing against somebody.

Punching and kicking have the potential to kill. Responding with lethal force is perfectly fine.

If you went to a cop and started punching and kicking him you'd rightfully be shot.

>OP sad about Aussies only being associated with banter
>thread slowly degrades into a gun control banter thread
How ironic.

>>53360882
No I'm not comfortable with it, I think It should be repealed but people blow it out of proportion, It's such a small law and It is very rarely ever enforced

It essentially says you can't say things aren't true

It's not illegal to say black people commit more crimes, or are dumber according to IQ and test results because there are many documents of that

It's illegal to say things that could be perceived as racist that have no proof to back it up

Bolt had no evidence to back up his claim that people were pretending to be Aboriginal to rort the system and there was enough leftist butthurt that the Government was forced to actually enforce the law

>>53360563
>And?
And nothing. This one just comes down to a simple difference of opinion. If you think you should be able to ride your bicycle without a helmet and you do then that's pefectly fine. Literally nowhere else to go on that as far as I can see.
>>inb4 gun laws
>Gun laws make sense because other people's rights are potentially at stake. If I fall off of my bike, it won't break the skull of someone 100 meters away.
I wasn't going to mention your gun laws, desu. If anything, I'm probably one of the only Aussies you'll see on here that thinks our laws are too strict in that regard. Our self defence laws for that matter, too.

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>>53360830
>Mfw reading your post

>>53360861
>>53360861
>muh collective

This is why you're such a fucking nanny state. A free country accepts that liberty comes with risks and costs to society and accepts that.

Keep banning more shit for MUH SAFETY. What a fucking joke Australia has become. Long gone are the days of Dundee m8.

>>53360945
instigated by yanks

>>53360909
>Punching and kicking have the potential to kill.
Yeah, but more often than not they just result in minor injuries at most or a bruised ego. Using lethal force on the slim chance that it might maybe kill you is a pretty extreme level of reaction or even preemption in my view. I respect that that's what the law allows you to do in your country, but things are different here and most people don't seem to have a problem with that one.
>If you went to a cop and started punching and kicking him you'd rightfully be shot.
You'd probably be shot in America. Here you're more likely to be pepper sprayed or tazed. Even though cops are all issued with firearms here, they tend to try to avoid using them unless they have to.

>>53360979
I'm not really sure what to take from that post. Do you like or hate what I said?

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>>53360991
>When an amerishot unironically uses SHALL NOT INFRINGE "Liberty" as an argument against bettering healthcare and extending the (comparitavely) poor HDI of his """nation"""
You cannot fabricate this.

>>53351569
>>53351569
>>53351569

>>53360945
I don't know about these other guys, but I'm having a legit discussion about rights and civil liberties with my Yankbros.

>>53361080
It's not about chances m8.

Say punching and kicking have a 5 percent chance of killing you. Would you partake in an activity where your chances of dying are five percent? No you wouldn't.

>>53361100
I'm upper-middle class so life is pretty great in America.

But I'll respond

>MUH HDI

You are absolutely right that Australia does have a higher living standard than America. But I personally place greater emphasis on personal freedom. Put simply, I would choose America to live in, because while the living standards are slightly lower than Australia, it isn't as authoritarian.

To me a high living standard at the cost of being coddled to shit and being free to do fuck all is meaningless. It's like a comfy well-kept prison.

I know this is radical thought to you m8, I honestly don't care. I'll take my slightly lower living standards as long as I have a fuckton of freedom than vice versa.

>>53361136
>Say punching and kicking have a 5 percent chance of killing you. Would you partake in an activity where your chances of dying are five percent? No you wouldn't.
I suppose it depends on the circumstances. If we're talking about somebody being hit off guard in say a bar or a nightclub for example and that had the 5% chance, then yeah obviously not. They even have PSAs here about exactly that because of a few people that have been punched in the back of the head with no warning and it either resulted in hospitalisation or death. But shit like that happens in pubs and clubs all the time here and people don't usually die from it. But I've been hit in the head with all kinds of stuff over the years, I'm still alive and I was never hospitalised. So I can appreciate the slim chance of it actually causing serious harm to me in most circumstances. But I can also understand why people that haven't been exposed to that kind of violence much might be frightened by the worst case scenario stories.
If we're talking about any kind of punching and kicking, even in controlled situations then it wouldn't bother me at all because I've already partaken plenty of times and nothing bad ever happend to me. I'm still alive and I was never hospitalised.
Sorry if I'm not fully addressing what you're getting at here. I'm juggling several conversations right now and can't exactly give 100% to all of them.

>>53361100
>>53361232
You two are both going to beat your heads against the proverbial wall over differences of culture and opinion aren't you?

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>>53361232
> It's like a comfy well-kept prison.
Better than an actual prison

>>53361267
It doesn't result in death in the vast majority of time, I agree.

But like I said, the potential is there and even if it were 2% or 1% or dying it's a chance. Thus why if I went to Australia and started swinging at a coppah's head I'd be shot dead.

>>53361094
Do you not know who that is

>>53361293
We're fixing it by starting to make weed legal :^)

You just legalized medical weed kek.

>>53361232
>free to do fuck all
What a ridiculous exaggeration. Why does everything Americans ever think about have to be a choice between two polar extremes? Like retarded children

>>53359921
Andrew Bolt talks out of his arse nearly all the time and is generally a shit bloke that needs to lighten up.

Here's the actual hate speech law:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/rda1975202/s18c.html

And here's an article on its interpretation in case law:
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/stories/body-case-law-provides-clarity-18c-commissioner

Hagan v Trustees of the Toowoomba Sports Ground Trust made it clear that someone saying "I'm offended" isn't enough to make something hate speech. It has to be considered offensive by a reasonable person. And Creek v Cairns Post made it clear that it has to cause "profound and serious" offense, not be a "mere slight".

What happened in the Bolt case was that he said fair-skinned Aboriginal people weren't really Aboriginal because they weren't black enough and were only pretending to be Aboriginal to get benefits. Like usual, he cited absolutely zero evidence in saying that.

That's way different from pretending we have some Tumblr-style law. We don't.

>>53361293
I'll tell you what, they must do a good job of indoctrination over there to convince the population they're so "free". Gives new meaning the term Stockholm Syndrome.

>>53360082
>has anyone calculated when Americans will stop being faggots on the internet?

>>53361311
Yeah I know and I cannot deny that there is a chance there because it does indeed on occasion. But simply put, I'm just not able to do it. Not even in the legal sense (although that's also the case), but just in the sense that I'm not mentally and morally prepared to use lethal force against somebody just for hitting me or somebody else. I think this might just be a difference of culture and national character, really.
>Thus why if I went to Australia and started swinging at a coppah's head I'd be shot dead.
Bro I'm telling you they probably wouldn't shoot you. You'd be far more likely to be pepper sprayed or tazed at worst. Police get assaulted here, just like anywhere else, but they don't go around lighting people up and I can only guess that it's because they're aware of the relative threat level.
>>53360082
We took a vote on it and decided we're going to stay white. If we boost our melanin, who are non-whites going to bitch about? Asians?

>>53361340
>retarded children

Kek. Your government treats you like one of those retarded children who stuck forks into wall sockets as kids and banged their heads on walls, so their parents covered the wall sockets and made them wear a helmet at home.

You ban, heavily restrict or heavily tax anything slightly dangerous m8

>>53361314
I do not.

>>53361457
It's the 18 year old that was killed last week in Brisbane by being punched once in the head

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>>53358739
Brazilians cuz they can play football

>>53361289
>>53361289
Nah, I'm shitposting, and have vidya to play.
All I can say, is that the USA is a much more unstable nation, partially due to the laws being lax, and partly due to ease of access to guns. it will show in the years to come.
> inb4 "so patriotic I'm willing to go to war against my own nation" speech

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>tfw Jewish-Australian

Could be worse.

>>53361482
Okay. So are you saying people should or shouldn't be allowed to use lethal force to defend against a punch to the head? Assuming of course that they aren't knocked unconscious by the first blow.

>>53361454
>your government
We live in a functioning democracy m8, our government pretty accurately reflects the will of the people. Something you'll never understand. If we wanted things to be different we'd make them different, simple as that

>>53361593
Should be

Any type of serious assault has the potential to be lethal

>>53360281
Yeah and you'd look like a total cock being pulled over by a cop with a bike helmet tied to your handlebars and told to put the fucking thing on your head, dipshit.
Ha Ha Ha

>>53361593
He may just have been shitposting m8 calm down

>>53361614
Would you rather

a) Look like an idiot who has to be told by a cop to put the helmet on

or

b) Look like an idiot receiving a fine because you don't have a helmet

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>>53361590
>Australian jews just get cooked in the sun

>>53361311
>I'd be shot dead
No you'd be pepper sprayed or tazed. Then charged and deported facing charges in the USA. Police only shoot at people with wielded knives or guns.

>>53361664
Fuck off Robert.

>>53361612
True, but in most cases it isn't. Have you ever been out drinking with your mates on the weekend and seen a fight break out? Ever been to a party and seen a fight break out? How many people died at those?
>>53361628
How is asking a simple question getting worked up?
>>53361640
Just wear your helmet and avoid the whole thing desu. Even if not wearing a helmet was legal I'd still wear one because I'm not real keen on head injuries.
>>53361664
Fukken lol'd, Rareflag.
>>53361672
>Police only shoot at people with wielded knives or guns.
Even then they've been known to try and talk people down instead of just shooting them.

>>53360593
Andrew Bolt was not arrested, he only violated CIVIL law (Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act), not CRIMINAL law, there is a distinct difference. No police were involved, he just got sued. Also, how can you not know who Andrew Bolt is as an Australian? He's pretty much our own one-man Fox News..

>>53361699
> talk people down instead of just shooting them
If our police went around shooting every leb or Arab soccer hooligan with a knife, there would be more chances for a sand-nignog Charlestown and Boston-style uprising

>>53361311
Generally they only shoot at iceheads (crystal meth for you Americans) and that's only because iceheads don't listen to warnings.

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>>53358555
That spider has a healthbar?

>>53361801
Palm Island

>>53360957
Sorry I took so long to get to you.
>Bolt had no evidence to back up his claim that people were pretending to be Aboriginal to rort the system and there was enough leftist butthurt that the Government was forced to actually enforce the law
In that case I take back most of what I said. I already knew there was the slander/libel about false accusations and such, I just didn't know that Bolt had said that shit without anything backing it up.

>>53361841
Could be worse 2bh
There could be literally millions.

>>53361794
>Andrew Bolt was not arrested, he only violated CIVIL law (Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act), not CRIMINAL law, there is a distinct difference. No police were involved, he just got sued.
Figures. The one piece of evidence he tried to throw at me about speech infringement and it didn't even involve an arrest like he was trying to get at.
>Also, how can you not know who Andrew Bolt is as an Australian? He's pretty much our own one-man Fox News..
I know who he is, I just didn't know he'd been arrested until I read the article posted ITT. Also I don't watch a lot of TV.
>>53361801
Possibly, but that seems kind of speculative.

>>53361664
UNCOMMON

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>Americans shit on your cunt
>Respond with anger and derision
>They reply in kind
>Respond rationally and reasonably
>They actually have a rational and reasonable conversation with you
Who'da fucken thunk it? Thanks to the USA bros that weren't complete wankstains ITT, but I've got shit to do, so I'm heading off for a while.
Everybody be good or I'm reporting you to our police state overlords and having you arrested for hate speech.

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>tfw the twinks you hook up with arent really interested in forming a meaningful relationship

>>53362087
>being gay

>>53362087
Where do you live f a m?

LADS who /surfski/ here?

Literally the greatest kayak type of all time

>>53362102
yeah i'm gay, but you're a faggot

>>53362087
Sup Andy?

>>53362123
Not me. Sorry m8.

>>53362102
Nothing wrong with the occasional buggerin m8
>>53362119
Syd fampai
>>53362149
Way off

>>53358739
lebs

>>53362123
Mate this is AUSTRALIA. You surf, you bodyboard or you get the fuck out of the water. Swimming is the only acceptable alternative.

>>53362215
Wait. Do you guys have troubles with them too?

>>53362245
Its an aussie m8

>>53362245
No, that's why they're my favorite.

>>53362343
Maybe some day.

>>53362220

>physically touching the water
>not gliding over the surface

Absolutely pleb tier

Also the surf ski is a bogan invention lad

>>53362368
Post your american ìd's and outside your windows right now. Youre the same proxied aussie who constantly makes aussie themed tjreads on int and attention whore on sp in cric and other aussie threads there who are you fooling mate? I myself only recently started using aussie ip's after a long stint on german and dutch proxies

>>53362464
>on sp in cric

If you unironically post on /sp/, then fuck right off to your cancerous board and stay there.

>>53362531
>/sp/
>not the best board after /int/

wew

>>53362555
Yeah, if you like looking at /cp/ you sick freak. No wonder /int/ was gone downhill recently. All these disgusting a/sp/ies like yourself are posting here.

>>53362579
>Yeah, if you like looking at /cp/ you sick freak.
hello 2007

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>>53362464
You want my social too?

>>53362612
It still goes on and is sanctioned by the mods there, that's why /sp/ didn't have an archive for months. Do keep up.

>>53362654
Not last time I checked. I only visit during the footy season anyway, this time of year its overrun with yanks spamming their shitty sports.

On the bike helmet thing, there are way too many spastic drivers who can't stand cyclists on our roads for me to ever feel comfortable riding without one. My dad has gotten into numerous serious accidents/fights/minor accidents that turn into fights just because motorists hate having to drive carefully.

I go the long way just so I don't have to ride with traffic.

>>53362625
Yeah whatever cunt, while youre at it post the insides of your fridge too

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>>53362774

>>53362854
>nandos

Non yank detected

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>>53362854
>takes everything out to post a pic to 'prove' hos americaness but not the blurred out id or outside the window

>>53358555
>196 posts
>no one's checked these trips

>>53362751
This. There are drivers who deliberately hit cyclists because they hate them that much. And they know they can get away with it unless the cyclist has a gopro or something. Plus there's all the idiots who open the car doors without looking.

>>53358739
Adam Goodes

>>53360080
>not having snow

But we also have snow.

>>53360127
They're not banned here. I'm pretty sure they're legal in all states/territories, but there are laws regarding their use (shining in eyes, at cars, etc.)

>>53360684
I don't know what a yo yo waterball ball is, but rubber ducks are 100% legal and I don't know how you could be so retarded as to think otherwise.

>>53362923
You got me, I'm actually from Dunk.

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>>53358819
Its true
I wish it wasn't but I melt when I hear a good accent and voice
Its my biggest weakness

>>53363917
nigguh

>>53358612
that's what it's like being a girl irl