[Oriental lily]

I always thought there was playful rivalry between us and the 'mother' country.

However I have been reading British papers to hear the other side of how they are dealing with the tragic dj prank and nurse who is suspected of taking her own life and some of the comments are not just scathing of the dj's but of Australians as a whole.

Things like 'what to expect from a country with a convict past. And 'we did send all our rejects there so what do you expect'
Other things like Australians are all loud mouthed ignorant fools ect ect.

Now I am not impressed with this prank. The fall out is horrible but I am surprised with this hatred towards our country as a whole.

It's not like the uk have a brilliant media history themselves!

I always thought our rivalry went no further than the sporting arena. Which I find really sad. I have British relatives and have always thought our countries had a kinship. That we were very similar.

But their is a really bitter delight in the papers of attacking all Australians over this.

So for those currently living there or who have visited recently how do believe they perceive us?

[PatG]

Nope.

But they have media, just like we do. And saying nothing doesn't make a good story.

[Cancerian Moon]

Of the few Brits I've known, there's definitely a bit of smugness and superiority there. Any Aussie who's a bit too exuberant or naively enthusiastic sends the noses into the air. I don't think the English can be characterised by the British tabloids though.
EFS

This post has been edited by CancerianMoon: 11/12/2012, 12:36 PM

[MakeLoveNotBacon]

I think that type of attitude is common in all countries with certain people. We have it with the English and especially the Americans.

When I visited/lived in the UK, they seemed to LOVE Australians. I cringed often at some the behaviour from Australians I saw though.

This post has been edited by Madame Catty: 11/12/2012, 12:37 PM

[PixieVee]

Having lived in Britain and visited many time I would say no, the very large majority or Brits don't hate Australians. In fact I found quite the opposite!

The media is a different beast altogether.

[RobotFerretOfDoo...]

No. I'm married to an Englishman and have spent a lot of time there. If anything it has been a positive thing, they are hooked on our soaps and have this image of what life is like for us that comes straight out of "Home & Away" (I get extra cool points for growing up at Palm Beach, where H&A is filmed).

You get the jokes about being convicts, just like we joke about whingeing Poms. But it's all good natured.

Times like this just bring our the idiots, who will seize on anything to reinforce prejudice.

[Burro]

Did 'the British' say that or was it just a couple of people commenting on a website?

Years ago in the UK i read somewhere that australia was 'intellectually tranquil'.

This post has been edited by Burro: 11/12/2012, 12:40 PM

[Sweet like a lem...]

No more than Australians dislike the "whinging poms", "racist saffers" or the "stupid yanks" etc etc. In truth Australians don't have the best international reputation but I don't think one person's opinion defines how the greater majority of another country might feel.

This post has been edited by ForsakenTruth: 11/12/2012, 07:26 PM

[seayork2002]

They have the Daily Mail, The Sun and The Guardian and used to have the NOTW (amongst many others), oh and journalists...they have no right to comment!!! have they been living under a rock over there? over the past few years.

No matter what their papers/journalists/head honcho's do I would never rubbish their country!

[BadCat]

Ascribing particular, generaly negative, character traits to all the nationals of any one country is racism.

Every country on Earth will have some racist twits amongst it's population. They are loudest during any sh*tstorm involving anyone from another country wronging someone from their own. Surely this isn't really a surprise to anyone?

This post has been edited by BadCat: 11/12/2012, 12:43 PM