Why I Love Australia

I ran across a very interesting article today titled “Why I Love Australia.” I highly recommend reading the whole thing (it’s short), but here’s a snippet for those too lazy to click on links:

In the Australian House of Representatives last month, opposition member Julia Gillard interrupted a speech by the minister of health thusly: “I move that that sniveling grub over there be not further heard.”

For that, the good woman was ordered removed from the House, if only for a day. She might have escaped that little time-out if she had responded to the speaker’s demand for an apology with something other than “If I have offended grubs, I withdraw unconditionally.”

God, I love Australia.

I certainly do have respect for a country that has politicians who can call people “sniveling grub[s]” with a straight face.

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By Keith Survell

Geek, professional programmer, amateur photographer, crazy rabbit guy, only slightly obsessed with cute things.

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