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bec
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   Posted: 30 October 2007 at 2:22pm |
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hey well you sound like an idiot soz kid but really.
im 15 and i knew the answers to that idiotic test.
yes the test sucks.
so does john and kevin but did the whole world need to listen to your 200 word rant about how you, a fully grown person out of school, cant answer a couple of simple questions.
dear god. i hope you didnt go to university or i will have lost all my faith in the older generation. (which just happens to be the generation that drives the taxis i sit in and votes :p)
soorrryy
love bec
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domthews
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 9:03am |
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SNAP!!! lol.
It's about time people started insulting each other on the blender!
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greeno
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 1:24pm |
true....I'm having a lot of difficulty figuring out just who exactly that was directed at though. that was just really really odd.
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kauliflower
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 2:56pm |
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Did she count the words manually or enter it into a word processor? seems a lot of effort just to cut someone down.
it should probably also be noted that not all information just accumulates in your brain indefinitely. it also gets thrown out so the fact that you knew something at age 15 doesn't necessarily mean that it should be so incredibly obvious to adults.
sorry, had to point that out. obnoxious children who laugh at you because you've forgotten how to do long division, just because you've learnt how to use a calculator, are annoying.
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Arctic Firefox
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 3:22pm |
Perhaps allowing random Guests to post here wasn't such a good idea after all.
Bec could have been referring to several people on this thread with "200 word" comments, but no one here said they couldn't answer the questions. Most confusing, but then I suspect Bec is a little confused as well. 
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Cailin
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 5:20pm |
Hey guys,
Firstly... did i just hear (or read  ) someone say that it is time we started insulting each other on the blender??
I have a problem with this statement. i dont no about you, but i am here to share ideas and learn about important world issues in a way that i can feel comfortable in sharing. dont get me wrong, i have nothing against people questioning others views or telling them they're wrong, - but insulting? surely thats not right...
Secondly, i am not sure who Bec is, but i guess we have to take the good and the bad of everything. Not all guests are going to be bad. most people come here for the right reasons! lets focuss on the good ones who have something decent to say.
well thats enough from me,
Cailin 
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Silver
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Posted: 31 October 2007 at 10:29pm |
Pish, people are too afraid of insults on this forum! Toughen up guys! 
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of ELDERBERRIES!! (... or was it the other way round? Hmm...)
Ok, now I've let that out.... haha...
I agree that, apart from a basic understanding of English, people should have a *basic* understanding of our legal principles. For example, there was a case study in a law course that I did at uni where a couple of young men who came from some isolated village in a 3rd world country (can't remember which), were on trial for raping a girl. Their defense? "It's not illegal in our country, and we didn't know any better."
O_o Enough said.
Actually, that 'test' was so ridiculous that it was almost funny! Just goes to show that all the really intelligent people in this country are much too smart to go into politics. ;)
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greeno
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Posted: 20 December 2007 at 10:29am |
no no no...they're much too smart to go into the Liberal party
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greeno
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Posted: 20 December 2007 at 10:31am |
and that was the right way around :P
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smartbeaver
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Posted: 22 March 2008 at 10:06pm |
i fail to believe why people who wants to call themselves an australian would not know these simple facts and knowledge about australia's history. if they're willing to wait 2 years to move from permanent resident to australian citizen it's not asking that much of them to know these simple facts.
all the answers to the questions are on one tiny booklet avaliable for them to study. its takes a little initative to be an australian citizen and if they're unwilling to take a couple of hours of their time to study what it takes to be an australian then maybe they shouldn't be considered an australia.
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tails
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Posted: 29 March 2008 at 3:35pm |
Smartbeaver,
What relevance to today's society doe sour national flower have though? If the test asked some serious questions, and the answers were about things that may actually help someone become more familiar with Australia then I'm sure everyone would be alot more accepting of it.
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rock_chik631
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Posted: 09 April 2008 at 1:27pm |
*loves monty python*
*doesnt endorse monty python sketches as way of life*
*forgets what she actually had to say*
oh yeah, about teaching immigrants adequate english...
the government provides inadequate english language assistance because nobody seems willing to do it.. i have volunteered to help migrants in my local area with language skills, and have found thru the process you connect on a very real level with these new memebers of your community, as well as imparting australian values without realising it!! (leaving debate as to what australian values are for the more fired up among you...)
so please please please, if you have a spare hour each week, look into volunteering to teach english in your own area! (its difficult to link, as there is not an overriding government body that looks after this... I did mine thru Illawarra Multicultural Services. Just browse local community groups.)
thanks guys =)
and i got all answers correct in the test, purely from having lived in australia for 19yrs and knowing how our government thinks we think.
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