On 16 Nov 2005 at 20:50, P. J. Alling wrote: > We always used to think of Aussies as happy go lucky blokes. > They seem to be, if anything, more paranoid than North Americans...
When I visited the US a couple of months prior to 911 I was actually quite surprised how apparently self regulated the US is compared with Oz. Unfortunately here more and more we are turning into a nanny state. The government and whatever it is that claims to be opposition tend to go hand in hand with regards to any such terror/privacy/self protection/"safety" legislative proposals. The problem is that the changes are creeping so that they aren't noticed by the plebs in real time. It's a damn pity, we may have been happy go lucky in the past but we certainly aren't these days, not by any measure. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
