Are manners emphasized in Australia?

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There appears to be a shared cultural posture with the South Africans in being expressive in a forthright way as validation they must be right with their opinion. Inuendo and sublety in conversation is not highly regarded, and branded as being evasive and weak with your views. I've found some to be self centred, crude and devoid of social graces, and no doubt, I'd find the same here too if I looked hard enough.

Australian manners story: There is a wedding in the outback. 500 miners sitting around waiting for the party to start, and a bloke runs in. - "I've got bad news for you.

The beer's been stolen, and some s*** raped the bride. " And there was pandemonium. A few minutes later the same man runs in with a big smile and he says, "Stop it, Stop it, don't break everything up.

I've got good news. We have found the beer and the S***t's apologised.

Good manners are very important in some families and unfortunately are completely ignored in others (much like in Canada and most other countries). It then comes down to the school the person attends. Good manners are emphasised at most private schools and some public schools so if a person comes from a family where manners are unimportant and goes to a school where they are emphasised, some of it rubs off.

Overall though, I'd say that far too many young Australians have very poor manners and people with good manners tend to stand out. Don't however confuse an Australian's informality and relaxed attitude with bad manners - over here, virtually everyone is called by their first name regardless of their position in society (teachers excepted - they're still Mr, Mrs or Ms) and to us, that's not bad manners. Your perception of Australians as racists is wrong.

Of course we have some racists and they tend to make a lot of noise on sites like this one, but overall, the vast majority of Australians are very accepting and welcoming to everyone and the question of race simply never arises. Interracial dating is very common and goes without comment and I've always worked in companies with a very broad racial mix where everyone mixes socially with everyone else with no racial tensions of any kind. I've observed though that Australian racists seem to dislike only people of a certain race or ethnic background (which one depends on where they live) and that it's virtually always because of a sense of inferiority or being hard done by rather than because they feel they're superior in some way.

That is the opposite to my observations in other countries where racists feel that other races are inferior to them. I'm married to an American and have spent years in the States and UK and have always been shocked at how some people feel that members of another race are beneath them and should 'know their place'.

Australians don't like you Canadians... You Canadians are weirder than I thought.

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