*********************************************************************** * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * *********************************************************************** T H I S S P A C E C A N B E Y O U R S Advertise your Product(s) and Service(s) on Goanet & S u p p o r t G o a n e t o p e r a t i o n s F o r d e t a i l s c o n t a c t : [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** Headline: Be decent, not Australian By Roger Coombs Source: Daily Telegraph (Sydney) February 06, 2007 at: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21179173-5007146,00.html
Excerpts: For Australians, the very sound of our nationality rolls pleasingly off the tongue. Proud of our homeland, and connected, most of us are happy to declare our strong sense of belonging. "I'm an Australian, mate," we say, knowing that in most places in the world it will go down pretty well. Dr Samuel Johnson summed it up thus: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." Which is not to say all patriots are scoundrels, just that some scoundrels will misuse patriotism for their own purposes.