Older readers may recall the crippling British labor strikes in 1978-1979 which ultimately helped usher in the late Margaret Thatcher’s historic tenure at Ten Downing Street as Great Britain’s Prime Minister, and how the media of the time referred to the situation as Great Britain’s “
However, I should clarify something: I am neither "right-wing" nor "left wing".
I'm a libertarian who desperately wishes there were a way to make political anarchy work. and in the meantime argues eternally for upholding the rule of law and (in the United States) the plain and straightforward text of the United States Constitution.
The “too sensitive for US ears” was about the swearing. This level of swearing is not considered offensive in Australia but they tone down the swearing when they do a US one.
At least when they swear they do it in a grammatically coherent fashion.
These days when most Americans swear, not only do they go overboard with the vulgarity, they reduce their speech to word salad more in line with severe mental illness than passion for the topic.
That’s why I like your substack. It’s great almost unbiased analysis. As an outsider I observe the USA is much more polarized and sensitive to ideas that are outside of “their party.” If I thought you were “right wing” I wouldn’t have linked it. Libertarian is a “dirty word” here in Australia.
More importantly did you like it?
If you did, they’ve got a lot more videos you might enjoy, mostly topical Australian politics/policy but they’ve got some International ones you might like. Don’t know if the Australian humour translates to a US audience.
I liked the first bit. By the third sequence it had grown tiresome. If those bits are going to be part of a longer video, they would do well to weave something else in between to give some variety. Hitting one note one time can be quite beautiful. Hitting that same note multiple times in a row can be quite annoying. That video, while humorous at first, ended up veering towards the latter.
Some bits of Australian humor are going to go over quite well in the US. Others are going to leave folks on this side of the Pond scratching their heads going "what the f***?"
Outside of woke liberal elites (okay, that's redundant) who are offended by everything, including themselves, I imagine most Aussie humor would do quite well here in the US.
No worries, part of the humour for Australian’s is that they mimic the format, style and tone of our real Government ads. I think you have something similar like your Public Service Announcements. They’re so similar to real Government ads, that our Federal Government tried to pass legislation effectively banning them, saying they were so similar that normal people would mistake them as real Government Announcements, which makes it even funnier for us, especially when they were played in Parliament. They’re not ads asking for “Honest Government” but what Government Ads would look like if the Government was honest.
Having me explain it probably makes it even more tiresome you 😀
You might like this video, possibly a bit too left wing for your liking but covers some of your points in a satirical message.
Honest Government Ads:
https://youtu.be/qyt3Op2dTc0
Please feel free to delete if you feel it’s not appropriate, some words used by Australian’s may be problematic for US ears.
It wasn't too left wing....but it was too long!
However, I should clarify something: I am neither "right-wing" nor "left wing".
I'm a libertarian who desperately wishes there were a way to make political anarchy work. and in the meantime argues eternally for upholding the rule of law and (in the United States) the plain and straightforward text of the United States Constitution.
Here, here! . I guess I’m a libertarian as well. From being left until Oh, around January 2021.
The “too sensitive for US ears” was about the swearing. This level of swearing is not considered offensive in Australia but they tone down the swearing when they do a US one.
At least when they swear they do it in a grammatically coherent fashion.
These days when most Americans swear, not only do they go overboard with the vulgarity, they reduce their speech to word salad more in line with severe mental illness than passion for the topic.
That’s why I like your substack. It’s great almost unbiased analysis. As an outsider I observe the USA is much more polarized and sensitive to ideas that are outside of “their party.” If I thought you were “right wing” I wouldn’t have linked it. Libertarian is a “dirty word” here in Australia.
More importantly did you like it?
If you did, they’ve got a lot more videos you might enjoy, mostly topical Australian politics/policy but they’ve got some International ones you might like. Don’t know if the Australian humour translates to a US audience.
I liked the first bit. By the third sequence it had grown tiresome. If those bits are going to be part of a longer video, they would do well to weave something else in between to give some variety. Hitting one note one time can be quite beautiful. Hitting that same note multiple times in a row can be quite annoying. That video, while humorous at first, ended up veering towards the latter.
Some bits of Australian humor are going to go over quite well in the US. Others are going to leave folks on this side of the Pond scratching their heads going "what the f***?"
Outside of woke liberal elites (okay, that's redundant) who are offended by everything, including themselves, I imagine most Aussie humor would do quite well here in the US.
No worries, part of the humour for Australian’s is that they mimic the format, style and tone of our real Government ads. I think you have something similar like your Public Service Announcements. They’re so similar to real Government ads, that our Federal Government tried to pass legislation effectively banning them, saying they were so similar that normal people would mistake them as real Government Announcements, which makes it even funnier for us, especially when they were played in Parliament. They’re not ads asking for “Honest Government” but what Government Ads would look like if the Government was honest.
Having me explain it probably makes it even more tiresome you 😀