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] Date Posted: 15:03:17 12/05/04 Sun In reply to: Jim (Canada) 's message, "There are still many Canadians working in Britain with no problems" on 14:45:45 12/05/04 Sun "Perhaps the Labour government is discriminating against Canadians because we refused to support America and Britain in Iraq, while Australia did?" I really don't think so. Quite a few Americans have been having the same problems; and NZ didn't support the war and they have no problems. Perhaps it has something to do with perceptions, though. Try as we might (and try as the EU might), we just can not really think of Australians and New Zealanders as foreigners, whereas South Africans and Canadians can sometimes seem very alien to us these days, especially the younger generation. You're dead right about the injustice of making people who were until recently co-nationals queue up for hours to get visas while foreigners from Europe can mooch over the Channel in a passenger hovercraft and reside here for as long as they want. On the other hand, it's still easier for antipodeans to come to Britian than for Brits to go Down Under... [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:17:28 12/05/04 Sun An illegal immigrant (forget where from - let's say the former Yugoslavia) was appearing in court in Sydney and likely to be deported. As he was waiting, he was looking carefully around the recently completed court building, taking note of certain details. The judge noted this and asked him why he was so intrigued by the building, to which the man replied, "I think we did a good job with this one, but there's some things we should come back and fix up." "You mean to say," said the judge, "that you built this courthouse?" "My company did, yes," said the man. "Well," said the judge, "You can stay then. If you have been here hard at work all this time, I would be a fool to send you away now." [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |