Dont Be a Dickhead Campaign in Australia

[MadForIt]

For this reason (and Neighbours), i am starting to love the aussies!

BBC News - Australian minister criticises Lewis Hamilton


The roads minister of Victoria in Australia has used strong language to criticise Lewis Hamilton after his road car was impounded by Melbourne police. Minister Tim Pallas made the comment on the day that Victoria launched a new road safety campaign.

Mr Pallas criticised the 25-year-old British racing driver on the day that Victoria launched a Don't Be a Dickhead road safety campaign.
Asked whether Lewis Hamilton met that description, he said: "OK, I'll say it. He's a dickhead."



No beating around the bush with the Aussies

 

[Vincent Vega]

He deserves to be arrested. As a race driver he should know how to make a head-start without skidding.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Actually the 'Don't be a Dickhead' campaign was erroniously reported as road-safety-specific. Actually it's just a generic community service announcement to encourage people to not be dickheads. Such crude language is supposed to reach these dickheads, but it probably won't.

If you drink and then stamp a 'bloody idiot' branding iron on your forehead, you're a dickhead.

 

[financeguy]

<<Fakes outrage for around 2.5 milliseconds>>

 

[cobl04]

Mark Webber got in a fair bit of shit for what he said in response to this too.

Hamilton, what a fucking idiot though

 

[The Sad Punk]

There are other reasons to love us, too.

 

[bono_212]

There are other reasons to love us, too.

You're all the reason I need, baby.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Australians.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Australian Lord-Protector-for-Life Kevin Rudd Endorses Don't Be A Revisionist Backslider Campaign

 

[deep]

In an effort to not be a nation of dickheads

Aussie's have a new P M ?

 

[Kieran McConville]

Yes, they do.

Three opposition leaders and two prime ministers in three years. Something odd is going on.

 

[The Sad Punk]

I'm surprised there wasn't a thread about it.

Still not entirely sure how I feel about the ordeal, other than feeling like I'm in completely different country. Kieran's onto something.

For what it's worth, I don't expect Gillard to be any better or worse than Rudd, although she's already annoyed me a little. What she'll do for our international image, I'm interested to see.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

For what it's worth, I don't expect Gillard to be any better or worse than Rudd, although she's already annoyed me a little. What she'll do for our international image, I'm interested to see.

wtf.

 

[deep]

I'm surprised there wasn't a thread about it.

.

I couldn't start a new thread (my account has been restricted to only 2 within a 30 day period)

so I brought this one back

 

[indra]

I couldn't start a new thread (my account has been restricted to only 2 within a 30 day period)

And just what did you do?

 

[Kieran McConville]

Here's the thing: I have no particular view about Gillard, and thought Rudd was competent enough, not even close to disastrous. A 24-hour palace coup in the first term of a prime ministership, ahead of an election they were probably going to win fairly comfortably (recent shock-horror polls notwithstanding) is just seriously weird territory. It's the sort of stuff Hunter Thompson would write about.

I could chime in with some comment about Australians not knowing how lucky we have it (thinking here about the world recession etc etc), but frankly the general public had little to do with this. In fact, the party caucus of the freaking ALP apparently had little to do with this.

We shall see, I guess.

 

[Kieran McConville]

The Afghanistan commitment is bipartisan btw. Just one of those things that come with the alliance. Do not expect any mainstream political leader to disavow it. Ever.

Or to put it another way, it's for the US to end. We are merely humble partners.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

Or to put it another way, it's for the US to end. We are merely humble partners.

At the rate we're going, you're going to be humble partners for a long time to come, perhaps . We have a really hard time "ending" wars.

Angela

 

[Kieran McConville]

Yairs, well, them's the breaks.

Look, domestically, for better or for worse, in a country like Australia this just does not have the presence in the public consciousness that something like Vietnam did. Our commitment appears to be mainly specialist military and their precise activities a little vague. Oh there have been Australian casualities (between 10 and 20), and as they climb the mood may well sour. But it is not on even close to the scale of past wars. Which is to explain, not condone.

 

[MadForIt]

a welshwoman leading the aussies!

but for how long?

Will ABbot win the next election?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Uhhh ...

Spoiler

Spoiler

DEAR GOD NO.

 

[intedomine]

I love Gillard, so happy, it's like a 48yo, female version of me running the country...

Do feel for Rudd, what a shattering way to lose leadership of the country, I hope he's doing ok... But if a change of leader is what was necessary to decrease the possibility of Abbot becoming a PM, it's a beautiful thing. I do get the sense that Rudd was starting to grate and not just on those who were gonna vote for Gillard in the caucus, but most Australians in general.