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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Because unless you've visited a country you really know nothing about it. You know nothing about its culture, way of life or customs. You know nothing about the people. You know nothing about the landscape. Everything is just perception. Basically, you know nothing about Australia.
I've spent six months in the USA so I feel entitled to an opinion. When you've spent six months in Australia then maybe you'll be entitled to an opinion. But not before.
The fact that all you can mention is Crocodile Dundee, Fosters, Kylie Minogue and Chopper show that your only source of information on Australia is your own media. You simply don't have a clue.
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Everyone is entitled to an opinion (they are like assholes) based on their experiences and perceptions. I know Australians are generally more well travelled than the average American. It seems to be encouraged in young adults and probably stems from location(if you want to see much of anything, you have to leave the rock) and penal colony heritage(hey, it's O.K. to leave if you want!). But idiots can also travel. This point has been brought up by U.S.-bashers when bringing up "The Ugly American" stereotype. This notion that travel automatically makes one more intelligent by osmosis is rather amusing. Youth hostel travel being especially lame,as is traveling in pairs or groups. real travel is done solo, in my opinion. I mean I have heard shit like "...and then we went to Guadalajara and stayed at the hostel and and partied with some German chicks!" From a group of four guys traveling together. Do you see what I'm getting at? Sometimes travel can be rather insular and not too enlightening if not done right. Unless you have travelled the entire U.S.A.(a huge country with major regional differences) you don't know as much as you think you do and your perceptions are still largely media driven. Even if that media was absorbed at a youth hostel in San Francisco.