The Word B

my intentions are not to piss people off, but this may upset a few people. tomorrow is christmas day. it will be my 5th christmas in sydney, australia. i have lived in sydney for nearly 5 1/2 years, and i find this city to be bulging with wankers. people here are rude, arrogant, unfriendly, and self centered. this is a generalization, but fairly accurate. it is an attitude i have had to put up with since living here. i have found other australians from else where in the country to be much more friendly, open, honest, respectable, and hospitible. again this is another generalizition. i have been to most of the major cities of australia and found people in those places to be much nicer on a whole, especially those of melbourne and perth who stand out in particular. with tomorrow being christmas, it is the one day of the year, that i actually witness some of the wankers living in this town, to come out of their self supreme shells and act friendly. all in the name of christmas? maybe. but it amazes me, that these same people who are truly such assholes for 364 other days of the year, can actually be considerate of other human beings. it confuses me. why? because there is such a stark contrast in their behavior. i would like to see the more humanitarian side of these people and embrace that. however, i am not convinced because the majority of days throughout the year their actions speak volumes.
then when the evening news comes on the television, i am reminded that this country and its people are not very nice at all (in view of the national and international politics). here is australia, "a god fearing christian country" partaking in the killing of people throughout the world, openly stealing from its nearest international neighbor (east timor), jailing families that are seeking political assylum, discussing "pre-emtive strikes" in their own part of the world, among many other things. to me, this is the true underlying christmas spirit that surrounds me in this country. all the hoopla that goes on tomorrow on the 25th of december, i think, is a poor way to cover up all the nastiness that lies at the heart of this country. truly, for a christian country, australia holds true to form of being good christians.