Where in the world....

[Reef.]

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

I've always wanted to go to New Zealand, probably because its one of the least humanly populated places! Somewhere like Vagas or Rio would be fun for a few days but i dont think i could spend much time there... the south of France would be good, it manages to be warm and green! but i'd feel like such a foreigner not speaking the language

[mate]

I would love to stay in Australia, if we stopped letting all these foreigners come and live here. Then when that stops people will still bringing down our way of life. ASIANS AND MUSLIMS GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY!!!!!!!!

[Reef.]

I'd just like to elaborate that point a little bit.... for the sake of legality lol

we have the same issues in britain, without as strict laws as you. It's politically correct to embrace multiculturalism, to respect other people's ways of life and not judge people for their backgrounds, but of course when people are different there is going to be friction.

I think you'd be the same as me in that it is not the fact that someone is of a different race or religion that's issue, the issue is the friction that comes with mixing cultures. It's natural for humans (and any animal) to want to be with their own kind, because with different cultures come different ways of communicating and when that happens, someone is bound to get the wrong end of the stick and that's when whole societies start to be brought down through lack of trust and offensive behaviour.

As well as that, a dramatic rise in a country's population leads to many many difficulties such as unemployment, housing problems, strains on government services and things like that. There is nothing the immigrant can do about their existance, but it does decrease the quality of life for those already living there

i know its a little off topic, mate, just thought it needed to be said lol

[mate]

I TOTALLY agree with you but personally, I think (this is just me, I don't know why I am like this but I am) There should be a number limit toward how many foreigners are allowed to LIVE in Australia (and other countries that this applies to) Their are hardly any home grown businesses and the multi-cultural thing is ruining the Australian (and other countries) way of life. (I so know I am going of topic but I didn't mean to) Their are more Muslims and Asians in our country then their is Aussie. People think Australia has lots of room but we don't. We are mainly desert, and how now we are cramming buildings together and such is just not right. Australia is SPACE, 1 house to a quarter of an acre (in suburban areas) and NO buildings touching each other (except for the obvious resorts, motels and what not.) NO offense here to anyone but we are ending up like the main cites in England, everything squished together. We are having the longest drought then any other place in the world and water is low (mainly Queensland and the other dry states and or Territory) we just don't have enough to go around. OK I will not change the topic ever again

[Reef.]

lol interesting you use england as your example! some of us already have to live here!
everyone was foreign originally, i'm assuming you have your ancestry in settlers of the british empire, rather than aboriginal? curse my lack of spelling ability
over-population of humanity may be horrific, but the other option is ethnic cleansing and somehow i dont think that would go down very well

[mate]

Though I am completely white, my dad is like half Aboriginal; he isn't completely black (someone jumped the fence some where along the line) but he has the tan skin and also the nose and what not, but doesn't really resemble the vicious aboriginals . My heritage yes the convicts Fall ancestry : One fifth Aboriginal, One fifth English one fifth German and two fifths Irish.

[norsu]

Mate, again I just want to complement you on your ability to speak! lol. XD.

If I could live anywhere in the world I would live in Finland. I am part Finnish and my mom and I are quite interested in the Finnish language/culture. Occording to most translating websites, norsu means elephant which would explain the heffalumps... lol.

If I could vacation anywhere I would go to the Galapogus islands, I heard that there are a different species of animal on each island, which is super cool. But the lack of diversity on each island would get boring after a while.

[Lewis]

it sounds awful, but i love the british climate. it's wet but its green
norsu, the galapogus would be amazing but i wouldnt want to un-wildify it

[Reef.]

hmm green, yes, but i'm sure we could be just as green with a little less than 52% of our days being overcast lol

[norsu]

lol

Lewis yeah, your right. I would never support un-wildifying stuff, I feel bad when my brother puts a salamander in a tupperware.

[Reef.]

does he? thats so mean... i hope you liberate them lol

[norsu]

Well, we make him set it free but yeah, he's always looking for critters!

[Reef.]

lol i hope he grows out of it... he isnt violent to them is he? because a fascination with creatures is great as long as he has respect for them as individuals

[norsu]

Oh no he isn't violent to them. Not at all!

The other day my dad came home from work (Project Manager for a local building company) with a GIANT (well to you Aussies and such it probably won't seem so giant...) salamander! It is blue with yellow spots and about 6 inches long. Anyone know what it is?

[Reef.]

how exciting! nope no idea what it is... is it injured or something?