Australia Tagged As Most Sinful Country On The Planet
These researchers obviously have way too much time on their hands.
Staff at BBC magazine Focus was standing around the water cooler one day trying to justify the size of the paycheck they were earning and while they were doing that, receptionists, cleaners, writers and their assistants hit on the idea that maybe the world would like to know which country on this decaying planet was the most sinful.
Well that research has been completed and Australia wins the prize, with the U.S. coming in second, and Canada picking up the third place consolation prize.
Using a points system to determine which country committed lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride the most, the would-be rocket scientists took national statistics for plastic surgery (pride), theft (envy), violent crime (wrath), amount of annual holiday leave (sloth), size of paychecks (greed), money spent on fast food (gluttony) and porn (lust) to get the results they were looking for.
Yeah that’s right, Confessions is saying that the Poms went out of their way to make sure Australia came out on top–that’s how envious they are of the Aussies–you know, that sun, sand and surf thing they have going for them, and of course the endless summer. Speaking of seasons, what a f***ing winter the UK has had so far, huh? Ha-ha!
By the way, I happen to disagree with the results, in fact I am hard-pressed to believe that anybody followed this ridiculous research through to the end, and that that most of the project was conducted while the researchers were in a drunken stupor. Anybody can crunch a few numbers to make it look like the research was legitimately conducted–but at the end of the day, researchers can make numbers say whatever they want to say.
The only reason Australia came out on top is because the Pommies, who by the way used to send the criminally convicted to Australia back in the day to do their time, are envious of the Australian way of life.
You know what people; don’t think for one minute that Australians are the only assholes on the planet–if of course that is what the author of this article is trying to paint Australians as being.
I have run into plenty of assholes of the Canadian and American kind here in The Land Down Under, and yeah man, some of the shit Canadians have pulled off here embarrasses Canadians like myself, not that I’m guilty of same when I get too much grog into me.
And in what could be considered a related story, and bolsters the researcher’s claims about Australians I suppose, busloads of “ugly Australians” have apparently done untold damage to Australia’s international reputation.
I am not sure if I agree with your post here. See you do make the best point, I don’t think you have actually given a large amount of thought to the opposite side of the argument. Perhaps I could do a guest post or a follow-up, just tell me.
Go for it dloglog@gmail.com–Let the visitors to this website read what’s on your mind. Opposite side of the argument? Aah mate, the only side I wanted to talk about was my side, but if you want to present the other side of the argument, then have at ‘er mate.
Cheers.