I have a problem with all the Australian's on the org here.

**Visor** · 03-10-2012, 07:04

I love that song.

**CountArach** · 03-10-2012, 14:37

Originally Posted by aimlesswanderer

Yes, the promos (since I refuse to watch it, not to mention nearly anything on the 3 commercial channels) seem very much like the show is all about "what did this dodgy foreigner(s) do this week? What outrageous illegal things will they be charged with?". Seems like there are big bonus points if the person is Asian/African/doesn't 'look Australian' (ie non white).

But when we have shows like Today Tonight and ACA, the bar is set awfully low.

The New Zealand version, on the other hand, is absolutely hilarious, because nothing bad happens in New Zealand and none of the criminals are doing anything all that bad.

**aimlesswanderer** · 03-12-2012, 11:34

Then how do they show the good stuff like drug mules and the like?

Have to have dramatic seizures and arrests or there is no show! Hard to hype arresting people for bringing in a few strange tropical fruits.

Maybe being boring does have its benefits. Less hysteria and paranoia is a good thing.

**CountArach** · 03-13-2012, 08:53

Originally Posted by aimlesswanderer

Maybe being boring does have its benefits. Less hysteria and paranoia is a good thing.

I went through the airport in Queenstown, NZ, about 6 months ago. The officer there was absolutely hilarious. Really cheerful and they weren't that tight on security. It was a legitimately pleasant experience for me.

**aimlesswanderer** · 03-15-2012, 12:34

So they didn't make you feel like a criminal? Didn't assume you were a drug runner?

Hmm, the gf wants to go there, we may make it over there some day.

**rory_20_uk** · 03-15-2012, 12:40

I had a flight to and from the Netherlands about a year ago. Going out we were all treated as seditious terrorists who only the vigil of the staff prevented from blowing up the pain. Everything searched / scanned.

Coming back a day later we had a brief glance of our passports and all got on. No plastic bags for hand luggage, no checks for taking fluids on board.

Amazingly, the plane didn't blow up on the return leg of the journey!