9 Apr 2019, 23:28 (Ref:3896497)
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Originally Posted by Trevor
It doesn't matter if you are a Ford person, a Holden person, a Collingwood person, a Manly person, a Catholic, a bikie, a B&S chic, they are all 'clubs' and every single one of them believe their 'club' is the best and will roundly criticise anyone who doesn't believe in their 'club'. Then there a bigger clubs like 'motorsport', 'AFL', 'soccer', 'religion,' they all recruit to increase flock numbers, they are ALL just 'clubs' and 'club members', the sooner people understand that the better .
We used to belong to (ethnic) 'tribes' now we belong to 'clubs'
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Same goes for political parties, which probably has a lot to do with creating the abysmal standard of politicians and legislation that we have.
It does seem to be the way of the world (or at least the way of the land of Oz).
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