Foolestroupe,

Be careful in your stereotyping. You may be tarring with the wrong brush.

You should also not claim that that one "humourist" Who apparently can't tell an Arab from a Persian, and who obviously knows nothing about the history of suicide bombing even as he writes about it in any way represents something as broad and well rounded as the Australian sense of humor. I have spent long nights talking about Aussie vs Canadian humor with a friend who was an information officer at the Australian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada when I lived there.

I'm familiar with Australian humour and apparently it is you who doesn't get it.

My friends wouldn't have dealt with his "fear" of 19 arab terrorists, 15 from Saudi Arabia, by blaming the attacks on an Iranian. Do you know who would do that? George W. Bush. That isn't Aussie humour. Its Bush League humour.

I certainly do get black humour. I was raised on it. In fact, that might be a good topic for a thread.