[justinmcp]

> Cries of "Tyranny!" and "Give me liberty or give me death" are imported concepts that don't resonate quite as well here in Australia.

Maybe literally with those sayings, but up until sometime in the 80s, "its a free country" was a common refrain, which was rooted in the culture and expectations of the people.

Something changed though.

[TheSpiceIsLife]

Huh! Amazing!

That’s something we used to say as children to each other at school.

I’m now 40 amd don’t recall the last time I heard anyone say that.

[darkteflon]

Me too - 42 and can’t recall the last time I heard someone say that. Very interesting observation from GP.

[bjowen]

Same and same - although I recall hearing it in 2019 and it felt like an outlier.

[carrolldunham]

We only said that because it was cold war rhetoric, it came from 'free' relative to communist ones. Now the contrast is gone it's rendered meaningless.

[TheSpiceIsLife]

Ah yeah right, I dunno if I’d made that connection before, seems obvious now.

Something else we used to say to each other at a school in the 90s was “BANG! - The Victorian Police Force”, if I recall correctly that was a running gag Full Frontal or Fast Forward did.