Talk:Mateship

message: This is horrible. After reading over a hundred words I still don't know precisely what mateship is.144.133.87.46 12:46, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why it was nominated for ACOTW, but it didn't get selected, so hasn't improved much. --Scott Davis Talk 13:50, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 2006 comments

message: What in the world is this even refering to?  Complely unclear.
"A good example of mateship is in Blackrock. Enright juxtoposes what it means to be a mate."
:It's not an article, it's an essay, and it's a poor essay at that. Frankly I rather hope someone knocks it all down and starts again, because this is a horrible mess. 86.132.143.24 07:14, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  terrible, more specifically 

message: I thought mateship was just one of Teflon's political inventions. Hide&Reason 01:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Humphrey McQueen's comment was removed. Original research was introduced. Cygnis insignis 00:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Needs more sources, complete rewrite. Cygnis insignis 00:18, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Genesis?

message: As the article currently mentions mateship is synonymous with friendship it also seems to relate closely to male bonding... 59.167.201.65 (talk) 04:35, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mateship vs Male bonding 

message: Simpson and his donkey as examples of mateship. Horseshit.
Simpsons example was honourable and decent but an example of individual personal character.
In an age where atomised individualism, self aggrandisement and even narcissism are actively encouraged by business and their political lackeys it may surprise some that individualism, however circumstantially noble, being presented as mateship is a deliberate perversion of real, authentic mateship.
Compare this with the example of diggers in a POW camp who survived by forming a group of 5 - 8 mates and compare their survival and camp conditions to other nationals. Ref.Insert footnote text here
Reference: http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/melbourne_afternoons/index.html
774 ABC Melbourne Richard Stubbs
Thursday 24th April 04/24/2008
One of these diggers gave the reference, I don't remember which.
GAVAN DAWS 
Author of "Prisoners of the Japanese - POWs of  World War II in the Pacific ". Published by Scribe
SERGEANT LARRY DOWNES
A Company  - 9  Platoon  - 39th Militia Infantry Battalion - Kokoda
Theo Pardilla 17:25, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Struth

message: what a load of crap! this sounds like some made up bullshit by some academic uni dweller living in the berra! never heard of "mateship" outside of the military before, this page just sounds like it was created by some anal tool trying to make Aus sound artsy fartsy or something
whoever wrote this waste of space needs to go see a bit more Australia.... or stop living in their parents basement, eitherway  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.111.30.245 (talk) 15:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: This page is just dumb

message: I lived in Aus for some years and I think that people here are being too critical. Mateship encompasses the concepts of loyalty and helpfulness, and, more to the point, inclusiveness, in contrast to Britain where exclusivity is valued. I deleted the bit about working class, because the concept of being working class denotes a form of exclusivity ("us against the nobs"). I was unhappy about the "predominantly Irish" phrase, since Australia is not predominantly Irish, though these are many people of Irish descent. But there are similarities to Ireland, eg, "there are no strangers here, only friends who have never met", and both countries have an ethos of openness and friendliness to a far greater extent than Britain does. Millbanks (talk) 11:57, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That is a perversion of John Carroll. Mere conjecture does not determine WP:V. Ottre 20:51, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

text: It's part of Australian collective cultural propaganda that Australia is friendlier than Britain. It's simply fantasy, with no empirical evidence. Salopian (talk) 23:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: In perspective

message: This article is a hoot. Question: Does the ANZAC spirit include Kiwis? :) Wallie (talk) 20:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: crickey mate

message: I don't think calling someone mate is defined by the class system which Australia doesn't really have, it's either rich or poor.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.208.242.8 (talk) 17:29, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Class System?

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