America Closing Mexican Borders.. (Page 3) XFixYourBrainX: Thank you for agreeing with me that you are a dung beatle since you did not deny it. XFixYourBrainX: This was before America was even founded to be called the, "New World" you moron why dont you go brush up on your history, before you say ignorant meaningless things. haha  Outbackjack: I didnt say that. I merely showed you that Dung beetles are useful. Your ignorance is astounding. But I will try and suffer a fool if not gladly. Heres a history lesson. "Between 1788 and 1868, about 160,000 people were herded onto ships in Great Britain and launched on the perilous sea voyage to an unknown land almost 12,000 miles away on the other side of the world. Labelled as ‘convicts’, these people had been convicted of crimes ranging from murder to petty theft and had, as a result, been sentenced to transportation to Australia. A system of banishment, transportation provided a convenient way for the British government to rid itself of criminals. Since the Transportation Act of 1718, Britain had been sending convicts to its American colonies. However, when the War of Independence, also known as the American Revolutionary War, began in 1775, convict transportation to America had to end." http://australian-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/convict_transportation Tsk tsk,such a poor student of history arent you? XFixYourBrainX: On 18 August 1786 the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military and civilian personnel to Botany Bay, New South Wales, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who was appointed Governor-designate. The First Fleet of convicts departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787 and arrived in New South Wales on 18 January 1788 (moving to Sydney Cove on 26 January). Outbackjack: So this was before America was founded in name? What does that mean really. They still sent convicts there no matter what the place was called. XFixYourBrainX: Where did you get that lame inacurate information from. hahaha im a history major, your country must be feeding you lies. hahaha Outbackjack: LMFAO!!!!!!! You are a history major!!!!! HA HA HA HA!!!! You didnt even know the above facts. HA HA HA HA!!!!! I dont beleive it at all. Outbackjack: Umm no. You see if you had a most basic understanding of the english language you would have been able to read the link I provided: http://australian-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/convict_transportation You see how it doesnt say Wiki? Now heres the Wiki link. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_transportation Spot the difference? XFixYourBrainX: Between 1788 and 1868 Britain sent convicts to Australia not America you dumbass fool. The American Revolutionary War brought that to an end and, since the remaining British colonies in what is now Canada were close to the new United States of America, prisoners sent there might become hostile to British authorities. Thus, the British Government was forced to look elsewhere. It wasnt America it was Canada haha. XFixYourBrainX: In 1787, the "First Fleet" departed from England, to found the first colony in Australia, as a penal colony. The arrival at Port Jackson, on 26 January 1788 (now Australia Day) is considered the founding event in the history of Sydney, as well as New South Wales and modern Australia in general. In 1803, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was also settled as a penal colony, followed by the Moreton Bay Settlement (Queensland) in 1824. The other Australian colonies were "free settlements", as non-convict colonies were known. However, Western Australia adopted transportation in 1851, to resolve a long-standing labour shortage. Until the massive influx of free immigrants during the Australian gold rushes of the 1850s, the settler population was dominated by convicts and their descendants. Outbackjack: British American colonies?? As in the whole of north America. Oh silly me Britain never had any colonies in what is now the U.S. That must mean the U.S war of Independance never happened. Hell maybe even according to you George Washington didnt exist? You sure you have a history major and didnt get the qualification out of a cornflake packet? XFixYourBrainX: Whats funny is that Australia actually had real colonies formed from convicts, America didnt haha. Outbackjack: Oh so now you use the words formed from convicts. Do you finally admit that convicts were sent to north America? I smell backpedalling. XFixYourBrainX: Haha you called it the US war of Independence. Thats not what its called you warmonging fool. It was called The Declaration of Independence. XFixYourBrainX: I said convicts the first time I posted the information why dont you go back and read it. Outbackjack: Is that all you got? So now you deny that the U.S got independance. I would suggest taking the issue up with Will Kellog but alas you cant as he is dead. Outbackjack: I still see in your phrase "formed from convicts" Whats up? Didnt have enough tokens for the Major in English? XFixYourBrainX: 1. Flies Without doubt the worst thing about Sydney - every time you venture into a park the flies descend and start to annoy. 2. Bank charges Banks over here have some nerve - they charge you for keeping your money, and then charge you for giving it back. My typical account has a $5 monthly fee. Also I have 15 free 'transactions' a month (ATM withdrawls, counter services) - after that you get charged 60c for each 'transaction'. My rent goes out of my account via direct debit - except each time that happens I get charged $1.80. OK - these amounts are hardly a lot - but it's the principle. XFixYourBrainX: 3. The heat I think I've covered this - I'll just say that last night the temperature at midnight was 25C and that it reached 30C at 10:30am this morning. I think you get the picture. 4. TV schedules Very odd this - it must be a nightmare for people trying to set the timer on a VCR. Sometimes programmes start up to ten minutes early, and some finish later than in the TV guides. There are no explanations for this. Sometimes random news or sports updates are added. A programme will start, and immediately after the opening credits will go to an ad-break. Similarly there's always an ad-break with about a minute to go before the programme ends, which can be great if there's a cliff-hanger ending. | Politics Chat Room 27 People Chatting Similar Conversations |