In Reply to: lighten up posted by haddles on Wednesday, 3. August 2005 at 15:55 Bali Time:
You are advocating the perpetuation of a culture wherein men must be big and strong and do whatever they like whenever they wish regardless of the consequences, and women should stay silent whether or not they disagree. If you can't see any connection between justifying offensive (and likely abusive) behaviour and justifying physically offensive and abusive behaviour, look harder.
Just because a woman might be offended, and likely frightened, when she turns a corner and finds a bunch of loud drunk naked men waving their tackle at her, doesn't mean she's a lesbian feminist.
And just because a man is also disgusted at boorish behaviour, it doesn't mean he is a woman or having an identity crisis. It just means he respects other people enough to not participate in such behaviour, and to discourage those who do.
If you can't have fun without annoying the crap out of other people, go and have fun by yourselves. Stop ruining other people's holidays, stop stinking up other countries, and stop making the world think that all Australians are knob-ends. I definitely don't think I'm in the minority when I say that.
If everyone keeps their pants on and their voices down, I'll chill out. Deal?