Rugged individualism? That's against the law. By Jeff Knox. Jeff Knox is a second-generation political activist and director of The Firearms Coalition. His writing can regularly be seen in Shotgun News and Front Sight magazines as well as here on WorldNetDaily.


Posted: August 25, 2011
11:10 pm Eastern

© 2011

I've long been fascinated by Australia and its people. A visit to that country has been high on my bucket list since I was just a kid, but more and more as I read about present-day Australia I am disappointed and saddened.

It seems that the days of rugged individualism and self-determination are gone from the land down under, and the heroic characters of the past like Ned Kelly and Banjo Patterson have faded into the realm of myth and fairytales. It wasn't so long ago that the reputation of Australia included the belief that one Australian could easily, and happily, pommel any two men from any other country – more if she put down her baby. And the men had an even hardier reputation.

Sadly that's no longer the case, as Australia has apparently devolved into a namby-pamby society of effete urbanites, hen-pecked by anglophilic nannies and socialist, world-citizen politicians who revel in Australia's rugged history while criminalizing and quashing any hint of such thought or action in present day.

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