[LMB] OT: ANZAC?

[Jacki Knight]

On 27/11/2007, at 12:57 AM, paal at gis.net wrote:
> Some of the Australians I've met/known are quite urbane sorts, others 
> of
> them... the Australian military mentality is VERY far from e.g. Hallan
> Meras, it's nowhere as brutal as the societies on-board the
> militia/military support ships in Rimrunner(s) [never remember if it's
> plural or not] and Tripoint, but there there is a very strong strain of
> insouciance and iconoclast and
> push-it-to-the-breaking-point-for-the-sake-of-pushing-to-the-limits, 
> and
> a whole bunch of macho male never-admit-weaknewss stuff.

Oh, well if you're going to talk about the military that's a different 
matter. But I would have thought that had more to do with the military 
mindset than any particular nationality, myself.

> "ANZAC" is in regular contemporary use in defence and defence/defense
> industry contexts, actually.

Again, military focus (although I'd be curious to know what the AC at 
the end stands for in this day and age) not civilian which is what I 
was referring to.  The military is such a small part of life in this 
country and really has very little bearing on the modern character as 
far as I've seen.

Jacki in Canberra - where there must be the highest concentration of 
defence types of anywhere in the country.