One meaning of "To support the underdog" is to support those who are in more disadvantage position than you. We believe every person can shine if given half a chance. What do you good folks reckon?
2006-10-04 02:26:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That depends who the underdog is. If the underdog is some religious loony who thinks he's going to paradise if he blows up a building then I'm on the top-dogs side.
2006-10-04 02:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by warden14 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a fellow Aussie, I have to agree with you! I think supporting the underdog is what makes Australia such a great place.
I am new to Yahoo answers and have been a bit shocked how people can treat other people (putting people down and paying out comments). There is no way Aussies would speak to each other like that.
Go the underdog!! We may not have the biggest army or the strongest economy. However, it is the Aussie attitude that makes us the greatest country in the world!!
2006-10-04 02:53:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Support for the underdog is your example of what Australians have in common. But is this true?
When Australias champion swimmers enter the water, you cheer for them, not the underdogs from less successful countries.
More generally, if you come from a particular country, Australia, does that mean you have more in common with other Australians than people from other countries? I dont just mean with regard to supporting the underdog.
I have travelled the world and most of my friends are not from the same country as me. They share the things in common that I appreciate: intelligence, humour, insight, kindness. The majority of people from my own country are nothing like this, and I feel I have little in common with them.
To define what is uniquely Australian about you, you could ask yourself what is it about me that would be different if I had been born and raised elsewhere?
2006-10-04 02:32:53 · answer #3 · answered by Pastor Sauce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a wonderful attitude. I agree with your thinking. I have always rooted for the underdog. Keep up the good work it will make the world a better place
2006-10-04 02:40:56 · answer #4 · answered by momma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm very much in support of that as a liberal and you and I should be proud of such a great continent like that however lacking in culture because its liberal thing is there just without all the cool music and drugs to go with it. Such great people are never recgonsed for tehre genius, they ever become your great entreprenuers or world leaders and entertainers, or on benefits or in jail, education should tailer to the individual. And while you have a conservative goverment let there always be a nice green roof you can walk over them on!!
2006-10-04 02:33:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supporting the underdog is all well and good, but it can be taken too far -- Ned Kelly was a thieving cop-killer, not some anti-hero worthy of respect.
2006-10-04 02:28:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutly. We are all links in the chain of life, strenghthen the weakest link and the whole chain is strengthened.
2006-10-04 02:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by fathermartin121 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How do you give somebody "half a chance"?
2006-10-04 02:28:40 · answer #8 · answered by Another Nickname 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋