Backbencher

I have really got to hand it to the people of England. They were thinking when they started sending convict after convict to live in Australia. I'm sure that Philip, the Governor-in-chief is not surprised that there is a high amount of drinking, gambling, and murder in New South Wales. I was not surprised to hear of all of the butchering that went on down under. What did he as well as England think was going to happen when countless numbers of convicts were sent to live on an island? I just found the first few chapters of this odd because it seems like the settlement of Australia could have ended up on reality TV on that show called the great American race, or whatever it is. All of these different religous denominations and countries had set out to find gold and about as important find people to follow in their religion. Since all of those smaller countries were having difficulties at home the expeditions were sent home and low and behold England was the first ones there, aside from the Aboriginies of course. Anyway I just found that funny, and I am also impressed at how people deal with all of the garbage of everyday life--binge drink. Some of those people might fit in really well in a college community.