Drunken Wild Pig Belatedly Gives Robin Williams an Excuse for His Aussie "Rednecks" Joke

     A successful comedian, if he aims to remain successful, must sometimes choose good humor over good taste.  That formula landed Robin Williams in hot water two years ago, and he had no excuse—until now.  

     Comedian Robin Williams angered some humorless people in April 2010 when he referred to Australians as "English rednecks."  He could have been gentler with his comparisons.  He could have, for example, compared Australians to Texans and Englishmen to the folks in New York and New Jersey.  He could have rounded out his comparison by comparing New Zealand to Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.  Scotland and Ireland could have been compared to the two Carolinas, and Wales could be similar to Georgia.

     Well, yes, he could have done that, except for one little problem: It wouldn't have been funny.  Instead, he opted to rattle the teacups of a few people who, inexplicably, would rather be compared to Englishmen than to rednecks.  Then-prime minister Kevin Rudd, in expressing his anger at Williams, displayed his own ignorance and bigotry by making offensive remarks about American Southerners as if all Southerners were rednecks.

     A few days ago, Robin Williams's comparison got a little boost from an unlikely source: a wild pig that caused a ruckus at a campsite near the DeGrey River near Port Hedland, Pilbara, in western Australia.  The porker in question stole three six packs of beer, got drunk, and started a fight with a cow.   (Full story here)  In case you're wondering how a pig could open a beer can, that's simple: He just put in in his mouth and chewed on it.

     That's really the kind of behavior one would expect now and then from a redneck—the sort of person who might bring three or more six packs of beer to a camp-out rather than setting a lower limit.  Robin Williams might ask where the pig learned to act like that.  The video below features an Australian pet pig whose masters are giving him beer:

     Really, though, is there any truth to what Robin Williams said; or was the snobbish Kevin Rudd correct about high-class Australians?  Which bigot was closer to being right?  The following video clip from Australia's Got Talent may give us some insight on that question:

     Well, maybe both sides have a point.  This Australian band called the Pigs has performed all over the world—perhaps including Alabama, the state that causes Kevin Rudd to turn up his nose.