Aussies dont give a xxxx for political correctness
I have always liked the Australian sense of humour and this article in today’s Telegraph goes a long way to explaining why.
In a splendid send up of the minority rights industry, students at the University of New England Australia have appointed a “heterosexual rights officer” whose job will be to “promote the welfare of heterosexuals.”
Ridiculous? Of course it is. But Mr Dave Allen, the holder of the post, knows that it is no more ludicrous than appointing "rights officers" for every other kind of racial and sexual group.
When not promoting “straight rights” Dave apparently spends his time on blokish activities like shooting and drinking beer. So tonight I raise my glass in his honour and wish him “bottoms up” or perhaps, given the circumstances, that should be “cheers.”
In a splendid send up of the minority rights industry, students at the University of New England Australia have appointed a “heterosexual rights officer” whose job will be to “promote the welfare of heterosexuals.”
Ridiculous? Of course it is. But Mr Dave Allen, the holder of the post, knows that it is no more ludicrous than appointing "rights officers" for every other kind of racial and sexual group.
When not promoting “straight rights” Dave apparently spends his time on blokish activities like shooting and drinking beer. So tonight I raise my glass in his honour and wish him “bottoms up” or perhaps, given the circumstances, that should be “cheers.”
posted by David Davies AM at 3:02 PM
5 Comments:
Never happen in this country, we cant even display novelty pigs for fear of offending muslims.
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Oh yes, those damn minority groups should be kept in their place. And while we're at it, lets promote gender stereotypes, and making sure that gay people feel alienated. Good Job there.
The word 'common sense' is always branded about by the Tories because it essentially reinforces, as Hammer points out, stereotypes against minorities. It basically stops people thinking and understanding forms of oppression, and to think and become Enlightened really is quite dangerous to the Tory Party. If all the working class threw off the 'muck of ages', and saw that being racist, sexist and homophobic is really not in their interests (divide and rule) then, heh, there would be a Revolution yesterday.
To Mark: You were being completely sexist. Why did you feel threatened by a Womens Society ? It does make me wonder sometimes about Men who are really quite anti sexual equality.
Considering that the majority of Women today still receive lower pay, suffer domestic violence which largly goes unreported, are victims of rape (which if reported - and there is a huge percentage that is unreported - only achieves something like a 5% conviction rate), and are still victimes of sexual harrasment in the workplace, then I think that forming a Womens Society is far more justified than forming a 'mens society', dont you agree?
'Fairness'. What does that mean? Is it 'fair' that men get off so lightly from rape charges? Is it fair to sexually harass Women in the workplace? Is it 'fair' for a man to rape his wife and get off scott free (although that law has changed recently...perhaps because of the 'PC' brigade, hmmm?), is it 'fair' for Women in managerial positions to receive lower pay than their male counterparts? Is it fair generally that Women receive lower pay than men, and so on ad infinitum...
Its not discrimination to have only a Womens Society and not a mens. Women received the vote in 1918 (and were only fully enfranchaised in 1928), men from the upper class and landowners had it from the begining of the present day Parliament.
Understand the oppression before bigoted views float to the surface and end up like scum on a pond.
:)
Kev
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