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Well, you need to be whining about not being accurate to the ones who want to ban it, then. I don't want to ban it; I just have a "head-shake" WTF? about them as a fashion item. Describing how anything looks is a matter of opinion, and it doesn't matter what the fine details of that item...

Whatever, Sanj. :rolleyes: Everyone refers to either/or as burkha every single day, on radio, teevee, conversation, print...blue or black. They both look stupid, and I can't believe any woman would want to wear one. I can't believe any husband would want their wife to wear one. One of my...

I wasn't referring to any picture posted here - just a general description of the look of the garment... To me it looks like a large black sheet with eye slits, draped over a person. Aussie cossie is a general description too, I guess you could say.

Forget about the right to wear a Burkha; what about the mentality of folks wanting to wear one. :eek: How come religions dream up all these ridiculous ideas about dress, and killing, and so forth and so on? :confused::eek: I'm all for free dress and so on, but jeezuss H. We saw a lady last...

Discrimination? Oh, noooo...can't mention that one. On that note; what about "women only" gyms, And; nowadays Golf Clubs are not allowed to stop women from playing in the Saturday Comp (for decades the doyen of the Gentlemen only), and have to run a separate comp for them on the day -...

Bloody brilliant!!

Not at all. I have nothing against any race, colour, gender etc getting to the top of any organisation, Company etc...good luck to them. The top dog at the Hospital where my wife works is an Indian lady, for one eg. Is she the best person for that role? I hope so...I'm sure she is though. I...

They're both Mediterranean looking to me...and there's a slight clue in their surnames.

I have never subscribed to the whole idea of all these important positions in various organisations/Government departments etc having a "quota" of folks to "balance" the ledger on race, colour, gender, etc. Pig's @rse; the positions should always be filled by folks on their merits; their...

What about Angela Tsoukatos, and Origin's Frank Calabria?

It equips me to know what is involved in learning another language. It takes work, practice and effort. I put it to you that the majority of older immigrants in Aus who are terrible at English are that way of their own choice not some learning difficulty derived out of some other factor...much...

Thanks for the suck eggs lesson. I've been wandering around the planet for over 50 years, and not all of it under a rock. What's to judge? I have given examples of folks who have learned English after arriving here. I will concede that some will have more trouble than others, but when a...

I don't agree, plenty have done it despite the difficulty. I have 3 family members who have proved that. My BIL came from India approx 7 years ago now - with virtually no English. So, we taught him how to swear and drink correctly and be an ugly Aussie in no time!! :D But seriously; he is a...

LOL! Dromana/Rosebud up until about 15 years ago was the centre of the Universe for the Italian/Greek holiday house. Still sorta is, but the demographic is slowly shifting as the oldies die off...at least the kids and grandkids who inherit the houses can speak English. "Fully sick, mate!":D...

I wasn't assuming I was right. Just making a joke. Interesting though; that someone answers the phone who is very poor at English - almost every time you call the friggin' joints - how do we explain that one? Maybe it's one of those jobs that only the new immigrants are willing to do these...

No, what I was saying (poorly, I guess) was that an immigrant who can speak very good English (as well as the other qualities we mentioned earlier) is my version of the perfect immigrant. Not to say without that language skill makes them undesirable at all...unless they want to lob here and not...

Calm down a bit. My key word was "perfect". Let's change; "must have" to "should have" then. Better? I know loads of immigrants whose English is not so good, but are terrific Australians - parents in law, brother in law just 3 examples. But it helps if yer English is decent. Makes life...

Add to that; must have competent command of English (vague description, but you know what I mean), and you have the perfect immigrant/Australian. LOL, Sanj! That reminded me of a Golf Club I worked at - the majority of the Club Members were painful old pensioners, whose favourite colour...

Aaah! that must explain why when you phone the call centres at these places you always get someone you can barely understand? :D :eek::rolleyes:

Australia - 1. More Countries, religions, ethnicities, races; represented here than you can poke a stick at. 2. Freedom of speech, religion and dress, etc. 3. The queue of asylum seekers and immigrants to get here is as far as the eye can see... Close thread now. Thanks.