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ROFL! Not having noticed that this post was categorized under “humor,” I was thinking it was a serious news piece for the first bit… until the introductions kept going on and getting funnier.
That was awesome. Ha! :-)
That was pretty good. Why was the greek orthodox bishop there wasn’t acknowledged or questioned?
I’m amazed they all got through that with a straight face.
That was actually funny.
If Python were a current comedy troupe, this is just the sort of thing I could see them doing!
Shaun Micallef is the name of the bloke hosting. His stuff is fabulously surreal, delivered deadpan. Very underappreciated by most of his fellow Australians, I’m sad to report. (And yes, that could well have been his actual Mum.)
This has become relevant again in Australia as there have been rumblings in the media, which were taken up by the Queensland state Retailers’ Association, calling for banning of headscarves, hoodies and helmets in shops for security reasons. Banning headscarves is by far the most discussed, of course. I saw a letter in one of the newspapers from a man claiming that because motorcycling was his religion, he shouldn’t have to remove his helmet either!
There has been a lot of ruckus in the Netherlands about it, but up till now the full face cover headscarf (better known as burka) is not banned.
Normal head scarfs are allowed everywhere, although at times schools don’t really like it, as they also don’t like the youth wearing caps and such in the classroom.
I love the folks that claim they shouldn’t be required to remove their burka when having an ID photo taken.
LOL The Australian Democrats aren’t there!
Very Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert.
LOL I thought this was going to be serious. Then again, intellectual lightweights who try to trump each other with their piety by dressing like a cross between a 16th century nun, a tent and a pepper pot deserve to be made light of.
This reminds me a lot of ‘The Day Today’ and ‘Brass Eye’ with Chris Morris. Also worth a look.
@Mogg
what was more worrying about the debate for “safety” by removing headscarves was the implication by a local shock jock that christian nun’s should be exempt from the law because they would never hide anything in their robes. i know what i’m wearing next time i try to rob a convenience store.
@Tim – nice summary ;) but that’s not his mum. Under all that makeup is julie eckersley
@Aleks
The thing that disturbs me about shock jocks is that their popularity indicates that they must represent the opinions of a lot of people. That is truly worrying.
Do you rob convenience stores often, or just as an occasional thing? :-)
whenever i’m a little short of cash, i get into my habit, pull out the sawn off shotty and go for a ride.
you’re right about shock jocks, the cronulla riots are just another example of them inciting hate, maybe not religiously but at least racially. if Alan Jones hadn’t said what he did, i doubt the situation would have escalated nearly as much as it did. i completely agree though that how fast everything then spiraled out of control suggests they were just saying what a lot of extraordinarily ignorant people were already thinking. what’s quite ironic is that here in australia we’re always saying how much of a melting pot the country is, biggest load of crap i’ve ever hear, we australians are some of the most racist people i’ve ever seen.
I see your Alan Jones and raise you Andrew Bolt. Although he is a writer, he does exactly the same thing, and appeals to the same audience.
Racism in Australia is quite cyclical, it just focusses on whichever is the most recent large group of arrivals. I find it interesting that the incidence of race violence on or around Australia Day seems to have risen since the media push to tell everyone just how to properly celebrate Australia Day started a few years ago. But that’s getting a bit off-topic.