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mudshovel

...wow

Sep 23, 2006 10:50

Do you agree with the Federal Government's proposals for an Englishtest and a test of Australian values before migrants will be givencitizenship? Yes

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Comments 17

fishnetforplay September 23 2006, 01:44:54 UTC

no one asked my thoughts. i wasn't included is those quasi-statistics.

i'm sure that's a -really- clear picture of current white anglo saxon values, right there.

mudshovel September 23 2006, 02:31:46 UTC

optusnet survey things are always good for a laugh.

chilung September 23 2006, 03:09:44 UTC

The ones in publications such as the green left make me shudder. All of the ones in the herald sun, well I don't read the herald sun for a reason.

wraithstalker September 23 2006, 03:09:37 UTC

It could be indeed.

wraithstalker September 23 2006, 03:09:18 UTC

How many responses were there? (As in number of people responding.)
The "I don't care" response seems tiny, which is unusual and implies, at least to me, that this is more likely to have a low number of respondants and be a little like the Voteline in the Herald Sun in that only a certain kind of person responds.

the best thing chilung September 23 2006, 03:12:48 UTC

about the internet is the ability to register multiple votes. Have you been the stormfront lately.
Fucking hilarious.

Re: the best thing mudshovel September 23 2006, 03:19:15 UTC

optusnet only allows a registered user to have one vote.

So people can't vote like, five times.

Re: the best thing chilung September 24 2006, 01:18:34 UTC

I know, just been silly.
The leftist denial thing.
No, no we are in the majority.

Thread 5

onegiantrabbit September 23 2006, 06:17:49 UTC

I would like the general populace to have to go through this test if we are making immigrants do it... it would be funny if they same demographic that called for this type of thing failed the test... if people think its a way to keep "terrorists" and "people who take our jobs" out of the country well both groups of people tend to be hard working and/or educated so if we are talking paranoia then it will be these people that will subsume the middle class in this country and with the widening middle the poor dub ass rednecks will find themselves relegated to the lower rungs of society...

;)

adonai_hure September 23 2006, 06:24:57 UTC

That's very cool, provided we apply the same test to everyone who is already an Australian citizen. That way, when 80% of them fail both the 'values' bit and the whole speaking of English (which no one seems to able to do).....well, then there will be a whole lot more bandwidth for the rest ; )

oh_contraire September 23 2006, 10:01:59 UTC

Heheh, I'd totally fail the 'values' bit. And I bet you would too, you filthy communist.

i cann speek inglush tho...

fuck ya mate chilung September 24 2006, 01:20:30 UTC

now mate, just cuz youse don't speak english proparly doezn't mean us real aussie do, I meanz doesn't, I don know what I'm saying. Fuck u yah pozza.

Big test chilung September 24 2006, 01:22:03 UTC

Where is the big pineapple?
Who gives a rat's arse?
Who fucked the big merino?
Who gives a fuck?

Re: Big test onegiantrabbit September 24 2006, 02:52:47 UTC

Who fucked the big merino? (goulburn)
do you realise we have multiple big sheep in this country?
how fucked is that?
so possible it was the big ram in WA...

Re: Big test mudshovel September 24 2006, 02:59:22 UTC

Where is the big pineapple?

I very much doubt a question like that would be on the test.

But it seems people making a very outrageous claims means that the idea is stupid? How about we wait to see whats on the test, and how does that question have ANYTHING to do with values in Australia?

And as a note all Australian born people do ethics and citizenship in Australian schools (it is even an assessable part of the curriculum), so it makes sense that people coming into the country who wish to be naturalised do the same? (Teacher voice on now)

?? chilung October 4 2006, 05:58:55 UTC

Big Pineapple=Sarcasm, Mr.Happy man ( ... )