Here’s an a story doing the rounds today. Since being back in Australia I’ve come to discover it is jammed packed with morons. I haven’t once been out on my bike and not had some one bark abuse at me, give me the finger, and on one occasion one moron reached out and grabbed my arm as he was driving by only to have his own arm virtually pulled out of its socket. His car was going much faster than my bicycle. It’s the same when I’m on my scooter. Their favorite is to drive up behind you and scare the shit out of you by barking like a rabid dog. It works. Sometimes I might get a smile out of that one myself, but all the same. Morons, like frigging millions of them. The most interesting thing is they don’t have the foggiest idea of how they look, sound or act. If one adds to this a grandiose sense of entitlement you start to get arguments like this one that has just arisen today.
An MP in Brisbane started criticizing migrants because they stink. They smell bad and have poor hygiene. She is of Italian decent herself.
The counter argument, led by an immigration representative, is along the lines of how can she say such things surely she can remember when we were kids and called dirty wogs. These days immigrants are coming for professional migration, they have university degrees. They won’t be dirty. Anyway we cannot say they are dirty because they won’t come otherwise.
One can only conclude from this line of logic that the remainder of the nonprofessional migrants still remain dirty unhygienic wogs.
Dum to their very core:
[quote]Mr Migliorino said the comments would make Australia “look like a joke” to the international community and damage efforts by employers to fill skills shortages by attracting overseas workers.
“This is no longer the 1960s, temporary migrants are people coming from a university background. To say ‘you smell’ is ridiculous,” he said.
He said Ms Gambaro’s statement also undermined the federal Coalition’s policy stance on encouraging skilled migration.
Pino Migliorino … “We grew up being called dirty wogs.”
“The Liberal opposition are on record as saying they want all of our migration to be skills-based. Australia is courting for temporary labour in a competitive international market,” Mr Migliorino said.
Ms Gambaro told The Australian newspaper new migrants on temporary work visas were not integrating into the community because they were not being taught about Australian health, hygiene and lifestyle.
“Without trying to be offensive, we are talking about hygiene and what is an acceptable norm in this country when you are working closely with other co-workers,” she was quoted as saying.
Mr Pigliorino responded: “Those comments are so silly and ridiculous.”
Call for apology
Labor MP Michelle Rowland called for Ms Gambaro to apologise for insulting skilled migrants.
‘‘Her comments are insulting and insensitive to the many doctors, nurses, accountants and engineers who have come to Australia on a skilled migration visa,’’ said Ms Rowland.
‘‘Skilled migrants come to Australia to work in hospitals, care for our elderly, and fill gaps in regional and remote areas.’’
Ms Rowland said she was proud to respresent an electorate, Greenway, with a large number of migrants including Filipinos, Indians and Tamils.
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