Want to stop 'un-Australianism', then look no further than Saudi Arabia!
The answer is finally here. After days wafting hot air from Canberra, a solution to un-Australian activities has finally be found.
No, I'm not suggesting we should all eat lamb. Nor should we ban flags, embrace flags, create flags or burn flags. Infact, for once, this has nothing to do with a flag at all.
Instead, to ensue that 'misdemeanours' of society appreciate the society they choose to live in, we should look no further than Saudi Arabia.
Todays hot news story was entitled, "Drug user must memorise Koran." A Saudi court has ordered a drug user to spend 6 months memorising the Koran, if he fails, he'll serve an additional 1 year in prison.
What an idea!
If someone refuses to obey a fundamental priciple, we can force feed it until they are indoctrinated!
This got me thinking, in the light of the blatant 'un-Australianess' that we are innevitably having, then surely a solitary speach by Howard is insufficient. Rather, much like the Catholic pentance of hail mary's, we should be running non-stop repeats of the values Australians need to embrace.
For example, as punishment for racism, vilification of others or inciting riots, people have 6 months to memorise the complete works of Banjo Patterson...
as punishment for pub brawling, taxi driver assualting or precociousness, people have 6 months to memories Mark Lathams auto-biography, otherwise they'll spend 1 year in jail...
It's reasonable to avoid forcing the bible as a punishment because Australia prides itself on its secularism (as opposed to the overtly sharian Muslim state of Saudi Arabia), so what other icons of Australian culture do you think should be enforced on nogooders. Re-runs of Dad's country for matricide?
We're definitely on to something here....
No, I'm not suggesting we should all eat lamb. Nor should we ban flags, embrace flags, create flags or burn flags. Infact, for once, this has nothing to do with a flag at all.
Instead, to ensue that 'misdemeanours' of society appreciate the society they choose to live in, we should look no further than Saudi Arabia.
Todays hot news story was entitled, "Drug user must memorise Koran." A Saudi court has ordered a drug user to spend 6 months memorising the Koran, if he fails, he'll serve an additional 1 year in prison.
What an idea!
If someone refuses to obey a fundamental priciple, we can force feed it until they are indoctrinated!
This got me thinking, in the light of the blatant 'un-Australianess' that we are innevitably having, then surely a solitary speach by Howard is insufficient. Rather, much like the Catholic pentance of hail mary's, we should be running non-stop repeats of the values Australians need to embrace.
For example, as punishment for racism, vilification of others or inciting riots, people have 6 months to memorise the complete works of Banjo Patterson...
as punishment for pub brawling, taxi driver assualting or precociousness, people have 6 months to memories Mark Lathams auto-biography, otherwise they'll spend 1 year in jail...
It's reasonable to avoid forcing the bible as a punishment because Australia prides itself on its secularism (as opposed to the overtly sharian Muslim state of Saudi Arabia), so what other icons of Australian culture do you think should be enforced on nogooders. Re-runs of Dad's country for matricide?
We're definitely on to something here....
