Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas

Huh?

Originally Posted by CitySlicker

I hope not.

I have not heard of there being riots over here. The Maori do sometimes get angry but they usually march in protest. They usually do their 'haka' and then have a BBQ. Certainly not the same level of ethnic strife as seems to be going on in Sydney at the moment.

I don't think ther are many 'Lebs or Wogs' in NZ though.

Originally Posted by dunroving

BTW, what is a "Leb"?

Originally Posted by HiddenPaw

Someone from Lebanon. Australia has a large number of Lebanese migrants.

Originally Posted by dunroving

Thanks. You learn something new every day. :D

Originally Posted by Thydney

Have all the statist, statis, figures people gone?

Originally Posted by ladyofthelake

No, I'm still here.

Originally Posted by HiddenPaw

You're beginning to taint his view of 'merry olde Australia'! I was going to keep today's do-gooder tales to myself...but what the heck!

So, OP, first up there's the story in today's Queensland Mail about the teacher who has apologised for offending his pupils for his over-use of the word 'Christmas', following complaints. Then there's the story from last week's paper about the leading Islamic cleric who has called for Australia to end its use of the word 'Christmas' so as not to offend the high-number of non-Christians in the country. Last year it was all about cancelled nativity plays at schools and kindies. It may not yet be at the extent of that in the UK or US, but evidently, the sentiment is there, and many are unsure how to deal with it.

Originally Posted by MJC

Anyway children, now that the bickering has stopped, can you all take your seats at your desk's and we'll continue with this months story.

Now please open your "Janet and John" books at page 2 and lets continue.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by ladyofthelake

No, I'm still here. Cityslicker chose to go quiet on the subject after I posted he was manipulating the numbers to suit his arguement. :D

Originally Posted by HiddenPaw

And for anyone who doesn't know, a 'wog', in [derogatory] Australian terms, is someone from southern Europe/Mediterranean - typically Greek or Italian, but also Cypriot, Turkish, etc. Oz has a huge migrant population of southern Europeans. (I think 'wog' in the UK refers to black people, doesn't it?)

Originally Posted by ladyofthelake

Quit moaning for goodness sake. Christmas is still a a word you can use most of the time in the UK, but you can't here in the US believe it or not. It has morphed into 'The Holidays' to avoid upsetting the other festivities at the same time of year. Care to guess what they may be?
Try buying a Christmas card with the word Christmas anywhere on it...you can't, it doesn't exist. I recieved a card from my mailman last week, it said Happy Holidays on the envelope. The card had a picture of Mary holding a baby Jesus, but the wording inside said something like "Season's Greeting during the Holidays" So even with a religious picture on the card, Christmas is still unmentionable :rolleyes: You can't even say Merry Christmas to someone here, for fear of causing offense....it has to be Happy Holidays :rolleyes: The kids have Holiday parties and Holiday cookies etc. Just substitute Holidays for whenever you would normally say Christmas.

Originally Posted by HiddenPaw

And for anyone who doesn't know, a 'wog', in [derogatory] Australian terms, is someone from southern Europe/Mediterranean - typically Greek or Italian, but also Cypriot, Turkish, etc. Oz has a huge migrant population of southern Europeans. (I think 'wog' in the UK refers to black people, doesn't it?)

Originally Posted by Polyphemus

Don't you mean 'wop'? (from Ital. guappo = showy, or Span guapo = dandy)

Aus derog. 'wog' is a minor illness - cold etc.

From a pikey taff honky with numpty tendencies.