I don't get it- do these idiots really believe that because I'm white and Australian that I'm one of them?The Gold Coast: It's full of bogans, we all know that. It should therefore be no surprise that it's full of bigots, too.
PROTESTERS have swarmed the Gold Coast City Council headquarters, and with blaring rock anthems vented anger over a planned Muslim school.
Almost 200 residents turned out for the demonstration, draped in Australian flags and shouting pro-Aussie slogans while Australian rock classics such as Down Under and Great Southern Land boomed across the parkland.
The Australian International Islamic College, planned for Carrara, has raised the ire of residents who fear it will lead to the local Muslim population withdrawing from the rest of the community.
Uh, yeah, they're worried about losing their muslim friends...
Resident's spokesman Tony Doherty said Muslim schools did not encourage multiculturalism.
"It's segregation, not integration," he said.
"They're not trying to integrate into the rest of society.
"Since we have started protesting against this our churches have been covered in hate-filled graffiti."
He denied it was hypocritical to oppose Muslim and not Christian schools.
"Catholics aren't a different culture," he said. "They are the same as us."
What Dickhead doesn't realise is that, early in Australia's history, Catholics were discriminated against too. What's more is that the 'culture' in Catholic schools is somewhat different to that of Australian public schools- public school students aren't forced to attend mass, for one (once a term, or once a year, I can't remember- not that it matters). There are a few Jewish schools in Australia too- I imagine their 'culture' is also rather different, however I can't imagine a plan for a Jewish school raising this much of an outcry among Gold Coast bogans.
When we stayed at Coolangatta I perused a promotional book of the Gold Coast that was in our hotel room. It spoke of the local aboriginal people being 'eased from their land'. Cultural sensitivity and acceptance has never been a strong point of the Gold Coast. I feel sorry for any non-bogan who has to live there.
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"I feel sorry for any non-bogan who has to live there."
Just rub it in why dont you sarah, this place is killing me
Yeah, one good kebab shop does not make a place worth living in! I hope for your sake it's a temporary situation... god knows I couldn't stand it.
This story is a typical, shameless, anti-Muslim Murdoch beatup.
The residents of Carrara are actually by a large majority in support of the school.
The "Residents Spokesman", Tony Doherty, is actually a fundamentalist from the neighbouring "Dream Centre" evangelist church.
These christian fundamentalists are the bigots and the "journalists" know this full well.
haha! Hey sarah! I found your blog. don't you just cringe when you hear idiots like that talk? do you think they understand what integrate even means?
Ha ha, so funny and rather expected to read the comments about Tony Doherty after two friends and I had a rather Un-Christian run in with him today.
Actually, I was searching for his email to write an apology as we skateboarding on the old vacant skate park. Now the apology was suggested by my mother who is a sadly member of their church.
I kept my video camera and microphone rolling and have captured his every last smug comment to come from his morel lacking loose lips.
There is one thing worse than Bogan’s, and that is dodgy two faced so called Christian Church leaders. It is there fault that we absolutely need other religious Schools and Churches in our society. And there fault that so many like me got older enough to see through their game.
Brett.
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