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Parliamentarians, Not Drongos

August 10th 2006 09:57
If you ever start up a conversation with me about Members of Parliament, I will probably give you a filthy look and banish you to the corner of the room to think about what you’ve done.

The truth is, MP’s bore me to tears. I have no interest in them. I do not want to know about them. I flick to another channel if I see them on TV.

But today, some Aussie MP’s finally caught my attention.

During a recent debate on technical colleges, Western Australian Senator Glen Sterle was heard using the words “drongo” and “pork chop” to describe a fellow Senator.


The President of the Senate is now being asked to rule on the use of these words when describing an MP. Are these words too offensive?

Hmm...

Off the top of my head, I can think of a lot of words much more crude and insulting than “drongo”, to describe some of our politicians. But I guess the question is, should THEY be using it to describe each other?

Sure, using colourful language can sometimes give a person more character, but when an MP calls someone a pork chop? Well, it just sounds silly.

They are meant to be the intelligent, articulate representatives of our country. And using such words only renders them childish and immature.
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Comment by jon

August 10th 2006 12:08
Did you see Wilson Tuckey and Kim Beazley going at it on the steps of parliment today? Wilson called Beazley a fat so-and-so, they were both quite worked up just like little kids in the playground. Most entertaining thing I have seen in politics for a long time. We should introduce rapping battles for politicians to slag each other off instead of debates. Try to work interest rates, petrol, extreme work place reforms, and bitch into a rhyming couplet. If you can do that you will have my vote for PM Kim.

Comment by Legally Brunette

August 11th 2006 06:13
hehe, yeah, maybe they coul do a few "yo mommas" and stuff!

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