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Re: Images of Wonder Truth and Fear...
Aren't Australians supposed to be irreverent?
Aren't Australians supposed to be irreverent?
*sigh* I apologize if I ruffled your feathers with that. I wasn't aware it was fake. Hell, I don't even know of those others you mentioned. Plus, the gun = violent killer drama bothers me, so her making a big fuss about it helped that line along.It's a joke, it never actually happened Kiwi. The same thing happened in the States with the fictional "General Reinwald" and there's also a Welsh based version with a "Mr. Jones".
Though... I don't think "well done sir" is very appropriate. Funny as it may be (I admit to chuckling), the comment is pretty damn offensive to compare giving a youth a man-made object (a rifle) to a woman's biological self.
So, raising a valid point (one I happen to not agree with) and being countered with "well you have a vagina so you could be a prostitute" is not exactly fair, or well done. Witty enough for some humour, but in reality would have constituted a PR nightmare.
Peter Cosgrove was an actual person, and an actual general in Australia. So while the Welsh and American versions both used fake personas, the Australian version put the words up to an actual person, who never said such things.
Regardless of what he meant, it's a fake story, meant for some humour. It was a crass joke, trying to get across some basic political theory, and sorry Squid but the joke is a bit sexist, as I doubt that it would never ever come up with a male reporter equivalent. Calling giving a person a rifle the equivalent of being born with a vagina is not on equal footing. Ever.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ToxicShock again