This “subject” should be “magnified”, then “dignified” to please everyone connected with it (in Australia ). First & foremost, the “spelling” should be changed. It should be spelt (in Australia) as “Burke-qa”. The first part signifying ALL areas outside Aussie C.B.Ds, “the back of Burke” and “qa”, of course, for Australia’s top Airline (Qantas). Neither should be banned, as our “Country-Towns”, back of Burke, are some of the prettiest ones around, & Qantas is still one of the best Airlines around, although I prefer to see them “on the ground”& if ever I “fly”, I always try to get a seat right at the rear of the plane because I’ve never heard of a plane “reversing” into a mountain. This is as far as I will go as regards the “qa”.
Back of Burke, or beyond the “Black Stump”, as they say (in Australia) are some of the most beautiful scenic vistas in the entire World.
Without any elaboration on this point, just try to watch “Aunty A.B.C.” (Channel 2), on any Sunday afternoon at mid-day & I promise you, with the possible exception of the Nullarbor Plains, Country Towns & the “dinkum- Aussies” who reside in them, are hard to beat. I can vouch for this because this writer himself lives in the “backwoods-area” of Hampton Park, in an Aveo-brand Retirement Village that makes the beautiful botanical Springvale Cemetary seem like “a party venue” as our people here, are dying to go there. This bloody place is so quiet, I clearly hear myself breathing. Anyway, why do I digress so much? , well don’t get your burke-qa twisted so your nose is pointing the other way, & I’ll tell you.
Getting serious now, for a change,no-one grabs anyone by the scruff of the neck and forces them to come to Australia, either as a visitor or a migrant.
The simple fact of the matter is that if we go to a Buddhist Country (like Sri Lanka), for instance, we cannot “cover” even our FEET, leave alone our heads, to visit their temples. Completely barefoot, is the rule,Sri Lanka is the Country. If you wish to wear your fancy footwear ALL the time, DON’T go to Sri Lanka. Every Country, Australia included, have their own rules and regulations.. Going into a “Mosque”in Australia, everyone will understand that a Muslim woman MUST wear a burkqa. There is absolutely no need, however, for a burkqa to be worn anywhere & everywhere in public. Undoubtedly, it is a security-risk. A bank-robber wishes to be unrecognisable, undoubtedly, so he/she dons a loose-fitting, long garment (to hide a pistol, perhaps), then covers head & face with burkqa & what hope has a bank-teller got? . He/she does not know whether it is a “kolikuttu”, pistol, or even something else, pointing at them, from under their long garment & under all the headgear, whether the bandit is panic-stricken or laughing their heads off. (ha-ha)!.
If the “men” of certain Countries wish their “women” to “cover everything” until they are in bed (naturally), then stay in their own bloody Countries, DON’T come to Australia!.If you want to go to North Korea, you have to learn to “march” like their soldiers and get yourself a “funny haircut”. If you go to China, you have to remember that they do have regular “erections” there because they (the Chinese,cannot pronounce “ell”).
With due respect to ALL Religons, headwear & footwear differ remarkably. In Roman Catholic Churches, women are expected to wear a hat, or, at least, a veil on their heads, although many now don’t.
If they wanted to partake of the Sacrament of Communium, according to a Priest who was well-known to me, they could wear any sort of shoe, but low-cut blouses were “OUT”. Not even a tiny bit of boob or cleaveage was permitted to be shown.
In Buddhist temples, any sort of clothing was always permitted, as long as you were not naked, but, NO SHOES. In Latvian Churches, as George Costanza of Seinfeld noted (he liked the “funny-hats” their Priests wore), that’s why he preferred the “Latvian Church”.
Same-Sex marriage is popular everywhere that men love men & women love women. Kramer of Seinfeld loved both men & women. I loved “Elaine”. Where am I going with this? , you tell me & then I’ll know too.
Desmond Kelly
Star of eLanka.
