Not even an initial fear of sharks has put her off.
“I figured I’d swim next to one of the fatter members of the club and hopefully they’d get eaten instead of me,” she said.
Posted on 01/11/2007 11:24:35 AM PST by Alouette
Australia's first Muslim life savers are due to qualify this week as part of a drive to represent more accurately the country's multi-cultural mix.
The bronzed, blond life saver has been the embodiment of beach culture for a century and ranks alongside the bushranger and jackaroo as a quintessential Australian icon.
[...]
The campaign to recruit Australians of Middle Eastern heritage has been funded by a A$600,000 (£242,000) grant from the federal government. It is an attempt torebuild community relations after the Cronulla riots of December 2005, when gangs of white and Middle Eastern youths clashed, smashing car windows and screaming racist abuse at each other at one of Sydney’s busiest beaches.
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Not even an initial fear of sharks has put her off.
“I figured I’d swim next to one of the fatter members of the club and hopefully they’d get eaten instead of me,” she said.
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Muslim life guard??? I wouldn't trust my neck to someone who places no value on life in general.
A muslim with a good-natured sense of humor, will wonders never cease!
Wonder what the ratio is of Muslim death squads to Muslim life guards?
Wait'll they refuse to perform mouth to mouth on some drunkard who's drowning.
In America you have muslims cab drivers who refuse to transport passengers who have alcohol (say unopened bottles of wine).
In England you have police/bobbies who refuse to guard the Israeli Embassy.
I guess you can work in a public service industry and still pick and choose who you'll serve.
Wonder what the comparable government program there is to integrate white Australians among the muslim population.
As a former lifeguard, I wouldn't want to risk my neck to save you, either. But I would do my job.
How about instead of "muslim" lifeguards, they have Australian lifeguards.
Just a suggestion.
Interesting . Muslims seem too seperate themselves at all times from the rest of us, then ask us too accept them.
Just wait until a man or woman drowns because the female or male Muslim lifeguard on duty refused to touch them.
Stone her.
A lot of surf music is based on Middle Eastern melodies, so this isn't a stretch.
/non sequitur
Gosh, do you think that's something that might become apparent during, say, training?
"California Girls"
"Fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes the T-Bird away"
"Little Deuce Coupe"
"Surfin' USA"
"Surfin' Safari"
"Help Me Rhonda"
Yeah, you can definitely see the Middle Eastern influence in those songs.
I was thinking more along the lines of Dick Dale (who is part Lebanese), not the Beach Boys.
"Hava Nagila"
"Miserlou"
Not to mention these guys:
http://www.meshuggabeachparty.com
So, when they pull you from the drink, do they invite you to islam? And if you refuse, throw you back in?
My daughter is a lifeguard, and if it's anything there like it is here, training and certifications would weed out those unable or unwilling to do the job. Additionally, she has a CPR mask that is Red Cross standard issue- nobody does direct mouth-to-mouth except in an emergency where you have no equipment with you.
Austrailia has gone barmy!
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