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Australia navy in breast op row
BBC ^ | Sunday, 16 September 2007, | n/a

Posted on 09/16/2007 6:37:18 PM PDT by fishhound

Australia's opposition Labor Party has questioned the need for female sailors to be given breast enlargements paid for with public money.

An armed forces spokesman defended the operations, saying they were carried out for psychological reasons, not to make sailors "look sexy".

Brigadier Andrew Nikolic said the "holistic needs" of service personnel were considered under defence policy.

But he said breast augmentations were not routinely funded by the military.

"We do consider the broader needs of our people, both physical and psychological," Brig Nikolic said.

"But that is a long way from saying that if someone doesn't like their appearance, Defence will fund things like breast augmentation as a matter of routine - that is just not correct."

He was speaking after one plastic surgeon said he had carried out breast enlargements on two sailors, aged 25 and 32, for A$10,000 (£4,200) each.

Brig Nikolic said such operations were only recommended after a medical evaluation.

But the opposition Labor Party said it wanted details on the cases.

"On the face of it, taxpayer-funded breast enhancement is a questionable practice," said Labor defence spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon.

"I have to say [it] smacks of a government out of touch."


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: breastaugmentation; maewest; maewests
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To: fishhound

Guess (1) what gender and (2) what subclass of that gender are doing all the howling.

A1: female
A2: feminists (either the older style khaki overall type or the new model: latte drinking, Oprah watching soccer mom types)


41 posted on 09/16/2007 7:12:31 PM PDT by generalhammond
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To: pax_et_bonum

Seems like a Salacious Ping is in order...


42 posted on 09/16/2007 7:14:13 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Candor7; fishhound
>> Morale Boost.

> Recruiting numbers for the Australian Navy are SURGING.

Clearly, their ranks are swelling.

43 posted on 09/16/2007 7:17:12 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Brilliant

There’s a difference between viewing oneself as sexy and viewing oneself as normal. The article doesn’t mention whether or not these women were completely flat-chested or merely on the small side. However, the taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for plastic surgery beyond drastic disfigurement any more than they should have to pay for hair implants, Viagra and birth control.


44 posted on 09/16/2007 7:17:42 PM PDT by skr (Car bombs and IEDs are the exclamation marks for the latest Democrats' talking points.)
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To: fishhound
A super-secret Australian Navy study, given the title "Boobie Hatch", has revealed that assigning a scientifically determined number of female sailors with breast enhancements (called "floaters" by some of the less PC male sailors) to each vessel would render it virtually unsinkable.

The study further stated that if the enhancements were of the "super-large" variety, it would be possible to assign a lesser number of female sailors to a vessel.

However, the study cautioned that incorrectly assigning too many female sailors to a vessel, could result in the vessel riding too high in the water, rendering the propellers completely ineffective.

The study listed this possible problem under a heading called "Excess Boobage Is A Negative Factor".

45 posted on 09/16/2007 7:18:39 PM PDT by Col Freeper
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To: Army Air Corps

IPFS? I would think it was more Topgraphically Increased Thwarted Submersion.


46 posted on 09/16/2007 7:22:29 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Candor7

I call natural.


47 posted on 09/16/2007 7:22:57 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: fishhound
Let's see now...
  1. The female sailors enjoy having larger breasts.
  2. The heterosexual male sailors enjoy the women having larger breasts.
I mean, the only ones likely to object are the homosexual male sailors, right? And frankly, when it comes to a nice set on a woman, who gives a sh!t what a gay man thinks?

I can think of a lot worse uses of public money than enhancing a woman's self-esteem, not to mention the scenery. (Full disclosure: I also happen to think that petite breasts are wonderful too. If a woman is happy as she is, I'm fine with that, too.)

What's not to love? My tax dollars at work... I'm okay with this.

48 posted on 09/16/2007 7:25:54 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: fishhound

PICS, please????


49 posted on 09/16/2007 7:27:44 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: RichInOC
more buoyant

Back when, flotation devices were called Mae West's. Navy tradition, doncha know?

50 posted on 09/16/2007 7:29:02 PM PDT by Don Carlos (No 8 Do)
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To: RichInOC
Okay, I see the two sailors. Where’s the breast?

On a leash, silly! Remember, they're walking a breast...
51 posted on 09/16/2007 7:29:10 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Col Freeper

They can double as Barrage Balloons in a pinch.

52 posted on 09/16/2007 7:30:15 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: dayglored
What's not to love? My tax dollars at work... I'm okay with this.

LOL, I'm not buying this as your only response.

I'm thinking you sent the Aussie Gov't a large check, designated to support the program.

53 posted on 09/16/2007 7:30:53 PM PDT by Col Freeper
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To: dayglored
Clearly, their ranks are swelling.>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Submerged they will be a credit to the silent service.

54 posted on 09/16/2007 7:34:58 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: fishhound; carlr; Maximus of Texas; wallcrawlr; Tatze; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; null and void; ..
Gadzooks! Got... a smoking idea!

Okay... now stick with me!

I wonder... if this mean that if Pamela Anderson immigrated downunder and joined the Aussie Navy...

She's be made... {Wait for it!} a Fleet Admiral, eh?

Sheesh! Logic... demands this stop!

Not again, Spock... You know that Vulcan Nerve Pinch doesn't work on me!

55 posted on 09/16/2007 7:36:06 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: fishhound
bumping for provocative photos.
56 posted on 09/16/2007 7:38:17 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (RON PAUL: "It will be a little bit better now with the democrats now in charge of oversight ")
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To: Artemis Webb
Aussie Sailor checks chart.

No augmentation needed.

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

57 posted on 09/16/2007 7:42:03 PM PDT by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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To: Rb ver. 2.0; MotleyGirl70; Cagey; Mr. Brightside; Taffini

They’re real, and they’re spectacular. And even if they’re not real, they’re still spectacular.


58 posted on 09/16/2007 7:42:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: Col Freeper

“What’s not to love? My tax dollars at work... I’m okay with this.”

The Romans got bread and circus with thier taxes.

I would love the satisfaction of seeing my tax dollars at work....bring it on.


59 posted on 09/16/2007 7:43:48 PM PDT by fishhound
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To: jiggyboy

Prince Charles - “Do you know what I would do if I were Bill Clinton?”


60 posted on 09/16/2007 7:48:10 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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