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."
Yes, mate, a tempest in a D cup.
Prince Charles - “Do you know what I would do if I were Bill Clinton?”
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Not dump Diana for Camilla de ville?
Instead, he’d dump Diana for Hillary.
or...(prepares to hide) he’d dump all over Monica
eww
(hides)
Gentlemen, gentlemen, you’re missing the big picture here. Australia is already on the ball while the US is far behind! We must NOT allow an enhanced female flotation gap!!
> 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.
Actually, I pay taxes to Uncle Sam, so what I meant was "in general", not specific to the Australian services; I feel the same way about our troops. If a female soldier feels she can better serve America with augmented breasts, who am I to argue? I think that's a fine use of my money, considering how many worthless and zero-ROI things the government spends it on now.
I see it this way: There's a soldier, sailor, etc. who is putting her life on the line for my freedom -- if she wants bigger boobs, I'm happy to support that. Them. Whatever.
In all seriousness, I consider this entirely acceptable.
“Do you know what I would do if I were Bill Clinton?”
“Every girl you could get your hands on, Sir?”
you really want to see those 2 sailors with boobs?
No. TC Rider specifically said those two sailors were walking abreast, and dang it, I want to see the breast they were walking.
:-D )))
LOL! Good one!
Be careful, they usually travel in pairs /obsvure
1. Where's that photo from?
2. Your link was broken. What was it supposed to be?
Thanks - dayglored
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespondents/makingnews/july07/
[Hang around, folks, the breast is yet to come.]
Trust me Fitz, those mates aren’t looking at her face.
Wonder why I’ve never seen any articles like this about the American military doing breast augmentation.
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