"I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member." 
Posted on 03/15/2005 3:53:06 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
GOVERNOR-General Michael Jeffery should rethink his patronage of certain men's-only, elite clubs because of the negative message it sent out, a former Labor frontbencher said today.
MP Daryl Melham said the head of state's membership of exclusive clubs was a colonial relic, not consistent with modern-day Australia.
The Age newspaper today reported Major General Jeffery was patron to such bastions of male privilege as the Australian Club (Melbourne and Sydney), the Union Club (Sydney), the Queensland Club and the Western Australian Club.
"This is a modern Australia. This isn't a colonial relic," Mr Melham said.
"The times and values of the past have moved on.
"I don't think the governor-general should be automatically a patron of every club that asks him to.
"Some of those clubs, frankly, are not appropriate for him to be the patron of."
Mr Melham said the governor-general was supposed to be representing all Australians.
"(It is) the wrong message is to be a patron of elite clubs that exclude other people," he said.
"In relation to some of those clubs, he should rethink his patronage.
"You look at what they stand for. You look at their membership. You look at the modern values of this country."
More nonsensical clap-trap from the left!
Is this thread about Bonobos?
Oh, for Heaven's sake! How would they feel about "exclusivity" if he decided he wanted to join the Moslem Women's Association?
Who or what is "bonobos"? Animal, vegetable or mineral?
Why is it considered bad to join a group of people you wish to associate with because they dont accept every Tom, Dick and Henrietta?
I bet if you Googled it, you'd find my previous response hilarious.
These aren't the sort of men's clubs you can get a lap dance in, are they? Then why should anyone care?
A question that our socialist MP "friend" should address.
A lap dance in one of these clubs would most certainly lead to mass coronary arrest.
Many quick "departures" from bonobos, too!
Hmmmm, I'm thinking this is all Bush's fault somehow!
"I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member."
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