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| Off Topic at MOSH - Australian Comedy Forum Australian Taboos Hey all, My boyf has an assignment to do and he was finding it a bit hard to come up with 5 taboos within the ... |
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06-10-2003, 10:49 PM
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Hey all, My boyf has an assignment to do and he was finding it a bit hard to come up with 5 taboos within the Australian culture. His assignment question is: List 5 taboos in Australian society that are not laws, how are these different from prohibitions in other cultures? What does this tell you about Australian culture personality? If any of you guys can contribute some ideas, it would be much appreciated! Thanks guys! Moogs  | ||
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06-10-2003, 10:54 PM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 3  | Um... *thinks* Taking cheap beer to a party, then drinking someone else's crownies. There's a taboo. Can't really think of any, sorry Moogs. | ||
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06-10-2003, 11:57 PM
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Reputation:  Reputation Power: 3  | Erm, I went a searching, but all I could find that might be of some use was this  http://www.abc.net.au/wordmap/rel_stories/swearing.htm | ||
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07-10-2003, 12:40 AM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 4 | I reckon: suicide homosexuality (to a certain extent still) illegitimacy but then again, Im not sure how firm my grasp of taboo is. Maybe give us a clearer definition of what you want? | ||
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07-10-2003, 10:09 AM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 4 | taboo to talk about or taboo to do. i mean it isn't taboo to committ suicide but it's taboo to talk about it mainly because of laws restricting the reporting of it in newspapers. | ||
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07-10-2003, 02:16 PM
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| MOSHer  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Gippsland
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 4 | Have to aree with Newt on the Bali topic. I think that hit a little too close to home for most comedians to dare touch it. I would like to say homosexuality was taboo, but unfortunately it's getting an awful lot of television time at the moment, so maybe you could say that it's acceptable for entertainment purposes but taboo as a life style choice? Maybe. Umm. There are a lot of other contentious issues, but none that I'd say were strictly off limits. Sorry I couldn't really help. | ||
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07-10-2003, 02:28 PM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 7 | Given that we have one of the largest openly gay communities in the world just how taboo is it. There's no law against marrying your second cousin and yet out would come the banjo music. | ||
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07-10-2003, 03:28 PM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 0 | Oh yeah? Give me a mic and I'll try the Bali jokes. 12/10 NEVAR FORGET AUSTRALIA UBER ALLES KILL TEH INDO KNEESIANS WHAT ABOUT TEH GREAT WHITE DRUNKEN FOOOOOTY MEN KILLED As I said give me a mic... Oh, and homophobia is still the choice of bigotism in the majority of Australian homes according to a recent survey. | ||
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07-10-2003, 08:34 PM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 6 | What is considered "taboo" is completely dependent on the person, I think... I mean - there are very few things I consider taboo... but that's just me. Mind you, a good example of this was something one of my tutors was saying one time when we were talking about taboo, was she was taking a particular tutorial and the topic was taboo - this girl had just come in and apparently the tutor turned to her and asked her what colour her mentrual blood was. And this girl went off her nut at the tutor (she didn't realise this student was going to freak out like that). That was a classic example of taboo - obviously talking about that to that girl is taboo. | ||
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09-10-2003, 12:10 AM
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Reputation: Reputation Power: 4 | Damn straight! :p | ||
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