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No more gay life for Kookaburra
A school has removed the word "gay" from the Australian children's song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
AUDIO: Ross and John speak with Lepage Principal Garry Martin
Students at Lepage Primary at Cheltenam instead sing "FUN your life must be".
Principal Garry Martin decided the meaning of the word has changed and it can be used for bullying.
But Jason Rostant from the gay advocacy group The Also Foundation says removing the word is not tackling the problem.
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So what's the story now, is it the tree or the kookaburra who is gay or lame or having fun.
Cheryl Friday 3 September, 2010 - 12:01 PM -
Methinks Lenny didnt even bother to listen to the audio, as if he had he would have heard the Principal explain he made the decision himself and it was nothing to do with political correctness. Man-haters? Chill out mate, nothing of the sort is happening here. Also, hetersexual schools? I didnt know such a thing existing. Do the homosexuals of Australia go to separate gay schools? Find a thread of reality, and grip onto it tight.
Oh, anyone in primary used to sing the old "Eenie Meenie Miney Mo" rhyme when the commonly used next line was "catch a n*gger by the toe". I hear its "catch a tiger" now - would you same pearl-clutchers be all upset about the PC transition of that particular line??Belle Friday 3 September, 2010 - 9:35 AM -
The Prinipal of the School looks as Gay as can be. Would not like him teaching my child.
disgusted Friday 3 September, 2010 - 8:39 AM -
I don't think this is PC, the meaning of the word has, for all intents and purposes, changed. When was the last time anyone used it to mean happy?
Luke Friday 3 September, 2010 - 1:13 AM -
This is typical PC bulls--t gone mad~! This stuff is being driven by the 'men haters' in Community Services in an effort to justify their own pathetic existence/lifestyle~! This would have to be the most sick, perverted, twisted logic I've ever seen~! Since when has the GAY community dictated heterosexual school policy? GROW UP & GET A LIFE~!
Lenny Thursday 2 September, 2010 - 6:37 PM -
This is a sad indictment on the teaching profession. Whatever happened to teaching children the meaning of words? If there were sniggers in the classroom, once upon a time, a teacher would have pulled the culprits into line, exercise control and then give coherent definitions. Given this ridiculous rationale of changing troublesome words ... why not ditch the word "girt" in the national anthem? We wouldn't want to teach the kids what it means! Hey, rewrite some Shakespeare while you're at it. Teachers just cop out these days.
Corallee Thursday 2 September, 2010 - 6:18 PM
