Frank wrote on Jan 10
th, 2024 at 9:59pm:
AusGeoff wrote on Jan 10
th, 2024 at 7:03pm:
A great speaker, articulate and quick-witted, who
could deliver the goods. Unfortunately, I think, he
tried to introduce too many fresh notions, too quickly,
to a citizenry steeped in the ultra-conservative 1950's
Liberal quagmire.
Is there ANYTHING that is not "ultra" in your world, Guff?
You are your own parody.
Judging by this comment Frank, it's more than obvious
you didn't live through the conservative Menzies era of
the 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Menzies said of the 1963 Queen's visit to Australia:
"I did but see her passing by, yet I shall love her till I die".
This was typical of the Liberal lapdogs' kowtowing to the
United Kingdom in general and the monarch of another
country in particular. And this squeamish conservatism
infested our society at all levels of government and the
wider society.
Hanging was still on the statutes; shops had to close on
Sundays; homosexuality was a criminal offence, as was
abortion; we had to stand in film theatres for the National
Anthem; the White Australia Policy was in full force; Aboriginals
could not vote; the Communist Party was banned; female
employees were paid far less than their male counterparts;
female nipples were airbrushed out of men's magazines,
and women's weekly magazines invariably included pictures
of the royal family, amongst the knitting patterns; men
had to wear a tie to the office, and if wearing braces had to
leave a jacket on; beach inspectors actually measured
women's bikinis to make sure they complied with the legal
minimum coverage.
A beach inspector at Bondi Beach NSW points out that
the dark bikini contravenes minimum legal size. 
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