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    Immigrants and the Australian Identity

    FINALLY SOME SANITY! Thanks L I hope everyone takes in this non imperialist perspective. Especially the concepts of "Australian-ness" which are abstract and inherited by British imperialism. Also the contributions made by the middle east, which largely go unnoticed. For reference read...
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    Any mature age journalism students out there?

    How was your first week? There are a lot of youngsters arent there?
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    I'm so sick of hearing that the cartoons aren't offensive. Ok , so they aren't offensive to YOU, we understand that. They dont hurt you emotionally. By now isnt is obvious that they are clearly offensive to others, and its not offensive to you because you dont beleive in the religion. Its...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Have u read this? It says clearly itself, "Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has always maintained that the service and its community are built around a self-policing and self-cleaning nature that is supposed to ensure its articles are accurate. " Self...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper ok, even though they had so called supplied me with the source and misled me? And that is my fault for believing him? Yep, got it, completely.
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Well, if you had seen who i was qouting you would have known i wasn't responding to you, but a qoute from "Good sir lancelot", at his arguement sources supplied from wikipedia. That makes me an idiot for believing him that it was from somewhere else? That...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Look closer. They have anknowledged the REPRESENTATION by placing a fire symbol above his head. The fire symbol usually represents a representation, as i have said before. I see that you havn't mentioned the other paintings. Now if it is going to be your lifelong quest to find pictures of the...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper sorry i didnt see if it had qouted properly. This is what he sourced from wikipedia Islam Kind of like the Mormonism of Arab religions, Islam (as in "I slam women to the ground and kick in their teeth for leaving the house") was created by a crazy guy...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Will you also grant how i have already explained that even in these pictures his face is unrecognisable? Look closer, sometimes there is no face where there should be one. I said before that they have never represented his facial features, they usually cover it up with fire. But thank you for...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Omg you're qouting wikipedia? LOL! wikipedia is a website blog for anyone on the internet. How is that reputable? Anyone from ol' hick ville can write up an essay and post it online. Goes to show. Get your sources right buddy.
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2025511_1,00.html. Dont worry, the writer isnt muslim, and nor is The Times a very muslim-loving media. It is not about censoring free speech, it was about blasphemy. You can present free speech as an arguement in a rational , logical manner...
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    Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

    Many of the anti-islamic rhetoric im hearing is about how Jesus (pbuh) has always been made fun of, so why is it such a big deal? Well, this is the reason. It is sad that i have to point this out but i need to in order to answer this question. Not even Muslims of the lowest order have...
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    need advice-changing majors

    i know what you mean. but i guess you have to beat the competition ey?
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    The CULTURAL part of writing and cultural studies.

    didnt you already have a thread for this? i dont know what you did at school but there is three years worth of cultural studies in this course, hence the name. contemporary cultures 1 is what you will be doing in first semester. In this subject, you study something different each week. its...
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    need advice-changing majors

    hi, i need advice on chaning majors from writing to journalism. I want to get a job and dont think i have a good chance with writing, and i wanted to get into journalism ages ago...so i want to change majors, but is it too late now? like on e-request you can still do that but im so confused...
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