Dear Hasbeen,

So it appears that you support atrocities - your words, not mine.

//Perhaps making it compulsory to mark items for sale with a clearly visible mark, like cigarette packages.//

They already are, so that people with those diets know that the food they're buying complies with their diet.

Years ago when I frequented the ratepayer funded swimming pool in Lidcombe, I objected to the main pool being closed for a period in the mornings so that Jon Konrad and other Olympian aspirants could train.
The compromise was that two lanes were set aside for the hopefuls and the rest of us got to enjoy the pool that we'd paid for.

These days various public pools have segregated swimming for Muslim women, and there is cause for objection to this as it does not fit in with Australian society and, frankly, those people who come here and then object to our mixed swimming can either shut up or leave.

Swiss ONE!!

//those people who come here and then object to our mixed swimming can either shut up or leave.//

Or buy their own pools.

But I agree, public swimming should be public.

I don't know about refusing citizenship to those who feel differently. That seems a bit over the top. Just have a rule that says you swim with the public or not at all. They can take it or leave it. If they're sensible they'll start to let pragmatism outweigh dogma once the mercury gets past 310 K; if not the silly buggers can put up with the heat.

somewhere where true democracy is practiced!

Steele,

I would have Australia do exactly as the Swiss did in the same situation. I have no problem with Jews.

We should not ban kosher or halal, which would have most of us starving. Most of the food we eat is halal and kosher. The problem lies only in the 'certification' of hahal food, which has nothing to do with Islam, does not exist in Islamic countries. You will know that there is no kosher certification. Halal 'certification' is a money-making scam, benefiting a few cooks, who might or might not be Muslims.