Up until today Calgary swimmers wearing multicultural clothing such as hijabs, saris and other non-traditional types of swimwear were only allowed to attend the Village Square pool if they insisted on wearing clothes that "conformed to their religious and ethnic beliefs". The City of Calgary has now made it policy that all public pools in the city will be open to anyone wearing anything as long as the multicultural garments are clean. The term multicultural garments has also been extended to include sweatpants and leggings to reflect the full cultural diversity experience. I applaud the decision and can't wait to jump in a Calgary pool with a pair of cowboy boots, an orange toque and of course my Dust my Broom thong.

The caveat is that I wouldn't be able to jump in just anywhere as the delegated jumping in area would be crowded with cultural diversity. The City of Calgary has mandated that although you can wear whatever you want to any public pool in the city, you must remain in the shallow end and according to this CBC article they didn't provide a reason for it.

So on one hand while the city applauds themselves for embracing diversity on the other those expressing outward multiculturalism are to be segregated to one end of the pool. That doesn't seem fair and it is quite possible that this policy may lead to further actions down the road from the multiculturally obscure willing to face off against the hate capital of Canada.

The next time some bum from Ontario drives thru the city they'll be bound to wonder out loud about the apartheid policies of the socialist Nazi's and progressive facists and how they are able to get away with it - Canada is a racist shithole^TM.

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Don Morris said:

	... . "I applaud the decision and can't wait to jump in a Calgary pool with a pair of cowboy boots, an orange toque and of course my Dust my Broom thong" The faithful applaud YOUR decision, and demand photographic proof of the event.
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Aug 20, 2008 18:50:50
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Chris Gordon said:

	... this opens up so many interesting possibilities for abuse, who's to say what is and isn't "multicultural" http://www.swimoutlet.com/product_p/7543.htm
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Aug 20, 2008 18:51:45
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Elane said:

	... get one of the V string neon green thing in neon orange
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Aug 20, 2008 19:02:43
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Rose said:

... Well isn't that nice, when someone wearing a Sari or hyjab drowns who's legally libel the person wearing the equivalent of a sail or the life guard? When did these people become so freaking modest? When I lived in Victoria my gym had alternate days for men and women and the women from the ME would swim naked and then commense to the hot tub. Neither of which I would use, sorry but it looked like a bathing club not a group swimming. To this day I relive the trama of seeing extremely large breasted women bobbing naked in the pool. Believe me fellas it wasn't purdy.

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Aug 20, 2008 20:05:28
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Darcey said:

	... and demand photographic proof of the event I be heading back to my vacation now...
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Aug 20, 2008 20:12:16
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mecheng said:

	... Good Lord, this is hilarious! I will certainly join you in a toque, boots, and thong. I think we need a blogburst, or whatever the kids are calling it to properly promote this. It could be an annual event!
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Aug 20, 2008 22:24:34
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Darcey said:

	... Bloggers attack Calgary pool!
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Aug 20, 2008 23:18:08
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raise the drawbridge said:

	... i can hardly wait until some poor immigrant drowns because of the extra 20 lbs or so of wet swimming apparel... then we get to watch all the bed wetters who enact these policies become professional mourners on prime time...
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Aug 21, 2008 04:49:18
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cosmos said:

	... Yes, your sticker, Liberalism is a mental disease, is hilarious...I am so glad I belong to a private fitness center...owned by Jewish people...so far the hordes won't infect themselves in the holy water...
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Aug 21, 2008 15:00:19
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ed said:

	... Are they not creating a bigger problem in that the multi cults will be segregated in the shallow end of the pool, but who will be required to rule on what is and what isn't multi cult garb? The poor lifeguard, of course. Throw him to the litigious multi cult lawyer-sharks. Next step is for the multicult mohammaden women to demand that males vacate while they bathe.
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Aug 22, 2008 04:40:42
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raise the drawbridge said:

	... why don't we just repaint 'deep end' so it says 'shallow end'... that should make a nice dent in the number of complaints...
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Aug 22, 2008 06:03:19
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Elane said:

	... the mohammadean women already rent private time at public pools so that they can swim without the presence of males. been going on for years.
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Aug 22, 2008 11:44:40
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