# Queensland Nazis. I hate Queensland Nazis **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102 "2017-03-01T12:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/21 "2017-03-02T01:47:58Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > “Ghettos”? Yes – quite wealthy ghettos. Nobody forces Australian Jews to live where they do. I suspect that part of the reason why they are concentrated is that they want to be able to walk to their synagogue on the sabbath, and given their numbers, it’s not efficient to have a synagogue in every suburb. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/22 "2017-03-02T03:09:08Z")
Methinks Doctor Jackson may have been referring to the word ‘concentrated’. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/23 "2017-03-02T09:25:40Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Methinks Doctor Jackson may have been referring to the word ‘concentrated’. I understand that, but I concentrated for a long time, and couldn’t think of a better word … ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/24 "2017-03-02T09:40:18Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I understand that, but I concentrated for a long time, and couldn’t think of a better word … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/25 "2017-03-02T09:51:29Z")
But yes, in essence you are right Giles. It is essential for observant Jews to be able to walk to synagogue on the Sabbath, so living too far away obviously makes that impossible. Particularly so in Sydney and Melbourne with their shocking urban sprawl. Of course it’s also important for those who keep kosher to be able to access businesses that cater to their needs: For the kids to attend the local Jewish schools, for the women to be able to access a mivkeh bath and a plethora of other reasons that make it essentially impossible for observant Jews to live anywhere but where they do. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/26 "2017-03-02T11:42:15Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I understand that, but I concentrated for a long time, and couldn’t think of a better word … … congregated, clustered, gathered, are to be found… ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/27 "2017-03-02T11:43:17Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Of course it’s also important for those who keep kosher to be able to access businesses that cater to their needs: For the kids to attend the local Jewish schools, for the women to be able to access a mivkeh bath and a plethora of other reasons that make it essentially impossible for observant Jews to live anywhere but where they do. You’re showing an area of knowledge I never knew you had, **Kam**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/28 "2017-03-05T22:14:12Z")
Who owns the local gas company? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/29 "2017-03-05T22:27:26Z")
There’s a few possibilities but they are generally quasi government or public companies. Why? ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/30 "2017-03-05T22:31:50Z")
Thought it might be something to check, meaning, saw a low-hanging joke, grabbed for it, and missed, quite possibly offensively. Ready to apologize to everyone I offended. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/31 "2017-03-06T01:07:15Z")
Oh right. Gas. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/32 "2017-03-06T01:17:06Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Wow, that’s even lower than I would have thought. I had a couple of Jewish friends at college, and I remember thinking that for all that one reads about Jews generally - in literature and history - growing up in Brisbane they were the first Jews that I had (knowingly) met. > > [Here you go…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ukFAvYP3UU) > [@Trancephalic](#): > > It’s a Blues Brothers reference. The specificity of it is the joke. :smack: It’s been _way_ too long since I’ve watched that. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102/33 "2017-03-06T02:55:32Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > :smack: > > It’s been _way_ too long since I’ve watched that. The richness of that scene is that it’s not based on just some throwaway gag. The movie was filmed while the memories of the neo-Nazis and their court case to march in uniform in Skokie, Illinois, home of many Holocaust survivors were still painfully fresh. Classic. In many ways, _The Blues Brothers_ is a sterling example of a perfect movie. Not a wasted shot. Tons of cultural references. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queensland-nazis-i-hate-queensland-nazis/781102.md?page=1)