vanna do you have any idea how annoying your obsessive focus on academics is? Anybody who was ever going to pay the least attention has heard you on that. Continuing to go on and on about it does not look good for you and undermines any likely hood of legitimate consideration the issues behind your concerns.

Have you tried submitting a thread proposal on the topic? Submit some of the more glaring examples of gender vilification you have found from Australian academics and see who wants to debate the topic but please stop dragging it into every thread you post in. It's not good for you, it's not good for the image of those with concerns about the excesses of some feminists and it's become rather rude.

R0bert

Dear Vanna,

I think that we're talking at cross-purposes
here. I understood your comments were directed
at the author I cited in my earlier posts,
or at me - seeing as you addressed your post to
me. Therefore I responded as I did.

Apparently your comments were directed at the
author of this article. Why then did you address
your post to me and then tell me you don't want to
know my history?

Crossed wires perhaps?

As for your references to academics - I don't think
you can describe academics as simply one entity
that thinks alike.
People are individuals, especially academics,
with totally different perceptions and views.
The expectation that they are some kind of
"same" is not only impossible, but it also
lacks integrity. Your statements are
simply generalisations and don't allow for
individual perceptions. Are all Australians
the same? There's battling farmers, bronzed beach
babes, metro latte sippers, pompous monarchists,
yuppy republicans, sporting heroes, Aussie ockers,
tireless tradies, soccer mums, et cetera, et cetera.

I don't know what your hang-up with academics is -
but I did not get the same impression that you did
from reading this particular article.

I agree with Robert, Vanna.
No one here is answering your silly questions because we really don't care about these mad academics you go on about!
Stop already!

"Homosexuals have been around for centuries which suggests it is nothing new nor anything to be feared." Posted by pelican, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 5:08:10 PM

God created?
....................

""Sorry, but it gets worse: on the days he doesn’t post you now have to imagine him vigorously but quietly gnawing on an old slipper.""
Posted by woulfe, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 5:56:30 PM

a pillow, perhaps?

Foxy,
Well, the author condemns heterosexual marriage, but supports homosexual marriage.

The author also offers no scientific evidence that heterosexual marriage is bad, just states that it is bad.

The author also breaks the anti-discrimination policy of their university, similar to many other academics in universities throughout Australia.

There is also no data being released from universities regards de-facto relationships, which means that such data is being purposely hidden.

I would think nothing of any reliability is now coming from academics in Australian universities.

(And if you think that university research is valuable, almost no research being undertaken in Australian universities reaches the stage of being commercially viable, and for the most part, universities have now become a waste of public funding).

Dear Celivia,
I Have been studying Gods word for over 30 years and I am
beginning to see the big picture of the jigsaw puzzel of the words, so either I am a slow learner or it takes much meditation to get the hidden gems. A case in point is proverbs 22 verse 6 Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it. The other day while talking to the Lord about my youngest daughter I asked where I had gone wrong and his reply was "She isn't old yet" children have to be given grace to make mistakes so they learn from them and when they are old they will remember the way that they learned from the bible and follow it. We all need to hear the words of God but few want to hear for it is wisdom in handling the pressure of daily life. If you have no pressure in your life you are very fortunate. Churches make mistakes, Governments make mistakes, for they are people and we are not perfect. It is much better to forgive and pray for those who spitefully use us than getting a wrong attitude and holding a grudge as it only destroys our peace and joy. Without a relationship with Jesus you will never know him or understand his word. I thank God daily for all that I have and the have nots fade into insignificance.