...cont'd from above

The fact he had the temerity to even call police after the incident was very telling of his character, Judge Conlon added.

"This is an easy case for me to throw out. All I can do is apologise to you for ever having been brought into the court system."

Judge Conlon granted Ms Austin's appeal against the 12-month good behaviour bond she received for the offence in Wollongong Local Court last month and released her without conviction.

'I am man enough to accept this fact.'

But Fractelle you're not a man.

I bet Graham is laughing his ass off at you and talisman (CJ) and Lexi/Foxi crawling back from Cyberia with your tail between your legs.

Anti:“I don't. I hold it against her that she tried to pretend it was all altruistic when it clearly wasn't. As I've said before, I reckon she was doing valuable work, but it was a job, not some kind of higher calling.”

I never claimed it to be a higher calling or never meant to imply it.

We already know from The Pied Piper if they know who you are and have said anything online about foster care/government you are not allowed to foster children so it is hardly considered valuable work here.

Anti:“That won't last and creating expectations in people that require such intensive subsidisation is not going to assist us to arrive at a soft landing.”

So... with all the child care and parental leave it costs the country too much for both parents to be taking advantage of it? We’ve seen a lot of people wait though and now having children in their 40’s as they put their careers first. Maybe I should be running a 5 day a week babysitting service where the children of working parents only return for weekends at home. I imagine the children would have just as many emotional problems to overcome as any foster children.

JR:”I have been posting here, on and off, for many years and I notice a decline in female posters, whether this is through natural attrition, say loss of interest or not enough time, I do know that some strong female voices have gone from these pages”

I’ve heard from three female (now absent and not on your list) OLO members, not here because of largely what they see as male bullying. I see a female say something supporting females and cringe, several messages will be flung back at them - often rather harsh or mocking. Have seen females banned for replying in similar tone.

Hasn’t affected me yet, although I do miss the females.

Roscop I’m not sure what that article is saying. Judges are mean to men hit with plastic bottles? The poor bloke, he obviously needed a cuddle and a cup of tea.

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"just couldn't watch the treatment being meted out to Liz45 any longer" so I'm assuming that the comments Liz dishes out don't bother you all that much. See a selection of them at
"http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=11280&page=0#192399" just in case they've escaped your notice.

That seem's to be an ongoing issue, some of the females behave on an ongoing basis with lies, prolific personal attacks, false accusations and that just does not register on some peoples radar. Liz is to you the innocent victim of bullies, not an aggressive bully herslf who will fling whatever she thinks she can get away with at opponents.

Others of you stand on the sidelines pretending to be objective bystanders but only seem to notice the bad behavior by those deemed to be bitter men, the tactics of the bitter women just don't register. It appears that you hold men to a different level of accountability than you hold women.

R0bert

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