Poirot, thanks for the clarification. It would never have occurred to me that you saw your action as constructive. You were seeking a way to avoid facing the fact that Gillard is an incorrigible liar, so only you, and your leftie mates,could see that as constructive. Anyway, you have slammed your mind shut, now, and must feel secure from any intrusive truth. I was under the apprehension that your mind was slammed shut a long time ago, so thanks for your perspective on it.

I spoke of haters earlier and this comment from individual is a case in point;

“What was said about Gillard's father was said around an air of real possibilty(sic) but we can't prove that.”

I know the default is to treat his comments like those of runner, usually short, factless pieces of bile, but they do give one pause to imagine just what drives people to this level of hatred.

For Abbott the lust for power is on record. The bargaining with the independents for the right to rule showed just what lengths he was prepared to go to.

“Tony, I would do anything for this job. The only thing I wouldn’t do is sell my arse, but I’d have to give serious thought to it.”

Perhaps as with Abbott, individual and runner's sense of powerlessness are the drivers of their nasty, hateful comments.

SR,

Are your nasty hateful comments driven by your sense of powerlessness?

They are certainly not driven by reason.

Dear SM,

A kind word doesn't cost much and yet it can do wonders
for people. (I know).

We're all guilty of making inappropriate
remarks when the right buttons are pushed or when we're
dealing with emotive issues. Also sometimes people
forget that they're dealing with human beings on the other
side of their computers. A discussion forum is not
supposed to be a blood sport. Sometimes a bit more thought
prior to posting would not go astray (for all of us - myself
included).

Dear Shadow Minister,

You wrote;

“Are your nasty hateful comments driven by your sense of powerlessness? They are certainly not driven by reason.”

Perhaps you see some of my comments as hateful, if so I am happy for you to point them out. I do have a propensity for forcefully reacting to bullying behaviour and perhaps you think that goes beyond acceptable bounds. I am always looking for avenues of self improvement.

I think we first need to get a sense of what you regard as hateful behaviour. Do you think Alan Jones referencing Julia Gillard's recently deceased father as 'dying of shame' in an effort to score a political point was hateful? If you don't could you point to something I have posted here that you regard by definition as being worthy of being described as hateful thus markedly worse than Jones'/individual's comment?

it doesn't take me long to "BLOCK" them from my timeline.
Ostrich, err Poirot,
well done. No see, no hear, no knowing about reality.