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By Rod McGarvie, published 21/4/201680 Chief Executives, including Apple’s Timothy Cook, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and the head of the Bank of America also joined in on attacking the new law.
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Posted by plantagenet, Thursday, 21 April 2016 2:54:23 PM
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I never thought I’d agree with a Family First member, but the author has a point. It is a danger to both free speech and democratic process if corporations use the threat of serious economic harm to persuade governments or institutions to adopt the corporation’s preferred social policies, when those policies have little or nothing to do with the corporation’s core business or its shareholders’ direct interests. I recall a few years ago the ANZ withdrew advertising from this site because it disagreed with an article published here. I happened to disagree with the article too, but was appalled that a corporation would abuse its economic muscle to stifle free speech that way.
Perhaps the more interesting question is why corporations do it. Doubtless there are some CEOs and boards that like to use their organisations’ power to further their own ideological hobby horses. But I suspect there is more to it than that. In these days of twitter hash tag campaigns, virtue signalling* seems to be a growing feature of individuals’ and corporations’ public persona. The publicity these measures attract is a cheap and easy way of saying ‘look at us, we’re good’. It’s far cheaper than actually doing something good, but with most of the reputational benefits. * http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/i-invented-virtue-signalling-now-its-taking-over-the-world/ Posted by Rhian, Thursday, 21 April 2016 2:57:59 PM
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It really doesn't make any difference to most LGTBI whether Telstra bows to the pressure of an extremist religious organisation. I guess many of them are probably in the Catholic faith on the extremist side. After Panama, it's probably a blessing for any group to distance themselves that are implicated in offshore fraud. Especially companies that bow to these religious nutters who could be the same religious nutters who are pedophile enablers, as have been exposed in the Royal Commission, especially in western Victoria. I'm sure any decent LGTBI would, of course, distance themselves with what could be a company that dabbles on offshore money laundering, as does Turbull with his account in the Cayman Islands. But also distance themselves from pedophile priests. I guess this is what a post above meant by "companies supporting perverts". Yes, we know all about the Catholic Priests. But do be kind to the Church. The Pope is at least half decent. He even supports Bernie Sanders, so I guess we have a good Pope. And the Safe School's Programme? It's really about bullying. It is not about promoting LGTBI. If anything, it shows the difficulty of LGTBI and their vulnerablility to being bullied, and no kid wants to be in that situation. And I would say no kid really wants to be gay either. It doesn't work on choice, never did, never will. But peace, safety and decency must prevail :)
Posted by saintfletcher, Thursday, 21 April 2016 3:47:42 PM
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Speaking of corporate activism, especially of the behind the scenes variety, hasnt anybody ever heard of the IPA here in Australia, which is laughably classified as a charity, and therefor supported by the ordinary taxpayer, because corporate donations are tax-deductible.
Or of the all-over-the-place-tentacles of the Koch brothers in the USA, and of ALEC too: http://www.alecexposed.org Or of the book Global Spin by Sharon Beder which describes in great detail the activities of the global corporate SPIN (propaganda) machine. Or of the ultra-conservative Christian outfit The Family the global-reach of which is described in the book The Family by Jeff Sharlet. The Family also operates here in Australia. Or of the behind the scenes manipulations of Opus Dei as described in various essays on the Open Tabernacle website. Meanwhile of course the "catholic" church runs the worlds largest privately owned PROPAGANDA machine, the tentacles of which reach into almost every village on the planet. Posted by Daffy Duck, Thursday, 21 April 2016 8:03:51 PM
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Gawd, the world is going stark raving mad !
There are now people in academia who are trying to implement the idea that sex is not binary, ie male or female and you can set your bit to 1 or 0. No, it is analogue, it can be any variation in between, and society MUST and WILL cater for this idea. It appears that this bit of airy fairy nonsense has originated in US universities and the locals are taking it up as the latest social advance in philosophy. Do we now have to allocate on a scale of one to 10 or one to 100 what is our sex ? If it is one in 10 we will need ten different toilets ? If it is one in 100 ...! No they say, we will only have one. Oh I see then we will not need women only carriages on trains even though we do not have them YET ! The demand for protected space for women students in the universities will end up requiring women only space on trains. Note the problems with aboriginal safe space in Brisbane Uni computer rooms ! I am beginning to believe that Islam might have something there ! Posted by Bazz, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 2:13:35 PM
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ABC News, April 21, 2016 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-21/transgender-hiv-court-case/7346196
Headline "Sex worker charged with infecting a client with HIV refused bail"
PHOTO: Clayton James Palmer, accused of transmitting HIV to another person, was extradited from NSW to face trial in Perth. http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7185934-4x3-340x255.jpg
"A Perth magistrate has refused to grant bail to a transgender sex worker because she refuses to accept she has HIV and may put other people at risk if she is released.
Clayton James Palmer, who identifies as Sienna Fox, is facing a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to a client, whom it is alleged she infected with HIV after several sexual encounters in 2015..."
Not Gay at the end of the Rainbow. More like fodder for the Grim Reaper's bowling ball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo