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Blaming the victim : Comments
By Brendan O'Reilly, published 1/3/2021It would have been fairer to all concerned, if these complaints had been properly investigated by police and (if merited) tried in a court.
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As a nonagenarian yourself I take it you are making a backhanded reference to my years of acquired knowledge and wisdom when you refer to me as "old". In the tracking of our celestial orbits I would be going over the Moon, whilst you would be orbiting somewhere around Uranus. I thankyou for the complement.
In an ideal egalitarian world maybe it would be right and proper to hold the person seeking the position of First Law Officer of the Land, a very high office indeed, in this case Christian Porter, to the same moral and ethical standards to that required of Sam the sewer cleaning man to hold his position. The idea that society set a basic minimum standard of decency and ethics that no one should fall below is good. However, that basic standard should not be used as the universal measure when a person is being judged for the roll of say, Attorney-General of Australia, a much higher standard should be applied. In the case of Christian Porter it can be clearly seen that he may have not met the high standard of decency and ethics the community demands of one holding such a position. Porter should stand aside while a full independent enquiry is held into his suitability for the roll.