Thanks Grace - the WA result is certainly better than I'd feared. Mind you, I'm not overly enamoured with the ALP, but they're certainly better than the WA Libs.

With respect to homophobia - I actually think that the homosexuality or otherwise of politicians is a complete furphy. It only matters to the homophobes, but I find it hard to resist exposing fundamentalist hypocrisy when I come across it...

Cheers,
Morgan :)

Thanks for the laugh Boaz, I especially enjoyed "Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks". I was not aware they were doing cocktails back then!

Good luck at the fun run, and remember, as I have said before, its the journey that counts....

Morganzola - I agree with you and many Australians re the ALP, they really need to lift their game federally, but then that goes for all the opposition parties, including the impoverished Democrats. Democracy demands an effective opposition.

As for homophobia, the root of the word says it all, its about fear. In the long run, this fear will give way to reason and civility. It just takes a bit longer for some

Your welcome Grace... and hey ! u learn something new each day right ?
I guess there were some people in Isaiah's day who had a giggle about the 'whacky Torah basher' :) but after the Babylonians came and sacked the city, stole all the Temple treasures and exiled all the nobility to a foreign land, I guess the smirks were not present anymore as they all waved good bye to all that had been precious to them. But,no, I'm not suggesting we will have a similar experience, in our case it is more likely that cultural and social implosion occurs before the 'evil indonesians' come and take you away :)

Morgan, you should read up on the story of Noah and note these words carefully "As it was, in the days of Noah...." u might even do a search on that phrase and see what comes up.

The Democrats sank because of inherrant weakness in their position, lacking a moral foundation apart from the one they made up as they went.