Hullo “It’s not easy being” [deleted for flaming]. Thank you for agreeing that you support the rights of rednecks to an opinion. Although, those rights are shrinking in this “free’ country. Victoria and West Oz have enacted not only Racial Vilification Laws, they have extended it to religions too. Now comes the news that Queensland wants to extend it again to include “sexuality”. Guess I might as well have my say before I get summonsed to appear before some PC Inquisitor to explain my heretical convictions.

And if you think I can not match it with you, sunshine, well, try me on for size. After all, you should be able to beat the pants off me. I am only a redneck. I know I am a redneck because my bass boat cost me more than my trailer home.

I also know I am being less than polite. But it is about time somebody gave you evangelical Brahmin caste finger waggers a reality check, and us rednecks prefer to talk plainly.

Muslims believe that anyone who has sex outside of marriage should be stoned to death. I have had sex outside of marriage. I therefore perceive these people as hostile and dangerous. I do not see why I should be “tolerant” to people who are hostile and dangerous. The fact that you take the opposite view, I find incredible.

Oh, I hope you mind if I refer to you in future as just "Easy", your present name is too much of a mouthfull.

How does redneck get back in after two days of a one-month ban?
I wonder if we ignore him will he go away?

:S
Time is relative... Perhaps to redneck and Online Opinion, one month has already passed...

Redneck was officially suspended on Saturday, July 23.

The annotation on the post of Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:29:24 PM was simply to indicate which post contravened the forum rules, and to explain to other posters the action that was being taken. The user was able to continue posting until the moderator intervened and enforced a suspension on Saturday.

Redneck's ban will be lifted on Tuesday, August 23.

Regards,

Lachlan
Software Engineer, On Line Opinion

To Bozzie,

Just found out you are at us again this time calling our political philosophy, ‘twaddle’, simliar to the ‘old pap’ you called it the time before. I am saying 'us' because political philosophy happens to be an elective at the School of Humanities..

The word democracy, of course, originated from the Greeks as well as theocracy, and also autocracy. For example, when studying Roman history, we discover how a democracy can turn autocratic sometimes without any bloodshed. Such has happened these days n the USA with full control of both Houses and Senate as has also happened today under the Howard government.

The result is possible overconfidence and arrogance in the leader, so-called peoples' governments becoming fascistic more so in wartime or in an emergency as with terrorist problems. It is then the job of political philosophers to look for trouble in the future. Right at present even on our Online studies , there have been suggestions of the current Bush establishment acting too much like the disgraced Nixon regime during the Vietnam War. Added to lies about WMD and the unlawful attack on Iraq and more enquiries like the one on Carl Rove, could have political scientists pushing for an enquiry and possible future impeachment for the President and the sacking of the present White House, with possible trouble as well for both the Blair and Howard governments.

However, for philosophers to tell of such things happening during the Roman Empire and calling it old pap or twaddle, Bozzie, well they wouldn’t get far as university lecturers.

PS - You spoke about indigenuos and former conqered groups not acting like Islamic terrorists, but I must say that we were over in Sri-Lanka when the Tamil Tigers were ready for rebellion, and as Keith Suter has pointed out, they still hold the record for the most suicidal attacks