Frank,

I accept your need to get back at me, but just because your views are different from mine doesn't neccessarily make me 'ignorant'. Things are not as 'complex' as you believe, Frank. I have always viewed that word with great suspicion. It is used by people who haven't got a clue how to solve a problem. They scorn the simply answer from the ordinary bloke in the street, try to make him feel bad, and in doing so, preserve their own self-importance and, usually, well-paid, useless job.

In your case, I assume that you have become used to people doing it and have taken on the idea yourself.

Frank, I have no interest at all in what you think of me or my opinions. I don't comment on the opinions of others, no matter how daft I think they are. I do not debate; I just express by own opinion and allow others to do the same.

I am not interested in what you think, Frank, and there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't feel the same about what I think.

Please feel free to ignore anything I post. You will feel much better.

All the best to you.

In the 100+ years the government has had to sort out the Aboriginal 'problem', it has not improved the average Aboriginals' conditions one iota. Unemployment is still at unacceptable levels. 'Work for the dole' schemes fail to provide the skills necessary for gainful employment. For those that are lucky enough to obtain some skills,real jobs are few and far between. When they fail tu see a future, we condemn them for turning to the bottle, although 7,000 non Aboriginal Australians suffer alcohol related deaths per years. Inequality reigns.

Leigh, you say you "don't comment on the opinions of others, no matter how daft [you] think they are." Are you the same Leigh who commented on Richard Prendergast's article on 13 July, "Perhaps he, along with his lesbian friends, should leave the church. He could then denounce his own enforced celibacy and then be in a better position to take a normal view of life."?

Or are you the same Leigh who wrote on 18th July: "It's a fair bet that if Bush and the US supported the Arabs, the left would be sobbing over Israel instead of poor dear Lebanon whose only crime has been to harbour the Hezbollah terrorists. So predictable."?

If it's not you, I apologise for thinking that that other Leigh is a hypocrite. If it is the same Leigh, then allow me another aphoprism which you can ignore as the rantings of a daft person: he who believes his own propaganda is a fool.

Frank,

You of all people should be careful about the use of the word 'fool'.

Of course I comment on contributed articles. What would be the point of logging on to OLO if I was not prepared to comment. That's the whole idea of the site, you strange fellow.

I said that I do not comment on fellow posters' opinions. I'm sorry I didn't make that simple enough for you to understand.

What I found pathetic about you and some others is that you prefer to constantly snipe at the opinions of others rather than come up with your own opinions.

You are a pest Frank, and I refuse to enter into any more discussion with you. I have better things to do with my limited posting quota.

Grow up, man!

I love you too, Leigh!