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“I feel it is important that ‘brave people’ who work in government get an opportunity to speak without being attacked.”

Absolutely Miacat.

It is unfortunate that we think of them as brave, or perhaps foolish. Attack the views expressed by all means, but only very misguided people or people with devious agendas attack them personally simply because of a perceived connection to a government department or whatever.

I wonder how many people read this forum but are reluctant to contribute, even under a pseudonym, for fear of retribution. I also wonder how many contributors espouse only views that their employer would like or would be neutral towards and will not say anything risqué.

Consequently, I wonder just how fair and balanced this medium is.

Of course, the convenors have made it as fair as possible. But larger forces mean that it is still probably biased towards short-term profit-driven agendas and against long-term wellbeing and (yep, my favourite word) sustainability.

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•Miacat..."When it comes to 'non-violent direct-action', I agree...'When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty'...And I just wish Australians and especially Queenslanders would do more to be heard when it comes to being outspoken on the need to protect our democratic, civic, human-rights. I agree that we are not as free (as we may feel we are), until there is more done to protect what we have now...given the past few years locally, and the impact of world events".

•Miacat..."I think the issue here is to 'engage' affirmatively but 'not to use violence'...Non violent direct (OLO) action is opposite to...'by-stander apathy'. Communication is the only defense-direct forms of communication-where something gets done to stop this mess. That is the challenge facing this planet...we each know more than we say about this, because it requires balls"!

•Ludwig..."I wonder how many people read this forum but are reluctant to contribute, even under a pseudonym, for fear of retribution"..."I also wonder how many contributors espouse only views that their authorities would like or would be neutral towards and will not say anything risqué. Consequently, I wonder just how fair and balanced this (OLO) medium is? Of course, the convenors have made it as fair as possible. But larger (ADL) forces mean that it is still (probably) biased.

•Leo Braun ... Point taken with a sinking feeling just to realise that conscientious citizen's sincere advocacy for the direct democracy in Australia, resulted in an above 4750#51337 obliterated message consequences, compounded by one-month's suspension for utterly stunned messenger! Who went beyond the ADL tolerable language of expression on OLO forum in addressing Zionist malignancy as the cardinal issue for the civil society in shackles.

Apparently as globally subjugated communities faced likewise unattainable goal to establish fair-living, civil-society. What proved to be absolutely futile in spite of millenniums long so undeterred good principles faith in sly rulers humanity. Even highly pitched bravados were often blasted from distant Australia against the other tyrannies reign, yet in reality that didn't mean for the genuine justice to come downunder in-here into Ghetto Australis.

As to the diminished democracy exposé: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=4625#47660

Hence, with lots of tenacity genuine progress must be made towards achieving people's freedom of speech via OLO forum (sole liberty beacon). Envisaged by many as a bastion of the participatory democracy in Australia. Where rising number in dissident scholars published their fearless protest topics against the fascist practices perpetration by the insane Israeli junta, under protégé concordat with the bewitched uncle Sam. Especially pertinent at the moment with the hijacked world-destiny at the crossroads. At the time when unyielding Zionist supremacists (veiled under revolved aliases cast) evidently had a great stake in blurring the deep-rooted disparity between the Jews on socio-ideological grounds.

Whilst a honest analysis of the macabre dilemma to attest most unequivocally that it's wrong to lump all the Jews together with the evil fanaticism, that supremacist Zionism has come to represent. It insults some of the sane-raised Jews and deflects vital debates from the core issues in question, such as usurpation of an entire Jewish race by the silver-tongued Zionists. Who hijacked likewise our parliamentary system, inflicting thus mortal blow to the representative democracy in Australia.

No wonder for my emotional outburst within the passionately expressed call towards the direct democracy in Australia. Contributed by me in response to: "What are the Constituent Parts of Authority"? Relevantly raised topic by John Tomlinson, I am thrilled to quote: "If we refuse to be sucked into the 'profits first, people last' mentality, and struggle to ensure that no poor person goes to sleep hungry, then we might have sufficient moral authority to convince people that we really do want to live in a better world".

"Any authority which coerces -- proclaims to the world that it lacks sufficient 'moral' authority to persuade. Some coercive authority figures attempt to enforce their authority by suggesting that they derive their authority from some higher power: god, democracy, the national interest, the common good, the general will or the rule of law. But when they do make such claims, we should remember the old demonstrators' slogan that says: WHEN INJUSTICE BECOMES LAW, RESISTANCE BECOMES DUTY"!

As to the lethal tentacles consequences: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=4513#55539

What inspired me towards the boldness of my expressions within the above posted comment on Aug 12th, regrettably tainted by controversy of the named evil-doers tribe. However on the bright side my input was constructively elaborated towards the direct-democracy. As I called on the Local Electorate Offices to enact a vital umbilical-cord-interface between the electorate constituency and periodically chosen MP, who must adhere to the Representative Democracy notion. Where just-as-vital on MP was to serve the people, and not merely the executive rulers of the day.

So much for conscientious citizen's bold stance taken for the better Australia, towards the future generations to come with children of the better tomorrow. What has been the focal point of my contribution to the community, as I always spoke the truth within the era of universal deceit. Contrary to somersault antics by organised Zionist stooges, who relentlessly inundated OLO forum via collaborated jolly-drift across the topics. Bent to pursue their fanatically propagated treachery against the interests of the civil society in Australia.

No wonder when having Zionist stooges indoctrinated as Pavlov's dogs to push their weight around the OLO protectorate and piss-all-over people's intellectual territory. So watching their chutzpah style and reading their sly pretexts, one gets an impression that the fanatical Zionists who lacked a basic compromise notion (for the humanity sake), adhered always to the cowardice practice of toughing it out, whatever it takes within their propped doctrine of a bait-n-switch...smear-n-deceit...lie-n-repeat...but never ever admit any wrong!

Yet finally when a brave citizenry began exposing these racist Zionists for who, and what they are, and what an agenda they stand for, these so highly maligned thugs who lacked a basic morality virtue, dare to nitpick in turn, scream and bitch on the opposing view holders, threaten OLO administrator, send ADL hate-mail and scuffle threads focal-topics within an attempt to destroy vital debate evolution. In a sheer desperation to silence all the criticism against the diabolical Zionism. So even when people's valid censures are voiced legitimately against the insane Israeli junta atrocities, they go for the jugular and besmirch decent human-beings.