I (the Kudos Kid) think John Daysh is a wind-up bobble head doll with interchangeable dresses.

John, take that as a complement, coming form a weirdo Fascist nut job, who thinks his self importance is such that by posting "KUDOS" to other deranged forum fools, he's actually doing something of value, making himself important. Have I got news for you buddy!

Hi John Daysh,
"You're ability to say something complimentary to someone you often disagree with is consistent with the good-faith debating approach you always take."

If I get things wrong, I'm happy to own it right away.
I reserve the right o change my opinion when new info comes to light.
I've never seen mhaze admit he got something wrong or that I was right, but I can be push the issue a bit too far, and be a bit of a jerk at times - but I admit it.

"By the way, I wonder if we ever bumped into each other jetty jumping and Wellington Point. I'd go as a teenager in the mid-90s at low tide so the jump was as high as possible, but stopped after feeling how sharp the stuff at the bottom was."

I probably would've been in grade 8 or 9 at the time, so probably around 1986 and 1987. After I finished school at Wynnum High and had my first and second jobs at Coles Capalaba and in a factory at Thorneside I moved to Carina for almost a year and then relocated to the Gold Coast for a few years.

I think I recall us boys touching the bottom jumping in on low tides once or twice as well, but I can't entirely remember if it was just soft mud or whether there were a few rocks.

My mates had this 12ft tinny with a 3.5hp outboard motor on it.
I think we went to Peel Island once or twice but it took 2 hours each way. We still had fun though. Lighters and cigarettes getting wet, and fishing and just being kids really.

You never know we may have walked past each other at some point.

I live at Redland Bay not for from the ferry terminal now.
I did live on a 15 acre property at Double Jump Road, Victoria Point until about 4 months ago, which is now being redeveloped.
Paul1405 lives locally as well.

...Thinking about it, I think we used to climb up and stand on those main jetty posts that are also used to hold the railings, and jump off from there, but obviously we were cautious of doing that if the tide was too low. Maybe there were rocks, I kind of do remember trying to avoid touching the bottom now.

And here is a guy arguing that attempts by Australian senators to depict him as part of a fossil fuel funded disinformation network are a sign that he is winning the debate. He believes that the attempt to censor people speaking against climate change catastrophe and net zero will fail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0toV32ACp6A

Fester,

Peter Ridd isn't being silenced. He’s got a YouTube channel, media attention, and public support from think tanks like IPA.

He was dismissed from JCU not for his views, but for breaching confidentiality agreements and publicly misrepresenting internal disciplinary processes - a detail often omitted in these "free speech martyr" narratives.

His claim that criticism = proof of winning the argument is self-flattering nonsense. That logic would validate anyone who's ever been challenged - including flat earthers and anti-vaxxers.

Being controversial isn't the same as being correct.

As for his coral reef data: no one denies coral cover can rebound in some regions, but averaging it across the entire GBR ignores what kind of coral is returning, where, and whether it’s ecologically stable. Presenting this rebound as a refutation of broader reef concerns is exactly the sort of cherry-picking critics warned about.

And the idea that "67% of people think elites are hypocrites" doesn’t prove those same elites are wrong about climate science, it proves that public trust has been eroded - which isn’t the same thing as disproving evidence.

If Ridd has data that rewrites the global consensus on climate impacts, there’s a peer-reviewed process for that. But playing victim on YouTube is not it.

John,

Dr Ridd was ultimately dismissed for publicly criticising JCU for dismissing him. The initial dismissal he claimed as being unfair was upheld as being unfair by the High Court. Bringing the matter to the attention of the media was the reason for his downfall. His speaking out on censorship is no surprise.

I'm sure that he would have as much opportunity to do research in his area of expertise at an Australian University as he would to research Chinese human rights abuses at a Chinese University.