"Going off track discourages people from posting here and getting involved. We already have a lack of a diversity of topics here, we cannot afford to make it worse."

I don't want that, I want you to say whatever you think.
But you can't control what other people say or do.

I can't control what you think or say, nor you me.
It's not a big jump from your issue 'rise in fuel prices and electric vehicles being an sensible alternative' to 'discussions of what caused the fuel crisis'.
Trying to police that is like trying to stop people from doing what humans do, is it not?

You can't control what others do, and there's a bigger lesson in that.
We can't control what the U.S. Israel or Iran do,
We can't even control what our own government do for that matter.
They were cheerleaders in the current fuel crisis themselves.
Their position doesn't make any sense.

They support the U.S. attack that assassinated their leader/s.
The supported those actions, and now they're issuing demands of how Iran should and shouldn't respond, when Iran stated in advance what it would do if attacked. 'We told you what would happen, but you tried to murder us all anyway, and are still actively trying'.

Dear Iran,
We tried to murder all your leaders but unfortunately some of you seem to have lived.
To the ones that lived we say 'Please don't mess with the oil exports, like we always mess with yours'
- But please know, we're still trying to kill you.

Many Thanks, Australia.

- Accept the reality of that that we can't control what others do or say in the big world, and worrying about what people do and do say on the forum because they're human and that's what humans do, and you might not get as frustrated with it.

There's bigger things to get frustrated about, is there not?

Un-Australian Trumpster!

Of course you would be supporting your made folk hero Donald, not satisfied with waging economic war on "friend" and foe, the madman is trying to set the world ablaze with his idiotic militarism! And YOU claimed this warmongering maniac should be given the Noble Peace Prize. Are YOU totally delusional? No need to answer, it bloody obvious!

Careful Paul. You'll upset Nathan if you keep trying to change the subject like that. I was writing about EV's in Australia and how inappropriate they are.

BTW, "And YOU claimed this warmongering maniac should be given the Noble Peace Prize."

Well I never claimed that. Just another piece of utter rubbish that you've conjured up. Indeed I hope he doesn't get it.

Trumpster,

I believe the Noble Peace Prize was a photo finish, and your man Trump got pipped on the post by Bibi Netanyahu. BUT, Donald did get a consultation prize, he took home the 'Idi Amin Memorial Humanitarian Award' to the thunderous applause of Pol Pot, Papa and Baby Doc,Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and of course you can't leave out that true humanitarian from such a celebration, good old Joe Stalin.

I suppose we shouldn't admonish you too much for simply fabricating claims and making up all sorts of rubbish. After all, without that, you'd have nothing to say.

Poor boy Donald had a big sad face.
Maria Machado gave him her Peace prize.