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"Gee, you sure know how to spit a dummy."
Try reading a little more widely on OLO, Bugsy, before attempting a probably intendedly humorous, but nevertheless cheap, shot like that. Here is a real dummy-spit by A NON-FARMER in a place where it just might (one day) count. See: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8946#141976
I am not seeking to divert a General Discussion topic to the comments upon an OLO Article (although such is not against OLO Forum rules), but to highlight an aspect of the very thing A NON-FARMER has raised in this topic, that of "fallback from discourse and fair comment" due to shouting-down and topic diversion.
In the post to which I have supplied a link A NON-FARMER makes this statement:
"What scares most off from making product is the total refusal of banks to finance projects and the total refusal of ‘governance’ to abide by their own rules of engagement purportedly supporting OzIndustry in its vain attempts to get the job done."
I would have thought that this seemingly correct observation might become a start-point for some productive speculation as to why this problem exists, with progression from that to some inventive but sound proposals for overcoming the problem. Such discussion seems not to be occurring very much elsewhere in public debate.
There has in recent years been a bumper-sticker saying around to this effect: "Buy Australian. Buy your kids (grandchildren?) a job." It seems there is less and less 'Australian' that can be bought as time goes by. How then to buy those kids (and grandchildren) jobs? What is it that has not been being said, discussed, debated, decided, that has prevented a productive outcome arising from this otherwise seemingly commendable recommendation?
I suspect that a lot of it has to do with 'governance' operating to double standards. Has the real purpose of 'governance' been to put Australian-owned business out of business?