Mt Beatty, what on earth do you think you are doing?

Paying Robbie Williams’ fine for the flagrant abuse of the law by smoking on stage at his concert at the Suncorp Stadium was just disgusting, for a number of reasons;

The perpetrator deliberately flouted the law and should most definitely have been hit with the full penalty…twice, as he did it on consecutive nights.

The premier of Qld surely has the duty to uphold the principle of law and the principle that we shall all be treated equally, as does every politician.

Is Mr Beatty essentially saying that economic issues are more important than health issues? Or that big personalities are above the law? It seems so.

Beatty said; “We are not going to change the rules for anybody….”

Well, he JUST DID EXACTLY THAT !

Ludwig, it's that messiah complex cutting in. Beatty thinks he is Jesus.

As is typical of his approach the aid goes to the one who least need the financial help.

If it was some middle income earner with a mortgage who had made an honest mistake then he or she would be seen as a "mark" to help the government coffers along but a multimillionare deliberately breaking the law, thats someone who needs financial help.

R0bert

I think Beatty paying the fine sends the wrong message.

If Williams got a warning being a visitor to Queensland that is one thing that probably occurs with people with less ability to pay fines.

To step in and pay Robbies fine does seem a little like Joh's old days. It is not so much that it seems like corruption as it is Beatty's money and he can do what he likes with it. It has more to do with the integrity of what the law is trying to achieve. Beatty is probably doing Queensland service by not alienating Williams but because Beatty is the Premier of QLD it appears as if Beatty is making a political statement about smoking laws.

Robert, I'm shocked, Are you saying Beattie is NOT Jesus??

No Beattie is not Jesus, but at least some of us are beginning to tweak to the idea of substitionary sacrifice for unworthy sinners.

In fact its a good illustration of Christs death on our behalf.

-Was Robbie Williams 'worthy' ? "But God demonstrates His love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8

-Did Robbie Williams deserve to pay ? "All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God" Rom 3:23 yep.

-What is the difference between God in Christ and Beattie ?

While Mr Beattie payed for ONE sinners punishment, Christ died for ALL.

2 COR 5:18
that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Sounds like good news to me.

Is Beattie Jesus? No Beattie is not Jesus because Beattie exists and Jesus is only a fictional occult character in a book.