Hi Belly,
You are quite right to advise Lexi to 'Leave It', I don't know who this Col Rouge is, but he seems to deny the rights of different thinking voters, seeing that 'his way is best', so today Col Rouge, whosoever you might be, I reserve my right as an Australian to vote for whomever I like, if that party lets me down, then I will vote against them at the next election, that, my friend is called Democracy, you should try practicing it your self.

NSB

Dear Hasbeen,

Aren't politicians "public servants?"

Look at their salaries - four times (at least)
the amount that others are paid - as well as
what else they receive for the rest of their
lives - why aren't we looking at what we can
do about this situation?

No argument there Lexi, I'm sure I didn't limit the choice of public servants to use.

I do think, however we should start with all the judges of the high & above courts, & any legal officers employed by the departments.

You should approve, they all get more than any of the pollies.

If we had them face away, & only used buck shot, or saltpeter, we would be able to wash them off, & reuse them for months, & they'd be getting a good kick just where most of them need it.

Dear Belly,

Thank You for your advice.
I'll think about it.

I still feel that basically we should be able to
get along. We can all have different points of view.
And still be civil to each other. Quite frankly, I
remember the best debates I used to enjoy witnessing
in the past were ones where people were equally matched in
intelligence, wit, and reasoning. They were from
different points of view - but my goodness it was
exciting to listen to them battle it out by their
wits without resorting to slanging matches, labels, or
insults. Robust discussions are great. But trying to
be deliberately offensive beggars the question - why?
As Noisy pointed out - people change their minds about
who they vote for all the time. They select who they
think have the best policies at the time of voting.
And their choice of who they support -
is just that - their choice. This doesn't
meam they deserve to have labels assigned to them.
Or be called names for making that choice. Of course
there are those who vote strickly on party lines. That
too is a matter of choice. The same should apply.
It's only politics.

Dear Hasbeen,

Lovely sense of humour.

That's more like it!

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