Good morning Philo.
I take it as read you are an honest man, most but far from all Christians are.
So if a shock jock is totally anti Christian are his words his right/public opinion.
If he.she wants to wed same sex partner are his/her words still public opinion?
My reason for falling so hard for Christianity are still the same, but I now credit those intentions with the best in mankind, your Bibles authors.
The greatness, wisdom, in those books,equality fairness a one ness of all mankind.
Philo, are you living your belief? if a shock jock constantly insulted every thing you trust and believe in would you still demand that freedom for them.
Truth, no more important thing exists.
Without truth honesty can not breed.
You let it be known your thoughts on Homosexual couples but do you ignore your own principles for those who share your thoughts but not religion?
Shock jocks act,for audience who, sometimes are stone throwers disguised as Crusaders.
In the end we fool our selves if we give no value be it good or bad to the true faults on both sides of any fence.

Belly,
Honesty is the best policy. I believe in a democratic right for every person to hold an opinion, and I will argue my position for what I honestly believe to be true. We should allow people to express their heart so as rhis gives us a honest position of where thet are at.

I do not like much of the irrational pc opinion accepted today, and I try to defend fact as I see.

Philo free speech is a thought but often a dangerous one.
While shock jocks are free to say as they wish I must not.
Want to bet?
One would sue in a second if I spoke about his personal lifestyle.
One called our Prime Minister a lier.
One ranted total untruths about police stopping trucks entering Canberra for the protest.
I have eaten with one who shouts climate change is fraud but paid people to ring in crying so he could get ratings *for a long life saving effort*
Given a Microphone and the freedom to express any view, and to be protected by people like you Philo, if you knew the history of a few, if they publicly saw benefit in talking of their disdain for religion, or about their life style , you may not still hold your views.
Australian politics, American, British, is at its lowest, no party, not one,,is lead well, confronting the real matters of concern.
Yet rather than insist on better we take sides in fights promoted by some who are ?
Speech is not free enough to say just what some are.
Look truly, honestly at your side, in isolation from how bad mine is, tell me why is the hate one sided

Hi Belly,
Times have changed my friend, for the worse. I don't like what I see today, manners have disappeared, Parliament has lost its' bygone dignity,and many reporters tell half of the truth, and make up the other half,
and I have already commented on what I think about shock jocks.
People have sunk to a disgraceful level of greed, and folks unwittingly get caught by scams, some of them losing their life savings.
I reckon that I will be ready to depart this World unless someone stands up and pulls people and their behaviour in to line.
Remember the old saying ..."Stop the world I want to get off?", it really does apply to the present. lets hope that people come to realise that good health and happiness doesn't come in the form of money, they are part of being rich in a different and better way.
Cheers my friend,
NSB

I agree NSB always thought my folks complained too much about the current world compared to them
We have made great things happen, great changes.
But I see shock jocks and our worst sections of the Media as symptoms,a mirror on humanity and our selves.
At a time we need to understand only compromise can result from politics,that no party has all the answers.
We and it baffles me, latch on to views that only one side is right.
Shock jocks evolved out of radios need to reinvent its self.
We had stopped listening to music on the way to work.
My generation after the 60,s to 80,s music was over run by head banging, so a new artistic rabble rousing Audience bringing invention came in to being.
I would love the chance to get behind one of those mikes, bet you would too, we how ever may slant it toward truth,unwanted in show business.

Great Post Belly,
I am not really one for living in the past, except for when I see a lack of manners, overdose of greed, and worse still, the lack of truth in both politicians and some news media. I guess that we have to put up with it my friend, I cannot see any change for the better in the near future. I have just been talking to my other half, and remarked that when a person applies for a job, they have to prove that they can carry out the tasks which the job entails, either by recommendation from past employers, or certification of ability from school etc. This led me to wonder why a student of politics with a degree from University, is deemed fit to be a politician because he a), qualified with no experience b)has enough money to run as a candidate, with some financial help from the 'party', but c), does he/she have the ability to become a politician?, looking at politicians today, one is confronted by lies, implied or not, and a rabble rousing mob that behaves like school kids when the teacher leaves the room for five minutes. Honesty has disappeared from society in some areas of life.
Have a good one Belly,
NSB