Yep, typical fall-back line - accuse others of the very thing you do yourself.

Your mirror is getting a real work-out today SM.

You can 'dish-it' - you obviously can't take it.

I remember that well Lexi, got caught up in it myself ... bad as bad can get.

SM just spins it the way he wants, regardless the truth.

BM,

You are the typical troll. You have not in this thread made one comment on the substance of the thread, neither have you provided one quote, link or otherwise to support your ad hominem attacks. This is typical of all your posts on this site.

I look forward to you posting something that requires more than the IQ of a squirrel.

In the interim, I assume that you support the censorship of the presss proposed by Labor?

Lexi,

This book of yours written by a collection of lefties, echos all the tactics used by the labor government over the last 4 years. P.S. providing contrary opinion in retaliation and mocking your opponents is standard fare for Get up etc, and also constitutes free speech.

No one ever said free speech was pretty, it is just better than censorship.

Substance of the thread: Freedom of Speech perhaps?

You must have missed this:

"Freedom of expression ... carries the responsibility to not make stuff up, as you and others continue to do".

Apart from your comments here, your 'shadow-history' provides ample evidence of your distortions and misrepresentations

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/user.asp?id=48209&show=history

The cupboard is full of it, now go clean your petulant mirror :)

Belly, you got it wrong, SM didn't specify some could have freedom of
speach and others not.

Bonmot, climate gate emails became available because someone goofed
in where they were stored and were made available.

Similarly, in the mobile phone, so called hacks (which they were not),
no one has taken the mobile phone companies to task for making voice
mail storage so easily available.
All they had to do was to insure that two phones with the same number
could not be on the network at the same time.

It is a bit like the lolly shop owner putting his wares out down low
at school out time.

I agree with SM, this proposed legislation will be a disaster for
the greens and labour if it is still there when the Libs come to power.
Of course they will use it, and they will be able to say;
"Oh, but it was your legislation, why are you complaining ?"

I think we are entitled to know the truth about those things that affect us and the basis for the decisions made on our behalf.

For example, to go to war and kill innocent people on the basis of a deliberate lie and on behalf of corporate interests would be in the public interest.

To have media commentators present ALL the facts about a matter while presenting it as a narrative rather than conveniently ignoring those facts that do not is also worthwhile.

To have news items distorted or avoided to meet the interests of whatever corporate sponsors are behind you is also not in the public interest.