I actually, truly, agree with you Shadow Minister!
We are however talking about the truly lost left.

PLANET3

I think csteele might have gone on holidays. I suspect that he tried to take me with him.

No Belly not just the lost Left.

In this case not personal against other posters but within the comment by DiamondPete "and people in the public eye, who have opposing political or religious views."

The following is from one post by one of the more honest Labor supporters

" both are a blot on our country Abbott far more than Gillard, she lies he never does anything other than lie."

"you will not change Abbott or his bottom sniffing hit crew."

"But in time, it will be clear, you got rid of the rodent."
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5417#147860

Belly you know I respect you despite opposing political views but I think that post is useful to point out how those like DiamondPete who just see abuse by the right are choosing not to see a lot of what happens.

It would be a fairly easy thing to compile a much longer list from a variety of posters (of various political leanings).

The constant attempts to portray that kind of stuff as one sided (be it political, religion, gender etc) gets rather old after a while.

R0bert

OUG and Belly,

Isn't that amazing I'm left-handed too, but was made to change in (I think) First class, I'm not sure what school, I went to so many in the late forties. Maybe at Gymea Bay Primary School. But I've hated physically writing ever since. But I love typing :)

I came top of the class once, at Penrith, but last in Writing.

Why did they do that to us ? Of course, the left hand is the hand of the Devil, according to the more crackpot Christians, and mainstream Muslims as well. The sinister hand, the hand without any starry, astral future or protection. But there is a left-hand to everything, even the right hand, so I don't know how they square all that off. If Christ or somebody sits on the right hand of god,vthen god sits on the left hand of that other person. Bloody stupid, but they're stuck with their own idiot logic.

I wonder how many other frustrated liefties are out there in OLO-land :)

Keep it going, blokes. We'll beat the b@stards yet. Our day will come.

Cheers,

Joe

I feel for you guys!
My husband was smacked on the left hand and on his head by the Nuns and Christian Brothers in Ireland every time he tried to write with his left hand!
He says they were cruel, saying he had the devil in him!
He developed a stutter with the stress of it all...

Thanks folks, well still bat left handed cricket, and golf.
Like Joe I had many schools , not an advantage.
But yes got the cane on the fingers in two at least.
Big country family's moved a lot, dad a railway man for much of it.
A good story from my schooling.
My bush teacher not much more than a kid 20? picked on my family.
I was a big eleven but could not other than call him out for it.
He did it all the more, enjoying it, until my 5 ft 4 inches tall tiger of a dad visited him.
Age 32 I met him, was asked to give a speech at HIS SCHOOL, not the one room 13 kid one of my youth.
After the speech had coffee with all his, he was head master, teachers.
Told them, all of them, about him INCLUDING sending the three big boys out to? cut fire wood to buy his engagement ring.
Bet lofty is dead now but he would never have forgotten my visit.
ps education is to good to leave, wish I knew that before I left.