Belly,

About you being "entertained" by seeing your opponents trying to justify the Taliban attack on that little girl.....

I'm fast coming to the opinion that such a tactic like that in debate with people you "supposedly respect" is a little low to be bothered with.

You're the same guy that would send all the little girls packing back where they came from aren't you? After all they're representative of that nasty religion and all that it represents - aren't they?.

Fundamentalist blockheads abound in all cultures, mate...and if you're accusing myself, csteele or any one of us of being apologists for such a crime, then you deserve to be left ranting to yourself.

I tell you, I can't believe these Pollyannas (males included) that let down the female sex completely. Cultural relativism at its ugliest. Talk about the blind leading the blind. The Pollyannas are a dodgy bunch. They just don't have an argument - it is the same totally predictable dirty bullying of name calling instead of stating any informative insights. Always the same broken record playing.

Gandhi and Martin Luther King - Yes, real heros. Mandela - No. The ANC used violence (burning tires especially) against their opponents. The Inkatha Freedom Party lead by Buthelizi were much less violent but it seemed had no choice in responding to the ANC aggressors. Just because people are glorified doesn't mean they're heroes. Otherwise you would be a dumb mug for the publicity machine. Or something not unlike um, "STEPFORD WIVES". And these people like Suse, Poirot, Foxy & et al, really do scare me.

Have you noticed anything lately in the media? Like, terrorist threat warnings? The govt saying to be MINDFUL and ALERT all the time. They said they receive tens of thousands calls, some pranks, but said most of the calls are highly helpful and that they have nabbed plenty of of people on their way to destroying My Country. This has all been happening over the past year. I have heard on the radio a few months ago that there have been 4 real biggies that have been prevented. Now tell me who your heros are? The National Security tel no. is 1800 123 400 - for those WHO REALLY DO CARE!

Constance,

Do you have a telephone number for those who are merely insular and paranoid?

Poirot,

Do you have a telephone number to a good psychologist?

My Dear Constance,

I'm sure if you peruse your local white pages you'll find one.

For yourself, I'm balanced and have no need. For a start aren't you too old to be playing detective? That could be your starting point with the psychologist.