individual>> I am just so sick & tired of these idiot academic morons ruining our future<<

sog>> That is old school porridge<<

individual>> How does that remark relate to my experiences ?<<

Indi, it is idle academic reformists who took the penal out of penal servitude. Now days you only do your time, what you do with your time inside is up to you. In the old days your time was the states time, and the niceties of life were outside the wall. I gave the American example of what penal servitude is, and followed with old school porridge, I thought it fit.

sog sorry while I take your side in the verbal tennis match with indy, you give him too much praise.
O sung wo, I have thoughts, but stating them may get me branded.
But considering SOME contributions I may be mainstream.
I believe, with every bone in my body, our failures areas much responsible for the problems you put forward as any ones.
I can go on to tell of my work with this community, and the heart breaking failures.
Very many than successes.
But here are my thoughts, the very opposite of the ranters do gooders,are in control, every failure harmed more by these folks interventions.
A nation wide plan to lift these folk out of povity and the cycle of failures can be worked out.
Make school attendance law, not school no SS for parents/carers.
A job for every kid at schools end not SS not a pretend job, acco9untablev out comes for the work.
Apply the laws to parents too.
Such a loose plan can be built on, o sung wo,am not Dennie the end product of todays lack of education.
I had bto confront a mindless,but not understood, racism from these youths.
You would have too.
We need a tough but producing better, love not rewards, at every step and by every one, for failure.

what you do with your time inside is up to you.
Sonofgloin,
I hope I read you right but I think that is the crux of the failure of the system.

you give him too much praise.
O sung wo, I have thoughts, but stating them may get me branded.
Belly,
So, where are your suggestions for a more effective system ?
You'll only get branded if you make statements that are either wrong or right. Don't be a coward, you can be assured that 50% of those calling you names are morons anyway. The other 50% you never have & never will understand anyhow.

I just listened to the ABC radio News where some Premier suggested for juvenile fire bugs to be made to help farmers deal with livestock lost in fires. What a good idea. Alas, you guessed it, some academic moron jumped straight up & denounced the suggestion.
How dumb are Academics ? Is there no limit to their stupidity ? Why are we forced to keep them ? I'll give my support to any political party which suggests for academics to earn a living from their own ability rather than being given a Government job just talking idiotic crap.

Indi, my eldest is doing her masters, as it happens last night I made a factual, non inflammatory, but politically incorrect remark to her.

Right off the bat she said "you can't say that".

I asked her if what I said was correct and pertinent, she said “yes of course, but you can’t say it.”

Why I asked her, “because you just can’t she replied, I can’t because I would be ostracized.”

After 5 bloody years with the academics she is SCARED to tell the truth.

The academia that tutored me had their roots in the 1930’s 40’s and 50’s. They were interested in the conveying of knowledge rather than the conveyance of a social manifesto that prohibits discussion.

That absolute zero Roxon is pushing ahead with the Fabians gagging legislations, just another manifestation of our right to open our mouths ending soon. Stuff them….what Charlton Heston said about his gun, I say about my pen…..FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS…..ROXON.