individual,

And if you're using yourself as some sort of example of wise counsel on this thread - don't bother.

You're a great example of a petty, whinging, vacuous drone around here.

Yep, TV as representative of the general malaise of a greedy centralised society that's fast losing its community-mindedness is a point.....there's always the off button (or at least the recourse to exercising some selectivity when watching)

Poirot,
I see OLO as a great tool for people to express their concerns & put forward their ideas of solution. I have offered mine constantly, you on the other hand do nothing but discredit any comments that are aimed at making things better. What you call petty, whinging & vacuous is in fact basic common sense. Perhaps your well adjusted children can explain that to you.

I say we should all gang up on TV executives & literally force them to cut back on this insane playing of promos. Not only would that open a new opportunity of independent film makers to produce way more intelligent material but it more importantly would go a long way to contain the insanity that Tv presently imposes upon us.
How do we do that ? Offer your ideas here & if no notice is taken turn off your TV & play a good DVD instead.

@poirot/Lexi/Rob (and others less those binned)

i was new in this room
now i am getting a flavor on how issues are discussed here
after hearing your views and Lexi and Rob etc, can i ask you a simple question.

if you do not see injuries on my children, not any
and you see they are loved, ie they do no fear me but run into my arms when i am back from work etc etc
and that they are very happy
and you see my wife and all of us very lovey dovey 99% of the time
really functional australian family that anyone will be proud of
and my kids are well mannered, well behaved
and they always topped their cohorts in HS/SHS

and you know i still discipline them the way i said i would
and i know you have another way or philosophy in bringing up yours

would you let me bring up my children the way i see is best?
and not to threaten to report me like the young daughter of one of the members here?

Dear Platypus,

A question has just occurred to me.

The children that you caned who you tell us have
grown up to be responsible adults and I presume
now have children of their own... Do they as
parents cane their own children?

Just curious.

Lexi,
now you are on a physhing expedition to find fault with basic common sense to desperately add half an once of credibility to your arguments. Why do you so desperately want to oppose nature ? Nature has a great way of disciplining the young. Wild animals, domesticated animal, humans even some human animals all use what nature has provided & that is a slap. Yet, the academic "experts" think they know better than Nature herself ? get a life !

I really have a problem with people who are more interested in process than result. If it isn't working try something tougher, until it does work.

Obviously what we are currently doing is a total waste of time. Why would anyone but a twit continue with the process. We have to stop the thugs & rapists, before they become murderers.

I really don't give a damn if it takes 10 cuts with a cane for every offence, or 6 months on a chain gang clearing rubber vine in northern national parks, I just want it stopped.

I can see a reason for a first offence to be treated leniently, but only a first offence. This business of treating 25 offences as a first offence, & giving a slap on the wrist just doesn't work. You know such offenders are on their way to serious thuggery, & they need to be stopped, now

I now wish it was the advocates of this stupid system were the ones who paid the price, rather than some naive Pommy bird, who was silly enough to expect to walk an Oz street safely at night.

Time for fools to grow up.