yvonne,..FOXIE AND LEXIE ARE synonomous....YOU MUST RECALL LEXIE AND THE PIPER FROM THE OLDEN DAYS[OR NOT]..my days of protest ear the end..[im getting too angry repeating the same things top the same closed minds/too many are paid to blog..[or if not paid'..recieve too much of a thrill in winning/regardless of the truth of falsity..[i recall too the newest member[john spelled backwards]..i recall an earlier post where he was astounded he hadnt been banned/yet..anyhow im witting as people were writing when i first came here/like we had to save on the printer-ink...[anyhow]..many new members that like you lift the level/of the de-bait..simply by your normal civilities[we miss belly starting his corny posts/he left because others hounded/him]we even got a few passed over..and some great leaving thoughts..[ANYHOW..ITS BEEN FUN]..GOTTA RUN.

Paul1405,
At least we kept you and your mate in check.
Perhaps you might like to let the readers know your record..or would you prefer me to do so on your behalf.

Dear Yvonne and Nhoj,

Thank You both for your kind words.

There are many posters on this forum who I admire,
posters who I may not always agree with but who do
contribute well-reasoned arguments and give us all
food for thought. I won't mention them by name because
I don't want to leave anyone out. However, I enjoy this
forum. I'm still learning from it and as long as I continue
to enjoy it, I'll stay. Of course
there are many posters who are no longer with us
and are greatly missed. Still I'm glad when people such as
yourselves do come back and contribute. It makes things
more interesting. Welcome back to both of you and I hope that
you will stay for longer this time.

Dear Yvonne,

<<I personally enjoyed the protest on Q&A. It was good to see Jones at a loss and good to see uni students protesting>>

Yes, it's such a great fun to see the fat man fall and bleed!
Doesn't it put a smile on our face to see the underdog tie the tail of the topdog?

There are people who actually enjoy watching James Bond leaving a trail of destruction behind him. Usually, those are not the ones who've got to get up the next morning and clean the mess.

The Romans enjoyed watching gladiators fighting each other to death - occasionally it even allowed them to forget their hunger.

Does our personal enjoyment justify the blood (even if it's blue)?

Nowadays there is an abundance of violent computer games. While I can't recommend them, at least no real persons are hurt - so why not get and enjoy those instead?

AGENT PROVOCATEURS! After highlighting the way in which police are prone to attack peaceful demonstrators based on their own conservative predigests which they harbor towards these people, and the causes they espouse. Likewise police are prone to install agent provocateurs within demonstrations to ferment trouble and therefore create the "justification" to take heavy handed action.
Protests directed towards private companies can also cause the infiltration of company agents within the demonstration to create am environment of confrontation with the aim of disrupting the demonstration wherever possible. Often these agent provocateurs work hand in glove with the police to break up peaceful protests. An example of this type of action was reported in today's SMH where the mining company Idemitsu Australia Resources admitted it had agents infiltrate protesters opposed to its expansion of coal mining operations in Northern NSW.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/idemitsu-admits-it-hired-contractors-in-coal-spies-operation-20140602-39esi.html

Yvonne,

"I personally enjoyed the protest on Q&A. It was good to see Jones at a loss and good to see uni students protesting"

Yup...me too. As I mentioned earlier, everyone in the house jumped up and started dancing along . Also as I mentioned earlier, it was only for a few minutes. The ABC cut away to someone singing and when we came back Tony Jones was his usual self-satisfied self with only a wisp of fume emanating from his ears...no harm done..and a huge raspberry to this lying rabble of a govt.

Yuyutsu,

"Yes, it's such a great fun to see the fat man fall and bleed!
Doesn't it put a smile on our face to see the underdog tie the tail of the topdog?"

What a load of tripe.

This govt gets itself elected with a tsunami of lies and few kids pipe up to protest. Should we not say a word when we're lied to wholesale? Should we just sit back and watch our democratic values abused by a mob of rabid right-wing liars?

You might enjoy being deceived on this level...some of us resent it big time.

And the govt hasn't heard the last of it.

(Hiya, Foxy, Paul and nhoj...would be here more often, but find lots of like-minded folk on twitter)