The same goes for you Beach, you said I slur you. which means; "an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation."
That can't be true as the anonymous "onthebeach" you have no reputation to damage or insult.
I said at the time that Belly the person was wrong for taking Belly the alter ego off the forum. I did not consider you responsible for him taking his bat and ball and going home, never to return to the playground. That was his decision.

BTT

Another day and another opportunity for the headline-hunting, ambulance-chasing, speculative gossip creating NSW Greens to sink the slipper into a familiar target, the NSW police.

Trouble-making helped by the ABC of course, who never seem to question the cr@p they get from the Greens.

"Hornsby shooting: Greens call for probe into police treatment of people with mental illnesses"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/inquiry-needed-into-police-shooting-at-hornsby-greens-say/7498926

First, the headline, where anyone would have expected it to reflect what happened, the FACTS and should have been something like this,

"Assailant armed with a knife and shouting Allahu Akbar shot while attacking police"

From Greens Shoebridge, "There is woefully inadequate training for the police to deal with mental illness".

What an airhead. The heavy insinuation being that the police whose lives and those of the public were at risk had other alternatives. Let Shoebridge stand in front of a determined man with a large blade and use his 'professional skills' to instantly diagnose the offender and counsel him. Ridiculous.

Where attacked at close quarters by a determined assailant with an edged weapon who refuses to quit, the training manual of any police force in the world would instruct the use of deadly force to centre mass as the only reasonable alternative. Deadly attack necessitates deadly force to stop.

Any wonder the Greens come across as cynical stirrers and troublemakers and only concerned about the political capital they can make out of the misfortune of others.

What about the ABC though? Giving Shoebridge a free podium, no questions asked, to set some hares running before the full facts are known. Hey, the Greens must be very special special where the ABC is concerned.

That's right Beach, again we have had an incident where two inexperienced police officers chose to open fire on a mentally unstable man, identified as 23-year-old Jerry Sourian. The shooting took place in the busy shopping center of Hornsby. They wounded not only the knife carrying Sourian, they also wounded three elderly ladies. The officers had the option of using Tasers but chose firearms. Again there will be police investigating police, something I never have confidence in producing an unbiased outcome. A senior police officer was quick to rush the media and defend the actions of the two officers involved, again showing a police bias in these matters.
Of course in your ideal police state, Beach, you would want these types of incidents to go unreported, or in favor of the police at all times. I totally agree with David Shoebridge on this one, we need an independent special commission of inquiry into the use of police force against people with mental illnesses. Not some media hound copper with a lardy dah, knee jerk, defense of his fellow officers

The (alleged) offender was the one with the large, sharp, blade, 20-30 cms of it or thereabouts from the video.

It was his choice of offence, location and timing.

The offender chose a busy shopping Mall. As seen in the video, the public are at a very great disadvantage where an offender does that. They mill about and are easy victims. Most people don't know what to do or how to react.

The police had to intervene and stand their ground. They are heroes.

I join with the overwhelming number of the public who say, "Well done, police" and at the same time we offer sympathy to the members of the public who were injured and wish them a speedy recovery, with help from government.

Meanwhile the Greens will be trying to make the offender the victim and the police the bad guys. Oh whoops, it isn't politically correct to say guys is it? New 'Progressive' PC speak, eh?

Without a full independent investigation with the transparency that should come with such a review, justice cannot be seen to be done. What we will get is a behind closed doors, internal police inquiry, which cannot guarantee fairness of outcome. Already a senior police office has trampled the media to let it be known what the management of the force expect. To often a whitewash is suspected, but given the secrecy of these internal inquires cannot be proven. Time and again the findings favor the officers involved, I suppose this investigation will be no different, considering no one was killed.

Beach another of your big lies " I join with the overwhelming number of the public who say, "Well done, police". Evidence please! Claiming to speak for the righteous majority, when in fact you do no such thing!

Paul,

Much to Richard di Natale's credit he has come out in favour of the shooting sports.
Somewhat surprising but a good thing; maybe there is hope for him yet.

Do you disagree with minors being taught the angers of chain saws?
What do you think of 12 year olds being allowed to drive motor vehicles?