Dear foxy,

Don't feed the trolls has always been great advice. The only reason I read our resident troll's posts was because you were suddenly talking about yourself in the third person and I needed to figure out why.

With posts I always scan for the author first before investing any time in the substance.

Dear Toni Lavis,

The Invictus Games are the creation of Prince Harry
who got the inspiration to help wounded and sick military
personnel and their families after his two tours of duty
in Afghanistan.

This is the third Invictus Games - about 550 competitors
from 17 countries, including Australia are slated to compete
in 12 sports over the next week.

I don't begrudge the publicity that Prince Harry and his
fiancee brought to the games. Meghan Markle is a Toronto-based
actor so her appearance at the games' opening ceremony in
support of her fiancee makes sense. Also the presence of
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US First Lady Melania Trump
added to the prestige. All for a very worthwhile cause -
for wounded veterans.

Dear SteeleRedux,

Thanks for your advice.

I will take it - and in future scan the authors
before reading their posts. It may save on the stress.

Paul,

Firstly my reply to Foxy was a little tongue in cheek, and I am surprised that your reaction was full-on conspiracy mode.

Secondly, the example of "progressive" regimes are Venezuela, China, Russia, Cuba etc, all of which would make South Africa look like a paradise.

Thirdly your example of South Africa is wrong in that the relatively progressive English government was voted out by the essentially Afrikaans National party in 1948 whose voters were mostly dirt poor and threatened by cheap black labour. It was this party that brought in apartheid and put in Keynesian policies to employ the poor whites and restrict jobs. Similarly, it was the lower paid working class that voted in Trump.

If you don't like the police, who would you prefer to protect the law? Masked neo-fascist Antifa thugs?

Foxy,

Liberal for me has always meant minimal interference by the state in the affairs of individuals and takes a light touch where it cannot avoid doing so. By this definition, the liberal party is far more "liberal" than either Labor or the greens.

Toni Lavis,

What term was used in the research? Why? And no, you cannot just come along later and substitute yours, even if you imagine some similarity.

Apart from that, it is not alright for the reasons given.

Again, if anyone has proof regarding Foxy's claim regarding the 'Progressive' mind, put it up, but don't be following Foxy's lead and be putting your own words into the mouths of others.

Dear Shadow Minister,

You may find the following link interesting:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/liberals-are-conservative-while-labor-is-the-true-party-of-alfred-deakin/news-story/396a97b83d76c5bbd0b60c5048e7cea

I need a new computer.

Here's the link again:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/liberals-are-conservatives-while-labor-is-the-true-party-of-alfred-deakin/news-story/396a97b83d76c5bbd0b60c5d048e7cea