Dear Paul,

Thank You.

I've been thinking of an appropriate word to
describe Is Mise's behaviour on this discussion.
"troglodyte" comes to mind. A person who is
regarded as being deliberately ignorant or
characterized by outmoded or reactionary attitudes.

I think Magda would approve.

Pal,

Do you think that "61.6% of the Australian population votes YES" is a correct statement and a quote direct from the ABS?

If you do then you might be kind enough to post a reference.

Until you do I shall continue to highlight what I see as deliberate distortions, no matter what the subject is.

There has not been any issue that has divided our country more than SSM, and Yes voters are celebrating they have achieved their goals to divide our society on historical cultural grounds. No voters according to the Yes camp are bigots, hate homosexuals, deny gay Australians the right to love and take care of our partners. Nothing could be further from the truth, No voters do not deny Homosexuals right to love, take a partner and care for them for life. It is a deliberate Lie!

"troglodyte" a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant. Yep... that's it.

"There has not been any issue that has divided our country more than SSM,"

Conscription in WWI
Fools going off to fight the Korean police action
The Vietnam War

Now there's three

The last 45 Federal Elections with all sorts of issues. there's 45 more.

Paul,

"Fools going off to fight the Korean police action"

How did that divide Australia?

Go on, give us a reference.

Nice of you to characterize the 339 Australian military personnel who died there as 'fools', but I suppose that, to a Green, anyone who opposed Communism was a fool.

Is Mise, some won't like me saying that as a matter of detail and truth you are right. I'm not sure if your detractors are being disingenuous or do they really believe that anything less than 100% means 100%. I do believe in the devil is in the detail.

I am not that smart but even I can see your point and am a little curious as to why a simple, 'OK your right', would have saved a long and laborious battle of wills.

I am now curious as to what the next response to your latest challenge will be.

Josephus, I am interested to hear the response from your detractors as to your comment on SSM dividing this country. I can't imagine where one would get such data.

There are too many variables to expect a simple answer, so I would be skeptical about, and question, the answers.