But, Mr O, I hope you find the courage to proudly promote the West's coming victory against evil.

I think that its clear that Scott Morrison is
putting national security as a priority over
trade. He's standing up to China and by the
looks of things will continue to do so.

His tearing up our extradition treaty with Hong
Kong and his offer to grant Hong Kong Nationals with
skilled and graduate temporary visas in Australia an
immediate five year extension is another sign that
things have taken a serious turn. That China will
no longer be able to bully us into submission.

Dear david f,

I wasn't wanting to know your life story or personal details.

When I said background I was asking about your area of expertise. Are you a historian, scientist, archaeologist, etc, to see what common grounds we have for a discussion.

I have a scholarly background in sociology, history and anthropology. I see myself as a sociologist.

Dear Mr Opinion,

I have been a professor of mathematics and computer science.

What does "I have a scholarly background in sociology, history and anthropology. I see myself as a sociologist." mean?

What have you done with those subjects? Do you have degrees? Have you taught? Have you written books?

I have read books on those subjects.

david f,

I have a BA and 2 x MAs in anthropology, history and sociology respectively. Started out with a BE in mechanical so I have a good appreciation of what you do in math and computer science.

By scholarly I mean the Arts (history, sociology, archaeology, etc.). Then comes science degrees (your area) and then vocational degrees (law, engineering, architecture, medicine, etc.).

I've always worked in engineering. I never had any ambition to be an academic.

I like sociology because it is interested in everything connected with the human experience and uses knowledge from every other discipline which suits me because I like to know about anything and everything.

Plenty of people without degrees know a lot about society

Plenty of people with degrees about society, know very little about society.

WE should always argue about points made rather than the supposed expertise of some.

Most Arts academics I have met, IMO, are dumb as dog ....