Dear Joe,

Thank you for your comments.

My views have never been set in concrete.

And they have changed over the years on so many
issues. The biggest changes were made living
away from home and family in the United States
for close to ten years. That influence was
massive. As has been my time on the forum
over the years.

And, there's even more to come that I'm looking
forward to. One thing that hasn't changed is my
optimism and belief that people are basically
good. That's a belief that I accept as being true.
It's a believe that could turn out to be false.

Hi Foxy,

That raises the slim possibility that even people like Runner and Josephus are, in some way, good people, not the censorious, miserable, condemning, 'holier-than-thou' naggers that they seem.

That gives me hope :)

Love,

Joe

sally steggall political achievements
Foxy,
Nothing comes up in Google ?

The following could be relevant:

http://vinayrnair.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/three-types-of-arguments/

Individual, Zali Steggall has been Member for Warringah for just 18 months. Tony Abbott was Member for Warringah for 25 years; I don't know what political achievements he made in his first 18 months, it was over four years before he became a minister. Steggall is an independent; Abbott was a member of a major party. So apples and oranges.

Ahhh, but Foxy;
What if the science has changed ?
It has changed but there is such an enormous investment in belief that
a change of belief will have more political affect than can be tolerated !