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» 12/03/2009 11:17:40 AM Asks Dan, "Why [has] an article void of religious content inspired a religious discus.....
» 2/03/2009 8:24:27 AM Peter it's a lot simpler than you think. Over two essays you still haven't made a case w.....
» 2/03/2009 7:44:23 AM "Bennie, You ask how much do we know about creationism? That is up to the individual......
» 26/02/2009 2:14:34 PM "...it is through music that Wagner together with his mate Nietzsche sought to promot.....
» 26/02/2009 12:59:25 PM "In recent years much column space has been reserved for discussing young women and t.....
» 26/02/2009 11:18:53 AM "As they say, evolution is a bit like Marxism, the more you know about it, the less l.....
» 26/02/2009 11:10:44 AM "so evolution is only a theory and hear I thought it was a belief system or religion&.....
» 19/02/2009 2:28:08 PM Leveling? Oh, I wish, I wish. For an atheist, everbody's holier than thou. For a theist,.....
» 19/02/2009 1:51:37 PM Peter what are these acts all about? You encourage us to write to the PM but don't explain.....
» 19/02/2009 11:31:10 AM Pull your head in Runner. This thread is not about Darwin vs genesis. As far as I know po.....
» 19/02/2009 10:06:57 AM Freckles on decolletage is very sexy. I pay as much attention to it as manners permit......
» 19/02/2009 8:46:10 AM Nipples? Every depiction of Adam & Eve I've ever seen has them with bellybuttons. Prototyp.....
» 18/02/2009 12:00:20 PM To: All From: Bennie Re: Recent posts You will NOT make a difference. I and countl.....
» 17/02/2009 3:07:14 PM "I find it interesting that Bush is supported by many in the conservative sector... H.....
» 17/02/2009 2:37:03 PM The epitaph of humanity's wealthiest, best educated, most upwardly mobile generation there.....
» 17/02/2009 2:24:17 PM Runner you appear to think religion and evolution are mutually exclusive. The vatican disa.....
» 17/02/2009 2:01:12 PM cont... Perhaps all ‘face-sack’ wearers - dangerously close to ‘rag-head’, that one - are.....
» 17/02/2009 11:46:47 AM Uh, yeah. I hope that’s cleared up. I think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick Meredit.....
» 16/02/2009 1:30:04 PM "It is easy to tolerate the views and behaviour of those we agree with, but the true .....
» 16/02/2009 12:15:29 PM Six billion stories and counting........
» 16/02/2009 12:00:08 PM "Darwin's theory and the Christian religion provide conflicting views of the origin o.....
» 16/02/2009 11:54:57 AM Oh runner do you need to be so obtuse? See this - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/.....
» 16/02/2009 11:40:37 AM Atheism is a practice the same way not collecting stamps is a hobby......
» 23/01/2009 10:12:54 AM More grist for the mill; more muddying of the waters. In the good old days when scientists.....
» 22/01/2009 3:35:31 PM Pelican - all true. I reckon it's not being discussed because it violates a basic principl.....
» 22/01/2009 2:29:55 PM The most reasonable explanation is "we don't know". The rest is guesswork or fai.....
» 22/01/2009 12:23:40 PM Trav, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. The onus is upon you. Runner, D.....
» 22/01/2009 11:04:08 AM "Why is it that all the gullible/dumb, easily lead, but qualified twits, in this coun.....
» 15/01/2009 11:39:32 AM I too used to think we lived in an age of reason, and that reason would trump superstition.....
» 15/01/2009 11:09:15 AM "When we say yes to something other than the Christ we are immediately in the company.....
» 15/01/2009 10:55:29 AM I'd have thought in this modern day and age no-one would fret over such a trifle. Keep you.....
» 14/01/2009 12:54:35 PM Just what is first hand experience of the holy spirit, Gibo? Ho Hum has pretty well ruled .....
» 13/01/2009 2:24:05 PM nice one Gibo, on the end of empire. First they start to have sex, then they're into idol.....
» 13/01/2009 2:16:58 PM A smattering of London politics and an unbased assumption does not a worldwide conspiracy .....
» 12/01/2009 11:48:52 AM Homosexuality exists throughout nature, not just among humans. Yet another example of r.....
» 12/01/2009 11:26:54 AM Oh it was much more than "purely...entertainment with snippets of social consciousnes.....
» 12/01/2009 11:19:12 AM Would somebody please tell me who these 'vested interests' are? Sceptics repeatedly talk a.....
» 12/01/2009 9:54:03 AM For someone who doesn't even believe there has ever been an ice age, Runner, you sure have.....
» 12/12/2008 1:54:20 PM Inspired them? Probably. Informed them? No. I would suggest Newton and Darwin have had .....
» 12/12/2008 12:59:36 PM Here, U.O.G., This is for you. http://conspiracy.top-site-list.com/ "The Truth is r.....
» 12/12/2008 12:06:56 PM Don't talk up the economy. Don't talk down the economy. Spend your cash. Save your cash. I.....
» 12/12/2008 8:28:11 AM "If they can get it they will use it" With respect, bullsh!t. Normal people sh.....
» 12/12/2008 7:16:23 AM Name ONE economist who's been consistently right, or even right more often than not. The.....
» 11/12/2008 12:29:27 PM Good point Pericles. I was on a train recently with a friend when a Muslim lady wearing .....
» 11/12/2008 10:51:25 AM It's unlikely he can bring an end to hostilities RobbyH but he can certainly make a differ.....
» 11/12/2008 8:35:16 AM So true, Fester. A small portion of people are addicts but this is not the concern of bibl.....
» 10/12/2008 3:52:35 PM The article begins with an overwrought analogy (Holocaust) and ends without suggesting any.....
» 10/12/2008 3:08:26 PM Ah the Herald Sun, home of Australia’s loudest peabrain Andrew Bolt. If world peace came t.....
» 10/12/2008 10:58:29 AM Hear hear John J, and wtf are you saying runner? It seems there is no middle way with yo.....
» 10/12/2008 9:57:15 AM Mr R. I thought he said he was a forester in the employ of the logging industry. Either wa.....
» 10/12/2008 7:48:19 AM OK, I'll address the article. The first 25 pars are spent denigrating the motives of thos.....
» 9/12/2008 3:15:15 PM What's this runner? An allusion to the end times? Climate change continues but not as it.....
» 9/12/2008 3:04:38 PM Agreed. Somebody gotta stand up and say sumfin'. Some of the agitators on OLO can then mo.....
» 9/12/2008 8:47:27 AM Some interesting facts regards TPVs in today's letters page of The Australian. http://blo.....
» 9/12/2008 8:44:56 AM Socialism by stealth huh? How, um, Republican. I keep hearing this but no-one's explained .....
» 8/12/2008 10:56:09 AM You might have read too much into my post Divergence. My reply was about Howard's populist.....
» 8/12/2008 9:32:21 AM “It seems we could go a long way toward improving students’ self-image (and academic perfo.....
» 8/12/2008 8:06:15 AM We will decide who comes to this country, and the circumstances under which they come”. L.....
» 7/12/2008 7:46:46 AM Islam does have a problem with a radical element but not all Muslims have been radicalised.....
» 4/12/2008 10:54:14 AM Good post Poly but the last line doesn't belong. If only you could let go of the sermonisi.....
» 4/12/2008 10:50:35 AM It is only since Howard encouraged use of "illegals" and "those kind of peo.....
» 4/12/2008 9:52:38 AM No-one can fault the reasoning of the article but sport is now more entertainment 'owned' .....
» 3/12/2008 3:50:35 PM "people smuggling and people attempting to enter Australia is on the rise since Ruddy.....
» 3/12/2008 10:01:32 AM Capitalism as practiced today is responsible for the scale of degradation we see. Unbridle.....
» 2/12/2008 11:57:43 AM "when they 'DO' something at variance to what their foundation documents clearly 'SAY.....
» 2/12/2008 9:40:10 AM A fine article that points out the obvious......
» 1/12/2008 3:30:19 PM Why don't either of you do this properly and write your own article?.....
» 1/12/2008 11:21:12 AM It's all about the lefties ain't it? These are "bland or stupid", "latte-.....
» 1/12/2008 11:10:55 AM I'm with you BN. One swallow does not a summer make. The same could be said about, oh, any.....
» 1/12/2008 7:43:19 AM We should have more contributions from the likes of Trad. Everyone's saying Muslims don't .....
» 27/11/2008 11:16:33 AM It emerged last year that the majority of Israelis would prefer less confrontation with Pa.....
» 27/11/2008 10:40:13 AM "In order to communicate itself in an intelligent way, science requires faith. Physic.....
» 27/11/2008 9:18:26 AM "breastfeeding falls into that murky realm of natural feminine power – a huge threat .....
» 27/11/2008 8:42:04 AM Perhaps, to be more precise, I should say the US government will look after the US governm.....
» 27/11/2008 7:32:00 AM Can't fly! yuk yuk. How droll. No grand forecasts or even game predictions in this. The .....
» 26/11/2008 9:58:26 AM Brave article. Let's wait for the circular logic from defenders of the faiths......
» 26/11/2008 8:11:03 AM Benjam1n you're a waste of space......
» 25/11/2008 7:14:43 AM No, Joe, it's the plain, mindless destructiveness I object to. See, here in cosmopolitanla.....
» 24/11/2008 10:46:26 AM There's a reason religion doesn't figure prominently in Australian politics. It's mired in.....
» 24/11/2008 7:00:58 AM IMO someone who shoots wolves from a helicopter for fun ain't normal......
» 21/11/2008 2:12:26 PM Rise to your challenges Keith? Maaate everyone here gets a rise out of you. It’s hardly a .....
» 21/11/2008 9:55:17 AM I don't believe it's critical for anyone's security other than those directly involved, Br.....
» 21/11/2008 9:14:46 AM Phew! There haven't been many articles lately about refugees and this article has come in .....
» 20/11/2008 2:38:34 PM Is this a critique of US media? Or simply a little self-conscious gloating that the Republ.....
» 20/11/2008 1:51:47 PM A parody, surely? Perhaps they can bring their temple mount with them. They’d need to b.....
» 20/11/2008 1:49:17 PM Oh Keith you’re funny! The only president in 60 years to lead the US to a winning war? Whi.....
» 20/11/2008 7:59:34 AM Agreed, Ludwig. I suppose we haven't been around long enough not to contemplate change......
» 20/11/2008 7:51:13 AM The author deliberately conflates thinspiration with moral and group support – this is not.....
» 19/11/2008 1:44:12 PM It's always fascinated me how anyone could live in such a desparing climate. Good luck .....
» 19/11/2008 1:39:01 PM Drop your history books and read some contemporary stuff Keith. Bush is widely considered .....
» 19/11/2008 1:30:59 PM Funny, I’m called Young Bennie at work too. You’re tilting at windmills Sasha. A royal c.....
» 18/11/2008 1:16:21 PM The subject warrants comment but such purple prose as this has limited appeal, not to ment.....
» 18/11/2008 12:29:04 PM As I said, a parallel universe. My miniscule intellect simply isn't up to your level of.....
» 18/11/2008 11:52:40 AM Sasha you’re speaking out of class. Viewers don’t care whether the presenter is Macedonian.....
» 18/11/2008 9:23:59 AM No joy with the link Sasha, is it short enough to paraphrase? If your specialty is news a.....
» 18/11/2008 7:57:54 AM Agreed, Ho Hum. It'll be several weeks before he assumes authority yet he's being fingered.....
» 17/11/2008 11:46:11 AM Mr Right has a point. No point showing stuff no-one wants to watch. Australians would soon.....
» 17/11/2008 9:34:01 AM There are two quotes here that hold a lot of truth. Firstly, “Australian debates seem fier.....
» 16/11/2008 3:32:22 PM Bush had a 'system'?.....
» 16/11/2008 3:23:59 PM See http://www.slate.com/id/2203614/pagenum/all for the latest research on atheism. It .....
» 16/11/2008 2:22:11 PM Ah, but how do you decide what is and isn't morally 'good', Liberal Minded? Personally I d.....
» 16/11/2008 11:38:17 AM Benjam1n - your username is under a day old and is already synomymous with mud. Your posts.....
» 13/11/2008 8:47:16 AM Actually Kieth the records show that for 2000 Bush didn't win legitimately. I'm sure you r.....
» 13/11/2008 8:31:04 AM yeah well Poly there are three sides to this and every story. Yours, theirs, and the truth.....
» 12/11/2008 4:47:35 PM Ah but don't get carried away Runner. According to this http://www.theaustralian.news.com......
» 12/11/2008 4:17:27 PM Poly if you posted under a new username every day we could all play 'find DB'. You rant......
» 12/11/2008 4:10:05 PM Runner’s getting a bollocking here. Personally I think OLO wouldn’t be the same without hi.....
» 11/11/2008 11:08:48 AM "..it's irrational to think anything could change this fact of life [war] on planet E.....
» 11/11/2008 7:31:23 AM More's the pity Keith that Gore didn't challenge the election result. Since the supreme co.....
» 10/11/2008 1:48:53 PM True enough Trav, science is not equipped to explain the origins of either life or the uni.....
» 10/11/2008 12:13:32 PM “Book burnings and banning extremist groups and individuals rarely solves the problems of .....
» 10/11/2008 11:36:53 AM Vietnam was ugly and Gallipoli was romantic. Ray Martin knows the difference. U.O.G. .....
» 9/11/2008 2:24:24 PM “it isn’t necessary to dismiss the IPCC position as worthless propaganda to entertain alte.....
» 9/11/2008 1:05:00 PM ...so the next in line to the US presidency is totally, like, clueless but ain't she just .....
» 9/11/2008 12:56:03 PM Bwahhhhhh This article makes Janet Albrechtson sound positively objective......
» 9/11/2008 12:04:57 PM btw 50-odd million people voted for Sarah and the vet. 50 bloody million! That's the numbe.....
» 9/11/2008 11:34:33 AM Obama won't be doing anything at all for 7 weeks yet the criticism is being piled on. I ca.....
» 6/11/2008 3:19:13 PM I beg to differ Kieth. Verbiage and self-assurance are powerful tools in the right hands, .....
» 6/11/2008 3:02:32 PM This is the most disingenuous article of the week. "Alarm-raising without evidence&qu.....
» 6/11/2008 12:13:44 PM "Perhaps now is the time for a woman to occupy this most venerable of scientific chai.....
» 5/11/2008 11:33:42 AM "hate, murder, immorality, homosexuality, lies, drug usage, environmental destruction.....
» 5/11/2008 9:58:24 AM What websites have you been reading Keith? "all polls [are] starting to tighten or .....
» 5/11/2008 7:37:32 AM There is probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life......
» 4/11/2008 12:18:56 PM Rumours are coming in of the existence of undecided voters in today’s election. How could .....
» 4/11/2008 10:34:42 AM Today's paper says McCain's finding hope in the polls. A late comeback? Yep, it'll be th.....
» 4/11/2008 10:31:36 AM "...the excessive degree of religious belief in America and elsewhere gives rise to a.....
» 4/11/2008 9:00:20 AM Cowboy aren't you looking for an "opposing view" regards American intervention? .....
» 3/11/2008 12:32:17 PM Sorry Cowboy, there is no published book denying US involvement in scores of political ove.....
» 3/11/2008 12:17:02 PM A bit caustic but at least he didn't claim McCain's a trrist or something. 50 points to a.....
» 3/11/2008 8:49:49 AM Palin was selected to galvanise the conservative republican base, something McCain couldn’.....
» 1/11/2008 11:25:15 AM I’ve been doing a little more research on who “lacks the will or cognitive ability” to tel.....
» 1/11/2008 9:01:04 AM Satirising the media would be little different from satirising politicians I reckon. I mea.....
» 1/11/2008 8:46:10 AM It’s a bit melodramatic to suggest Tuesday’s task is “to identify [between] the lion-heart.....
» 31/10/2008 10:52:41 AM McCain’s campaign has indeed been remarkable for the rat-a-tat-tat of aspersion, character.....
» 30/10/2008 2:29:34 PM Runner’s got a point but the problems he cites have been around for many years. The net ex.....
» 30/10/2008 7:46:47 AM Clinton’s doing eh? 8 years in the whitehouse and what, 10 in congress wasn’t enough? We h.....
» 29/10/2008 3:47:27 PM I expect ‘anti-Americanism’ to be as virulent as the exceptionalism it lays claim to. The .....
» 28/10/2008 3:15:59 PM I'm with you Joe in the US. It'd be devastating to see off bozo only to be met with Punch......
» 28/10/2008 10:23:42 AM A simple potted history from the viewpoint of a non-Bushie. Which is practically everyone .....
» 28/10/2008 9:10:32 AM What's this preoccupation with evil scientists? Boffins are no more interested in dropping.....
» 27/10/2008 5:15:00 PM Runner, regards your post, what happened to all the people who died before Jesus?.....
» 27/10/2008 4:47:27 PM "In an arrangement not to be announced until November 4th, the upscale specialty depa.....
» 27/10/2008 2:25:45 PM If Zoo Weekly is the litmus test for those deserving of attention it’s little wonder the a.....
» 22/10/2008 9:43:27 AM When invited to join the ticket she accepted "in a heartbeat". This self-describ.....
» 20/10/2008 3:47:56 PM Human interest, Palin's stance on abortion rights prompted one women's activist to descr.....
» 17/10/2008 3:16:36 PM He's right. We should recall our ambassador to Washington immediately......
» 17/10/2008 2:46:38 PM In its right season? Pull the other one Gibo. For most people the bible means whatever the.....
» 17/10/2008 1:06:17 PM "Christianity is about freedom, not domination, control and manipulation." I've.....
» 17/10/2008 11:06:56 AM Hey Doug9732, The past 8 years have given you # higher unemployment # smaller working cl.....
» 16/10/2008 9:09:59 AM On balance the technology is advantageous to medicine. In time we will be able to predict .....
» 15/10/2008 11:23:42 AM Does religion make people nicer? http://www.reason.com/news/show/129304.html Only if yo.....
» 15/10/2008 9:35:07 AM It IS about "who owns what of what there is". It's why Morales was elected to st.....
» 14/10/2008 3:08:35 PM oh.....
» 14/10/2008 2:09:21 PM The four gospels were written accounts of verbal accounts of verbal accounts of verbal acc.....
» 14/10/2008 9:47:47 AM A pop vox in Sydney asked teenagers about climate change. "I don't believe in it".....
» 14/10/2008 9:01:15 AM "Dawkins and his ilk fail to grasp the deep need for further meaning." As an il.....
» 14/10/2008 8:46:38 AM I meant the ditz running for VP......
» 13/10/2008 1:51:54 PM If she was a bloke he'd be laughed off stage.....
» 13/10/2008 9:27:06 AM From today's news... "Shouts of "traitor," "terrorist," "tr.....
» 13/10/2008 8:44:45 AM Oliver you pointed out "there is no tolerance for there being two suns in the sky.&qu.....
» 13/10/2008 8:41:17 AM Oh c'mon, is no-one prepared to stick up for Palin? Is there no-one with sincerely held be.....
» 13/10/2008 8:29:12 AM Yabby you've said it. Let it happen in its own time - this decade of anti-rationalism has .....
» 12/10/2008 7:46:08 AM Who are these 'elite'? Washington has been under Republican influence for eight years and .....
» 10/10/2008 3:27:54 PM You better read it again Daisym. He does not endorse Sarah for President though he does ha.....
» 10/10/2008 9:06:50 AM Sarah, when asked about her views on the bailout of the banks: "That's what I say th.....
» 9/10/2008 9:59:22 AM So eminently sensible, George, to look past one's own wallet. Resources are finite and soo.....
» 8/10/2008 11:18:04 AM “A turf war in which hapless and unknowing freelancers in the boat-people trafficking busi.....
» 8/10/2008 9:01:14 AM Ho Hum thanks for the quotes. It gives me the chance to offer the following. Firstly somet.....
» 7/10/2008 3:35:22 PM "To declare there is no God, no deity out there in this vast universe is to declare t.....
» 7/10/2008 2:25:29 PM ...but from November 5 they'll be drinking chardonnay........
» 7/10/2008 11:27:32 AM It's not all about Sarah but most of it is. Here's the background on Obama: http://usfo.....
» 7/10/2008 10:54:39 AM Yeah I'm one Daisym. Being able to see Russia from their front yard doesn't qualify anyone.....
» 7/10/2008 8:01:41 AM Polycarp I was talking about creationists......
» 6/10/2008 2:35:07 PM The article points out religion evolves. It follows that faith must evolve with it or ther.....
» 2/10/2008 9:05:32 AM Now doing the rounds... * Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable. * Atten.....
» 2/10/2008 8:31:06 AM Not all asylum seekers are genuine, not all our rules are effective and not all our interr.....
» 1/10/2008 2:21:14 PM Heaven forbid Australia should be made to honour its commitments regards asylum seekers. W.....
» 30/09/2008 10:36:08 AM Panic stations everyone...awaiting comforting and fatherly advice from Uncle Jo...oops, he.....
» 29/09/2008 12:21:28 PM “…aggression, competitiveness, individualism and profiteering” aren’t exclusively male tra.....
» 29/09/2008 12:09:08 PM Jon J there's no correlation between what people say on their census and how they view sta.....
» 29/09/2008 11:01:49 AM You forgot to mention Haleys comet. I hear it's responsible for at least SOMEthing importa.....
» 29/09/2008 10:47:22 AM Leaks occur all the time but this one seems 'special'. If every leak was treated the same .....
» 29/09/2008 10:24:02 AM As usual Runner nails it. Seriously, the article didn't exactly say what a feminist stand.....
» 25/09/2008 4:49:17 PM The US is secular. England is secular. Australia is secular. Runner can you name one count.....
» 25/09/2008 9:04:57 AM yes dad......
» 24/09/2008 5:30:59 PM In a normal world there would be such a thing as foresight bushbred. But we're talking Ame.....
» 24/09/2008 5:04:46 PM Clearly it isn't enough to simply measure and then report the increasing polar temperature.....
» 24/09/2008 3:40:14 PM A good article and a new perspective. Unfortunately as some replies here show, there's no .....
» 23/09/2008 1:20:01 PM RobbieH your point would hold if politician's views were known at election time. It's not .....
» 23/09/2008 10:07:35 AM OzSpen I really don't know. I don't think I'm disagreeing with you on this one. I'd poin.....
» 22/09/2008 4:37:43 PM The author makes no suggestion of an alternative incentive for parents to ensure their kid.....
» 22/09/2008 12:52:44 PM Aborigines & Innuit kill for survival. Is arial shooting of wolves what you had in mind P.....
» 22/09/2008 12:37:44 PM Not to worry Col. I don't think he read the article anyway. Pity the same approach isn't t.....
» 22/09/2008 10:16:01 AM aww you've made me all bashful now. Hard to have an intelligent conversation ain't it?.....
» 21/09/2008 5:36:34 PM Sshooting animals for fun is healthy and natural? The idea is almost as scary as Palin is .....
» 21/09/2008 12:16:45 PM Well in this case Ben-Peter she's only got half the nous......
» 20/09/2008 4:58:16 PM Says Dan – “Here are a few suggestions [inclining atheists towards empathy and compassion].....
» 20/09/2008 3:28:08 PM Religion's got nothing to do with it. Whatever the LHC throws up will be documented and ca.....
» 20/09/2008 12:21:10 PM Col - granted. Many responses appear calous at first glance. And second. A few points ho.....
» 19/09/2008 5:01:24 PM Gosh Banjo, is that your criteria for caring? It seems you've got a problem with brown peo.....
» 19/09/2008 4:58:22 PM Ah, no, Brian, the LHC is about looking for the Higgs bosun and other particles. It is a.....
» 10/09/2008 4:16:13 PM Sells, looking at your view of how science is trying to supersede religion I would point o.....
» 9/09/2008 5:26:17 PM At a guess snake you don't live cheek-by-jowl with neighbours in a built-up area. Where so.....
» 9/09/2008 12:33:05 PM A nice quiet healthy BROOM would cost about, oh, $20.00......
» 9/09/2008 12:28:14 PM Not a lot to argue with here. Yep, Americans on the whole lurve their military; nope, they.....
» 7/09/2008 9:31:16 AM This all reminds me of that Monty Python skit "When ah were a lad..." I'd take .....
» 4/09/2008 3:31:35 PM Ah, yes. Aggressive capitalism and the rise of the profligate generation. It’s a matter of.....
» 3/09/2008 12:31:27 PM Get a grip peoples. A person can’t be both a refugee AND an “illegal”, which none of you h.....
» 3/09/2008 10:59:44 AM Geez people the article is hardly remarkable. Is that why almost every post here attacks t.....
» 3/09/2008 9:51:09 AM Arjay there's no dispute among the scientific community CO2 is a greenhouse gas. Back-of-t.....
» 3/09/2008 8:30:58 AM Beer & skittles, no. Career security, an expectation their generation would be better off .....
» 2/09/2008 5:41:04 PM The kid ain't hers......
» 2/09/2008 12:24:59 PM The wealthiest, best educated and most mollycoddled generation in history. The era of infi.....
» 1/09/2008 5:23:27 PM Nice one Guy. Capitalism as we know it cannot endure declining oil production and you've p.....
» 31/08/2008 5:30:54 PM "What we need is an educational program that teaches the two realms just as literatur.....
» 31/08/2008 5:22:42 PM Pretty graph. Do you have one for the arctic 98 - 08?.....
» 27/08/2008 6:12:32 PM Dan, Evo et al, The Australian Skeptics Society recently orchestrated an online 'sting' b.....
» 26/08/2008 4:24:08 PM You're perfectly right, runner, this debate will still be around in 50 years' time. And sc.....
» 26/08/2008 3:25:30 PM The creationist view, Dan, is that all science is a 'paradigm'. A point of view. An invent.....
» 26/08/2008 2:44:07 PM "...it boiled down to my dislike of artificiality and publicity.”[said Bradman] Such .....
» 13/08/2008 5:58:55 PM If your first attempt was clumsily contructed Brian your second was downright unintelligib.....
» 11/08/2008 6:58:33 PM Well-written, enjoyable to read, and pushing that same friggin' barrow......
» 6/08/2008 2:47:46 PM "The burden of proof is on the IPCC...to prove that this rise is anything other than .....
» 5/08/2008 6:38:07 PM Arthur N, Like many you distribute responsibility to others. Bullying and stress have bee.....
» 5/08/2008 6:24:17 PM Hey Runner, any comment on last night's 4 corners? check http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/c.....
» 19/07/2008 1:30:03 PM It'll be difficult to garner either understanding or sympathy for the position America's i.....
» 14/07/2008 12:48:29 PM It ain't complicated Bazz. It's difficult to make someone understand something when his li.....
» 13/07/2008 2:01:56 PM An article in The Australian a few weeks ago said climate-change believers were typically .....
» 13/07/2008 1:49:38 PM "Israel has been desperately trying to be accepted by her Arab neighbours since her i.....
» 12/07/2008 6:16:51 PM I'll have a shot at answering some questions Martin, & a couple of comments along the way......
» 5/07/2008 12:02:21 PM Boys! Boys! Please be civilised and take your fight outside......
» 2/07/2008 5:51:34 PM Ahh so that's why Cardinal Hollingworth got the boot. He was religious! Not to mention cov.....
» 2/07/2008 4:32:42 PM "Denialists have conspicuously failed to generate contrary evidence that can be publi.....
» 27/06/2008 4:49:04 PM Yes but what's your POINT?.....
» 21/06/2008 5:41:27 PM Doing away with denominational schools altogether would solve this little problem. Everyon.....
» 19/06/2008 4:19:33 PM The author gives a hundred reasons why guns aren't a good idea then shoots himself in the .....
» 16/06/2008 10:23:41 AM This doesn't tie in well with your criticisms of the IPCC, which you characterise as a pol.....
» 15/06/2008 11:28:46 AM "Dawkins et al steadfastly refuse to have conversations with professional theologians.....
» 15/06/2008 8:40:50 AM The optimist thinks things are about as good as it gets. The pessimist thinks he might jus.....
» 14/06/2008 3:26:54 PM Thankyou for the link Dan. I'm getting a better idea of where you're coming from. ".....
» 14/06/2008 11:03:05 AM “I'm simply insisting that scientists honour their profession by seeking to avoid putting .....
» 12/06/2008 1:54:35 PM It all made sense until the last three paragraphs. In any case, a business that caters t.....
» 12/06/2008 11:41:10 AM Dan it's time you came clean with your evidence on creationism. While you're prepared to t.....
» 12/06/2008 10:20:28 AM Whereas the evidence FOR creationism is...?.....
» 11/06/2008 6:04:02 PM The more a position is defended the less credible it appears and so it is with this cherry.....
» 11/06/2008 5:57:42 PM No mention of 'exercise' here? Not to dismiss the gist of the article but the poor have al.....
» 11/06/2008 1:14:12 PM ...and asbestos and n-bombs and Vioxx and combustion engines and countless other technolog.....
» 10/06/2008 7:43:09 PM To extend upon this... The evolution/creationism debate is not in itself interesting. Wha.....
» 9/06/2008 4:34:31 PM Funny how 'God's will' is always in favour of the victor - regardless of the godlessness o.....
» 9/06/2008 12:23:04 PM "LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countr.....
» 9/06/2008 12:16:15 PM Yeah. The whole friggin' world's got it wrong......
» 6/06/2008 7:00:16 PM Agreed. Once again it boils down to cycleways & cycling facilities. Everyone tells me Pert.....
» 3/06/2008 5:54:37 PM Well I thought it was a fair article. The topic needs more focus on the distinction betwee.....
» 3/06/2008 4:46:02 PM "The ultimate implication is if I don't watch any news I'll be imformed best? :-)&quo.....
» 31/05/2008 4:54:12 PM aw gee, trade. I love the stuff......
» 30/05/2008 1:14:02 PM All well enough, and not a lot for posters to say. Had the article addressed Israeli excep.....
» 30/05/2008 9:47:30 AM Your third paragraph Keith contains six 'ifs'. Do you see any progress towards any of them.....
» 29/05/2008 4:54:09 PM What planet are you living on Keith?.....
» 28/05/2008 6:35:26 PM What evidence is there for Noah's flood? It appears the "modern" creationist has.....
» 26/05/2008 7:08:07 PM Which part, Gibo?.....
» 26/05/2008 6:50:46 PM Science has been under attack lately, presumably because people don't like where it leads......
» 25/05/2008 10:14:43 AM Fair enough Dan. My last post was unaccommodating. Creationism is a definite minority with.....
» 24/05/2008 1:44:04 PM Dan I'm aware there are qualified scientists who are also creationists. To me science and .....
» 21/05/2008 7:33:18 PM I've just read your post Dan S about never hearing from a qualified creationist. The neare.....
» 20/05/2008 7:56:17 PM I'm no great fan of Crhistopher Hitchin's writing style goodthief, his self-righteousness .....
» 19/05/2008 12:35:36 PM All religions, goodthief, I regard as mild hysteria......
» 19/05/2008 11:07:43 AM 20/20 is as subtle as a brick and just not cricket. It's got all the finesse of world wres.....
» 18/05/2008 6:05:09 PM Yeah I'm flogging a dead parrot here a bit. The concept of "virtual science" ha.....
» 18/05/2008 10:01:29 AM The author's argument is a little more nuanced than at first glance. Presumptions included.....
» 17/05/2008 5:29:10 PM I seem to recall bushbasher that the minister gave this particular little snippet of resea.....
» 17/05/2008 2:27:34 PM under one god - never watched a David Attenborough doco? He talked about just this thing (.....
» 17/05/2008 1:10:25 PM SURE, Plerdsus. Forecasting 1 week and 1 century is not the same thing. We know it'll get.....
» 14/05/2008 10:03:08 AM Whether cooling or warming Taswegian it confirms climate change predictions. Warmest this,.....
» 13/05/2008 4:13:41 PM Correction - amorality. Science is like that......
» 13/05/2008 4:12:26 PM Huh? Evolution has no moral dimension therefor leads to immorality? Yeah That makes sense,.....
» 13/05/2008 3:50:13 PM I thought Howard started that mantra, was it a different one? Battlers? The mob? Omigod I'.....
» 12/05/2008 3:45:59 PM Wow!.....
» 12/05/2008 10:19:48 AM MOVE......
» 12/05/2008 10:18:24 AM Oh. A US military blog said that torture works. OK, I was wrong......
» 12/05/2008 8:13:07 AM Oh c’mon Paul. Islam has been equated with foreigners, with outsiders, with “those type of.....
» 11/05/2008 9:15:52 AM What tosh. Since when has torture produced accurate results? We've had this debate on OLO .....
» 11/05/2008 8:49:23 AM Yeah. What bushbasher said......
» 10/05/2008 4:35:42 PM Good that you've corroborated that quote. Whatever its origins it gets regurgitated over a.....
» 10/05/2008 3:36:34 PM Too right, Mustafa. Attitudes towards moderate Islam are often conflated with extremism an.....
» 10/05/2008 10:41:34 AM Candide, for authoritative sources on GW or any scientific matter see only reputable sour.....
» 8/05/2008 6:17:19 PM There is no proof gravity exists. Ergo: it's a big fib. In any normal society people woul.....
» 30/04/2008 6:36:03 PM Louise I’m, like, sooo with you on this one. The bastardisation of Australian English has .....
» 29/04/2008 12:21:33 PM Comparing JC's death with that of a soldier is false, DB. A large proportion of the armed .....
» 28/04/2008 5:55:46 PM Gecko, climate change denialists characteristically say it's either not happening at all o.....
» 28/04/2008 4:34:01 PM The new media is what's gonna help save Israel from itself. "Reputable" sources .....
» 28/04/2008 3:59:02 PM “People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do vi.....
» 28/04/2008 3:42:14 PM "Irreversible" refers to the point at which changes to the climate are self-comp.....
» 26/04/2008 4:47:59 PM I think a popular vote would get us a populist president. Pushing for a representative tha.....
» 26/04/2008 11:00:49 AM The author should be commended for pointing out the bleeding obvious. The invasion at Anz.....
» 21/04/2008 4:34:50 PM ...which is the best evidence yet we should take the new testament with just as much a gra.....
» 20/04/2008 3:20:05 PM Islam is no more exceptional than Judaism either, Paul. Once we start claiming one faith i.....
» 20/04/2008 2:52:18 PM "The argument is if human activity has added to the current, natural warming cycle: a.....
» 19/04/2008 1:17:55 PM Marilyn's got a point Paul L, albeit put a little too bluntly for the semantics among us. .....
» 18/04/2008 7:58:34 PM You're quite right, Mark, this article won't make a lot of difference. Scientific opinion .....
» 13/04/2008 3:39:27 PM A pretty graph, Bob. Can I see one showing average temp changes over the Arctic?.....
» 26/02/2008 3:42:27 PM Dignity? He got clobbered & hasn't been game to show his face since. He & Hyacinth have at.....
» 24/02/2008 3:15:27 PM Bread & circuses, Romany. It's where the money is and no-one gets upset. Win win, really......
» 24/02/2008 7:57:48 AM " Few outside the contrarian redoubts now deny that our environment is in trouble. Or.....
» 22/02/2008 4:25:41 PM I'm SURE you're just stirring, Runner. " A short view of history will show you that w.....
» 22/02/2008 3:55:46 PM Hey runner, the theory of gravity hasn't been proved either. Maybe you deny it has any val.....
» 22/02/2008 3:45:42 PM unimaginative tripe.....
» 19/02/2008 12:08:43 PM Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that h.....
» 19/02/2008 9:59:12 AM If you don't agree with Kevin Rudd's apology on behalf of himself, his government and his .....
» 18/02/2008 3:53:02 PM Paddy was a bore but a very good one. A coherent and interesting piece. Who wrote this and.....
» 18/02/2008 2:31:12 PM This might be subtitled, "Once upon a time in a land far away..." Nice sentime.....
» 17/02/2008 9:44:55 AM Well, it's a unique take on peak oil and our mid- to long-term survival. Cynical perhaps b.....
» 20/03/2007 5:08:49 PM I'm not proposing we dilute our laws or make it any easier for those who have been brutali.....
» 19/03/2007 4:56:14 PM Banjo what would be the point of removing the mechanism where Australians can help other n.....
» 19/03/2007 1:27:19 PM DB, You’re fond of quoting from the bible. You’ve probably seen these before. I have. But .....
» 19/03/2007 10:17:24 AM Good point. The language shapes thought, and hence the debate. It appears the previous 2 .....
» 18/03/2007 4:42:20 PM Banjo you're living in dreamland buddy! MC can't simply be dismantled. We've got quite a f.....
» 18/03/2007 4:32:27 PM Is pornography the issue here? The article raises some good points but goes a lot further .....
» 18/03/2007 4:23:34 PM Whoever gets in will exercise enough economic rationalism to keep the moneymakers happy. T.....
» 18/03/2007 1:00:56 PM Tsk, who to believe? One guy says photos have been touched up & another says he's the one .....
» 15/03/2007 2:44:51 PM Why this obsession with hamas? They're a collection of people with not much power, certain.....
» 15/03/2007 1:49:18 PM When asked what he thought of democracy, Ghandi said it was a good idea. Still is. Anyone .....
» 15/03/2007 9:51:05 AM Brave article Tim. The US may be a democracy but as with many democracies there are provis.....
» 14/03/2007 4:55:56 PM Good question R0bert. Initially I played along but different women = different expectation.....
» 14/03/2007 1:21:09 PM stuff weighs you down.....
» 13/03/2007 4:58:02 PM "Introspection and confession of failure is anathema to this (self esteem) movement b.....
» 11/03/2007 5:22:25 PM So many words. So little point......
» 5/03/2007 11:31:11 AM It ain't rocket science Edward. Who hasn't heard someone, somewhere slag off at immigrants.....
» 5/03/2007 11:18:06 AM Good one, Luke. You've included all the right qualifications, to make it both readable & e.....
» 4/03/2007 5:47:32 PM Yo Aqvarivs. Impressive. But we STILL don't know what Hick has and hasn't done. I don't......
» 4/03/2007 5:07:20 PM I hope you do, Mise, and look closely at the thousands lining the streets. Most of them ha.....
» 4/03/2007 3:31:48 PM Storm in a teacup or what? Rudd met 30 people, one of them Burke, and the Liberals think t.....
» 4/03/2007 9:23:29 AM Pericles there's no doubt you can find whatever you're after on the net. I'm talking of th.....
» 4/03/2007 7:20:06 AM Fair point Yvonne. I would point out that debate in the public sphere is rarely so nuanced.....
» 3/03/2007 3:54:13 PM See Dickie? It's all about bloody CARDBOARD! Who'd have guessed?.....
» 3/03/2007 11:59:56 AM You don't need a model to predict what's gonna happen, peoples. You just need to look at w.....
» 2/03/2007 4:01:49 PM Rhian, the author misrepresents the position of the IPCC and the state of knowledge about.....
» 2/03/2007 12:45:53 PM Sorry Mr Lawson, you're a finance journo. I'll take editing lessons from you any day. I'll.....
» 28/02/2007 10:07:10 AM “The human mind has evolved to become insensitive to the suffering of large numbers of peo.....
» 27/02/2007 2:49:22 PM oops. On re-reading your post I just repeated what you said. In any case the general under.....
» 27/02/2007 2:45:43 PM No, Dewi. What needs attention is the public's limited understanding of what 'science' is......
» 27/02/2007 11:29:47 AM What?! The government can revoke citizenship on the basis of religion? tRAKKA you gotta ge.....
» 27/02/2007 9:55:08 AM This is a positive article. Good to see those most affected by redneck reactionaries still.....
» 27/02/2007 9:48:58 AM Hands up who watched Four Corners on Monday night. If you're a sceptic of global warming I.....
» 24/02/2007 11:36:09 AM How does it feel, runner, to be part of the 7% of Australia that still thinks Iraq was a g.....
» 23/02/2007 11:51:12 AM They were both 'taken out of context'. They both tried to portray their religion as vict.....
» 22/02/2007 11:30:16 AM Thankyou Anthony. A gracious acknowledgement that not all is well in the land of the chose.....
» 22/02/2007 11:29:55 AM Thankyou Anthony. A gracious acknowledgement that not all is well in the land of the self-.....
» 22/02/2007 11:19:47 AM Beats me what this article is trying to say. Altruism is a furphy? Being green is being se.....
» 22/02/2007 10:42:03 AM "the only way for the US and Australia to get it right in Iraq is to commit to doing .....
» 22/02/2007 10:34:57 AM thanks Ev. I'm a big fan of NASA, regardless of how politics shapes its programs. My link.....
» 18/02/2007 3:30:54 PM I’ll be gone a few days Ev but thought I’d leave here a link for your perusal, as suggeste.....
» 18/02/2007 10:54:44 AM oh Ev, it should've read 'this is the second thread today where you've put this'. Given th.....
» 18/02/2007 8:25:18 AM The article is but one narrow perspective on the disastrous but inevitable outcome of US a.....
» 17/02/2007 1:23:21 PM tsk tsk, Ev. This is the thread today where you've put this. Do you have an opinion of you.....
» 17/02/2007 12:56:35 PM Interesting article. Like many introspections on the scriptures the logic resembles a mobi.....
» 17/02/2007 11:36:05 AM "So, in the interests of ultimate compassion, I recommend again, removing ALL Palesti.....
» 17/02/2007 7:59:42 AM “Basically there is no evidence that this fast-track melting has ever occurred, despite mu.....
» 16/02/2007 3:18:43 PM No-one's saying we're going to shut down our coal industries tapp. Bob Brown wants us to h.....
» 14/02/2007 5:54:08 PM Faustino, the IPCC estimates can equally be shown to be too conservative regarding econom.....
» 14/02/2007 5:03:31 PM Good heavens, Thermistocles. This writer describes George W as a statesman, carrying the f.....
» 14/02/2007 3:22:05 PM The republicans made a similar claim about John Kerry & the democrats prior to the 2004 el.....
» 14/02/2007 12:03:33 PM “Ultimate tool of the socialist revolution”? Is this getting out of hand or what? Julatr.....
» 11/02/2007 8:32:38 AM MonashL, Is the IPCC recommending jellybeans? Their latest report is the largest single e.....
» 10/02/2007 1:43:28 PM Stephen Gould? A great intellect. Glad you brought this up, anti-green. “I appreciate th.....
» 10/02/2007 10:31:19 AM "...the world is on the cusp of following the irrational, illogical, immeasurable lun.....
» 9/02/2007 4:49:06 PM Yes, the debate will continue, regardless of what eventually does happen to the climate. I.....
» 9/02/2007 1:31:36 PM ...and if you stop breathing altogether Perseus you might even do the environment a favour.....
» 8/02/2007 9:47:48 AM "I suppose when you reject God you need to hold on to some belief and dress it up as .....
» 6/02/2007 4:56:41 PM Amen to that......
» 6/02/2007 3:36:49 PM What kind of question is that?? The author seems to think money is everything, poor sod......
» 6/02/2007 8:37:30 AM Hi Richard, Greenpeace receives its donations from the public. Hardly a vested interest i.....
» 3/02/2007 12:45:58 PM I am so looking forward to Andrew Bolt’s refutation......
» 3/02/2007 12:06:25 PM “Is it just me or do christians seem to get criticised a lot more than anyone else for exp.....
» 3/02/2007 11:25:17 AM Fair enough bushbred, I can only talk for myself. Though I've seen no evidence from humani.....
» 3/02/2007 8:08:48 AM For my money about the most refreshing post I’ve read on OLO. Thanks. Think I’ll take a r.....
» 2/02/2007 2:58:29 PM Runner, Humanism is “a philosophy…a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasize.....
» 2/02/2007 12:00:49 PM Proverbs, You’re right in saying there’s nothing wrong with healthy debate, lobbying gove.....
» 2/02/2007 11:17:50 AM David do you read these responses? Since you ask, Major Mori is an independent lawyer ch.....
» 2/02/2007 9:14:51 AM "Personally, I’m far more comfortable trusting someone willing to take a moment and t.....
» 1/02/2007 3:31:15 PM This article should appear somewhere it would get a much, much wider audience. VK3AUU & R.....
» 1/02/2007 2:53:59 PM Proverbs, I think evaluating faith in this manner could lead to all types of not-very-use.....
» 1/02/2007 11:58:13 AM "If those documents said in a general nature "Allahs curse on the infidels".....
» 1/02/2007 10:17:24 AM "Unfortunately, that word: Truth, has long lost its potency giving way to the more pa.....
» 1/02/2007 8:48:22 AM Proverbs, I've done a little wikiresearch, and found the Indonesian constitution "......
» 31/01/2007 2:34:10 PM Tennyson, Nor does Singapore’s. But you get that. Proverbs, Are you seriously surprised .....
» 31/01/2007 9:36:02 AM p.s. Anyone care to define "islamofascism" ?.....
» 31/01/2007 9:08:03 AM A timely and cogent argument, Saeed. And, predictably, bound to get responses that refle.....
» 31/01/2007 8:38:29 AM (cont…) The suggestion “the morality behind the principle not to kill is bound to a stron.....
» 30/01/2007 2:48:25 PM I should've inclulded this in the previous post. Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia.....
» 30/01/2007 2:32:18 PM Relda, My take on the article can be summed up in some pithy little saying along the line.....
» 30/01/2007 8:45:00 AM Divide and WHAT??.....
» 29/01/2007 5:02:53 PM It's difficult to see how this article can be turned on its head as it has here. There isn.....
» 29/01/2007 3:09:49 PM A bit late, Plerdsus. Pauline's policies were hijacked by Howard about 3 years ago. I don.....
» 29/01/2007 2:14:13 PM "Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Budhism etc are all compatible with Demo.....
» 29/01/2007 2:09:17 PM Proverbs, BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 -- A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces.....
» 25/01/2007 4:20:23 PM Proverbs, You make some fair observations. I can't help seeing parallels however between .....
» 25/01/2007 1:38:01 PM "He saw the attacks on anyone who appeared to be of Middle-Eastern descent as an endo.....
» 25/01/2007 12:22:14 PM ybgirp - point taken. Keysar Trad seems to have positioned himself between the more extrem.....
» 24/01/2007 2:34:53 PM Mickijo, Each ethnic group IS permitted to put a party into parliament. Ain't democracy .....
» 24/01/2007 12:34:42 PM Fact: Watchers of Fox News are measurably less well-informed than watchers of other news s.....
» 24/01/2007 12:13:29 PM Given the level of hysteria & hoo-haa these days Isn’t a representative muslim voice in ou.....
» 23/01/2007 10:24:50 AM Bolt's a nong whether he's on holidays or not, Sniggid. Catch him on "The Insiders&qu.....
» 23/01/2007 10:16:47 AM The article sums up the anti-war position clearly enough. Chris there were considerably m.....
» 23/01/2007 8:36:19 AM "The succession of stories on Rudd have not focused accurately on any of his shortcom.....
» 22/01/2007 1:58:38 PM Fairgo you might consider some of the things Obama mentions in The Audacity of Hope (I kno.....
» 22/01/2007 1:36:49 PM She's an exceptional kid, raised by exceptional parents. Who knows what she's capable of? .....
» 6/12/2006 12:11:51 PM "THIS IS NOT CRAZINESS OR FANATISM. These are people that have been holding so MUCH P.....
» 6/12/2006 12:03:40 PM You forgot all about mentioning the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny, didn't you! You.....
» 6/12/2006 11:48:40 AM A level-headed summary of the issue. Solar power Kang is unlikely to meet the needs of i.....
» 6/12/2006 10:29:41 AM Hi DB, Interesting example of men behaving badly. "Muslim boys in Melbourne from an .....
» 6/12/2006 10:15:59 AM "Atheists philosophy is anything is Ok, as there are no absolutes, no accountability .....
» 3/12/2006 12:33:45 PM "How many of these kids will have to put up with taunting and racism "just to fi.....
» 3/12/2006 12:15:28 PM "The IRA was and is a terrorist organization..." The Real IRA, you mean?.....
» 3/12/2006 10:38:31 AM Richard, Paragraphs 1 & 2 make valid points. Since your piece “did not focus on the clima.....
» 3/12/2006 8:07:29 AM Yep. The future of the world is brown......
» 2/12/2006 2:55:18 PM Martians don’t attack when it’s full moon, you silly. They wait until it’s dark......
» 2/12/2006 11:01:53 AM Very funny. Can I suggest you send a copy to heckler@smh.com.au.....
» 2/12/2006 10:26:48 AM Obviously, Is Islam the only bizarre religious persuasion? Which isn't? Does fish on Frida.....
» 2/12/2006 9:59:58 AM Leigh, you seem to have trouble getting a fix on this. “We still remember the 17% rates of.....
» 1/12/2006 3:31:16 PM cont… “Denial, as a pop-psychological term, is bandied about too readily these days, espe.....
» 1/12/2006 2:44:53 PM Does this article debate whether climate change is real, or that it may/may not be anthrop.....
» 30/11/2006 5:31:30 PM Is conservation really an urban political fashion statement? Ahh, so THAT'S why we need a.....
» 30/11/2006 5:10:13 PM Some pretty sharp minds on this post. Who can tell me - What became of those who lived b.....
» 30/11/2006 4:11:37 PM Howard doesn't have a policy on Israel, Keith. We do what America does......
» 30/11/2006 3:28:25 PM Aqvarivs, “All of the many ethnic/cultures have to be represented in government, in the p.....
» 30/11/2006 2:30:14 PM Whoa there, Antibigot. MC does not even go near advocating separate laws - for anybody. .....
» 29/11/2006 3:19:13 PM By trying to pin down bias, BrainDrain, I think the only thing that can be said for sure i.....
» 29/11/2006 2:24:59 PM Why focus on the dangers, DB, when there's so much to be had from diversity? Like it or no.....
» 29/11/2006 12:50:48 PM "The environment is still seen as an issue of the left despite almost unanimous conce.....
» 29/11/2006 11:13:48 AM Matt, I don't speak for everyone on the left, but a common belief among them is that the .....
» 29/11/2006 10:04:52 AM Foreign troops are undoubtedly part of the problem. Hindsight is 20/20 but whatever became.....
» 27/11/2006 3:10:38 PM Obviously, without MC there would be no reason to visit chinatown. You'd get chinglish fo.....
» 27/11/2006 2:17:10 PM Seems to me militants come from everywhere, regardless of the dominant religion, though re.....
» 27/11/2006 11:43:42 AM p.s. The ABC and SBS are the only broadcasters not following the government line on Iraq.....
» 27/11/2006 11:37:57 AM I think Australia is much more entwined in US political developments than you admit, Leigh.....
» 26/11/2006 9:17:26 AM Wouldn't it be more accurate to say Militant Islam is what we should keep an eye on? Or fo.....
» 26/11/2006 8:40:56 AM West, I tend to agree. Religion's fine, as long as it's kept to oneself. I see no eviden.....
» 25/11/2006 12:07:08 PM Sharkfin, "Ethnic cleansing" is a euphemism coined by a journalist, borrowing f.....
» 25/11/2006 8:57:30 AM Umm, West, I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. Maybe you could read my post aga.....
» 25/11/2006 8:48:15 AM ...btw Ronnie I feel the same way about motor sport as you do about cricket. How can revvi.....
» 25/11/2006 8:42:10 AM Ronnie Peters, I used to feel much the same about the game until I learned the meaning of .....
» 24/11/2006 3:50:27 PM West, It is not necessary, possible, or perhaps even beneficial to prove or disprove whet.....
» 24/11/2006 11:39:49 AM A referendum among just half the population? Not likely. And the Rove gaff? It's a non-st.....
» 23/11/2006 3:55:30 PM Depends what kind of abuse you're talking of, Cornflower. The lyrics sung by the Barmy Arm.....
» 22/11/2006 12:11:04 PM Holland has imposed a state ban on all overt religious displays, including the wearing of .....
» 22/11/2006 9:13:21 AM I can see, O, you're not about to be swayed by any words from me. Keep in mind however, yo.....
» 21/11/2006 1:09:11 PM Howard ought to cement his sycophancy with an endorsement of McCain the moment he gets the.....
» 21/11/2006 12:50:58 PM "Unfortunately, you, me and most white Australians, are presently living in a culture.....
» 18/11/2006 2:35:56 PM This OLO thread occasionally looks little more than a forum for single-issue anti-Islamist.....
» 17/11/2006 5:57:18 PM Thoughts are circumscribed by language. How many conflicts - of any size or consequence - .....
» 16/11/2006 12:50:36 PM Ooops. Thought this was meant to discuss the findings of the latest research. Instead it's.....
» 15/11/2006 3:20:18 PM Too right David. Leigh has a dig at so-called 'elites' (y'know, the ones not in power), wh.....
» 15/11/2006 12:13:28 PM Omigod! The author went to "Lithuania, then to Japan, Shanghai in China and, finally,.....
» 11/11/2006 3:37:46 PM Thinking aloud about your faith is fine, Peter, but relise that with 6 billion people aliv.....
» 4/11/2006 10:14:19 AM "...much will depend on whether George Bush can learn from defeat, as both Bill Clint.....
» 3/11/2006 5:52:15 PM Nope, it means voters are self-centred when their voting patterns reflect a world view tha.....
» 2/11/2006 12:16:40 PM "There is no place for moral reflection in a mob" sums it up nicely.....
» 1/11/2006 2:42:53 PM Point taken. "All this says is that the US approach is doomed to failure because th.....
» 1/11/2006 2:03:52 PM the Iraq survey group used the same methodology as was used in Africa, to determine the ge.....
» 30/10/2006 3:24:21 PM ...in other words the only way to win the rat race is to stop being a rat......
» 30/10/2006 3:09:12 PM "Human rights" are about as relevant as a retarded mouse nibbling on the toenail.....
» 26/10/2006 6:12:37 PM Some good points on all sides, particularly from D.B. who points out everyone can exercise.....
» 18/10/2006 3:28:58 PM A low blow, Steve. The greens & democrats seem the only forces in national politics with.....
» 17/10/2006 3:54:08 PM Gadget, Your post suggests we're no better than the Chinese. Like Marilyn, I'd like us to.....
» 17/10/2006 3:21:33 PM Outside a theocracy DB the law is amoral. Which is fine - anything less and we'd end up ta.....
» 17/10/2006 3:08:37 PM Just can't work out the point of the article. So Kevin Rudd isn't ideal? Imagine the conse.....
» 14/10/2006 2:15:44 PM "The most 'Christian' thing we can do, is guarantee a place free of social/cultural c.....
» 14/10/2006 12:47:32 PM Arjay, I'm delighted you've called it as it is. It's all about the oil!.....
» 13/10/2006 4:05:42 PM "The deliberate, calculated misuse of immigration for political ends by ethno religio.....
» 12/10/2006 4:47:48 PM Which begs the question DB, what does 'your mob' represent? Christian principle does not f.....
» 11/10/2006 5:26:25 PM "Indirectly, though, Washington bears some of the responsibility." I'd argue it.....
» 11/10/2006 11:26:27 AM Hear hear, DB, regards OLO culture. I'll take issue though with your suggestion people gi.....
» 9/10/2006 5:38:20 PM "There are no advantages for people like me who can say proudly that it was families .....
» 8/10/2006 6:34:08 PM I do have an answer for your simple question, Easytimes. A broader mind......
» 8/10/2006 2:52:18 PM Golly, we're getting personal a lot. What's meant by difference-haters as being the probl.....
» 7/10/2006 4:37:04 PM "Under the rules of multiculturalism we have been forced to accept the unacceptable&q.....
» 3/10/2006 1:58:00 PM Carl you're right to point out so much of the threat is manufactured. It's what allows inc.....
» 2/10/2006 1:20:31 PM I think it would make total sense to ask the "evil-doers" what's on their minds......
» 2/10/2006 1:07:39 PM "Common sense of ordinary folk will now hopefully, be the order of the day". A.....
» 1/10/2006 2:46:32 PM "We have many migrants who failed the most basic rules of common decency and we need .....
» 24/09/2006 5:02:06 PM Tolerance.....
» 24/09/2006 4:32:31 PM Touche, Snout......
» 24/09/2006 12:36:47 PM The Pope's German. Surely someone must've told him, "don't mention the war"?.....
» 23/09/2006 6:11:42 PM Fair point about Cronulla, angel. Seems we need to define what MC it is. For some OLOers .....
» 23/09/2006 2:47:02 PM Multiculturalism is what brought us pretty much every item of food, clothing, political sy.....
» 22/09/2006 7:00:52 PM Reckon Steve nailed it early on. Existing requirements already lay out language requiremen.....
» 16/09/2006 1:57:51 PM With Presient Idjit at the helm there's gonna be a war, somewhere, no matter what......
» 16/09/2006 1:54:05 PM All in agreement then. All too true about the number - and quality - of science articles o.....
» 16/09/2006 11:55:59 AM Kathryn where are you finding all these messages it's OK to treat women as you've describe.....
» 15/09/2006 4:57:11 PM Is this is a spoof or a whinge? I mean, "Do men have to take taxis at night just to.....
» 3/09/2006 3:29:01 PM Multiculturalism 'dead', DB? Terriffic. Back to the old witchetty grubs & grilled blueton.....
» 3/09/2006 12:58:44 PM "The biggest philosphical differences between the West and Islam is that,the West hav.....
» 30/08/2006 3:47:42 PM "When I woke up this morning, I had no idea what I should talk about in church today,.....
» 30/08/2006 3:44:37 PM This article is a wind-up......
» 29/08/2006 4:32:44 PM The last half dozen posts have shown one thing only...what you believe depends largely on .....
» 29/08/2006 1:11:33 PM Some developments we would not see if Mt Abbott's religious views prevailed: divorce abor.....
» 29/08/2006 12:47:32 PM What's the point of this article? If "Whether ul Huq illegally altered the properties.....
» 27/08/2006 2:02:36 PM "The Christian Right is simply a healthy counter weight for a permissive self regulat.....
» 27/08/2006 11:24:35 AM David, I appreciate your measured response. However I see no connection between religion .....
» 27/08/2006 11:13:42 AM "Unfortunately, as far as peace and security are concerned, the veto has served only .....
» 27/08/2006 11:08:16 AM Yes, bin Laden did eventually claim credit for the WTC attacks. While it's unlikely he'll .....
» 26/08/2006 2:56:32 PM My oh my. This is a practical guide how to reach a conclusion before phrasing your argumen.....
» 23/08/2006 5:05:58 PM Ah, David you might need a bex & good lie down now. No WMD were found, and no evidence has.....
» 23/08/2006 3:36:15 PM A hatchet job cloaked in populist sentiment. "Marx...advocating radical change...su.....
» 20/08/2006 11:01:53 AM There is no way Hezbollah will be destroyed or even weakened, while the issues of occupati.....
» 20/08/2006 9:46:08 AM Jim you're neither average nor normal. I don't see why you use this header......
» 19/08/2006 4:01:26 PM Horus I'd have to disagree with your assertion "anyone can openly criticise Israeli g.....
» 19/08/2006 3:54:26 PM “Given the chasm in values between mass killers and people firmly adhering to the right to.....
» 16/08/2006 5:00:36 PM Of course heaven exists, just as much as god does. The article appears to be a thinking-ou.....
» 15/08/2006 6:14:43 PM Lemme guess, Arthur. You're a religious rightwinger, yes? A few months ago a couple of Un.....
» 15/08/2006 6:04:08 PM Scout, well said. Even if the belligerents don't agree......
» 14/08/2006 6:40:06 PM "Bet nobody can tell me the difference between the canola oil I cook my chips in and .....
» 13/08/2006 2:54:04 PM Which one of you learned people knows the mind of god? Who in this forum is sufficiently b.....
» 6/08/2006 11:23:27 AM Fleurette, You've made a salient point about the conflict being not religious but politic.....
» 6/08/2006 11:15:14 AM Coach asks, " What is the (real) source of Islamic Jewdophobia?" Here's a sugge.....
» 5/08/2006 7:10:34 PM Alan, You ask "there are many more countries that do worse human rights violations th.....
» 5/08/2006 6:41:47 PM Keith the opposition is doing what it did before the last election - roll up into a tight .....
» 5/08/2006 11:41:25 AM Dear Websters, Not all religious psychos are Muslim. Indeed, some are people just like yo.....
» 5/08/2006 10:29:15 AM Leigh points out "Religion is the root of all evil in the Middle East". But anyo.....
» 3/08/2006 7:45:21 PM A timely article and some measured responses so far. "...repeating the same solutio.....
» 2/08/2006 6:47:16 PM "Hezbollah hides among civilians so it's no wonder civilians get killed" goes th.....
» 2/08/2006 6:25:56 PM "So what went wrong? Why did the referendum fail?" Because we're talking about Q.....
» 2/08/2006 3:42:06 PM "For referendum success the new Head of State needs to be directly-elected, independe.....
» 1/08/2006 4:08:23 PM The battle for public opinion has already been fought. Hezbollah lost its legitimacy long .....
» 1/08/2006 3:40:11 PM One side gets billions from the US......
» 1/08/2006 11:55:44 AM "...the world keeps watching in wonder at the might and determination of the Israeli .....
» 29/07/2006 3:37:15 PM "War comes from Hezbollah which comes from Islam, which comes from Mohammed who came .....
» 29/07/2006 3:13:40 PM "All...have sinned and fall short of the glory of God". Bar Israel, David?.....
» 29/07/2006 12:44:18 PM "If this is NOT the case.. can you please interpret correctly for me this verse (amon.....
» 28/07/2006 3:27:18 PM "You can find anything to suit your needs on the internet: it is used by all sorts of.....
» 28/07/2006 12:30:37 PM This article is long overdue. Fear is born of ignorance, and there's a lot of it about. .....
» 27/07/2006 3:47:02 PM "There's nothing in Australia" is more a display of ignorance than anything else.....
» 27/07/2006 3:14:35 PM If ever you've wondered why Howard polarises the electorate look no further than this arti.....
» 27/07/2006 12:42:00 PM "According to the Lebanese police force, the two Israeli soldiers were captured in Le.....
» 26/07/2006 3:19:57 PM The author has made the grave mistake of taking Alexander Downer seriously. The man's a go.....
» 26/07/2006 3:13:39 PM Israel gets criticized more simply because it touts itself as having superior motives to t.....
» 25/07/2006 1:56:16 PM Well there ya go Noel, you'll be fighting a losing battle simply to get taken seriously. .....
» 22/07/2006 2:05:26 PM Small wonder Israel is considered by the majority of the world to be more of a threat to r.....
» 22/07/2006 1:56:21 PM America ain't on anyone's side Plantagenet but their own......
» 19/07/2006 5:02:28 PM Israel and Palestine have been fighting for 60 years, and barring a major catastrophe will.....
» 16/07/2006 5:48:22 PM hi Alchemist. You got the wrong end of the stick. I've never suggested there is a god, bu.....
» 16/07/2006 12:33:49 PM Coach "it is not the churches that make the rules but God himself." Never a tr.....
» 15/07/2006 2:48:32 PM Aka "Nothing like a little bit of "race" discussion to evoke posts" is.....
» 14/07/2006 7:39:30 PM There are six billion people on this planet. Thus by definition there are six billion reli.....
» 14/07/2006 7:22:19 PM Religious belief can be shown to be heavily influenced by upbringing. In some regions cert.....
» 14/07/2006 7:03:52 PM Narcissist "There is more to this than we are being told" - a conspiracy perhaps.....
» 8/07/2006 3:40:33 PM The author still doesn't get it. If I urge the U.S. (and by extension, Australian) authori.....
» 8/07/2006 3:18:25 PM "... all hold to a faith of one kind or another. The scientist has faith in his scien.....
» 7/07/2006 3:10:10 PM Col it's all about 'quality of life'. If you have any faith in qualitative studies you'd b.....
» 2/07/2006 4:18:43 PM "O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help u.....
» 2/07/2006 12:26:50 PM I've heard of many reasons to prevent foreigners coming to our country but this one is as .....
» 2/07/2006 11:53:52 AM Hmm. Col I think you are a computer......
» 25/06/2006 1:18:40 PM Col, Turning down your air conditioning would be a brilliant start. Private transport is .....
» 18/06/2006 3:35:27 PM For once everyone seems to more or less agree. Alternative transport Good. Cars baaad. How.....
» 10/06/2006 4:20:51 PM Homosexualilty has always existed & legal recognition makes sense, but same-sex couples se.....
» 10/06/2006 3:58:25 PM A study in semantics. What's so complicated about "is he guilty or is he not?" .....
» 23/04/2006 3:28:42 PM Well hell, they voted for the ditziest Preznit they could find, let him trample over the c.....
» 25/03/2006 8:57:11 AM An elected Australian as HOS would pose certain problems, since the successful candidate w.....
» 8/03/2006 4:55:11 PM I tend to get kinda emotional when discussing this topic. This from a contributor to SMH L.....
» 6/03/2006 3:15:04 PM John Howard happens to be the most brilliant politician we've had for many years. It's j.....
» 2/03/2006 3:49:34 PM John Howard is our first Mushroom PM, kept in the dark & fed bullsh*t, a parasite growing .....
» 26/02/2006 2:22:08 PM So much data available on global warming yet so much tut-tutting from the skeptics. We're .....
» 12/02/2006 5:50:05 PM The debate over RU486 doesn't revolve around agreeing upon 'when does life begin', as if k.....
» 12/02/2006 3:53:07 PM Think you missed my point Coach. The ABC treats the issue as they ought. No more, no less......
» 12/02/2006 3:30:16 PM Maureen Dowd is a spoof writer. It seems a person needs simply a profile, a forum and a co.....
» 12/02/2006 3:15:36 PM Golly, Thor, I'm wondering what 'hold' Islamists have over Western press. Very little, giv.....
» 28/01/2006 1:20:26 PM Somebody please email me when this debate is resolved.....
» 28/01/2006 11:46:15 AM Opposition to cloning on moral grounds alone ain't enough to justify banning it. Persona.....
» 7/12/2005 9:45:54 AM Have to disagree with you there PhilB. Ray Bloody Martin for Prez! I think channel 9's don.....
» 5/12/2005 3:43:08 PM "If nothing else, SARS conclusively demonstrated the impact that even a short-lived e.....
» 3/12/2005 5:02:00 PM The UN has problems proportionate to its size, with many individuals and countries prepare.....
» 2/12/2005 6:26:24 PM Brilliant. I gotta read more poetry......
» 2/12/2005 3:52:51 PM Is this it? The article should be sub-titled "Greg Barnes shoots a feather with a ver.....
» 2/12/2005 3:14:47 PM What's the beef with the UN Leigh? The author's origins weren't discussed - perhaps he's A.....
» 2/12/2005 1:52:38 PM A pretty little critque of what's happening in France, but so what? You've not drawn one p.....
» 2/12/2005 1:09:23 PM Sunday school renegade, Tennyson? You bet. That's where I learned the streets of heaven ar.....
» 1/12/2005 3:53:00 PM Before anyone points out the obvious error here's the real quote... "Verily, I say u.....
» 1/12/2005 12:57:41 PM Since when did making money acquire a religious dimension? "It is easier for a rich m.....
» 29/11/2005 11:59:56 AM The challenge isn't to find a way to cull humanity's numbers Chumley, more a case of ready.....
» 24/11/2005 3:39:22 PM Advertising is virtually a science combining psychology, economics, group dynamics, motiva.....
» 24/11/2005 3:27:20 PM An incredibly narrow perspective on this issue. The debate over GM food is much more than .....
» 19/11/2005 2:03:47 PM HOW COULD 50 MILLION PEOPLE BE SO DUMB? Fleet Street headline follwing Bush's re-elction......
» 17/11/2005 2:24:08 PM "Of course, Australia has not been immune to civil libertarians drumming up anti-tort.....
» 17/11/2005 1:54:38 PM Kofi Annan said this week the U.N. had no interest in controlling, regulating, or otherwis.....
» 16/11/2005 10:33:10 AM Intelligent Design informs us there is a mysterious designer making indeterminate modifica.....
» 13/11/2005 9:38:00 PM Darwinian theory can make few predictions due to the number of forces at work, from natura.....
» 13/11/2005 7:59:57 PM The author makes the assumption very early on that since evolutionary theory is not thorou.....
» 13/11/2005 11:51:12 AM Correction - there has always been an element of racism in Australia, government-sponsored.....
» 13/11/2005 11:32:17 AM These comments were made this May from Dennis Richardson, at the time head of ASIO, while .....
» 13/11/2005 10:26:06 AM Meg asks, "...as a citizen of this country, a land settled by boat people, I’m still .....
» 12/11/2005 4:23:33 PM nice one Kenny.....
» 12/11/2005 4:03:43 PM I.D. creates a fuss because it stands apart from all other school curricula. Most modern d.....
» 11/11/2005 4:06:26 PM hi again David, You're the epitome of grace under pressure. Point taken, but I think we'r.....
» 11/11/2005 11:27:41 AM Hear Hear, Kenny. ID is not scientific. It is anti-intellectualism to the extreme. This .....
» 23/10/2005 4:55:28 PM David Boaz, that there are scientists so overawed by the physical world that they seek mea.....
» 23/10/2005 4:08:24 PM "The measures will also only affect very small numbers of people in most unusual circ.....
» 23/10/2005 3:47:03 PM I.D. is the antithesis of the search for truth and knowledge, a fantastic and childish not.....
» 21/10/2005 5:37:05 PM It's amazing there are posts here suggesting I.D. is a theory (it isn't); that Darwin was .....
» 23/09/2005 4:59:05 PM I saw Blokesworld on TV a few weeks ago & thought it was hilarious. Some people get thei.....
» 16/09/2005 4:43:38 PM A profit-driven business is an amoral enterprise; it's only function is to create wealth f.....
» 12/09/2005 5:56:57 PM Walt has made a fair point here. The media is not interested in keeping us informed. It's .....
» 9/09/2005 5:01:37 PM David BOAZ your slip is showing... "The simplest solution of course, is for Christia.....
» 7/09/2005 4:46:57 PM It hardly matters who it gets misattributed to. As Joe Average once said, "I may not .....
» 6/09/2005 6:14:06 PM Who was the designer?.....
» 17/08/2005 3:08:53 PM I know which I'd prefer to watch...more belly dancers please......
» 16/08/2005 5:06:55 PM How many unsubstantiated assumptions can GM supporters make? 1. According to the W.H.O. t.....
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