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» 23/02/2009 7:25:30 PM Steven, I am temporarily departing from my self-imposed exile from OO to respond to this .....
» 14/07/2008 10:52:04 AM Hasbeen, You claim: "WE get the public transport myth trotted out yet again, despit.....
» 10/07/2008 9:38:56 PM Arjay, I suggest you have another look at the graph and actually read the footnote to it......
» 10/07/2008 11:16:17 AM LATO, There are no climate change scientists who have responded to this discussion. True,.....
» 9/07/2008 8:16:14 AM Ajay, Citing 1998 is cherry-picking. There was a sudden and quite remarkable spike in tem.....
» 7/07/2008 3:54:35 PM BN raises the highly important question of ensuring the correct incentive structures and a.....
» 7/07/2008 3:29:47 PM Mr. Harris, When you provide a direct quotation - which you did - and that direct quotati.....
» 1/07/2008 11:19:03 AM 'Property investors don't "provide" housing unless they build new homes.' The o.....
» 1/07/2008 11:17:09 AM It does raise the question on whether the Labor Party should allow individual voting membe.....
» 30/06/2008 5:27:27 PM Bazz, You ask "Prove their figures wrong regarding the numbers of scientists that s.....
» 30/06/2008 10:19:47 AM The authors begin with an alleged assertion by politicians and climate campaigners. Yet w.....
» 27/06/2008 11:21:01 AM 1) The State should get out the marriage business altogether. 1a) Where the State does no.....
» 19/06/2008 11:54:47 AM This is pretty kooky and the pop psychology doesn't help. Others have already made the rel.....
» 13/06/2008 6:42:58 PM runner, You claim that since the decline of corporeal punishment, school violence has inc.....
» 12/06/2008 6:36:12 PM runner, Let me tell you the difference between a Biblical view and a secular view. A Bibl.....
» 11/06/2008 8:04:07 PM runner, Just when I thought you couldn't surprise me you come out and admit that you have.....
» 11/06/2008 5:15:52 PM Firstly, thank you to all the kind remarks concerning my initial post on this thread. I mu.....
» 6/06/2008 10:56:54 AM Finally, I am also extremely surprised at your conclusion that "we simply can not leg.....
» 6/06/2008 10:56:26 AM Ms. Hetty, By way of introduction let me state that I was a recipient of child sexual ass.....
» 5/06/2008 6:27:29 PM So all those who made the incredibly stupid (and defamatory) claim that somehow photos of .....
» 3/06/2008 10:37:34 AM Peter, Thank you for the basic exposition in moral philosophy, which I am sure is very we.....
» 27/05/2008 10:51:18 AM Jason, You mention the phrase "rent-seekers" quite a lot in your article and es.....
» 24/05/2008 1:11:22 PM runner, I am quite aware of man's depravity. Most of seems to be performed with religious.....
» 24/05/2008 12:27:27 PM Ludwig, Rstuart, Australia has a very strong export sector, more than a 1/5 of nominal GD.....
» 24/05/2008 10:19:05 AM It's true runner. A terrible thing that children are naked underneath the God-given clothe.....
» 23/05/2008 2:18:04 PM RStuart, I am sorry you cannot see how immigration-based population is necessary to incre.....
» 23/05/2008 9:41:17 AM RStuart, I have provided some very simple and obvious examples that anyone can understand.....
» 22/05/2008 8:09:29 AM Hi Ludwig, Frankly I haven't done the total sums. It would require at least a PhD worth a.....
» 20/05/2008 11:11:57 PM Ludwig, Both the basic points have been previously explained, but I shall repeat them. a.....
» 20/05/2008 1:20:39 PM Divergence, Thank you for alerting me to the fact that much of Australia is arid or semi-.....
» 19/05/2008 4:29:56 PM Divergence, Finland is indeed a good example of what we could aspire towards. It has a po.....
» 19/05/2008 3:40:06 PM John, Jews do not have a unique language. Neither Hebrew and Yiddish are not exclusively .....
» 17/05/2008 2:39:46 PM Divergence, RStuart Basically, you're looking at the data in the wrong way. Comparison be.....
» 17/05/2008 2:23:17 PM Paul, You assertions are in contradiction what has previously been written here. Nobody .....
» 16/05/2008 2:44:16 PM Divergence, I do not have what you call a "growthist" ideology. I do hope you r.....
» 15/05/2008 5:23:27 PM Phil, I do not how you are suggesting that anyone here is denying that Israel exists; tha.....
» 15/05/2008 3:50:37 PM David, Your accusations might be offensive if there was any veracity to them. I am well.....
» 14/05/2008 5:20:16 PM Phillip, My opinions are quite regardless of Lenin's debates with the Bund (best expresse.....
» 14/05/2008 1:25:00 PM "Adherents hold to a viewpoint opposing Israel’s existence specifically and Jewish na.....
» 14/05/2008 12:18:58 PM Peter, You mention "your policies and your actions" in reference to my comments.....
» 13/05/2008 11:34:13 AM Peter, The Green population policy states as its first item; "Australia must contrib.....
» 12/05/2008 11:54:15 AM partTimeParent, You claim that Senator Joe Ludwig is a member of Labor's left faction. I .....
» 12/05/2008 10:32:53 AM There's a lot of bile from Peter, but very few facts. Here's the actual Australian Greens.....
» 7/05/2008 1:32:43 PM Ahh, trade215, I can provide a universal definition of 'good', but it's not objective. No.....
» 6/05/2008 10:39:21 AM As an export-orientated economy with a population of largely European descendants in an As.....
» 6/05/2008 10:32:44 AM Tristan's careful article is unlikely to get terribly many responses because it lacks rhet.....
» 1/05/2008 12:00:20 PM "It came out of bloody campaigns in the United States for the eight-hour day in the 1.....
» 1/05/2008 10:08:18 AM Steel, Actually the example you give is an excellent example on why rights need to be ent.....
» 30/04/2008 10:32:16 AM For Vanilla & Steel, I did provide the reasons why I prefer constitutional protection rat.....
» 28/04/2008 2:03:18 PM David, Same sex relationships between adults are always on the same par because adults ha.....
» 28/04/2008 11:52:30 AM As totally expected the grovelling apologists crawled out on their bellies with a new roun.....
» 28/04/2008 10:54:55 AM The problem with both a charter of rights or existing protections is that they are highly .....
» 27/04/2008 9:47:20 AM So whilst debating the issue, the IDF itself deliberately targetted and killed civilians i.....
» 25/04/2008 10:12:14 PM Danielle, The test you refer to was introduced as clause 3(a) of the Immigrantion Act of.....
» 25/04/2008 4:47:10 PM Paul, I am not sure how many individuals in Israel have Hebrew as their first language. I.....
» 24/04/2008 9:37:47 PM Danielle, China has eight languages? Really? I could name 223 at least, not dialects, but.....
» 24/04/2008 3:27:31 PM Paul, As stated people with a common first language have the right of national self-deter.....
» 24/04/2008 3:24:25 PM David, The facts concerning Brendan Nelson's comments and John Simpson Kirkpatrick have b.....
» 23/04/2008 1:10:38 PM Danielle, The fact that Jews purchased land in Palestine is well known, but irrelevant. P.....
» 23/04/2008 1:04:53 PM I think we should take note of one ANZACs story, as cited by the conservative minister Dr .....
» 22/04/2008 4:50:46 PM "A deliberative democracy process - where ordinary citizens meet and deliberate over .....
» 22/04/2008 4:34:17 PM Danielle, I overlooked your expression of surprise concerning the Supreme Court decision......
» 22/04/2008 11:32:52 AM Paul, A common first language is the best definition of a nationality. Religions, for exa.....
» 22/04/2008 9:56:23 AM Pynchme, I do not hold much hope for careful consideration of any material if you are ina.....
» 21/04/2008 2:23:45 PM Paul, I am glad you are prepared to consider that Semitic people are the people who can d.....
» 20/04/2008 9:03:03 PM Pynchme, "I don't recall saying anything about ratification." In which case yo.....
» 20/04/2008 8:49:56 PM "Why should Palestine be the sovereign state? What special characteristic that Israel.....
» 20/04/2008 8:52:32 AM "I had moved well on from Mihu Yehudi when mentioning Israel’s Supreme Court over-rul.....
» 19/04/2008 9:41:47 PM Dan, The Victorian Crimes Act is readily available. As someone who used to be somewhat in.....
» 19/04/2008 4:38:21 PM Danielle, Please do at least some preliminary research. You should not make the ridiculou.....
» 18/04/2008 6:40:00 PM Paul and Spy, Judiasm doesn't deserve a state anymore than the Catholics or Muslims. The .....
» 18/04/2008 9:47:10 AM Dan, I did read the article. Indeed I read the entire act. The key comment to pay attenti.....
» 18/04/2008 7:37:38 AM Pynchme, You seem to be confused of the Articles of CEDAW, which you originally cited, an.....
» 17/04/2008 11:36:21 AM Spy, 1) Why is it that Israel's "security related" behaviour appears to be an e.....
» 17/04/2008 11:04:12 AM Paul, Numerous times I have pointed out to you that a secular and democratic homeland doe.....
» 17/04/2008 10:23:33 AM Mr. R.., Apologies, my misktake - the response should have been to Healthwatcher. Runne.....
» 16/04/2008 1:29:56 PM Mr. Right, Being too reasonable is a habit of mine :-) For your question, if a prisoner sm.....
» 16/04/2008 9:50:03 AM Well stated. If you don't like the expression of others concerning something you hold dea.....
» 15/04/2008 10:00:13 PM Dannielle, "As you know, not all Jews are religious" In which case they are no.....
» 15/04/2008 6:03:35 PM Spy, No, withdrawing from Gaza doesn't count. Especially when Israel controls its airspac.....
» 15/04/2008 6:09:20 AM Pynchme, 1) The fact that free speech is not enshrined in the Australian constitution sho.....
» 13/04/2008 8:36:11 PM David, The danger is less of a concern to me that the idea that such an prohibition shoul.....
» 12/04/2008 11:06:30 AM Chris, 1) The comments regarding the coroner's role does not mean that Jeffreys made an e.....
» 11/04/2008 12:03:10 PM SGF, When I say that Jeffrey's displays better empirical judgement I mean that what she p.....
» 11/04/2008 10:31:15 AM It would seem that there will always be a class of students of dubious merit are forever g.....
» 11/04/2008 7:36:07 AM Spy, I don't think that the "greater Israel" policy is promoted heavily in Isra.....
» 11/04/2008 12:54:36 AM Paul, Whilst this is getting a little off-topic, I suggest you take a closer look. The gl.....
» 11/04/2008 12:51:24 AM Pynchme, What is that you continue to think that individual instances of all genres indic.....
» 9/04/2008 9:26:59 PM Jolanda, Sturgeon's Law applies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeons_Law). If you thi.....
» 9/04/2008 2:22:19 PM Runner, 1) Murder is, by definition, illegal killing. If abortion is legal it isn't murde.....
» 9/04/2008 2:12:05 PM Spy, 1) I will agree with both you and Marilyn here. There are a number of religious fund.....
» 9/04/2008 10:13:21 AM The RRTA is fundamentally flawed because it addresses the *wrong* problem. Inciting ridicu.....
» 8/04/2008 11:16:15 AM David, Thank you for the bible lesson (Kings Chapter I iirc). Perhaps you forget that I r.....
» 8/04/2008 9:54:48 AM 1) The Jewish people do not have a right to state any more than any other religion. A reli.....
» 8/04/2008 9:44:31 AM It is the subtitle of the article, not the content which worries. "What about having.....
» 7/04/2008 7:57:12 PM The problem with these arguments from the pro-censorship crowd is that some people want to.....
» 7/04/2008 12:19:51 PM As the marginal cost to reproduce intellectual property per unit decreases stronger attemp.....
» 6/04/2008 8:47:42 AM Paul, It is incorrect to suggest that self-determination has been Australia's policy for .....
» 5/04/2008 3:14:45 PM XY, Contrary to your claim the sea levels are rising. These figures are based on observat.....
» 5/04/2008 12:13:50 PM What's The Deal, I agree with self-determination of indigenous nations. Note the plural; .....
» 5/04/2008 11:50:42 AM Gee Grodo, I'm impressed by your ability to post so many ignorant generalisations in one p.....
» 4/04/2008 2:12:00 PM Hi Paul, The right of self-determination means the right of nations to determine what sta.....
» 4/04/2008 9:56:53 AM Graeme, This is a well-articulated and polite article which emphasises the need for a pac.....
» 4/04/2008 7:31:32 AM Thanks EoTN, that was a nice try. However the social sciences are just as precise as the p.....
» 3/04/2008 4:50:49 PM EotN, No, I don't get to determine consent and nor do you. It is up to the participant th.....
» 3/04/2008 11:16:28 AM Christabel, Would you care to consider the views of sex workers themselves in Sweden over.....
» 2/04/2008 10:00:52 AM Ozone depletion is still an issue, but it's less of a danger now thanks to bans on CFCs an.....
» 2/04/2008 9:59:34 AM Stormy1, Your assertions, no matter how shrill, do not change the facts. 1) http://www.a.....
» 2/04/2008 7:25:10 AM EotN, Your supposed irony is totally false, and evidently I refer you to my previous comm.....
» 1/04/2008 6:03:21 PM Whilst the individual instances you raised are very important and rightly condemned, it is.....
» 1/04/2008 3:49:33 PM Col "100 million dead" is a great fallacy (cf., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th.....
» 1/04/2008 9:43:21 AM It is a sound general principle that taxes should be applied on the resources used rather .....
» 1/04/2008 7:26:55 AM Cloud32, I am sure, according to your belief, it is a great website. That does not change.....
» 31/03/2008 9:46:39 PM eye of the newt, I humbly suggest that you have only knowledgeable a limited range of thi.....
» 31/03/2008 5:17:01 PM Understandably there is significant debate on this issue. Whilst I respect the right of in.....
» 31/03/2008 12:59:45 PM Bob Carter has a bit of a history of being a dissenter on the matter of climate change. Th.....
» 30/03/2008 8:44:42 PM Pynchme, Whilst the reference to NOW is contextually American, we have our equivalents he.....
» 30/03/2008 9:48:50 AM Pynchme, I have been an active political supporter of Candida and her reformist allies fo.....
» 29/03/2008 10:16:26 AM Pynchme, Chyng Sun's selective interviews are inevitably countered by those who work in t.....
» 28/03/2008 6:40:09 PM Pynchme, Whilst not speaking for the Col, I am sure that some people don't enjoy the work.....
» 23/03/2008 8:54:20 AM DialecticBlue, If Chinese leaders lack the the moral fibre or conviction in their profess.....
» 22/03/2008 9:48:56 AM Centra, Atrocities occur in situations like this; Tibetans attack innocent Han migrants, .....
» 21/03/2008 10:32:36 PM Hi NathanC, Yes, you are right, other countries in the world have the same issue. As you .....
» 20/03/2008 2:49:24 PM NathanC, There is a question which you need to answer. Why shouldn't Tibet, or Taiwan fo.....
» 19/03/2008 8:55:47 AM Dane, I don't think the problem is with a particular programme of study; whether it is ge.....
» 19/03/2008 12:14:25 AM Yes, I have a copy of the Balfour Declaration in an Arab-Israel documentary reader. It sta.....
» 18/03/2008 8:58:46 PM Whilst nominally rejecting non-consensual sex, the article is actually indicates the artic.....
» 18/03/2008 12:49:44 PM Some readers will appreciate the irony. .. the tendency of every national movement is tow.....
» 17/03/2008 9:54:44 PM Logic, It is a matter of fact that Israel was created as a result of the holocaust. It is.....
» 14/03/2008 8:52:16 AM Thank for those links Steel. Runner, I recommend you pay attention to them. They provide, .....
» 13/03/2008 2:06:49 PM This is a good example why a two-state solution is no longer viable. Whilst the establish.....
» 12/03/2008 7:54:38 PM runner, The physical abuse of children, even under the name 'corporal punishment', is no .....
» 12/03/2008 5:24:49 PM runner, You consider violence against children (there are other forms of discipline, you .....
» 11/03/2008 9:43:43 AM runner, As always, you present an very interesting point of view. I must admit it does pr.....
» 10/03/2008 8:56:36 PM It is indeed true that there is a correlation between sexual violence and the viewing of p.....
» 7/03/2008 1:44:17 PM Go a step further. Get rid of honourary degrees altogether......
» 7/03/2008 1:42:08 PM George W is going to solve the Palestinian problem? Here's how he's tried so far. http:/.....
» 5/03/2008 6:23:53 PM Yes Cazza to the extent that the United Kingdom enforces religious requiresments is an ext.....
» 5/03/2008 10:57:00 AM Perhaps the best thing about the Beijing games is that attention will be drawn to the desp.....
» 5/03/2008 10:53:30 AM Democracy requires the separation of church and state. That's not a "western" st.....
» 28/02/2008 3:02:29 PM GP, Whilst language is established through mutual understanding of shared symbolic values.....
» 26/02/2008 7:46:38 PM Grey, I do not see what ontological issue you have. If we are prepared to accept that rat.....
» 25/02/2008 9:08:17 AM KGB, What you say about the GDP would be true if it didn't include black market (and more.....
» 24/02/2008 11:33:21 PM Runner, Selective quoting from partisan sources isn't going to help. Especially when ther.....
» 23/02/2008 10:28:12 PM Runner, Where is your empirical evidence that finds 90% of prisoners were raised without .....
» 22/02/2008 7:20:05 PM runner, So what if more people are getting divorced. Do you suppose that people should ju.....
» 22/02/2008 1:13:01 PM At risk of repeating myself one does not NEED a religion to establish a basis in morality .....
» 22/02/2008 9:41:56 AM According to the UN Human Development Index, Cuba ranks 51st out of 177 countries. The US .....
» 20/02/2008 8:12:57 PM I'll take up the syllogism as summarised by Grey by three propositions. P1a) Grey's comme.....
» 20/02/2008 4:45:20 PM I've read the article Martin linked and will respond with some initial comments. http://ww.....
» 20/02/2008 4:41:37 PM I can't take this article seriously. It claims that it is about "Taking atheism serio.....
» 20/02/2008 3:58:48 PM Go to a state reference library and read some back issues of "The Australian"; a.....
» 19/02/2008 9:11:10 PM Martin, The lived experience of the Bible, or any other book, is not authoritive because .....
» 19/02/2008 9:05:33 AM As the author's correctly state, symbols do matter and the Royalist paradigm is quite anac.....
» 19/02/2008 7:03:24 AM AJ, you write: "Hitler was a Roman Catholic. But did he do what he did in the name o.....
» 18/02/2008 6:29:35 PM Phillip, I have already given you a comprehensive statement of what constitutes theistic .....
» 18/02/2008 1:02:57 PM Thank you confirming that Jews, contrary to what you claimed, are allowed to live in Egypt.....
» 17/02/2008 8:38:01 PM We should have known that Danielle lacked the moral fibre to keep her word ("I am not.....
» 15/02/2008 9:20:03 PM Relda, Perhaps you should reread my last post. I specifically states that the linguistic .....
» 15/02/2008 5:18:46 PM Relda, The roots of anti-Semitism did not arise with Christainity in Europe (although ant.....
» 15/02/2008 5:09:21 PM Martin, I understand that you are flummoxed and incredulous. You are indeed suffering fro.....
» 15/02/2008 5:03:46 PM Phillip Tang, Thank you for referencing Dr. Francis Collins, co-head of the Human Genome .....
» 14/02/2008 9:23:04 PM Logic, What do I want? I want an end to all religious states. I want to see the right for.....
» 14/02/2008 2:28:31 PM Martin, For some who quotes university professors you seem to have a problem with languag.....
» 14/02/2008 2:19:17 PM Actually Relda, anti-semitism only refers to hatred of Semites (i.e., Arabs, Hebrews, Malt.....
» 14/02/2008 12:44:53 PM Martin, Statements of facts do not provide moral reasons, in the same way that moral reas.....
» 14/02/2008 10:24:20 AM Col Rogue, The current generation may not be responsible for past policies, but they've c.....
» 13/02/2008 8:36:47 PM Danielle, I pointed out that Pappé used Arabic sources - in contrast to Benny Morris' acc.....
» 13/02/2008 10:55:40 AM This is possibly the only moment in my life when I can say I'm proud of my government. Th.....
» 12/02/2008 9:08:29 PM cont... I don't suggest therapy because you disagree with me; when it comes down to it, e.....
» 12/02/2008 8:23:46 PM Danielle, It is true I am a member of a political party and have in the past been heavily.....
» 12/02/2008 8:15:35 PM Spy, A body count might not necessarily tell the whole story, but it's a pretty good start.....
» 12/02/2008 1:07:06 PM ChrisPer, If you want fair-mindedness, count the bodies. How many casulties and deaths ha.....
» 11/02/2008 8:45:56 PM Danielle, I have read the links you provided. I do not think the CAMERA article has shown.....
» 11/02/2008 2:45:58 PM Danielle, Earlier in this thread you claimed I was using "false and malicious" .....
» 10/02/2008 6:38:09 AM Danielle, As I suspected, you do not have even one fact against anything I have stated. Y.....
» 9/02/2008 9:10:52 AM Danielle, Once again you are engaging in ad hominen attacks. If you claim I use "fal.....
» 8/02/2008 9:21:30 AM Danielle, 1) The plight of the Palestinians in Arab lands is well acknowledged. They have.....
» 7/02/2008 8:35:34 AM Logic, You claim that "everyone" ignores the fact that some Jews were forced ou.....
» 6/02/2008 11:13:18 AM Logic, Gaza was invaded in 1967 and military rule continued until 2005, with re-invasion .....
» 6/02/2008 10:34:35 AM Phillip Tang, Each individual instances of evolution does not have to repeatable or obser.....
» 5/02/2008 2:59:43 PM It is a pity, AVG, that you came to a conclusion that Keith and I have explicitly rejected.....
» 5/02/2008 11:04:36 AM Surely I'm not the only one who thinks a Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton team for President.....
» 5/02/2008 11:01:40 AM Peter is correct with the that the Nazi programmme was inspired because Jews were said to .....
» 4/02/2008 11:13:22 AM Runner, Once again you claim that evolution is hopelessly flawed. You avoided my response.....
» 4/02/2008 10:41:15 AM goodthief (or should I call you St. Dismas?), I must admit I am perplexed by your suggest.....
» 1/02/2008 3:42:11 PM Runner, just as a matter of interest, what proof would be required for you to accept that .....
» 1/02/2008 10:29:03 AM Moral reasoning, like any other, make propositions which develop, improve and are subject .....
» 29/01/2008 1:53:36 PM Oh dear! So the supposedly generous offers made a Camp David weren't so generous after all.....
» 24/01/2008 2:28:57 PM My mistake, it was Hansard of the 19th. But if you read on Alan Carpenter does take Mr. Jo.....
» 24/01/2008 2:19:25 PM Runner, I have news for you: Adam Blakester is not the NSW Police Commissioner. So you're.....
» 23/01/2008 9:14:46 AM Runner, quoting Judith Reisman "child rape may be up 85 percent, for all we know".....
» 22/01/2008 3:37:38 PM Col Rogue, On this point I must disagree with you; not for what you say about compassion,.....
» 22/01/2008 9:56:10 AM Good article bit nevertheless I will make a couple of suggestions. "Ethics is object.....
» 21/01/2008 3:03:28 PM Runner, You make a number of assertions that "the pervert industry" causes rela.....
» 21/01/2008 12:21:34 PM runner, Why do you assume that people cannot be proud, or at least neutral, of being an .....
» 18/01/2008 12:09:48 PM Contemporary atheism does not "destroy mankind's history, replacing it with an empty .....
» 16/01/2008 6:34:24 PM Runner claims: "Jesus words and teachings are superior to any other and we don't need.....
» 16/01/2008 9:29:11 AM Peter claims "There is no such thing as a rationality that stands on its own, indepen.....
» 9/01/2008 12:02:06 PM Apowell, Thank you for the informative post. Clearly, the notions of "free agreement.....
» 9/01/2008 9:38:49 AM online_east, You look like a damn fool when you continue to engage in assertions that have.....
» 8/01/2008 10:19:46 PM Fencepost, I disagree with you on both the chronological age/cognitive capacity issue. Yo.....
» 8/01/2008 3:54:56 PM Phillip Tang, it is incorrect to claim that muslims are "inspired by the Koran to kil.....
» 8/01/2008 9:15:38 AM The analysis of consent has been well developed in developmental psychology and political .....
» 7/01/2008 11:29:51 AM I appreciate David's distinction between justified fears between "Islam" as a sy.....
» 4/01/2008 8:13:27 AM HRS, Whilst it is perfectly correct to target Cleo, Cosmo and Marie Claire for their atte.....
» 3/01/2008 10:38:41 AM I have to say I agree with HRS here. I'd never heard of Zoo magazine until I read this opi.....
» 1/01/2008 6:42:36 PM Paul, It is ridiculous speculation on your part to suggest that I "spend almost all .....
» 1/01/2008 6:41:28 PM Danielle, It is a flaw of mine that I find people like yourself so fascinating. Why is it.....
» 26/12/2007 12:12:20 PM Danielle, This might help you; "pregnancy" is a binary condition. When judging .....
» 26/12/2007 9:17:46 AM Paul, Just for the record, I have irregular correspondence and a personal reference from .....
» 25/12/2007 11:48:42 AM Danielle, You quoted me: “there is no evidence that a secular state would require a ‘drac.....
» 24/12/2007 5:37:07 PM Danielle, Your interest in being influential in public debate is already evident in this .....
» 24/12/2007 4:49:46 PM I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Switzerland has relatively high rates of .....
» 24/12/2007 1:53:50 PM I get a little tired of what may be serious issues treated with ridiculous solutions. The .....
» 23/12/2007 9:15:41 PM Danielle, Contrary to your unsubstantiated claims, I am thoroughly aware of Hamas' charte.....
» 23/12/2007 10:11:01 AM Paul, As already explained - and will be confirmed if you bother to research it - Hamas' .....
» 22/12/2007 8:07:08 PM Camo, It was you, not I, who has made appeals to "Islam" in a generic sense. It.....
» 22/12/2007 11:15:50 AM Logic, By way of introduction let me state that Israel is the most advanced, most secular.....
» 21/12/2007 10:14:24 AM Professor John Gray seems to have read Dawkins with insufficient care. Whilst I am not nec.....
» 20/12/2007 1:21:55 PM Logic, re: Sephradic and Mizrahi Jews. You are right and I am wrong. In my defense I mean.....
» 20/12/2007 11:25:06 AM Les, As mentioned by r0bert, you are quite right that the perpetrators of violence are de.....
» 20/12/2007 10:29:16 AM I find myself in the position where I agree with Stephen Hagan's article and Yindin's crit.....
» 20/12/2007 7:12:25 AM Camo, I am amazed that you continue the claim "It's only when Islam accepts that it .....
» 20/12/2007 7:01:07 AM MLK, To claim that a person is "vilified" by pointing out their promotion of a .....
» 19/12/2007 11:12:10 AM HRS, an·ec·do·tal, –adjective "based on personal observation, case study reports, or.....
» 18/12/2007 6:47:19 PM Uninformed, This is a quite off-topic, however, your criticism of Robert Manne is quite w.....
» 18/12/2007 11:03:58 AM I caution against the use of the word "gynocide" in this article. This was coine.....
» 18/12/2007 10:35:16 AM I would suggest that one of the reasons for "the left" having some concentration.....
» 16/12/2007 8:32:15 PM "I found it astounding that you believe you have the wherewithawal to explain anythin.....
» 16/12/2007 8:40:42 AM Paul, As already explained to you in this discussion, Hamas was formed as a direct result.....
» 15/12/2007 11:17:03 AM Once again Paul you collapse into the ethnic generalisation that "Palestinians are ev.....
» 14/12/2007 4:12:39 PM CountryGal, You've pretty much got it right. However; There's no need to means-test thi.....
» 14/12/2007 9:20:24 AM The proposal is really just a variation of Hardin's classic essay "The Tragedy of the.....
» 13/12/2007 8:28:22 PM Paul, As per a previous post it is evident that it will never be implemented whilst peopl.....
» 13/12/2007 3:20:05 PM Camo, I have already mention numerous times in this thread that a precondition for a singl.....
» 12/12/2007 7:52:01 PM Paul, You claim: "The MAJOR failing of the ONE state solution is that only the Islam.....
» 11/12/2007 7:42:18 PM Paul, If you don't want to even try to establish a secular state you're ensured of failur.....
» 10/12/2007 7:12:48 PM I couldn't care less if Muslims outnumber Jews in Palestine or Israel. As long as it is a .....
» 7/12/2007 3:29:54 PM Camo, It is nonsense to say that Islam regards Israel as an illegal state, because there .....
» 7/12/2007 9:49:29 AM Whilst I am not terribly fond of saying such things, but Peter Sellick's writings are beco.....
» 6/12/2007 8:28:57 PM Paul, If a person wishes to live under the rules of a particular religion that is entirel.....
» 6/12/2007 2:56:16 PM Camo, The fact that you are among those who consider this a religious war makes you part.....
» 5/12/2007 4:15:23 PM grputland is right again on the distinction between speculation and investment. A "g.....
» 5/12/2007 9:27:04 AM Camo, The passing comment in the Wikipedia article does not refer to any specific instanc.....
» 4/12/2007 3:52:22 PM Camo, You continue to claim, for example, that Islam had a 'murderous intolerance for muc.....
» 4/12/2007 10:58:11 AM Runner, Rudd is a devout Christian. Yes sometimes they do get drunk and visit strip clubs......
» 4/12/2007 9:43:30 AM Leigh, It is considered quite evident by political commentators across the board that the.....
» 3/12/2007 9:39:35 AM Yabby, You are quite right with regards to supplied land. I am not disputing that. The re.....
» 1/12/2007 8:43:25 AM Trade215, The notion of rights is more complex than you give credit to. As a normative st.....
» 30/11/2007 4:00:47 PM Camo, I envisage a secular, democratic state where people of a particular religion can de.....
» 30/11/2007 12:40:09 PM It has been long recognised by all senior economists that deriving public income from site.....
» 29/11/2007 6:22:24 PM Paul, Just because a proposition has minority support that doesn't mean that either (a) i.....
» 29/11/2007 3:09:18 PM Camo, I have already stated my opinion on this matter on a number of times and your comme.....
» 26/11/2007 10:05:10 AM Whilst the article mentions the freshness and political acumen of Kevin Rudd, it neglects .....
» 23/11/2007 4:35:59 PM Hi Camo, I disagree that it is particularly difficult to differentiate between religion a.....
» 23/11/2007 10:54:05 AM Good articles James. When confronted with economic depression, encouraging demand and pro.....
» 22/11/2007 7:10:12 AM Nigel from Jerrabomberra You seem to be saying that Labor ran down the defense forces som.....
» 21/11/2007 10:29:43 AM Many people who are centre-left and beyond tend to ignore the issue of defense, I guess in.....
» 20/11/2007 10:04:45 AM Pretty much agree with DonaldS's comments. Glad to see that that the sense in engaging in .....
» 19/11/2007 1:20:14 PM Hi JA, I realise the figures you cite, but the thing is that's the best we can get out th.....
» 19/11/2007 11:22:45 AM JA, Signing Kyoto may very well have significant effect on global warming as it will put.....
» 18/11/2007 10:05:56 AM Danielle, It was not I who raised the issue of academic qualifications. That was you, on .....
» 17/11/2007 8:47:45 AM Paul, Au contraire, the *only* thing I am convinced by is the better argument. I cannot b.....
» 16/11/2007 7:17:53 AM Danielle, I thought you said you'd ended the discussion. Guess you can't even lie straigh.....
» 16/11/2007 7:16:03 AM Camo, In case you haven't realised Muslim is not an culture, it is a religion. The indige.....
» 15/11/2007 1:59:25 PM Except, JA, that the Kyoto Protocol will be signed, the troops will be home from Iraq and .....
» 15/11/2007 9:25:21 AM Howard's "less comfortable for some" comments should be sufficient for any reaso.....
» 14/11/2007 11:23:04 PM Where are the UN resolutions on Dafur? They exist if you bother to do your research; inclu.....
» 14/11/2007 11:22:40 PM Danielle, I find it rather amusing that, rather like the other issue, you confirm Chomsky.....
» 14/11/2007 5:39:31 PM floatinglili, the problem being is that rather than seeking to improve working conditions .....
» 13/11/2007 5:07:24 PM Danielle, Once again your comments suggest parody. Are you a troll? Chomsky's theories o.....
» 12/11/2007 2:52:11 PM Danielle, It is quite clear that you are not prepared to discuss this matter on the basis.....
» 12/11/2007 12:35:54 PM There are a number of reasons why the Arts is having problems. 1) There's the problem of .....
» 12/11/2007 9:09:30 AM Danielle, What OLO writers approve or disapprove is irrelevant in this matter. They do no.....
» 9/11/2007 10:27:08 PM Cameo, The "original inhabitants" issue is pretty irrelavant. The question is w.....
» 6/11/2007 6:33:22 AM Mr Smith that was a wonderful post; from your satirical comments about the quality of Holl.....
» 5/11/2007 12:56:41 PM It must really stick in the maw of the CIS that publically funded healthcare always outper.....
» 2/11/2007 9:50:28 AM Realist, The purpose of land rents is to shift investment from land speculation to buildi.....
» 1/11/2007 3:49:01 PM "Those that do enjoy the benefits of equity and the rising property market. This is t.....
» 1/11/2007 9:42:28 AM The definition game (relative and absolute) is quite well known in economics. http://en.w.....
» 28/10/2007 10:02:01 PM "Atlas Shrugged" is, on an aesthetic level, a turgid attempt at literature which.....
» 24/10/2007 11:31:14 AM Of course, it's not just Henderson that is worthy of condemnation. There's also the peopl.....
» 23/10/2007 10:32:11 AM It is contradictory to have a refugee policy that is based on anything but need. But isn'.....
» 22/10/2007 12:02:26 PM From the outset let me say I'm a fan of big science, space exploration and astronomy. OTOH.....
» 21/10/2007 10:14:15 AM Danielle, It appears that both yourself and Paul are incapable of reading and increasingl.....
» 20/10/2007 11:32:04 AM Paul, - One one hand you condemn the British in India for their brutality and on the othe.....
» 19/10/2007 11:45:00 AM Danielle, By definition, Israel is a currently colonialist state. It's has extended its t.....
» 18/10/2007 8:56:44 PM Paul, It is clear that you have comprehended a single word of anything that has been writ.....
» 18/10/2007 1:09:18 PM Thank you Dr Leslie Cannold for an excellent article that affirms that the ability of adul.....
» 18/10/2007 11:04:42 AM Whilst there are obviously differences between South Africa and the current status of Isra.....
» 17/10/2007 12:01:16 AM Danielle, It is indeed true that I am a doctoral candidate in Social Theory and author of.....
» 16/10/2007 10:06:33 AM Danielle, 1) Disputed Territory. Israel has never recognised Palestinian statehood; all .....
» 16/10/2007 9:54:03 AM "The bottom line is this: it doesn’t pay in electoral terms to oppose the execution o.....
» 15/10/2007 9:39:48 AM David, A one-state solution is both desirable and feasible. Dr. Karmi's book "Marrie.....
» 15/10/2007 8:13:38 AM Danielle, I am not sure what your Wikipedia link is supposed to illustrate. That some sta.....
» 13/10/2007 7:16:21 PM Danielle, It is true that countries identify themselves as having a dominant religion. Bu.....
» 13/10/2007 7:03:02 PM Paul, What sort of opposition to the occupation you propose?. Harsh language? That might .....
» 12/10/2007 7:07:08 PM Paul, Supporting the resistance means opposing the occupation. Unlike in Israel, Australi.....
» 12/10/2007 12:06:04 PM K£vin, you're not allowed to suggest that! http://www.guardian.co.uk/genes/article/0,2763.....
» 11/10/2007 10:04:53 AM Paul, It is crazy, almost insane, to suggest that criticism of Israel means that one &quo.....
» 10/10/2007 2:41:04 PM Dresdener, Israel is specifically marked as a Jewish state; it is expressed as such in th.....
» 9/10/2007 2:49:09 PM ... from prior post. Israel can be changed to "a light unto the nations", a reg.....
» 9/10/2007 1:21:30 PM DEMOS, you are absolutely correct. Over time the region of Palestine will become secular. .....
» 8/10/2007 1:44:36 PM @articdog "[D]rive them into the sea". Can you find a original source for that c.....
» 8/10/2007 1:05:40 PM But Arabs are not people! Sir Robin John Maxwell-Hyslop (Conservative) recorded in Hansar.....
» 5/10/2007 11:43:08 PM Paul, "Olmert replied that these neighbours were doing their level best...." W.....
» 5/10/2007 2:52:37 PM Just thought it was a little odd that no-one's mentioned the lengthy analysis of Mahmoud A.....
» 5/10/2007 11:20:06 AM "In Jacaranda Essentials: History 2, there are: * two pages dedicated to Germaine Gr.....
» 1/10/2007 11:56:23 AM "An uncritical and positive view of the Enlightenment is orthodoxy at Australian secu.....
» 28/09/2007 1:42:12 PM SpaceO, The political reality is that is only sufficient support for one liberal-left par.....
» 28/09/2007 10:35:28 AM Said it before, say it again, opportunity will probably still be missed. You have one cha.....
» 27/09/2007 4:24:58 PM You know Bollinger... That *would* have been a brave and forthright speech. If you weren'.....
» 26/09/2007 10:08:45 AM .... or we could just abolish State governments, give constitutional recognition to local .....
» 18/09/2007 1:05:05 PM @Gibo "Pro-abortionist"? That would mean someone who supports compulsory aborti.....
» 18/09/2007 10:47:03 AM I wonder if the anti-choice lobby supports artificially keeping children with anencephaly .....
» 4/09/2007 10:52:10 AM It is true that the states are a terrible waste of resources in this time and age. I endor.....
» 16/08/2007 11:04:09 AM On a moral basis, the person who should decide whether or not is the person who is pregnan.....
» 16/08/2007 9:56:04 AM "You'll understand when you're younger" http://www.peacefire.org/.....
» 16/08/2007 9:50:27 AM The political reality is that the Greens and the Democrats should merge and combine their .....
» 15/08/2007 10:25:14 AM "In spite of this a study by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation in 2004 was di.....
» 3/08/2007 11:16:34 AM Ted, Secular reason makes *no* determination, non arbitration on eternal matters. Propo.....
» 2/08/2007 11:40:40 AM Francis, Secularism is cannot be classified as a religion, for it makes no statement abou.....
» 2/08/2007 9:30:27 AM Francis, Eric Hobshawm's comments were a condemnation of secular governments behaving wit.....
» 31/07/2007 8:25:11 PM R0bert, Your comments are quite accurate. The site is clearly thrown together with no rea.....
» 30/07/2007 2:32:32 PM Grey, A little comprehension is in order. 'Secularlism' is not a religion. It an approach.....
» 29/07/2007 8:47:54 PM David, As a person who was raised in a religious orphanage and experienced abuse from a r.....
» 29/07/2007 1:48:20 PM David, I find the claim of neutral chaplains to be interesting. If they are so, then they.....
» 28/07/2007 11:02:16 AM Francis, It is true that religious people pay taxes, as do non-religious. You may disagre.....
» 27/07/2007 11:10:38 AM Dear Stop&Think, I suggest you apply your own username. Section 116 of the Constitution .....
» 27/07/2007 9:14:37 AM Quite correct. Section 116 of the Australian Constitution certainly suggests that religiou.....
» 26/07/2007 10:58:04 AM I am sure the author is thoroughly aware that the change in global temperatures over the p.....
» 24/07/2007 8:06:25 PM I am hardly surprised that many hear have decided to present opinion without knowledge. -.....
» 23/07/2007 8:50:20 PM @runner. I wonder what sort of person you are who wouldn't be proud of whatever choices y.....
» 23/07/2007 12:53:57 PM It's true you know. The introduction of visual images really does make you want to copy th.....
» 19/07/2007 10:36:03 AM The science in the Great Global Warming Swindle is so bad I'm tempted to suggest that it's.....
» 12/07/2007 10:37:19 AM Ahh, "The Australian". From supporting Saddam Hussein in the eighties to global .....
» 6/07/2007 9:53:05 AM "For schools to allow the teaching of any religion (as opposed to examining the belie.....
» 6/07/2007 9:52:01 AM "Winding back negative-gearing, more aggressive capital gains taxation, and a range o.....
» 6/07/2007 9:44:25 AM The notable element missing in this entire article is the notion of self-determination. I.....
» 5/07/2007 3:50:15 PM Ahh, the Lavoisier Group, such a trustworthy organisation with no vested interets whatsoev.....
» 3/07/2007 5:31:58 PM @Steel With you 100%; democracy is a system of decision making that applies only to commo.....
» 30/06/2007 8:30:59 PM @Admiral "All these contentious assertions are based on the assumption that condition.....
» 30/06/2007 8:07:29 PM Dear Ms. Sullivan, Thank you for your thoughtful and deeply considered article posted on .....
» 30/06/2007 5:01:38 PM I too will join the chorus of voices, congratulating sjk on the excellent link. I would b.....
» 29/06/2007 11:23:12 AM @alzo -quote- "GCMs 'assume linearity'" This is another frightening admission. .....
» 29/06/2007 10:11:32 AM So the sum total of the professor's argument is that predicting the weather is not easy, o.....
» 21/06/2007 11:17:10 AM Once again Graham manages to successfully mix the aesthetic with the political. But what .....
» 14/03/2007 9:44:49 AM Firstly, apologies that this response is so late in the piece. There are good economic ar.....
» 13/02/2007 3:34:56 PM @Rhys You raise the very interesting problem when you ask "You state that if Arius h.....
» 12/02/2007 12:52:51 PM @west What the hell all the stuff about D&D? Damn weird......
» 12/02/2007 12:12:43 PM I have little doubt that the author is trying to come to terms with the desertion of Rev. .....
» 8/02/2007 3:21:30 PM Reality: The price of housing construction, in real terms, has been very stable over the p.....
» 24/01/2007 9:47:13 AM Offer the Kiwis the political equivalent of two states (one for the North and one for the .....
» 16/01/2007 9:43:24 AM This is largely true. The Australian population may oppose the war on Iraq, they may have .....
» 20/12/2006 9:42:46 AM Pinochet engaged in a military takeover of an elected government which, based on local ele.....
» 11/10/2006 7:44:00 PM @dover Your suggestion that applying Arendt's comments on Eichmann means endorsement of .....
» 11/10/2006 2:50:54 PM @dozer Ward Churchill's comments are certainly within the caveat of Hannah Arendt's remar.....
» 7/10/2006 12:07:51 PM Trying to find an argument of substance in this article is quite difficult. Perhaps there .....
» 7/09/2006 11:29:56 AM So let's get this right.. It's wrong for Australia to accept West Papuan refugees (no, no.....
» 23/08/2006 3:13:23 PM Alan Moran is partially right. He correctly claims there is a disparity between supposed w.....
» 26/07/2006 5:58:05 PM The scoreboard tells the story. Israeli civilians killed: 18 Lebanese civilians killed: 3.....
» 20/06/2006 9:50:37 AM @proud It must be embarrassing for you that a "foreigner" seems to be more awar.....
» 19/06/2006 9:59:46 AM @proud Unitary systems of government can only work in states where there is a single cult.....
» 16/06/2006 10:54:33 AM @citizen I was amazed when I was first told many years ago that attempts were made to cla.....
» 15/06/2006 3:09:29 PM @citizen I can only assume your question to proud is rhetorical. I also assume you mean .....
» 15/06/2006 8:54:55 AM @saintfletcher I agree with you that Australia's federal system was adopted as a compromi.....
» 14/06/2006 8:25:50 AM If there was no such thing as Indonesian colonialism then there would be no independence m.....
» 13/06/2006 9:14:47 PM I refer to the comment; "West Papua and Aceh is an integral part of the Indonesian m.....
» 9/06/2006 8:38:48 AM Wisdom from today's letters to The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2006/06/08.....
» 7/06/2006 10:58:04 AM Oh, the poor Suharto government it just "had" to invade Timor Leste, following t.....
» 23/05/2006 9:41:57 AM 4. Denmark 1950s-1960s In 1954 the land taxation commission, declared that they would supp.....
» 23/05/2006 9:41:21 AM Do you seriously think that Nobel Prize winners would make theoretical claims without &quo.....
» 22/05/2006 8:59:01 AM Quote from Milton Friedman from Human Events, November 18, 1979. He followed with; ".....
» 22/05/2006 8:58:34 AM Taxes on land are a tax on past and current speculation. If savings in productive investme.....
» 20/05/2006 2:02:21 PM Evidently you haven't been reading what has been written. There is no suggestion of repli.....
» 19/05/2006 11:17:36 AM So at last you've actually read the article. "You want to jack up the tax on land by.....
» 18/05/2006 2:11:27 PM Perseus, Look at your claims: "And in Australia, Rates are levied on land values, n.....
» 18/05/2006 10:21:20 AM It is disappointing to read that there are still those who seem to think that aboriginalit.....
» 17/05/2006 2:13:22 PM You are quite fortunate to have properties in those councils in NSW and Qld where rates a .....
» 16/05/2006 7:07:30 PM Re: Tobin Tax To put simply, it doesn't work. A transaction tax may reduce liquidity inv.....
» 16/05/2006 12:33:58 PM Dear Perseus, Noone is disputing, lest of all Alanna, that land should not be available f.....
» 15/05/2006 8:44:53 PM Critics of Alanna Hartzong claim to know economics. They should read their textbooks more .....
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