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» 6/05/2009 10:30:29 AM "Why is it that when an argument is shown to be unreasonable that the thread ends?&qu.....
» 6/05/2009 10:19:06 AM I would have said that the question "Why do you want this job?" is the wrong que.....
» 29/04/2009 8:34:44 PM Well Pericles, it's a droll analogy - the church as fast food franchise. Anyone for more b.....
» 29/04/2009 5:52:40 PM Let's see if I've understood this correctly; Greaves pleaded guilty to nine counts of sex.....
» 29/04/2009 5:35:33 PM Dear oh dear! I've been away from OLO for a few weeks, and what do I find on my return? Pe.....
» 29/04/2009 5:21:33 PM As I see it, this is a classic case of an inflexible, dogma-blinkered authority being unab.....
» 11/04/2009 12:18:51 PM GrahamY "What I don't understand about this thread is the hatred that many of the po.....
» 7/04/2009 7:19:51 PM I wish it to be known that the person writing under the name Sparkyq is not me!.....
» 5/04/2009 11:36:14 PM NEWS HEADLINES Prime Minister Visits China. Avoids Contact with Any Chinese Lest Australi.....
» 4/04/2009 7:41:11 PM Leigh "The free trips must be regarded as sinister, given the Defence Minister's pos.....
» 31/03/2009 1:24:24 PM What a mealy-mouthed piece of political partisanship this article is. Who is this Peter C.....
» 31/03/2009 1:05:07 PM Antiseptic, "Squirm all you like, spikey, your intent was to imply some nasty motive.....
» 30/03/2009 7:17:58 PM Maximillion, I've got to keep reminding myself that irony is not always understood. It ca.....
» 29/03/2009 6:08:57 PM Maximillion, "The way I see it, Einfeld has let the whole country down." I just.....
» 28/03/2009 2:56:29 PM Antiseptic, "... I couldn't care less what your religion is..." Then why did yo.....
» 28/03/2009 2:49:30 PM Joe, You say: "... if there is an under-count of Indigenous people in the Census, t.....
» 28/03/2009 2:27:26 PM Antiseptic, "Why are you so keen to see anti-semitism? Are you Jewish?" Two fou.....
» 28/03/2009 10:33:51 AM Pericles, OK, your position is 'independent of any pack'. So what's your independent moti.....
» 27/03/2009 11:34:53 PM Oh come on examinator, you're only jealous. Don't be mean. Bob Ellis for President! Who e.....
» 27/03/2009 11:38:17 AM Bob Ellis, If you were better looking I'd marry you. I now know why bad news stories ab.....
» 27/03/2009 11:24:50 AM Joe, Your practical experience - and your wife's - showed that "enrolments were high.....
» 27/03/2009 10:58:01 AM Antiseptic: You're suggesting that I'm suggesting anti-semitism? "I was wondering ho.....
» 26/03/2009 9:50:51 PM Pericles: "And I'd be prepared to say what I have said to the man directly." B.....
» 26/03/2009 3:34:19 PM Antiseptic: "So your defence of Einfeld is based two wrongs making a right?" No.....
» 26/03/2009 9:58:56 AM John Howard lied consistently throughout his career. Where were the Doc Martens then, eh? .....
» 25/03/2009 12:59:10 PM Pericles, I mostly think your posts rational and well considered, but your performance on.....
» 25/03/2009 10:11:54 AM Which of us has never told a lie? Then told another, to cover the first? Oh, how we like .....
» 24/03/2009 5:23:27 PM Loudmouth I’ll not comment on your motives for misrepresenting Indigenous students' parti.....
» 23/03/2009 2:48:56 PM Blairbear, I'm always willing to help when people let their subjective feelings about the.....
» 22/03/2009 9:48:53 PM Loudmouth I'm not sure what statistics you are using and abusing. You claim that "s.....
» 22/03/2009 11:41:45 AM blairbar, The percentage of university entrants should be at least comparable with averag.....
» 20/03/2009 6:07:41 PM blairbar: 'If "ability and intelligence are evenly distributed over the population&qu.....
» 18/03/2009 2:58:47 PM Leigh: "The so-called poor in Australia are also thick: that's why they are poor.&qu.....
» 4/03/2009 11:03:55 PM runner, You claim that most abortions are for 'greed, lust or inconvenience'. You will .....
» 4/03/2009 8:19:36 PM Denny asks: " The rights of women"... What rights would they be Spikey? Perhaps.....
» 4/03/2009 11:52:03 AM I haven't read this book yet but I'm a bit wary of stark oppositional poles like “critical.....
» 3/03/2009 2:16:41 PM stevenmeyer: "China, while better than it was under Mao, is an extremely oppressive .....
» 3/03/2009 12:45:18 PM Bazz: "Peter Costello will lead the coalition to the election or if the government .....
» 3/03/2009 12:30:03 PM Jim Toohey claims to have identified five 'complete misunderstandings' in Gary MacLennan’s.....
» 28/02/2009 12:23:37 AM rpg, Thank you for your explanation. I saw some drunken whites last night and I read abo.....
» 27/02/2009 5:44:30 PM Ozandy: "there are over 250 different tribes and cultures. The issue now is the mode.....
» 26/02/2009 9:03:38 PM What a sad lot of posts. Where is compassion and where is the helping hand for the downtro.....
» 26/02/2009 2:34:03 PM Maggie Walter, thank you for a thoughtful and thought-provoking article......
» 25/02/2009 9:38:28 PM Foxy "Interesting times ahead? Yes, definitely." Nah! Interesting times past......
» 24/02/2009 6:53:47 PM Pericles, "I think it was the sheer self-important smugness of it all that got my go.....
» 24/02/2009 1:38:33 PM He's simply unelectable......
» 24/02/2009 9:39:11 AM Col Rouge demonstrates again the old maxim - cocksure ignorance triumphs over thoughtful u.....
» 23/02/2009 5:52:59 PM Pericles, You have to admit Julie Bishop was performing dismally and showing no signs of .....
» 23/02/2009 1:42:19 PM Sancho: "Christ is a 50-foot war-god with a 2-edged sword in his mouth*. He exhorts .....
» 23/02/2009 9:50:58 AM Cornelia Rau's detention was about Liberal Party incompetence. Compensation for wrongful d.....
» 19/02/2009 2:09:13 PM People Against Live Exports & Intensive Farming, Truer facts plus better logic beat thre.....
» 18/02/2009 4:22:27 PM Just as the ALP has too many ex-union officials, the Liberal Party has too many lawyers. I.....
» 16/02/2009 9:46:36 PM "Incoherent nonsense!" Posted by Stev, Thursday, 29 January. "What utter .....
» 15/02/2009 4:00:18 PM "Oh, crud. I posted to the wrong thread. It's still relevant": Posted by Sancho......
» 14/02/2009 2:08:40 PM Peter the Believer, "Atheists have put Judges and Magistrates in the position of Al.....
» 11/02/2009 9:44:59 AM Dan S de Merengue and some others on OLO have defended Danny Nalliah saying he was 'dragge.....
» 11/02/2009 9:16:11 AM Peter the Believer, "It is time that atheists faced the fact that atheism does not w.....
» 7/02/2009 10:58:10 AM Dan S de Merengue, I have obviously wasted my time on giving you the facts - and you hav.....
» 6/02/2009 1:25:08 PM Dear Blair You ask me: "Are some of these photos examples of inciting people to hate.....
» 5/02/2009 11:47:55 PM RobbyH posted on Thursday, 5 February 2009 3:59:17 PM: “The complete nitwit and his fans......
» 5/02/2009 4:50:52 PM Col Rouge, I'll try again and see if your brain's any clearer. Your unattributed quotat.....
» 5/02/2009 3:53:27 PM SusanP, I can't speak for Billie of course, but for me there was no case of mistaken ide.....
» 5/02/2009 10:43:41 AM SJF, You're dead right. I'd just add that in my experience it's most often the women of c.....
» 5/02/2009 10:36:38 AM Col Rouge quotes Margaret Thatcher: “We want a society where people are free to make cho.....
» 5/02/2009 10:17:26 AM Dan S de Merengue, I maintain the claim that nothing in Victoria's laws prevents robust d.....
» 4/02/2009 9:56:41 PM JamesH, "...at least Howard added animation to his lying." You must be referrin.....
» 4/02/2009 2:41:19 PM Houellebecq, I observe your splendid understanding of irony. Don't go for a walk or sel.....
» 4/02/2009 2:36:53 PM Dear Phil Matimein, I respect your position. It was mine at one stage in my life (and the.....
» 4/02/2009 2:23:31 PM Houellebecq, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 11:46:08 AM "I think we would all like to he.....
» 4/02/2009 12:18:34 PM "If only some of the conservatives on OLO were more like that. I know there are lapse.....
» 4/02/2009 12:01:03 PM Why can't the kids of today be more like us - perfect in every way?.....
» 4/02/2009 11:57:48 AM Smirko is pretty second-rate when it comes to analysis, not to mention history. First he .....
» 4/02/2009 9:07:40 AM meredith: "Me being a conservative isn't why I stuck up for Boaz, I dislike bullying.....
» 3/02/2009 10:22:46 PM Dear Blair I am no expert on the Queensland law but a quick look at the Queensland Anti-D.....
» 3/02/2009 11:41:55 AM Leigh, That little outburst exceeds your usual ill-mannered, unenlightened and ill-inform.....
» 3/02/2009 11:34:00 AM Dan S de Merengue, To know a lot about this subject it is not necessary to be 'a lawyer o.....
» 2/02/2009 10:44:30 PM meredith, "My point has been everyone was screaming for Col and Boazes head and wher.....
» 2/02/2009 4:52:23 PM Foxy, Thanks for your support. I do lose patience sometimes with a couple of constant ha.....
» 1/02/2009 11:18:24 PM BOAZ_David, "Dear Dear Spikey :) I love you..I really do!" Yuk, that's obscen.....
» 1/02/2009 1:57:07 PM Dan S de Merengue, You ask why we needed Victorian vilification laws. But you try to pree.....
» 31/01/2009 11:04:09 PM Oh dear David BOAZ, The more you pontificate on the law the more evident it's not the la.....
» 31/01/2009 6:17:25 PM Yabby, "Ah Spikey, your problem just possibly is not the system, but it is you.&quo.....
» 31/01/2009 5:22:40 PM jc2, "As I said he poisons every single discussion he ever has at other blogs. A fe.....
» 31/01/2009 1:43:54 PM BOAZ_David, You are so literal and simplistically black-and-white in the way you think (s.....
» 31/01/2009 12:39:49 PM Susan Hawthorne, "I find it pretty amazing that intelligent peopl think that a) all.....
» 30/01/2009 12:03:34 PM BOAZ_David, Here you are making some sense David. But you only go so far in your hypothes.....
» 30/01/2009 11:43:00 AM "Whoever is making money out of books in Australia, it isn’t your local bookshop, and.....
» 30/01/2009 11:05:47 AM BOAZ_David, I can always tell when you are rattled and arguing on shaky ground - you res.....
» 29/01/2009 2:53:04 PM BOAZ_David, When you claim a person has just infringed Victoria's Racial and Religious To.....
» 29/01/2009 2:38:30 PM Ah Col Rouge, If only we were all more like you. Life would be so simple... and dreary. .....
» 29/01/2009 10:41:53 AM So it's all about choice, is it? What a wonderful thing it must be to exercise choice: &qu.....
» 29/01/2009 10:13:07 AM Irony heaped upon irony. The writer of this article accuses atheists of putting up somethi.....
» 25/01/2009 11:38:54 AM VK3AUU, The "Bringing Them Home" report accurately traced the history of laws, .....
» 24/01/2009 10:51:21 PM BOAZ_David, "Beyond rediculous." You said it, David. (Well nearly!) I think .....
» 24/01/2009 11:59:23 AM Dear Alias Blairbar, "I would have thought the challenge as indigenous historians wa.....
» 23/01/2009 12:53:12 PM Lazy Leigh lies lethargic longing for lost legacy. Lightweight Leigh left lamenting. Good.....
» 23/01/2009 12:40:56 PM John Ryan has nailed it. Des Moore and John Stone are yesterday's men. Haven't had a new t.....
» 23/01/2009 12:38:04 PM Antiseptic, I rest my case!.....
» 23/01/2009 9:23:58 AM Dear alias blairbar, You can't blame Charles Sturt University for your mistake. That's on.....
» 23/01/2009 9:05:44 AM Why so much hatred of women here? It can't be healthy and certainly seems to diminish the .....
» 22/01/2009 11:48:34 AM Communicat: "I do not know what the answers are. I would like others to think about i.....
» 22/01/2009 9:40:54 AM Communicat, "...how do you know I am not 'aboriginal' or from some other minority gr.....
» 21/01/2009 2:23:15 PM Dear alias blairbar, "I was arguing that it is wrong for persons who use nom-de plum.....
» 21/01/2009 9:52:08 AM meredith, "You are very unclear, are you suggesting Communicat is racist here?".....
» 21/01/2009 9:43:46 AM Dear alias blairbar, You say: "We are talking about VALUES/BELIEFS. We are not talki.....
» 20/01/2009 10:25:16 PM Communicat, "The offender identifies himself as 'aboriginal' and was sentenced to 3 .....
» 19/01/2009 11:32:39 PM Dear Pynchme, So the the only example you gave was from Windschuttle own web site ".....
» 19/01/2009 11:14:38 PM Dear Blairbar, "You have your view I have mine; both of these views are valid and ne.....
» 18/01/2009 10:01:19 PM BOAZ_David, You ask: "Is it not discrimination for the Baker to withold that decorat.....
» 18/01/2009 9:52:18 PM Col Rouge, I apologise for saying to you: "I can always tell when you are being best.....
» 18/01/2009 6:16:15 PM Wecome back BOAZ_David, Polycarp has been getting a bit of a thrashing lately. Let's see .....
» 18/01/2009 5:35:43 PM Belly, "Col you invite slagging matches in threads then complain about it." Sp.....
» 18/01/2009 5:33:02 PM Pynchme, Stuart Mcintyre said long ago that all historians make mistakes. When Reynolds o.....
» 18/01/2009 12:54:30 PM Col Rouge, "a distinct impression of self loathing exudes from every one of your pos.....
» 17/01/2009 11:46:06 PM Pynchme, Your claim to be a lover of history and historiography is shot to ironic pieces .....
» 17/01/2009 11:28:27 PM Col Rouge, "Same old pig-ignorance as has been mentioned before." Col, self-dep.....
» 17/01/2009 5:22:48 PM Dear old Col Rouge, Belly has sussed you out. You're so out of touch. As for Taylorism, .....
» 17/01/2009 2:09:23 PM Col Rouge, Confucius say: "Man who love himself has no rivals.".....
» 17/01/2009 2:06:14 PM Meanwhile, back to the article on Windschuttle... Graham Young commented: "Whatever .....
» 17/01/2009 11:05:25 AM Foxy, For every Leigh, I'l wager there are ten who like your format. It makes it easier t.....
» 17/01/2009 10:52:43 AM Foxy Go with CJ. At least when the s*x is done with you could expect a rational conversat.....
» 16/01/2009 5:40:47 PM Polycarp, You're wasting everyone's time. No human right (or any legal) is involved in a.....
» 16/01/2009 5:16:06 PM Houellebecq, "It's not as if anyone is suggesting that quoting statistics is a way t.....
» 16/01/2009 5:08:44 PM Col Rouge, You're right, "It’s not rocket science." But boy, it seems to be be.....
» 16/01/2009 11:01:29 AM Foxy, But will he still love you in the morning?.....
» 16/01/2009 10:59:20 AM First my eye sees the well-known repeated...Then the self-deprecation: "I know...I---.....
» 16/01/2009 10:34:39 AM Col Rouge, Spot on Col: "You have no agreement / contract with them. You are under .....
» 16/01/2009 10:26:54 AM Antiseptic, The grief of a family who have seen a person killed not relevant? Weird. All .....
» 15/01/2009 3:40:44 PM Blair Bartholomew I see you are not going to respond to my posts. Does that make you a 'c.....
» 15/01/2009 10:16:03 AM Polycarp: "HUSBAND GIVES KIDNEY TO WIFE.. "WIFE CHEATS ON HUSBAND "HUSBA.....
» 15/01/2009 9:25:17 AM Houellebecq, The general point you are making is valid. What I struggle with is the pract.....
» 15/01/2009 9:12:15 AM Ludwig, Brave attempt but logically flawed. "If non-unionists worked under worse co.....
» 14/01/2009 10:28:36 PM JamesH, You sure have provided "warped statistics". The phoney juxtapositionin.....
» 14/01/2009 2:43:55 PM Well blairbar or should it be Blair Bartholemew? Still no admission from you that you goo.....
» 14/01/2009 11:53:51 AM Polycarp, The more you write the more wrongs you commit. First we had the false dichoto.....
» 14/01/2009 11:36:05 AM blairbar, You're a bit disingenuous in your rant about aliases. Not to mention your blat.....
» 13/01/2009 8:07:34 PM Golly Polycarp, It's not fair and reasonable to expect you to respond to examples of Chr.....
» 13/01/2009 1:28:45 PM trade215, Thank you for those comments. My opinion, however, is that your distinction bet.....
» 13/01/2009 12:46:48 PM chainsmoker, I agree wholeheartedly with your comments on the inadequacies of left/right .....
» 13/01/2009 10:39:56 AM Ploycarp: "Hi there Spikey... I don't ignore any of those events. " The burni.....
» 12/01/2009 10:49:53 PM trade215 Evidence doesn't matter? Did I write something to which you responded? i don't t.....
» 12/01/2009 10:44:58 PM Hey Polycarp and KMB, If only it were that simple. How can you be so blind to the Christi.....
» 12/01/2009 10:05:03 PM "Otherwise I doubt the wisdom of giving a daily forum to particular individuals whose.....
» 11/01/2009 10:11:05 PM KMB: "I find it amusing that people who bristle at the suggestion by a Christian (wh.....
» 11/01/2009 12:44:24 PM Polycarp, If you're going to join the cheer squad, I'd play down phrases such as ".......
» 11/01/2009 12:35:12 PM Polycarp, You got it wrong by asserting that the crisis has a singular cause...the one th.....
» 10/01/2009 10:43:09 PM trade215, you trade in pomposity while all the time pretending to be ego busting. Worse.....
» 10/01/2009 7:33:11 PM Polycarp: "But my concerns are quite rational I assure you." A characteristic o.....
» 10/01/2009 3:25:44 PM Col Rouge and Polycarp versus Spikey and CJ Morgan? What's this? I get to play doubles at .....
» 10/01/2009 3:07:58 PM JamesH: "The major change in the SES over the last 15 years has been the steady incre.....
» 9/01/2009 10:39:09 PM Ah Col, I see you are a man of sensitivity, but just lacking any subtlety. As for the ba.....
» 9/01/2009 7:01:22 PM toad215 If I were a man, would you be so rude? And transfer so much aggression? I simply.....
» 9/01/2009 5:20:42 PM Belly, I'm with you comrade! But it's still an ambit claim and everyone knows it. That's .....
» 9/01/2009 5:16:55 PM Col Rouge No amount of bluster or wordy citation from the dictionary will cover up the fa.....
» 9/01/2009 2:19:38 PM The unconscious wit and flexible wisdom of Polycarp: On Thursday: "Fortunately, in .....
» 9/01/2009 1:46:02 PM Polycarp, You just don't get it, do you? Probably incapable now of letting go your hatre.....
» 9/01/2009 1:09:57 PM JamesH, You say: "Actually there a very large number of females at the high level of.....
» 9/01/2009 1:05:35 PM Thank goodness for CJ Morgan who knows about ambit claims - and the difference between 'am.....
» 6/01/2009 9:28:06 AM Antiseptic, I suppose it’s a sign that you can’t debate the substance when you reiterate .....
» 5/01/2009 8:07:45 PM Cornflower says: "However, as you explain, such an important word as discrimination c.....
» 5/01/2009 7:47:10 PM Diocletian: "The most active, vocal and tolerated racists in Australia today, by far,.....
» 5/01/2009 8:55:47 AM Antiseptic, You say: "I don't know about the Victorian Act, but the Federal law prov.....
» 4/01/2009 4:26:04 PM Cornflower: "Discrimination has one meaning, but not for you it seems." Sorry t.....
» 3/01/2009 10:37:48 PM Cornflower, I think you need to read posts more carefully before bursting back with a res.....
» 3/01/2009 12:14:51 PM Cornflower, Lots of undesirable practices are not against the law. That doesn't mean they.....
» 3/01/2009 11:55:30 AM Col Rouge, "Well I will content myself with the certain knowledge that, having gone .....
» 2/01/2009 9:50:05 PM Diocletian: "The most active, vocal and tolerated racists in Australia today, by far,.....
» 2/01/2009 9:47:30 PM Cornflower, It's symptomatic of your biassed approach that you quote one part of the arti.....
» 2/01/2009 3:10:18 PM Col Rouge, 1 January 2009: "Personally, I welcome the diversity of opinions here.&quo.....
» 2/01/2009 9:24:54 AM Antiseptic, What a sad and pathetic response. So the men you know gather to pool their 'm.....
» 2/01/2009 9:05:27 AM Col Rouge: "Personally, I welcome the diversity of opinions here. How boring it would.....
» 1/01/2009 2:57:51 PM Cornflower, my little man, you are either (a) very young and so can't remember when women .....
» 1/01/2009 2:17:33 PM Col Rouge: "...not sure any of the God-Squadies would ever include me among their num.....
» 31/12/2008 6:02:14 PM Romany: re what constitutes an 'aggressive feminist'. SJF's list is a start; but I think.....
» 31/12/2008 5:51:52 PM Thanks for your support Rainier. I guess Leigh's gone to bed already. Wouldn't it be ni.....
» 30/12/2008 10:10:36 PM runner: "Man was created to be the spiritual head of the family...To go against the n.....
» 30/12/2008 4:41:02 PM "The lack of interesting subjects on OLO has never been more evident," says Leig.....
» 30/12/2008 4:36:42 PM Leigh: Have you got any evidence to support your claim that: 'Most people don’t care abo.....
» 30/12/2008 1:37:40 PM Dear Foxy, thank you for the good thoughts and optimism. My New Year's wishes as they re.....
» 29/12/2008 12:13:08 PM Our son-in-law changed his surname to that of his wife, mainly because he liked that name .....
» 29/12/2008 12:05:03 PM Nice article Stephen. You summed things up very well. One quibble: I thought you could ha.....
» 24/12/2008 3:48:10 PM Polycarp, UK tabloid-style claim of 'GOTCHA!' is a twisted self-defence of the indefensibl.....
» 24/12/2008 3:15:08 PM An interesting article Chris, but I wonder if it doesn't all boil down to a matter of bein.....
» 24/12/2008 3:03:31 PM Kevin Luxford personnifies the smug middle-class who, unwittingly, find themselves the rec.....
» 24/12/2008 2:37:54 PM Polycarp, I'm signing off for Christmas a bit saddened by your comment to Adam: "........
» 23/12/2008 1:31:07 PM franklin, You refer to Dr Sharman Stone's "very interesting (and worrying) point sh.....
» 23/12/2008 1:20:20 PM Polycarp We long ago established that the Green case was a vindication of human rights la.....
» 23/12/2008 1:07:43 PM Polycarp, Just curious...Do you always happen to carry around a copy of the Quran in case.....
» 22/12/2008 7:56:09 PM Brian So you finally found someone who sort of agrees with you. That must have been someo.....
» 22/12/2008 7:40:24 PM examinator, Given that the most frequent breaker of the law in Australia is government (a.....
» 19/12/2008 10:54:45 AM Brian Holden's article is ill-considered, shallow and, ultimately, obnoxious. "As th.....
» 19/12/2008 10:18:35 AM Polycarp shouts: ".....that if this article had not been printed.... published.. no-.....
» 18/12/2008 8:16:41 PM Bush Basher says: "gee, the gang's all here. and what a charming gang they are. peric.....
» 17/12/2008 11:12:13 AM Hey guys, they taught me in s*x education classes that births come about because men AND (.....
» 17/12/2008 11:01:32 AM "Justin Jefferson is a pamphleteer with a double life," we're told. If this is.....
» 17/12/2008 10:55:53 AM Ben You say: "We want our universities to be dynamic hubs of research, study and stu.....
» 17/12/2008 10:44:01 AM Welcome back Leigh. Once again showing your tolerance, open-mindedness and wondrous capac.....
» 16/12/2008 10:58:13 AM Fractelle, Now about red shoes and red dresses. When I was a young thing in Teacher's Co.....
» 16/12/2008 10:32:00 AM Foxy, You're a gem. I'll come, thank you. But I have to tell you caviar might not be acce.....
» 15/12/2008 4:24:05 PM Foxy! Foxy! Even you...of all the sensitive souls. With your menu I'd be reduced to vodka.....
» 15/12/2008 3:56:12 PM Polycarp, Poor old dear. You've been waiting and waiting for a slip-up in my spelling (si.....
» 15/12/2008 1:29:04 PM Forrest Gumpp Re my apparent liking for dictators (into which category I certainly wouldn.....
» 15/12/2008 12:43:37 PM If the Liberal Party of Australia were truly to put the 'liberal' back into their policies.....
» 15/12/2008 12:38:11 PM This is not a forum for exchange of ideas. It's a comic strip for intellectually under-ach.....
» 15/12/2008 12:33:44 PM The old distinction between education and instruction is apposite here. In my day we call.....
» 15/12/2008 10:05:49 AM Q&A "Meat eaters only are invited to dinner parties." That means you and your .....
» 14/12/2008 10:14:19 PM Forrest Gumpp, Nice sentiments; but what will the vegetarians eat?.....
» 13/12/2008 6:00:57 PM Hello Huffnpuff I hope you're going OK at the moment. I know the people at CLAN think abo.....
» 13/12/2008 11:24:48 AM Now, now CJ. You know as well as I do that Col would be so inarticulate and out of his dep.....
» 12/12/2008 9:37:49 AM chainsmoker asks: "Could we be given a list of what we are allowed to do with our k.....
» 12/12/2008 9:20:09 AM Another potentially interesting forum hi-jacked by the loony religious right. Oh well, mo.....
» 11/12/2008 9:04:04 AM daltong2005, When you say: "I also have the opinion that Australian films are very a.....
» 10/12/2008 8:30:15 PM Diana, You are spot on to say that the best Australian films are very good stories concer.....
» 10/12/2008 8:26:14 PM Ok Steel Man, I realized my guest list was a bit monoMANical. So I'll let you have any f.....
» 10/12/2008 2:23:49 PM Adolf Hitler Josef Stalin Pol Pot Robert Mugabe Kim Jong-il Francisco Franco Benito Mussol.....
» 8/12/2008 10:19:49 PM Mr Right: "I have never tried to hide the fact that I do not want refugees coming to .....
» 8/12/2008 1:04:25 PM I'm really shocked at the failure of the majority of posters here (and elsewhere) to give .....
» 7/12/2008 11:06:12 AM Col Rouge, You quote the following words of mine to illustrate ad hominem attacks: 1. “A.....
» 5/12/2008 7:31:24 PM huufnpuff/Michael My heart bleeds for you. There was another similar case in Tasmania las.....
» 5/12/2008 7:19:51 PM Heydee, hodee. I saw a man get his face smashed in by a rampaging mob last night. His litt.....
» 5/12/2008 7:10:22 PM “It's time to stop blaming audiences for not watching Australian films and start giving th.....
» 2/12/2008 9:38:06 PM Foxy The Alliance for Forgotten Australians doesn't provide support of that kind for indi.....
» 2/12/2008 9:33:17 PM Fractelle writes: "Col and Mr Right you are both old enough and, dare I say, intell.....
» 2/12/2008 11:41:27 AM robert There are a number of forums that invite comment from Forgotten Australians (a ter.....
» 2/12/2008 9:48:39 AM "Even though the author supports what some derisively call "the peacenik Left&qu.....
» 2/12/2008 9:38:20 AM Mr. Right writes: "This government was the opposition that moaned and groaned about .....
» 2/12/2008 9:12:26 AM Col Rouge, I notice you ignored (a) my reasonable question and (b) my straight-forward re.....
» 1/12/2008 5:42:22 PM Col Rouge, My, you were upset weren't you? Do you feel better after getting all that bil.....
» 29/11/2008 9:22:57 PM Col Rouge, Ethnic gangs in Melbourne, eh? Are they ever Irish, English or Scots? Maybe We.....
» 28/11/2008 3:52:16 PM Shadow Minister asserts, "Independent studies in NSW and Victoria show that without .....
» 28/11/2008 2:58:06 PM Col Rouge says of his children: "They expect nothing for free and do not go around i.....
» 27/11/2008 9:43:38 PM Shadow Minister, It's not compulsory to post on OLO. Nor to read the garbage that other .....
» 27/11/2008 9:09:57 AM Shadow Minister, "So you admit that compulsory student unionism is effectively a tax.....
» 26/11/2008 5:14:56 PM Mr. Right, Are you so unaware that you can't understand that you are doing the very thing.....
» 26/11/2008 5:00:16 PM J S Mill "But none of this really goes to the real point of my question - do we allo.....
» 26/11/2008 10:24:22 AM Mr Right Take your proposition to its logical conclusion, we'd all be gone from here exce.....
» 25/11/2008 10:12:33 PM Foxy & CJ Morgan Thank you for your indulgence. I just happen to think the whole thing .....
» 25/11/2008 5:37:50 PM Foxy Thanks for that, but I'm still confused. Isn't Shane Warne that guy who works for Te.....
» 24/11/2008 9:47:58 PM Yes, Foxy, yes. I understand all that. But who is Don Badman?.....
» 24/11/2008 5:40:44 PM C'mon OLO community. Who the deuce is Bradman? I've heard of Batman. I've heard of our Cat.....
» 24/11/2008 5:31:22 PM Some days his ignorance makes me wonder at how often he's prepared to show it. Some days h.....
» 24/11/2008 11:44:50 AM Who's Bradman? Why has he been dropped? Did he lose the Test?.....
» 24/11/2008 8:57:25 AM Yabby Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants are distinctly different people. Refugee hav.....
» 23/11/2008 4:53:13 PM Yabby and Polycarp babble away telling others to get 'the big picture', while displaying t.....
» 22/11/2008 9:39:27 AM Polycarp pleads: "I never respond well to shallow emotive (politically based?) argum.....
» 21/11/2008 5:52:18 PM Polycarp says: "we all...know that there are more assylum seekers in the world than .....
» 20/11/2008 5:32:53 PM J S Mill, "when is it legitimate to impose a coercive broad-based fee not attributab.....
» 20/11/2008 5:20:53 PM Polycarp I was going to write a reply to yours. But then I thought, why waste my time - a.....
» 19/11/2008 8:44:16 AM wobbles said: 'I hope you realise I was only making a sarcastic point about the ex-governm.....
» 18/11/2008 5:06:44 PM I must confess that I sometimes get turned off reading a post here on OLO when I see the n.....
» 18/11/2008 4:56:51 PM wobbles said: "If only they had changed their name and got rid of that accursed &quo.....
» 17/11/2008 12:59:43 PM Mr. Right, Are you suggesting that high quality programs should not be shown because the .....
» 17/11/2008 12:48:20 PM dear Polycarp, Sometimes I despair of you. "...dear spikey..is your post an admissi.....
» 17/11/2008 12:26:01 PM Polycarp, I'm probably going to open a thread on that matter.. "Human Rights are im.....
» 17/11/2008 12:04:32 PM This really is a reactionary piece. We all know that Howard couldn't tolerate dissent and .....
» 17/11/2008 6:13:35 AM Fellow_Human, "Why is polygamy related to multiculture? In one US state (South Dako.....
» 17/11/2008 6:08:39 AM Thanks Celivia. However, I have found over the years that uncomfortable facts don't seem.....
» 16/11/2008 4:17:57 PM Shadow Minister, "People are flocking to private schools because they provide a sup.....
» 16/11/2008 4:06:02 PM Foxy, A Trigamy of Proselytizers? I like it. Banjo, "Governments should be respo.....
» 14/11/2008 4:00:58 PM Fractelle Well done. It could be POP for short. Some, however, would instantly conjure up.....
» 14/11/2008 8:26:11 AM Yes but Polycarp, you hadn't done even the most basic research and thought the race was ju.....
» 13/11/2008 8:55:28 PM Romany Nice. How about a pushcart of proselytizers or a puffpaste of proselytizers or a .....
» 13/11/2008 5:21:23 PM Banjo, runner and Polycarp out of the blocks in a trice. A sniff of a proselytizing opport.....
» 13/11/2008 5:08:43 PM Banjo Nothing like a few standard stereotypes as substitute for facts and reason. As for.....
» 12/11/2008 5:49:20 PM chainsmoker Ah, a breath of fresh air that smells of common sense. For that relief, much .....
» 12/11/2008 10:05:37 AM What Foxy said, and what Polycarp didn't......
» 12/11/2008 9:35:11 AM Banjo I accept your position regarding opinions. But, one person's opinion is not as good.....
» 11/11/2008 5:51:02 PM Runner Every one of your 'statistical sources' is foreign and most are spurious. You &q.....
» 11/11/2008 3:01:13 PM Banjo: "We have been multi-racial since the first fleet but we are not and never hav.....
» 11/11/2008 2:31:36 PM Runner, Your last post is so full of ignorant claims it's hard to know where to start. He.....
» 11/11/2008 9:38:51 AM WW1 recruiting was a problem in the first half of 1915. So much so that the height restric.....
» 11/11/2008 9:21:21 AM TheRealists, Your 'few points' in response to mine bore little relationship to mine, but .....
» 10/11/2008 4:06:40 PM Philip Tang, On President-elect Obama's election fund: "It’s an open secret that a .....
» 10/11/2008 3:58:13 PM The Realists claim(s): "The study confirms what other studies, both here and around t.....
» 10/11/2008 10:04:08 AM The comparison between Gallipoli and Vietnam, while valid and well argued here, is not hal.....
» 10/11/2008 9:37:04 AM So, some migrants, in some suburbs, for some time, prefer to put their energies into famil.....
» 7/11/2008 7:23:21 PM Mally_p Welcome to the discussion. I'm a woman, but think as a person. You won't find m.....
» 7/11/2008 9:25:29 AM Polycarp It was your text that advised us all: "We all need to look to ourselves bef.....
» 6/11/2008 7:59:41 PM Polycarp to SPIKEY 6 November 2008: “I was not exactly surprised at your post about 'crit.....
» 5/11/2008 7:37:06 PM Banjo, Time to change your strings......
» 5/11/2008 7:35:22 PM Amen to that, Foxy!.....
» 5/11/2008 11:15:20 AM John Tons' essay is basically a confused mishmash of pop sociology and readers' digest wor.....
» 5/11/2008 8:05:35 AM Polycarp "We all need to look to ourselves before criticising others." Funnies.....
» 4/11/2008 5:32:57 PM Spikey: "Was this the silliest thread ever on OLO? Must be close to it. Gibo: ".....
» 4/11/2008 9:54:41 AM Was this the silliest thread ever on OLO? Must be close to it......
» 4/11/2008 9:52:23 AM Polycarp Thanks for the gratuitous 'information' about active opposition versus simply h.....
» 3/11/2008 10:11:03 AM Polycarp maintains: "1/ Postmodernism is highly debated even among postmodernists th.....
» 3/11/2008 9:58:03 AM "By firmly and thoughtfully opposing the activities of al-Qaida and its supporters, a.....
» 2/11/2008 10:58:23 AM Pericles: "Boaz's hypothesis can be stated as: a = b, for which the proof is...b =.....
» 2/11/2008 10:52:01 AM Celivia & Foxy. Gibo, Richie 10, One Under God, Polycarp et al are working overtime - the.....
» 31/10/2008 9:43:38 AM Polycarp, "I don't believe he [Obama] is in any way Muslim." And if he were, w.....
» 31/10/2008 8:42:44 AM Polycarp, "COGENT ARGUMENT 'FOR' retaining the Lords Prayer? I don't have one CJ.. I.....
» 30/10/2008 6:38:17 PM Polycarp Foxy was restrained yet eloquent - and spot on. But you'll ignore her, as per u.....
» 29/10/2008 10:21:43 AM "Just goes to show that minorities are everywhere!" (GrahamY) Also goes to show.....
» 29/10/2008 10:07:36 AM McFly, You say: "somehow i feel Graham is getting his discussion without ever actual.....
» 27/10/2008 2:06:57 PM Hi Gibo, You say: "Both China and Indonesia have plans for the invasion of Australia.....
» 27/10/2008 10:59:05 AM Sancho: << Is there any proof that me and George Clooney aren't the same person? >.....
» 27/10/2008 10:52:07 AM Graham, "Is a post asking for evidence disproving the Genesis account of creation to.....
» 27/10/2008 10:29:17 AM Gibo, I'm a tad confused by your advice. First you say: "Its only the Hand of God t.....
» 24/10/2008 11:51:58 AM I agree with VK3AUU that it was a bad mistake to change the name of the Party. 'Country' P.....
» 24/10/2008 11:31:27 AM JamesH Good on you. You're dead right. Child abuse in certainly not the 'accepted norm' i.....
» 22/10/2008 8:25:22 PM socratease, The editor's heading for this article is misleading and presumptuous and so I.....
» 22/10/2008 1:23:08 PM Take off your blinkers, Thanks for the link to David Harvey. It's 25 years ago that I re.....
» 20/10/2008 10:16:42 PM rehctub, "So why not seek to rid a few more names while you're at it you toss! Black.....
» 20/10/2008 5:12:16 PM Polycarp, Right on cue! So predictable. You cherry pick - as ever - responding (in a mann.....
» 20/10/2008 4:41:20 PM GrahamY, When you say, "Mr Right I have my doubts about whether the $10B handouts wi.....
» 20/10/2008 2:00:08 PM David f Spot on: Polycarp's arguments amount to little more than as you put it: "1......
» 17/10/2008 10:16:24 AM Churchill: "I had to read this twice to determine that it wasn't satire...I wouldn't .....
» 17/10/2008 10:00:52 AM Steel Mann Your advice: "I don't know if your questions about God are an excuse not .....
» 16/10/2008 10:25:07 AM Polycarp: "If one religion is granted land for religious worship and there are 100 re.....
» 15/10/2008 5:36:13 PM Hey Gibo If God is everywhere, why does he let some Ministers of his religion rape small .....
» 15/10/2008 5:25:09 PM I said: "Ask them how you can make peace with God when servants of God raped you.&quo.....
» 15/10/2008 11:07:50 AM Bazzah Good on you for raising this important issue again; and thanks to others for their.....
» 15/10/2008 10:08:46 AM John von Doussa's article is a timely warning of what can happen when 'correct' laws are m.....
» 14/10/2008 7:21:53 PM Dallas: <<Now that US economist Paul Krugman has won the 2008 Nobel Economics Prize.....
» 14/10/2008 7:10:34 PM Gibo <<I will take it as TRUTH, everything that is said in The Word because I have .....
» 14/10/2008 11:19:46 AM Thanks. Your article reminded me of the pleasure I got from (accidentally) reading "T.....
» 14/10/2008 11:06:50 AM Thanks for a good article on this debacle. Apart from political backflips and quick-fix '.....
» 13/10/2008 11:40:49 AM Hear, Hear, Col! It's very sad to see the way the mantra of dog eat dog - “Every man for .....
» 13/10/2008 11:22:54 AM I like the idea of authentic quotes (the only issue might be when the quote is very long a.....
» 11/10/2008 12:16:01 AM Daggett I presume you and Divergence will soon be arguing that, just as the increase in t.....
» 10/10/2008 3:52:08 PM Daggett Good to see you still beavering away on your fixation while I've had a well-earne.....
» 9/10/2008 5:56:48 PM Mr Ariel's blatant partisanship is extraordinary. Contrast the language he uses to charac.....
» 29/09/2008 6:29:04 PM Divergence, Nice try, but a few selective quotations from a 402 page document won’t pass .....
» 29/09/2008 10:30:58 AM Daggett (my apologies for unintentionally mispelling your name) You ask what's my secret .....
» 29/09/2008 10:21:49 AM Peter Coates gives a pretty weak and one-sided defence of the authorities in this case. Th.....
» 29/09/2008 10:15:01 AM Thank you for a clear summary of the events surrounding this alarming case. It seems clea.....
» 29/09/2008 10:00:07 AM Col R OK I withdraw the inference about your sausage, but not my plea that you give us a .....
» 29/09/2008 9:55:26 AM Belly You may think jw "not worth the effort talking too". But is he right whe.....
» 29/09/2008 9:49:10 AM Gibo <<The asian races by nature through their worship, that of demons and false ea.....
» 28/09/2008 2:35:37 PM Col Rouge <<Personally, I like engaging in debate with rabid feminists. Countering t.....
» 26/09/2008 9:12:42 PM Pollypants <<People "buy" a ticket to see a professionally produced produ.....
» 26/09/2008 5:17:02 PM Polycarp: "Ive heard it said that Bush will call in Marshall law b4 the next election.....
» 26/09/2008 5:12:12 PM If they pay no taxes they shouldn't get taxpayers' money for their schools and hospitals. .....
» 26/09/2008 5:06:01 PM I found that sending a paper upstairs proposing massive budget savings in your Department .....
» 26/09/2008 4:49:01 PM As someone who has been mucked around under FOI procedures for years, I appreciated this a.....
» 26/09/2008 4:14:58 PM "Labels do matter. They are statements as much as descriptors. They are powerful, esp.....
» 24/09/2008 2:33:30 PM daggert & cacponix House prices are affected by a large number of factors - not just popu.....
» 24/09/2008 11:59:37 AM Now let me present to you Dr BOAZ as detached scholar extraordinaire. <<Actually........
» 23/09/2008 10:23:34 PM Mr Right, Your concern for your fellow citizens does you great credit! I guarantee that .....
» 23/09/2008 4:46:14 PM daggert No need for you to tell me about homelessness. I belong to a group with a very si.....
» 23/09/2008 1:42:26 PM Mr Right, "...you have said absolutely nothing convincing." I didn't imagine I .....
» 23/09/2008 1:25:12 PM daggett (Spikey here - and I was still a woman when I last checked.) You ask, "If y.....
» 23/09/2008 10:10:28 AM Polly filler Here we go! Here we go! Polly logic. You confirm that Bendle said that Burke.....
» 22/09/2008 8:05:46 PM Mr Right, You ask: "Would you please point out where my post justifies your claim: “.....
» 22/09/2008 4:02:25 PM Polycrap claims he's not indulging in another of his routine scare campaigns. He's "r.....
» 22/09/2008 12:19:03 PM Foxy Not only left-handedness! Have you seen the list of vegetarians? And those who part .....
» 22/09/2008 12:14:51 PM In other words, Mr Right, if the democratic vote goes against your opinion, it's not democ.....
» 22/09/2008 12:10:06 PM Polly waffles again. There's "a bit of a war going on at the moment", he claims.....
» 21/09/2008 6:22:38 PM Polycarp Sunday, 14 September 2008: <<TAX PAYER FUNDED CHURCHES.. can any one enlig.....
» 21/09/2008 6:09:06 PM daggett When the ABS and Immigration Department make forecasts about population growth, t.....
» 21/09/2008 11:27:48 AM Daggett The article I mentioned does include the figure 300,00 but you need to read more .....
» 20/09/2008 3:56:54 PM Banjo It seems you want to use the information that suits your case and to assert - as fa.....
» 20/09/2008 12:26:41 AM Banjo, You’re still getting it wrong but I continue to do your homework for you. The idea.....
» 19/09/2008 3:19:58 PM Efranke Mark O'Connor's article (published in 1993) is so obsolete. But worse, it is bas.....
» 18/09/2008 9:37:46 PM viking13, <<I think the point about boat and plane arrivals is this: there were ple.....
» 18/09/2008 5:32:40 PM Banjo says: <<I would like to see your evidence that more illegals have arrived by a.....
» 17/09/2008 6:54:17 PM Chris Lewis I'm not knocking your PH D. I'm sure that Brian Costar and Jim Walter would h.....
» 17/09/2008 3:26:08 PM 2legit Has it occurred to you that I am genuinely puzzled about what you meant? Communic.....
» 17/09/2008 9:56:23 AM Chris Lewis You claim that the point of your article “is to show why Rudd's rhetoric, as .....
» 16/09/2008 5:48:07 PM This is what 2legit said in response to a post of mine: <<So, the indigenous Austra.....
» 16/09/2008 11:59:43 AM Rpg <<Who is Mr Right, what did he say, when did he say it? How rudely dismissive t.....
» 16/09/2008 11:02:50 AM <<An excellent article, one which should be required reading by all politicians and .....
» 16/09/2008 10:55:25 AM It's trendy to be anti-Rudd, but this article is weak- full of contradictions and inconsis.....
» 15/09/2008 11:39:26 PM The old cold war warriors are on the attack again. plantagenet: <<Many in Labor's L.....
» 15/09/2008 5:01:02 PM rpg <<The current ALP government can dismantle the detention centres because the po.....
» 15/09/2008 4:10:10 PM poetic (licence?) <<Why are there virtually no heterosexuals In the theatre or arts.....
» 15/09/2008 11:33:48 AM daggett You are dead wrong on two matters and misleading on a third. 1. Increases in hou.....
» 15/09/2008 10:34:20 AM Sounds like special pleading to me......
» 14/09/2008 6:03:05 PM Polly Up to your usual standard of research I see: <<actually we do have anti homo.....
» 14/09/2008 5:09:20 PM John Frum You say India won't sign the non-proliferation because it would have to disarm......
» 13/09/2008 4:26:06 PM HRS <<Many millions have been deemed “not wanted” or “not suitable”, and have been .....
» 13/09/2008 12:46:20 PM Anyone else notice the gendered voting pattern in the conscience vote on abortion in Victo.....
» 13/09/2008 12:39:38 PM You can always rely on some OLO regulars to take your breath away with blatant hypocrisy. .....
» 12/09/2008 7:09:58 PM Another perspective on the role of fathers from the Melbourne Herald-Sun just before Fathe.....
» 12/09/2008 7:06:49 PM Bravo Foxy! But I'll bet it won't make a scrap of difference to the insensitive BOAZ......
» 12/09/2008 4:27:09 PM News item just in on ABC OnLine: "Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Australia and .....
» 12/09/2008 2:11:31 PM Dear Mr Sincere Researcher (alias Polly) I have been interested in your technique of sett.....
» 12/09/2008 11:20:41 AM Sam said <<Its a sad day for victoria...if we are a society of oridinary decent peo.....
» 12/09/2008 11:04:51 AM Dr Palit's article places too much reliance on the single issue of Rudd's reversal of Howa.....
» 11/09/2008 6:40:41 PM Oh listen up all you mocking swine of OLO. How little you appreciate the pearls he castes .....
» 10/09/2008 9:58:53 PM Pollycrap I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you simply didn't see these questio.....
» 10/09/2008 10:07:23 AM Polly So Jesus wants everyone to be like you? Count me out. Rub my name off your list. If.....
» 9/09/2008 9:10:50 PM Carpus, <<I've interviewed some Sikh's ad hoc and found 2 of 3 said they would use.....
» 9/09/2008 8:56:13 PM MonoCarp <<the difference in 'hotels/motels' is that it's pot luck.. you simply don.....
» 9/09/2008 6:27:59 PM Porkfeller At the outset you put your finger on the issue: <<For me personally, (a.....
» 9/09/2008 6:17:50 PM Pollywaffle, <<I'm not worried for my personal safety re the Kirpans, I'm concerne.....
» 8/09/2008 1:24:57 PM Polycarp <<Any religious group which regards certain practices as abominable, sick,.....
» 5/09/2008 11:31:34 PM BOAZYCARP <<First you ask about "Did the Sikh's have Kirpans".. I don't h.....
» 3/09/2008 11:51:12 PM franklin So an opinion poll found that most Australians polled think Australia is taking .....
» 3/09/2008 1:11:30 PM Polly Polly << up to 20% of them are at the extreme end.. though only a smaller per.....
» 3/09/2008 1:05:30 PM Mykah Yes I agree with you on boarding schools. They're so out of my league that I'd over.....
» 2/09/2008 6:22:57 AM mykah That's not a bad list of plausible reasons to explain why it's taken so long for pa.....
» 1/09/2008 11:00:16 AM <<Yesterday, (Sunday) I and a brother in Christ, went to the State Library to share .....
» 1/09/2008 10:50:23 AM Thank you Amanda. This is an insightful view of the options of the abused child who is ess.....
» 27/08/2008 11:36:55 PM CJ Morgan I know I'm safe for the reasons you give. I'm also pretty assured of not having.....
» 27/08/2008 6:27:02 PM Polly, you delicate flower. Flemington high rise was too much for you, eh? All those dar.....
» 27/08/2008 5:32:36 PM Polly I'm not anti-you. I'm anti the hypocrisy and shallowness of many of the 'ideas' in .....
» 26/08/2008 9:58:36 AM Polly, the ever-inquiring, open-minded, detached social scientist and seeker after truth, .....
» 25/08/2008 4:25:13 PM Polly You do mix with some strange people (Polly want some crackers?). Is that where yo.....
» 24/08/2008 1:14:13 PM Woolly Poolly You really don't think very clearly, do you? If you diagnose the problem in.....
» 23/08/2008 6:23:10 PM Pollyana <<ANSWER.. the reason is.. 'difference'.>> But have you forgotten .....
» 22/08/2008 7:27:05 PM What a parade of sad sore losers posting their whinges here. Get over it people. There's.....
» 22/08/2008 7:22:08 PM Polly I heard there is a ghetto in London - near Shepherd's Bush and Kensington. Expatria.....
» 20/08/2008 6:07:28 PM Cuphandle What sort of 'argument' do you think that is? A person creates a false descript.....
» 20/08/2008 1:02:45 AM Polycarp, What a great comedian you are. You of all people telling others to "leave .....
» 18/08/2008 12:55:43 PM The Law Reform Commission has produced a massive report with close to 300 recommendations .....
» 18/08/2008 10:10:00 AM RobP Forget the name calling which is not helpful. Stay with the issue. In the light of .....
» 18/08/2008 10:02:30 AM Divergence, That's a long-winded way of saying you haven't got any evidence relevant to y.....
» 17/08/2008 4:23:48 PM RobP, You introduced the word 'racist' by saying that I implied it. Dumb eh? Anyway, fo.....
» 17/08/2008 3:52:23 PM Cuphandle, rushing to a beseiged Pollybabble's aid: <<There are reports of "rac.....
» 17/08/2008 12:54:35 AM RobP, I don't accuse you of being racist. That's your own interpretation - and your own w.....
» 16/08/2008 3:06:25 PM socratease So the exclusivity that concerns you is not being locked out of affluent white.....
» 16/08/2008 2:51:05 PM Pollybabble<<...well I don't answer many questions.. because many stem from adhomine.....
» 16/08/2008 2:12:37 PM Pollybabble: <<"Liar"? that's a pretty serious allegation.. Evidence?>&.....
» 16/08/2008 1:28:47 AM Polycarp, I think you're having a touch of the Collywobbles. Your last half dozen posts h.....
» 15/08/2008 6:17:18 PM socratease <<Lets have NO MORE migrants who live in closed communities and who hate.....
» 15/08/2008 5:47:57 PM Polybabble <<Spikey.. your coloful [sic] and lengthy post did nothing to add to the .....
» 14/08/2008 2:28:27 PM Divergence, The first time you resort to Australian evidence to support your assertions .....
» 14/08/2008 12:54:49 PM “No one has yet been able to identify where the right to privacy comes from and why we nee.....
» 13/08/2008 6:23:49 PM Paul.L <<Its funny that the left, who have been in bed with so many totalitarian reg.....
» 13/08/2008 2:24:17 PM PolyBOA answers my question, "Who will be next?" with this gem: "Well I hop.....
» 13/08/2008 1:01:08 PM Polybabble, Thanks for your gratuitous blessing. But I can live a decent life without th.....
» 13/08/2008 12:34:45 AM Divergence, You are not a very careful reader. You claim I have asserted that "noth.....
» 12/08/2008 3:49:43 PM runner, Be careful mate. ASIO might be plugged in to this! On the other hand, YOU might .....
» 12/08/2008 11:08:20 AM Let's see if I've got this Hussain case right. 1. An Australian citizen travels overseas .....
» 11/08/2008 6:22:45 PM R0bert Thanks for the tip-off. I begin to see the pattern......
» 11/08/2008 6:19:11 PM haygirl, I respect your point-of-view. I think we'll both have to agree to disagree on th.....
» 11/08/2008 6:01:22 PM Divergence, As I said in my last posting (and you ignored) " This Forum is debating.....
» 11/08/2008 3:25:37 PM Fractelle, philips and CJ Morgan, I'm sorry I fed the jackal. I thought he stunk worse th.....
» 11/08/2008 3:20:32 PM Haygirl I'm sorry I have to disagree with you. I normally think you make a lot of sense)......
» 11/08/2008 12:17:23 PM PolyBOAZ What a cheap, salacious and perverse piece you've manufactured today! First you.....
» 11/08/2008 11:50:55 AM Divergence <<I did give some opinion, but I note that you don't introduce evidence t.....
» 9/08/2008 12:39:12 PM Dear PolyBOAZ I know your attack on me is a strategy of deflection. But nevertheless, I'l.....
» 8/08/2008 5:38:38 PM Divergence <<I have raised some facts and given my sources.>> Let's look at .....
» 8/08/2008 2:30:49 PM Country Girl, We may disagree on why pedophiles were able to get away with sexual abuse i.....
» 8/08/2008 2:12:51 PM Well said, GYM-FISH. Ludwig and Divergence, haven't you heard? The old fear-mongering doe.....
» 8/08/2008 2:07:13 PM examinator, <<I don't believe Powell's ideas were/are wrong the SCIENTIFIC facts pro.....
» 8/08/2008 11:22:23 AM wearyMum, Yes there was a big stink recently in England - well Jersey to be precise - in.....
» 7/08/2008 3:42:41 PM Cuphandle, "So you lot really believe that Enoch Powell was wrong, do you?" Yes.....
» 7/08/2008 3:23:13 PM RobP, It's a strange argument that you use: 'Some Iraqis' haven't found things to be as .....
» 7/08/2008 3:05:02 PM Country Gal, I knew you had to be joking! However, there is a serious movement in the US.....
» 7/08/2008 12:32:55 PM fluff4: You ask why kids were in orphanages, and then answer: "Mostly it was threaten.....
» 7/08/2008 12:02:22 PM David Polycarp is at it again. If you challenge his racism, he accuses you of...racism! .....
» 7/08/2008 11:44:21 AM Country Girl You can't be serious! Look at the Care Leavers of Australia Network (CLAN) s.....
» 7/08/2008 11:17:00 AM Anna Saulwick's article demonstrates that the old shameful order of mandatory detention in.....
» 6/08/2008 11:28:40 PM Cuphandle: '...we should be encouraging EVERYONE to stay in his or her own country and sim.....
» 5/08/2008 3:52:22 PM DAVID Polycarp You reveal the essential difference between Enoch Powell and Adolf Hitler......
» 5/08/2008 10:47:15 AM Flo Things must have changed in the child removal business since my day. I challenge you.....
» 5/08/2008 10:29:49 AM rstuart Thanks for the offer. I appreciate it. However, I have to decline. Last time the .....
» 5/08/2008 10:23:51 AM Is David Polycarp so short of new ideas that he has to dredge up this tired old stuff? Com.....
» 5/08/2008 10:08:56 AM Thanks for another interesting article Stephen. I too support the strategies you listed f.....
» 4/08/2008 9:48:15 PM rstuart Thanks for that very interesting tally. I don't suppose it's possible to tally t.....
» 2/08/2008 4:46:00 PM It's a shame that some people are happy with mediocrity - and even worse, actually advocat.....
» 1/08/2008 4:55:33 PM Ludwig, You say: "...I’m not sure exactly what you mean by ‘quality’". Your ow.....
» 1/08/2008 2:42:26 PM Thank you mjpb. That wasn't so hard to say, was it?.....
» 1/08/2008 2:40:45 PM SusanP Who's a tad defensive, then? Let's change the needle and see if that helps you out.....
» 1/08/2008 10:13:51 AM mjpb You show a touching concern for priests accused of sexual abuse and I'm sure your sy.....
» 1/08/2008 10:07:38 AM I first started looking at OLO when a family member was reading and writing for it (using .....
» 30/07/2008 7:04:53 PM mjpb: "Does putting it that way make it any clearer?" No! Are you saying what .....
» 30/07/2008 6:55:04 PM dovif2 & BN Have you missed the point? Six months gaol for holding a stop-work meeting se.....
» 30/07/2008 11:36:42 AM John Passant, thanks for this interesting article. What's the betting that Washington exp.....
» 30/07/2008 11:27:47 AM Thank you James Dunn. I found this a very fair summary of the East Timor report. I think y.....
» 25/07/2008 10:18:19 AM Frank Brennan is overly generous in his assessment of the Catholic Church's 'Towards Heali.....
» 24/07/2008 5:48:41 PM Foxy Thank you for initiating this discussion. It's been very interesting, but I think yo.....
» 24/07/2008 2:45:55 PM mjpb You just don't get it , do you? e.g. a question like "Why were real victims wh.....
» 24/07/2008 12:46:02 PM George: "...I could not have answered your questions better than mjpb even if I want.....
» 23/07/2008 2:05:14 PM mjpb George (both of them) will be well pleased with your answers; but on any objective v.....
» 23/07/2008 9:15:49 AM George Yes, but what do you think of the questions, and what are your answers? Substance.....
» 22/07/2008 3:13:31 PM mjpb - "...I agree with Veronika to a point that continence is the theologically impo.....
» 22/07/2008 3:00:50 PM Pete plantagenet To expect Williams in one short article to produce all the facts about w.....
» 22/07/2008 12:13:07 PM The argument for celibacy of Roman Catholic clergy is clearly not a Biblical one. Nothin.....
» 22/07/2008 10:49:20 AM George Williams' article raises many telling points which the Rudd Government must now add.....
» 22/07/2008 10:40:30 AM The failure of Cardinal Pell and the Catholic Church in Australia to understand what they .....
» 20/07/2008 4:40:46 PM huffnpuff/Michael I absolutely agree with you that it's now time for Prime Minister Rudd .....
» 20/07/2008 4:29:13 PM Austin Powerless So little self-awareness. I'd be very worried if you were my father. Tha.....
» 17/07/2008 10:58:28 PM Get a look at Col's lack of self-awareness - or is it hypocrsy? Listen to this: "All.....
» 17/07/2008 4:07:57 PM Austin Powerless says: "...I never react in anger. I wait until I have assessed whate.....
» 17/07/2008 12:35:48 PM Foxy, thanks for your sympathetic post. I think there are several separable issues here. .....
» 16/07/2008 6:05:59 PM No mjpb, I was referring to you inability to concede that Cardinal Pell might have, perhap.....
» 16/07/2008 2:46:37 PM mjpb My archbishop right or wrong?.....
» 15/07/2008 11:21:11 PM Lateline tonight. Yet another Pell mishandling of a very serious rape case by one of his .....
» 15/07/2008 6:54:00 PM mjpb My nick-name is Spikey. And Chris MacIsaac had not had a sex change when I last saw .....
» 15/07/2008 6:16:00 PM Austin Powerless How did I know you were in a rage? As it happened I did disagree with yo.....
» 14/07/2008 3:36:43 PM mjpb, I admit my errors. e.g. on 10 July I clarified that "...Pell and Ridsdale were.....
» 14/07/2008 11:31:41 AM mjpb, "The program he [Pell] introduced to address clergy abuse has been lauded by a.....
» 14/07/2008 11:03:29 AM Pericles, Yes I accept your point about examples of Christian charity - that's why my fat.....
» 14/07/2008 10:55:46 AM Hasbeen "...recent studies showing public transport produces more CO2 per passenger .....
» 13/07/2008 2:03:20 AM TurnRightThenLeft, You're spot on when you say that balance is not about equal numbers on.....
» 13/07/2008 1:48:36 AM George You seem to be asserting that's it's more important to put on a good show than to .....
» 12/07/2008 12:09:45 PM George, Your right. Lots of us think that if Cardinal Pell won't take any notice and won'.....
» 11/07/2008 11:32:35 PM George, Leonie Sheedy is calling on the Pope to apologise while he is in Australia. You m.....
» 11/07/2008 7:03:37 PM FYI An apology by the Pope is essential for all care survivors raised in Australia’s 114 .....
» 11/07/2008 5:15:11 PM Pericles Your experience of the Salvation Army (SA) is valid. You saw them as compassiona.....
» 11/07/2008 12:45:56 PM Col Rouge We can't all be as perfect as you. You looked after your children - the rest of.....
» 11/07/2008 12:40:22 PM mjpb, Thanks for clarifying that you're not defending Ridsdale or the status quo (althou.....
» 11/07/2008 10:50:18 AM Foxy My father had a long association with the Salvation Army and I was kindly disposed t.....
» 10/07/2008 11:01:19 PM Mr Jones has been trying to get justice for years and his advisers have been pretty smart .....
» 10/07/2008 2:38:19 PM Pericles I think Mr BOAZ has done a runner (and left it to runner). I think Polycarp doe.....
» 10/07/2008 2:31:41 PM mjpb Thank you for the additional forensic detail. And your point is...? Defence of Rids.....
» 10/07/2008 11:56:49 AM Austin Powerless, You ask: "When someone becomes a beast, surely that is a rejection.....
» 10/07/2008 10:57:10 AM I have great sympathy for neighbours who fear for the safety of their children when known .....
» 10/07/2008 10:24:25 AM mjpb Yes, Pell and Ridsdale were some years apart in their schooling (at the same school .....
» 10/07/2008 9:39:56 AM Dear Richard Castles You say: "A lot of words and still avoiding the point, spikey. .....
» 9/07/2008 3:22:01 PM mjpb, your defense of Cardinal Pell – ‘The innuendo is that Pell was lying when he said he.....
» 9/07/2008 12:26:49 PM Franklin Thanks for the references. One problem: I could not open the Betts paper - perh.....
» 9/07/2008 11:51:19 AM Dear Richard, I have no wish for you to be hit by a bus. Being hit by some logic would be.....
» 9/07/2008 11:19:37 AM Cardinal Pell excuses himself this week by saying he made an error. The man has form. Pe.....
» 9/07/2008 10:33:10 AM Rob Moodie: "We need greater public awareness about the long-term consequences of chi.....
» 9/07/2008 10:16:15 AM Peter Sellick: "For we know that any attempt at purity that relies on our own efforts.....
» 9/07/2008 12:04:59 AM Dear, oh dear Richard, When in trouble dissimulate and render meanings obscure. You conce.....
» 8/07/2008 10:21:17 AM Dear Richard So pleased to see that you are making a little progress, albeit slowly. Alth.....
» 8/07/2008 10:13:22 AM Corri: "A final thought ... the positive from this debate is that we are finally over.....
» 8/07/2008 10:02:18 AM Thank you Frank Brennan for this eminently reasonable argument against the ludicrous legis.....
» 7/07/2008 5:19:45 PM Faustino really typifies a certain type of posting on OLO that gives this site a poor name.....
» 7/07/2008 10:10:56 AM Richard Castles, Thanks for your apology for assuming I am male because you assume that S.....
» 6/07/2008 1:19:51 PM Richard Castles on Saturday: "... there’s nothing wrong with changing your mind".....
» 6/07/2008 12:34:51 AM Gerry: I want you to write a final article for OLO explaining why you've decided not to wr.....
» 5/07/2008 3:00:48 PM In case you missed it on comments on Clive Hamilton's article: Thank you, rstuart, for re.....
» 5/07/2008 2:57:54 PM Thank you, rstuart, for reminding us that it's not so long ago that Graham Young was makin.....
» 4/07/2008 3:49:13 PM Franklin Notwithstanding Goebbels, no matter how often you repeat the mantra, it won't be.....
» 4/07/2008 2:37:20 PM GrahamY this morning: “An ethical approach to argument avoids ad hominem attacks and conce.....
» 4/07/2008 10:54:35 AM Duncan73": What a shame there isn't a hardcopy edition of Online Opinion so Clive cou.....
» 4/07/2008 10:46:01 AM Hamilton’s farewell piece is “replete with irony piled upon irony”, says Young. His own pi.....
» 3/07/2008 4:17:28 PM Clive Hamilton’s claim that OLO has been captured by propagandists is accurate and validat.....
» 2/07/2008 11:10:28 PM Runner posted this doozy: "I really don't know why Spikey and others who hate free sp.....
» 2/07/2008 4:21:55 PM Franklin I agree with you that the asylum seeker debate was divisive. And that - at the h.....
» 2/07/2008 3:59:16 PM Let's face it, OLO standards are getting poorer by the day. Evidence? Look at the hysteri.....
» 1/07/2008 10:04:38 PM Mr Right When did your family migrate to Australia?.....
» 27/06/2008 7:53:44 PM Franklin on Wednesday: "The major problem with Australia’s refugee program being ba.....
» 27/06/2008 1:46:24 PM Having been shown to be right off beam with his wild assertion that Australia’s refugee pr.....
» 25/06/2008 3:32:27 PM Mr BOAZ Your "re-establishment of the facts" is classic self-deception. What y.....
» 25/06/2008 2:03:22 PM Franklin opens (opines) with : "The major problem with Australia’s refugee program be.....
» 24/06/2008 10:51:00 AM Mr BOAZ You may be obtuse or you may be deliberately missing the point. The issue is not .....
» 23/06/2008 11:43:23 PM Mr BOAZ, why do you persist with such empty sophistry? A person either goes to prison or h.....
» 23/06/2008 11:58:02 AM Prof Flint, as usual, let's his obsession with retention of the British monarchy in the an.....
» 22/06/2008 8:35:55 PM Mr BOAZ, you say "Yes..I was "incomplete" about Green being physically jail.....
» 20/06/2008 7:06:41 PM Haralambos Your opinion that one opinion is not better than another may be true for OLO a.....
» 20/06/2008 11:41:14 AM Haralambos This topic raises further important questions like: Is one opinion better than.....
» 20/06/2008 12:53:24 AM MR BOAZ: "...spikey (sic)...just makes an ad homimen. (Spikey.. don't bother I'm immu.....
» 19/06/2008 2:34:31 PM Definition: FACT: Normal dictionary: - something that is true, something that actually.....
» 17/06/2008 1:56:24 PM Really Mr BOAZ, the more you defend yourself the worse you make your position. You argue .....
» 17/06/2008 12:41:16 PM BOAZ: "Article on Siev X -> ignore bin. Reason: Attempted capitalizing on sentimen.....
» 17/06/2008 12:35:31 PM BOAZ asserts that "OLO is about 'working together toward truth'". Well blow me d.....
» 16/06/2008 2:50:17 PM Who is this wacky BOAZ character? "This whole thread is about INtolerance where peop.....
» 12/06/2008 4:48:16 PM BOAZ says: "The point you dear folks continually miss.. (still) is that sharing the G.....
» 12/06/2008 4:42:56 PM A good news story Stephen. Loved it. Thanks for sharing Kev's humanity and good humour wit.....
» 11/06/2008 11:30:51 AM Jayb Your concern for Huffnpuff is ill-informed and insensitive, I'm afraid. The people .....
» 10/06/2008 3:46:36 PM BOAZ probably doesn't mean to be hypocritical. He can't help himself because he just doesn.....
» 10/06/2008 3:32:01 PM In his ill-informed and intemperate article, Joel Butler concedes that his “end of the wor.....
» 6/06/2008 12:10:01 PM Both Hetty Johnson and CJ Morgan are wrong to put the emphasis on intention or purpose (ju.....
» 4/06/2008 8:29:47 PM BOAZ asks: "did you by any chance read the link to my previous post on that subject? .....
» 3/06/2008 3:57:06 PM BOAZ says: "ONE NATION, ONE CULTURE ONE RACE.. is my long sounded catch cry." N.....
» 2/06/2008 8:55:49 PM Efranke says: "History has demonstrated time and time again that ethnic, cultural, li.....
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