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» 31/03/2014 7:10:31 PM This is a very strange article. The chain of logic is thus: Women are presented with the .....
» 26/03/2014 4:52:15 PM Pretty good metrics, there isn't anything I can take issue with here, though I am somewhat.....
» 25/03/2014 5:49:41 PM Simple logic breakdown: Shelton's assertion is that charity endeavors should not be taxed.....
» 25/03/2014 5:44:12 PM Left or right, both have idiots. But the stupidest ones tend to be the ones that tar the e.....
» 24/04/2013 8:07:48 PM Been a very long time since I logged in to comment... Anyway, the premise of the thread s.....
» 27/09/2012 8:32:50 PM My central point remains, Arjay. Every comment you make is evidence that the US has more .....
» 25/09/2012 8:38:03 PM Damn, Arjay. I knew you had all kinds of conspiracy hangups, but your blind-spot toward Ch.....
» 23/09/2012 8:11:33 PM I concurred with the initial thesis - it isn't fair to give dogs special treatment, as opp.....
» 23/08/2012 2:06:20 AM Diver Dan, you say to the Doc: "You attempt to coalesce argument from this article, .....
» 14/08/2012 8:30:55 PM Roses, the points that you and Geoff make apply to China far more than they apply to the U.....
» 7/08/2012 1:55:20 AM Alas, I miss CJ. I rather enjoyed his comments. On the anonymity issue: I imagine that .....
» 17/07/2012 10:10:46 PM Again, Arjay, all I can say is: http://www.xkcd.com/1081/ Whee! Someday you'll learn ho.....
» 17/07/2012 1:21:54 AM I agree with you Hasbeen on 'the car lost control'. That's an abrogation of responsibility.....
» 17/07/2012 12:41:26 AM Damn well said Bazz. Arjay, I saw this comic and instantly thought of you. http://www.xk.....
» 11/07/2012 1:34:53 AM mralstoner. You just skimmed the piece, didn't you? You've come in with a rigid preconcep.....
» 10/07/2012 11:00:26 PM Extreme logic fail. This article takes individual anecdotes, that the author doesn't even.....
» 20/06/2012 6:30:51 PM My personal feelings regarding Assange are rather negative. I think Wikileaks was a wonder.....
» 18/06/2012 12:39:56 PM Of course, a less pandering translation of your comment would be： A) Abbott was pr.....
» 7/06/2012 12:47:48 PM Senior Victorian - all that sophistry, be it yours or mine, doesn't change the fact that y.....
» 6/06/2012 1:31:15 PM Senior Victorian I consider myself, broadly speaking, reasonably libertarian. I also know.....
» 31/05/2012 6:59:31 PM rhostry, I read your comments and couldn't let those misconceptions stand without pointing.....
» 28/05/2012 12:03:18 PM A picture can paint a thousand words. With all due respect, Wei Ling, the South China Sea.....
» 4/05/2012 8:50:07 PM Speaking as someone who has lived in various parts of China for several years, speaks the .....
» 28/03/2012 7:53:06 PM Nice try csteele - there's no mate. Just one guy......
» 25/03/2012 3:48:20 PM This one's an oldie, but it's pretty neat and tidy. An anthropologist is studying a coupl.....
» 11/03/2012 1:51:19 PM Dear me. Reading the article I predicted there'd be at least one silly bugger to pop up an.....
» 31/01/2012 12:56:55 AM Wobbles, I'd agree with most of what you say, but your analysis of Rudd's weaknesses seems.....
» 7/01/2012 4:00:29 PM Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the gist of this entire article, stripped of sophistry, .....
» 4/01/2012 10:40:41 PM I dunno Pericles. Maybe I'm just getting tired of the religion debate in general, but I've.....
» 30/12/2011 7:21:39 PM Thoughtful piece Mr O'Brien. I'd have to concur with most of the sentiments, though I stil.....
» 21/11/2011 12:42:04 PM Actually pericles, I think the champagne 'Arjay' moment was when he described the powerbro.....
» 17/11/2011 3:00:51 PM I have a very simple chain of logic that I humbly put forward in an effort to resolve the .....
» 4/11/2011 3:57:52 PM Hasbeen, you state: "Turn right turn left, the moment anyone starts rabbiting on abo.....
» 4/11/2011 12:40:40 PM There are a few things we need to face up to - the first is that unlike people, not all op.....
» 19/10/2011 12:15:16 PM I don't have as many issue with doctors taking home large salaries - after all, they have .....
» 17/10/2011 5:53:25 PM I'd say I stand halfway between the skepticism of Yabby and Shadow Minister, and the more .....
» 16/10/2011 3:05:52 PM This piece actually outlines my thoughts very well. Yes, it's from a humour site, but that.....
» 15/10/2011 3:19:18 PM Jay: Four bucks a bottle of water!? Hell, we oughta organize a separate protest against t.....
» 14/10/2011 6:17:06 PM Most of you are probably aware that a protest movement is taking place in the US. The main.....
» 9/10/2011 10:16:45 PM I agree with you in that we do live in a closed environment. Some spent resources can't be.....
» 9/10/2011 10:16:26 PM Interesting variety of posts. For my few cents, I'd say: Squeers: I've got to agree with .....
» 25/09/2011 9:20:12 PM Pericles, further to Chris's comments regarding differences between China and India. One o.....
» 23/09/2011 6:55:58 PM Pericles, these 'immense barriers' come in many forms. I'll try to list some specific iss.....
» 15/09/2011 4:14:59 PM To me, this is where the train left the station: "Firstly, whether or not the number.....
» 1/09/2011 11:44:36 AM Some very good points there rstuart, I can only agree with most of that. I like your point.....
» 31/08/2011 1:03:41 AM "I must admit the left are good at denigration, about the only thing they are good at.....
» 30/08/2011 4:30:59 PM Scarcely a day goes by without someone warning us about the evils of social networking. W.....
» 26/08/2011 3:46:13 PM I agree with you Mollydukes, up to a point. You blame the Murdoch media that "will pu.....
» 26/08/2011 1:58:17 PM Yes, it's nice to see someone calmly discussing the issue. The hysteria has been a bit muc.....
» 25/08/2011 3:35:25 PM Oops, I quoted Jones as saying it was an 'attack' on democracy. He actually said "it.....
» 25/08/2011 3:33:16 PM Shadow Minister, Hasbeen - It's reasonable enough to oppose the carbon tax. It's reasona.....
» 24/08/2011 1:22:59 PM No, ShadowMinister. I do chide Labor for a number of policies. Conroy's internet filter i.....
» 24/08/2011 12:06:07 PM "The Fed and its' Wall St cronies are the lowest form of life on our planet.May they .....
» 24/08/2011 12:03:30 PM "That you would use such language to attack me, and not any of the other clearly bias.....
» 23/08/2011 8:52:46 PM Why, Shadow Minister? At present, every single thing you post is a critique of Labor. Cri.....
» 23/08/2011 3:22:23 PM SM, my challenge wasn't specific to sexual allegations. By all means, feel free to demonst.....
» 23/08/2011 12:12:24 PM Disregard first post. I clicked post comment instead of post revision, then clicked post r.....
» 23/08/2011 12:10:51 PM Shadow Minister: On the surface, he appears to be corrupt. It's certainly very damning fo.....
» 23/08/2011 12:10:48 PM Shadow Minister: On the surface, he appears to be corrupt. It's certainly very damning fo.....
» 23/08/2011 12:05:47 PM This, Arjay, is the crux of why you're gathering so many enemies. "All of you consta.....
» 22/08/2011 4:36:56 PM Sure, Formersnag, they've enjoyed foreign investment on their terms. Since the 70s it's wh.....
» 22/08/2011 11:32:05 AM Arjay! Mind your manners or you can go to your bedroom right now! It's impolite to tell y.....
» 22/08/2011 11:23:18 AM Protectionism is generally seen as a dirty word, and I'll agree that most of the time it b.....
» 18/08/2011 4:00:00 PM Actually, I'm not vehemently in favour of same sex marriage. As a religious cultural cerem.....
» 18/08/2011 3:56:02 PM Sometimes I think I find Muehlenberg's logic even more objectionable than his attitudes. I.....
» 15/08/2011 1:26:07 PM I find it concerning that the author simply regurgitates the views of vested interests wit.....
» 4/08/2011 6:28:02 PM Excellent point Hazza. Actually, my choice of OLO moniker way back in the day was to expre.....
» 4/08/2011 1:58:37 PM Good point King Hazza and I agree totally, but I guess my point is that partisan pieces of.....
» 2/08/2011 4:06:44 PM I flatter myself that I read a wide variety of material from both the left and the right. .....
» 15/07/2011 4:52:43 PM SM-I'll do you the courtesy of actually addressing the points you're making. I'd apprecia.....
» 15/07/2011 12:58:34 PM Shadow Minister, enough with the 'Juliar' line. It's childish and does you no credit. I'.....
» 6/07/2011 12:53:59 PM I found that learning Mandarin provided an interesting contrast to English, but it wasn't .....
» 6/07/2011 10:00:54 AM Until recently Bo Xilai wasn't in the running to join the committee of 8 Chinese leaders w.....
» 20/06/2011 4:02:53 PM I don't disagree with any particular point you make there rstuart, but I'd make a couple o.....
» 20/06/2011 12:35:24 PM Ruth1, you point out that young demographics are the hallmark of poorer countries. This is.....
» 18/06/2011 5:44:22 PM Cont'd. In addition, local governments often get ridiculous sums of money that they have .....
» 18/06/2011 5:37:02 PM Fester, I'd say again that infrastructure isn't China's problem. It's less difficult to bu.....
» 17/06/2011 2:29:24 AM Fester, I think you'll find you're on a hiding to nowhere with that line of criticism. I m.....
» 16/06/2011 10:01:13 PM I don't have a problem with the sustainability argument that more migrants ultimately make.....
» 16/06/2011 9:49:23 PM Not a bad piece. Doesn't mention how keen China is to avoid multilateral agreements, inste.....
» 2/06/2011 11:52:04 PM Oh no! You're telling me that MacGyver's dislike of guns and preference for intelligent s.....
» 12/05/2011 9:50:12 PM There's cultural element, but it's a very small part of the equation. The answer, as usual.....
» 11/05/2011 2:10:12 PM The more I thought about this article, the more silly the premise became. If Osama had se.....
» 9/05/2011 2:47:43 PM Poirot, that tends to oversimplify things. Loudmouth makes some very good points regarding.....
» 8/05/2011 5:00:02 PM It's not just detective stories and time travel. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew.....
» 6/05/2011 9:04:24 PM I seem to recall an adage about the most probably explanation being the truth. This artic.....
» 6/05/2011 2:15:53 AM Sigh. When I opened this article, I expected something that might enunciate why terrorism .....
» 5/05/2011 4:10:59 PM As you say rexw, it's all in the mathematics. Number of countries China shares a land-bor.....
» 5/05/2011 3:05:21 PM What a stupid, stupid idea. I don't quite agree with Pericles and Houellebecq that having.....
» 3/04/2011 8:40:04 PM Arjay, I've no doubt that the Japanese Government has been less than forthright. However, .....
» 3/04/2011 3:23:20 PM Nice, Arjay. Finally you've posted a link to something which will conclusively be proven t.....
» 24/03/2011 6:27:36 PM BPT, I'm struggling to find any part of your posts that aren't a logical fallacy. Nowhere .....
» 18/03/2011 8:12:51 PM vanna, I really doubt that would work. To be honest, I think the child being questioned wo.....
» 22/02/2011 11:52:49 PM runner, if you wrap children in cotton wool, then don't be surprised if they can't deal wi.....
» 25/01/2011 7:43:48 PM Nice piece. I think the piece Mr Hume is asking for would be inaccessible to most readers .....
» 14/12/2010 4:27:17 PM Reads like the China Daily opinion pieces. A newspaper that doesn't allow contrary opinio.....
» 3/11/2010 12:47:25 PM This article overlooks too many issues. I don't agree at all. 1)As Stezza mentioned, poli.....
» 15/10/2010 1:44:52 PM David - earlier I made the point that at least in the US, Fox News is free to criticize th.....
» 13/10/2010 5:44:24 PM David G. People in China aren't given news critical of the government. Liu Xiaobo dared t.....
» 13/10/2010 2:21:43 PM Runner, five simple questions for you to answer. Is a child an elderly person? Is a todd.....
» 13/10/2010 2:03:41 PM Chris, I pretty much concur with what you've written here. There was a brilliant piece in.....
» 13/10/2010 1:39:05 AM So the worst case scenario: poor, desperate women, possibly fearing violent repercussions .....
» 13/10/2010 1:37:02 AM For just a moment, can we forget about the morality issue and focus on the practical reali.....
» 12/10/2010 12:35:34 AM *sigh*. Pericles, you are of course, quite right. Though given that this is the first tim.....
» 9/10/2010 12:53:26 PM Some words from the man himself. He wrote these when he was facing trial for creating char.....
» 9/10/2010 3:03:26 AM Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the Nobel Peace Prize. http://www.guardian.co.uk/wor.....
» 7/10/2010 2:19:17 PM vanna, I think you'll find that most decent roles models don't whinge about feminised scho.....
» 6/10/2010 11:41:01 PM Absolutely, Cornflower. Whole-assed conspiracy theories are half as entertaining and twice.....
» 6/10/2010 9:13:51 PM I just wikipedia'd (can that be a verb yet?) the illuminati and was most amused to discove.....
» 5/10/2010 1:06:00 PM Arjay, my reaction wasn't against the fact that you were indicating that the virus may be .....
» 4/10/2010 11:55:25 AM "Perhaps we should all do daily print outs of our bank accounts,since it seems that a.....
» 4/10/2010 11:46:59 AM Egad Melinda. There are so many worthwhile examples of sexism in society. You could be t.....
» 23/09/2010 12:20:55 PM Reist makes a fair point about the hypocrisy of claiming to oppose an 'ideal' standard for.....
» 14/09/2010 1:16:34 PM 20 years is a long time when it comes to research, SM. Consider copyright law - I seem to.....
» 5/09/2010 4:14:10 PM Enough with the illogical idiocy being spewed forth from both sides. Here's some simple lo.....
» 30/08/2010 12:41:48 PM Of course, there is an element of racism in the community. As there is with all communitie.....
» 27/08/2010 1:36:00 PM Despite the use of impressive words such as dendochronology, it still comes down to making.....
» 25/08/2010 12:15:07 AM Those who envision a political revolution in the style of Tiananmen would be the catalyst .....
» 16/08/2010 3:41:29 PM I quite like this piece. While I disagree with Brennan about issues like gay marriage and .....
» 20/07/2010 1:34:25 PM Nice piece. As someone who has spent a fair number of years in China, I can only concur wi.....
» 31/05/2010 11:39:23 AM Brian, I strongly half-agree and strongly half-disagree. I've spent more than a few years.....
» 31/05/2010 11:25:55 AM I agree wholeheartedly with the author. I wish more people could see beyond their immediat.....
» 12/05/2010 11:52:43 AM Crikey Malcolm. I don't consider myself an anti-populationist, but when you throw all kind.....
» 30/04/2010 3:14:37 PM We've been down this road before. I for one, am amenable to considering the laws regarding.....
» 24/04/2010 10:11:50 PM So now we have the Zionist conspiracy as well as the US government, Federal Reserve and Wa.....
» 23/04/2010 12:28:58 AM Point 2: All this comparing whatnot, judging the merits of this'n'that and assessing the v.....
» 23/04/2010 12:27:20 AM Now now children. Play nice, and I'll let you out to recess. My apologies for interjectin.....
» 12/04/2010 11:38:31 AM Nice piece Peter. Having spent some time in China myself, I couldn't agree more with this .....
» 10/04/2010 10:52:17 PM I am serious King Hazza, mainly because I don't think the many, many creationists out ther.....
» 9/04/2010 1:47:24 PM Good points people, it's a shame that such painstaking research can be dismissed so easily.....
» 9/04/2010 2:40:56 AM A missing link has been found, bearing characteristics of both humans and primates: http:.....
» 8/04/2010 5:28:58 PM snake, Leigh. You give fine examples of those mentioned in the text, who simultaneously w.....
» 8/04/2010 5:14:49 PM It seems unfair to gang up on the rangas. Sometimes they can be just like people. As for .....
» 22/03/2010 11:40:13 AM It's easy to say bullying is wrong, but it can be a jungle out there. I went to a few dif.....
» 22/03/2010 11:22:55 AM Pretty damn one-sided Mr Ariel. I'm reminded of that clip of Rumsfeld taken just prior to .....
» 25/02/2010 12:09:03 AM Everybody! Everybody! There's a matter that must be addressed immediately! It has come to.....
» 24/02/2010 12:32:47 PM Whilst the author makes some good points, I can't help but feel he's missing the point her.....
» 24/02/2010 12:40:32 AM Didn't say it's a good idea Dallas. Just said that it's a different kettle of fish to Chin.....
» 23/02/2010 10:58:39 AM Nice piece Arthur. Bryan, I think you also fail to take into account that in Australia, h.....
» 17/02/2010 12:20:52 PM Ah. I'd forgotten I was at the headquarters of the one-eyed-male-victim-society. Cheer up.....
» 17/02/2010 1:05:47 AM Cornflower, the article you put forward is indeed quite interesting and despite considerin.....
» 16/02/2010 11:04:39 AM Barbara, there are a number of things I take issue with. I'm glad the government is consu.....
» 15/02/2010 2:53:04 PM Where to begin with this stupidity. "If this is what comes with a free society, do w.....
» 13/02/2010 5:37:09 AM I've been blessed, insofar as I've always travelled. Before I was independent, my family t.....
» 12/02/2010 8:22:35 PM dalma. A few points. Firstly, I don't think the author is a news ltd journalist. Your poi.....
» 11/02/2010 1:51:07 PM Nice piece Chris. Although I've lived in China for quite some time and do have a deep and .....
» 10/02/2010 8:51:14 AM Ah yes. Demolition via deconstruction. At least it was well constructed, props for that. .....
» 9/02/2010 12:50:03 PM Two points Ozandy: For all your commentary about how society has changed recently, I thin.....
» 5/02/2010 1:45:59 PM With all due respect Brian, you're just as wrong as you are right. I've lived in China my.....
» 4/02/2010 7:54:43 PM With all due respect Rapscallion, you didn't actually mention any new details about Haiti .....
» 3/02/2010 7:52:32 PM It's easy to take extreme examples such as these and use them to bash whichever group you .....
» 3/02/2010 7:11:41 PM There are two kinds of political commentator: Those who work from reality. Those who work.....
» 30/01/2010 11:22:31 PM Arjay: "Monckton said that World Govt was mentioned several times.It was hidden in s.....
» 27/01/2010 12:59:59 AM Arjay, you state: "TRTL. Since when is the Australian News Paper the font of all know.....
» 26/01/2010 11:48:01 AM A few points Arjay, Calamity. There are plenty of examples of politicians in Australia, w.....
» 25/01/2010 11:02:59 AM Yes, we're politically illiterate. As are most western nations, and surprisingly, our gove.....
» 25/01/2010 11:02:25 AM Sock-Rateez, I get the distinct impression that in this forum, you're chalking up differen.....
» 21/01/2010 10:52:09 AM Excellent work Mr Sato, I can only wish you luck in the upcoming trial. The Sea Shepherd .....
» 20/01/2010 11:26:31 AM runner, I'm not entirely sure what you're getting it. Sockrateez, I'd make a few points. .....
» 16/01/2010 11:11:51 AM Interesting points, rstuart. I wonder if the mainstream media's going to pick up on that .....
» 14/01/2010 11:06:43 PM "One day you will see what I mean. Slowly people are seeing that local content does n.....
» 14/01/2010 5:44:51 PM The Missus, so many points, I don't know where to begin. I'll go from the start. "Wh.....
» 14/01/2010 2:04:21 PM TheMissus, with all due respect, that's crap. I could just as easily say "Zimbabwe w.....
» 14/01/2010 12:13:28 AM Google may withdraw from China altogether. For more info: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/.....
» 13/01/2010 11:46:14 PM I've watched a few of Senator Conroy's media interviews. He does not perform well, nor am .....
» 25/12/2009 3:28:02 PM Ken, to a point I agree with you. It's important to keep media organisations on their toes.....
» 20/12/2009 11:43:52 PM When I read an article where two opposing 'camps' are pitted against each other, I look fo.....
» 7/12/2009 11:24:42 AM steven, despite the straightforward nature of your explanation, it doesn't matter. That's .....
» 7/12/2009 12:19:26 AM Banjo, you state: "I know we cannot influence the tides, earthquakes, volcanos, our o.....
» 5/12/2009 11:22:15 PM It's damn hard to ascertain the genuine policy of the libs when it comes to climate change.....
» 5/12/2009 11:11:00 PM Thomas from Tacoma. I'd agree with Dorothy, (well not in those words, but the sentiment)......
» 5/12/2009 11:00:07 PM I've had a fair amount of experience living and working in China and I'd say Hennessy's ri.....
» 24/11/2009 12:35:21 AM Some good points rstuart. Regarding the juries, I'd say my main issue with how they're us.....
» 18/11/2009 10:22:40 AM rstuart, I'd argue that they're not so necessary. At least not in this form. The inquisit.....
» 17/11/2009 12:55:58 AM http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/law-council-in-power-grab/story-e6f.....
» 12/11/2009 6:17:32 AM Emerson, I really tried to find something of value in your post, but all I could find was .....
» 11/11/2009 1:02:24 AM Philistines! Youse all should bow before my righteous intellectualism. Seeing as there's.....
» 2/11/2009 11:05:00 AM Fair point Pericles. In which case I'll just state outright that I find Iran far more hein.....
» 2/11/2009 1:03:24 AM Sancho, I usually agree with you, but I can't agree with your relativist comments here. T.....
» 31/10/2009 9:57:53 AM Hasbeen, it's interesting that you label Foxy as naive, however I find that there's this s.....
» 27/10/2009 1:36:06 AM Well said, Cornflower. I'm totally against the age idea. Seems to be totally counterprodu.....
» 27/10/2009 1:26:17 AM Damn fine article Chris. Having spent some years in China myself, I agree with the thrust .....
» 17/10/2009 8:42:38 PM Banjo, you state: "I can tell you why I object to the 'illegals',no matter how they a.....
» 16/10/2009 10:27:03 PM To an extent, I agree with Newscorp. You say news is a 'right' for all. Great. The proble.....
» 16/10/2009 8:30:09 PM Ozandy, when I hear that hyper-cynical response that Australia is secretive and thus we sh.....
» 16/10/2009 8:20:34 PM Banjo, Mr Bartlett's done a pretty good job responding, though I'd make the point that I d.....
» 16/10/2009 12:32:18 PM I few posters (in this thread and others) make the point that the nomination for Obama occ.....
» 15/10/2009 12:56:16 PM 1) Bigmal, there's a middle ground. One doesn't have to accept all-comers, but one doesn't.....
» 14/10/2009 12:46:50 AM Speaking as one who has spent some years in China, I'd say that Brian makes some hits and .....
» 11/10/2009 11:18:35 PM Ian, this is something I've ruminated on and come to the conclusion that Buddhism's closer.....
» 6/10/2009 9:13:17 PM There's a few things I'd like to remind people of. Firstly - the world was shocked by ima.....
» 28/09/2009 10:54:50 AM Steven makes a good point. Examinator, your suggestion of discussing current events would .....
» 27/09/2009 11:20:38 AM Balls to religious classes, and also balls to ethics classes. Take a look at this piece on.....
» 22/09/2009 1:09:39 AM A week later, the merchant found himself lost amongst mysterious stone valleys - an unfore.....
» 22/09/2009 1:08:26 AM (This isn't a joke for the politically correct, but I think most of you will be fine). On.....
» 22/09/2009 12:21:48 AM Hmm. Tough one. A few ideas: Innovation begets innovation perhaps? A spark causes a confl.....
» 18/09/2009 10:49:11 PM Yep, an island, and 't' are both in the middle of 'water'. You're right, with post office.....
» 18/09/2009 10:30:17 PM In terms of the NBN, I would have imagined that we're looking at an item of infrastructure.....
» 16/09/2009 12:03:31 PM Graham, I say this as a Telstra shareholder who is losing a fair wad of cash due to the cu.....
» 16/09/2009 11:52:26 AM Glad to be back. Fractelle, you say that these large demographics will allow them to disc.....
» 16/09/2009 1:42:58 AM A very unsettling topic. I imagine that insurance would be the first step in any 'Gattaca-.....
» 15/09/2009 1:42:59 PM These are riddles actually: -Why is the letter 't' like an island? -If I tell you I have.....
» 15/09/2009 1:27:23 PM runner, until you learn to accept that not everyone accepts 'unborn babies' as a label for.....
» 15/09/2009 1:06:18 AM I'm a pretty thin guy. I tend to date thin or average women. I don't have a problem dating.....
» 14/09/2009 1:05:58 PM diver dan, nobody's claiming morality is fixed. It's a tough concept that is examined regu.....
» 20/07/2009 5:24:10 PM No to pretty much all of them, 'cept I don't really have an issue with cops being allowed .....
» 19/07/2009 10:12:38 PM So far, it seems to me that nobody's willing to touch Steven's main point with a ten foot .....
» 9/07/2009 4:16:16 PM Leigh, I imagine the Spanish expressed similar sentiments prior to pillaging the Aztecs of.....
» 2/07/2009 8:58:22 PM I rather enjoyed Guy Fawkes night as a young'un. Put me down for one of those who thinks .....
» 29/06/2009 10:43:36 PM It seems as though there's always a slide to more secretive government - not just in contr.....
» 29/06/2009 10:29:40 PM Leigh, by the same logic, no poll is accurate about anything, nobody can know people's att.....
» 29/06/2009 3:23:31 PM I haven't posted as much as of late. I'm not dead though. Life's just busier sometimes. .....
» 29/06/2009 2:41:39 PM I remember reading a recent article in The Australian (apologies, I went looking for the l.....
» 22/06/2009 7:36:43 PM Allsop's from a state background and the IPA. Two things which make me suspicious of what .....
» 20/06/2009 3:37:38 AM CJ, Beefyboy, Sancho... I read Peter The Believer's post, and from what I gathered, the i.....
» 20/06/2009 3:23:13 AM They're trying. Sure, they're failing, but I'll take someone who at least attempts to do.....
» 14/06/2009 1:38:57 PM isabel berners - you make the comment that Matthew Johns was stood down, and say that th.....
» 13/06/2009 6:57:59 PM Peter Hume, you state: "According to the environmentalist point of view expressed by .....
» 13/06/2009 4:05:26 PM Bruce, I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one. I tend to agree with most of your .....
» 13/06/2009 2:38:42 PM Belly, I consider myself a centre lefty. I'll take Rudd over Howard any day. But, I've go.....
» 12/06/2009 1:22:03 PM Guys, the writer specifically stated that many environmentalists were afraid to make these.....
» 11/06/2009 7:01:05 PM It's good to see Obama garnering criticism from both left and right. That means he's doing.....
» 4/06/2009 6:32:00 PM Antonios, for the record, I'm a migrant. That however, is entirely irrelevant. I didn't s.....
» 4/06/2009 10:26:20 AM Antonios I dunno what you mean about me being a good patriot, usually I'm accused of bein.....
» 4/06/2009 12:49:33 AM Crikey. I think the most apt word I could use for this thread would be... 'hooraw.' It's .....
» 3/06/2009 12:50:10 PM There's quite a few issues I have with this piece - I do agree that overpopulation is a ve.....
» 26/05/2009 3:22:51 PM fungochumley... I did reference it. It's linked to the EPA right there. Black. And. Whit.....
» 22/05/2009 4:25:58 PM Now, if you want to make any arguments, I expect you to do more than froth and foam and ac.....
» 22/05/2009 4:24:50 PM Tragedy, for starters, you altered my claim to state 'in Australia.' I never stated any s.....
» 22/05/2009 12:08:04 PM I know of the behemoth mentioned in there, Dan. But if dinosaurs were living alongside pe.....
» 22/05/2009 2:28:15 AM Runner states："To create your evolutionary story around this fossil is as dumb.....
» 21/05/2009 10:11:37 AM Predictably, this has drifted into the usual simplistic arguments. The fact is, science an.....
» 19/05/2009 3:59:12 PM People, Houelle's more-or-less admitted he enjoys being abrasive here. Thus, when you give.....
» 18/05/2009 11:09:50 PM I've a few. One of them's not all that dissimilar to yours, Foxy. A while back, some of .....
» 18/05/2009 9:37:13 PM I'm always bemused when people make statements like "fighting the last battle." .....
» 18/05/2009 6:51:47 PM Uh, tragedy, I didn't actually specifically nominate Australia, but if I did, Protagoras h.....
» 18/05/2009 10:04:30 AM Gotta agree with you on the croc, CJ. I've had it once and it was immensely enjoyable. Lik.....
» 17/05/2009 10:04:17 PM Animal rights activists are now trying to undermine Australia's exports of Kangaroo meat, .....
» 16/05/2009 5:49:25 PM I see your point Graham, but frankly I don't think the conservatives are conservative any .....
» 13/05/2009 11:57:13 PM No, KMB, it's not gobbledygook - here was your earlier comment: "Can it be definitiv.....
» 13/05/2009 12:36:29 AM I haven't wanted to provide oxygen for the trolling here, but sometimes a troll manages to.....
» 12/05/2009 10:29:00 PM Fractelle, I'm hoping you don't bow out from OLO. Each time a decent person leaves, the kr.....
» 11/05/2009 7:05:07 PM Honestly, where's the originality in these scares? Viruses? Financial meltdown? It's all b.....
» 11/05/2009 11:23:22 AM I was gonna make a post here, essentially endorsing the point made by other posters that i.....
» 7/05/2009 12:18:46 AM I found the piece a rather interesting analysis, for what is WAS not what it wasn't. It's.....
» 7/05/2009 12:18:08 AM Oh for christ's sake... guys, GUYS! This isn't about whether people are causing global w.....
» 5/05/2009 3:21:38 PM OUG, the regular flu killed 35,000 last year in the US alone. Given this, place the death.....
» 5/05/2009 3:12:20 PM You know what I find quite amusing? Consider this - if we break down this recurring 'Isla.....
» 4/05/2009 1:39:06 PM Fractelle, Romany, I hear exactly what you say. I find my most frequent criticisms .....
» 4/05/2009 9:54:34 AM I'm well aware of the law, Antonios. As a general rule, it needs to be applied along with.....
» 3/05/2009 9:26:51 PM I've got to concur with bushbasher - ignorance doesn't mean racism. If a person is uneduca.....
» 3/05/2009 6:25:45 PM Fractelle, I was bemused by the Margaret Thatcher Freedom centre too. Fortunately, such an.....
» 3/05/2009 4:10:41 PM Over the past few days the threat of this virus has seemed less significant, I'll grant yo.....
» 30/04/2009 4:53:44 PM Evo, my point was about making conspiracy theories at the instant chaos happens. Sure, af.....
» 30/04/2009 10:49:16 AM I do sometimes wish that when serious things came along, people could give their media/gov.....
» 29/04/2009 10:00:35 PM Some good news: A representative from the WHO is saying that the 150 figure is overstated.....
» 29/04/2009 1:31:13 PM No confirmed cases in Australia yet, though there are suspected cases in all states. Ther.....
» 29/04/2009 12:23:34 PM The Indonesian Health Minister has said it's possible this is a man-made virus to boost th.....
» 28/04/2009 4:20:32 PM I more-or-less agree with foxy's list, but I don't think pacific brands deserves to.....
» 28/04/2009 4:04:05 PM Update: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25399245-601,00.html The Worl.....
» 28/04/2009 3:42:22 PM Here's the latest on the Swine flu. The situation is evolving rapidly, so if you want to p.....
» 28/04/2009 3:06:01 PM (continued from last post) Of course, some would reject there is any validity in attempti.....
» 28/04/2009 3:04:39 PM This is a site where people make contributions. This topic is about contributions and lab.....
» 27/04/2009 6:23:18 PM I don't access it while I'm working these days, it's not the kind of work you could easily.....
» 23/04/2009 11:37:06 AM Gee KMB. Loaded heading, much? Before you accuse the negativity toward your post as being.....
» 20/04/2009 12:35:21 AM Typical barrage of comments. Basically, I support equal rights for homosexuals, but I don.....
» 19/04/2009 1:13:04 PM OUG, your 'goy' spiel isn't helping your credibility. The advocates of a Christian Austra.....
» 18/04/2009 5:07:59 PM Two wheels? Greedy, greedy greedy. http://jmuafvlab.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/electric.....
» 16/04/2009 6:45:07 PM Ah, leigh, I've missed your ascerbic.... ascerbicness (yeah, I know this isn't a word). I.....
» 16/04/2009 10:55:32 AM mikk states: "TRTL wrote "isn't it a bit rich to simply ignore the will of parli.....
» 15/04/2009 11:33:50 PM Wayne Swan is re-introducing the alcopops legislation into parliament - that legislation w.....
» 15/04/2009 11:20:33 PM Damn interesting question Sancho. My prediction is that we'll get no constructive answers.....
» 15/04/2009 1:03:48 PM Yuyutsu 1) Nobody's stopping anyone smelling the fresh air. 2) Evolution or god might hav.....
» 15/04/2009 12:19:05 AM I did have a similar thought Graham. If this were a game of poker, I'd think that Rudd was.....
» 13/04/2009 10:36:15 PM Sancho, Fractelle, Horus. I agree - for a long time I followed the presidential campaigns.....
» 13/04/2009 11:09:11 AM runner, I would hope that this post would be evidence I'm willing to critically examine ei.....
» 13/04/2009 10:49:17 AM I'm surprised by the hostility toward this proposal. I'm thoroughly supportive. Read Zwigg.....
» 13/04/2009 9:36:42 AM Obama was vehemently opposed to the operation of Guantanamo Bay. Myself and like-minded ot.....
» 6/04/2009 11:53:53 PM Hmm... ... Hmm... I once heard someone say that love was selflessness and sacrifice, but.....
» 4/04/2009 12:38:55 AM Arjay, you stated: "TLTR,talk in real numbers that people can understand.Your analog.....
» 2/04/2009 11:34:06 AM It was only a few months ago that the Chinese economy overtook the German one as the third.....
» 1/04/2009 12:42:50 PM Peter The Believer: Yo stated that Churches have lost sight of their government function......
» 1/04/2009 12:31:03 PM Sure, maximilion. It's great to just bag every politician. Having had some contact with th.....
» 31/03/2009 11:26:57 PM Arjay, aside from the simplicity of your comparison (check out the debt to GDP ratios and .....
» 31/03/2009 6:22:28 PM Arjay, you go for the 9/11 conspiracy AND the Kennedy conspiracy? No comment. Anyhow, I .....
» 31/03/2009 2:25:26 AM This piece is all over the place. The closest thing to a point, is that our diplomats ha.....
» 30/03/2009 10:04:22 PM Sells, you've gotten heated responses here. This is largely because, as you acknowledge yo.....
» 29/03/2009 7:20:08 PM KMB - the increased rate of AIDS among homosexuals is more likely to be because they're no.....
» 24/03/2009 9:51:16 AM In hindsight, that comment was an overreaction. Probably a sign it's time to take a break .....
» 24/03/2009 2:09:57 AM That particular generation runner, also happens to be more aware of technology than any ge.....
» 22/03/2009 7:29:37 PM Ahem. Seems America managed to become the most powerful nation by accepting immigrants fro.....
» 22/03/2009 1:37:32 PM Heh. Watch the pre-conceptions come out to play. Thirra suggests overpopulation. Well thi.....
» 19/03/2009 12:47:11 AM Foxy, my apologies. I certainly didn't mean to imply fans of W were in any way simple mind.....
» 18/03/2009 5:58:02 PM I've seen 'W' Foxy. I thought it was a bit simplistic, but I guess that was inevitable. I .....
» 18/03/2009 5:40:08 PM Don't forget them thar witches david f. Another weird anomaly that the superstitious have.....
» 18/03/2009 2:01:11 PM Webby, you really need to back what you're saying with some kind of evidence. Evolution, .....
» 17/03/2009 5:43:48 PM During political discussions I find that inevitably, people accuse those in power of belon.....
» 17/03/2009 4:26:51 PM Webby You actually DO have your own dogmas. From what I've seen of your posts you are obv.....
» 16/03/2009 9:39:49 AM I don't necessarily subscribe to the "pay peanuts, get monkeys" theory, but it s.....
» 15/03/2009 4:09:01 PM Banjo, instead of applying your 'cultural' screen which will inevitably block decent peopl.....
» 14/03/2009 1:43:58 PM Sancho, I need a more specific pamphlet. I'm getting confused. Maybe I'm an earth worship.....
» 13/03/2009 9:11:40 AM Especially bearing in mind that opposing an abortion in this case condemns them both to de.....
» 12/03/2009 6:13:53 PM Fractelle's said it pretty nicely. Logically speaking, isn't it a given that the paramet.....
» 12/03/2009 1:07:01 PM Webby, you sound exactly the same as every other fanatic throughout history claiming ".....
» 11/03/2009 11:27:17 PM Fortunately Webby, your DLP party will suffer the same fate as any other group of zealots .....
» 11/03/2009 12:58:10 PM Last time I checked the poll in The Australian, 62% of people supported the move, 33% were.....
» 11/03/2009 12:06:21 AM I must say, I'm becoming rather enamoured with JV's satire. Partly because there's just th.....
» 10/03/2009 12:21:31 AM I'll put my thoughts in dot points here: When feminism is about genuine equal rights then.....
» 9/03/2009 9:57:57 PM And yet KMB, that still doesn't answer the question. If you didn't have an issue with it, .....
» 8/03/2009 9:31:01 PM Foxy. Earlier you said Cleopatra was attractive regardless of the inbreeding. This is cont.....
» 8/03/2009 7:15:07 PM I just had something of a revelation (though that's probably not a word I should use in th.....
» 8/03/2009 10:54:08 AM Actually, the watered down toothless version of workchoices is with us. Shaz, give up the .....
» 7/03/2009 1:11:59 AM Frankly, I've always been gunning for the position of minister for recreation and experime.....
» 6/03/2009 6:55:32 PM I grinned at your Tawny Frogmouths examinator - we had a family of those too. Not to ment.....
» 6/03/2009 6:36:41 PM I think I've read enough of them to do a stand-in. Runner, if I get it wrong, feel free to.....
» 5/03/2009 10:14:12 PM Oh, and pelican, I note that your suggestion says that employers should put money aside fo.....
» 5/03/2009 9:56:48 PM I like most of pelican's suggestions, but not all. Seeing as government pensions are goi.....
» 4/03/2009 5:40:28 PM Here's a matter well worth considering: China has 1.3 billion people. More than a seventh.....
» 4/03/2009 1:38:42 PM Peter, I'm afraid your cause celebre is clouding your judgement yet again. Springborg's l.....
» 4/03/2009 11:48:32 AM VK3AUU, that's because Australia doesn't have export subsidies. The only form of subsidies.....
» 3/03/2009 6:49:58 PM Well, for starters, there's no way the LNP is winning this election, but if they play thei.....
» 2/03/2009 9:32:07 PM Nice to see a thread that isn't immersed in the usual rough'n'tumble. My childhood was sp.....
» 1/03/2009 6:52:05 PM Y'know, I may be missing something here, but I can't help but feel this all boils down to .....
» 25/02/2009 2:46:37 PM ENOUGH! It's no wonder so many of you can't focus on the issue of children. You act like .....
» 25/02/2009 12:12:39 AM Antonios, I'm vehemently pro-choice. In fact, I'd say I'm among those who've argued again.....
» 24/02/2009 12:27:28 AM Antonios, your vehemence astounds me. My position falls between Fractelle's and Bugsy's. .....
» 23/02/2009 11:47:01 PM Despite the title, I don't think the real intent of the writer is to focus specifically on.....
» 19/02/2009 2:16:12 PM Copeland strikes me as one of the better ones. Shame there aren't more in both sides of th.....
» 19/02/2009 1:58:19 PM I dislike it with a fiery passion, when people try to pull out the 'lawyer' card to win a .....
» 16/02/2009 9:35:42 PM As per my previous post, I imagine the deal being brokered would look a little something l.....
» 16/02/2009 4:30:14 PM Well Steven, seems to me there's a typical template that's been followed in regimes across.....
» 16/02/2009 1:39:40 PM Because he disagrees with you. Of course, he can't actually verify how well informed you a.....
» 16/02/2009 1:28:52 PM "My own view is this. I do not care which gang of thugs rules Pakistan. If the Taliba.....
» 16/02/2009 2:27:25 AM Examinator, in terms of argument rebuttal, one would think that my assertions in relation .....
» 15/02/2009 7:35:27 PM Everybody bar rstuart is missing the point the IMF, known for advising for low-taxes and a.....
» 10/02/2009 11:50:00 AM I totally agree. I also think that 'A Current Affair' is a fantastic cure for this phenome.....
» 8/02/2009 8:22:03 PM When governments throw cash at things, my instinct it to reject it, however in this case i.....
» 28/01/2009 7:14:11 PM Christ on a kebab, how can you so selectively pick and choose? Was the Fraser government s.....
» 27/01/2009 7:50:21 PM Col, Hasbeen, Meredith, you're letting ideology get in the way of analysis, though I conce.....
» 27/01/2009 12:27:36 PM Interesting topic, examinator. Not long ago, I spent a few days in a village. The village.....
» 26/01/2009 1:24:13 PM My personal favourites were "man and fish can coexist peacefully." (I wasn't aw.....
» 25/01/2009 12:31:59 AM SJF, evidently we have differing definitions of both extremism and different ideas as to w.....
» 24/01/2009 2:48:26 PM Daviy, I believe the quote was from Albert Einstein and stated "the world is not a da.....
» 24/01/2009 2:17:38 PM Yeah, I've seen quite a few segues in my time. The more patronising they are, the more eas.....
» 22/01/2009 10:46:11 PM Yeah, I second that Foxy. I'd ask you - how many of you, really believe the goal of the R.....
» 22/01/2009 8:23:20 PM It's not that simple, runner. Can you tell me the precise point it becomes a 'baby' that .....
» 22/01/2009 4:21:32 PM daggett, I'm aware of the many conspiratorial 9-11 theories. I don't subscribe to them an.....
» 22/01/2009 4:10:40 PM I agree with Col, et al. runner displays another post lacking understanding for any views.....
» 22/01/2009 3:49:58 PM Guys, the article was NOT about comparing Obama to Jesus. This was simply used in the hea.....
» 22/01/2009 1:57:16 PM No, PALEIF, I really can't see that happening. There's no logical reason for Australia to .....
» 21/01/2009 11:22:59 PM It's an incredibly difficult question. It's far from the simplistic situation some posters.....
» 21/01/2009 11:00:19 PM Nice piece. Given that awareness of Pakistan's role in international terrorism is growing.....
» 21/01/2009 2:20:46 PM Foxy, if it's any consolation, I drank like a sailor as a teenager. I more or less grew ou.....
» 21/01/2009 2:01:20 PM Truthnow: "Every multi-cultural country is on the verge of collapse" Good heave.....
» 19/01/2009 8:09:07 PM Part two of our fascinating foray into hypocrisy continues. In this spectacular finish we.....
» 19/01/2009 7:16:12 PM You really don't understand the complexities of this at all, do you Gibo. You really don't.....
» 19/01/2009 4:22:18 AM This is a question I've really grappled with. I'd love to be able to simply say yes and .....
» 19/01/2009 4:01:55 AM Col, although in general spirit I agree with you in relation to responsibility, I can't he.....
» 18/01/2009 2:26:32 PM I have an issue with the concept the thread is predicated upon. To echo Bronwyn, this isn'.....
» 18/01/2009 2:11:43 PM No, Ludwig, they're entirely different. So the media is easily wielded by the powerful to.....
» 17/01/2009 8:50:37 PM Well this is odd. Ludwig, usually I agree with your posts, but the precise quote that you .....
» 16/01/2009 7:08:33 PM You'll not find any argument from me in relation to the suggestions of enabling family pla.....
» 16/01/2009 4:40:58 PM I don't have an issue with the banning of the burkha in shops, but I suppose I am skeptica.....
» 16/01/2009 2:02:00 PM 'Political correctness.' This is often used as a smear against the 'left', but what is 'p.....
» 16/01/2009 1:10:47 PM I don't agree with withholding grants, though I agree with rewarding vasectomies. Encoura.....
» 15/01/2009 2:46:05 PM Are you sure we're in a position with so many young 'breeding' people? I've been under the.....
» 15/01/2009 2:28:41 AM Jon J, poor is a relative term. I've spoken to villagers from other cultures who have told.....
» 14/01/2009 7:13:15 PM I think there's a few crucial points examinator's raised which really cut directly to the .....
» 14/01/2009 6:51:53 PM Blair, there are times on the site when arguments have descended into personal attacks - a.....
» 14/01/2009 12:46:07 AM Well, the tribalism is certainly on display. Are we all wearing our correct banners? Who.....
» 9/01/2009 1:15:07 AM Frankly, anyone who participated in the Cronulla riots, whether they were within the event.....
» 8/01/2009 4:40:41 PM Polycarp, I'd like you to do something. Firstly, drop the patronising act. When you make .....
» 8/01/2009 4:20:25 PM Heck, if you're going to start on about the 'cafe-latte' set, may as well discuss their cl.....
» 7/01/2009 1:14:28 PM runner, you've shown yourself to be immune to basic things like crime and abortion statist.....
» 7/01/2009 12:39:44 PM You can argue about societal conditioning all you want antiseptic. You can chalk anyone's.....
» 6/01/2009 11:32:50 PM Well, from my perspective, this thread has lots its value. We have descended into the foll.....
» 5/01/2009 5:06:18 PM Regular posters will know I've got very little patience for organised religion, particular.....
» 5/01/2009 4:32:28 PM Antiseptic, calling people 'conditioned' is weak. I'd expect better from you. It's a hollo.....
» 5/01/2009 2:31:46 PM Oops, that should be 'hassan'......
» 5/01/2009 2:07:45 PM It's a shame massab didn't get his hands on a copy of the God Delusion instead. Look arou.....
» 5/01/2009 1:33:15 PM Benjam1n: "NATURE REWARDS THOSE WHO AREN'T BIGOTS, LIKE EUROPEANS." Well, I gue.....
» 5/01/2009 1:30:18 PM Oops, my earlier post should have said "developing" countries, not developed. A.....
» 4/01/2009 10:35:47 PM Col, while we're on about Goethe, I believe the opening lines from Faust were "a man .....
» 4/01/2009 10:09:51 PM William, his pro-choice views are well known. He has always been quite clear on that. Eve.....
» 4/01/2009 4:24:26 PM Sorry examinator, I can't really support this. I can sympathise, but at the end of the day.....
» 4/01/2009 3:58:39 PM To me, that's what it comes back to. Veronika, Sancho, Meredith - I agree with all your p.....
» 4/01/2009 2:53:07 PM When people within a demographic of society feel they are segregated, there are three poss.....
» 4/01/2009 2:37:51 PM I can only agree with what you've said there nina. To me, the very fluidity of these righ.....
» 3/01/2009 8:10:06 PM Romany, I must disagree that Bogans are simply poor people. Many of the bogans I've encoun.....
» 3/01/2009 7:56:28 PM banjo - OLO is about many subjects. Often there are lighthearted ones that aren't hard-hit.....
» 1/01/2009 3:24:54 PM Strange, gibo. You'd think that with this international, ancient spirit-war going on, some.....
» 1/01/2009 2:50:27 PM I've got to more or less agree with paul.l on this one. I was very pleased to see Obama e.....
» 1/01/2009 2:43:45 PM I wouldn't consider any things on spikey's or nina's list to be included under 'aggressive.....
» 31/12/2008 3:33:15 PM Sancho, I couldn't agree more. However, from a pragmatic point of view, I don't think our.....
» 31/12/2008 3:41:50 AM Nina, the answers you've provided in relation to the rape crisis center are more than enou.....
» 30/12/2008 12:03:56 PM For the record, Roscop, I wasn't saying that women who take their husbands names are docil.....
» 29/12/2008 3:45:19 PM And Roscop takes it! I was wondering who would get in first to make some petty anti-femin.....
» 29/12/2008 1:16:06 PM GZ, if you're the same person as GZ tan, then why are you using multiple names at once? Ar.....
» 28/12/2008 11:31:22 PM one under god, I don't read your posts either, because they're very difficult to follow. Y.....
» 28/12/2008 7:53:16 PM Wait, hang on... so, when fasting comes under the title of 'naturopathy' you're suspicious.....
» 28/12/2008 3:34:44 PM I'd marry me in a heartbeat, though only if the other me had more feminine charms. Plus, .....
» 28/12/2008 12:14:03 AM My initial post wasn't phrased as well as it should have been - it should have been 'sexua.....
» 27/12/2008 2:57:59 PM Cont'd. The other key point is that when moderates attempt to defend their religion, you .....
» 27/12/2008 2:54:22 PM To respond to a few posters: GZ Tan, I think you're missing my point. You're talking abou.....
» 27/12/2008 2:35:44 PM Simple answer polycarp: What benefits the species, benefits the individual. If it was 'do.....
» 27/12/2008 2:28:17 PM I rather think this could be the subject of a fascinating film. Foxy, essentially I mean .....
» 26/12/2008 9:32:44 PM Fascinating article which makes eminent sense, however I fear that too many people in the .....
» 26/12/2008 11:28:37 AM Reading through the 'gay concerns' thread, I found myself pondering a very difficult hypot.....
» 26/12/2008 1:47:51 AM Cont'd When you think about it further, the question becomes murkier - are we discussing .....
» 26/12/2008 1:43:24 AM I've found the last few posts to be quite interesting. I think we have quite a productive .....
» 24/12/2008 8:11:46 PM This is too funny. The author was essentially making the point that Islamophobia in most .....
» 21/12/2008 9:17:21 PM Ahem. Allow me to reiterate my earlier comment and the following responses: I state: &quo.....
» 21/12/2008 6:27:26 PM Seems to me that you're bringing up quite a number of issues there. In relation to report.....
» 20/12/2008 5:16:52 PM (They're hardly going to drop their religion and proclaim the glory of yours. Drop the &qu.....
» 20/12/2008 5:15:14 PM People, please! Calm down for a moment. There's a fundamnental disconnect here, which is .....
» 19/12/2008 5:07:24 PM Seems to me that there's a huge cart that's just been dropped in front of a horse. Firstl.....
» 19/12/2008 11:38:52 AM Polycarp, you say "good grief, how has it taken you so long to get this?" It ha.....
» 17/12/2008 8:53:17 PM Polycarp, that was among your weakest posts I've seen. It's not the bloody 'ummah.' It's t.....
» 17/12/2008 8:52:02 PM Mmm, KTranter, I find it strange you single out Plantagenet. If you're going to attempt th.....
» 15/12/2008 10:13:50 PM Oh man, runner, if there were some kind of robot that picked out fallacies in statements, .....
» 15/12/2008 9:41:05 PM Nice piece Mr Lewis. Pragmatically centrist, the kind of area which provides more food for.....
» 15/12/2008 9:14:57 PM Amusing dialogues aside, getting back to the subject matter I'd like to say Foxy, that you.....
» 15/12/2008 7:23:06 PM The complexity of the subject is the main reason why I think these philosophical matters a.....
» 15/12/2008 12:00:59 AM Predictable responses from Gibo and runner. Do you guys have autocues that you just read e.....
» 14/12/2008 8:06:13 PM Apparently, the Victorian Government will soon give the green light for the Humanist Socie.....
» 14/12/2008 5:16:24 PM Nice work stevenlmeyer and I'm inclined to agree. However, from a practical standpoint, t.....
» 14/12/2008 4:47:22 PM Firstly, there's some fundamental flaws in the reasoning here. I hear the old "this .....
» 14/12/2008 4:24:50 PM Polycarp, you say you judge ideas. However your refusal to judge the ideas of other Chris.....
» 14/12/2008 4:15:58 PM A few things don't quite make sense here Gibo. You state: "Having been one (a police.....
» 12/12/2008 4:04:05 PM Damnit! Marx would NEED to be there too. Perhaps I could bump Mr Cleese if I absolutely ha.....
» 12/12/2008 4:01:24 PM Hmm, interesting choices. Reading through them I was imagining each dinner and what they e.....
» 12/12/2008 11:19:11 AM It's all about the severity. All things in moderation. Which pretty much sums up my attit.....
» 10/12/2008 1:03:50 AM Romany, FTR, my suspicion is that boaz isn't the elderly type many assume him to be. My gu.....
» 9/12/2008 1:01:12 PM Thanks US. For the record, aside from HRS, I don't think I've seen any real misogyny on th.....
» 9/12/2008 12:49:20 PM Crikey people, the cucumber's not for me. I'm all about the giving. Particularly when it's.....
» 9/12/2008 12:26:02 AM And yet, I still remain dangerously ill-informed as to the christian fundamentalist polici.....
» 8/12/2008 11:24:50 PM Nice comment there ludwig. A refreshing change from some of the rather bizarre hostility w.....
» 8/12/2008 11:07:49 PM *Sigh*. Steel, calm down. You're displaying the kneejerk tendencies I described as being .....
» 8/12/2008 9:37:32 PM That still doesn't clarify the dildo policy, and I remain ill-informed as to the sand-wate.....
» 8/12/2008 8:16:07 PM Alright then gibo, lets get this absolutely specific. I don't want to go encouraging fire .....
» 8/12/2008 7:34:34 PM "Where you see malice, I see urgency. When you are confronted with the most boneheade.....
» 7/12/2008 1:55:46 PM No boaz, I've no interest in scriptural side-discussions. They have some relevance, but yo.....
» 7/12/2008 1:42:20 PM Hi Belly. Sorry can't help with a clip of the event. What we forget, with the proposed c.....
» 6/12/2008 7:26:05 PM Hokay, seeing as we're indulging in outlandish hypotheticals, I have one for you, polycarp.....
» 6/12/2008 7:04:16 PM I sometimes wonder what it would be like if humanity did achieve enough scientific knowled.....
» 5/12/2008 6:13:09 PM Well said, Pericles. Let me ask you this question, boaz: Do you believe that it is impos.....
» 5/12/2008 3:23:52 PM At first, I was going to dismiss the Australian Sex Party as a rather pointless publicity .....
» 5/12/2008 11:31:25 AM Antiseptic - both these topics have been done to death many times over. As for 'thought po.....
» 4/12/2008 10:58:29 AM Cheers Romany, celivia et al. Antiseptic - although I've disagreed with many of your post.....
» 4/12/2008 10:43:05 AM I'm wary of bringing this up as it's likely to provoke a scriptural lecture from boaz, but.....
» 4/12/2008 10:28:49 AM Very well. I'll take that as an admission that you admit your claims that Obama attempted .....
» 3/12/2008 1:21:49 AM Truthnow, you bit off too much to chew, and gave yourself away as a troll. Not a particula.....
» 3/12/2008 1:13:08 AM To all the decent hard-working people involved in advocacy for the humane treatment of ani.....
» 2/12/2008 12:33:44 AM Hmm. A few things to ponder. Firstly, I'll point out that the article is bang on when it'.....
» 1/12/2008 8:06:00 PM keith, you state: "I'm not going to go over ground we've already crossed, especially .....
» 26/11/2008 11:48:14 PM Hasbeen, you state "Grafitti vandals are antisocial, & encouraging them is pretty clo.....
» 26/11/2008 7:50:37 PM I see it a little differently. At times when I've been on trains in and out of cities in .....
» 25/11/2008 11:58:25 PM The crucial points are defining what you consider a monotheistic 'god' to be. As it stands.....
» 25/11/2008 12:37:11 PM Ignoring the plaintive cries of those who have managed to convince themselves the world's .....
» 25/11/2008 12:47:11 AM Here, is an opinion peace from Afghani President, Hamid Karzai: http://www.theaustralian......
» 22/11/2008 12:53:29 PM At this juncture, allow me to provide another quote from the NYT article I referenced in m.....
» 22/11/2008 12:51:52 PM keith, you're missing the subtle albeit crucial distinctions here: 1) You state: "Yo.....
» 20/11/2008 10:20:40 PM (The article also has some excellent information regarding other aspects of Obama's econom.....
» 20/11/2008 10:18:23 PM Gotta love this comment from the CIS - a fairly conservative think tank, by and large: Mr.....
» 18/11/2008 1:26:38 PM keith, you're digging your hole deeper. When your errors are clearly pointed out, and you .....
» 17/11/2008 11:36:22 PM Wow. Did that site really make that comment? Calling for them to be wiped out? What unbri.....
» 17/11/2008 9:21:57 PM keith, you make two claims here: "How many of those US christians knew he intended t.....
» 17/11/2008 6:59:54 PM The first was, that I had begun to slouch, so my feet slowly drifted underneath the chair .....
» 17/11/2008 6:59:03 PM Good grief Romany, I don't think I could top that one. I dunno about terrifying, but I do.....
» 15/11/2008 7:17:30 PM In this case, I've got to give HasBeen credit for highlighting the less popular side of th.....
» 13/11/2008 10:06:55 PM Well, before I say anything, I should mention that I think your first error was paying att.....
» 12/11/2008 11:51:02 PM keith, firstly, blaming the media is basically, a copout, for people who don't like what's.....
» 12/11/2008 3:29:10 PM Interestingly, I'm finding that this thread has actually become quite productive. Rather r.....
» 12/11/2008 3:12:05 PM Now I get it. Runner just blames secularism for anything he doesn't like. Too many people.....
» 10/11/2008 2:59:36 PM Secularism is indeed neutrality. Atheism is not. Agnosticism is far closer to neutrality .....
» 10/11/2008 2:49:01 PM 'TheRealists' Without resorting to name-calling and so forth, I think it's quite clear th.....
» 6/11/2008 3:01:40 PM I think I fall somewhere between Yabby's positive contributions and Ludwig's more cynical .....
» 31/10/2008 9:56:42 PM runner, you're delusional. Do you really, really, honestly believe that if Sarah Palin wer.....
» 31/10/2008 9:48:40 PM To me, this comes back to a crucial choice - an issue upon which Mr Sellick remains silent.....
» 27/10/2008 3:10:32 PM Ok, just to ram home my point that it's idiotic to describe intellectualism as right or le.....
» 27/10/2008 2:57:15 PM That is again, what we come back to. Your interpretation is that and that alone, and befor.....
» 27/10/2008 2:56:41 PM Poly, poly, poly. Where to start. Firstly, I find this comment incredibly objectionable, .....
» 24/10/2008 3:51:52 PM I don't think those things will cause any ripples, if anything, seeing as Rudd and Howard .....
» 24/10/2008 3:49:01 PM Very interesting question there Graham(not creationism, but whether or not to censor). Yo.....
» 21/10/2008 11:20:30 PM Ah, my mistake boaz. Instead of filing this under your 'muslims are evil' pursuit, I shoul.....
» 20/10/2008 9:22:22 PM Hmm... I see, so let me think, what appears to be the core point of this thread? That the.....
» 20/10/2008 7:52:12 PM Lets recap: 1) You bring up this thread, though you don't mention Islam, even though it i.....
» 20/10/2008 7:50:58 PM polycarp, ad hominem statements are one thing, but it's condescending remarks that I truly.....
» 19/10/2008 7:08:28 PM Hmm... Well, to be honest I'm reasonably satisfied with the way things are, save for the .....
» 19/10/2008 6:42:09 PM I see. So Sharkfin jumps in with a vote for warlords. I didn't actually notice any analysi.....
» 19/10/2008 6:36:24 PM Damnit polycarp, answer Celivia and Fractelle's question as it is right at the very core o.....
» 18/10/2008 8:49:35 PM They are not the fanged beings you describe. Please listen to this, because it goes to th.....
» 18/10/2008 8:48:48 PM Sigh. Polycarp, I'd hoped that by the time I came back to OLO, you might have learned some.....
» 18/10/2008 8:19:08 PM Examinator, Romany, you make good points. Regrettably, as evidenced here, a great deal of .....
» 19/08/2008 11:48:47 AM Poncan, you're ascribing a simple reason to a complex problem. First you have to prove the.....
» 19/08/2008 11:00:18 AM It's the work of one crank among the multitude, though this wouldn't be the first time you.....
» 19/08/2008 10:57:12 AM Polycarp: "But the Bush vid illustrates very clearly how low and how far some people .....
» 17/08/2008 12:21:35 AM philips - damn well said. I can recall getting into a few verbal stoushes with the anti-f.....
» 16/08/2008 6:53:25 PM You state there are serious problems with the structure of families in Australia, and men .....
» 16/08/2008 11:43:03 AM Well Foxy, now you've gone and done it. That last post made me laugh so hard I've gone an.....
» 16/08/2008 11:33:41 AM Well Forrest Gumpp, I haven't seen any passive-aggressiveness in your posts here. I tend .....
» 15/08/2008 10:41:18 PM On the other hand polycarp, your passive-aggressive jibes are clear for all to see, though.....
» 14/08/2008 12:39:19 PM I think this is total bull. There are many good reasons to make your 'Kettle-pot-black' s.....
» 14/08/2008 12:23:50 PM Fractelle, I don't the the $79 billion is worth it, when you phrase it in those terms. Bu.....
» 13/08/2008 11:39:17 PM "Don't forget TLTR, that playing the moderate and centrist is an often an apologists .....
» 13/08/2008 11:29:11 PM Regrettably RobP, you'll find that there are quite a number of reasons. I suspect most jou.....
» 13/08/2008 7:48:20 PM Cont'd. I still don't think it was worth it - not only for the loss of life, but for the .....
» 13/08/2008 7:47:40 PM It's an interesting point there Graham - I must admit, I've pondered the issue more than o.....
» 12/08/2008 7:29:58 PM sonofeire... that was satire, right? You're not actually that caricature of an actual per.....
» 11/08/2008 8:30:55 PM Very well said and I'd agree with pretty much everything here, though I suspect that any c.....
» 11/08/2008 2:04:33 AM Steven, you state: "On the one hand we have those like TRTL who seem to be saying tha.....
» 11/08/2008 1:57:45 AM Raised in a somewhat nomadic moderately left leaning family, in my teens I struck out and .....
» 9/08/2008 5:31:23 PM (For the record, I don't actually think that's what's happening - my point is, we don't re.....
» 9/08/2008 5:18:02 PM Arjay, you say Rudd hasn't thought this through... but really, how would you know? Clearl.....
» 9/08/2008 5:03:26 PM Legalising euthanasia would definitely be a step in the right direction - before we start .....
» 8/08/2008 2:50:29 PM Chainsmoker, I concur. Real life is rarely that funny......
» 8/08/2008 1:17:42 PM Yes, it seems to me that Costello's screwed regardless of what he does. I still doubt he'l.....
» 8/08/2008 1:58:08 AM Very telling responses. It's easy to recall the stances taken by particular posters in pr.....
» 7/08/2008 6:49:40 PM runner, wait a second here: Which are you saying - a) Homosexuality has higher rates of.....
» 7/08/2008 1:04:52 PM The author quite literally put everything on the line to get this piece published. I can o.....
» 7/08/2008 12:49:50 PM Hmm, usually when it comes to issues of civil rights and privacy, I'm one of the first cab.....
» 6/08/2008 11:00:56 PM runner: "Why would you Legitimize something that leads to so much disease and debauch.....
» 6/08/2008 6:18:56 PM I dunno Cuphandle. Examinator's response seemed like a pretty reasonable one to me, and mu.....
» 5/08/2008 8:44:32 PM Quite a good point there, HRS. Those who attempt to play the gay-sex-STD card should logic.....
» 5/08/2008 2:42:36 PM runner, you cite the 'family research institute'. Please. When you find more propaganda i.....
» 5/08/2008 2:22:59 PM And yet polycarp, still no reason given for why you couldn't continue this on the other th.....
» 5/08/2008 12:24:29 PM IamJoseph, I don't give a damn about the so-called legitimacy of Israel's historical conne.....
» 5/08/2008 11:58:38 AM Polycarp, I dipped in to the other thread on Powell, and more or less dismissed it as anot.....
» 4/08/2008 8:51:16 PM A peer reviewed scientist stands with the weight of the scientific community, and makes co.....
» 4/08/2008 3:34:08 PM But, US, precisely the same comment can be made about reflections on any human endeavour. .....
» 4/08/2008 3:18:57 PM Gotta disagree there US. If anybody could make the Liberal Party slump even lower, it woul.....
» 4/08/2008 1:37:12 AM Seems more like a not-so-subtle dig at the Labor Party than an actual question. Not that I.....
» 3/08/2008 3:26:51 PM Couldn't agree more rstuart. The democratic process has been somewhat gutted in Queensland.....
» 2/08/2008 8:45:51 PM My guess Ludwig, would be that were OLO to fold, it would be stored on the pandora archive.....
» 2/08/2008 8:38:12 PM Just thought you would put your point of view did you 'runner' just as the 'catholic churc.....
» 2/08/2008 2:48:12 PM I always have difficulty believing arguments that a certain 'class' or economic framework .....
» 1/08/2008 9:40:11 PM Well Ludwig, I'd put my own two bob in, but I think you just summed up my view perfectly......
» 1/08/2008 7:37:27 PM Valid points. Got me thinking about why it is that Islam doesn't have a central religious .....
» 1/08/2008 2:17:39 PM dickie, you imply CJ Morgan is merely stating his opinions all the better to ingratiate hi.....
» 1/08/2008 12:13:50 AM I'm aware that those who disagree with me can try and make this same argument against me, .....
» 1/08/2008 12:12:59 AM I come to OLO for a variety of reasons. One of my main motivators was to work on critical .....
» 31/07/2008 6:16:03 PM Like any species runner, man isn't perfect, nor did I say the world is. Funnily enough ho.....
» 31/07/2008 6:08:32 PM Well, I surprised myself the other day by coming to an understanding of Pell's views. Don.....
» 31/07/2008 3:55:51 PM Hypothetically speaking Ludwig, Mr Curson might have a good reason not to respond. I know.....
» 31/07/2008 1:01:59 AM runner: "This is the end result of flawed secular teaching that laughably make out th.....
» 30/07/2008 2:04:37 PM Perhaps I'm a pessimist, but I tend to think both options (death penalty for dealing, or l.....
» 30/07/2008 1:54:54 PM Antonios, while I was glad to see the end of the Howard government, this low popularity ra.....
» 29/07/2008 10:56:11 PM Dickie states: "You are known on this thread for arguing against the reasoning of th.....
» 29/07/2008 9:13:32 PM Elka's comment: "perhaps you should be asking the over 200 people who complained abo.....
» 29/07/2008 4:52:43 PM I think Mr Lewis's posts, combined with Usual Suspects comments regarding infrastructure t.....
» 29/07/2008 4:45:52 PM Dickie, you had me until the 'dead rotting flesh.' Honestly. Do you really think this emo.....
» 29/07/2008 2:10:39 PM The 'Nandos' advertisement which has so offended Ms Reist, showed that a woman who happens.....
» 28/07/2008 6:10:51 PM To respond to certain posters: Poncan claims to be in a polygamous place based on a form .....
» 28/07/2008 11:58:00 AM Cuphandle, I've called gibo a fruitloop in the past, though given the saucer shenanigans a.....
» 28/07/2008 11:48:21 AM Not too much of an unreasonable analysis, though I think it neglects key points. If the q.....
» 28/07/2008 11:31:08 AM Antiseptic, that last point is a very good one. How often does 'crime and punishment' bec.....
» 27/07/2008 9:35:37 PM Well said CJ. Though we shouldn't be surprised that the farms that gibo visits are populat.....
» 25/07/2008 11:46:07 PM Gibo, this isn't the time or place. I'm tempted to tell you how angry your utterly inappro.....
» 25/07/2008 5:31:03 PM Well steel, unfortunately there needs to be laws to cover everything. And some are less ef.....
» 25/07/2008 5:23:03 PM Steel, what you say would only be accurate if multiple husbands for a single wife are an o.....
» 25/07/2008 12:19:35 AM That's one way of looking at it, Col. My own suspicion is that more often than not they ac.....
» 24/07/2008 5:38:42 PM Polycarp, overgoverning cuts both ways, for both the right and the left. Once upon a time,.....
» 22/07/2008 8:13:49 PM Well, I'll try to make my points succinct. Practical reasons for opposing the death penal.....
» 22/07/2008 7:48:45 PM Gusi, Nicky, there doesn't seem to be any logical reason for opposing these animal rights......
» 22/07/2008 7:43:32 PM Nicky, I do find it difficult to believe such a large project is indeed as impractical as .....
» 22/07/2008 5:57:22 PM runner, I find it interesting that in the past, when you have been criticised for having a.....
» 21/07/2008 10:16:17 PM Cook's put together rather an impressive piece of propaganda, though when you actually thi.....
» 19/07/2008 9:11:13 AM Very well said R0bert. Polycarp, I could have sworn I already weighed in to criticise the.....
» 18/07/2008 8:30:52 PM Totally agree there US, particularly the 'hero' bit. I get so sick of hearing sports star.....
» 18/07/2008 2:54:58 PM I hear your pain Sancho. For a long time I got annoyed when the wrong words were bandied a.....
» 18/07/2008 2:49:29 PM Gibo, if we're blessed with the gift of delusion then yes - other lives will seem bland by.....
» 18/07/2008 1:49:49 PM Well said Cosmogirl, I was going to make that very point. Though elizabeth, I've got to s.....
» 17/07/2008 10:08:16 PM I must admit, I cringe when I hear all this moralising, it's something I've taken particul.....
» 15/07/2008 2:57:49 PM I'd have to disagree rstuart. General age, yes, as well as appearance and enough to identi.....
» 13/07/2008 2:31:30 PM Yes, polls are at best, a guide. But before we criticise their accuracy too much, remembe.....
» 13/07/2008 1:58:37 PM I dunno CJ. If the change in persona was accompanied with a change in attitude and a bit l.....
» 13/07/2008 1:55:18 PM I'd have to disagree with individual's suggestion about background information. When you p.....
» 13/07/2008 1:38:34 AM I'm really rather torn. Balance is a notoriously difficult concept - your basic journalis.....
» 12/07/2008 12:41:36 AM Now were I to predict HRS's response, it would be 'ahh, they're being abusive! You're all .....
» 12/07/2008 12:39:22 AM Nice post sams and rstuart, though both runner and HRS have proven themselves immune to lo.....
» 26/06/2008 9:34:44 PM I find the responses to this piece very heartening. Especially the low calibre of reason.....
» 26/06/2008 4:18:02 PM David JS: "You can't get away from the fact that alcohol is a lethal drug and wreaks .....
» 25/06/2008 6:01:33 PM Nicely said Greg. It's quite simple - if people want to drink to excess, that's their cho.....
» 25/06/2008 10:00:57 AM HRS - no form of contraception is 100% effective. There will still be many an unwanted pre.....
» 24/06/2008 3:01:01 PM There is a role for government - as Col points out, as regulator. But precisely what const.....
» 23/06/2008 4:17:30 PM Runner says: "no mention of the immorality she has often committed and then tries to .....
» 23/06/2008 11:25:20 AM Nice article. Now observe that silent majority attempt to dictate their views as being th.....
» 22/06/2008 9:15:00 PM Haralambos - I tend to think your 'sheep' comment was more than a tad arrogant. Many peopl.....
» 22/06/2008 1:23:31 PM For starters, Mr Right's argument contradicts HRS's constant bleatings about how hard done.....
» 22/06/2008 1:02:13 AM Paul l: "There has not been another attack on the US since 9/11. " This may or .....
» 19/06/2008 9:59:07 AM I wholeheartedly agree with diver dan. It's a shame, Holden has done some very good artic.....
» 18/06/2008 10:44:03 PM Interesting thread. Quite probably the most important single issue that faces mankind, I t.....
» 18/06/2008 8:12:10 PM And more importantly, I'd add that it is hardly a persuasive argument that PETA supporters.....
» 18/06/2008 8:08:53 PM It must be nice living in a simple world, where you don't have to think much about right a.....
» 18/06/2008 10:17:36 AM "Though given that neither you nor Dickie have openly identified yourself as PETA spo.....
» 18/06/2008 10:15:51 AM Dickie: "When you infiltrate an animal welfare site to attack only those who care abo.....
» 17/06/2008 7:38:02 PM I see your point Nicky, I really do, but the crucial part is this: "So at least come.....
» 17/06/2008 2:28:29 PM I accept the use of 1080, even though it's acknowledged that it has its problems, and yes,.....
» 17/06/2008 11:07:05 AM Dickie, if after perusing my posts as you clearly have done, the worst aspersion you can c.....
» 17/06/2008 10:50:40 AM Dickie, given that you've stated: "in the meantime, 1080 bait is proven useless".....
» 17/06/2008 9:42:19 AM Alternatives, Dickie. Alternatives. I see plenty of insults and so forth, but little by w.....
» 17/06/2008 7:57:38 AM Well Dickie, you're doing a pretty good job of proving me right. I never said there weren.....
» 17/06/2008 7:33:35 AM paddy, with all due respect, you haven't explained why it's silly at all. If you're going.....
» 16/06/2008 8:12:45 PM Colinsett, you make a valid point about overpopulation tending to be ignored by most polic.....
» 16/06/2008 7:01:27 PM Nicky, Dickie- The goal of this thread was to show PETA as being populated by people who .....
» 16/06/2008 6:32:55 PM Hmm. For those who compared the roo cull to whaling, I'd make the point that roo numbers .....
» 16/06/2008 6:01:02 PM For crying out loud, keith, you can't make highhanded comments like that on such a complex.....
» 16/06/2008 1:48:57 PM Cont'd Of course I don't condone the cruelty to animals you speak of. But what you speak .....
» 16/06/2008 1:11:18 PM Well this is interesting. Here I'm concurring with Dickie and Mr Right, and disagreeing wi.....
» 16/06/2008 12:38:25 PM Mmm, there is a lot of emotive rhetoric here, coming from both sides. To respond to the va.....
» 16/06/2008 12:21:13 PM I'd have to disagree keith. I can fully understand the Israelis rejecting the refugee retu.....
» 15/06/2008 7:39:35 PM This approach would lead to a better outcome for animals, and result in less cruelty - but.....
» 15/06/2008 7:38:34 PM Irrelevant dickie, you're evading the question. I've said on a number of threads (I can p.....
» 15/06/2008 6:27:40 PM Clearly pericles, you're interpreting wrong. The only 'right' way to interpret it, is to.....
» 15/06/2008 2:03:31 PM No offence Cowboy Joe, but you're coming across a tad unbalanced there. "Despite its.....
» 15/06/2008 1:42:22 PM Guys, I have some sympathy for some (certainly not all or most) of the animal rights cause.....
» 12/06/2008 4:19:17 PM Actually boaz, Chainsmoker's right, and I think you know he is. Tell me - most Christian.....
» 12/06/2008 1:05:18 PM Reality check - it's a minor thing, but I'd qualify your last statement. You say, "If.....
» 12/06/2008 10:11:48 AM Damn well said david f. Spong's approach to faith, I think, is far more persuasive, and .....
» 12/06/2008 12:12:48 AM Pelican, I suspect runner won't countenance abortions on any terms, though runner, if I'm .....
» 11/06/2008 11:35:40 PM runner, I concluded that perhaps you regard sex as depraved because you stated that 'porn .....
» 11/06/2008 7:26:12 PM On the vegetarian pets thing, I concur. I don't like it when anyone forces their unnecessa.....
» 11/06/2008 4:34:40 PM runner, you state that "it is obvious that porn appeals to the depraved part of human.....
» 11/06/2008 2:55:42 PM The 1080 question is a very good one, one that I have posed to those who oppose the use of.....
» 11/06/2008 2:49:01 PM I agree with some of Cohen's comments and conclusions, but others I think are quite unreas.....
» 11/06/2008 10:08:38 AM Boaz, I dunno what that story about Pericles and a bear was aimed at, but I suspect your '.....
» 6/06/2008 11:39:31 AM Ah yes. Now that the charges have been dropped, hopefully this over-reaction will die down.....
» 6/06/2008 10:31:57 AM Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't the following line of simple logic be enough to.....
» 6/06/2008 7:50:20 AM Hmm. Having hailed from New Zealand, I am aware that the native Kiwi eats roots, shoots an.....
» 4/06/2008 4:48:08 PM Yes, I think this thread has been summed pretty well. Boaz, I think it is quite clear tha.....
» 4/06/2008 10:16:24 AM I think CNG (compressed natural gas) would be more viable than LPG in the long run. We cou.....
» 3/06/2008 2:33:31 PM I was going to pop in and makes the point that children are used by many groups, but jpw a.....
» 3/06/2008 1:36:16 PM Cont'd from last post: Boaz, thus, I put it to you the questions I asked are indeed impor.....
» 3/06/2008 10:31:57 AM One under god... for starters, calm down. You state: "They are OUR public instrument.....
» 2/06/2008 8:28:14 PM "TRTL.. yes, there is a lot of 'interpretation' even about the crimes act. But I asse.....
» 2/06/2008 12:31:45 PM "Dear TRTL... I used the phrase "how to".. deliberately.. because there 'is.....
» 2/06/2008 10:49:57 AM CJ... you wouldn't dare make light of such a serious issue would you? Why... oh NO! You'r.....
» 2/06/2008 10:45:14 AM boaz, if I may enlighten you as to some of the reasons why I think posters are reacting ne.....
» 2/06/2008 10:26:16 AM No offence Gibo, but what you know about China is even less reliable than your dissertatio.....
» 28/05/2008 4:00:59 PM Steel - any extremities of religious teaching is abuse. Regrettably the machine I'm on now.....
» 28/05/2008 3:30:59 PM Religious teaching doesn't have to be child abuse - ultimately, religious people would arg.....
» 28/05/2008 1:22:20 PM So you think to yourself, that how can we ignore the fact that the Qu'ran does not come eq.....
» 28/05/2008 1:20:51 PM No surprises, I think CJ, pelican, Sancho et al have the right idea. Feminism, secularism.....
» 28/05/2008 12:38:31 PM I very recently started teaching English as a foreign language - the very little experienc.....
» 25/05/2008 6:06:43 PM While looking through conservapedia and getting steadily more uneasy at how stupid some pe.....
» 25/05/2008 5:39:17 PM Very well said Chainsmoker. I think that's really the core point here......
» 25/05/2008 4:30:29 PM Well said, CJ. Though in a somewhat depressing turn, I note that a poll on The Australian.....
» 24/05/2008 8:56:09 PM Pretty well said. Gibo, runner - both of you, if you can for one moment set aside the oth.....
» 24/05/2008 8:43:48 PM Well, I'll have to disagree with the basis of what you're saying there Gibo. You're statin.....
» 24/05/2008 11:08:14 AM Ah, but runner, ask yourself - are you providing any kind of real insight? Sure, you can .....
» 23/05/2008 3:28:30 PM Good article. Sums up the situation quite well. In response to posters: runner states: &.....
» 23/05/2008 10:12:07 AM "What 'you' do is present a whole lot of philosophy about 'The nature of God.. what y.....
» 21/05/2008 7:26:48 PM Boaz, I think now would be a good time to share a little experience of my own. I once cam.....
» 21/05/2008 7:17:50 PM So now it's philosophy then Dickie? You state: "It is clear that you are one of the .....
» 21/05/2008 2:56:32 PM Dickie, it's probably because most of the time, those scrotum wallets are flogged off to t.....
» 21/05/2008 1:24:50 PM Sorry cuphandle. This really doesn't cut it as a serious issue. I know that sounds dismis.....
» 21/05/2008 12:19:26 PM Very persuasive, Suspect. It's true, Gibo. If you think Deyo's flying saucer conspiracies.....
» 21/05/2008 12:14:39 PM Actually boaz, I said that there's no evidence either way, so we can never know for certai.....
» 20/05/2008 2:15:36 PM I think Col said it pretty well, DB. Elvis's pelvic thrusts were indeed harmless. You spe.....
» 19/05/2008 10:02:35 PM I'd agree with Gibo's last line, but I reckon he says it for all the wrong reasons. Probl.....
» 19/05/2008 9:57:46 PM Joe - having read a number of R0bert's posts, I've never seen anywhere where he's indicate.....
» 18/05/2008 11:25:49 AM CJ: "P.S. Do you know if the game features flying saucers and/or demons?" No id.....
» 18/05/2008 11:22:45 AM Yep, boaz, it's a little more complicated than that, but that's essentially it in a nutshe.....
» 17/05/2008 6:56:45 PM Gibo, you state: "What a decline in moral standards all over the world since WW2 as t.....
» 17/05/2008 6:48:18 PM This piece started out reasonably strong, before crashing and burning spectacularly in a f.....
» 15/05/2008 9:51:45 PM US, BN. These 'funds' may well be used as slush funds. We don't know yet. The fact of the.....
» 13/05/2008 5:49:00 PM I think Mercurious said it pretty well. I don't doubt there's more of a left-wing attitud.....
» 13/05/2008 2:57:49 PM I said: "In fact, the arguments made against Islam only apply when people are determi.....
» 12/05/2008 5:13:57 PM I've found the same thing, Sancho. The SMH and The Age can't quite compete with The Austra.....
» 9/05/2008 10:09:25 PM Secularism is indeed something that must be defended. Bronwyn Winter's article summed up m.....
» 9/05/2008 9:57:32 PM Well said, Mercurious. A few comments - Boaz stated: "We must never EVER forget, th.....
» 9/05/2008 6:54:56 PM Gibo, have you set a rough use-by date on these prophecies? So when the time comes, and p.....
» 9/05/2008 9:42:29 AM "Darwin's work is the basis of modern biology. One technical achievement stemming fro.....
» 8/05/2008 11:23:04 AM Well said, runner. In my view, the makers of this game do have the right to make it, thou.....
» 8/05/2008 8:22:43 AM boaz, I see you're implying that when I stated, "to resist any attempt to persuade yo.....
» 7/05/2008 10:33:18 PM Yes boaz, I concurred with what you were saying until your Christian indoctrination came t.....
» 6/05/2008 5:01:31 PM Stop&Think, and Jane - No, it's not just the other articles she has written. In this pie.....
» 6/05/2008 2:10:56 PM It's a difficult issue. There isn't a clear answer here. Yes, the ideal solution as other.....
» 5/05/2008 1:49:11 PM A genuine Liberal would be libertarian on both. Small government in all respects. Permit a.....
» 5/05/2008 1:48:52 PM I must admit, my number one peeve on OLO is people who start statements with "the lef.....
» 5/05/2008 1:17:53 PM Bugsy, from what I recall from the history lessons I had some time ago, Carthage was Rome'.....
» 3/05/2008 4:46:39 PM Well said Sancho. paulr - you act as if there actually is a concrete interpretation of Ch.....
» 3/05/2008 12:20:42 AM It is a shame, when a culture is devastated - but the various aboriginal tribes were by no.....
» 2/05/2008 6:36:30 PM I had similar thoughts to matilda, boaz. This piece is far from apologetics for Islam. Yo.....
» 2/05/2008 3:11:35 PM Not a bad piece, and I suspect it's pretty much on the money. I still think violence again.....
» 1/05/2008 4:55:03 PM To get back to the topic - most of the inept government we've seen in recent decades will .....
» 1/05/2008 4:54:43 PM Pretty well said, R0bert. Gibo - the matter is quite simple. At the end of the day, you c.....
» 1/05/2008 1:05:39 PM Gibo, can we please stay on topic. Your demonic-moon-pie-saucer deity has little relevance.....
» 30/04/2008 6:42:33 PM Hmm... maybe I'm mistaken Romany, but I always thought that 'centre' was the Australian/En.....
» 30/04/2008 11:59:03 AM No, boaz, your response was utter rubbish. Nothing against you personally either, but you'.....
» 29/04/2008 10:09:26 PM Gibo, might I suggest you create a blog here: https://www.blogger.com/start.....
» 29/04/2008 6:38:52 PM Ho Hum - beyond the US, I think you'll find that throughout history, the more religious th.....
» 29/04/2008 11:59:51 AM Gibo: "And what does TRTL want to talk about as waste? I mentioned Defence earlier. .....
» 28/04/2008 6:07:50 PM You say vast quantities of money are being wasted. Where is the wastage? Now there's a to.....
» 28/04/2008 3:07:24 PM Gibo - inept government is an extremely broad topic. All things are relative. We need a f.....
» 27/04/2008 12:36:53 PM Gibo, have you explained yet why you think we have an inept government, when, to quote you.....
» 26/04/2008 4:36:33 PM I'll have to vote boardies as well I'm afraid. I can't condone smuggling... budgies or oth.....
» 26/04/2008 12:04:01 AM Oh for crying out loud. As if there aren't enough threads on left wing politics versus rig.....
» 25/04/2008 8:36:14 PM Gibo, I'm a little confused here - Not long ago, you began a thread entitled "I rea.....
» 25/04/2008 3:46:52 PM Yes, I've made comment in past threads that I firmly agree the opt-out system is far bette.....
» 25/04/2008 3:42:31 PM I've got to concur with the author on this one - I'm firmly in the camp wanting a republic.....
» 24/04/2008 11:44:45 AM Gibo, I'd concur with R0bert, though I suspect that as I've presetned you with facts in th.....
» 23/04/2008 12:49:41 PM Actually, when religious belief comes with a healthy dose of common sense, I really don't .....
» 23/04/2008 11:00:07 AM R0bert's right gibo, not that I expect you to take notice of actual evidence. Of course th.....
» 22/04/2008 8:12:20 PM So, CJ, does that mean cleavage is more than skin deep?.....
» 22/04/2008 8:10:34 PM Yeah CJ, I'm somewhat confused as to how with benefits the animals as well. Okay, I get th.....
» 22/04/2008 4:26:21 PM What's the problem with non-smacking forms of discipline? The removal of toys, television,.....
» 22/04/2008 2:22:13 PM Eye holes?! Fractelle you saucy Jezebel, how dare you? Holes for eyes? Honestly, there's.....
» 21/04/2008 5:11:53 PM Love your work there steel - when a man questions god's genocide, naturally, it's the man .....
» 21/04/2008 4:56:36 PM boaz: "DAve..where have you been for the past few decades mate? Every DAY our childre.....
» 21/04/2008 1:09:45 PM Honestly, I couldn't give two flying figs about either of those meetings. There is far t.....
» 20/04/2008 5:17:23 PM "You got to remember that Im indoctrinated to read or hear the Holy Bible." To .....
» 19/04/2008 5:57:34 PM Anyone else ever notice how fundamentalists, regardless of which religion, seem to have si.....
» 18/04/2008 12:41:20 PM Secular chaplain? A 'chaplain' is a religious role. All the definitions I found were relig.....
» 17/04/2008 7:50:57 PM Yes, I really can't see any justification in not allowing secular counsellors to be funded.....
» 17/04/2008 3:39:57 PM Uh, Gibo, would that be the defense portfolio that poured millions into the seasprite heli.....
» 17/04/2008 1:39:17 PM No, Cuphandle, I'm afraid Brendan Nelson just doesn't have the ticker, from what I can see.....
» 16/04/2008 5:02:14 PM Yeah, I'd agree with that Fractelle. If I'd known how far he was going to go on the unions.....
» 16/04/2008 2:18:21 PM Good article - I'd pretty much agree there. I dismiss it when Christians whinge about crit.....
» 16/04/2008 2:10:42 PM Well Mr Right, good to see you're honest enough to include yourself in that classification.....
» 16/04/2008 1:21:03 PM Gibo, it's patently clear that your first comment "what a wonderful thing freedom of .....
» 16/04/2008 1:07:31 PM Surprise, surprise. I, for one, am glad Australia woke up and showed him the door, in a s.....
» 16/04/2008 1:05:30 PM What a wonderful thing is freedom of speech. Its the foundation and the backbone of modern.....
» 15/04/2008 9:37:31 PM C'mon boaz, if this stuff isn't permissible to state about religions: "a) Untrue b) .....
» 15/04/2008 4:52:01 PM I'd cast my thoughts in with optional voting for 16 and 17 year olds. If they're genuinel.....
» 15/04/2008 3:27:43 PM Indeed. One of those lives which undoubtedly created ripples in the lives of many others, .....
» 14/04/2008 1:13:13 PM runner - I put forward a news article, pointing out these groups were damaging young peopl.....
» 14/04/2008 11:06:00 AM runner - you claimed last time, that I should be embarrassed because I was proven wrong ab.....
» 13/04/2008 8:05:03 PM Seems pretty evident that the department of immigration and citizenship has pointed out th.....
» 12/04/2008 12:32:33 PM Yep, CJ, you got it in one. In fact, individual, they actually let the refugees ride on th.....
» 11/04/2008 5:44:32 PM Seems pretty obvious to me boaz, that Christianity has evolved over time. There are so man.....
» 11/04/2008 12:50:16 PM boaz... you couldn't resist throwing bestiality in there could you? For the umpteenth tim.....
» 11/04/2008 12:39:00 PM C'mon people. You're getting in the way of a good excuse to pillory those danged migrants......
» 10/04/2008 2:42:58 PM A fine article, Ms Hamad. Take the criticism here with a grain of salt, as there are quite.....
» 9/04/2008 6:39:01 PM Hmm... it's a tough one - funnily enough, I tend to think the status quo isn't the abysmal.....
» 9/04/2008 3:05:45 PM Desipis said it quite well, right or wrong. Your analogy with a friend about to make a mis.....
» 9/04/2008 2:57:11 PM I see your poitn mjpb, though I don't see how the statement that those virtues will occur:.....
» 9/04/2008 12:36:44 PM "Take a few deep breaths. It is just a correlation. The sky isn't falling in just bec.....
» 9/04/2008 11:26:47 AM Foxy, I don't deny what you're saying there - I'm not saying religion is evil, or that it .....
» 9/04/2008 10:47:23 AM "It may appear to be 'simple and enjoyable' for those viewing the material however th.....
» 9/04/2008 10:39:32 AM boaz, mjpb, I am gobsmacked that you can so easily dismiss all these studies entirely out .....
» 8/04/2008 2:30:02 PM Gibo, it doesn't work like that. Are you aware, that if people do have a case against you.....
» 6/04/2008 8:49:49 PM Gibo: "If you are pro-porn StG, Bugsy, TRTL, the rest of you weaklings, you are as ba.....
» 6/04/2008 4:55:37 PM Ah, yes Gibo. It's pretty clear that you just don't want to accept there is a difference b.....
» 5/04/2008 3:47:27 PM "you are judging censorship within the context of a totalitarian society, one that wa.....
» 5/04/2008 11:50:42 AM It concern me that so many people are willing to countenance censorship. I also suspect t.....
» 4/04/2008 4:59:18 PM Gibo, I sincerely hope you weren't a policeman, or at least, developed your current belief.....
» 4/04/2008 1:51:44 PM Damn well said, R0bert. Gibo, if you're going to ask for studies, don't ignore them when .....
» 4/04/2008 12:27:45 PM Daggett, I wasn't implying that immigration was anything more than a stopgap solution. I .....
» 4/04/2008 11:23:02 AM Two points pynchme: You say I defend porn avidly. I don't. I oppose censorship avidly. Y.....
» 3/04/2008 4:39:14 PM It's true, OE. Similarly, I never met a rapist who didn't eat food, or a male rapist with.....
» 3/04/2008 2:34:46 PM Well, population planning mightn't be a necessary step - first world nations often have na.....
» 3/04/2008 2:17:27 PM Misleading, Shelby. Nobody said porn was 'good' for people. Just like any movie, it's not .....
» 3/04/2008 11:45:59 AM I'll support that Gibo, it's a fantastic idea - provided people ringing it have to identif.....
» 3/04/2008 11:38:35 AM I really don't think all that much of this piece. For starters, there are two separate sp.....
» 3/04/2008 11:27:12 AM Tell me Gibo - Kindly inform us as to why we should believe you, when you give no backing.....
» 3/04/2008 9:35:30 AM I'm certainly not in the climate change denial camp, but I've seen enough by way of pretty.....
» 3/04/2008 9:28:29 AM Right. Boaz, here's the thing. Our society is secular. That means, we don't all buy into .....
» 2/04/2008 6:52:42 PM Boaz: "Dragging up historical events from the Old Testament simply does NOT apply to .....
» 2/04/2008 4:53:39 PM Eep - I did use the word silly in my earlier posts (I was looking at the more recent ones).....
» 2/04/2008 4:30:11 PM Well said Steel. There are reports, plenty of them. They just don't say what you want to .....
» 2/04/2008 2:57:12 PM All things come in waves. Yes, reality TV is cheap, but if you consume too much of somethi.....
» 2/04/2008 1:58:02 PM Rychousmama "TurningRightThenLeft You think that rape is a natural instinct? You sai.....
» 1/04/2008 6:39:08 PM Jack - be it a video, a report or otherwise, the link Bugsy provided refutes the claims ma.....
» 1/04/2008 4:40:19 PM Plus, there's a couple of things I don't think any of us can deny with a straight face - .....
» 1/04/2008 3:38:11 PM This was a fine commentary on what the report wasn't. And yet, we still know nothing of w.....
» 1/04/2008 2:35:43 PM I dunno foxy, it seems a little one sided. At the risk of beginning another gender war, wh.....
» 1/04/2008 12:53:15 PM Well, as I said on the other thread, I don't think making men feel as though they 'should'.....
» 1/04/2008 9:51:56 AM MaggieH, frankly, you're being quite dismissive of other views. You continually label you.....
» 31/03/2008 4:12:31 PM No, Mr Brincat, you don't have it straight. It's not that other scientists shouldn't comm.....
» 31/03/2008 2:40:45 PM rojo, I find the idea that PETA knowingly supports a certain level of animal cruelty, simp.....
» 31/03/2008 1:58:20 PM Foxy - For starters, the 'getting pissed and womanising' is a bit of a stereotype, but I.....
» 31/03/2008 1:06:35 PM Whitty, I think they were referring to this thread, rather than OLO in general. Whilst I t.....
» 31/03/2008 11:02:54 AM These discussions make me somewhat curious as to what boaz's opinion of Senator Joe McCart.....
» 31/03/2008 9:42:40 AM MaggieH, it isn't porn that's being defended. I've not watched porn since I was a teenager.....
» 30/03/2008 7:24:28 PM Banjo, to me, populist policies are essentially policies which are designed to whip up pop.....
» 29/03/2008 4:38:50 PM Well, there you have it. You really can find prejudice against any nation, practice, minor.....
» 29/03/2008 12:07:26 PM It's true that I don't think you can assume those who follow an organised religion are unc.....
» 28/03/2008 3:09:19 PM An interesting article there Graham - though there are quite a number of interpretations. .....
» 28/03/2008 2:36:53 PM Banjo, you make some succinct and quite good points there (though I disagree Hanson would .....
» 28/03/2008 1:34:23 PM boaz, the contrast you're attempting to draw there is quite obvious. If you'll kindly poi.....
» 28/03/2008 12:01:50 PM How amusing. Somebody named 'Mr Right' who refers to the left as the 'loony left' appears .....
» 28/03/2008 11:11:22 AM runner: "I would of thought displaying your ignorance once was enough." Doesn't.....
» 27/03/2008 9:44:21 AM I agree wholeheartedly with criticism of the forced amalgamations. I really don't see how .....
» 27/03/2008 9:28:58 AM rehtclub - I'm sorry, that challenge is pretty idiotic. I'm a reasonably well read individ.....
» 26/03/2008 1:27:49 PM What was wrong with Pauline Hanson? Many, many things. I'll start with her suitability a.....
» 26/03/2008 10:40:12 AM It's a damn shame that the right wing elements are seizing control of the NSW liberals. I.....
» 26/03/2008 10:29:05 AM I'm sorry Gibo, but that had me laughing with such amusement. You really can't see it can.....
» 26/03/2008 10:06:40 AM Aye. 'Tisn't a good thing when MPs give up their ticker. Heck, some of them have been in t.....
» 26/03/2008 9:35:21 AM runner - I'll concede the point in relation to your catholicism or otherwise - touche. I'l.....
» 25/03/2008 3:24:53 PM Whatever it is, just make sure the name of it doesn't end in 'ist' or 'ism' or clearly, it.....
» 25/03/2008 2:18:38 PM Fractelle - I suspect we're in agreeance, by and large - though ultimately, I think perhap.....
» 25/03/2008 2:11:19 PM It wasn't a misrepresentation at all runner, not even the slightest bit. You saying it is.....
» 25/03/2008 12:53:53 PM Fractelle, I don't see where R0bert or I curtail your right to comment. In fact, I specifi.....
» 25/03/2008 11:54:44 AM Thanks mjpb, though technically I'm an agnostic - I tend to think both the atheists and ch.....
» 25/03/2008 11:23:41 AM eftfnc, if that's your concern, then by all means, start a thread. The problem is, your c.....
» 25/03/2008 10:45:33 AM I see your point Fractelle, about how boaz only highlights the negativity in the movements.....
» 25/03/2008 10:26:04 AM J Bennett - For starters, the word is 'you're.' It's a contraction of two words - 'you' .....
» 25/03/2008 9:18:55 AM No Gibo, he did challenge you. You just chose to say he is wrong, so you had an excuse to.....
» 24/03/2008 6:48:13 PM Quite a loaded topic. I'd be interested to see where the critics stand in relation to the.....
» 24/03/2008 4:25:47 PM Gibo, with all due respect, if the posters here were to vote in the category: "Most .....
» 24/03/2008 2:58:36 PM Gibo's one of a number of posters who have a certain curse (or gift, depending on your vie.....
» 24/03/2008 11:45:57 AM I tend to think that we should consider a high school curriculum which involves critical r.....
» 24/03/2008 11:12:52 AM Yeah, I wasn't at all happy to see Andrews, Abbott and Pyne return to the fray, but I was .....
» 24/03/2008 9:38:34 AM I believe it was Kevin Andrews who torpedoed the Northern Territory's euthanasia laws. Chr.....
» 24/03/2008 9:32:33 AM I dunno... whilst I'm a pretty secular sort, what Philo's saying here seems to be a pretty.....
» 23/03/2008 5:48:56 PM Ah, no Fractelle! You often provide a ray of sanity and occasionally amusement, two things.....
» 22/03/2008 11:58:43 AM Cheers Vanilla - it's good to see most posters making headway and coming to some common gr.....
» 22/03/2008 11:50:31 AM Heck froggie, that was the edited version. You're missing out on all the UFO-inspired nutt.....
» 21/03/2008 12:08:23 PM Yes, Romany, I don't think you can take the rough and tumble here as an indicator of human.....
» 21/03/2008 11:04:41 AM The point I think most of us are circling around here, is that feminism, like any movement.....
» 20/03/2008 8:06:36 PM runner, all of those statistics, with the exception of anal cancer, are examples of diseas.....
» 20/03/2008 6:24:19 PM Antiseptic, you showed why I've gone to such pains to express these sentiments here. It's .....
» 20/03/2008 5:39:05 PM StG's asking for evidence, and the way you say 'at least you're thinking about it' is a hi.....
» 20/03/2008 4:41:56 PM It's true bazz. Humanity has never learned to cope with 'unnatural' things like television.....
» 20/03/2008 2:27:53 PM A symeonakis - I'll agree that sometimes strong words are needed. But consider this - the.....
» 20/03/2008 1:53:42 PM Very interesting post you placed there boaz. "My problem though, would be that I onl.....
» 20/03/2008 1:37:36 PM I'll confess, I'm curious as to what threatened species Australians do torture and kill. .....
» 20/03/2008 11:24:18 AM Update: In the last 24 hours since I posted this thread, Ms Sebire has been found dead in .....
» 20/03/2008 9:52:36 AM A Symeonakis, I disagree with you on this one - Belly's been pretty upfront about his iden.....
» 19/03/2008 10:32:53 PM HRS, I've explained why you're a misogynist. I accept you haven't directly criticised wom.....
» 19/03/2008 5:35:31 PM HRS, you keep repeating the same thing over and over, so I'll do the same - HRS, can you .....
» 19/03/2008 4:56:38 PM mjpb - I don't deny there are plenty of factions within Islam that are in dire need of cri.....
» 19/03/2008 3:39:56 PM As for the legitimacy of 'Mercy Ministries' In the past, they've claimed they can use god.....
» 19/03/2008 1:54:25 PM Meet Chantal Sebire. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/court-rejects-disfigured-.....
» 19/03/2008 1:39:48 PM Gibo, you make some good points, but your ignorance on the crime issue really does let you.....
» 19/03/2008 1:33:19 PM Actually Ginx, I don' think any of the posters here are excusing the rape. It's unaccepta.....
» 19/03/2008 10:42:28 AM HRS, are you able to admit that a person who opposed the stoning of non-veiled women in fu.....
» 19/03/2008 10:15:40 AM Boaz, I shouldn't be depressed by further evidence of your one eyed view of the role of Is.....
» 19/03/2008 10:01:39 AM boaz, I concur with Tuckeroo. The piece is very clearly theatrics. It lacks verisimilitu.....
» 19/03/2008 9:40:12 AM Leigh, there's nothing gentlemanly about launching unfounded accusations, then refraining .....
» 18/03/2008 4:49:26 PM Fair points gibo, but you botched the one on crime. China's crime rate is startlingly low.....
» 18/03/2008 4:15:12 PM Yes, I think it depend on context - if modern history is a compulsory subject, then I'd ha.....
» 18/03/2008 3:54:03 PM False accusations Leigh, and unless you have something to back it, you should cease your s.....
» 18/03/2008 3:48:28 PM Some key differences: I think McCartney and the folks at Viva are idiots. Aside from the.....
» 18/03/2008 12:05:40 PM Gibo, I've no issues with Christians. Most are very friendly, reasonable people. Heck, art.....
» 18/03/2008 11:26:53 AM Yeah, I agree with Col on this one. I'm down with condemning the rape in this article. It.....
» 18/03/2008 11:17:39 AM Fair enough Col - I agree. But should Christians make the same efforts? Is it okay for th.....
» 18/03/2008 9:22:59 AM R0bert sums it up quite well. I'm happy to denounce movements when they do harm - Al-Qaeda.....
» 17/03/2008 9:10:24 PM I dunno goodthief, I think there's a fundamental attitude adjustment that humanity needs t.....
» 17/03/2008 8:38:35 PM Thought I'd respond to the responses to my earlier post: Bigmal, you stated: "n the .....
» 17/03/2008 8:04:15 PM I do get very amused by HRS logic: He states: "For all their propaganda, I have rare.....
» 17/03/2008 4:44:34 PM I wouldn't have said nancy boy wuss... if that were the case, then you wouldn't be so vehe.....
» 17/03/2008 1:49:56 PM Frankly, if they're hoons who speed off from traffic lights, they're unlikely to be take m.....
» 17/03/2008 12:57:27 PM Whitty: "I just don't think the ends justifies the means, and I'm damn sure the gove.....
» 17/03/2008 12:08:19 PM A fair amount of criticism of Islam stems from the fact that moderate muslims appear to be.....
» 17/03/2008 11:14:54 AM Well put, Fractelle. I could believe in a god. I could never believe in one that is so in.....
» 17/03/2008 10:52:57 AM HRS - a woman who speaks out against, say, the stoning of women in Saudi Arabia could be d.....
» 17/03/2008 10:14:13 AM For the record, HRS is the only genuine misogynist I see here - I often disagree with you,.....
» 16/03/2008 5:29:32 PM I have called HRS a misogynist. It's an accurate term and I stand by that. There were many.....
» 15/03/2008 2:35:17 PM Well said Romany, Vanilla. Honestly, there are better things to get worked up over. I no.....
» 15/03/2008 1:32:05 PM I think Bertrand's central contention - that Ms Neighbour didn't do enough to emphasise th.....
» 15/03/2008 11:10:42 AM Whitty, I more or less concur, though I emphatically disagree about the speeding advert. .....
» 15/03/2008 10:56:54 AM A grim assessment. Overall, it's probably accurate, however provided there are still disce.....
» 13/03/2008 10:03:37 AM I concur whitty and you're right - sensible Christians put their faith within a framework .....
» 13/03/2008 9:06:19 AM Nice theory Vanilla, which actually has some grounding in the real world, as opposed to th.....
» 12/03/2008 9:18:44 PM Dickie, dear me. Your indignant flailing is hitting more and more other posters. If you c.....
» 12/03/2008 4:01:26 PM Damn well said Fractelle. Now observe as the religious use the circuit breaker 'faith' to.....
» 12/03/2008 2:41:20 PM runner, you say we'll proclaim christ once we die. Problem is, you can't back that up, so.....
» 11/03/2008 4:18:36 PM Dickie, I rather suspected your somewhat indignant rants would then come my way. Very well.....
» 10/03/2008 5:26:25 PM Whilst CJ sometimes puts things across differently than I would, all his points are valid,.....
» 10/03/2008 2:59:14 PM I've gotta disagree there CJ. As glad as I am that the Howard Government has been toppled,.....
» 10/03/2008 10:29:57 AM Good points there goodthief - I'd say I'm marginally more comfortable with extreme anti-ch.....
» 10/03/2008 9:44:26 AM Love your work there Mr Matheson - you provide a shining example of the tolerant understan.....
» 10/03/2008 9:13:56 AM Guys, while you're on about hypothetical grand issues of ideological struggles, there are .....
» 9/03/2008 2:41:15 PM I dunno which is more amusing, the one eyed Howard devotion of Mickijo, or runner's cheap .....
» 9/03/2008 12:03:24 PM "TRTL questioning the fact that women operate under freedoms and safety guaranteed by.....
» 9/03/2008 11:29:46 AM Love your work there Vanilla, especially: "But the comments frequently focus on what .....
» 9/03/2008 11:11:49 AM Actually Dickie, everything's CJ has said has made sense, and the only knots are the ones .....
» 8/03/2008 7:23:53 PM Well boaz, reading your first couple of posts I totally agree. It's their call, though hop.....
» 8/03/2008 7:21:06 PM boaz, here's where perspectives come into play. The description 'unpaid domestic work' is.....
» 7/03/2008 11:10:46 AM Damn. That should have been 'inevitably.' Well, that was bound to happen......
» 7/03/2008 11:09:31 AM I dunno Frankgol. I've always used the word 'however' instead of 'but' which was enough of.....
» 7/03/2008 10:26:27 AM R0bert - I see why you're making a case for supporting male victims of DV. I've no doubt .....
» 7/03/2008 10:00:55 AM Indeed Vanilla. Now wait and watch as the slighted man-brigade comes crawling out from the.....
» 7/03/2008 8:58:34 AM boaz: "Women operate within the freedom and security which men guarantee by their pro.....
» 6/03/2008 6:46:24 PM boaz, you're sounding more hysterical than usual. The mossadeq affair for instance, wasn'.....
» 4/03/2008 6:53:36 PM rehtclub, I see your points about workchoices, but this phrase is in need of clarification.....
» 4/03/2008 10:54:14 AM Not meaning to sound childish, but I think it's your argument that sounds weak, and it I s.....
» 4/03/2008 9:54:15 AM CJ and Fractelle: I'm most amused by your tactics at repelling evangelists. My only exper.....
» 3/03/2008 2:38:35 PM R0bert - I'd be willing to envisage the number of incidents being somewhere even, though I.....
» 3/03/2008 1:12:43 PM "There is really something very enriching with a large gathering of men and women whe.....
» 3/03/2008 8:41:07 AM Thanks HRS for the fine example of asking for stats that don't exist as if this somehow su.....
» 3/03/2008 8:29:57 AM Simple answer - when it comes to most of these things, it's not right or wrong. I get you.....
» 2/03/2008 12:49:11 PM Jolanda - as Vanilla has pointed out, would it be accurate of me to say, you're alienating.....
» 2/03/2008 10:54:30 AM Yes, I was willing to listen to HRS until he point blank refused to accept that unfortunat.....
» 2/03/2008 10:36:56 AM Farewell Foxy. It's been a pleasure and you've demonstrated the finest examples of both fo.....
» 1/03/2008 11:09:52 AM HRS, you're playing your disingenuous victim games again. Which is even more unbecoming. .....
» 29/02/2008 2:33:54 PM A most amusing article. I certainly don't have a problem when women are reasonably forward.....
» 28/02/2008 4:49:09 PM No Vanilla. You don't stand corrected. Boaz: "So.. I find myself in total agreement .....
» 28/02/2008 1:26:54 PM Vanilla - but don't you see? If we had more smacking, we'd have sorer butts. We'd need to .....
» 28/02/2008 11:35:06 AM But people! Today Tonight said we have an epidemic! The youths are out of control and elde.....
» 28/02/2008 9:25:56 AM "TurnRightThenLeft, I was surprsed by your 'encouragement' for Antonios. Do you reall.....
» 28/02/2008 9:17:03 AM I think that in lieu of the key word 'evidence' we should pick a new key word. 'Vexatious.....
» 25/02/2008 9:08:59 PM I heartily concur there Fozz - if we define socialism as government intervention, then we'.....
» 25/02/2008 3:08:24 PM RE: PALE's posting practices- I agree totally that the username should only post on issue.....
» 25/02/2008 2:37:21 PM Antonios - don't let Leigh and JackTheLad's comments throw you. Leigh's among the first to.....
» 25/02/2008 2:10:12 PM Oh, and I suppose the roles of the ADF would need to be considered in such an analysis as .....
» 25/02/2008 2:07:27 PM Nice article Bruce. Any chance on getting a piece written on where the responsibilities o.....
» 25/02/2008 1:55:19 PM VK3AUU is right. I'm somewhat bemused by the commentators who are presumptuous enough to .....
» 25/02/2008 10:37:20 AM Annoyed Parent, I'm more interested in the source of information. Ms Challita appears to p.....
» 25/02/2008 10:14:04 AM It does sound somewhat hysterical. I don't doubt there's an array of nasty pornography on.....
» 25/02/2008 9:29:17 AM Actually, I think these examples of 'PC gone mad' such as Christmas being banned (which I .....
» 25/02/2008 9:26:37 AM At the end of the day? Everybody here's expressing their opinions. Nobody has been silenc.....
» 24/02/2008 6:38:59 PM Col, I concur that you can't make a specific diagnosis without a proper assessment. Thoug.....
» 24/02/2008 12:53:47 PM Chainsmoker - it could be just an extreme case of overprotectiveness coupled with an inabi.....
» 24/02/2008 11:11:51 AM Hmm. Firstly, if it was a forum with real names, I'd be counted out as well. I deal with.....
» 24/02/2008 9:42:34 AM Palimpsest phrased it pretty well I think. PC is generally a word for the views that the m.....
» 23/02/2008 7:17:14 PM "I agree this isn't russia and there is no KGB. What we have is far worse, a minority.....
» 23/02/2008 6:12:00 PM Passive: Payments were made? people drifted off quietly into the night? This is a school.....
» 23/02/2008 2:08:39 PM Y'know, it's a damn good point in relation to the 'banning of Christmas'. It's a chestnut.....
» 21/02/2008 11:59:52 AM He says: "Their only response to this is to say that we fail to understand their coun.....
» 20/02/2008 1:18:21 PM Alas. T'was a bad time to admit it after all. No monocle, no leer. Most "m'dear's&q.....
» 20/02/2008 12:11:35 PM Yes, Kevin Donnelly's articles are quite painful. There's only so many times you can witne.....
» 19/02/2008 1:28:05 PM Actually Vanilla, for the record, your post wasn't particularly laden with vitriol. And I.....
» 19/02/2008 11:55:32 AM Would this be a bad time to confess I've been known to refer to women as "m'dear".....
» 19/02/2008 11:07:10 AM DeepDarkOpps, I've seen a a few of your posts and haven't dignified them with a response, .....
» 18/02/2008 9:44:33 PM boaz, I'm simultaneously bemused and disgusted by your religion stereotyping. This is at t.....
» 18/02/2008 7:55:39 PM (It's on page 4 of that thread. The link doesn't seem to take it right to the page)......
» 18/02/2008 7:54:47 PM To all you paranoid folk who seem hung up on busying yourselves condemning other people's .....
» 18/02/2008 4:20:52 PM Well said Foxy. Look, boaz, allow me another analogy which portrays the situation. Lets .....
» 18/02/2008 1:04:46 PM Ha, R0bert, I like your number one better. No, the number one on the list I found was tha.....
» 16/02/2008 6:44:25 PM 8. Gay marriage should be decided by the people and their elected representatives, not the.....
» 16/02/2008 6:43:46 PM Actually, further to that, I came across this rather humorous selection of 'reasons' why g.....
» 15/02/2008 4:57:48 PM I dunno how you conclude that we're uni students. I'm not, for the record, though I do hav.....
» 15/02/2008 3:08:55 PM Good heavens, Johnny Rotten. What a cavalier response. It's not just cats and dogs shacki.....
» 15/02/2008 2:08:20 PM R0bert, I suspect that regardless of the words being spoken or the message being conveyed,.....
» 15/02/2008 12:27:01 PM Quite a number of skeptical responses and I can understand why, though I'd have thought th.....
» 15/02/2008 11:11:13 AM I happen to believe that your anti-muslim measures are no solution to this at all. They're.....
» 15/02/2008 11:10:56 AM Boaz - you say that the phone user would take it quite seriously. Yes. That actually rein.....
» 15/02/2008 9:21:05 AM Steel, I was the last one to use the term misogyny and it was quite accurate. I was referr.....
» 14/02/2008 3:54:54 PM Good article. Gibo provides a fine example of the shaky ground that religious arguments a.....
» 14/02/2008 2:48:10 PM The protectionist vs free trade is an interesting debate. Quite probably, the most impor.....
» 14/02/2008 12:51:19 PM They've found a way around the pickled yams? Oh damn, lads. We're done for. But of course.....
» 14/02/2008 12:09:05 PM "God nade man fight over women how cruel is that?" I'd have to say this post ra.....
» 14/02/2008 10:50:00 AM Of course men are necessary. I'm afraid that when it comes to opening jars, we're just pla.....
» 13/02/2008 6:59:02 PM So gibo, you say often people misinterpret you. When asked to provide examples, you don't.....
» 12/02/2008 3:19:21 PM Actually seeker, I don't recall making any distinction between genders. You're making a ge.....
» 11/02/2008 8:45:56 PM Uh, Salty, I'm not sure where you're receiving your information, but there's been plenty o.....
» 11/02/2008 8:26:19 PM Hmm. Good point R0bert. Maybe this whole debate just stems from a perception that missiona.....
» 11/02/2008 3:09:10 PM Indeed. it feels decidedly strange to have Gibo warning me about some kind of brainwashing.....
» 11/02/2008 12:47:13 PM Ah, yes runner. I'm curious as to what is acceptable programming. Clearly not the left win.....
» 11/02/2008 12:22:59 PM For the record philo, if I was in the business of levelling assumptions at others, I'd say.....
» 11/02/2008 11:58:38 AM Mark Richardson: "It's not enough to say that the women who missed out could have cho.....
» 11/02/2008 11:41:24 AM Ah, right. I suppose I was being foolish for thinking the 'bible' is an exceedingly poor .....
» 11/02/2008 9:53:05 AM boaz: "and start with the ISSUE.. how many times do I have to say this b4 it sinks in.....
» 11/02/2008 9:29:35 AM "Come on TurnRightThenLeft. Its all in the specific context of a home guard defence .....
» 10/02/2008 5:02:05 PM Hmm, I've gotta say Rainier, in this particular case, I'm going to have to side with Leigh.....
» 10/02/2008 2:40:18 PM Gibo: By the same token, if you calculate the number of pirates existing in our oceans o.....
» 8/02/2008 8:41:58 PM Indeed. A bunch of blokes running around with guns seems like a decidedly poor strategic r.....
» 8/02/2008 7:45:46 PM Gibo, I don't deny that there are a handful of dodgy places in Australia, where women prob.....
» 8/02/2008 3:11:51 PM Gibo, get help......
» 8/02/2008 9:27:33 AM Gibo, I think the reason you try to avoid those things, is apparently you think things are.....
» 7/02/2008 10:43:24 PM Actually runner, I don't think very many people are that critical of women who decide to b.....
» 7/02/2008 10:37:47 PM Cheers Vanilla, JR. Right back atcha. All those comments, mark, there was nothing stoppin.....
» 7/02/2008 5:02:27 PM Of course Arjay. By the same token, by allowing cola to be legal, we do run the risk of h.....
» 7/02/2008 9:39:53 AM "We have actually shut down regarding much of the worlds talk and we actually block i.....
» 7/02/2008 9:08:18 AM Yeah, I was going to raise that point myself, Wizofaus. I'm going to have to disagree wit.....
» 6/02/2008 6:07:40 PM It doesn't, fester, it's just that people like to force them into choosing, so when they d.....
» 6/02/2008 12:46:44 PM No Sam. That's claptrap. "The fact is, we can show that if you had grown up in say E.....
» 6/02/2008 10:45:32 AM Sorry Dan... can you explain why Ring's commentary is anti-Rudd bile, but yours isn't just.....
» 6/02/2008 9:03:58 AM I never said I was proud of him HasBeen, in fact I said quite the opposite. My point was, .....
» 5/02/2008 9:10:41 PM Listen to R0bert Gibo. What reason would he have to lie? Honestly, your posts on flying s.....
» 5/02/2008 5:03:39 PM Like I said to the author, themistocles, the polling numbers just don't support your theor.....
» 5/02/2008 2:50:35 PM Oh come on HasBeen. Provide a some backing. First point: we were going to meet our Kyoto .....
» 5/02/2008 2:35:57 PM And here I thought this thread was going to be about the embarrassing performance our new .....
» 5/02/2008 1:43:14 PM CJ's that's preposterous. I never thought you'd buy into such ridiculous notions. Clearly.....
» 5/02/2008 1:12:46 PM "I don't subscribe to the commonly held belief that the antonym of feminism is misogy.....
» 5/02/2008 9:41:27 AM I'm going to have to disagree with most of this analysis: "But will Obama's sweeping.....
» 5/02/2008 8:40:33 AM Gah. Funny that my corrections seem to have the most typos. In the last post: 'Inadvertent.....
» 4/02/2008 7:45:23 PM Eep. Notice I advertently mixed up the period od McCarthyism. Apologies. Problem is, you .....
» 4/02/2008 12:45:56 PM Y'know, maybe you're right boaz. Human rights are pesky, evil things. Maybe we should jus.....
» 3/02/2008 3:03:52 PM EC: "I can’t understand the concept of how someone would watch channel A while thinki.....
» 1/02/2008 12:09:31 PM Damn well said Johnny Rotten. I don't think HRS is the least bit interested in justice f.....
» 1/02/2008 11:22:28 AM I gave up coffee for a year to see if it would help with my insomnia. It didn't, though I .....
» 1/02/2008 11:19:46 AM runner, how can I possibly think I know more than the creator, if I don't believe in the c.....
» 31/01/2008 5:46:53 PM Y'know what strikes me about all these debates about the influence of feminism, or the med.....
» 31/01/2008 12:52:32 PM Further to that: A model exists for the privatisation of almost every single government s.....
» 31/01/2008 12:45:50 PM Persuasive arguments Mr Carson, but there's a rebuttal for each and every one of them. Yo.....
» 31/01/2008 9:32:10 AM FOI, now here's a topic both sides of politics can come together to support. Regrettably, .....
» 31/01/2008 8:50:38 AM Actually boaz, I'm going to have to agree with you on that score. Whilst I've nothing agai.....
» 30/01/2008 2:16:14 PM PALE... I take it these are your views, and not those of the organisation, when you say th.....
» 29/01/2008 5:08:47 PM Gotta disagree with you there Banjo, I think people in Australia are indeed interested in .....
» 29/01/2008 3:58:08 PM Right. Because resorting to insults is the best way to win any debate. Though you are succ.....
» 29/01/2008 1:24:02 PM Your use of the word 'protection' is loaded there, Is Mise. I'd say the use of rifles is.....
» 29/01/2008 12:35:17 PM Indeed. I'm with Freediver. It happens, and yes, it happens on a basis that is far too fr.....
» 29/01/2008 10:46:43 AM Actually Jack, you've hit the nail on the head. The common perception, that the cartoons.....
» 29/01/2008 9:30:37 AM Strangely, yeah, I'm going to have to agree with Leigh and the author for the most part, b.....
» 29/01/2008 9:10:03 AM Yes Mr Carson - no, I don't think it's because I've just been asking my friends and acquai.....
» 28/01/2008 4:03:19 PM CJ... I dunno if he knows too much about the stats, given that he's mentioned he's plannin.....
» 28/01/2008 2:04:54 PM I'm with you on that one CJ. I live and work in rural Australia, and I haven't seen any ne.....
» 28/01/2008 10:33:06 AM Well said Vanilla. Don't take the comments here to heart Darlene. Certain posters here st.....
» 28/01/2008 9:58:48 AM Shockadelic, you're acting as though we face a united enemy - this isn't the case. Althou.....
» 28/01/2008 9:29:01 AM Actually, what I found interesting, is that Mr Carson does make the valid point that the A.....
» 27/01/2008 2:57:28 PM Leigh: " have always been the main target of your self-righteous pontificating; and, .....
» 27/01/2008 11:35:15 AM So boaz, in that post you make two key points: 1) If the story of Job is true, at the end.....
» 26/01/2008 2:57:02 PM Actually Mickijo, you need a new word. Racism = discrimination against a race. Criticism .....
» 26/01/2008 1:57:01 PM Ah, so in essence, your entire argument shockadelic, is that we should adopt a "guilt.....
» 26/01/2008 12:26:09 PM Leigh: "The problem is, although they moan and groan about every thing Australian, th.....
» 26/01/2008 12:17:19 PM Ha, oh my HRS, that first comment made me laugh so very much. Stop for a moment - on the .....
» 25/01/2008 11:27:14 PM I'll bid it adieu as well, but with the parting words that if I have a crush on you HRS, y.....
» 25/01/2008 2:26:08 PM Every day, there are thousands of interactions as energy moves between objects - be it win.....
» 25/01/2008 11:34:36 AM Well said Wiz. Absolutely brilliant article. Hooray for common sense! Faith has two side.....
» 25/01/2008 10:57:32 AM Of course I don't tolerate the execution of homosexuals. I've said repeatedly, I've no tim.....
» 25/01/2008 10:04:51 AM Mmm. Indeed. The first post on this thread seems to be more of a polemic against Ms Apple .....
» 25/01/2008 9:16:12 AM No, shockadelic, it's quite simple. I couldn't give two hoots about what's in a book, I ca.....
» 24/01/2008 10:06:18 PM 1) You keep playing victim, demanding apologies. It may be justified in certain instances,.....
» 24/01/2008 9:33:09 PM Vanilla, damn fine post. Heck, if you kept that up I'd consider that proposal. Note that .....
» 24/01/2008 5:03:17 PM For the most evasive answer, in recorded history, please see above. You still refuse to j.....
» 24/01/2008 1:54:18 PM Actually, I'm rather curious as to the effects that increased oil costs will have on globa.....
» 24/01/2008 1:35:09 PM Whenever I hear calls from somebody to sell the ABC or SBS, I have one simple question tha.....
» 23/01/2008 7:30:40 PM Whitty, you said in an earlier post that you saw 'extreme' feminism as a smokescreen, to a.....
» 23/01/2008 7:14:49 PM I think the problem here, is everybody is taking Zoo, as well as Audrey's website, far too.....
» 23/01/2008 4:08:45 PM This is a god who tortured someone who already was devoted to him, merely to prove god's g.....
» 23/01/2008 4:02:10 PM boaz, you consistently say that we should scrutinise the Qu'ran for being violent. You urg.....
» 23/01/2008 1:36:24 PM Leigh - western tradition is founded on the roman empire, which in turn derived much of it.....
» 23/01/2008 1:11:26 PM Whoops, wrong link - that was another version of this article. The one I meant to link to .....
» 23/01/2008 1:08:17 PM Ah yes, Col. Without actually addressing the secrecy of the Minister's Indonesian visit, y.....
» 23/01/2008 12:06:40 PM Ah, I notice Redneck's banging the 'anti-racists are actually racists too' drum again. As.....
» 23/01/2008 10:08:53 AM It's pretty evident that we're at less risk than the US, and that our economic ties to Asi.....
» 22/01/2008 9:38:52 PM boaz I'm having a humdinger of a dialogue with an Australian Christian right now. THE IS.....
» 21/01/2008 7:18:42 PM yeah, but Redneck,'the media' is everybody's favourite whipping boy. Sure, it's every Ar.....
» 21/01/2008 5:32:52 PM Unfortunately, were I to relate the old nursery rhyme 'girls are made of sugar and spice a.....
» 20/01/2008 4:06:49 PM Why is that at all perplexing HRS? I see no reason at all. Perhaps it's because it's not .....
» 20/01/2008 3:59:32 PM Jolanda, one solution. New school, then stop interfering. Don't draw so much attention to.....
» 20/01/2008 3:55:15 PM Actually HRS, I think it's more that Audrey appears to have the intelligence to realise th.....
» 20/01/2008 9:12:24 AM HRS, you're the one who is confused. In that post, I was very clearly making the point th.....
» 19/01/2008 6:05:19 PM Hell, HRS. I hope to high heaven she doesn't remove the banner. It's a joke. Most people .....
» 19/01/2008 1:19:15 PM runner, I guess the issue I have there, is that your perception of secularism appears to b.....
» 19/01/2008 12:39:14 PM And yet, HRS, no men have stepped forward to say the reverse. In fact, there's only been .....
» 18/01/2008 1:58:10 PM Yes, funny how he keeps insisting over and over that others keep searching but refuses to .....
» 18/01/2008 12:48:32 PM Not a bad piece actually. Generally, I'm the first to criticise articles that attempt to p.....
» 18/01/2008 11:54:16 AM HRS - still using the tactic of demanding others do the work. Maybe someday you'll find s.....
» 18/01/2008 11:37:28 AM I'm rather bemused by the reactions to Corey Worthington/Delaney. He held a party. It got.....
» 18/01/2008 9:18:56 AM Jolanda- 1) You said, what you were doing was a sarcastic response. No it wasn't. You're.....
» 17/01/2008 1:29:11 PM HRS. You've flogged the "snips and snails" on Audrey's website quote no less th.....
» 17/01/2008 10:00:43 AM But boaz, you say that it's about offering them information on Christianity, but not badge.....
» 17/01/2008 9:05:42 AM HRS, you find reasons to discard commentary which doesn't fit your preconceptions. Why am.....
» 16/01/2008 6:35:00 PM Alternatively, the other possibility is that you are a parent who loves their children, bu.....
» 16/01/2008 6:34:32 PM Jolanda, reading the comments, I don't think it's 'confident people' that make others angr.....
» 16/01/2008 12:29:07 PM We've been here before HRS. It's about defining who is and isn't feminists and what a posi.....
» 16/01/2008 11:38:51 AM Foxy, I think there's a difference between knowing something, and really 'knowing' it. You.....
» 15/01/2008 2:44:51 PM Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on one cotton pickin' minute there boaz. You speak of two groups o.....
» 15/01/2008 1:01:49 PM Close, Corri. I think that the ecosystems don't necessarily continue with our involvement .....
» 15/01/2008 12:58:35 PM Yes, I think it's a shame this otherwise fine article includes a subtle 'trojan horse' sty.....
» 15/01/2008 10:58:51 AM Actually, yes, HRS, I would. Not because I'm seeking profanity, but you just provided an.....
» 15/01/2008 9:27:19 AM That's just it Philo. You're saying that heaven is only open to man because it's a philoso.....
» 15/01/2008 9:23:53 AM This was interesting HRS: in a sarcastic manner you said "Judge, I can’t be accused o.....
» 14/01/2008 1:22:56 PM I note some of the earlier comments in this thread - runner implied that the people with a.....
» 14/01/2008 1:22:38 PM Y'know, one of the more objectionable bits (in my view) about the christian faith, was the.....
» 14/01/2008 9:12:07 AM PALE - I have to disagree with the foundations of your view there. You're basically saying.....
» 13/01/2008 9:09:21 AM Wise move there David. Posting unrelated topics under the banner of an organisation can le.....
» 11/01/2008 1:22:28 PM In dealings with teachers, it seems there;s a bit of a paranoia that male teachers will be.....
» 11/01/2008 10:09:59 AM The other comment, you'd like to hang me on, was "the greek empire, which essentially.....
» 11/01/2008 10:09:41 AM So you continue to misrepresent me. Evidently I am in a far better position to judge them......
» 11/01/2008 9:12:38 AM Actually, I'm halfway through reading a book 'plague's progress' at the moment, and it's q.....
» 10/01/2008 10:31:48 AM Steven... After the moon landing, there were all kinds of predictions. It was assumed tha.....
» 10/01/2008 9:19:20 AM I can only concur with what posters have said thus far, and say that romany foxy and bothe.....
» 9/01/2008 6:22:55 PM I do react with a snort when people try to make the claim that the only muslims are extrem.....
» 9/01/2008 11:13:40 AM While I'm not all that keen on kids carrying daggers, it seems to me that there are two ke.....
» 9/01/2008 10:52:03 AM I concur with the posters so far, though I must admit, there's been a few occasions when I.....
» 9/01/2008 9:22:08 AM "I asked how do you know many homos don't intend to molest." What the hell? Ho.....
» 8/01/2008 4:57:18 PM HRS, I just took a look at the same site. I'm afraid after your last post it's going to be.....
» 7/01/2008 4:56:21 PM I was going to pop into this thread earlier, but quite frankly, I've argued these points w.....
» 7/01/2008 9:43:46 AM I really don't think brain size is the foremost factor in intelligence. I'm sure a cow's b.....
» 4/01/2008 3:49:41 PM JBennett, Well, speaking for myself, the reason why I left this thread was because it beca.....
» 4/01/2008 2:57:27 PM Shh people. Let Senator Wells get back to matters of the utmost, importance, like nitpicki.....
» 4/01/2008 12:14:34 PM I'm not sure how you can say that Kipp. Unfortunately, people are divided on pretty much.....
» 2/01/2008 11:15:35 PM A very worthwhile thread. I tend to agree with most of the sentiments echoed in the first .....
» 19/12/2007 4:21:22 PM So you're saying you believe in Karma. And here I thought you were Christian........
» 18/12/2007 10:08:58 AM Banjo, you say you've shown me how inept the law is, but I haven't actually seen much by w.....
» 18/12/2007 9:49:19 AM Philo The way you talk about homosexuals you consider them an aberrance to be passed aroun.....
» 17/12/2007 9:36:39 AM Banjo - I agree with some of your diagnosis but your cure is the wrong one. If the law is.....
» 17/12/2007 9:34:17 AM J Bennett: "TRTL I know your agenda" Well I certainly hope so. I'm against disc.....
» 14/12/2007 4:13:26 PM On that point wizofaus, there's a brilliant article in TIME magazine here: http://www.tim.....
» 14/12/2007 3:42:14 PM Uh... rivergum... that's exactly what the article was explaining......
» 14/12/2007 2:30:49 PM Philo, you speak of social ideals, but would you deny the two sisters the right to raise t.....
» 14/12/2007 12:25:56 PM I concur with Leigh on the fact that the laptop promise doesn't appear to have sufficient .....
» 14/12/2007 11:45:32 AM So, people. Leaving aside the barely relevant issues of chimpanzees or sex with robots and.....
» 14/12/2007 11:08:42 AM Not a bad thread, nice to see the raving abusive types haven't found their way here yet. .....
» 13/12/2007 4:53:03 PM Well... this thread's certainly got pretty haywire. To bring things back to the central po.....
» 13/12/2007 1:15:07 PM I'm gonna concur with realist on this one. Sure, there needs to be some assistance for ch.....
» 12/12/2007 12:12:51 PM JBennett, you were wrong about civil rights of gay couples, and there's plenty more that y.....
» 12/12/2007 9:27:20 AM I'm rather torn on the issue of mandatory voting - I do see and understand all the pitfall.....
» 11/12/2007 3:50:20 PM Liberty, I stand by my assertion that you're playing games of semantics, and still view th.....
» 10/12/2007 7:47:54 PM Yeah, honestly ChrisPer - despite that 12,000 vote point, overall, there was still a massi.....
» 10/12/2007 1:15:11 PM That's a good point Carrie: Keith - what if there had been no chance of recovery at all? .....
» 10/12/2007 1:00:37 PM Col - I see your point about the health system, but I'd ask whether you think privatisatio.....
» 10/12/2007 11:00:38 AM I've been called many things by the more aggressive posters in this forum, but 'right wing.....
» 10/12/2007 10:38:53 AM pmark - you say that religious figures have just as much right to be rich as anyone else. .....
» 7/12/2007 4:13:28 PM Be wary of press releases Scotty. Let's see now - that link is from the Christian Democrat.....
» 7/12/2007 2:53:50 PM And HRS - you say "I've said many insulting and abusive things about you." Damn.....
» 7/12/2007 12:02:25 PM I do find it rather amusing when the anti-immigrationists pop their head up, then: a) say.....
» 7/12/2007 11:37:19 AM Actually, if you look back through history, there's a very amusing period that evolved fro.....
» 7/12/2007 10:58:59 AM No HRS, I'm having trouble finding a feminist document that says things about the male gen.....
» 7/12/2007 9:59:31 AM I concur wholeheartedly with the article. Though I suspect we'll hear from a few 'separat.....
» 7/12/2007 9:36:10 AM Huh, I keyed in 'pope' to the search function and the word wasn't mentioned in the article.....
» 6/12/2007 4:36:28 PM Thompson hits the nail on the head. His claims are spot on and I've yet to see any decent .....
» 6/12/2007 1:54:40 PM There haven't been many articles that cheered me as much as this one did. I was quite ple.....
» 6/12/2007 12:34:48 PM Funnily enough, my parents went through quite the crisis in surname when they got married .....
» 6/12/2007 9:46:09 AM I was most amused by Dan S Merengue and pmark's comments. Essentially, they can both be s.....
» 6/12/2007 9:26:13 AM J Bennett, you've been proven to be wrong. Your irrelevant snide comments about puberty r.....
» 5/12/2007 4:57:51 PM "The hard earned bucks should be used for furthering the gospel message and helping t.....
» 5/12/2007 12:34:59 PM Oh please JBennett, you can't backtrack now. It's in black and white. I quoted you saying.....
» 5/12/2007 9:28:12 AM Pericles, the only Australian 'guilt by association' section I saw was where the lack of f.....
» 5/12/2007 9:06:51 AM You're right Julie. Somebody needs to stand up for the powerless multinationals......
» 4/12/2007 12:00:51 PM J Bennett: now your ignorance is well and truly on display: "They already have civil.....
» 4/12/2007 11:55:33 AM Actually boaz, I think it's more about realising neither side is without guilt and that if.....
» 4/12/2007 11:00:33 AM Leigh, runner... what you both don't take into account, are that your views are on the con.....
» 4/12/2007 10:34:43 AM Well said Dozer, botheration. I myself was raised by someone who certainly identifies her.....
» 3/12/2007 3:50:54 PM This is precisely the problem HRS: you're describing feminism as a cult. You're censoring.....
» 3/12/2007 2:10:06 PM J Bennett. You can claim your opponents are being 'led by the nose' all you like, but ever.....
» 3/12/2007 9:56:40 AM Like any organisation, the concept of the organisation itself is not the problem. This is.....
» 2/12/2007 1:58:54 PM This has to be about the dodgiest assessment of the political climate I've ever seen. And.....
» 30/11/2007 11:45:11 PM Countrygirl pretty much said it all pretty well for me, though I don't often see posts of .....
» 30/11/2007 6:12:10 PM botheration, I think you're right about the subject being changed... it would appear that .....
» 30/11/2007 3:10:25 PM Philo - that's causal. You haven't proved a link at all - males are responsible for more s.....
» 30/11/2007 1:38:57 PM You didn't answer specifically whether you believe homosexuality is a choice, saying neith.....
» 30/11/2007 1:21:57 PM Nice opening salvo there countrygal. That had me grinning, because it's precisely what ran.....
» 30/11/2007 1:07:49 PM It's a well argued piece - while I concur that the previous election does discount the 'Ho.....
» 30/11/2007 12:10:00 PM You asked for statistics, and I got them. As I've said, you're never ever going to get st.....
» 29/11/2007 5:10:32 PM HRS - in response: You say "Women are being trained to think negatively of both men .....
» 29/11/2007 3:40:24 PM Well said Pericles. If you're going to use scientific principles to try and back your case.....
» 29/11/2007 12:04:49 PM JBennett - even if your homosexual depression statistics are true, my point remains that i.....
» 29/11/2007 11:25:25 AM HRS - that's shifting the ball. I've never said all men are violent. Nobody is parrotting .....
» 28/11/2007 5:03:36 PM runner - as I already pointed out the "diseases" argument is moot. Unprotected h.....
» 28/11/2007 4:55:36 PM HRS, I'm seeing various comparisons from you, but not many direct ones. i.e. Yes, more ba.....
» 27/11/2007 6:21:00 PM I think the reason why the thread isn't so white hot is that those of us with common sense.....
» 27/11/2007 5:12:33 PM runner, the situation where torture is needed to save your children is pretty damn unlikel.....
» 27/11/2007 4:23:04 PM BN: the simplest numbers. Looking at the numbers of State and Federal governments elected .....
» 27/11/2007 3:28:34 PM Actually, historically speaking and looking at the raw numbers without any political infle.....
» 26/11/2007 6:59:57 PM JamesH: "Firstly it is much more common to see guys who have been bashed than women, .....
» 26/11/2007 11:44:12 AM My point, Dan, is that the whole 'in his image' phrase is utterly meaningless. Image refer.....
» 25/11/2007 3:02:22 PM Fair comment there JamesH - I acknowledge that having an 'axe to grind' does sound dismiss.....
» 25/11/2007 9:32:28 AM HRS, I'm starting to see how you've developed this victim mentality. The ilk argument has.....
» 24/11/2007 2:32:21 PM To pick apart the logic of the last couple of posts... 1) if you think an objective view .....
» 24/11/2007 2:12:39 PM HRS, I've no doubt you can pull any number of incidents out of a hat to support your case......
» 23/11/2007 9:39:37 PM Well said Leith - good to see someone bringing a bit of balance in to this debate. At pre.....
» 23/11/2007 3:40:16 PM Damn, I forgot 'Leftist shi'ite.' http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=663.....
» 23/11/2007 2:15:50 PM I certainly think voluntary euthanasia is something that should be legalised. It was in N.....
» 23/11/2007 1:50:55 PM Naturally, this piece is to be derided as the work of some kind of: Subversive-tree-hugg.....
» 23/11/2007 12:14:35 PM Simple logic... don't even think about the contradictions. In summary: 1) We can't possib.....
» 23/11/2007 11:39:50 AM Leigh, effectively what your post says, is that you just come to the onlineopinion site to.....
» 22/11/2007 8:33:32 PM Actually Arjay, that was a very apt summary of conservative persuasion techniques. Boo! S.....
» 22/11/2007 1:04:19 PM HRS, please let me make this clear: I know you haven't called me an ilk. I called you 'of.....
» 21/11/2007 2:42:19 PM Actually HRS, what I said was, that if I had indeed insulted you then I withdraw the 'ilk'.....
» 21/11/2007 11:15:28 AM I've not seen such contortionism since I last saw cirque-du-soleil. Most entertaining, ke.....
» 21/11/2007 9:33:21 AM HRS, I never referred you you as a neanderthal, and I honestly don't know how ilk can be s.....
» 20/11/2007 8:43:47 PM So you're not actually arguing with me at all. In response to each paragraph: 1) You've .....
» 20/11/2007 5:11:12 PM I tend to agree that there isn't much value in pointing out who is the most prolific poste.....
» 20/11/2007 2:54:05 PM Actually pericles, I like to think I'm reasonably near the centre but definitely on the le.....
» 20/11/2007 2:38:14 PM Ah yes Romany, I thought I detected a certain level of facetiousness, however when HRS gen.....
» 20/11/2007 2:18:38 PM So many comments, such tight limits. CJ: I'd like to let it pass, but I know too many peo.....
» 19/11/2007 10:08:16 PM ilk is an offensive term? I've not heard the reference. The reference I found was thus: .....
» 19/11/2007 4:12:03 PM I'm rather honoured the two of you are coming together in such a friendly fashion to criti.....
» 19/11/2007 3:43:35 PM Paul's right keith. You've got nothing to back up the notion that Loewenstein supports thi.....
» 19/11/2007 10:07:39 AM Horus... you make quite a good point about the basic level of political awareness being sh.....
» 19/11/2007 10:00:44 AM Actually I think the thread that scored the most hits was the article about hating Nicole .....
» 18/11/2007 5:54:08 PM Impressive vitriol there redneck. Golly, I seem to be copping it in this thread, though wh.....
» 18/11/2007 12:44:02 PM And to further illustrate that point: how often have you heard: Damn The Australian! They.....
» 18/11/2007 12:41:19 PM Horus - If the academic establishment causes too many journalists to become left wing, t.....
» 18/11/2007 12:34:47 PM I like to see a variety in comments from various posters, rather than a single wheelbarrow.....
» 18/11/2007 12:29:40 PM You've chosen an apt name, redneck. Plus, you ignore the fact that the article is about .....
» 17/11/2007 11:21:26 AM Overall, I've got to concur with pericles. The media is a mirror. Sure, it distorts the i.....
» 16/11/2007 5:13:04 PM HRS, I thank you for your kind words, but I still don't see what I'd need to apologise for.....
» 16/11/2007 3:06:14 PM HRS, if your post isn't aimed at men's rights then it doesn't actually have any constructi.....
» 16/11/2007 12:20:19 PM Nice, Leigh. Very nice. If that was an attempt to persuade anyone that deep down, you're .....
» 16/11/2007 10:17:20 AM In regards to Leigh's post: -Stating that posters who say they're not gay must be homopho.....
» 16/11/2007 9:07:50 AM It's helping Leigh, because it means the immigrants are working hard and contributing to A.....
» 15/11/2007 3:09:18 PM Johnj - HRS was being facetious. He's attacking the article for being harsh on men, which .....
» 15/11/2007 1:38:23 PM The author makes a huge range of claims that are in dire need of refutation, though the wo.....
» 15/11/2007 9:34:49 AM runner - your claim that private schools get less funding is false. The federal government.....
» 15/11/2007 9:19:49 AM Totally agree with the article though I don't quite believe this claim: "In Australi.....
» 14/11/2007 4:33:06 PM You're saying the author is an apologist for Israeli action in Iran. You don't have anyth.....
» 14/11/2007 11:48:00 AM runner, you have made that claim regarding schools time and time again, and each time I've.....
» 14/11/2007 9:19:02 AM Amen to that Brian......
» 13/11/2007 6:47:36 PM and runner, if you do indeed genuinely assist people of dubious background, then I concede.....
» 13/11/2007 6:43:28 PM runner: "the account in genesis can't be proved. It requires a leap of faith to belie.....
» 13/11/2007 4:38:03 PM boaz, what if the social practices of the exclusive brethren led to an environment where t.....
» 13/11/2007 4:35:04 PM Says you mickijo. As I see it, there's plenty of television shows out there, but at the mo.....
» 13/11/2007 4:30:56 PM runner, I didn't say that a majority of scientists don't believe in a creator deity, I don.....
» 12/11/2007 8:09:42 PM no, keith. I'm afraid on this one you've simply made a mistake plain and simple, and it's .....
» 12/11/2007 3:59:29 PM no runner, it's more that your 'fire and brimstone' Jesus doesn't sound at all like the gu.....
» 12/11/2007 2:00:49 PM HRS, the point is, that many exams are simply facts by rote. That isn't necessarily think.....
» 12/11/2007 1:01:14 PM zahira, life must be very difficult with so many conflicting aspects. Even die hard funda.....
» 12/11/2007 12:53:12 PM keith, no offence, but there is absolutely nothing upon which you can base that post. You'.....
» 12/11/2007 12:00:07 PM You simply can't try to make this argument without discussing the merits of this man's arg.....
» 12/11/2007 11:56:19 AM boaz, I won't go to far into a debate about creationism v evolution right now, but I'll sa.....
» 12/11/2007 10:50:24 AM It's a shame that they have to be culled, but no more tragic than the havoc they wreak on .....
» 12/11/2007 9:40:54 AM shockadelic- As in the gun control thread, you seem to have trouble staying on topic, ins.....
» 12/11/2007 9:26:42 AM boaz, I'm not deifying people to the level of god or anything of that nature - what I'm ge.....
» 11/11/2007 5:56:02 PM shockadelic, I'm afraid I couldn't help but laugh at your sinister agenda. Funny how thos.....
» 11/11/2007 3:34:11 PM Fraid it's not a reliable source there boaz. Give me something with a little more substanc.....
» 11/11/2007 3:13:27 PM Hmm... look, it's all well and good to get heated up over this cull, but allow me to put t.....
» 11/11/2007 11:10:50 AM boaz, zahira, runner... you're doing this debate quite a service by exposing the weakness .....
» 11/11/2007 10:54:24 AM boaz, I think you'll find those sordid claims about Gandhi come from less than reputable s.....
» 10/11/2007 10:19:23 PM Yeah, but boaz, what say you to things like runner's claim that there was depravity in Gan.....
» 10/11/2007 6:34:51 PM Huh? We have a choice? I thought we could only vote Laboral in this particular election.......
» 10/11/2007 1:44:28 PM Boaz, the ultimate point of that post was that in attacking Harry Potter and witchcraft, g.....
» 9/11/2007 9:13:23 PM Damn well said Foxy......
» 9/11/2007 3:32:29 PM boaz, I suppose the reason why modern christianity has been successful is largely because .....
» 9/11/2007 3:20:24 PM To those who say it failed the first time and there's no interest, I say you're wrong. Th.....
» 9/11/2007 2:34:32 PM Poor TRTL? Thank you for the concern, however misplaced it may be, though I'm still not c.....
» 9/11/2007 11:12:59 AM I think R0bert said it pretty well. We hear so many calls for moderate muslims to differe.....
» 9/11/2007 10:51:10 AM To me, it seems there's a simple solution that's fair to both parties. Absolutely equal f.....
» 9/11/2007 10:22:04 AM Leigh - I challenge you to read your post and tell me that attitude is capable of improvin.....
» 8/11/2007 1:59:12 PM 1) Greater transparency. This will only come about when the public and the media refuse to.....
» 8/11/2007 1:44:01 PM I see your point fluff, though when I see see posts like that, be they trolling or otherwi.....
» 8/11/2007 1:32:27 PM The comments here prove my theory that these things don't really have much influence. Tho.....
» 8/11/2007 11:04:10 AM So in an effort to actually be constructive, I'll suggest that changes that would actually.....
» 8/11/2007 11:03:21 AM individual, it's you who I feel sorry for. And making false assumptions in an effort to .....
» 8/11/2007 9:34:15 AM It was indeed a brilliant film. For me, one of the more enduring themes was in relation t.....
» 7/11/2007 4:43:02 PM Fair points Mr Ariel, though I'd have thought the cumulative benefits make it a viable pro.....
» 7/11/2007 12:02:17 PM No individual. Incompetent bureaucracy yes, dictatorship, no. I see you're loaded with cr.....
» 6/11/2007 9:18:29 AM No, I don't think this will go that far. When I first heard Garrett's comments I thought t.....
» 5/11/2007 12:35:56 PM arcticdog, I'm afraid your post was utter rot. An article comes along pointing out that p.....
» 5/11/2007 9:54:46 AM Oh please. Another report from the Centre for Independent studies favouring scaling back g.....
» 2/11/2007 6:44:17 PM Well said botheration and I tend to agree, though when every fundamentalist has different .....
» 2/11/2007 4:16:13 PM j5o6hn... you don't like it, then don't watch it, or don't read it. If you're gonna persua.....
» 2/11/2007 2:05:08 PM DEMOS... I can't help but feel your consistent negative harping about the doom and gloom o.....
» 2/11/2007 1:44:25 PM actually individual, I've lived in far north communities. I don't anymore, though I still .....
» 1/11/2007 2:28:29 PM runner, I find it interesting you see so many posts as the product of atheists attacking c.....
» 31/10/2007 2:00:30 PM No, individual. You're being far too simplistic. It's about a balance of rights. You ca.....
» 31/10/2007 1:51:07 PM No, steven. You did in fact, react with your own kind of venom. You even managed to throw .....
» 30/10/2007 7:00:09 PM Arjay, how quickly you forget the undisciplined rabble that was the Coalition before they .....
» 30/10/2007 6:14:27 PM Diplomacy is much more than just asking people nicely, and there are many subtle grades be.....
» 30/10/2007 11:25:19 AM I'm aware of the term individual and I'm aware that some like to apply it in an insulting .....
» 30/10/2007 10:10:57 AM On the other hand Bronwyn, where do you draw the line as to what's a genuine rebuke and wh.....
» 30/10/2007 8:45:17 AM individual, you're still making the point that people who do good are causing evil. Aside.....
» 29/10/2007 9:14:38 PM Individual - no offence but the comment "do-gooders are not evil, they're just plain .....
» 29/10/2007 8:22:15 PM Funnily enough, I'm both for and against agricultural protectionism, and it's not at all c.....
» 29/10/2007 7:59:38 PM Just finished watching SBS news... there's a BBC documentary screening soon, with testimon.....
» 29/10/2007 7:48:09 PM Boaz: you ask, why do we have to think of him as anything other than 'a bloke.' My answer.....
» 29/10/2007 3:53:34 PM Rob, Mik, Themistocles - you're all missing the point and ignoring the content of the arti.....
» 29/10/2007 2:38:43 PM runner: "Without absolutes 'who is evil' is only a matter of opinion. We all have the.....
» 29/10/2007 11:10:55 AM Well keith, we're agreed on one thing - people are getting silly. Everything you say has .....
» 29/10/2007 9:45:29 AM Arjay, I think you place far too much in the government's influence on the economy. You sa.....
» 29/10/2007 9:01:23 AM PALE, I must admit, I'm confused as to what you're railing against - have you read the pos.....
» 29/10/2007 8:57:29 AM individual, that post came across less as a query as to what fosters evil behaviour than i.....
» 28/10/2007 7:58:04 PM Easytimes - how amusing. Before you go calling me a hypocrite, perhaps you should actually.....
» 28/10/2007 4:57:35 PM Fair point Ditch - I suppose he has supported it elsewhere when it suited his agenda of op.....
» 27/10/2007 7:28:54 PM You ask what we should have done? Hokay, here's a few ideas. 1) Reverse the process of p.....
» 27/10/2007 5:30:43 PM 4. - If you study a bit of history, you find that pretty much every dictator the US has in.....
» 27/10/2007 5:29:57 PM Jack The Lad - I get so sick of people saying things like 'it's a typical leftie way to en.....
» 27/10/2007 5:10:38 PM On the other hand ditch, I've been to other forums such as this, which do eventually end u.....
» 27/10/2007 10:19:57 AM Gibo - you assume I haven't. There's your first mistake. You then assume I need to believe.....
» 26/10/2007 11:22:16 PM Yeah, but foxy - your post actually just highlights how undervalued the writers of perform.....
» 26/10/2007 9:59:30 PM Same deal with directors. Writers come up with the brilliant concept, yet it's the direct.....
» 26/10/2007 10:38:55 AM I tend to agree with the analysis here, though I'd argue that there are fundamentalists in.....
» 26/10/2007 9:23:02 AM I've got to concur with R0Bert there PALEIF. There are posters here who I wouldn't trust .....
» 26/10/2007 9:15:30 AM Easytimes - stop linking Iraq to 9-11. It makes you look like an idiot. You're not listen.....
» 26/10/2007 8:56:58 AM Bulldust keith. It's all well and good to moan and say the media haven't put Rudd up to mu.....
» 25/10/2007 7:07:34 PM Gibo: if you can't touch it or see it, you don't believe in it. Ain't that true? Nope. I .....
» 25/10/2007 6:55:33 PM You do that gibo. It's probably a wise move. I'm actually an evil, UFO-flying demon out t.....
» 25/10/2007 6:53:32 PM Actually, on this one, I'm inclined to agree with pretty much everything bagaric says, sav.....
» 25/10/2007 4:51:34 PM 2) Saudi Arabia and Pakistan represent the central control of Al Qaeda. Saudi Arabia funds.....
» 25/10/2007 4:51:09 PM Well, I'd agree with some elements of your last post there Easytimes, though I still think.....
» 25/10/2007 4:27:19 PM Hmm. I was going to make the point that on the flip side of the coin, it would allow certa.....
» 25/10/2007 1:20:22 PM Ah yes, I probably should have given the site more than a cursory glance... though the lin.....
» 25/10/2007 1:09:46 PM I must admit, as I was reading the critique, I did think "what the hell?" when h.....
» 25/10/2007 9:09:47 AM And yet Gibo, everything you just spouted comes from the bible. If the bible is false, the.....
» 25/10/2007 9:01:05 AM I agreed with your first post gibo. Your second was more religious tripe and I couldn't r.....
» 25/10/2007 8:59:24 AM "We have a permanent injunction against all unsaved persons. If you are unsaved, you .....
» 24/10/2007 4:04:37 PM Sigh. Time to make a few things clear for the 'communism is evil' simpletons. (Oh, and gi.....
» 24/10/2007 9:48:00 AM Easytimes, I can't let that go without comment either. I find it rather hilarious that yo.....
» 24/10/2007 9:31:37 AM Gibo: Jesus was a pinko socialist. Maybe even a commie sympathiser. He even hung out wi.....
» 24/10/2007 9:27:54 AM Gibo: "TRTL. If the Word says "All scripture is inspired by God", whats the.....
» 23/10/2007 7:41:35 PM Here's a riddle for you - if a man writes a book, but says it's inspired by god - who wrot.....
» 23/10/2007 5:36:30 PM Oh man, I haven't laughed so hard in ages. Nice one Gibo, keep it up. So, allow me to sum.....
» 22/10/2007 1:08:01 PM Yeah, but Bronwyn, I'd always thought movements toward equality were about giving women mo.....
» 19/10/2007 3:52:04 PM I don't have all the information regarding DDT so I can't comprehensively comment, though .....
» 19/10/2007 3:50:02 PM With all due respect Jennifer, you can't take underhanded debate tactics - such as attacki.....
» 19/10/2007 1:10:25 PM Sells does make some interesting points, though I'd be curious as to his answer to these t.....
» 19/10/2007 10:34:00 AM BOAZ... I'm assuming you left out the parts about marriage in that diatribe on sexuality......
» 19/10/2007 10:29:24 AM runner - the issue with the exclusive brethren was more complicated than that. Of course .....
» 19/10/2007 9:58:38 AM Redneck: "The lives of the worst kinds of criminals are sacrosanct. Only the lives of.....
» 18/10/2007 9:14:16 AM Eep. Whoops, Ginx as well. I tend to be of the view that ultimately, any economic system .....
» 17/10/2007 3:12:09 PM I suspect that the reason why Rudd is so popular, is that he is appealing to both ends of .....
» 17/10/2007 3:10:52 PM I've got to agree with AJFA insofar as the Iraq war isn't really a big issue in this elect.....
» 17/10/2007 2:00:57 PM Oops - a few typos in that post. Should have finished that second last paragraph "Whe.....
» 17/10/2007 1:55:50 PM Good posts from most participants here - I heartily agree with everything put forward by g.....
» 17/10/2007 11:50:02 AM Actually, often 'Market Fundamentalist' is precisely the term to be applied. As with any .....
» 17/10/2007 10:42:15 AM Actually Pale, I was quoting gibo. I'm not actually up to speed with the ALP policy on s.....
» 17/10/2007 10:34:15 AM Nothing can balance the scales sharkfin. Killing the offender may give the victim's family.....
» 16/10/2007 9:06:29 PM I tend to think it's a wider issue than just a fear of Islam - there seems to be a need to.....
» 16/10/2007 4:05:01 PM Nope, the world ain't perfect. Though I'd say it's the people who give up on ever doing .....
» 16/10/2007 2:05:36 PM Only in your eyes, runner. Just because your fundamentalism prevents you from seeing the .....
» 16/10/2007 1:36:36 PM Yes, I believe it is time for a two term limit. The American political system has a numbe.....
» 16/10/2007 11:11:08 AM No, it isn't unreasonable Voevud. It's not about supporting the death penalty for some peo.....
» 16/10/2007 11:06:47 AM The issue isn't with sentencing - it's more with how hard it is to actually get conviction.....
» 15/10/2007 7:59:44 PM Allow me a translation for all the methods used to preach christanity on these forums, and.....
» 15/10/2007 4:47:05 PM No, DJD. What you say is only partially correct. Apathy is a very big problem here. Your .....
» 15/10/2007 2:15:08 PM "And when did you learn to make a cogent argument?" asked the doctor. "I d.....
» 15/10/2007 1:01:58 PM I think the world would be a better place if people didn't feel the need to spread their v.....
» 15/10/2007 11:16:24 AM Shockadelic - the problem with your laissez-faire solution, is that plenty of people with .....
» 15/10/2007 10:50:23 AM While I dare say we're agreed discipline is important and it's been getting pretty weak la.....
» 13/10/2007 2:01:38 PM Shockadelic - I'm the one who's saying we ought to try and improve the gun death situation.....
» 12/10/2007 11:59:48 PM Easytimes: "Sure white people are involved in attacks on the police as well and I am .....
» 12/10/2007 4:18:39 PM huffnpuff, I don't know why it was taken down, though I do note that many of your posts ar.....
» 12/10/2007 3:28:11 PM I must say, I'm glad the posters here don't buy into this stupidity. Far too many influent.....
» 12/10/2007 12:39:03 PM Gibo: "All we will get under Labor is more rights for homosexuals. They don't give a .....
» 12/10/2007 11:31:43 AM Easytimes, in relation to your claims about Sudanese bashings... I never, ever thought I'.....
» 12/10/2007 9:46:17 AM Ah the old 'secular people have no basis for morality' argument. It's actually quite an i.....
» 12/10/2007 9:05:55 AM We discuss a similar thing here Gibo: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discus.....
» 12/10/2007 8:47:30 AM We've been having pretty much this precise argument in the refugee thread, where I've poin.....
» 11/10/2007 3:56:44 PM Here, Bligh hammers Andrews over the crime stats: "Ms Bligh said she had been advise.....
» 11/10/2007 2:20:13 PM Easytimes - Anna Bligh made the point far more qualitatively than that single article you .....
» 11/10/2007 1:48:28 PM As far as the rest of your rhetoric goes, it's just that. When you're resorting to diatrib.....
» 11/10/2007 1:41:35 PM Actually Shockadelic, who are 'you' protecting? All of your commentary reeks of acceptanc.....
» 11/10/2007 10:48:51 AM Perhaps you should all settle down with some nice cold lemonade and a copy of Harry Potter.....
» 11/10/2007 9:39:14 AM I've looked at the left-right brain theories and I'm quite convinced it's just an issue of.....
» 11/10/2007 9:07:47 AM Boaz, by the precise same logic, you can apply history to any group. By the same token, w.....
» 11/10/2007 9:02:55 AM It ain't a cheap shot if it's the truth PALE. See, now having a go at the Sudanese withou.....
» 10/10/2007 5:00:01 PM Gibo - in any given age you could locate the exact same signs. Seers throughout history h.....
» 10/10/2007 3:13:46 PM Brendan Nelson wrote to you telling you that no "citizens defence home guard is neede.....
» 10/10/2007 1:39:13 PM AJFA - lets apply a little of the scrutiny to you, that you're applying to this researcher.....
» 10/10/2007 1:20:53 PM Gibo, more importantly, why can't you accept that the bible could be wrong? It was writte.....
» 10/10/2007 12:24:34 PM The guy who believes in prophecies, demons and flying saucers likes George Bush. Why am I .....
» 10/10/2007 11:13:15 AM Ah yes, another tirade from the Anti-Marx himself Des Moore, an economically libertarian s.....
» 10/10/2007 10:33:55 AM And here I thought most of the ole-fashioned organic farmers would be lefties. Oh wait, n.....
» 10/10/2007 10:05:25 AM You can't believe plenty of Christians Gibo - god said so: "Then if any man shall sa.....
» 9/10/2007 10:35:13 PM Actually, yes, I think people should have some 'official' approval. Depression can pass. .....
» 9/10/2007 4:36:23 PM I must admit, I'm pretty unimpressed by these 'revelations' that you AJFA, and the likes o.....
» 9/10/2007 2:33:04 PM Religion is a corpse waiting to be buried in the tribulation of the ignorant's last days. .....
» 8/10/2007 8:28:14 PM And again Scotty - well done on utterly failing to actually present information to back yo.....
» 8/10/2007 4:55:20 PM Mickijo, I don't really see the point you're getting at in that scarcely understandable st.....
» 8/10/2007 2:58:44 PM It's quite clear that there are political motivations behind Andrews's tirade. The actual.....
» 8/10/2007 11:10:02 AM DB, that's one of the chief reasons why the 'god' explanation of creation simply doesn't c.....
» 8/10/2007 9:42:16 AM The thing is Scotty, you're talking out of your rear. Everything you're using to justify y.....
» 8/10/2007 8:50:57 AM Truth appears to be pretty subjective. For instance, Gibo, your truth appears to involve p.....
» 7/10/2007 5:35:35 PM Allow me to respond on behalf of gibo: Q) Anything. A) Go see god about it. Of course, i.....
» 7/10/2007 4:49:58 PM Whoa, calm down there tiger. The huffing and puffing may make for entertaining posturing,.....
» 5/10/2007 2:45:16 PM Right, Boaz. So when I see a members of a church hanging out together, I can dismiss them .....
» 5/10/2007 1:34:19 PM It's not often I say it, but I Gotta agree with scotty there gibo. I know a few people in .....
» 5/10/2007 7:50:24 AM individual: "Well, maybe it's because they didn't force their governments to blow al.....
» 4/10/2007 9:06:27 PM Actually individual, none of my post was about homosexuality. My butt ain't gay, but I'd l.....
» 4/10/2007 7:53:09 PM I dunno whether they still work if they were immersed in vodka ;) http://www.cnet.com.au.....
» 4/10/2007 4:39:42 PM Few points: Ho Hum: this is precisely the kind of cynical attitude that means that even w.....
» 4/10/2007 2:50:39 PM I hear your sentiments spanky. The notion that one in fourteen deaths being murder by fi.....
» 4/10/2007 1:06:08 PM "TurnRightTurnLeft, by your logic, you could easily substitute the hammer and sickle .....
» 4/10/2007 11:53:03 AM I'm pretty disgusted by that comment as well PALE. I hope this is your personal view and .....
» 4/10/2007 10:16:57 AM I found myself nodding in agreement with this piece - Hawkins has nailed the situation pre.....
» 4/10/2007 9:47:14 AM individual and gibo. It's rather amusing listening to your harsh criticism of the followi.....
» 3/10/2007 8:32:24 PM Actually shockadelic, seven per cent of deaths being by gun homicide is a very, very big d.....
» 3/10/2007 4:40:52 PM The swastika is most commonly associated with nazi ideology. Your belief that the academi.....
» 3/10/2007 3:49:36 PM Correction, I shouldn't have said 'almost one in five people died from firearms' That sho.....
» 3/10/2007 3:42:51 PM Shockadelic, the point of my last post was that it's all well and good to pick and choose .....
» 3/10/2007 2:55:19 PM So Gibo... you're saying society is more immoral now than in the days of the Roman Empire?.....
» 3/10/2007 11:58:22 AM I see. Well individual, you're welcome to join the 'we're all doomed' club. I believe Leig.....
» 2/10/2007 4:52:57 PM It's all well and good to describe it as 'dumbing down' but that doesn't take into account.....
» 2/10/2007 1:05:46 PM In relation to it getting sidetracked, it seems pretty clear that you believe guns are an .....
» 2/10/2007 12:42:54 PM I'd have reservations about spreading dingoes - at present, wild dogs have a massive impac.....
» 2/10/2007 12:05:19 PM Boaz, under rule three, I'd like you to now officially declare that Australian law has pre.....
» 2/10/2007 11:10:07 AM R0Bert, I concur. Clearly, I need to up my game......
» 2/10/2007 9:30:06 AM Allow me to clarify, jack. With the advent of text messaging and internet communications s.....
» 1/10/2007 8:43:42 PM You've pretty much outlined the basics of it pretty well wizofaus. For my two bob, in rel.....
» 1/10/2007 4:26:55 PM Yeah, I've got to say this is exceedingly vague. You've picked a number of people with st.....
» 1/10/2007 1:53:40 PM Jack The Lad: "Today's teachers and lecturers are mostly the product of leftist unive.....
» 1/10/2007 1:42:12 PM Is Mise - you didn't give any reasons why a rifle isn't fine for this situation. The debat.....
» 1/10/2007 10:42:51 AM Is Mise: "Nuances. I said 'finds themselves on the side of the criminal' not that th.....
» 1/10/2007 10:11:05 AM coach... do you think before you write these posts? You said "Islam's sole purpose i.....
» 27/09/2007 1:48:14 PM Odd sentiments. I for one, thought Bollinger's speech was fantastic. I grant you, it was .....
» 27/09/2007 1:16:38 PM Won't somebody puh-leeze think of the children! Sure Gibo, why not Pornography is killing.....
» 27/09/2007 10:01:10 AM In the NSW/QLD border town of Wallangarra lies a large billboard, proclaiming the greatnes.....
» 26/09/2007 4:22:02 PM Correction: in the 1950s, the reported incidents of sex crime were not as prevalent as tod.....
» 26/09/2007 4:16:21 PM So, in essence, you're entire argument has been reduced to: science is folly, everybody sh.....
» 25/09/2007 9:51:36 PM Labor has to claw back a huge number of seats, especially in Queensland. Yes. Their polli.....
» 25/09/2007 4:25:08 PM Is Mise: "It follows that anyone who denies the law-abiding citizens the opportunity .....
» 25/09/2007 4:21:38 PM Gibo, this is a forum for debate. The reason why some get a little tetchy, is because it's.....
» 24/09/2007 2:42:30 PM I know a few people who've lived in Africa - honest, hardworking people, but they all made.....
» 24/09/2007 12:56:32 PM Gotta agree with you on this one Gibo. The old railway station at Wallangarra's pretty pri.....
» 24/09/2007 12:53:59 PM I've gotta agree with James. If it was attacking all men, then fine. But the fact of the m.....
» 24/09/2007 12:06:07 PM colinsett - I hear what you're saying, though it comes across as being pretty narrow minde.....
» 24/09/2007 11:54:56 AM But that's just it Gibo. You claim that if I haven't become a Christian, that my exposure .....
» 24/09/2007 11:38:16 AM Actually, the first 20,000 vaccinations arrive in Australia on Thursday. Of those, 1,500 w.....
» 22/09/2007 2:03:48 PM I think you confuse bemusement for bitterness, Gibo. I've been exposed to Christianity f.....
» 22/09/2007 1:25:59 PM So... you read a book about flying saucers and microchipping humans, and this is what prom.....
» 22/09/2007 12:58:09 PM Further to that runner - if you're genuinely worried about shifting morality in the face o.....
» 21/09/2007 10:24:01 AM I'm glad you do a fine job of discrediting yourself, Gibo. It saves others the effort. .....
» 21/09/2007 10:10:10 AM But PALE, there's two sides to every argument. Overall I agree that animal testing probab.....
» 20/09/2007 4:27:21 PM I've got to concur with Quick Response perseus - you're dead right in that smaller organis.....
» 20/09/2007 10:23:52 AM Different perspective Is Mise. I don't recall saying I'm on the side of criminals. I belie.....
» 20/09/2007 9:25:08 AM Well, if fish isn't regarded as meat... what about the Easter Fish? http://findarticles.c.....
» 20/09/2007 9:19:59 AM And yet PALE, when CJ tried to stop the thread, you kept commenting. For crying out loud, .....
» 19/09/2007 1:17:52 PM But runner, it's more about the source. Laws are essentially a set of commandments that w.....
» 18/09/2007 1:37:05 PM runner - I decided a long time ago that compassion was based on understanding. In all you.....
» 18/09/2007 1:28:42 PM Gibo, your response is so couched in superstition it's not worthy of a response. Perhaps i.....
» 18/09/2007 12:48:48 PM Gibo: "Buddha, Allah, Confucious, wicca, new age, etc are all demon distractions from.....
» 17/09/2007 5:00:39 PM Gibo, the only threat to children here, is from people who take witchcraft seriously. I'm.....
» 17/09/2007 4:19:18 PM I was somewhat bemused by the logic behind those knife attack statistics you brought up be.....
» 17/09/2007 3:59:19 PM Is witchcraft dangerous to young children? Nonsense. If I wasn't so busy right now, I'd.....
» 14/09/2007 4:28:29 PM PALE - it's about perspective. You're certainly not under any obligation to take the advi.....
» 14/09/2007 1:07:44 PM TarynW - you say the group joined OLO to stand up to political bullies gagging groups, and.....
» 14/09/2007 11:30:52 AM Fair enough gibo. You go poll God, and let us know how that works out. I'm particulary int.....
» 14/09/2007 11:02:14 AM Jolanda - I think your negative experiences have given you an unduly pessimistic view of t.....
» 14/09/2007 10:58:43 AM Thank you for the explanation - it does clear things up somewhat. I suppose it's a fairly.....
» 14/09/2007 9:01:39 AM Yes, but PALE, you haven't answered why you can't post under a name other than the organis.....
» 14/09/2007 8:59:22 AM Whilst I think you have to follow Australian laws PALE, I do get tired of all the people s.....
» 13/09/2007 5:07:13 PM I think everyone's being a tad harsh on Mr Ariel, though I certainly understand why. The .....
» 13/09/2007 2:50:34 PM PALE, might I suggest structured posts? It's rather hard to follow your reasoning. You men.....
» 13/09/2007 9:44:37 AM kactuz: "Turnright, stop making silly excuses for the inexcusable. Insist that Muslim.....
» 13/09/2007 9:17:11 AM Ah yes CJ. I must admit I'm somewhat bemused by the reaction. Rather than rational explan.....
» 12/09/2007 4:55:35 PM Letters are cut for numerous reasons communicat - and yes, I think it's far too small a sa.....
» 12/09/2007 2:33:09 PM Crikey. What interesting responses. Regardless of my doubts about many of Reist's causes,.....
» 12/09/2007 2:21:23 PM Ah yes Gibo. I seem to recall you've counselled us on the dangers of demonic possession in.....
» 12/09/2007 10:39:04 AM I take it then Boaz, that you're just as concerned about Bush's strident evangelicalism? .....
» 12/09/2007 9:27:17 AM Col Rouge - you're guilty of one of the most commonly used misleading debate tactics aroun.....
» 12/09/2007 9:18:44 AM Is Mise: "It seems some are unwilling to recognise the fact that participation in the.....
» 11/09/2007 3:50:20 PM kactuz, I'm going to have to disagree. You state: "Your comment about not “insulting.....
» 10/09/2007 8:10:23 PM Col Rouge your diatribe has so many sweeping generalisations and you miss the point so com.....
» 10/09/2007 7:41:19 PM That's just it Is Mise. It's not okay for a 12 year old to drive a motor vehicle unsupervi.....
» 10/09/2007 4:49:48 PM Summarily executed? Damn Col. That's a bit much innit? I was rather amused to see that ma.....
» 10/09/2007 10:05:23 AM PALE - of course you can't separate the economy from security. But the notion that animal.....
» 10/09/2007 9:25:23 AM And spare a thougt for those who'd rather face a gun with a gang of bikies. And maybe a nu.....
» 10/09/2007 9:23:55 AM Actually Is Mise, your refutation about cars didn't actually address the my point at all -.....
» 7/09/2007 4:54:43 PM TarynW This $1100 is irrelevant. Posting is free, so the amount is for sponsorship. Spons.....
» 7/09/2007 2:49:21 PM TarynW - you're missing the point and taking the analysis of arguments personally. I haven.....
» 7/09/2007 11:42:54 AM PALE... whoever is posting there, you're missing R0Bert's point. As I stated in this thre.....
» 7/09/2007 10:10:43 AM Dresdener - I'll say again, I'm aware of Australia's low carrying capacity and I've not sa.....
» 7/09/2007 10:05:52 AM Boaz... did you actually watch Californication? The point of the piece was that behind th.....
» 7/09/2007 9:56:35 AM Good god. It's like politics for preschool with some posters in here. Australia 1st. Very.....
» 7/09/2007 9:23:07 AM Also spare a wee thought for the ones who who'd rather face a knife than a gun......
» 7/09/2007 9:21:32 AM PALE... ok, far starters, is this about security or live exports? They're separate issues,.....
» 7/09/2007 9:02:15 AM I suspect they were quite surprised when they made it past the checkpoint... it's a bit ha.....
» 6/09/2007 11:17:54 AM illuvatar - I'm well aware of Australia's low carrying capacity in most parts of the count.....
» 5/09/2007 10:06:03 AM Is Mise - effectively, you're saying that the firearms safety program will (whether intent.....
» 5/09/2007 9:42:00 AM Yes, people who are christians were involved in the abolition of slavery - my point is, th.....
» 5/09/2007 9:26:38 AM Dresdener, while I'm not necessarily in favour of the immigration Beattie is espousing som.....
» 4/09/2007 10:27:05 AM I think CJ's hit the nail on the head with that last comment. It's likely gun lobbyists wo.....
» 4/09/2007 9:09:28 AM Is Mise - it may warrant prosecution. In practice, in most cases, self defence is accepted.....
» 3/09/2007 2:54:00 PM Irish, I'm afraid that's a little naive. You can't simply claim that the unpleasant aspec.....
» 3/09/2007 11:14:16 AM Woldring's pretty much on the money. It's been interesting watching the amalgamation deba.....
» 31/08/2007 11:27:40 AM Mick V - in relation to atheists I hear what you're saying. But I don't believe it can be .....
» 30/08/2007 1:56:25 PM This really is among the most disingenuous articles I've ever read on OLO. Plenty of artic.....
» 30/08/2007 9:05:57 AM Bulldust. First I'd like to see where this elusive '10 per cent' of growers statistic com.....
» 29/08/2007 5:38:19 PM Perhaps then Spanky, we should consider more police and the powers they have. As far as y.....
» 27/08/2007 8:32:59 PM Good grief PALE. You actually agreed with Morgan's facetious comment? You just wrote off t.....
» 27/08/2007 1:43:27 PM And thus John kosci provides a prime example why this article won't help the church. Put .....
» 27/08/2007 1:11:29 PM This is less obtuse than most of Sellick's pieces, though its revelations are sadly one-di.....
» 27/08/2007 11:05:14 AM Two things are behind this. 1) Easy credit. 2) People buying more than they can afford. .....
» 24/08/2007 11:02:27 AM Hmm... interesting piece and interesting comments. Pete seems on the money, though I can't.....
» 24/08/2007 10:50:18 AM I suppose the whole issue boils down to the concept of 'faith' and what you believe faith .....
» 22/08/2007 11:12:27 AM "I was reading an article on..." Thus sharkfin, you admit to simply going by wh.....
» 21/08/2007 9:59:29 AM Hmm... I half agree with you Country Gal. I think you're right in that Rudd's ambitious an.....
» 21/08/2007 9:54:38 AM Arjay - would you say your opinion of Kevin Rudd was low before this stripping incident? I.....
» 13/08/2007 8:49:27 PM ruawake, I don't follow your logic. I get the swing indication, but I fail to see how you .....
» 10/08/2007 11:28:52 AM Aqvarivs, what you describe to an extent is true - however I think you're seeing only half.....
» 10/08/2007 9:25:56 AM There's more here daggett: http://www.noamalgamation.stanthorpe.net/ The email option in.....
» 9/08/2007 2:13:05 PM A more likely reason has been put forward by the LGAQ. http://www.lgaq.asn.au/portal/dt?a.....
» 9/08/2007 1:08:13 PM As I've said to the others HasBeen, if you're going to knock the ABC for their intellectua.....
» 9/08/2007 11:24:28 AM While I disagree it's about sabotaging the federal reasons, I agree it's not about the eco.....
» 9/08/2007 10:01:20 AM Communicat - can you provide figures to back your claim that the cost of educating all of .....
» 8/08/2007 4:51:56 PM James has a point there hasbeen. Name a better example on the commercial networks, because.....
» 8/08/2007 10:49:25 AM Belly - you speak of capitalism and socialism and point out they both co-exist, and how eu.....
» 8/08/2007 10:39:44 AM Ugh. There's a little left wing bias in the ABC... sure. Perhaps I'd listen to author a .....
» 7/08/2007 3:41:35 PM Chris - I'm aware of what you say, and I don't subscribe to all that post-modern, 'there i.....
» 7/08/2007 1:22:34 PM pricewatcher, if you're a product of the vaunted overseas education systems, and all you c.....
» 7/08/2007 11:21:11 AM I took a brief look, but I confess I didn't probe particularly deeply into the source mate.....
» 7/08/2007 9:25:45 AM ChrisPer... it's all well and good to come out with statistics, but I'm not so sure they s.....
» 6/08/2007 4:09:22 PM Few are going to argue against Prasser's findings here, but I can't help but feel that at .....
» 6/08/2007 11:21:55 AM ChrisPer: "These kind of uses and owners are typical of perhaps 90%+ of guns legally .....
» 6/08/2007 11:16:06 AM TarynW: PALE stated: "I think people ought to be able to keep a gun for their protec.....
» 3/08/2007 4:03:07 PM I think the issue is more black and white than you make it out to be. I'm simply against p.....
» 2/08/2007 12:19:28 PM Ah Francis. I see you're in favour of the 'straw man' style of argument, and shifting the .....
» 2/08/2007 11:44:02 AM I get so tired of the debate of socialism vs capitalism. It misses the point entirely. Pu.....
» 2/08/2007 10:38:36 AM Ah, you're not far from me then CountryGirl. It will be mighty interesting to see how the.....
» 2/08/2007 10:15:30 AM Ahh yes Francis. The ole' Nazi chestnut. Forgive me, but I tend to find this more than a l.....
» 2/08/2007 9:23:56 AM PALE.. PALEIF... whatever. The holes in your reasoning are big enough to drive trucks thro.....
» 1/08/2007 1:57:23 PM Hawaiilawyer - If such guff were indeed true, I would take the messages of the Harry Pot.....
» 1/08/2007 1:20:25 PM Aime - I'm aware of the fact that PALEIF was referring to the new laws rushed through afte.....
» 1/08/2007 1:09:47 PM I suspect we're in a similar area CJ. And yes, there's a protest march from Southbank, I'm.....
» 1/08/2007 11:04:52 AM And PALEIF - I don't believe that shootings haven't gone down. I'd need hard evidence. Thr.....
» 1/08/2007 10:26:45 AM I'm stridently against the relaxation of gun laws, particularly handguns and automatic wea.....
» 1/08/2007 9:46:37 AM Diminished representation is indeed a big issue, but that's just the tip of the iceberg of.....
» 30/07/2007 6:19:30 PM There is one damning fact that confirms the thrust of this article, and sweeps away the ot.....
» 30/07/2007 3:05:10 PM I'm afraid I do have to file this one under my "get over it" section. Some thin.....
» 30/07/2007 12:49:15 PM RobbyH: You state in part of your comment that Irfan suggested the Twin towers just coll.....
» 27/07/2007 3:28:04 PM Francis: based on what? I could just as easily call the right to lifers religious nutters,.....
» 27/07/2007 11:23:45 AM Interesting. The gatton prison is going to be quite a facility. When the Department of Co.....
» 27/07/2007 10:46:10 AM HRS - anti-abortionists may see it as some kind of political issue. You're right in that .....
» 27/07/2007 9:48:24 AM 'Fraid this article is garbage. The author concludes: "Moreover, the passage is lik.....
» 20/07/2007 2:19:49 PM Sharkfin - in a somewhat cavalier manner you say "When these acts of terrorism stop t.....
» 20/07/2007 11:53:56 AM I, for one, think most (but not all) of the criticisms of the media interfering in the pro.....
» 17/07/2007 11:22:13 AM Interesting piece. Right for the most part. I find it rather interesting that in many med.....
» 5/07/2007 12:49:22 PM The point is coach, science can't prove him right either. And if you're going to therefor.....
» 3/07/2007 12:15:29 PM Hmm... interesting. On the one hand, I've got to agree with Realist. I'm afraid there's a.....
» 3/07/2007 11:50:32 AM Benjamin - before you advocate a total invasion of three middle eastern nations, perhaps y.....
» 2/07/2007 3:21:03 PM Newhouse - that's claptrap. I see your point about electricity being proven, compared to.....
» 2/07/2007 10:31:23 AM Leigh - my point was, the article's about the fact that Ayaan Hirsi Ali is held up as a co.....
» 29/06/2007 3:43:08 PM Leigh, Coach, Goddess, Numbat. Criticisms are fine, but I'm afraid I've yet to see anythi.....
» 29/06/2007 10:55:36 AM I must admit, after reading this article I was somewhat infuriated. I too had direct exper.....
» 29/06/2007 10:44:16 AM It's a sad problem, I agree - but I don't think it's one that you can come up with any giv.....
» 28/06/2007 2:01:12 PM It's true DavoP. I'm actually a high-tech artificial intelligence designed to spy on you .....
» 28/06/2007 11:46:55 AM Y'know... the world would be a much better place if we didn't care what defines religion. .....
» 20/06/2007 3:57:23 PM Grn: "It's already been shown that America's perceived reluctance to strike back deci.....
» 18/06/2007 2:44:38 PM Well put. For my two bob, the opt-out system really is the way to go - I can't see any pr.....
» 18/06/2007 12:41:53 PM White Warlock - Your comment "to not focus entirely on the rights of women in the m.....
» 14/06/2007 2:24:07 PM White Warlock - as I commented earlier, don't think much of this piece at all. I think col.....
» 14/06/2007 10:37:48 AM I've gotta say, I wasn't particularly impressed with the notion that violence and imperial.....
» 13/06/2007 2:47:14 PM I can't help but wonder if this idea wouldn't be better implemented as part of the Melbour.....
» 13/06/2007 1:04:58 PM Donnie: "Isn't it true that impressionable youth especially have minds like "spo.....
» 13/06/2007 11:33:34 AM This is a much more complex issue than indicated here, and as much as I'd like to blame Ho.....
» 11/06/2007 8:29:53 PM Uh, Benjamin, somehow I don't think you've been paying attention to history, or even the p.....
» 8/06/2007 2:05:46 PM Huh. Nine posts and still nobody's stopped in to defend Jones or blame Muslims for the evi.....
» 8/06/2007 10:12:18 AM Catholic'Mom'of3 - I'm glad you're spreading your hate in the US, not here. Of course, yo.....
» 8/06/2007 10:00:45 AM "The decision to drop Alan Jones from 'Today' is going to leave many viewers disappoi.....
» 7/06/2007 5:02:01 PM Aqvarivs - I've never heard any pro-choice advocates suggesting killing babies. If the arg.....
» 7/06/2007 4:37:13 PM Donnie - I'm reasonably certain you're being sarcastic, surely nobody could actually have .....
» 7/06/2007 1:32:00 PM Is anyone else noticing a pattern from Mr Waks? Modus operandi: Step 1) find a report tha.....
» 7/06/2007 10:46:18 AM Spanky... Aime... cutting off fingers and hands? I hope you're joking. If not, then I si.....
» 6/06/2007 4:31:25 PM runner - I took your post to mean science is misleading - evidently you mean it to be an a.....
» 6/06/2007 3:29:23 PM Terpstra claims that there was little opposition to the round earth concept - he doesn't g.....
» 6/06/2007 2:59:57 PM aqvarivs, I think you may find support for that notion from unexpected quarters. I'd supp.....
» 6/06/2007 1:59:56 PM Goodthief - Col Rouge disagrees with your reasoning, because it should automatically be up.....
» 6/06/2007 12:34:12 PM Damn good article. I'd hate to see religious discrimination institutionalised......
» 5/06/2007 4:07:54 PM I must admit, I'm now planning to read the book, it does sound interesting. Not because o.....
» 5/06/2007 10:32:43 AM I must say, despite some rocky patches, I'm impressed that the topic has been so calmly di.....
» 4/06/2007 10:02:51 PM However bad it is, pain fades, unless you're inflicting permanent damage. Yes people coul.....
» 4/06/2007 9:41:46 PM I was reasonably with it, until the water crisis was tied to abortions and immoral sex. C.....
» 4/06/2007 11:46:10 AM 'The Big Donor Show' was to be a Dutch reality TV show, where desperate patients told of t.....
» 4/06/2007 11:24:25 AM If the author honestly wants me to support GM food being introduced to Australia, they'd h.....
» 4/06/2007 10:18:51 AM Pam - the National Vaccine Information Centre is hardly a reliable source. Take a look at .....
» 4/06/2007 10:10:32 AM Boris - that's a bit of a heated response isn't it? You say it's the worst of America - fa.....
» 1/06/2007 3:34:12 PM Logically, after appraising your posts, I can't help but feel you're not really requesting.....
» 1/06/2007 1:21:44 PM I don't like this idea at all. While I don't agree with the smacking bad, I think the ide.....
» 1/06/2007 1:16:46 PM saintfletcher - you don't mention the fact that the employees were reimbursed. That's not .....
» 1/06/2007 11:20:20 AM Totally agree with the article. Those who actually live out on the land will recognise tha.....
» 1/06/2007 11:01:33 AM PALEIF: I also note you make some mention of the notion that drought assistance funding sh.....
» 1/06/2007 10:47:31 AM Hmm. I've some concern regarding Reist's background and I must admit I think that damages.....
» 1/06/2007 10:16:48 AM Earlier in the thread I posed some questions as to the implications of what would happen i.....
» 1/06/2007 9:25:01 AM PALEIF: "If public donations are split council to council across regional areas and t.....
» 1/06/2007 9:21:53 AM I wonder what Boot would make of a democratic victory. Presumably that's also just the dec.....
» 31/05/2007 4:31:56 PM Rhys Probert - I find it rather interesting in your post you mentioned you used to be a bo.....
» 31/05/2007 11:57:01 AM PALE - also, I notice you damning the Nationals again for abandoning the farmers without c.....
» 31/05/2007 10:59:58 AM Wait a sec Danielle - Ayman Al Zawahiri? Everyone points the finger at Osama Bin Laden, h.....
» 31/05/2007 10:50:50 AM PALE - on this one, you can technically be right, but in practice, be wrong. The Federal .....
» 31/05/2007 10:04:32 AM Interesting posts. If judeo-christian does indeed exclude catholics, I can't help but wond.....
» 30/05/2007 11:41:59 AM Fine posts there from Leigh and Pegasus. Nice to know you're carefully considering your re.....
» 30/05/2007 11:14:01 AM Steel, if it's something you're interested in, go to www.corpwatch.org and key 'campaign d.....
» 30/05/2007 11:02:42 AM goodthief - no, I don't believe you can simply decide on the status of the foetus without .....
» 29/05/2007 9:50:02 AM Some interesting posts - Mick V - I said there are few moral absolutes, and the holocaus.....
» 28/05/2007 1:40:51 PM I would think people would realise by now that there are few absolutes. I'm willing to lis.....
» 25/05/2007 2:32:03 PM Bazz - it was indeed widely used in New Zealand. I don't know what problems were faced or .....
» 25/05/2007 2:05:52 PM pegasus Yeah. My 85 per cent was a joke. Yes, you failed to see the humour. Perhaps the j.....
» 25/05/2007 9:02:34 AM Mercury - to asnwer your question as to 'where are the CNG passenger cars' as I mentioned .....
» 24/05/2007 3:21:57 PM runner - when will you accept that it isn't an all-or-nothing proposition? The world isn't.....
» 24/05/2007 2:07:46 PM "even the “capital punishment debate” is over (in spite of the fact that over 50 per .....
» 23/05/2007 4:27:07 PM I dunno Liam. I think this is more about optimism and pessimism than any class. I'm not l.....
» 23/05/2007 3:53:29 PM Denny... your post rambled on about how the soul wasn't the issue, it was all a biological.....
» 23/05/2007 3:42:21 PM Not a bad piece at all. And Ho hum, in answer to pretty much all of your questions 'becaus.....
» 21/05/2007 7:07:59 PM Quite certain. CNG cars were popular in NZ for quite some time. Now that I think about i.....
» 21/05/2007 4:56:28 PM I dunno Bazz. It seems pretty effective. It's not like Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cars .....
» 21/05/2007 1:20:55 PM runner: you speak of dawkin's views as 'secular garbage' yet in the same paragraph you spe.....
» 21/05/2007 12:28:07 PM Actually, the point about the west not being interested because there's no oil fields... I.....
» 18/05/2007 1:33:36 PM runner - thank you for demonstrating the views of the pro-life advocates who refuse to con.....
» 18/05/2007 1:28:40 PM Boaz: "why of course TRTL and various others would simply do it, "Good grief.. y.....
» 18/05/2007 12:22:51 PM RobG: "TRTL, Before bandying about the fancy words that make up your “delightfully s.....
» 17/05/2007 2:20:29 PM Interesting. Speaking as as an agnostic, this is one of the few christian article which I.....
» 17/05/2007 1:43:57 PM Robg: "Did not the idea of banning cosmetics and liquids arise in the UK after a plo.....
» 17/05/2007 1:04:38 PM As an aside - the source of this article leads me to believe the author is less concerned .....
» 17/05/2007 1:02:30 PM The issues I have were pretty well summarised by Rhian. Yes - the Darfur tragedy is worse.....
» 17/05/2007 10:20:10 AM Brilliant. Nicely articulates the root of Australia's problems. The only solution is to g.....
» 14/05/2007 5:08:29 PM I bet the Romans had similar thoughts about an uppity bearded fellow who emerged a few tho.....
» 14/05/2007 12:25:38 PM Leigh - Lucy and her hero legrain? Perhaps you should look at the part where Lucy pretty.....
» 14/05/2007 12:11:28 PM healthwatcher: "We have an increasing number of people in this country who cannot rel.....
» 11/05/2007 3:57:22 PM tapp, I once encountered a fellow who attempted to use international law to avoid paying a.....
» 11/05/2007 3:25:20 PM The $5 billion endowment for universities sounds nice and it is... but it really is just a.....
» 11/05/2007 12:17:40 PM It's true nobody likes harassment from telemarketers, but that isn't to say they don't hav.....
» 11/05/2007 12:00:52 PM Lesley, that is one glimmer of hope - the baby boomer influence. I certainly hope it will .....
» 10/05/2007 4:53:24 PM Quite frankly, I'm against banning DVDs such as this for a number of reasons. 1) Freedom .....
» 10/05/2007 4:28:59 PM Reading through the posts here, I suspect you need to communicate better PALEIF. As far as.....
» 10/05/2007 3:21:20 PM I'm as keen as the next secularist to indulge in some christianity-bashing, but after read.....
» 9/05/2007 1:02:33 PM Rob - what you're saying is completely correct, but fails to address so many of the key po.....
» 9/05/2007 12:58:03 PM Leigh and Arjay... I suspect it doesn't happen often, but I agree with you both wholeheart.....
» 9/05/2007 12:52:27 PM I tend to think raising interest rates does keep a lid on inflation - though it's an incre.....
» 9/05/2007 10:11:18 AM Well Leigh, you are the expert on being negative... The way I read the article, it was ac.....
» 9/05/2007 10:08:01 AM I've tried roo. If it didn't taste so dry and chewy I'd be doing it more often. The way I.....
» 7/05/2007 8:41:16 PM Quite frankly, I'd want nothing to do with a god that needed me to believe in it. Fortunat.....
» 4/05/2007 3:18:06 PM PALE - in regard to the nationals, I think you've got it totally backward. It's the Nati.....
» 4/05/2007 3:01:42 PM wre - I see your points there but my overall perception's a little different. As far as g.....
» 4/05/2007 12:11:57 PM Bill Heffernan is an idiot, to put it mildly, and clearly doesn't have the polish of most .....
» 3/05/2007 10:28:30 AM wre - some valid points there, but when you said that business is answerable to shareholde.....
» 3/05/2007 9:42:34 AM wre, that's the kind of empty hysterical rhetoric I've come to expect from both extreme en.....
» 2/05/2007 4:10:01 PM Sure they can Mercurious, they just need to add a few bits: "Unions are a discredite.....
» 2/05/2007 3:09:26 PM Sage - your argument indicates that Bartlett is either wasting time, resources or both. Yo.....
» 2/05/2007 2:28:23 PM Sage, by logical extension of your argument no MP should disagree with Howard Government p.....
» 1/05/2007 4:19:50 PM I've always been a little confused by the meaning of life debate - not the meaning of life.....
» 1/05/2007 2:06:35 PM You're rather a negative person Leigh - I've yet to see a post from you that wasn't couche.....
» 1/05/2007 12:25:19 PM Boaz... I'm going to sound all school-teacherish here, but you've touched on what I think .....
» 1/05/2007 10:47:59 AM In answer to the title of this piece, evidently not, especially if they are taken in by th.....
» 1/05/2007 10:36:06 AM Whether you're christian or secular, from the group that believes Islam is a threat to the.....
» 1/05/2007 9:31:19 AM Egad people, the debate you're having about socialism within capitalism is missing the bal.....
» 30/04/2007 8:06:14 PM I'm sure she's nice enough but there are far better role models out there. She hasn't intr.....
» 30/04/2007 7:28:02 PM Rhian - you're right in that coles isn't a model employer. If you compare them to Wal-Mar.....
» 30/04/2007 12:46:11 PM I dunno about a 'hypermarket experience.' As I understand it, Wal Mart's the biggest 'hype.....
» 30/04/2007 10:42:10 AM Damn, damn good piece and pretty pushes for what I'd like to see in our next government, t.....
» 30/04/2007 10:28:31 AM Nice article, well written, though I sometimes wonder how much of the 1960s style utopia i.....
» 27/04/2007 2:22:17 PM Country Gal, rojo - In reference to economic theory (not cultural), what you both descri.....
» 27/04/2007 9:11:44 AM Well, DB I agree with you that socialism is a nice idea but not necessarily in theory. On .....
» 27/04/2007 8:55:21 AM He was among the most articulate posters here, and passionate in his views... his contribu.....
» 26/04/2007 3:28:09 PM Yeah, I got that Boaz. The thing is, you can't name the sector of society who is offended .....
» 26/04/2007 12:39:04 PM "Thats why I say the Arab commanders know exactly what they are doing and how to defe.....
» 26/04/2007 11:38:37 AM But Meg - media oversight has to apply to the media right? Hilaly isn't part of the media.....
» 26/04/2007 11:23:49 AM You're drawing a long bow here DB. Very long. In order for this to be politically incorre.....
» 26/04/2007 11:12:16 AM There's some good and some bad in this article. I tend to think Cutcliffe isn't being obje.....
» 26/04/2007 10:12:39 AM coach - you say, "deny this and you're not a muslim" Actually, I think muslims .....
» 26/04/2007 9:23:58 AM Meg - yeah, one thing I thought I'd point out - I've not said the article wasn't related t.....
» 26/04/2007 9:14:41 AM Spider - calling journalists compulsive liars is a bit much, and yeah, they appear to have.....
» 24/04/2007 5:01:47 PM paleif - nobody's criticising the poem - we're all agreed here that farmers are doing it t.....
» 23/04/2007 8:52:45 PM As I've said earlier - of course there's a right to self defence. Great. We're agreed. Eve.....
» 23/04/2007 4:26:20 PM PALE... erm... it's a tie, not the end of civilisation. They're a pain in the neck, quite .....
» 23/04/2007 11:02:34 AM Not a bad idea - though they'll have a tough time reaching consensus on what level of acti.....
» 23/04/2007 8:25:55 AM shorbe - I see your point, I didn't make it clear I wasn't necessarily referring to the US.....
» 22/04/2007 3:20:27 PM Is Mise - in many posts you focus on the right to defend yourself, and the inferred link i.....
» 22/04/2007 2:25:37 PM Arjay, the whole 'muslim first, Australian second' argument gets trotted out quite frequen.....
» 20/04/2007 1:19:36 PM Meg, I tried to see how your post was relevant to the ACMA ruling and Jones's contempt for.....
» 20/04/2007 12:28:17 PM The article's not bad, though I think it needs to acknowledge a little more responsibility.....
» 19/04/2007 5:36:12 PM PALE - we're agreed on how hard it is for farmers. It'sa bit rich to hear you say my effor.....
» 19/04/2007 5:29:47 PM Actually, Snake and Steve, you're both wrong, though Steve's closer to the mark. You're b.....
» 19/04/2007 3:08:50 PM Okay Oligarch - comparing Australia to non-mulitcultural states, make an effective case th.....
» 19/04/2007 1:41:57 PM Quiggley - I did read your post, and I replied that I wouldn't expect the public to enforc.....
» 19/04/2007 12:42:57 PM PALE It's all very well to support organic farming, and say you don't like the process of.....
» 19/04/2007 11:47:36 AM Hmm... there's some good points here, but as always, it's about drawing a vague line in th.....
» 19/04/2007 9:40:00 AM Ok Is Mise - I'll have a crack. Firstly - the argument he's putting forward is that gun r.....
» 19/04/2007 9:14:50 AM And yet Quiggley, you don't seem able to point out these flaws. I'm sorry, but "I kno.....
» 18/04/2007 2:02:34 PM Everything that has been said here, has been being said for thousands of years. Actually, .....
» 18/04/2007 1:38:42 PM Ahh but Mercurious, don't you see? Via a post-modern deconstructionist approach, the acade.....
» 18/04/2007 1:15:59 PM Hmm... while I think new approaches are needed, I'm not so sure of the effectiveness of to.....
» 18/04/2007 10:59:38 AM Is Mise - if you're found violating the terms of your license, it's revoked and you face c.....
» 17/04/2007 4:54:56 PM (Just to clarify, I'm referring to intensive animal industries. I'll concede live exports .....
» 17/04/2007 4:53:19 PM PALE - I agree with the sentiment, and I live in rural Australia myself. I see how hard it.....
» 17/04/2007 4:38:23 PM Quiggley - I never suggested anything along the lines of pulling people over. There would.....
» 17/04/2007 4:03:43 PM Side issue it may be, but I saw the article specifically being about academic discourse, n.....
» 17/04/2007 2:09:48 PM Sure Robby, in practice, Howard manages to keep his people on a tight leash - though in th.....
» 16/04/2007 2:11:25 PM A point here alberto - the future fund is more for those in the public service than the po.....
» 16/04/2007 12:08:27 PM This is what happens when a government gives naught but lip-service to accountability. Som.....
» 16/04/2007 11:54:42 AM Fickle, your post is flawed from the outset. "What is the difference between one grou.....
» 16/04/2007 11:47:33 AM Nice article - articulates one of my main objections to the labor party. Now that they're.....
» 16/04/2007 11:06:40 AM Nice piece. It's important to distinguish this issue from that as censorship - I've no do.....
» 16/04/2007 10:33:20 AM I've never really seen the importance of ties. I have to wear them now and again, though i.....
» 16/04/2007 7:46:03 AM Golly. Yabby's a rather sensitive intellectual. Especially for a lamb. One wonders what s.....
» 16/04/2007 7:36:27 AM Mick - what I'm trying to do, is point out all faiths have their ugly parts. You're probab.....
» 14/04/2007 2:03:10 PM Perhaps yabby and the wise miss piggy could turn their surprisingly vast intellect to pond.....
» 13/04/2007 2:49:52 PM Actually, I think there's always going to be road deaths, and more training won't necessar.....
» 13/04/2007 12:06:02 PM Zoe: "I wonder, if your Mum or Dad, or sister or brother was in an accident and had t.....
» 13/04/2007 9:21:13 AM One day Yabby was roaming close to the farmhouse, instead, he could see the farmer speakin.....
» 12/04/2007 11:24:43 AM Fair enough, it wasn't literally, stone witches. Exodus, 22:18, though shalt not suffer a .....
» 12/04/2007 9:52:39 AM Spendo - back to your point - it's interesting that most (not all) the most devout pro-lif.....
» 12/04/2007 9:52:07 AM Yeah spendo, that is the ultimate question, and it is what the entire abortion debate boil.....
» 12/04/2007 9:36:12 AM Well Ludwig, if it's looking at effective democracy, we are struck by the problem that has.....
» 11/04/2007 4:24:28 PM tapp - it's quite easy to say he should be kicked out, but I rather suspect that while a c.....
» 10/04/2007 4:28:11 PM Horus: "It seems to me that a MODERATE Muslim is merely someone who is not followin.....
» 10/04/2007 3:41:39 PM tao - if shorbe's wrong, then you'd be able to tell me a practical method of implementing .....
» 10/04/2007 3:29:20 PM grn, kapok - there is nothing heartless about expressing doubt about a story. If the stor.....
» 5/04/2007 3:07:07 PM Erm. For starters I'm not sure what the $300,000 is for... if it was before he was found g.....
» 5/04/2007 2:54:23 PM GZ Tan. Yeah. There's bad muslim regimes. But instead of saying that, you're saying that .....
» 5/04/2007 1:07:48 PM Well said CJ. GZ Tan - if indeed muslims were the nasty types you portray them as (and I .....
» 5/04/2007 10:38:11 AM I've got a post awaiting moderation on Muehlenberg's site. I may as well reproduce it here.....
» 5/04/2007 9:40:25 AM Heh. That's the most amusing read I've had in a while. I look forward to the responses........
» 4/04/2007 12:52:08 PM Hmm... this is an issue I'm torn on. Yes, I want to see more influence given to independe.....
» 4/04/2007 12:38:53 PM tao... you still haven't provided real answers here, as to implementation. Let's say you .....
» 3/04/2007 10:30:34 AM runner: you're effectively saying that religious morals are inherently better than humanis.....
» 3/04/2007 9:20:27 AM This is a fine example of what bothers me about the rhetoric that comes from the fringes o.....
» 3/04/2007 9:08:10 AM Rob - reread my post. You'll see that the one thing I agree with you that is good in socia.....
» 2/04/2007 7:48:13 PM "The major objection to communist type economic systems seems to be that people are n.....
» 2/04/2007 3:07:17 PM This was canvassed pretty well in this discussion. Have a look and consider some of the ou.....
» 2/04/2007 11:43:28 AM runner - yes religion has shaped society. Pretty much every society on the planet has been.....
» 2/04/2007 9:56:46 AM runner: "At some schools the only thing free are the needles and condoms." &quo.....
» 2/04/2007 8:54:56 AM Yabby said it pretty well, but there's an additional factor which wasn't mentioned: the fa.....
» 1/04/2007 5:35:59 PM What was your error ? Very simple. You failed to distinguish between the "Fundamental.....
» 1/04/2007 5:24:03 PM Tao - as I've mentioned earlier - I hear plenty of rhetoric but not much by way of practic.....
» 29/03/2007 11:58:25 AM Aqvarivs - you make a fair point about those on the ground doing good work. I don't mean t.....
» 29/03/2007 11:06:34 AM I see a lot of people mystified that Hicks is being given hero status... well, you need on.....
» 29/03/2007 10:44:03 AM tao- Rather than speaking of harmonious world systems (which most view as impractical) I a.....
» 28/03/2007 2:34:18 PM Sorry, that should have cited Oligarch......
» 28/03/2007 2:09:50 PM The WTO of course, would have a very dim view of this, though as things get tighter, I sus.....
» 28/03/2007 2:01:31 PM So... I'd say the first step, is maximising Australia's food output as an investment in wh.....
» 27/03/2007 3:18:45 PM Things like global warming are raising massive concerns at present, and while I'm no scept.....
» 27/03/2007 3:08:46 PM "What I really would like to know from you learned people is whether you think there .....
» 26/03/2007 10:13:52 PM I don't deny that there is a need for military expenditure, I question the sheer magnitude.....
» 26/03/2007 7:56:00 PM I see what you're getting at, and I suspect we're both agreed there's always going to be t.....
» 26/03/2007 7:33:26 PM Vankleef.. I don't know where to begin with what's dodgy about that post. 1) "IN MY .....
» 26/03/2007 3:11:35 PM Fair enough shorbe... but doesn't the argument that there are fewer resources necessitate .....
» 26/03/2007 1:33:19 PM "He did let His disciples have swords, the major defensive weapon of the day. He even.....
» 26/03/2007 11:45:14 AM Cornflower: "Islam is a political movement and the scarf is a flag symbolising separa.....
» 26/03/2007 11:34:26 AM "Its funny how people need someone or something to worship" Yeah runner, it is......
» 26/03/2007 11:28:54 AM Horus: Again, by your definition, nations like Finland and Sweden must be "parochia.....
» 26/03/2007 11:15:47 AM You're right shorbe, but the fact that you are correct belies a greater danger. You say t.....
» 23/03/2007 4:02:01 PM A few things to consider: For the migration issues, there may well be benefits to be had .....
» 23/03/2007 1:04:04 PM Boaz, for such a harsh critique of the article, you don't say all that much about its cont.....
» 23/03/2007 11:39:25 AM "Perhaps it’s time the Federal Government enforced Australia’s territorial sovereignt.....
» 23/03/2007 10:44:59 AM Boaz... I haven't noticed you mentioning Fred Nile's call for a moratorium on muslim immig.....
» 23/03/2007 10:37:10 AM Indeed. How the US can justify such a massive military budget when their social security .....
» 22/03/2007 4:39:49 PM "Far be it from me to get back on topic but ‘were the Apostle’s communists?’ was the .....
» 22/03/2007 2:51:42 PM Guy.. I appreciate you wanting to avert pointless bickering between religions, but what yo.....
» 21/03/2007 11:18:01 AM tapp - in relation to sponsorship of corporations, it will be a 'yes' if it is in the publ.....
» 21/03/2007 11:06:06 AM "Were Christ on earth today he would probably tell Peter and the others to buy Israel.....
» 21/03/2007 9:41:42 AM One of the main problems I see is that you'll end up with a lot of misguided idiots runnin.....
» 20/03/2007 3:23:08 PM ronnie - I think we largely agree on most points. While I would be stridently opposed to b.....
» 20/03/2007 10:58:18 AM JamesH Yes the media is a mirror. Though it is a mirror that exaggerates. You say that i.....
» 20/03/2007 10:34:35 AM Y'know, you're right. I bet Jesus wanted us all to have handguns......
» 20/03/2007 9:34:59 AM tao - that's all a little extreme isn't it? Okay, shorbe has some right wing views, but I'.....
» 19/03/2007 6:18:22 PM Okay, you say you're against funnelling money to large companies like Ford and so on. But.....
» 19/03/2007 5:10:49 PM JamesH - yes there are porkies in the media, but I think you'll find that most of the time.....
» 19/03/2007 4:41:54 PM A damn good piece. For all criticism of the structure of the UN there is little acknowledg.....
» 19/03/2007 2:32:37 PM Hmm... so much to say and so little space to say it. I agree with the article on the face.....
» 19/03/2007 2:10:39 PM "The market will correct itself eventually, though I'm sure you'll disagree" Ac.....
» 19/03/2007 10:42:13 AM vivy and tomasrignoli... I can't help but feel you've expressed the kind of simplistic rei.....
» 19/03/2007 10:37:29 AM Glad to see the results pretty much confirmed what I suspected - centre left, with the Dem.....
» 18/03/2007 4:23:50 PM I suppose it comes down to the two concepts which have formed the mainstay of libertarian .....
» 18/03/2007 12:31:40 PM HasBeen - hairdressers are one of the skills we desperately need and it is a profession ci.....
» 18/03/2007 12:27:00 PM Tao & shorbe You're both acting as if a socialism represents a complete system on its own.....
» 16/03/2007 3:38:59 PM Phillip - while I agree politicians need to be paid a reasonable amount, I think you're wr.....
» 16/03/2007 2:31:11 PM Augusto... the pre-castro picture you paint of Cuba seems a little rosier than I suspect i.....
» 16/03/2007 10:50:44 AM Boaz - you make a valid point about Obama, but would you be criticising someone who made t.....
» 16/03/2007 10:33:04 AM "TRTL, to what Indian pact are you referring?" In recent days it has been repor.....
» 16/03/2007 9:03:00 AM The author states "It’s to Rudd’s credit that he and his new look Labor team have ref.....
» 15/03/2007 4:10:28 PM shorbe You're getting socialism a little mixed up with communism, I suspect, or at the ve.....
» 15/03/2007 3:09:50 PM I'm all for the Japan treaty - I don't really see any reason why not, aside from a little .....
» 15/03/2007 12:33:23 PM Interesting to read the extreme viewpoints - I tend to think Castro is one of the most eni.....
» 14/03/2007 4:26:45 PM Has anyone suggested votes based on population, essentially, a democratic UN? I can see f.....
» 14/03/2007 2:28:07 PM Torture should be one of those black and white things that Liberal societies can clearly u.....
» 14/03/2007 1:32:15 PM Actually Is Mise, I've been arguing that more guns just makes the current crimes much wors.....
» 14/03/2007 12:07:30 PM ybgirp I'm often amused by these 'public debates' people call for. What constitutes a pub.....
» 14/03/2007 11:36:30 AM Bugsy, I suppose this makes me that chump. Perhaps I should think twice next time. Switze.....
» 14/03/2007 11:21:43 AM West, I think you've hit the nail on the head - though I think in allowing Bin Laden to mo.....
» 13/03/2007 4:55:23 PM Interesting... I see the author studied in Queensland. I'd be interested to hear his thoug.....
» 13/03/2007 3:31:42 PM Aquarivs - the article indicates that some bigots use conservatism as a shield to express .....
» 12/03/2007 7:24:02 PM Well, yes, Pericles, the rest of that post outlined more of Leviticus, but it's all pretty.....
» 12/03/2007 12:38:13 PM Boaz... you're endlessly pointing out how much better christianity is than Islam. Kindly .....
» 12/03/2007 11:50:48 AM Cornflower: Nope to both your initial suggestions. I find it interesting that you speak o.....
» 12/03/2007 10:27:43 AM Yeah, talking the talk is easy, but walking the walk is harder. This is probably what Rudd.....
» 12/03/2007 10:15:22 AM Cornflower and Sage. Your posts hinge on the presupposition that the billion-odd Islamic .....
» 12/03/2007 8:40:42 AM It isn't that I am supporting the police union per se. I don't like the idea of the polic.....
» 12/03/2007 8:17:10 AM I do find it amusing that this one example, Washington DC is held up as a shining example .....
» 11/03/2007 6:53:40 PM But tapp... his point is that a party cannot be all things to all people, and cannot simpl.....
» 11/03/2007 6:40:42 PM Actually, I'm going to go against the grain and support the actions of the police union. .....
» 9/03/2007 4:41:37 PM tapp - you misunderstand me. I don't doubt you would live up to your word, though the pro.....
» 9/03/2007 4:09:25 PM tapp - I'll concede I didn't read the constitution. I did have a bit of a look at the immi.....
» 9/03/2007 3:43:39 PM "It is not moderate to support the notion of god only comparitively moderate compared.....
» 9/03/2007 3:12:28 PM Actually Belly, I think the fragementation of power will help immensely - though I think y.....
» 9/03/2007 2:24:03 PM "It's right there staring you in the face TRTL. It's in Irfan's writing. It's his wa.....
» 9/03/2007 1:13:56 PM I can see a bit of irony here - lately Howard, Costello, Abbott et al have all been attack.....
» 9/03/2007 12:31:14 PM Dickie - my point isn't necessarily that I don't care, because I for one, do. It is that t.....
» 9/03/2007 10:34:06 AM "We are entering a period of neo-conservative ideological hubris that must not go un-.....
» 9/03/2007 10:20:42 AM A lot of the religious guff in this article seems a tad irrelevant to me, but Abbott does .....
» 8/03/2007 3:03:39 PM vivy... you raise an interesting point. What is the chief criticism of capitalism? Why wo.....
» 8/03/2007 12:58:23 PM I've been asking you to back up the claim that Irfan is a nasty little minded man - using .....
» 8/03/2007 12:57:00 PM Betty: changing tack again I see. I was asking you to back up the fact that you had said .....
» 8/03/2007 11:37:28 AM Technically - muslims are a religion, not a race, so hating them is another form of prejud.....
» 8/03/2007 11:34:36 AM sharkfin... you'll have a tough time convincing the youth of today that Country Music is c.....
» 8/03/2007 11:27:30 AM What has Andrew Bartlett got to do with the price of moon pies? Surely there's some more.....
» 8/03/2007 10:06:29 AM It isn't a bad article, but I suppose there is a few key principles here which the rest of.....
» 8/03/2007 9:56:22 AM According to a recent Insight program, one of those British Nationals confessed to various.....
» 7/03/2007 11:33:14 AM "TurnRightThenLeft. If you were in a job where you were being bullied and the bosses .....
» 7/03/2007 10:57:11 AM The reason why I focused on your posts, was that so much of your criticisms appear to stem.....
» 7/03/2007 10:54:46 AM Betty: I note you have still yet to come up with any posts to justify your views. What is .....
» 6/03/2007 5:03:42 PM West: "Besides I am not Atheist, I speak of what religion is not what religion believ.....
» 6/03/2007 4:39:04 PM True Jolanda... but is the solution to not send them to school? How will they learn to ad.....
» 6/03/2007 12:08:25 PM The campbell thing really did expose a bit of hypocrisy. It's difficult for the Howard Gov.....
» 6/03/2007 9:33:51 AM Well... on the American scene, you've got the likes of Michael Franti and Spearhead, but e.....
» 5/03/2007 9:36:55 PM .... were Ernie and Bert (of Sesame Street) one of those in jokes, or am I somehow doing s.....
» 5/03/2007 9:34:01 PM My theory is that the left is too divided. Marxism and socialism got their arses kicked .....
» 5/03/2007 8:43:28 PM Aqvarivs... well, I don't say this often, but I totally agree with your last post. I'm no.....
» 5/03/2007 7:43:31 PM Spider... who are thes lefties who are saying White Australians are bad? Judging by your p.....
» 5/03/2007 4:11:45 PM Cont'd Betty: Maybe you can find another sarcastic post and misreport, misconstrue, mistr.....
» 5/03/2007 3:48:22 PM Okay, for those of you who want something to hold on to: The point of the article is that.....
» 5/03/2007 2:37:45 PM Betty - I asked you to come up with just one instance of Irfan being nasty - the only inst.....
» 4/03/2007 3:39:13 PM Betty: they cut posts, you accuse them of censorship. They don't cut posts you accuse them.....
» 4/03/2007 3:23:27 PM Frankgol - you are right, and I agree, but I also see Oligarch's point insofar as western .....
» 4/03/2007 2:55:23 PM I find it interesting that often (not always of course) those who are stridently opposed t.....
» 4/03/2007 2:24:13 PM Actually, no the mantra isn't more guns = more crime. The mantra is, more guns = current c.....
» 4/03/2007 2:19:36 PM Well "trueassie" how delightfully sarcastic. To that I say, why don't we just fo.....
» 4/03/2007 1:32:03 PM DB: "eer..sure.. until ur in the trenches, and the bullets are zinging over your head.....
» 2/03/2007 12:37:19 PM This "racial hatred" is so ridiculously exaggerated it isn't funny. Every confli.....
» 2/03/2007 12:15:01 PM Billie... even though it's unlikely I'll ever vote Liberal, I don't think it's fair to say.....
» 2/03/2007 12:07:31 PM Quite frankly, if a company wants to have someone mumble a few words in prayer to appease .....
» 2/03/2007 12:04:41 PM Yeah, this is a topic in which I've had more than just a passing fancy - it's also the chi.....
» 2/03/2007 11:55:32 AM A reasonably penetrating article, without obvious assumptions of right and left which have.....
» 2/03/2007 11:46:55 AM Cont'd (dang 24 hour rule) A much more broad stroke, with say, the energy that is the neu.....
» 1/03/2007 4:16:11 PM "Just because you do agree with a lifestyle (that I and others know is unhealthy and .....
» 1/03/2007 1:22:23 PM Aquarivs, your simplistic interpretation of agnosticism is somewhat insulting. It is far m.....
» 1/03/2007 12:02:22 PM Boaz... you speak of amorality. What exactly, is the precise problem, of same sex couples.....
» 1/03/2007 11:50:20 AM Can agnostics join?.....
» 1/03/2007 11:43:39 AM I find most of this multicultural debate most amusing. Those arguing against immigration .....
» 1/03/2007 10:52:17 AM Betty - misreported is such an apt word for the title of this piece, because that's what y.....
» 1/03/2007 9:18:14 AM The difference is Johncee - rather than just rail about how bad everything is, I try to ta.....
» 27/02/2007 4:17:49 PM Johncee... I can't help but feel you're a little divorced from reality... I suggest you go.....
» 27/02/2007 4:07:02 PM If the author is going to make such contrary claims, he needs to back it up much more effe.....
» 26/02/2007 8:17:11 PM It's all well and good to dismiss arguments as moral posturing, but there's a bit of postu.....
» 26/02/2007 8:03:08 PM ... I see a great deal of pretty negative rhetoric on this thread. Funnily enough none of .....
» 26/02/2007 4:54:19 PM I'm not aware of the ins and outs of this issue, though I find it interesting you're hamme.....
» 26/02/2007 2:01:12 PM The ludicrous bit was the "statistics don't matter" element of the argument, whe.....
» 26/02/2007 1:53:54 PM Actually... that's quite brilliant, and could encourage more people to donate, though I fo.....
» 26/02/2007 1:13:29 PM Yeah, but Johncee, I've always been of the view that you need to look at motive for these .....
» 26/02/2007 1:04:59 PM It's kind of sad, that when a moderate muslim writes a pretty reasonable argument he's sti.....
» 26/02/2007 12:52:59 PM Ahh but DB - you're not looking at this through the one golden rule of international polit.....
» 26/02/2007 11:53:58 AM I'm afraid the argument you are pushing here is indeed a close cousin to eugenics. It may .....
» 26/02/2007 11:49:57 AM No, no, ybgirp is right insofar as selective interpretation is a method of distorting an a.....
» 26/02/2007 10:24:57 AM The thing is bozzie... a close relationship with the democrats would probably be a little .....
» 26/02/2007 10:00:52 AM Is Mise: "We don't need statistics to build a case for allowing firearms for self def.....
» 26/02/2007 9:21:01 AM I suppose on a basic level I agree with the content of the article, though I tend to think.....
» 23/02/2007 3:20:21 PM DerekorDirk, 9/11 has absolutely nothing to do with Iraq. That was the Afghanistan invasi.....
» 23/02/2007 12:56:03 PM Now I think we're getting a little closer to the heart of the matter. One element I am no.....
» 23/02/2007 12:04:03 PM One thing I'd like to put to Leigh, Coach, PortoSalvo et al. What is it that you believe .....
» 23/02/2007 11:52:33 AM Runner, your comment speaks volumes. Each time there is an analysis of the dastardly cock.....
» 23/02/2007 11:37:11 AM I think it was around the time he choked on that pretzel while watching a grid-iron game o.....
» 23/02/2007 9:05:31 AM Uh Ybgirp... Firstly - you don't seem to make any allowance for people who haven't abused.....
» 22/02/2007 5:17:33 PM I agree Wikipedia can be edited - but funnily enough, recent comparisons with the encyclop.....
» 22/02/2007 2:41:59 PM To an extent, I suppose you should consider cultural clashes. I can deal with DB to a cert.....
» 22/02/2007 2:08:24 PM When it comes to police having guns: The thing is - this is a profession. In the case of .....
» 22/02/2007 2:07:37 PM In response to the last few posts: ChrisPer: My argument is simply: less guns = less shoo.....
» 22/02/2007 1:51:30 PM Proverbs... can you find me an example of another event that has gotten in trouble for exa.....
» 22/02/2007 1:39:03 PM Grey... what you don't seem to be registering, is that your argument is being attacked upo.....
» 22/02/2007 1:23:37 PM I'm with Rex on this one. An organ can save a life. If I'm dead, I really don't need it......
» 22/02/2007 11:14:43 AM Bugsy put it best. For my two bob: If you don't like it, nobody's forcing you to partipa.....
» 22/02/2007 10:52:49 AM Coach, whatever argument you're trying to make (which I note doesn't touch on the legality.....
» 22/02/2007 10:01:16 AM Leigh. You are blind to the concerns here. This isn't about David Hicks, it's about legal .....
» 22/02/2007 9:36:14 AM Interesting you bring up Malthus VK3... before him, most britons were convinced the popula.....
» 22/02/2007 9:16:19 AM Sille: Romany's post pretty much pointed out the flaws in the "Nothing to hide, don't.....
» 21/02/2007 5:13:11 PM I see your point aobut shooting things, countrygal, though I tend to think for use on the .....
» 21/02/2007 2:07:08 PM Ha - that would be most amusing. We'd stash him in Nauru, then act rather smug when the .....
» 21/02/2007 1:55:23 PM JSP... you've indulged in a bit of selective interpretation there. Allow me to do the same.....
» 21/02/2007 1:31:03 PM Nice words Romany. I don't think I've ever heard my foremost concerns expressed in such a .....
» 21/02/2007 11:02:04 AM Ahh but Is Mise, the validity of disarming police and military automatically assumes they .....
» 20/02/2007 4:18:56 PM The problem, Is Mise, is that guns aren't just a means for self defence - pretending that .....
» 20/02/2007 4:08:54 PM I suppose I'm one with the audacity to question your creator runner. If you can provide me.....
» 20/02/2007 1:11:05 PM Ybgirp. Limbic system aside - this discussion is about religion. Perhaps when dolphins can.....
» 20/02/2007 12:59:57 PM Is Mise: "TRTL, Can you tell me if there is any way that a slightly built woman can .....
» 20/02/2007 7:45:51 AM I'm often quite amused by the flimsy arguments used by the gun lobby. I dunno about you .....
» 19/02/2007 10:12:33 PM Davo, Arjay - couple of points: -The US is the most diverse nation in history. It may wel.....
» 19/02/2007 10:01:50 PM Yep. T'is a quality site, with about the right mix of passion and informed debate. (Yeah, .....
» 19/02/2007 8:57:50 PM Heck Leigh, why stop there. Go for the descendants of those wascally immigrants too. Fath.....
» 19/02/2007 8:42:04 PM Oh good grief Leigh. Never mind the dictators who conduct ethnic cleansing: it's the peop.....
» 16/02/2007 9:09:14 AM "The only thing all living objects share is the desire to procreate and to live at al.....
» 15/02/2007 5:10:08 PM For a long time, I was in the same boat as West and Ybpgirp - religion is the problem of t.....
» 15/02/2007 2:56:53 PM "I think there is huge (largely latent) concern in the general community about this. .....
» 14/02/2007 11:42:57 AM Also... Howard has left the way open for Rudd to hammer him even further. In the Austral.....
» 14/02/2007 11:37:44 AM I must confess... before this gaffe I didn't have much hope that Rudd could actually defea.....
» 14/02/2007 9:13:06 AM The problem as I see it, is that Marx was accurate when he said profit margins inevitably .....
» 13/02/2007 4:24:35 PM But Ludwig, as Marx pointed out - capitalism requires growth to drive it forward. The very.....
» 12/02/2007 7:54:06 PM I haven't actually seen much hero-worship of Hicks. What I have seen is frustration that t.....
» 12/02/2007 2:46:59 PM Runner... this is about as far from abortion as you can get. That issue is not black and w.....
» 12/02/2007 10:31:29 AM Pete I'm not so sure Howard would actually want to bring Hicks home before the election -.....
» 12/02/2007 9:27:40 AM As much as I would like to concur with the author, I can't help but feel it's a little nai.....
» 9/02/2007 2:35:28 PM While I'm not in favour of legalising it, I don't see it as the incredibly harmful drug it.....
» 9/02/2007 2:27:53 PM Seems to me that in saying there was no single "christian" viewpoint, Abbott had.....
» 9/02/2007 10:52:16 AM Coach: "how ignorant people would like to shape God to their “superior” intellect,&qu.....
» 8/02/2007 2:54:38 PM I must say, it's nice to see the tolerant, "love thy neighbour" style of Christi.....
» 8/02/2007 11:44:56 AM Right Leigh. Because she was born elsewhere, she must be one of the evil immigrants right?.....
» 8/02/2007 9:30:17 AM I'd say it's less about the issue of newsworthiness than it is about the difficulties of r.....
» 8/02/2007 8:35:22 AM Col - it's no secret the Labor party has always been the stooge of the unions, but that ne.....
» 7/02/2007 4:05:40 PM DB - your suggestion that groups wishing to overthrow the government be force be outlawed .....
» 7/02/2007 3:20:00 PM All of this completely pointless stupidity could have been avoided if Australia had simply.....
» 7/02/2007 3:16:27 PM I really like this article - between this, and the recent article on income equality: htt.....
» 7/02/2007 2:39:27 PM Hmm. Actually, I'm more in favour of having Marijuana illegal, but not really bothering t.....
» 7/02/2007 2:30:32 PM There's many kinds of multiculturalism, and many shades of politically correct. To chalk .....
» 7/02/2007 2:22:57 PM Yeah, but can you wear the latest fashions of Paris Hilton? (I can't. I'm not quite open .....
» 7/02/2007 2:05:41 PM digiwigi- The Premier has been asked what the percentage will be, though he has strictly .....
» 7/02/2007 1:37:09 PM Hmm... it's a complex issue there DB I'm glad we can agree that religion shouldn't be ins.....
» 6/02/2007 4:40:35 PM Runner: "Under the democracy we live in, a person whether a humanist, buddhist or mus.....
» 6/02/2007 3:07:50 PM "self actualised relationship difficulties caused by the difference between *perceive.....
» 6/02/2007 2:45:18 PM If the Texas Yank's theory about divide and conquer were true, wouldn't it have made more .....
» 6/02/2007 11:22:41 AM If recycled water really has been commonly used elsewhere, you'd think there'd be a link t.....
» 6/02/2007 11:16:00 AM I'm often amused when trying to pin down precisely what 'mainstream' means. I reckon ever.....
» 5/02/2007 3:32:46 PM Runner: for all your criticisms of Islam being too closely tied to the State and politics,.....
» 2/02/2007 5:09:19 PM ? Heterosexual or bisexual women have the same anatomy. Sex with a woman who is bisexual .....
» 2/02/2007 4:53:09 PM Damn well said Pericles......
» 2/02/2007 2:55:16 PM I'm rather amused by the lack of amusement displayed by many posters. What seemed to me to.....
» 2/02/2007 2:19:24 PM Yeah, the brilliant replies tend to come, on average, 7.5 minutes after they would have be.....
» 2/02/2007 1:38:52 PM Sniggid: "I have no doubt that Hicks would have willingly fired on our own troops had.....
» 2/02/2007 11:44:38 AM While the US may not have attempted a direct regime change such as this before, there were.....
» 1/02/2007 3:30:29 PM Indeed Bazz... but is it for agriculture or drinking? what kind of percentage are we talki.....
» 1/02/2007 3:25:23 PM I suppose it comes down to the perception of risk, and what is justified in averting it. .....
» 1/02/2007 2:40:05 PM This article is idiotic, as is Preston's self serving logic. Choice is a key part of many.....
» 1/02/2007 2:31:40 PM I find it interesting that this particular person has written this review. "Graham .....
» 1/02/2007 1:06:25 PM Around the merry go round we go. Iran's level of influence in Iraq is open to interpretat.....
» 1/02/2007 12:05:58 PM Spendocrat: I'm somewhat sceptical of the arguments against recycled water myself, though .....
» 1/02/2007 11:14:59 AM Interesting stuff. I know I for one am keeping a close eye on Taiwan. Any action there wil.....
» 31/01/2007 2:22:40 PM Can anyone confirm whether London does actually recycle water? I keep hearing the Premier.....
» 31/01/2007 1:52:21 PM Petal: the examples you give may well have been strangers. The overall statistics indicate.....
» 31/01/2007 1:40:24 PM A fascinating link Irfan... it's a shame it's difficult to create a vocal movement based o.....
» 31/01/2007 12:00:57 PM Aqvarivs - nothing would please America more than to have stable, friendly government in I.....
» 31/01/2007 11:32:34 AM Hmm... I usually tend to be one of those 'first cab off the ranks' to denounce Lapkin's pi.....
» 31/01/2007 9:19:34 AM Horus, I take the point about the fact they could be right wing ALP voters... true. But t.....
» 30/01/2007 10:56:19 AM Volition: Microsoft is a prime example of a monopoly. This is one of the prime reasons w.....
» 30/01/2007 9:25:14 AM "fallacy to think that free markets necessarily lead to one person owning everything&.....
» 30/01/2007 8:56:02 AM Horus - the G20 protests were an attempt (granted, a misguided one) to send a message to t.....
» 29/01/2007 4:47:54 PM The way I see it, To pretend war is never necessary is bad. To concede it is inevitable i.....
» 29/01/2007 3:32:07 PM Aqvarivs I don't doubt this is the case for the average Iraqi... the number one concern f.....
» 29/01/2007 9:07:40 AM Horus: RE TLTR: I note you are much concerned about “fascist thuggish redneck fool(s) tryi.....
» 26/01/2007 11:44:22 AM Plersdus... what you say about the maori problem is kind of destroyed by the fact that the.....
» 26/01/2007 10:39:45 AM "Oh, how nice of the author to paint those who love their national flag as thugs. Thi.....
» 25/01/2007 4:51:30 PM Divergence: you speak of the problems that would still exist if we divested resources equa.....
» 25/01/2007 2:21:38 PM Col... I take your point about other institutions, but the fact of the matter was that che.....
» 25/01/2007 11:48:13 AM Cowboy - sure, there's a lot of nations on that list. How many are committing substantia.....
» 25/01/2007 11:07:03 AM Keith - I can see your sentiments, but I found the article hilarious. And if there's one t.....
» 24/01/2007 5:12:44 PM "TRTL you’re entitled to your opinion, and thank you for sharing it :) But do you hon.....
» 24/01/2007 2:11:42 PM Belly: "The anti war at any cost left will not agree but we are bound for a far bigge.....
» 24/01/2007 2:08:22 PM Coach, you can adequately retort my earlier statement by answering this simple question wi.....
» 23/01/2007 4:59:55 PM Just thought I'd try an experiment here Coach... The Qu'ran is the inspired word of god, .....
» 23/01/2007 4:11:12 PM Hmm... about 40 posts back I asked if anyone could give me a decent reason as to why so ma.....
» 23/01/2007 4:06:10 PM True, Noosa was nagging at the back of my mind as I wrote that last post... but in regard .....
» 22/01/2007 7:50:54 PM Hedgehog, it's a sad fact but there's a certain rule which seems to be loosely applied to .....
» 22/01/2007 4:05:20 PM The reason why no-one does anything about it is simple Ludwig - if they were to curtail it.....
» 22/01/2007 2:47:31 PM I used to think a growing population was the greatest threat to mankind, but now I tend to.....
» 22/01/2007 11:49:38 AM Moderate-Stan exists. Certainly. I've dabbled in it myself. That being said... Extremista.....
» 22/01/2007 11:46:15 AM Fairgo. Evidently you see his time in Indonesia as a negative - some kind of taint. I see .....
» 19/01/2007 4:55:17 PM Now I think we're getting to the meat of the matter. Ultimately, all of what the US is try.....
» 19/01/2007 2:04:19 PM FrankGol is quite succinct in his assessment; though the devil's advocate in me wants to p.....
» 19/01/2007 10:12:43 AM It's easy to complain about councils. Much harder to run for council, win, and make a diff.....
» 19/01/2007 9:27:30 AM If you google Roger Corbett Mr Woolworths ABC you will come across a Sunday profile interv.....
» 19/01/2007 9:17:36 AM There are merits in your post Aqvarivs - I'd never suggest all middle-easterners hate the .....
» 19/01/2007 9:09:04 AM Mmm... I'm with Dozer on the Christianity section. Yes, the Vampires are representative o.....
» 18/01/2007 4:43:02 PM To Col and Aqvarivs Syed's point in relation to totalitarianism in the middle east rested.....
» 18/01/2007 1:47:03 PM I'm not aware of all of the facts on Global Warming. Few members of the public truly are. .....
» 17/01/2007 4:25:38 PM In interesting thread... though before I could support any notion of reducing the role of .....
» 16/01/2007 4:29:53 PM Well. This discussion is becoming nothing short of a 'hoot.' Iain - You keep speaking of .....
» 16/01/2007 3:59:20 PM Weird. I was a fan of the buffy series, though it didn't have a patch on Angel... That bei.....
» 16/01/2007 3:55:39 PM Coach, if we really were dealing with the billion militants you describe, we'd be in troub.....
» 16/01/2007 2:37:53 PM My apologies if I have offended, that was not my intent. I was merely pointing out that bl.....
» 16/01/2007 2:26:03 PM There is merit in your suggestion of a western-centric recording of World War two... One o.....
» 15/01/2007 11:53:38 AM Numbat... I'm trying to suss out your view there, but I'm having a little trouble. Nobody .....
» 15/01/2007 11:02:27 AM Come on James. I'm aware of your views on feminism and the rights of fathers from earlier .....
» 15/01/2007 10:56:15 AM Gasp! You know... I've suspected that plumbers association for a while. They have the too.....
» 15/01/2007 10:29:28 AM Whoops. I meant to say this wasn't 'always' the case......
» 15/01/2007 10:28:31 AM No particular slur... as long as both are present it's all good. Your post is of course c.....
» 13/01/2007 11:06:03 AM Indeed aquarivs, Iraq and Iran have always been at each other's throats... the only thing .....
» 12/01/2007 4:51:09 PM Meliorator: Were the UN to intervene in the Darfur crisis, I would be very happy, though .....
» 12/01/2007 4:10:27 PM Hmm... Malik, from what I've seen, most of those aligned with the conservative factions of.....
» 12/01/2007 1:18:14 PM Touche aquarivs. Clearly you have more knowledge of military lingo than I. It's probably m.....
» 12/01/2007 9:51:17 AM No MichaelK... I'm afraid your use of english is rather unusual. You string together compl.....
» 12/01/2007 9:22:29 AM Gadget... you took the part of blackstone's post you liked and ran with it. You also ignor.....
» 11/01/2007 4:35:24 PM There aren't many Grn. Christians have gotten better at it - they use planes. And general.....
» 11/01/2007 1:10:07 PM Indeed. I can't help but wonder how the US would respond if the Iraqis did manage to creat.....
» 11/01/2007 12:33:47 PM Runner - your use of terms like 'god haters' is one of those tactics used to polarise deba.....
» 11/01/2007 9:22:00 AM Now we're getting a little closer to the meat of the matter: You make a fair point on the.....
» 10/01/2007 4:55:55 PM Actually Iain... the most obvious shock jock stuff I've seen has come from you... fag hag?.....
» 10/01/2007 9:58:10 AM I'd be exceptionally wary of Beattie's suggestions. The man has an atrocious record when i.....
» 10/01/2007 9:23:04 AM Fair enough aquarivs if that is the case... however I've yet to hear the term spider hole .....
» 9/01/2007 3:09:52 PM Aquarivs... I just noted you referred to the 'spider-hole' saddam was found in. I'm a lit.....
» 9/01/2007 2:07:22 PM Uh, gekko, because someone writes here and has written an article bears little relevance. .....
» 9/01/2007 11:28:04 AM Having had teachers for roommates it was often interesting hearing them talk about their d.....
» 8/01/2007 2:07:33 PM A few points - Ireland suffered from terrorism for decades, yet they never allowed their.....
» 8/01/2007 1:25:12 PM I've been fortunate in that I've been able to make a few mistakes and haven't always been .....
» 8/01/2007 1:17:17 PM Nice to hear, aside from the car crash. Sad that after so many trials and tribulations the.....
» 5/01/2007 12:53:32 PM I like and agree with this article... though I do think men should have some input into wh.....
» 4/01/2007 4:55:47 PM Yeah, I was interested to see a number of posters launch a tirade against this piece on th.....
» 4/01/2007 3:14:48 PM Boaz - just curious about one thing - you mention that TV programmers should limit their s.....
» 4/01/2007 3:04:34 PM Ahh, but where's the economic benefit in intervening? Even East Timor had a carrot stick t.....
» 4/01/2007 2:38:40 PM Boaz - saddam's greatest crime was to point to mohammed as a messenger of god with his dyi.....
» 19/12/2006 1:14:49 PM Col - by that phrase I was saying communism was not the solution, but the diagnosis of the.....
» 18/12/2006 4:06:32 PM Edward Carson: "the free market, the opposite of socialism, does not work because th.....
» 18/12/2006 1:03:13 PM Aquarivs - yes, I was mentioning that America didn't enter world war two until after pearl.....
» 18/12/2006 12:43:56 PM I can't help but feel any economic model used in its purest form is doomed to be a disaste.....
» 18/12/2006 11:36:04 AM It's nice to see some discussion of the complex relationships at play in the middle east. .....
» 15/12/2006 2:12:54 PM Nice piece, though the AWB scandal isn't as black and white as is being currently presente.....
» 15/12/2006 9:13:19 AM Uh... is Bagaric actually arguing that loyalty exists beyond self interest when it comes t.....
» 13/12/2006 1:12:19 PM Sellick says: "The experiment with rational secularism has demonstrated the fragility.....
» 12/12/2006 2:27:53 PM Not particularly prescient perhaps, but sometimes it's handy to have someone draw a few ba.....
» 11/12/2006 10:51:39 AM Ponder it is indeed true that many journalists abuse the english language, though to be fa.....
» 10/12/2006 7:47:57 PM Leigh: "Hezbollah should have been wiped out. Mad dogs cannot be tamed and allowed to.....
» 7/12/2006 12:53:42 PM Hmm... true, Psychologists may not be cheap, but counsellors could be. The whole values d.....
» 7/12/2006 11:19:23 AM I find it somewhat fascinating, that when people talk of education going backwards, they f.....
» 7/12/2006 10:12:46 AM These four laws seem pretty logical, and I don't have any problem with them. The beach is.....
» 7/12/2006 8:58:03 AM It's all well and good to say Rudd has no profile yet, but there are promising signs for t.....
» 6/12/2006 1:43:39 PM Whee. Whatever happened to the whole 'hole in the ozone layer' debacle. Did we stop using.....
» 6/12/2006 11:52:12 AM I for one, actually think that nobody wants to really do anything about climate change. T.....
» 5/12/2006 1:32:30 PM A few things - BrainDrain... you're going to extremes there. Those things happen, but they.....
» 4/12/2006 4:28:03 PM Mickijo - while it's fair to say that that's the case with the state labor governments, I'.....
» 4/12/2006 10:28:06 AM Yep. It's quite amusing actually... Rudd really should have waited until after the next el.....
» 30/11/2006 4:25:29 PM I'm going to sound rather cold here, but I can't help but feel this is one of those articl.....
» 30/11/2006 4:14:16 PM Yep. The way I see it is pretty simple. If DFAT wasn't complicit, they were incompetent. I.....
» 30/11/2006 4:09:51 PM I gotta say, you can't really argue with the point of this article. There's an old phrase.....
» 30/11/2006 2:35:24 PM Times like this I wish we could ditch issues of feminism and look at it from a broader per.....
» 30/11/2006 8:45:46 AM Col: "The battle was fought and has been won. This forum is an example of why, what I.....
» 29/11/2006 11:59:29 AM Ultimately Leigh, apartheid was unsustainable. Sooner or later it had to fall. Yeah, Sout.....
» 29/11/2006 10:17:04 AM Hells Angel... the attitude for tighter immigration is exactly what will cause us grief in.....
» 29/11/2006 9:11:48 AM I know the feeling. I'm fortunate to have a pretty good gym, with a fair share of not-so.....
» 29/11/2006 8:57:24 AM Intr'usting piece. The entire Hicks situation disgusts but doesn't really surprise me. Au.....
» 27/11/2006 4:18:43 PM Wallaby - you make valid points but they don't really address the core issue of what makes.....
» 27/11/2006 12:16:28 PM Another salvo is launched in the intergenerational slanging match. Bravo. It's times lik.....
» 27/11/2006 11:27:21 AM Leigh... I find it somewhat strange that you lampoon this article as irrelevant or uninter.....
» 25/11/2006 4:44:02 PM And as for amalgamating shires into bigger ones... you complain that the councillors are a.....
» 25/11/2006 4:40:53 PM Arjay - I've got to wholeheartedly disagree with you on the nature of local councils. H.....
» 25/11/2006 1:49:32 PM You're right boaz...... the 'love for your creator' won't get up... but you meant my creat.....
» 24/11/2006 8:59:11 AM Well, two interesting stem cell articles today - be interesting to see which one garners m.....
» 23/11/2006 3:19:48 PM Ahhh but Mr Boaz... Your christian rock has changed greatly over time - indeed, few would.....
» 23/11/2006 1:24:53 PM Actually, there's a very likely possibility Giuliani could lead the republican party. He.....
» 23/11/2006 11:58:43 AM Stomont: While I too find it hard to sympathise with brutal killers and the like, the rea.....
» 23/11/2006 8:57:18 AM Runner: interesting you regard secularism as paganism dressed up. Many secularists feel th.....
» 22/11/2006 11:44:48 AM Dozer - I've no problem with having pride in who we are. By the same token, I wouldn't lik.....
» 22/11/2006 11:29:34 AM Boaz - you say that these christians are effectively reacting against the imposition of se.....
» 21/11/2006 10:59:10 AM A white male such as.... gore? Now there'd be some interesting politics... but no less int.....
» 21/11/2006 9:28:17 AM Trueaussie: you argued that this tolerance will lead to terrorism problems like Britain: .....
» 21/11/2006 9:09:39 AM Matt - technically of course you're right - but you completely ignore the fact that per ca.....
» 21/11/2006 9:00:10 AM Oh no. No, John, you didn't. Seriously. What? Let me read this again. Wait, yep, yeah you .....
» 21/11/2006 8:37:48 AM Narcissist - I agree with most of what you say, though as for Saddam playing 'silly bugger.....
» 17/11/2006 9:22:20 AM HH - a few points I'd like to make about the coma argument: Firstly - even in cases such .....
» 16/11/2006 4:02:00 PM Rob - your point is the only one, as far as I can tell, which is used to defend the double.....
» 16/11/2006 12:03:39 PM Grizzle... hmmph. That post was probably a little too harsh, but I stand by it until someo.....
» 16/11/2006 12:00:32 PM This is a pretty damn shallow article. The section that really got me was this: "Lab.....
» 16/11/2006 9:36:42 AM Fair enough there have been no mass sackings under workchoices - though I was under the im.....
» 15/11/2006 9:42:11 AM Ronnie's post is the closest that's come to being right, but it's a little off the mark in.....
» 14/11/2006 4:21:45 PM Hmmph. When I saw the title, I assumed the article would be looking at how effectively Fie.....
» 13/11/2006 9:04:47 PM Now we're getting some interesting conversation... I see your point HH, though I'd have t.....
» 12/11/2006 2:07:12 PM This debate is going to follow the lines of the abortion argument, as pointed out earlier,.....
» 12/11/2006 1:57:21 PM "Or would defence lawyers try to argue that a not guilty plea should be made if the p.....
» 12/11/2006 1:52:38 PM The whole issue of pine gap is a contentious one, or at least, if we knew more about it, i.....
» 10/11/2006 2:16:04 PM I've got to disagree with the article as well. Common sense people. If you're worried abou.....
» 10/11/2006 2:10:25 PM Yeah, Fairfax isn't quite the same as the other media empires - no centralised ownership f.....
» 10/11/2006 1:59:11 PM Sowat, when I refer to 'security' I am referring to action taken to prevent the threat of .....
» 10/11/2006 9:11:54 AM Nice to see an article pointing out the economic rationale for many of our wars. I would.....
» 9/11/2006 4:44:23 PM Interesting bushbred, especially in regard to the canola. I'd heard that the canola indus.....
» 9/11/2006 1:05:01 PM It will be interesting to see how these decisions are viewed in several decades time. Let.....
» 9/11/2006 10:32:47 AM I seem to recall reading a recent OLO article relating to how the business community was c.....
» 9/11/2006 9:05:58 AM I take your point boaz, about it being more of a mentoring service, but in response to tha.....
» 8/11/2006 1:00:28 PM Big Al - I couldn't agree more, that the wording of these polls is crucial. I've yet to .....
» 8/11/2006 12:06:00 PM Wow. A rather hostile response to what I thought was a reasonable, well considered article.....
» 8/11/2006 12:00:50 PM Despite being opposed to the war as much as you can be, Kerry's comments were stupid and t.....
» 8/11/2006 9:48:46 AM I've a few issues with this article. Firstly - the debate was about embryos. Not fertilis.....
» 7/11/2006 2:39:25 PM Fair enough Shonga, but what do you make of the fact that Australian subsidies pale in com.....
» 7/11/2006 12:14:08 PM What really pisses me off, is that we're sitting here debating whether or not global warmi.....
» 7/11/2006 11:16:47 AM Boaz... I agree with your post in relation to the greatest threat to Australia being a gr.....
» 7/11/2006 9:30:31 AM "Only the churlish or wilfully blind would deny that Australia's young people, across.....
» 7/11/2006 8:54:25 AM Interesting Plersdus - looking to the future is a wise notion. I tend to defend the agri-s.....
» 6/11/2006 1:11:54 PM Ok, some farmers may need to be seriously reconsidering getting off the land - there's val.....
» 6/11/2006 8:24:31 AM Dee - the three quotes you picked out don't encompass the rest of the post, which I can't .....
» 3/11/2006 3:35:02 PM Dee - Interesting that you point out that the old testament had things like suffering wi.....
» 3/11/2006 11:28:50 AM Ahh but Mercurious, having been one of the relativists accused of blaming the west for eve.....
» 3/11/2006 9:01:45 AM I suppose I do underestimate the power of al-jazeera's "filthy propaganda, though app.....
» 2/11/2006 2:16:12 PM Ahhh fraggit coach. If you're going to compare Rayann's comments to those of the sheikh hi.....
» 2/11/2006 1:36:02 PM Maximus - I'll admit I haven't read up on the statistics, but I've had a fair bit to do wi.....
» 2/11/2006 1:17:49 PM I like this article - while I've been accused of being an apologist for Islam, I've never .....
» 2/11/2006 9:42:28 AM Ah, but Nahum, it's so much easier to just get mad. Don't you just love it? Today Tonight .....
» 1/11/2006 5:10:12 PM Well, Tit_for_tat, I suppose that's one solution, but can you, (and should you) attempt to.....
» 1/11/2006 11:35:53 AM Tit_for_tat Horrendous chaos I imagine. I wouldn't advocate the war in Iraq or a war in.....
» 1/11/2006 10:57:36 AM Well said sabasakin. Abyss... few points. Can't help but feel your commentary there is a.....
» 31/10/2006 4:50:21 PM Dee - be nice if things were so simple. I take your point about some twisting themselves .....
» 31/10/2006 3:06:44 PM As said by other posters, the number of casualties isn't particularly relevant. Even if it.....
» 31/10/2006 2:02:53 PM Abyss... the view I took from Mercurious's comments wasn't excusing the sheikh. Reading hi.....
» 31/10/2006 9:21:46 AM Benjamin, Dee. Firstly Dee - my post was to point out that while the agenda of some aspec.....
» 29/10/2006 12:56:48 PM Nnnngn. Reading these comments can be a tad frustrating... Firstly - regardless of much y.....
» 29/10/2006 12:30:28 PM Fozz - couldn't agree more, and I'd hate to see such a system come to pass. I made the com.....
» 27/10/2006 2:08:55 PM Western standards say no breasts on display. Muslim society feels a certain way about face.....
» 27/10/2006 2:08:22 PM A comment is made from the extreme end of the ideological spectrum. A cavalcade of respons.....
» 27/10/2006 10:35:38 AM Roama: in response to the first statement - McConville has outlined it pretty well. It's a.....
» 26/10/2006 5:13:54 PM I like this article, quite a lot. Nice to see a writer from the corporate sphere with a di.....
» 26/10/2006 4:52:11 PM Boaz... you probably won't be surprised to hear me come out in agreement with the comments.....
» 26/10/2006 12:32:47 PM It's fascinating watching how private interests influence debates such as these. If anyone.....
» 26/10/2006 12:22:38 PM Shame for beazley that his greatest gem - the fear of the workchoices legislation - will b.....
» 25/10/2006 5:05:49 PM As much as I hate to admit it, McConville's right. Unless something unexpected and catastr.....
» 18/10/2006 5:04:32 PM What really bothers me about this article is how the author acknowledges Rudd is going for.....
» 16/10/2006 3:24:45 PM I meant to say, a disservice to those who genuinely espouse values of compassion and human.....
» 16/10/2006 3:14:36 PM Nice article. My reading of this article wasn't that jesus was immoral (title not withsta.....
» 13/10/2006 1:30:52 PM Cornflower put it pretty nicely. And fair enough, you can argue that perhaps country peop.....
» 13/10/2006 1:15:14 PM Meh. I think most of this is fuelled by perception. Yes, kids are getting drunk and actin.....
» 12/10/2006 4:52:45 PM Not much sympathy for the bush here. Probably because there are a large number of regional.....
» 12/10/2006 4:33:53 PM I'd agree with the content of the article. China is the key to this issue. I sincerely do.....
» 12/10/2006 4:27:36 PM Hmm, Coach, I reviewed your post and read that your precise comment was the anti christian.....
» 12/10/2006 10:39:09 AM A few things... Coach... you say that the secular element of our society is what weakens u.....
» 12/10/2006 10:21:23 AM I agree that bottom trawling, particularly in areas of environmental significance such as .....
» 11/10/2006 4:21:56 PM Boaz... a couple of points there I disagree with: Firstly - I suppose it's fair to interp.....
» 11/10/2006 1:38:36 PM Argh. I just read my post and it was far from clear. Let me put it like this. In my view,.....
» 11/10/2006 1:32:23 PM Maximus, to be fair, I think that's apportioning a bit much blame to leftist views - yes, .....
» 11/10/2006 9:03:16 AM Indeed. I find it rather amusing that the greatest fear of the west is that nuclear weap.....
» 11/10/2006 8:57:47 AM Well. Yeah. There's not really anything you can argue with there, except the notion that.....
» 10/10/2006 3:27:53 PM Nice article, and a good post there by Ben. The world I envision in 30 years time has the.....
» 9/10/2006 9:54:05 AM Ted - Marilyn may fit a certain stereotype, indeed, she does fit it rather well. But that.....
» 9/10/2006 9:45:15 AM I'm somewhat divided on this issue... Firstly, if they're being raucous then at least it .....
» 6/10/2006 2:49:38 PM Nice summation Chris - the last bit I'd add would be the versatility and accessability of .....
» 5/10/2006 4:56:27 PM Ena... if that teacher is indeed saying those things, then someone needs to complain. If a.....
» 5/10/2006 4:45:48 PM Firstly - digital TV has huge potential - I'm not talking about multiple angles of the foo.....
» 5/10/2006 4:30:13 PM I'm coming to a few basic conclusions - correct me if I'm wrong on any of these counts: 1.....
» 5/10/2006 4:19:04 PM Yeah, I've got to say, I went to a university that was still finding it's feet - it was ea.....
» 5/10/2006 9:56:39 AM You know... in all this debate, it occurs to me that nobody is questioning the fact that t.....
» 4/10/2006 12:58:17 PM While I'm quite prepared to believe a wide variety of allegations against President Bush, .....
» 3/10/2006 3:54:32 PM I must say I found the author's candour refreshing. In these kinds of situations, common s.....
» 3/10/2006 2:39:40 PM Sage & Peter JH Those posts suggest that in the sense of resource management, taking prec.....
» 3/10/2006 11:22:44 AM I can't say I've seen spiegelman's latest offerings, though I did read Maus. Utterly brill.....
» 3/10/2006 10:46:45 AM Of course the threat is overblown. That's been quite clear for some time. The problem is, .....
» 3/10/2006 9:59:36 AM An interesting range of comments - most a tad cynical, but I suppose that's the order of t.....
» 2/10/2006 2:02:27 PM If you're interested, here's an investigation into several incidents involving ASIO and a .....
» 2/10/2006 11:20:28 AM Ahh, nice reply mjpb. In actual fact, I don't think pornography increases or decreases ra.....
» 2/10/2006 7:24:55 AM Runner, I wasn't advocating an "everything goes" approach at all. I was merely m.....
» 29/09/2006 3:21:53 PM Oh, come on Runner. You say that bundy mentioned he hadn't met one sex offender who wasn't.....
» 29/09/2006 1:27:53 PM For a brief period I worked in direct marketing - little more than door to door sales. In .....
» 29/09/2006 1:14:48 PM Mjb - you say that "you've been told these stores stock pornography" indicating .....
» 29/09/2006 1:06:52 PM I was utterly disgusted to hear the high court ruling on that case - in what possibly way .....
» 28/09/2006 11:33:14 AM Telstra represents an impossible situation for government. The Federal Government is instr.....
» 28/09/2006 11:23:08 AM I personally don't find the overly thin women attractive, and I don't think that many men .....
» 28/09/2006 11:13:49 AM Don't feel too grim about some of the comments Tristan - some of the posters have previous.....
» 28/09/2006 11:03:22 AM I can't help but agree, but not all is lost. Traditionally local councils have been prett.....
» 28/09/2006 10:49:34 AM Yeah, but Peter, you had that choice. In times gone by, students had the luxury of getting.....
» 26/09/2006 4:38:58 PM No Marilyn. I'm afraid that in agreeing to pose for a pornographic magazine, the women in .....
» 26/09/2006 4:27:51 PM Leigh, two points there - firstly, you say he hasn't explained why they're disillusioned w.....
» 26/09/2006 4:23:10 PM Argh. I can't help but feel the world would be a better place if Des Moore was made to wor.....
» 25/09/2006 11:14:17 AM Yeah, I agree that labelling nations 'failed states' is probably going to be detrimental n.....
» 25/09/2006 11:07:39 AM Hahahaha. I love it. Totally agree, though I rather suspect there's going to be a person.....
» 25/09/2006 11:04:28 AM Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Leigh on this one too... feels a little weird, but ther.....
» 25/09/2006 9:06:40 AM I find it rather interesting that Biggs is assumed to be a radical feminist, when most of .....
» 23/09/2006 4:04:21 PM Heh. Nice post Fleurette, that about sums it up. Lets see now. Why not just have a list w.....
» 23/09/2006 1:56:07 PM I couldn't help but be amused watching a documentary a little while back, when the CEO of .....
» 23/09/2006 1:45:52 PM JamesH - I can't deny there are mistakes made, and I tend to think the flaws in our system.....
» 22/09/2006 5:00:16 PM Fair comments eet, but quite frankly if you realised how much police time was occupied wit.....
» 22/09/2006 4:52:17 PM *typo. I meant to say, those who refuse to listen to anything bush says, and believe he is.....
» 22/09/2006 2:20:57 PM Leigh: "Many on the left want ‘just that’ because it is the aim of the left to destab.....
» 22/09/2006 9:23:38 AM Jolanda - you're taking the values too strictly. Mirko pointed out that they're pretty vag.....
» 21/09/2006 1:57:57 PM And just to add another point to that - the rise and fall of the sophistication and peacef.....
» 21/09/2006 1:50:36 PM Alan Grey - calling people unAustralian is unAustralian damn you. Phrasing a statement wit.....
» 21/09/2006 1:42:50 PM I'm not a big fan of hunting in general, but the idea of a canned hunt is really sickening.....
» 21/09/2006 1:33:12 PM It's a good article, and along with the other posters, I can't help but agree. Now I've n.....
» 20/09/2006 9:18:31 AM I can't help but agree. Springborg would have been a better choice - yes he strikes the u.....
» 20/09/2006 9:09:00 AM I don't know all the science behind global warming, and unfortunately, I think very few pe.....
» 20/09/2006 8:59:06 AM Nice article. I'm quite consistently worried by the posts on this site which indicate a w.....
» 19/09/2006 2:04:32 PM Coach - you say they're not going to integrate because their culture is islam... Fine. I'.....
» 19/09/2006 2:00:40 PM Nice article. Some comments, not so well thought out. I was particularly interested in th.....
» 18/09/2006 5:08:15 PM Fair point, rob513264, though that's the first time I've ever been accused of being a woma.....
» 18/09/2006 9:44:04 AM Numbat - fair enough you want to argue your point, but if you're going to keep calling oth.....
» 15/09/2006 5:00:10 PM Numbat, in response to your comment. I wasn't trying to cast aspersions on those on eithe.....
» 15/09/2006 9:49:31 AM - "In Australia we can take great pride in being world leaders in the democratic proj.....
» 15/09/2006 9:44:58 AM A good article - if you're interested in more on this, there are some great articles at ww.....
» 15/09/2006 9:30:59 AM Hokay. Two suitably ignorant responses. Kenny, you compare the experience to a bad trip .....
» 15/09/2006 9:18:58 AM Simply put... men don't really care about the portrayal. Think about it... I remember see.....
» 14/09/2006 4:45:24 PM Well Proust. Thems is some bold calls, and for their boldness if nothing else I congratula.....
» 14/09/2006 9:23:09 AM PK spoke up, and has been blasted. I strongly disagree with him, but ultimately he is righ.....
» 13/09/2006 3:44:49 PM I've only got one solution - more hammocks. Bung em everywhere. Put em in train stations,.....
» 13/09/2006 3:33:47 PM I see what you mean Anth... there has to be some way of rewarding the better teachers... .....
» 13/09/2006 12:12:58 PM The problem here is not nearly so complex. Shoving another politically correct values sub.....
» 13/09/2006 10:23:10 AM I've no doubt that overall, the calibre of teaching staff is falling. But the issue is muc.....
» 13/09/2006 9:08:22 AM Some of your suggestions have merit boaz, but an awful lot of them are already illegal in .....
» 11/09/2006 7:53:17 PM Fair points popovich: rebuttal: Fair points popovich, when I referred to Africa, I was me.....
» 11/09/2006 7:48:38 PM Wildcat, I consider myself an agnostic, and I've thought long and hard on what that means,.....
» 11/09/2006 7:09:55 PM Bendle makes some pretty good points, and even though I'd consider myself a leftie, I thin.....
» 11/09/2006 6:53:31 PM As I read the first half dozen or so comments regarding this article I must admit I was ge.....
» 11/09/2006 6:36:22 PM Not a bad article actually - normally I'm somewhat sceptical of Carey's pieces, as they al.....
» 7/09/2006 5:13:41 PM Here's a bit of irony for you - I respect the flag, solely because this country gives me t.....
» 7/09/2006 1:13:07 PM Actually Perseus, apparently he did die in the water. John Stainton saw the footage, and s.....
» 7/09/2006 12:20:25 PM Bigmal, to be fair, Mark Steyn and Coach have both proven themselves to have pretty strong.....
» 7/09/2006 12:03:46 PM Okey doke. Most of the posters here seem pretty convinced that Islam is responsible for mo.....
» 7/09/2006 10:08:30 AM Where to begin. Although I don't like lattes and live in regional Australia, apparently b.....
» 6/09/2006 4:39:09 PM Too true, untutored mind. The coverage the courier mail is giving the state election isn't.....
» 6/09/2006 11:47:43 AM All I can say is yes, I agree. I think the public impression that the coalition has manag.....
» 6/09/2006 11:35:24 AM Cont'd I think the idea of being able to take a trial twice (not constantly prosecuting a.....
» 6/09/2006 11:35:03 AM Anth - good point. There are the good and the bad, and that goes for all professions. It.....
» 5/09/2006 10:08:18 AM Boaz... interpreting religious scripture is a dangerous practice. I'll probably get hamm.....
» 5/09/2006 9:03:46 AM I read the article as simply pointing out that these measures are restricting our freedoms.....
» 4/09/2006 1:14:29 PM Interesting take boaz. Few would argue that it is okay to burn the flag. I don't like it .....
» 4/09/2006 1:03:11 PM Let me say first I agree - our leaders are taking advantage of a climate of fear to push t.....
» 1/09/2006 1:18:31 PM Yes, they do teach these matters, (and yes, I was trying to beat the word limit). Like mo.....
» 1/09/2006 11:53:54 AM Leigh - if you fear them, they win. What is the goal of the terrorist if not to inspire te.....
» 1/09/2006 10:57:37 AM Anth - I agree with your stance against jury sentencing. I don't believe it is the way to .....
» 1/09/2006 10:36:52 AM The transformation of language can cut both ways. There is of course, the degradation tha.....
» 1/09/2006 9:40:51 AM That 'power of nightmares' documentary is brilliant - it should be required viewing in sch.....
» 31/08/2006 12:26:08 PM I'll agree wholeheartedly that jury sentencing is not the way to go - and I'm pleased that.....
» 31/08/2006 11:25:15 AM It's not only newsreaders who are guilty of abusing the language - save some criticism for.....
» 31/08/2006 9:23:51 AM Both of these concepts are a knee-jerk reaction to a legal system that has atrophied for f.....
» 31/08/2006 9:19:29 AM I'm glad to hear I'm not the only closet language pedant. Here's a few sentences to remem.....
» 30/08/2006 4:43:42 PM Hahaha, Coach. I wondered how long it would take for you to find your way here to point ou.....
» 30/08/2006 11:23:30 AM Nice article. There are groups out there who indulge in aggressive, simplistic proselyti.....
» 30/08/2006 11:13:27 AM You would think Flint's time with the press council would give him a little more healthy s.....
» 29/08/2006 4:21:10 PM True, raising children in a faith doesn't guarantee it's adoption. I'll wear that, though .....
» 29/08/2006 1:06:15 PM I'd like to take that point a little further- It isn't just about the dominant religion o.....
» 28/08/2006 2:36:28 PM There certainly has been a lot of fuzzy thinking on the issue - before any of you go extol.....
» 28/08/2006 10:57:53 AM Once again, I'm a little POed that Ruddock's poked his nose in and censored something he h.....
» 28/08/2006 10:48:03 AM I'm a little concerned with that view Arjay - that a bill of human rights would simply be .....
» 28/08/2006 9:35:55 AM Yeah, Kang, it would have been nice if JC could have been clearer on some of the core mora.....
» 28/08/2006 9:23:00 AM "There is a strong case for selling most of the state’s $22 billion of corporate asse.....
» 25/08/2006 4:51:26 PM Nice comments PK. Heres an idea for an experiment that will never happen. A series of ch.....
» 25/08/2006 4:27:40 PM "The key to heaven is Jesus. Not religion" "Be a man and acknowledge the s.....
» 25/08/2006 9:37:56 AM There has been a strong reaction to this finding, but at the same time, I'm more concerned.....
» 25/08/2006 9:31:46 AM "She celebrates trends towards non-belief in the West, arguing that this is a good th.....
» 24/08/2006 8:27:05 AM Runner - I take issue with your quote - 98 per cen of abortions are simply for convenien.....
» 22/08/2006 4:25:27 PM "Alan Matheson is a retired churches of Christ minister. who worked in a migration ce.....
» 22/08/2006 4:00:24 PM Yabby's comment was a good one - you cannot underestimate the significance of tribalism wi.....
» 22/08/2006 3:45:06 PM Scout, fellow human - you have hit the nail on the head. Religion would not be a source of.....
» 21/08/2006 4:49:07 PM Heh, nice post Strewth. The moment I read the article, I was just waiting for a rabid wh.....
» 21/08/2006 4:24:04 PM "It's enough to make you feel queasy. A recent Harris poll found that half the Americ.....
» 20/08/2006 12:02:38 PM It is true that hezbollah cannot be destroyed. Neither can Al Queda, nor Hamas. Bombs are.....
» 20/08/2006 11:52:23 AM This article is remarkably simplistic for a 30 year military analyst. It appears to ignore.....
» 20/08/2006 11:44:26 AM Coach, what you are incapable of understanding is the secular view. The agnostic sees one.....
» 18/08/2006 12:00:17 PM Yo Steve Madden - labelling people morons isn't going to help, and it isn't going to contr.....
» 18/08/2006 8:56:43 AM "It is easy to follow the crowd and conform to a religion - but to follow Jesus takes.....
» 17/08/2006 3:19:59 PM Yes, I'll acknowledge that the future doesn't look very bright. I can't help but feel th.....
» 17/08/2006 1:08:24 PM Even if your 'we're doomed' assertion is accurate, there are still things we can do about .....
» 17/08/2006 8:51:20 AM Michael, I'd like to understand what you're implying, but the meaning is unequivocal - it .....
» 16/08/2006 3:56:52 PM Hahaha, I dig that post Anna. Keep em coming, It's funny how common sense can sometimes .....
» 16/08/2006 3:54:06 PM "Asylum-seeking is the greatest con trick of our age. Asylum seekers are cowards, and.....
» 16/08/2006 10:10:43 AM I'll agree its a fine line - but I've always been of the view that stereotypes such as the.....
» 16/08/2006 9:56:33 AM I'm astounded that someone with pretensions toward some kind of understanding of internati.....
» 15/08/2006 1:46:27 PM Good point - why is it everybody says, "not our problem" when it comes to strife.....
» 15/08/2006 1:40:26 PM Before I start, I should probably point out that this is from a male perspective, but it s.....
» 14/08/2006 4:49:16 PM Fair point Pericles - my comparison of secularism in terms of being a 'faith' as it were r.....
» 14/08/2006 4:42:16 PM Plersdus - for starters I debate the necessity of dropping atomic bombs on civilian cities.....
» 14/08/2006 12:06:50 PM I'll admit, I have a lot of concerns about GM food, but most tend to relate to ownership i.....
» 14/08/2006 11:56:20 AM For starters, I'm quite convinced Howard doesn't actually want a nuclear power plant built.....
» 13/08/2006 3:59:36 PM After writing the last post, the thought came to me in a clearer fashion - if we go too fa.....
» 13/08/2006 2:57:47 PM Plersdus - you mentioned you can't understand the opposition to advertising on the ABC - t.....
» 13/08/2006 2:47:20 PM Firstly, boaz: "1/ Oppressed Muslims FIGHT. 2/ Oppressed Christians share Christ.&q.....
» 11/08/2006 4:42:58 PM I think that's a tad pessimistic Steve - you could most definitely call me a cynic, but I .....
» 11/08/2006 4:18:06 PM Yup, Pericles I'm afraid you are missing something. Your solution is to outlaw religion -.....
» 11/08/2006 11:15:50 AM I'm not so sure the present system is dead - just in need of some emergency evolution. Ob.....
» 11/08/2006 8:59:51 AM Devil - I wouldn't say to anyone don't post here - no matter how much I may think their po.....
» 10/08/2006 4:05:01 PM "Read the Koran and then tell us you are truly confident in your belief that “The wor.....
» 10/08/2006 11:33:35 AM "When the Muslims and Christians learn to work together as a unified body than it may.....
» 9/08/2006 4:15:50 PM A commendable post W - and one of the most important questions to face the world today rel.....
» 9/08/2006 3:52:48 PM Cont'd If you're going to be pragmatic, then you have to say that this isn't our problem......
» 9/08/2006 1:29:06 PM I still find the values and policies of the Howard Government thoroughly immoral and destr.....
» 9/08/2006 1:07:23 PM I'll agree that it is a shame that the Toowoomba campaign lost, though I can't support the.....
» 8/08/2006 3:28:01 PM This article doesn't take into account the ingrained attitudes that come with an instituti.....
» 8/08/2006 3:16:57 PM Of course we need to have independent groups, but they are notoriously difficult to instit.....
» 8/08/2006 3:09:58 PM Though what I'd really like to do is make some comments regarding the 'had to' comment in .....
» 4/08/2006 2:11:32 PM I agree that Australia's stance is far too submissive in many instances - take the case of.....
» 4/08/2006 1:58:27 PM Interesting thought Leigh - I must admit, it is much easier to judge the past by the prese.....
» 4/08/2006 10:35:46 AM Very nice piece. It is all too easy to focus on the fundamentalist minority - what is ig.....
» 4/08/2006 10:25:39 AM Yep. That about sums it up. Pride leads to blind patriotism - (note the term 'blind' her.....
» 4/08/2006 10:15:23 AM Okay NoSoupForYou... dismiss the islamic nation as one big human rights violation - but I .....
» 3/08/2006 12:58:29 PM Perseus - For starters, Germany isn't a Scandinavian country. Secondly, the German econom.....
» 3/08/2006 9:54:10 AM I look forward to seeing how the right reacts to this piece. Couldn't agree more with you.....
» 3/08/2006 9:37:45 AM Very nice article. I've long been an admirer of the Scandinavian system of Government, a.....
» 3/08/2006 8:49:30 AM Couple of things - first - Arjay It isn't a question of the US being 'the best and faires.....
» 2/08/2006 11:56:03 AM I tend to agree - the British legal system is founded on one key tenet - better to let ten.....
» 2/08/2006 11:41:32 AM For someone who has been a military analyst for 30 years, this piece seems awfully simplis.....
» 1/08/2006 5:05:20 PM The one funny thing to come out of things like these was having the depth of ignorance beh.....
» 1/08/2006 4:41:45 PM Ahhh! glenwriter! you say that 25 per cent recycled drinking water is not safe, because pe.....
» 1/08/2006 11:32:42 AM ... I thought mickey was president... Before I continue, I'd just point out that I'm in .....
» 1/08/2006 10:08:40 AM Interesting assessment. Especially interesting to note that it does not include the word.....
» 1/08/2006 10:01:00 AM When I was 15, my parents and I went on a tour of the middle east, with the bulk of our ti.....
» 31/07/2006 9:53:36 AM I must confess I'm worried by the overt religiosity displayed in governments at home and a.....
» 30/07/2006 1:54:00 PM Jeff - interesting that you brought the nuremberg trials up - Here's another quote from .....
» 28/07/2006 1:19:35 PM Any argument that unequivocally dismisses a people as 'evil' deserves to be dismissed. Rem.....
» 27/07/2006 4:33:09 PM "Israel only exists in the centre of the arab world because the moral west didn't wan.....
» 27/07/2006 3:28:39 PM Shorbe - A few debatable points. Whether or not private schooling is better than public i.....
» 27/07/2006 3:05:42 PM "she is a activist agent of extremist totalitarian Muslims; so in her mind to capture.....
» 26/07/2006 5:01:57 PM Philby: I'm not at all surprised that Saudi Arabia has failed to condemn Israel - the Sau.....
» 26/07/2006 3:11:55 PM Of course Downer capitulated - look at rule nine! Australian foreign policy is as follows:.....
» 26/07/2006 2:48:09 PM I'm somewhat amazed by the reactions being generated by this piece... Many seem to aggre.....
» 26/07/2006 2:03:17 PM Huh. An article on media bias relating to the arab-israeli conflict, put out by someone af.....
» 26/07/2006 1:12:50 PM "On a per-capita basis, costs such as health and education associated with the first .....
» 25/07/2006 3:43:26 PM I agree wholeheartedly rancitas, and yes, it needs to stop. But how? Heading back to the .....
» 25/07/2006 2:03:51 PM Wendy: You say the world didn't act to stop hitler - I'd argue they did, though it was mu.....
» 25/07/2006 1:47:19 PM It's an old saying, but apt: all things in moderation. Choice is no different - we have m.....
» 25/07/2006 1:41:06 PM Come on, the article is basically saying that really, disposable nappies, recyclable or ev.....
» 24/07/2006 11:55:51 AM Philo... Coach. Umm... took a look through the bible, and could you show me a specific qu.....
» 24/07/2006 11:36:01 AM Well Boaz, it kind of surprised me, but by and large I agree with you. Labelling your ene.....
» 24/07/2006 10:37:39 AM Crikey Liam, that's a tad pessimistic isn't it? stop drinking the propaganda kool aid? Ta.....
» 24/07/2006 10:24:18 AM Can anyone enlighten me as to what the current situation is in regard to ownership of the .....
» 23/07/2006 1:25:21 PM I suppose my main concern with the whole war on terror is the lack of accountability - the.....
» 20/07/2006 12:21:11 PM Couldn't agree more in regard to the quality of programming, but here's the crux of the pr.....
» 19/07/2006 2:24:48 PM Bigmal and Strewth... Thanks for providing example of the ingrained attitudes and argume.....
» 18/07/2006 1:09:17 PM At the very least, it's nice to see a difference in rhetoric between the two parties. Re.....
» 18/07/2006 11:47:42 AM "Israel has a right to defend itself against brutal jihadists" Okay. Fine &quo.....
» 17/07/2006 2:41:13 PM Cont'd Then there are the arguments that their influence will spread to others, and that .....
» 17/07/2006 2:40:48 PM Frankgol - I agree, and was not trying to use some mathematical percentage to prove whet.....
» 17/07/2006 2:19:39 PM "Governments should not be funding people or groups to make political statements, reg.....
» 17/07/2006 11:02:48 AM One thing to consider - Growing up, I knew one kid who was a pretty healthy sort, certai.....
» 17/07/2006 10:51:29 AM "If people are so overwhelmed by choice, why does, for example, Bunnings hardware sto.....
» 14/07/2006 11:02:07 AM I'd have to say I agree with the thrust of the article - I know of one university that is .....
» 14/07/2006 8:42:07 AM This is hardly a new phenomenon, language is often manipulated to various ends. Think abo.....
» 12/07/2006 3:59:06 PM Whoa, Boaz, thems is some mighty bold claims. Though if you want to have some kind of fa.....
» 12/07/2006 3:04:04 PM Choice is not intrinsically good or evil - there's going to be a fair balance of 'choices'.....
» 12/07/2006 2:45:50 PM I get somewhat frustrated when I continually hear of the world's unsustainable population......
» 12/07/2006 2:32:48 PM Boaz - "The 'atrocities' committed in the name of Institutionalized religion, show us.....
» 12/07/2006 2:16:58 PM For crying out loud - I say, good on you Colin, time someone out there realised that it is.....
» 7/07/2006 9:27:27 AM "So be warned. Whenever you come across someone who proclaims the glory of choice as .....
» 6/07/2006 4:41:28 PM Know what's the most infuriating about this event? It hasn't changed any opinions at all.....
» 23/06/2006 10:57:00 AM Hydrogen may be a pipe dream, but solar is not - just the present solar method. An Austra.....
» 23/06/2006 10:46:08 AM "Australia's interest first and foremost is to have a stable, self-sufficient East Ti.....
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