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» 8/03/2014 1:39:25 PM Hi Suse I don't get to OLO as often as I would like especially over the past year. I heart.....
» 5/03/2014 6:10:30 PM This was put to bed years ago. The short answer is no, refugees don't get more than aged p.....
» 5/03/2014 6:03:12 PM runner, Churches get a considerable amount of money from governments including costs of re.....
» 20/01/2014 7:44:31 PM Hi Suse There are some things that are worth re-evaluating from time to time, however for .....
» 20/01/2014 7:42:26 PM Self-destructively. It made the point I thought... but each to his/her own method......
» 20/01/2014 7:32:01 PM As I thought SM you have not addressed the issue at all. It is not difficult to understand.....
» 20/01/2014 5:01:26 PM Banjo I did not at all imply you were condoning pedophilia, only that the points you raise.....
» 20/01/2014 4:56:53 PM Is Mise The answer is a number of things including adherence to the Rule of Law with appro.....
» 20/01/2014 4:52:09 PM I seem to remember Abbott was quite prepared to do some sleazy deals to win power too, inc.....
» 20/01/2014 3:51:24 PM Perhaps we should ban driving cars. The costs to the health system are enormous. Yes I a.....
» 20/01/2014 3:37:37 PM Bad things have been going for centuries does not make it right nor does it mean that this.....
» 20/01/2014 3:30:39 PM Who is making up rules for India? I thought we were just giving opinions. However I see t.....
» 20/01/2014 3:22:05 PM "I'm going to have to call you out on this. How does an opening prayer grant the chur.....
» 20/01/2014 12:35:22 PM Jay I suspect that the Greens would have to temper some of their policies if they ever for.....
» 20/01/2014 11:01:09 AM I tend to take Pericles point here although I am pleased that there have been changes to s.....
» 20/01/2014 10:53:34 AM SteeleRedux That suggestion sounds like a good idea. The Greens exist because in a democ.....
» 20/01/2014 10:12:43 AM Hasbeen Isn't it equally dicatorial to keep the Lord's Prayer and to insist it remain jus.....
» 20/01/2014 10:04:06 AM Ludwig Have you ever read the Greens policies? If so which ones don't you like. I can neve.....
» 20/01/2014 9:58:17 AM This is just another SM anti-Green post. There is nothing new in the idea of separation of.....
» 20/01/2014 9:44:07 AM This is a troll post I am sure. No-one in their right mind would suggest that criminals .....
» 20/01/2014 9:33:04 AM The implication is that there are people smugglers flaming supposedley Leftist campaigns t.....
» 20/01/2014 9:29:12 AM Arming people is the wrong approach. India's problem for centuries has been to ignore the .....
» 20/01/2014 9:23:30 AM Hasbeen The tax was only on Super Profits, and I am sure mining companies would still be a.....
» 20/01/2014 9:19:40 AM It has to be remembered that Tony Abbott only won his party's leadership ballot by one vot.....
» 19/01/2014 9:03:16 AM There are no surprises that Abbot's leadership was destined to fail, but not necessarily b.....
» 17/01/2014 3:54:29 PM runner What vested interests does BOM or the ABC have in the Climate Change debate? Please.....
» 17/01/2014 3:43:58 PM There certainly is a need for reminders in ethics within Parliament but I suspect the prob.....
» 17/01/2014 3:36:15 PM It is interesting that many align religious belief with political ideology. It is religion.....
» 16/01/2014 6:46:27 PM David you are indeed a brave man posting about climate change on OLO. The Coalition is t.....
» 16/01/2014 2:49:41 PM Everyone has biases. All we can hope is that each of us look openly and honestly at what i.....
» 15/01/2014 8:05:11 PM Thanks for the link Pericles. Very informative. Coincidentally ABC 7.30 Report had a piece.....
» 15/01/2014 12:18:11 PM Politicians represent the people and all information about policies come into the gambit o.....
» 15/01/2014 12:09:59 PM The idea that an employee is paid money when they are not at work is an oddity of our syst.....
» 15/01/2014 12:01:23 PM The Lord's Prayer is not offensive but it is an unnecessary ritual for the process of parl.....
» 15/01/2014 11:50:26 AM Money is an efficient means of exchange and simplifies the process. However there is room .....
» 15/01/2014 11:32:15 AM Killarney You make a good point about the impacts of works of fiction when they are public.....
» 14/01/2014 12:08:49 PM Josephus I am not disputing the influence of Christianity in our history. You may have mis.....
» 14/01/2014 9:12:46 AM There is always a risk assessment. That is what is the safest speed that can be legalised .....
» 14/01/2014 8:59:44 AM While an advocate of the permaculture system I think Holmgren goes too far. The world's ec.....
» 14/01/2014 8:48:57 AM Fraud is fraud no matter the perpetrator, but the truth is where there are political sensi.....
» 14/01/2014 8:39:49 AM More politicians should take a leaf out of Cory Bernardi's book and tell us what they real.....
» 14/01/2014 8:31:23 AM I don't think Christopher Pyne is seeking to introduce creationism necessarily but it is c.....
» 14/01/2014 8:15:05 AM Having just seen Philomena, there is right at the beginning a sub-title which appears on s.....
» 29/09/2013 2:51:15 PM Poirot By all accounts, the Minchin Protocol only kicks in when the offenders have been fo.....
» 29/09/2013 2:33:49 PM Hasbeen There was more venom towards Julia Gillard than from Julia Gillard especially over.....
» 27/09/2013 1:40:39 PM Some of the people criticising Suse's post were quite happy to defend the awful behavior o.....
» 27/09/2013 1:31:42 PM OTB Thanks for your measured response. I agree that there is much to learn from pioneer w.....
» 27/09/2013 1:22:15 PM Agree Brendan. The media is part of the problem and for many of the same reasons. Fear of .....
» 27/09/2013 1:16:16 PM If I was a Labor member my support would go to Albanese. Shorten is too wedded to the stuf.....
» 25/09/2013 11:56:31 PM Gender can be left out of this altogether. No two people are equal in their 'giftedness' o.....
» 25/09/2013 11:20:43 PM Fixing the Senate is easy through electoral reform. Get rid of above the line voting and b.....
» 25/09/2013 6:40:45 PM The general public would be surprised at how much goes on behind closed doors in the halls.....
» 25/09/2013 6:27:43 PM A 50/50 gender split is not necessary (and is meaningless) but one would have thought ther.....
» 10/09/2013 9:21:48 AM Michael Kroger made a good point about optional preferential voting (vote for as many as y.....
» 9/09/2013 6:54:28 PM GY I don't think either side of politics is innocent when it comes to mean spirited behavi.....
» 9/09/2013 6:42:19 PM Sad to see you go csteele. Your rational, compassionate and reasoned arguments will be mis.....
» 9/09/2013 11:14:29 AM I didn't mind Abbott's speech even if there was no need to use it to attack the former gov.....
» 9/09/2013 11:11:39 AM Public service cuts made in the wrong places will make no difference and in fact will impa.....
» 9/09/2013 11:04:49 AM csteeke What an awful thing to witness. Some of you have also shared similar experiences. .....
» 9/09/2013 10:50:10 AM As opposed to the Right whingers when they could not accept Labor won a minority governmen.....
» 9/09/2013 10:40:49 AM GY Your Liberal roots are showing "Labor has been traducing Abbott for decades using .....
» 29/08/2013 8:11:24 PM Paul My logic is a Labor win but Rudd not as PM. That is, he does not win his own seat but.....
» 28/08/2013 11:13:39 PM Not sure how I will feel on the 8th. Won't be happy with either Abbott or Rudd as PM. If o.....
» 28/08/2013 11:08:52 PM OTB "I really don't care whether there is parental leave or not. But if it is to be, .....
» 28/08/2013 7:52:57 PM Tonight at Rooty Hill Mr Abbott said Libs would bring down reporting of foreign investment.....
» 28/08/2013 6:59:12 PM Joe There is no dispute it was an opinion. Is it the media's place to 'put the boot in'? .....
» 28/08/2013 5:18:00 PM This article raises some interesting points. I am loathe to make strong comment as I have .....
» 28/08/2013 5:05:35 PM chris I am not sure what you mean by 'semantics of unemployment'. However I thought an ana.....
» 28/08/2013 5:02:03 PM SM Putting aside our differing views on some of the Coalition policies, can you not see th.....
» 28/08/2013 3:49:35 PM Forgetting party politics at the moment. Is there a benefit in moving the Navy north? I am.....
» 28/08/2013 3:44:34 PM OTB I have been equally critical of Labor. Rather than criticising others' views why not d.....
» 28/08/2013 3:32:03 PM SM So you agree with unfettered media bias then? I am not sure what your views are based o.....
» 28/08/2013 9:46:42 AM SM It is one thing for newspapers to unearth skulduggery, and in fact is what they should .....
» 28/08/2013 9:40:36 AM Just when you think the PPL and the buying the boats back from criminals policy was the wo.....
» 26/08/2013 11:15:23 PM Even Conservative commentator (whatever that means) Tim Wilson from the IP deplores the Co.....
» 26/08/2013 11:10:44 PM With increasing population, congestion and lack of infrastructure to cope, the fast train .....
» 26/08/2013 9:06:25 PM Hasbeen As a woman the only thing I value soap for is for hygiene.:).....
» 26/08/2013 8:59:13 PM Suse I am still pondering the preference issues. With respect to SM, I don't think his/her.....
» 26/08/2013 8:55:08 PM OUG You raise some good questions. The most important thing is to question what is present.....
» 26/08/2013 8:47:00 PM While the prosecutor has ruled out race crime charges it would appear there was enough evi.....
» 26/08/2013 8:28:55 PM As much as I am not a fan of Mr Rudd the bottom line at this election is voting for the po.....
» 26/08/2013 8:18:54 PM Reading these posts made me think the military-industrial complex must be short of funds a.....
» 23/08/2013 7:10:43 PM Abbott's 'sex appeal' comment was a bit off though even if a momentary difficult pause tha.....
» 23/08/2013 6:54:20 PM I agree RObert. There are many issues and not enough room or time to do them justice on a .....
» 23/08/2013 6:43:44 PM RObert I think your theory sounds plausible about the facebook comments. Truth is none of.....
» 23/08/2013 6:39:39 PM Shockadelic Crikey! I just re-read my post and cannot see how you gained the impression of.....
» 22/08/2013 5:05:02 PM This is no surprise......
» 22/08/2013 2:26:42 PM Thanks David I felt much better too after that rant. Very cathartic. :).....
» 22/08/2013 2:21:56 PM spindoc I don't remember Wikileaks supporting the hacking and illegal use of people's mone.....
» 22/08/2013 9:49:06 AM The idea that anyone or any group can only be interested in population issues for nefariou.....
» 22/08/2013 9:36:35 AM Bazz You are assuming that most in Labor like Kevin Rudd. I suspect that is not so only t.....
» 22/08/2013 9:31:13 AM The LNP's PPL is annoying because it is one of the worst vote-buying exercises seen in thi.....
» 22/08/2013 9:15:34 AM I had great hopes for the Wikileaks Party and am disappointed by the very strange preferen.....
» 20/08/2013 4:41:49 PM This topic refers to this case: http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-servant-loses-fight-.....
» 13/08/2013 10:47:17 AM platypus Many discontented Muslims have fled countries to experience freedom elsewhere. Th.....
» 13/08/2013 10:43:58 AM rehctub I agree the Rudd government did not take into account potential chaos of the sche.....
» 13/08/2013 10:31:18 AM If you base the question on taking (literally) passages from the Koran, you must apply the.....
» 9/08/2013 4:35:55 PM Poirot Yes I can't work out sometimes if those types of responses are intentionally misrep.....
» 9/08/2013 4:28:16 PM Yes the pink batts implementation was a fiasco. This has been documented and summarised in.....
» 9/08/2013 4:22:28 PM OTB I certainly did not understand your point in it's entirety as you appeared to complete.....
» 8/08/2013 10:22:23 PM OTB, Lexi The people decided agains the model of the Republic as offerred by the Howard Go.....
» 8/08/2013 10:17:15 PM Thank you Belly. I don't think I have taken the 'stick' to you - that sounds a bit violent.....
» 8/08/2013 6:07:23 PM OTB I wasn't defending putting Slipper in the Speaker's Chair, I fully disagreed with this.....
» 8/08/2013 9:29:54 AM While I have no sympathy for Slipper the actions of the LNP in trying to depose Slipper on.....
» 8/08/2013 9:12:02 AM That last sentence should have read "I hope it is only 10%". If 90% rort then .....
» 8/08/2013 9:10:55 AM Belly I agree that any profits and largesse gained through corrupt dealings should be take.....
» 8/08/2013 8:54:10 AM Even Queen Elizabeth expressed her view that Australia would come to a Republic in time. I.....
» 8/08/2013 8:48:43 AM Not so rehctub. Forecasting is not a science and both sides of politics (and public servan.....
» 7/08/2013 8:59:57 AM My armchair theory is Ashby dropped the cabcharge aspect because he was warned about throw.....
» 7/08/2013 8:51:53 AM There has been a fair bit of attention paid to the debt by the Coalition, more recently fr.....
» 3/08/2013 9:39:20 AM Tristan I agree with your sentiments. I do not know a great deal about policy around Super.....
» 3/08/2013 9:25:38 AM In one SMH article it was stated: "There are two types of people in the Labor Party.....
» 31/07/2013 2:46:06 PM It's simple really, if one farms animals treat them with some humanity. That is, not confi.....
» 31/07/2013 2:25:37 PM These stories just reflect the period in which they were written. The Irish were often per.....
» 31/07/2013 2:18:32 PM There are two different discussions here. One is an egalitarian public school system whe.....
» 21/07/2013 10:55:22 AM PS: I can't imagine you being 'flabergasted' Houlley. :).....
» 21/07/2013 10:51:39 AM It is the same mentality that seeks to defend teachers when anyone suggests teachers shoul.....
» 14/07/2013 3:09:10 PM So the strife and cruelty caused by religious rivalries can now be forgotten according to .....
» 3/07/2013 9:52:37 AM Thanks Suse and Poirot In the end we are all after the same thing. Please do keep putting .....
» 2/07/2013 10:12:01 AM Suse We always seem at odds but really we are just two women coming at a problem from a di.....
» 1/07/2013 7:28:26 PM The Liberals would be unlikely to change leaders now even with the poll improvement for Ru.....
» 1/07/2013 7:21:06 PM The utopian ideal would be not to replace patriarchy with matriarchy but an equitable and .....
» 30/06/2013 2:55:43 PM Poirot There are many ALP voters and members who do not support Kevin but it has nothing t.....
» 30/06/2013 12:33:04 PM For some reason Turnbull is hated by the Liberal Conservative Right but loved by the Labor.....
» 30/06/2013 12:25:17 PM America has just suspended trade privileges until Bangladeshi working conditions improve: .....
» 30/06/2013 12:12:58 PM It is easy to have a surplus if you don't spend any of it on infrastructure. Health, educa.....
» 30/06/2013 12:09:02 PM The resignations were not due to petulance. These people have worked with Rudd and know hi.....
» 27/06/2013 5:44:42 PM Just read that Combet was stepping down too. Garrett said some good things in his valedi.....
» 27/06/2013 2:44:13 PM runner I doubt the attacks on Abbott will be as vitriolic and as personal as the attacks o.....
» 27/06/2013 2:40:10 PM onthebeach Yes Gillard was wrong to take on an outsider for that role. There is certainly .....
» 27/06/2013 2:38:22 PM It would be an odd result if Labor won the election under Rudd but then for Rudd to lose h.....
» 27/06/2013 2:10:39 PM Why does the religious stuff come up all the time. It is irrelevant to whether someone can.....
» 27/06/2013 2:08:49 PM I would have thought it was obvious that companies should advertise first in Australia bef.....
» 27/06/2013 11:25:33 AM My concern with Abbott is also with his character. I don't think he is a monster or a miso.....
» 27/06/2013 11:14:23 AM Maybe now that the Opposition's and media fear campaign on Gillard worked they might need .....
» 26/06/2013 11:39:24 PM It was sad to see Gillard voted out and Rudd appointed as leader. While I understand the f.....
» 25/06/2013 10:10:12 AM Good topic Poirot. We have become a greed society no longer content to save up for the thi.....
» 25/06/2013 10:00:44 AM RObert You are not alone. I sometimes go to write great screeds on this and find it diffic.....
» 25/06/2013 9:40:37 AM The power of the Executive should not be omnipresent or feared. These whistleblowing incid.....
» 23/06/2013 10:49:04 AM "... there are simply "people issues" which need to be addressed holistical.....
» 23/06/2013 10:35:46 AM Anti One does not have to be member of a class to identify sexism. Aren't most observatio.....
» 22/06/2013 5:38:20 PM Killarney "...which was about the willingness of feminists to accept fair criticism a.....
» 22/06/2013 5:13:52 PM Hahahah Houlley. How do you think you might achieve this utopian state of relaxation and c.....
» 22/06/2013 4:56:40 PM This article uses the argument of free speech to deride those who took issue with Sattler'.....
» 19/06/2013 11:49:38 PM "However, empty generalisations about feminism upsetting men and stopping women from .....
» 19/06/2013 12:05:28 PM Poirot It is a pity our parliamentarians on both sides of politics cannot highlight those .....
» 18/06/2013 10:08:30 AM Electricity generation is not without risk however the long term effects of radiation expo.....
» 18/06/2013 9:55:45 AM Anti You raise an interesting perspective but as I see it the importance of privacy is inh.....
» 18/06/2013 9:40:15 AM Sonia This is one of the best articles on this topic so far. This sums up the way many p.....
» 18/06/2013 9:17:00 AM wobbles Well put. These groups also quick to accept hand outs, in effect socialising debt .....
» 17/06/2013 9:16:06 PM Ha Ha Houlley. Lets toss the red ball around for a bit. Could be a new technique for Cab.....
» 17/06/2013 1:07:16 PM Houlley The Real Julia was a fiasco. What gets me is that the PM takes on board so easil.....
» 17/06/2013 12:17:53 PM Anti Your summaries make sense but don't forget women's experience of violence as well. Ac.....
» 17/06/2013 11:51:20 AM runner The behaviour of politicians has sunk to new lows but I have to disagree on the com.....
» 17/06/2013 11:45:18 AM The article reflects the feelings a lot of women have about the state of politics at the m.....
» 17/06/2013 11:25:50 AM Well it is no wonder since Australia has long subscribed to the US economic model of succe.....
» 17/06/2013 11:19:19 AM The video by Army Chief David Morrison was the first time the ADF has gone all out to addr.....
» 14/06/2013 10:29:41 AM Larry Pickering would have to be one of the worst and most biased offenders. None of it is.....
» 14/06/2013 10:28:10 AM RObert I am not dismissing your views and agree with much of what you write. However in tr.....
» 14/06/2013 10:05:39 AM The sandwich throwing event, unecessary as it was, pales in comparison to some of the rhet.....
» 14/06/2013 12:20:10 AM Anti Certainly there are many choices humans have in response to various situations. Why w.....
» 14/06/2013 12:12:16 AM RObert No argument from me, we are certainly all in it together. That is what makes the r.....
» 13/06/2013 11:55:35 PM Hi Pete This is close to my old stomping ground. I believe you are right as regards the Mi.....
» 13/06/2013 12:44:54 PM RObert The 'woman and children first' was also fostered by men as it was seen as part of t.....
» 13/06/2013 12:31:53 PM There have been homosexuals in all organisations throughout history. The fact that the C.....
» 13/06/2013 12:26:51 PM There is also the National Security Committee of Cabinet and a National Security Advisor w.....
» 13/06/2013 12:08:25 PM Houlley It would be sad if men really do think that society views them as expendable? The.....
» 12/06/2013 8:30:42 PM Anti You are most probably right about free will - I hope so. People react differently to .....
» 12/06/2013 8:22:59 PM My response to onthebeach sounded more hot headed than intended. Poirot I experienced a b.....
» 12/06/2013 7:35:58 PM Here we go again. Another women vs men debate. When will we ever learn. Isn't that a song......
» 12/06/2013 7:30:04 PM onthebeach Your comment indicates you seem determined to see the worst in people, especia.....
» 12/06/2013 12:17:56 PM Anti I have just seen this thread. I wish you all the best and am sure you would make an i.....
» 12/06/2013 12:07:19 PM Poirot Your observation "that most people are too tightly lashed to the system to eve.....
» 12/06/2013 11:58:40 AM Houlley The pencil analogy is apt. It is easier to accept we won't and can't know everythi.....
» 12/06/2013 11:47:19 AM runner How would you solve the problem?.....
» 12/06/2013 11:46:06 AM Now Mal Brough is at it as well. At least he said sorry, that makes everythign allright. W.....
» 12/06/2013 11:39:38 AM rehctub If revenue can extend to subsidies and corporate and middle class welfare it can e.....
» 11/06/2013 11:34:31 AM Poirot Finding meaning might be more difficult than perhaps having a purpose or consuming.....
» 11/06/2013 11:10:10 AM Houlley "cocaine-filled hubris" - the worst kind of hubris. :) Wise words as .....
» 11/06/2013 10:53:04 AM Poirot "Before we know it the whole gamut of the population will have a program in pl.....
» 11/06/2013 10:44:31 AM That was the only one policy he commented on in a negative way. The NDIS, NBN and others h.....
» 11/06/2013 10:35:46 AM Interesting discussion. One of the puzzles is the idea of determinism vs free will. Is h.....
» 11/06/2013 10:14:59 AM individual "doubt very much if any man would ever tell you what suicide thoughts they.....
» 11/06/2013 10:09:15 AM Why do these important topics end up reverting to kindergarten sandpit commentary. You kno.....
» 11/06/2013 10:04:07 AM Mark Latham didn't criticise policies. In fact he praised them but was critical of Labor's.....
» 10/06/2013 3:22:05 PM I wonder how much study has been done with men and in particular talking to men who have h.....
» 10/06/2013 3:17:48 PM Hi Joe 'But when ? How long already ? And I were a woman in those countries, I'd be despai.....
» 10/06/2013 3:12:56 PM OTB I was not referring to the comments about Man Therapy, many of which I agree with or h.....
» 10/06/2013 3:09:40 PM Belly Do you still have Labor mates in the party. Ask a few of them. It is not that some o.....
» 10/06/2013 3:04:25 PM praxidice I have not yet determined whether the financial onslaught is accidental or contr.....
» 10/06/2013 11:07:21 AM This article is full of the same biases it accuses of green groups. Using rhetoric such as.....
» 10/06/2013 10:46:59 AM Some good comments above. My real beef is that many people look to the poorest paid work.....
» 10/06/2013 10:39:49 AM When will Labor get their act together. It is well known that a return to Rudd would be a .....
» 10/06/2013 10:32:51 AM That is a lovely epitaph Antiseptic. I have never read Iain Banks but after reading your p.....
» 10/06/2013 10:30:36 AM Yes I can see this thread is reverting to type. Back to the subject matter, I think the c.....
» 9/06/2013 4:07:54 PM Belly Those comments are unnecessary. What posters here have said anything that would warr.....
» 9/06/2013 3:19:22 PM While people are trying to keep up with mortgage payments they are too busy to revolt agai.....
» 9/06/2013 2:57:31 PM Joe There has already been improvements for women in many Islamic countries and in parts .....
» 9/06/2013 1:09:46 PM Joe (Loudmouth) You asked "do I support human rights for women in Afghanistan, or do.....
» 9/06/2013 1:02:26 PM RObert Glad to see those pressures were releived after the family issues were resolved. A.....
» 7/06/2013 12:30:37 PM Don't the health food shops sell this product as bath milk? Let the people eat milk the w.....
» 7/06/2013 12:25:44 PM Thanks Lexi I read somewhere that many of the male inmates in prison suffer from mental he.....
» 7/06/2013 12:23:21 PM Banjo I agree the outlook does not look good. It depends on what happens after the withdra.....
» 7/06/2013 12:17:26 PM I think the message is if you are a LNP supporter you can ignore the lies of the LNP or th.....
» 7/06/2013 12:15:14 PM runner Emily's listers are not man-haters. Why do you believe that rubbish? They are women.....
» 7/06/2013 12:12:45 PM The history on this guy is amazing. How does he keep getting pre-selected and worse voted .....
» 7/06/2013 12:01:17 PM Belly I just re-read your post and you did make the caveat about your personal experiences.....
» 7/06/2013 11:59:28 AM Suse You are right about the lack of profile of mental health issues until more recently. .....
» 7/06/2013 11:39:44 AM RObert Understanding cause is the most important aspect of tackling any problem otherwise.....
» 7/06/2013 10:44:34 AM This is obviously a very personal issue for many men. SOG Yes a media campaign will not n.....
» 6/06/2013 12:53:11 PM Why would you want wages to fall. Why should wages of the lowest paid fall while those at .....
» 6/06/2013 12:48:55 PM SM I am hoping this thread does not turn into one of those anti-feminist rampages, but may.....
» 6/06/2013 11:03:06 AM The ABC and SBS is the only quality TV we have that does not rely on it's funding from min.....
» 6/06/2013 10:44:12 AM It wasn't targeted at a little girl. Goodes had no idea that the comment came from a littl.....
» 6/06/2013 10:37:59 AM According to recent reports 33 men between the ages of 14 and 44 suicide every week. It is.....
» 6/06/2013 10:11:11 AM So every time a woman is given a role it is affirmative action. In the case of Julia Gilla.....
» 6/06/2013 10:07:46 AM This trial is about all those things raised by the author. Manning has to set the example .....
» 3/06/2013 12:07:35 PM If the reverse had happened and gambling Ads had been allowed to stay on prime time you wo.....
» 3/06/2013 11:54:26 AM All of it is invented. All reasonable evidence points to The Bible and other religious tex.....
» 3/06/2013 11:43:30 AM Suse It is not just about whether politicians get paid enough but whether these details be.....
» 2/06/2013 11:52:57 AM Suse I think it is more about a failed policy that did not live up to expectations and the.....
» 2/06/2013 11:42:12 AM Suse I have to disagree with you on this topic. While politicians are not all the same, th.....
» 2/06/2013 11:32:09 AM This is purely a dog whistling exercise by the Opposition. The Opposition was the governme.....
» 2/06/2013 11:20:49 AM Not sure what socialism has to do with transparency and open government. Bradley Manning w.....
» 2/06/2013 11:04:06 AM I have wondered about this too rehctub. When a large industry closes it means the loss of .....
» 2/06/2013 10:51:17 AM praxidice I am glad you raised this topic. "The new law has been rushed through th.....
» 1/06/2013 6:04:07 PM Poirot Haven't been on OLO for a while but I am trying to remember the unspoken rules. Cor.....
» 1/06/2013 5:58:00 PM "Good people who help others & care for the future of this nation have no trouble und.....
» 1/06/2013 4:22:27 PM onthebeach Your words betray you as nothing more than a troll and I am not taking your ba.....
» 1/06/2013 4:16:59 PM A male contraceptive pill is a great idea. If I was a sexually active man I would take it,.....
» 1/06/2013 3:59:35 PM individual Please define do-gooder and explain what is being defended. I should add that.....
» 1/06/2013 3:43:15 PM It is interesting to note the speed with which the US government arrested Bradley Manning .....
» 1/06/2013 3:33:33 PM praxidice The 2013 election will be an interesting one. I am no expert but I don't think t.....
» 1/06/2013 3:23:44 PM Hi Jayb and Loudmouth I don't think anyone should be called an ape, white or black, but w.....
» 1/06/2013 11:59:31 AM White people of middle class backgrounds are privileged in our society. We have not experi.....
» 1/06/2013 11:41:21 AM Paul Your argument is sound and there would be no other acceptable course of action in the.....
» 1/06/2013 11:37:25 AM Paul I get your point about it being easy to be the good guy when you are an independent o.....
» 1/06/2013 11:32:34 AM praxidice Agree, the Citizen Initiated Referenda is a worthy goal and I hope similar gets .....
» 1/06/2013 12:00:19 AM I have to agree with the comments from some above about the rot setting in when 'personnel.....
» 31/05/2013 11:36:58 PM csteele It seems I did not read the entire story properly - apologies. Indeed his conditi.....
» 31/05/2013 11:28:45 PM I disagree with Senator Madigan on many things but admire that he spoke out about increase.....
» 27/05/2013 6:16:40 PM Yet we still don't know what his party stands for other than a broad motherhood statement .....
» 27/05/2013 6:06:29 PM It reads like a 'suicide by cop' scenario where the victim cannot muster the courage so pu.....
» 27/05/2013 5:58:31 PM Belly a difficult question you pose. How do we stop terrorism? I don't think the world wil.....
» 3/04/2013 8:11:45 AM I read Latham's account with some trepidation imagining the usual vitriole against his usu.....
» 26/03/2013 10:08:17 AM Let's get some perspective on the spill. Crean was not to know that Rudd would not turn up.....
» 26/03/2013 9:54:33 AM Australia would have a much higher homeless and disadvantage rate if we eradicated social .....
» 26/03/2013 9:31:10 AM There is a lot of talking at cross purposes here. Are there children in society that woul.....
» 25/03/2013 2:03:10 PM A good man as defined by the Church may not necessarily be a good man or the best man for .....
» 25/03/2013 1:52:43 PM Belly You could also ask why isn't the ALP backing Rudd. There may be very good reasons a.....
» 25/03/2013 1:46:53 PM An apology to those who had their children taken from them without their consent is not ip.....
» 17/03/2013 7:24:53 PM onthebeach "What utter garbage and an insult that is to men when you generalise from .....
» 17/03/2013 7:07:49 PM SM As an aside to the reforms discussed, a positive media reform any government could impl.....
» 17/03/2013 9:20:17 AM Arjay I am not sure why you are defending China? Surely an illegal invasion of Tibet shoul.....
» 17/03/2013 9:14:59 AM I'm sorry but I can't take this thread seriously. A known Liberal supporter lamenting the .....
» 17/03/2013 9:07:01 AM 'There are tight networks of feminists who have played favourites, helping one another, th.....
» 17/03/2013 8:50:37 AM I'll ask you Shadow Minister, do you believe in media ownership being concentrated in the .....
» 14/03/2013 10:14:13 PM The war on terror is big business and the businesses that make money from war are the firs.....
» 14/03/2013 10:04:24 PM Thanks o sung wu I wasn't talking so much about indivduals joining the feminist movement t.....
» 14/03/2013 9:56:35 PM BAYGON Monkeys with a more refined palate. Well put. More money does not make a better pol.....
» 14/03/2013 4:14:33 PM I do think many people go into politics to do good and some remain true to their roots, bu.....
» 14/03/2013 4:04:11 PM There are many good things that came with the feminist movement. I won't get into the defi.....
» 14/03/2013 3:39:40 PM Too much interference by governments in media matters is not good for democracy. However, .....
» 28/02/2013 7:21:53 PM Why would anyone think it is surprising that a workers' union would not support a Liberal .....
» 28/02/2013 7:12:48 PM An article recently highlighted the three most influential sectors on government policy to.....
» 20/02/2013 9:26:08 AM onteh beach 'Again, I am not dealing out blows for either side. However it is plain that t.....
» 20/02/2013 9:12:43 AM Humanities subjects do serve a purpose. They are not just discussions about 'all truths be.....
» 18/02/2013 10:24:41 PM csteele The 'dying of shame' comment was despicable. This more than anything reveals Abbot.....
» 18/02/2013 10:14:44 PM Hasbeen you miss the overall point. I am not talking about factual truth eg. is this text .....
» 18/02/2013 10:09:42 PM onthebeach I don't want to get into an argument or digress over a past thread or debate wh.....
» 18/02/2013 10:01:59 PM o sung wu I respect your opinions and views too even if we disagree in some areas. :) My .....
» 18/02/2013 3:38:42 PM Hasbeen Do tell. What is the one truth......
» 18/02/2013 3:37:03 PM o sung wu Assange sought asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy after gaining knowledge about t.....
» 18/02/2013 3:24:22 PM I don't know RObert. onthebeach had a go at me in one thread for using the phrase 'mainly .....
» 18/02/2013 1:41:43 PM Oops bad editing on that last sentence but you get the drift......
» 18/02/2013 1:39:27 PM It is disappointing that the anti-Wilikeaks mob think it more appropriate to attack the me.....
» 18/02/2013 1:21:04 PM 'The truth is rarely pure and never simple.' - Oscar Wilde Sometimes people can believe .....
» 18/02/2013 1:09:46 PM I don't think Mr Abbott is a misogynist but not because he is married with daughters. The .....
» 18/02/2013 1:01:06 PM RObert I was thinking of you regarding the difficulties that men might face in simulaneous.....
» 17/02/2013 5:08:23 PM Constance I understand your disappointments to some extent (your comment about 'workers') .....
» 17/02/2013 5:01:40 PM Some posters are in agreeance with the author's lament of stereotyping men and then do exa.....
» 15/02/2013 10:07:16 AM By implication that means only Right Wing media is reliable. That is a dangerous thought. .....
» 15/02/2013 10:01:47 AM Soon Australia will have no dairy industry if this continues. Those losing out the most ar.....
» 15/02/2013 9:53:19 AM Kevin Rudd is doing more to the help the LNP with his 'I support the government' line and .....
» 13/02/2013 7:01:23 PM Lexi that's it in a nutshell. :) Houlley Ha ha. Yes, not everything related to such comme.....
» 13/02/2013 2:28:07 PM Arjay Could it be just that he is simply too frail. He looks frail and during the various .....
» 13/02/2013 2:21:42 PM Interesting article RObert. Houlley I agree it is wrong to see all forms of discriminati.....
» 12/02/2013 10:52:21 AM Houlley I don't think it's fair to say that feminists hate men or have an anti-male stance.....
» 10/02/2013 10:38:50 AM Personally I would rather there be a humanitarian approach to policy than gender specific .....
» 10/02/2013 10:11:44 AM Hello again o sung wu Many years ago a school friend was lucky enough to get an internship.....
» 8/02/2013 9:46:21 PM Pericles I understand that your position is focused on workability but that is where we pa.....
» 8/02/2013 9:35:31 PM Houlley 'Cracks me up that feminists have rallied against male colleagues daring to play g.....
» 7/02/2013 11:40:52 PM Otokonoko Yes on reflection 'brave' was probably not a good choice on my part. :).....
» 7/02/2013 11:30:37 PM Pericles One of the most common heard objections to the Greens is that they want global go.....
» 7/02/2013 11:04:37 PM runner Which of the Greens policies do you find morally bereft. I await your enlightening.....
» 7/02/2013 11:02:55 PM o sung wu The media is supposed to hold government to account but oft times the buzz of be.....
» 7/02/2013 10:55:24 PM Houlley Nicola Roxon is certainly in a more privileged position than most. I do think that.....
» 7/02/2013 10:03:17 AM "It will be an interesting contest as luminaries of the Labor Right try to convince v.....
» 7/02/2013 9:48:52 AM Bazz I agree with your interpretation as far lending goes. The idea that we are somehow be.....
» 7/02/2013 9:43:46 AM I will continue to commit my vote to the Greens this election, but who to preference? I ge.....
» 7/02/2013 9:26:11 AM rehctub I am not sure why Ms Roxon accepted the post of AG if she knew at the time she was.....
» 7/02/2013 9:22:18 AM Houlley Your reaction is knee-jerk. I never said that women 'should' have it all. It is a .....
» 7/02/2013 9:14:49 AM Pericles I have heard similar about Nicola Roxon in the health portfolio. You may be right.....
» 6/02/2013 10:22:20 AM 'The Church is an alternate polity that is fundamentally different from the world around u.....
» 6/02/2013 10:13:47 AM chrisgaff1000 I am not sure how your comments relate to the subject matter. As far as t.....
» 5/02/2013 2:22:11 PM Bazz I could see that setting the election date may have been to offset Rudd's desires fo.....
» 5/02/2013 2:19:46 PM I am sure runner is having a bit of a giggle at me being labelled a godbotherer. Abuse of.....
» 5/02/2013 9:01:28 AM How can an animal consent? Zoophilia must be one of the most bizarre and selfish of huma.....
» 5/02/2013 8:59:30 AM I hope Rudd does not get another chance at PM. He failed miserably the first time around a.....
» 5/02/2013 8:54:49 AM Over the course of Nicola Roxon's term as AG I have criticised her support of the data ret.....
» 5/02/2013 8:13:30 AM No use any of us speculating about Thomson, the judicial process will no doubt resolve thi.....
» 27/01/2013 10:03:22 AM Poirot Possibly. I am never good at picking out the newbies from the oldies. :) I left OLO.....
» 27/01/2013 9:58:20 AM Hi Roger Some good policies outlined on your website, the challenge will be to move from w.....
» 27/01/2013 9:35:57 AM Shame these important discussions have to shift to the lowest common denominator of left/r.....
» 27/01/2013 9:26:59 AM onthebeach What an inappropirate response. It is mainly male judges who make these dispara.....
» 26/01/2013 12:24:02 PM "Always the spiteful gender kicker against men." onthebeach How so? This was no.....
» 24/01/2013 9:40:46 AM Sadly both parties will fail miserably in this arena. The LNP will be no different if the .....
» 24/01/2013 9:28:43 AM In principle I agree with the potential 'dangers' in some of the anti-discrimination law b.....
» 24/01/2013 9:05:38 AM The Royal Commission came about more after media attention (eg. Four Corners and other pro.....
» 24/01/2013 8:55:38 AM The answer to the original question is no of course not. There is a big difference betwe.....
» 16/01/2013 7:59:34 AM There is odd commonality or relationship between those who believe employers should have t.....
» 11/01/2013 2:42:57 PM Hi George I do agree with you, the question has nothing to do with about who is right but.....
» 11/01/2013 2:04:47 PM Hi David 'As an example: In Uganda at the moment there is a push to bring in the death pen.....
» 10/01/2013 2:45:05 PM Bruce Here is the link for contacting the Australian Electoral Commission: http://www.aec......
» 10/01/2013 2:24:45 PM runner Not believing in a deity is not to have a 'stinken' attitude toward God. How can yo.....
» 10/01/2013 2:15:24 PM I don't know how to answer George's post. It is an interesting article and one that poses .....
» 10/01/2013 1:50:04 PM Julia Gillard is the best one they have in the ranks at the moment. Greg Combet, while sti.....
» 10/01/2013 1:39:27 PM 'Debt burden' is a loaded term. Debt is not always perilous as the Coalition would make it.....
» 2/01/2013 3:31:21 PM The constitutional rights of free speech seem ridiculous should they come with caveats. Th.....
» 2/01/2013 2:53:19 PM Turnbull is more of a liberal than Tony Abbott who would really fit in more with a Conserv.....
» 14/12/2012 10:25:57 PM Yabby Telling city people to go shoot sheep or take up farming seems hardly relevant to th.....
» 13/12/2012 2:11:43 PM Our noses are not clean that is for sure but this is not about who is worst. As for pets, .....
» 13/12/2012 2:02:39 PM Banjo No-one disputes the DJs were wrong in seeking private information about a patient w.....
» 13/12/2012 1:50:51 PM Champion comments RObert What you wrote reflects the feelings many people I have spoken .....
» 13/12/2012 1:35:26 PM Yabby there are certainly extremists in any cause but I hesitate to use them as the benchm.....
» 13/12/2012 8:57:07 AM Even if one leaves aside the primitiveness and improbabilty of a deity, the problem with a.....
» 13/12/2012 8:38:02 AM A good analysis overall Graham. The Coalition's pursuit of this matter may have had more.....
» 13/12/2012 8:26:44 AM The animal rights movements would shudder at being likened to the RSPCA Belly. They have b.....
» 13/12/2012 8:23:11 AM What gets me about the Petraeus affair is that it took an affair to bring on a resignation.....
» 13/12/2012 8:20:19 AM Inquiries are only as good as the terms of reference which if coined deceitfully or with m.....
» 13/12/2012 8:06:43 AM My thoughts mirror those of runner and csteele. While it is a tragedy, some have taken it.....
» 13/12/2012 7:57:18 AM Last time I remember the LNP showing disagreement in the ranks it was met with Mr Abbott s.....
» 26/10/2012 9:55:44 AM I will miss reading a paper rag should they ever cease to exist, but like most things we a.....
» 26/10/2012 9:49:36 AM Belly it certainly is a complex issue and one which brings with it strong emotions and it .....
» 26/10/2012 9:27:08 AM LOL Poirot. Yes the anti-women in power brigade do push the envelope a bit much. Men have.....
» 26/10/2012 9:22:05 AM I agree with Labors moving away from Centre-Left but in my experience terms such as 'push .....
» 25/10/2012 1:04:57 PM There is a code of silence. It is a difficult thing to expose yourself to the rigours of p.....
» 25/10/2012 12:54:28 PM It's ludicrous but I don't think this decision will set a precedent. What society calls .....
» 25/10/2012 12:48:22 PM Belly Christine Milne is not damaging the Greens. In what way do you think she is damaging.....
» 21/10/2012 9:52:01 AM 'Feminazis' 'harpies' 'handbag hit brigade' I think these terms used by some of those abo.....
» 21/10/2012 9:39:02 AM Belly The Federal election will be a better about Greens support. It will be interesting t.....
» 20/10/2012 9:47:15 PM It is not wrong to hold politicians to a high standard. Most politicians underestimate the.....
» 20/10/2012 9:30:38 PM Peter I am not sure if your comment was directed at myself or Babette, but nevertheless my.....
» 16/10/2012 11:18:02 AM Babette I agree with most of the sentiments in your article however disagree on a couple o.....
» 16/10/2012 11:03:11 AM Ludwig It was IMO a broken promise. I can't remember exact words but after the Carbon Tax .....
» 15/10/2012 3:42:01 PM DP I believe the PM meant it when she said there would be no carbon tax but with a hung pa.....
» 14/10/2012 10:18:21 PM RObert 'In my work place using work owned IT equipment to send sexually explicit material .....
» 14/10/2012 10:01:52 AM One thing is evident despite the empahsis on Left and Right wingers is that the Labor and .....
» 14/10/2012 9:48:04 AM Hi csteele Thanks for the YouTube link. It does not really change my view about the speech.....
» 12/10/2012 5:04:47 PM I agree with most of Houlley's comments on the speech. Yes it was theatric, but theatrics .....
» 12/10/2012 4:45:43 PM Don You make a good point at the end of the article about Abbott's need to step up and art.....
» 12/10/2012 4:23:48 PM Fair enough Jayb Thought it may be relevant in encompassing the 'peculiarities' of the sto.....
» 11/10/2012 4:09:20 PM Paul and Jayb It is about protecting the good name of the Church but like politicians, gov.....
» 10/10/2012 8:32:10 AM The origins and peculiarities are natural given the age of the 'story'. History is often r.....
» 10/10/2012 8:09:52 AM SM I agree that the choice of Slipper was a poor one especially given his track record. Al.....
» 10/10/2012 8:03:53 AM Poirot I read that Twitter comment and agreed. I could not believe Abbott's cruelty when h.....
» 9/10/2012 5:38:10 PM Turnbull is also popular among the liberal Right evidenced by his loss of Coalition leader.....
» 9/10/2012 5:04:44 PM Understand that SM but cannot see why a PM should apologise for the actions of another ind.....
» 9/10/2012 2:52:04 PM True Belly. One bad union does not indicate a problem with other unions but it does demons.....
» 9/10/2012 2:48:46 PM SPQ Nobody was 'trying to sidetrack' the issue. It is the issue as Belly had asked the que.....
» 8/10/2012 11:00:56 PM Why should Gillard apologise for Williamson any more than Abbott should apologise for Jone.....
» 8/10/2012 10:36:54 PM There is still the personal suit against Slipper by Ashby underway in Federal Court to det.....
» 8/10/2012 10:23:59 PM First we have Jones spewing his usual biased nonsense at a liberal function, then we have .....
» 8/10/2012 10:08:30 PM The job of the High Court is to 'make judgements about the Law'. The reason for separation.....
» 13/09/2012 10:34:09 AM My interpretation of Houlley's post was a satirical mocking of 'the revelation'. That is.....
» 11/09/2012 11:50:43 PM Like your analysis about funding Otokonoko. On education, I was delighted to discover th.....
» 6/09/2012 12:02:58 PM Sam Jandwich as always you make some well considered points. My small objection was not so.....
» 6/09/2012 11:40:52 AM Not okay by me. I just wrote a bigger piece on the Julie Bishop article on this so won't r.....
» 6/09/2012 11:38:11 AM As scribbler notes this article does not address the proposed data retention laws which is.....
» 4/09/2012 3:30:35 PM Thanks Belly. Yabby I know that is why you defend business and I can understand your posi.....
» 4/09/2012 3:24:59 PM Poirot, certainly intervention from the West (and others) has contributed to big changes i.....
» 3/09/2012 7:33:02 PM rehctub I agree. The democratic process does need to be strengthened beyond the election c.....
» 3/09/2012 7:23:09 PM Yabby dearest one, I did miss you all. :) I never claimed the honesty of a businessman to.....
» 3/09/2012 7:08:16 PM Squeers never stop being a radical thinker. Actually you are not really that radical, you .....
» 31/08/2012 3:56:44 PM Who will be the first to post the next study on circumcision proving beyond a doubt that i.....
» 31/08/2012 3:50:07 PM Yabby there are many in the union movement who would laugh at the comment they are having .....
» 31/08/2012 3:41:25 PM Thanks Poirot. I see you are still encouraging people to push those boundaries and look be.....
» 31/08/2012 3:37:26 PM Thanks Lexi. I see not much has changed around here, still the same old biases and rose co.....
» 30/08/2012 9:14:29 PM Poirot the Wixxyleaks site does throw a different perspective on the HSU story. It is cert.....
» 30/08/2012 9:09:15 PM There is a tendency to reduce this story to personality. Julian Assange may be an awkward .....
» 7/05/2012 8:06:20 PM Not at all Poirot. Playful is good, better than getting too serious sometimes. Most of all.....
» 7/05/2012 8:01:19 PM runner There are still more Christians in parliament than atheists and lesbians so if you .....
» 5/05/2012 12:44:42 PM There is something very likeable about Houlley but I think the idea of a fan club might of.....
» 5/05/2012 12:37:27 PM RMW, saltpetre "In case you haven't noticed, some of them are seeing themselves as th.....
» 4/05/2012 11:02:42 PM Aid that helps developing nations become sustainable is worthy or when providing other ess.....
» 4/05/2012 10:51:56 PM 'Chardonnay' I thought I heard you calling. I have to confess I get such a rush of joy fr.....
» 4/05/2012 10:37:04 PM Why do you have to have a different word for same sex marriages? Is there a different word.....
» 4/05/2012 4:33:18 PM runner, I don't have a Christophobic nature - I am not arguing Christians not be allowed .....
» 4/05/2012 11:19:03 AM runner Full of the milk of human kindness as usual. What is wrong with a feminist or lesbi.....
» 4/05/2012 11:00:22 AM The pressure of the 24 hour news cycle is unfortunately overshadowing some of the good pol.....
» 4/05/2012 10:45:48 AM Yes Paul, it is a wonder how these two mushrooms managed to run a media empire. It was a.....
» 4/05/2012 10:41:11 AM Well clearly Elizabeth Farrelly does not mind Redfern's rich tapestry. Excuse the cliche b.....
» 4/05/2012 10:26:50 AM The Liberals seemed not bothered by Slipper's transgressions when they continued to suppor.....
» 4/05/2012 10:23:14 AM runner It doesn't say anything. These are not "homosexual" acts, they are pedop.....
» 24/04/2012 8:43:35 PM That's Okay Dream we can't agree on everything. :) How would you stop families from raisi.....
» 24/04/2012 4:26:40 PM "The flip-side, of course, is that partisan treatment of religious supposition in the.....
» 24/04/2012 4:09:22 PM Also as someone who is anti-nuclear energy (for a variety of reasons) this is a much more .....
» 24/04/2012 3:41:27 PM Human beings are no different to any other species. All species form part of the diverse r.....
» 24/04/2012 3:25:48 PM Enjoyed watching Bob Brown on Q&A last night. He really is a truly great Australian and po.....
» 22/04/2012 10:18:51 AM '...schisms among the atheist community.' Now we are a formal community? There are alread.....
» 22/04/2012 9:58:18 AM Negative gearing did increase investment in housing what it did though on balance weighing.....
» 21/04/2012 3:40:44 PM Poirot Ditto David Suchet as Poirot. Bon. Miss Marple is kinda quaint too. The English do.....
» 21/04/2012 3:38:10 PM The ALP is also guilty of pork barrelling via middle class welfare but the Libs are the ma.....
» 20/04/2012 9:35:11 PM Joe Hockey is doing a good impression of a swan song himself of late. Talking about how Au.....
» 20/04/2012 9:25:33 PM Do you find as you get older, the shows you thought were hilarious when you were younger s.....
» 20/04/2012 8:47:53 PM Nothing really surprises anymore Belly. The fact that you never got your blood results is .....
» 19/04/2012 2:30:09 PM According to Minister Roxon, DFAT is doing 'all they can' to assist Julian Assange as an A.....
» 17/04/2012 12:26:14 PM Peter Sellick I think misses the point. Attempts to make atheists into monsters who are no.....
» 17/04/2012 12:15:53 PM Otokonoko I would not read too much into that link about Christine Milne. The media is not.....
» 17/04/2012 12:05:57 PM cont/.... I know it is not black and white and there are grey areas. Jobs have been lost .....
» 17/04/2012 12:04:46 PM individual I would have to agree about 'service' in name only in lots of areas within the .....
» 17/04/2012 11:46:09 AM Sheesh...Daniel in the Lion's Den - well you will be ensured your safe passage in God's Ki.....
» 14/04/2012 9:48:46 PM As an atheist I feel like I have just been mauled by lions in another attack on atheists. .....
» 14/04/2012 9:22:34 PM individual You are obsessed with public servants. There is nothing wrong with earning a li.....
» 14/04/2012 9:12:46 PM I would love to know of which particular Greens policy the Conservatives disagree. So far .....
» 14/04/2012 9:04:38 PM WmTrevor perhaps therein your wise words lies the answer. No need for queues at all......
» 14/04/2012 9:00:29 PM Don't know about that runner, Mr Abbott (aka Mr No) and his liberal cohorts are pretty lou.....
» 14/04/2012 1:10:13 PM Arjay where do you get this stuff from. The Greens are the least likely party to be swayed.....
» 14/04/2012 1:07:33 PM The socialists in the Liberal Party or elsehwere? He lost the leadership by ONE vote. As.....
» 13/04/2012 7:17:12 PM Bob Brown will be missed but I am sure he will continue with other projects close to his h.....
» 13/04/2012 5:03:32 PM Regardless of Bazz's intent, I find I get a bit tired of some of the anti-Green propaganda.....
» 13/04/2012 3:24:28 PM Love your sense of humour WmTrevor. Gotta applaud the diverse range of articles on OLO. M.....
» 13/04/2012 3:19:20 PM Malcolm Turnbull lost the Liberal leadership by only one vote. This hardly signifies being.....
» 10/04/2012 2:37:05 AM Graham 'Most of the wars last century weren't in pursuit of religion at all and killed mor.....
» 6/04/2012 12:45:03 AM 'The point being made however, was not about the funds being directed to NGO’s, it was abo.....
» 6/04/2012 12:36:16 AM Well I think I do owe you an apology Bazz reference Communist plots. You are right - on re.....
» 6/04/2012 12:01:58 AM Many of the infringements relate to minor incursions such as that around how to conduct pr.....
» 3/04/2012 11:14:01 PM Bazz I assumed given you posted the clip that you had listened to it, multi-lateral organi.....
» 3/04/2012 5:44:08 PM JP You are right - I don't expect anyone to take note of my preferences as sacrosanct only.....
» 3/04/2012 5:18:10 PM Well Squeers I am sure the Tea Party is shaking in their boots at that comparison...for Go.....
» 3/04/2012 5:07:17 PM This article made me think of my mother who died of cancer a couple of years ago. After an.....
» 3/04/2012 4:48:12 PM 579 That is absurd, you can't seriously be arguing a ban on religion. What is the differen.....
» 3/04/2012 4:40:06 PM Well, yes the meeting did come across as disorganised and disjointed BUT before making a j.....
» 3/04/2012 4:21:52 PM Talk about lumping atheists all in the same basket. Many atheists have spent some time in .....
» 25/03/2012 12:25:32 PM What a bizarre comment by Palmer, one that I see he is already backing away from quick sma.....
» 25/03/2012 12:13:55 PM There are no absolutes when it comes to male or female behaviours, only individuals who wi.....
» 20/03/2012 11:12:08 AM You may have used this with your students already. This puzzle made an appearance during a.....
» 19/03/2012 1:56:55 PM farfromtheland Some of this 'social revolution' is happening at the grass roots level (slo.....
» 19/03/2012 1:26:12 PM "Entry scores into university courses are determined by demand Pelican - part of the .....
» 19/03/2012 11:26:24 AM It does not have to be a choice between extremes. In my experience arts funding can become.....
» 19/03/2012 11:08:51 AM What about also attacking the issue from intake. Make entry into teaching degrees require .....
» 18/03/2012 9:16:11 AM farfromtheland Firstly, there is no perfect 'solution', only potential improvements. Human.....
» 17/03/2012 11:07:28 AM Yes Kipp, the DOD sometimes forgets who it is working for and has always been in danger of.....
» 17/03/2012 10:52:39 AM Crackup I fully support your concerns with one caveat which was touched on by another post.....
» 17/03/2012 10:40:55 AM Houlley There have been many discussions on OLO about other aspects of feminism that don't.....
» 17/03/2012 10:13:33 AM Great article Kellie. Movements like WL and Occupy are testatment to an evolving response .....
» 7/03/2012 10:09:51 AM Paul I understand the concerns, but in a way the system is working. The mining magnates a.....
» 7/03/2012 9:59:33 AM Pericles I was not advocating legal action in terms of the normal process of government bu.....
» 6/03/2012 10:32:51 PM 'But it is the principle that interests me more. Should we start to make our government mo.....
» 6/03/2012 10:14:37 PM Paul It is a losing battle. People (all of us) don't like being reminded they are doing so.....
» 6/03/2012 10:01:10 PM Belly I am not sure with which bit you disagree. My perception is that we basically agree .....
» 6/03/2012 3:10:11 PM No argument from me Yabby. I remember a few years ago applying for a job at an well known.....
» 5/03/2012 11:44:07 PM Media Watch gave a good review of the report tonight. While much of the Finkelstein repo.....
» 5/03/2012 11:07:14 PM Yabby I tend to agree - charities are not excluded from ethical accountability on name alo.....
» 5/03/2012 10:45:32 PM Belly I think the simple answer is YES there is room for a variety of beliefs when they do.....
» 5/03/2012 10:27:15 PM oug I know there are many other pollutants and 'bad' things in society but this thread is .....
» 3/03/2012 12:04:02 PM Hasbeen I don't think it is about gaining an ally, if anything Carr may one day contend fo.....
» 3/03/2012 11:46:47 AM Governments haven't banned smoking. These regulations are about restricting inconvenience .....
» 3/03/2012 11:30:39 AM Paul 'The democratic process is only tolerated whilst it doesn't interfere with real contr.....
» 3/03/2012 11:13:37 AM Well members of the Opposition and supporters will spin this to their advantage. Carr's ap.....
» 3/03/2012 10:59:05 AM The cliff indeed Poirot. Both parties have failed to internalise the feelings in the ele.....
» 2/03/2012 9:14:36 AM Anyone contemplating voting for Liberal will be put off by the lack of policy coming out o.....
» 2/03/2012 9:04:42 AM Of course you didn't hear any rumblings about Rudd from the government at the beginning. W.....
» 27/02/2012 9:19:15 AM runner A secular humanist would not have banned religion. You need to understand what it m.....
» 27/02/2012 9:05:52 AM cont/... I cannot see how the US or Israel relationship differs in any way under Rudd or .....
» 27/02/2012 9:05:05 AM Supporting Gillard over Rudd does not imply ignorance of some of the Gillard Government fa.....
» 27/02/2012 8:37:02 AM This book was interesting in the way it featured 'smell' as a distinct and important sense.....
» 25/02/2012 6:22:07 PM Thankfully Rhian's more inclusive approach is evolving within many religious groups. If a .....
» 25/02/2012 6:08:33 PM '...my town but there is a constant, vicious and hysterical assault on both religions and .....
» 25/02/2012 9:26:59 AM It is about self-preservation. Some from the Left, like Cheeseman are supporting Rudd beca.....
» 25/02/2012 8:03:27 AM Link to Canberra Times article: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/we.....
» 25/02/2012 7:53:51 AM The term is used mainly in reference to international affairs particularly as Rhian states.....
» 25/02/2012 7:41:55 AM runner Secular humanism is what keeps religions from annihilating each other in the name o.....
» 25/02/2012 7:22:03 AM There are three sorts of political donations. The first is that which attempts to influen.....
» 25/02/2012 7:11:27 AM TBC 'They did not want either Abbott or Gillard.' On essentials, even accounting for the .....
» 25/02/2012 7:02:44 AM You might be onto something Arjay. It is a possible scenario. Has Rudd already lined up .....
» 25/02/2012 6:59:53 AM Read James Button's article in todays Canberra Times Forum section. Rudd's reputation is w.....
» 23/02/2012 4:44:02 PM 'Pelican if you watched a young bloke subjected to pure spite in front of his Friends and .....
» 23/02/2012 4:36:51 PM In some ways FOI releases have improved but not by much and only vicerally, mainly with tr.....
» 23/02/2012 4:04:24 PM It was disappointing to see during the Estimates process that FWA is not releasing the del.....
» 23/02/2012 3:58:31 PM If even only 50% of the Latham Diaries is accurate, one thing is guaranteed during this le.....
» 23/02/2012 2:09:17 AM Kevin Rudd looks better from afar but less appealing close-up. Julia Gillard does not look.....
» 23/02/2012 1:44:51 AM Belly You and I agree on many things especially on politics, maybe differing on occasion. .....
» 21/02/2012 5:14:45 PM Belly 'But should constantly remind myself Pelicans sacred cow, no female is to be charged.....
» 21/02/2012 5:09:57 PM Mishka I do agree with your argument that governments, not employers should be providing u.....
» 21/02/2012 11:45:11 AM Many exemptions already exist in the interests of protecting religious freedom. To what ex.....
» 21/02/2012 10:46:20 AM Having recently negotiated the VIC Etag system as an out-of-towner I relate to Houlley and.....
» 21/02/2012 10:42:14 AM Poirot Yours - a much better approach than mine. I will take a leaf from your book. :).....
» 21/02/2012 8:46:35 AM Well our words do sometimes come out wrong. Clearly mine have, there was no intention to o.....
» 21/02/2012 8:33:46 AM Swamp land hey Loudmouth. Well it probably won't be the last time. Anyone wanna buy a brid.....
» 20/02/2012 10:06:50 AM runner Why include feminism in that list? It isn't a religion. Neither is Buddhism althoug.....
» 20/02/2012 10:00:09 AM 'Can we fix problems without knowing them.' No, but why just fix the controlling women pr.....
» 20/02/2012 9:59:10 AM Belly if I can take your points one by one. 'I dislike any form of pain people suffer nee.....
» 19/02/2012 4:13:06 PM Everyone is different, I was never attracted to great wealth and am comfortable with my ch.....
» 19/02/2012 3:45:25 PM In all honesty do you think that is what I am saying Belly? That women are never controlli.....
» 19/02/2012 12:25:31 PM 'You have so called Labor people who have completely forgotten the workers they are suppos.....
» 19/02/2012 12:03:46 PM Does the public want Rudd back? Who says - with perhaps the exception of QLD? The media is.....
» 19/02/2012 11:52:11 AM Belly this subject is beneath you. It is the same 'all men are bastards' mentality in reve.....
» 19/02/2012 11:47:45 AM There is no requirement to disclose a religious beliefs or any other belief. A conflict of.....
» 2/02/2012 4:25:33 PM SM I am not having a go at bosses, and I am not in total disagreement with your comments o.....
» 2/02/2012 2:42:19 PM While there are rorts in Indigenous funding as some allude, there are also rorts in many n.....
» 2/02/2012 2:29:52 PM Most of the men on here aren't grumpy, it's just some are more proliferate. The fact is d.....
» 2/02/2012 2:12:43 PM Other than in the mining sector, nobody has disagreed with you about the impending jobslid.....
» 2/02/2012 2:07:30 PM I find these gender based discussions quite distasteful of late - too much misogyny dresse.....
» 2/02/2012 1:56:22 PM While I don't think any section of the population should be ostracised I also am selfish e.....
» 2/02/2012 1:45:20 PM Despite SM's propensity to see the Coalition as 'do no evil' I have to agree with his asse.....
» 14/01/2012 2:51:45 PM Freedom is a loose term to imply as much as possible individuals should not be constrained.....
» 14/01/2012 2:41:24 PM I am not aware of any poster who worships Julia Gillard. This is just emotive and does not.....
» 14/01/2012 2:38:44 PM Anti I am not sure that any amount of education can stop prevailing attitudes. It is is m.....
» 11/01/2012 8:06:07 AM RObert You are talking two different aspects of DV. First, I said I had not seen any stat.....
» 10/01/2012 8:02:51 PM RObert I have not seen statistics specifically in relation to DV for men or women. I was .....
» 10/01/2012 3:46:47 PM "It's foolish to demand that a strong person must accept abuse from a weak one instea.....
» 10/01/2012 3:27:17 PM One thing we know for certain is that we don't know anything. Often the ordinary Joe only .....
» 10/01/2012 3:04:00 PM "No one seem to care too much about impact when it's not convenient, eg the far highe.....
» 10/01/2012 2:54:49 PM Anthonyve I agree it is not black and white. Your suggestions are the most sensible (monit.....
» 10/01/2012 12:33:52 PM Let's just admit it, there is a double standard. There are double standards all over the p.....
» 10/01/2012 12:07:11 PM Three years is a bit rich for boarding a ship. It is not piracy given there were three men.....
» 5/01/2012 2:37:56 PM rehctub there is certainly a large disparity in wage 'value'. eg. holding up a STOP sign m.....
» 4/01/2012 11:16:57 PM I once toyed with the idea of Christianity, more in the style of a Stephen Crabbe perhaps .....
» 4/01/2012 10:44:12 PM A balanced and well put argument TRTL. The article was incredibly biased and did not ackn.....
» 4/01/2012 10:41:34 PM Hi csteele "There is also a sense of being protected if trouble comes. We might thin.....
» 4/01/2012 10:30:48 PM Terrorism will find a safe harbour as long as governments work in oppositoin to democratic.....
» 4/01/2012 10:26:57 PM Commercial rent rates are ridiculous. I don't know how this situation can be improved. Whe.....
» 4/01/2012 10:09:25 PM For those who think this continual erosions and exceptions to the normal rule of law withi.....
» 4/01/2012 9:55:49 PM I can only but agree thinker2. While many waste time with distractions about imaginary L.....
» 3/01/2012 1:28:05 PM Greed is the problem along with concentration of power. It is reflected in many ways fro.....
» 3/01/2012 1:22:46 PM Lexi and csteele While you have both found this sense of community through your faith, I .....
» 3/01/2012 12:59:02 PM Cont/... As A C Grayling wrote ‘Part of the misnamed War on Terror has to involve making .....
» 3/01/2012 12:58:35 PM Would the author include the abolishment of slavery as an example of civil libertarians ad.....
» 2/01/2012 8:15:11 PM Belly North Korea is in the hands of despots, of that there is no doubt. While such a fami.....
» 2/01/2012 8:11:03 PM The article highlights the relationship between discriminatory behaviour and wellbeing. Th.....
» 20/12/2011 8:52:58 AM This article is not about Gillard or Abbott but an analysis of the changing nature of gove.....
» 20/12/2011 8:29:52 AM (Excuse my bad grammar and editing in the previous post). Thanks Belly - despite disagree.....
» 19/12/2011 8:58:14 AM runner I have never suggested women are more righteous than their male brotherhood counter.....
» 19/12/2011 8:52:41 AM Don You have articulated the feelings of many who can no longer discern the difference bet.....
» 16/12/2011 8:56:37 AM It is only a mystery if one still perceives the LNP as a 'liberal' party. It hasn't been s.....
» 16/12/2011 8:55:16 AM Paul, the reshuffle, on the face of it, aligns with Gillard's strongest supporters and a f.....
» 7/12/2011 8:50:57 AM Cont/... As individual points out, many jobs are now requiring of Degrees when it really .....
» 7/12/2011 8:47:34 AM individual You are correct in saying that equal access does not always easily translate in.....
» 6/12/2011 4:27:21 PM Loudmouth All I can add is what I have repeated on other threads in this forum over time, .....
» 5/12/2011 2:06:45 PM runner It is my understanding that the MP was an Independent not a member of a major/minor.....
» 5/12/2011 2:00:16 PM Loudmouth You have misinterpreted my comments completely - I don't think in the terms you.....
» 4/12/2011 5:11:23 PM "It's sad that otherwise intelligent people are so unsure of their own views, yet so .....
» 4/12/2011 4:59:45 PM The first priority must be the young girl in this terrible travesty. As outraged the publi.....
» 4/12/2011 4:39:51 PM Well that is your decision Anti. You obviously don't read my posts enough if you think m.....
» 2/12/2011 7:08:37 PM Do we have to do anything about it? Why? The fact is access to these opportunities are eq.....
» 29/11/2011 10:26:06 AM Bazz Sustainable populations can be managed via flexibility in immigration quotas but this.....
» 29/11/2011 10:08:40 AM In thinking about his question I tried to imagine what it would have been like growing up .....
» 29/11/2011 9:56:34 AM It would be a sad day if the Greens followed the other two parties down the track of in-fi.....
» 28/11/2011 8:21:39 PM RObert I was once against TPVs however compared to the current debate they seem like the b.....
» 28/11/2011 7:44:09 PM A blessing and a curse. "...or who have a job which doesn't allow them public comme.....
» 28/11/2011 3:49:25 PM This whole episode is akin to being forced to watch an episode of Big Brother and wonderin.....
» 23/11/2011 10:13:02 PM Heh heh Yabby - fact is there is probably some truth in that. :).....
» 23/11/2011 10:09:56 PM Always love a good bollocking post from Houllie. One starts reading from the first sentenc.....
» 23/11/2011 10:03:44 PM Well now I am feeling guilty about using personal terminology as well eg. "even for y.....
» 23/11/2011 7:12:12 PM I only just read the 'candidates for the oven' comment Pericles. Sheesh... talk about dr.....
» 23/11/2011 6:59:00 PM "I do assume that you have a reasonable IQ, but the "bury the waste in your area.....
» 23/11/2011 6:51:55 PM Some people veritably salivate at the idea of assuming the worst in people. Pericles I.....
» 22/11/2011 1:35:55 PM SM I have already stated the options including fossil fuel being better than nuclear overa.....
» 22/11/2011 1:22:22 PM The middle ground is a somewhat imaginary state. The perceptions of the middle ground are .....
» 22/11/2011 1:09:25 PM Why not just come up with an agreed (suitable and relevant) population cap and operate wit.....
» 22/11/2011 10:29:22 AM Yes Malthus gets a good run in these usually stereotypical debates about population. Tho.....
» 22/11/2011 10:13:00 AM Belly There does seem to be a pre-occupation with vanity in recent times but preoccuption .....
» 22/11/2011 10:01:32 AM thinker2 It is always heartening there are people like you and Lexi who will take a moment.....
» 21/11/2011 8:25:06 AM "Even whole communities established on an ethos of sustainable, fulfilling and modest.....
» 21/11/2011 8:12:37 AM Lexi Well stated. It beggars belief that so many people think nuclear is a 'viable' option.....
» 19/11/2011 8:57:59 AM Ethics courses? Yes, and there is a Code of Conduct but these are only as good as the peop.....
» 19/11/2011 8:47:51 AM SM Just because you say something or post a link does not make it the 'truth' and subseque.....
» 18/11/2011 8:33:27 AM Yabby Part of the failure of reviews in government depts is the failure to consult with th.....
» 18/11/2011 8:28:42 AM It is all about relationship with the US. Australia being too weak to show some leadership.....
» 18/11/2011 7:57:56 AM A lie is a statement told knowing it to be false. I did no such thing, simple as that SM. .....
» 17/11/2011 3:23:57 PM TRTL Well put and there is much in what you summarise.....
» 17/11/2011 3:20:15 PM And the personal invective continues in the face of a losing argument. I doubt you are a.....
» 17/11/2011 3:06:10 PM Yabby "Pelican, the public service set the terms and conditions. All that you are im.....
» 17/11/2011 10:31:03 AM The laws are all there in relation to crime, it is in the application of those laws. But t.....
» 17/11/2011 10:25:41 AM Some of the biggest rip-offs have come via outsourcing government functions. The halo of.....
» 17/11/2011 10:02:09 AM You can attack me all you like SM but while it might make you feel might, it does not chan.....
» 17/11/2011 7:19:05 AM SM No delicate flower here, just pulling you up on your consistently partisan modus operan.....
» 15/11/2011 4:18:05 PM Mind you I would be outraged if a nuclear power plant was based on the shores of Lake Burl.....
» 15/11/2011 4:17:11 PM SM You are being disingenuous. How could my response be described in any way as outraged? .....
» 15/11/2011 7:11:07 AM The proposals that were put forward by the Howard Government for nuclear power was evidenc.....
» 15/11/2011 7:04:00 AM Antiseptic While I disagree with the idea that feminism is to blame for everything wrong w.....
» 14/11/2011 10:03:37 PM The trouble with cost cutting in the public service is the random nature. The public servi.....
» 14/11/2011 4:11:43 PM Hasbeen I would not call a nuclear accident a minor event. The long term effects of radioa.....
» 14/11/2011 4:07:48 PM Governments of all shapes are good at using the national security interests to promote the.....
» 14/11/2011 3:38:45 PM No-one has mentioned the impact of foreign policy on perceptions of Islam. If Australia wa.....
» 14/11/2011 3:19:06 PM Yabby Well we are in agreement on overpopulation but we will have to disagree with the eth.....
» 14/11/2011 3:08:37 PM Nuclear power and nuclear waste are too important issues to be left at the mercy of incomp.....
» 14/11/2011 3:04:39 PM Pushing for greater transparency is really about improving the democratic process. It is.....
» 10/11/2011 9:41:48 PM A friend of mine recently returned from Europe and related that anti-multi-cultural sentim.....
» 10/11/2011 9:21:34 PM Well said T2. rehctub You are not reading my comments. I am clearly saying government po.....
» 10/11/2011 9:12:40 PM Yabby I am aware that companies already pay tax. It is about levels of tax based on the po.....
» 10/11/2011 8:59:12 PM T2 The Four Corners report was fairly even-handed in it's reporting on this issue. One thi.....
» 10/11/2011 8:46:00 PM Dear Lexi Thanks for your comments. The idea of open government would indeed be daunting f.....
» 9/11/2011 5:27:14 PM Morons! That is a bit harsh individual. What about those thugs you supported out there pro.....
» 9/11/2011 5:22:58 PM Tony is just keeping the seat warm for Malcolm. :).....
» 9/11/2011 5:20:15 PM Yabby It is not a complaint about profits, that is what businesses are about, it is about .....
» 9/11/2011 12:02:46 PM While there have been changes in expanding Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation there .....
» 9/11/2011 11:27:24 AM Ferals? As opposed to the ferals at the top of the corporate food chain. Just because they.....
» 9/11/2011 11:18:55 AM Fair enough rehctub we will have to agree to disagree how to attack this problem. I just d.....
» 9/11/2011 8:58:50 AM rehctub people are able to disagree without you needing to resort to statements like 'fan .....
» 9/11/2011 8:52:04 AM A super profit works to ensure the owners of the resources share more fully in the largess.....
» 9/11/2011 8:36:55 AM rehctub I understand the plight of small business and failures in competition policy espec.....
» 8/11/2011 12:46:22 PM Thanks for the link squeers. Interesting and poignant comments about the concentration of .....
» 8/11/2011 11:10:25 AM OUG Tribalism is not as you suggest, necessarily a dirty word. In Australia I am glad to .....
» 8/11/2011 11:00:04 AM Thanks for the welcome Lexi. I have been extra busy lately with conflicting demands and pr.....
» 8/11/2011 9:13:56 AM Generational wedge politics is really unhelpful, just as much as those who continually bla.....
» 8/11/2011 9:00:23 AM I know you are a lost cause in terms of the working poor rehctub but do you ever question .....
» 8/11/2011 8:32:28 AM Human beings are tribal but throughout history the tribe can be seen to be widening and mo.....
» 8/11/2011 8:11:27 AM Poirot That is why science involves peer review which is not perfect but reduces the possi.....
» 8/11/2011 8:00:41 AM Border protection has been a failure of both governments. It is laudable that SM posts thi.....
» 8/11/2011 7:48:08 AM "With Howard came confrontation politics in the workplaces, and division in the commu.....
» 26/10/2011 12:18:46 PM One thing surprises me about these debates is the masking of the fact that many of these p.....
» 26/10/2011 12:07:48 PM Why are cars manufactured to work at speeds far greater than the speed limit (barring spec.....
» 26/10/2011 12:00:59 PM What happened to 'love thy neighbour' folks. This is turning into a 'mine is better than .....
» 26/10/2011 11:58:44 AM Some brilliant research and analysis Forrest Gump. A tawdry affair to say the least......
» 26/10/2011 11:55:51 AM The solution lies in raising the conditions in the Third World so that peoples of those na.....
» 26/10/2011 11:44:53 AM runner How are the homosexuals looking for more interfence by the State. Arguing for equal.....
» 25/10/2011 10:31:46 PM One of the reasons my migrant father came to Australia was to get away from the experience.....
» 25/10/2011 10:13:15 PM There is no doubt there should be better services for the deaf community and for any other.....
» 25/10/2011 9:56:43 PM Well it depends on what you mean by the Nanny State. There is a case for too much interfer.....
» 25/10/2011 9:49:26 PM runner While I respect your right to make moral judgements for yourself as we all do, I do.....
» 25/10/2011 9:35:52 PM King Hazza I would have no objection if the boy was an adult but it is hardly dubious to p.....
» 25/10/2011 9:29:29 PM csteele "I love my capitalism, I love being a part of it, I love the excitement of st.....
» 24/10/2011 7:35:59 PM individual and Hasbeen Fourteen is a kid. Everyone is entitled to make some mistakes when.....
» 24/10/2011 7:21:00 PM I have attended two protests in my life, neither matching the experience of the latest 'Oc.....
» 24/10/2011 6:54:44 PM Secession Anti - nice to see your sense of humour at the fore. :) I may have jumped the g.....
» 23/10/2011 8:04:14 PM A good leader or a good boss is a rare animal these days even accepting nobody is perfect......
» 23/10/2011 7:45:42 PM Well the article states it is so, it must be true. What was I thinking. It is not unsurp.....
» 23/10/2011 7:24:28 PM King Hazza Nobody is arguing that Australians who put on their worst behaviour in Bali and.....
» 23/10/2011 11:29:07 AM As for suicide, teenage suicide is higher among homosexuals because not only are these kid.....
» 23/10/2011 11:26:48 AM runner It is 'normal' for homosexuals to be attracted to same-sex even if it is not the so.....
» 23/10/2011 11:09:55 AM The right to protest is part of the democratic process however, protesters make more impac.....
» 23/10/2011 11:05:04 AM There are huge problems in Bali. For all the moral protests and anti-Western sentiment, th.....
» 23/10/2011 10:54:31 AM Sound comments Geoff of Perth. We cannot possibly continue in the current pattern. The co.....
» 21/10/2011 3:23:42 PM Dog whistle much? Isn't it more about people being able to live a 'normal' life being acc.....
» 21/10/2011 3:13:59 PM It is a shame Asher felt he need to resign whether pushed or self-motivated. I doubt if y.....
» 19/10/2011 2:09:19 PM "...How I love to see the secularists squirm under conditions of defeat!" Diver.....
» 19/10/2011 2:06:53 PM It is not about what you believe, we all agree to disagree on the existence of a God or go.....
» 19/10/2011 1:40:42 PM Thanks for posting those details Ammonite. All perfectly reasonable suggestions......
» 19/10/2011 9:27:27 AM I assumed runner meant 'Inevitable' and proceeded accordingly. I am the last to make issue.....
» 19/10/2011 9:25:53 AM Religion is a private matter not a public one, just as atheism is a private matter and sho.....
» 19/10/2011 9:07:09 AM Apologies for my typos and lack of editing in the previous post. Acolyte, yes Hitchens is.....
» 19/10/2011 9:02:13 AM TRTL My response is probably less optimistic than grasping at a glimmer of light. :) But .....
» 19/10/2011 8:57:39 AM Dawkins does exist though. It is easy to understand why Dawkins would not want to debate .....
» 19/10/2011 8:42:51 AM If it wasn't for the workers there would be no filthy rich. It is about a fair wages and .....
» 19/10/2011 8:39:28 AM Firstly there is no acknowledgment by runner of gender confusion in children of heterosexu.....
» 19/10/2011 8:27:58 AM steven Are you suggesting a media blackout on all things anti-China due to economic intere.....
» 19/10/2011 8:18:42 AM The Carbon Tax issue and previous failings with pink batts and BER has far more to do with.....
» 18/10/2011 4:57:52 PM British QC Polly Higgins is doing a tour of Australia at the moment discussing the idea of.....
» 18/10/2011 4:48:41 PM "See, there's the problem. By reacting to what you "expect" rather than wha.....
» 17/10/2011 4:16:23 PM Anti The Yorkeshiremen scenario was really about expecting this to be a 'see it is women's.....
» 17/10/2011 4:07:32 PM Using some of the logic already divined on this topic: Divorced people should not be allo.....
» 17/10/2011 4:02:45 PM Yabby Yes of course there is greed in all organisations including the public service. We h.....
» 17/10/2011 8:05:44 AM However despite the survey results Anti, marriage is still highly popular and those who ch.....
» 17/10/2011 7:55:39 AM Polling schmolling. People are sick of polling. Changing leaders continually in a revolvi.....
» 17/10/2011 7:45:47 AM Bazz I agree with much of what you say including the growing need and increasing trend for.....
» 17/10/2011 7:42:28 AM Capitalism is the best of a bad bunch but it is like any other system, man-made and it can.....
» 17/10/2011 7:33:42 AM Well it is the first time I have read the LNP as a Fabian influenced group. They set the s.....
» 17/10/2011 7:27:29 AM Yabby This is not about Right/Left politics as much as I can see you are still easily temp.....
» 16/10/2011 6:53:56 PM individual At first I could not believe what I was reading - manner clearly left your hou.....
» 16/10/2011 6:50:09 PM That sounds too Big Brother for me rehctub. Welfare is a hallmark of a First World country.....
» 16/10/2011 6:42:45 PM Poirot Sadly that musical interlude is all too apt, just speed up Question Time and there .....
» 16/10/2011 6:41:05 PM Yabby It is not about 'blaming' the banks or Wall Street in entirety, but protesting at th.....
» 16/10/2011 6:23:10 PM The trouble is rehctub while middle and higher wages grow disproportionately to the lowest.....
» 16/10/2011 6:09:07 PM Jay It is not really sport in the sense of the 'usual suspects'(a rare beast these days) w.....
» 15/10/2011 11:53:54 AM TRTL If the Occupy Wall Street Movement was putting themselves up for alternative governme.....
» 14/10/2011 8:50:33 PM Has anyone noticed that even the ABC has stooped to making more and more opinionated state.....
» 14/10/2011 8:41:34 PM Maybe scatter cushions are your girlfriend's 'chairs' Houlley (think the movie Phenomenon'.....
» 14/10/2011 7:44:37 PM Plibersek is not childless but I cannot see how being childless makes anyone less able to .....
» 14/10/2011 7:29:10 PM To borrow from Shakespeare - A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. That is, it d.....
» 8/10/2011 11:45:37 AM "How do they measure the productivity that you lot achieve as the result of my insigh.....
» 6/10/2011 8:31:23 AM As to the author's main area issue of cutting spending, there is nothing wrong with cuts t.....
» 6/10/2011 8:16:52 AM Are you taking over from SM rehctub. Julia Gillard's popularity has no doubt suffered bec.....
» 6/10/2011 7:59:58 AM "The meme of "man as drunken abuser" was prevalent among some parts of the .....
» 5/10/2011 3:31:11 PM No Formersnag. You don't read my posts nearly closely enough. I do believe that governmen.....
» 5/10/2011 3:17:49 PM What would the modern reponse be to a similar Titanic situation. Would there still be the .....
» 5/10/2011 9:33:00 AM One of the better articles about race relations on OLO. Thank you. Your very astute obse.....
» 4/10/2011 10:20:56 PM From a purely evolutionary perpective it would make sense to put the youngest people in th.....
» 3/10/2011 1:15:25 PM Yeah I probably jumped on you too quickly Anti. Apologies. Reading it back I can see the t.....
» 3/10/2011 1:07:41 PM Hi Ammonite I cannot comment yet on whether this ruling might inhibit free speech or wheth.....
» 3/10/2011 12:41:44 PM Anti You are free to think of me as you please, anything I have to say will not change you.....
» 3/10/2011 12:35:45 PM The Australian Government gives huge amounts of money to Churches for many projects includ.....
» 3/10/2011 12:21:06 PM It all depends on which side of the fence one sits or how one defines stuff. Have you ever.....
» 3/10/2011 12:01:49 PM My generation was taught to give up seats to women (if you were a man), to the aged and th.....
» 3/10/2011 11:50:11 AM I have to agree with the gist of Graham Young's assessment bar the usual Left-bashing/chat.....
» 3/10/2011 11:19:35 AM Suze I don't agree with many of Abbott's opinions but he is not the only one in the LNP. I.....
» 3/10/2011 11:03:25 AM Storm in a teacup. If the only negative reaction is that producers who misuse the term 'fr.....
» 2/10/2011 6:25:57 PM "Who is choosing what is out dated?" The same people who are making allegations.....
» 1/10/2011 11:43:03 PM It is not that politician's wages need to be raised to compete with the private sector, bu.....
» 1/10/2011 11:30:12 PM It is the big boys playing with monopoly money pure and simple and rules being manipulated.....
» 1/10/2011 11:05:59 PM This articles is not worthy of Susan Mitchell's usually inciteful commentary. Mitchell is .....
» 21/09/2011 10:55:12 AM SM I am not disagreeing that unions need to be more transparent and get back to their root.....
» 21/09/2011 10:49:28 AM Whenever any system becomes extreme (that is serving the interests of the few over the maj.....
» 21/09/2011 10:44:04 AM Free trade and globalisation is the biggest con of the last century. Dumping, subsidies an.....
» 21/09/2011 10:27:54 AM Once again we are using our white anglo Western middle class mindsets to make judgements a.....
» 21/09/2011 10:08:51 AM Malaysia would certainly 'stop the boats' but is it a solution to the issue of asylum seek.....
» 21/09/2011 9:56:36 AM rehctub This is really about Aid, which does not mean of course it is off limits for discu.....
» 20/09/2011 2:21:04 PM Banjo It is all part of the Aid Budget. It is unfair and disingenuous to use middle clas.....
» 20/09/2011 2:13:38 PM "The next step will be to follow obarmas plan and tax the rich to pay the debts. Its .....
» 20/09/2011 2:09:25 PM SM You don't even like it when someone agrees with you about union accountability. This i.....
» 19/09/2011 11:30:36 PM SM The Wollongong example was a Labor Council. I am not playing favourites that is your ga.....
» 19/09/2011 2:31:13 PM SM Have I got anything to back this up? You must be kidding - have you been living in a ca.....
» 19/09/2011 10:28:00 AM If being with the natural parents was always better then there would never be a need for f.....
» 19/09/2011 10:23:48 AM Philo Suze is saying no such thing, just that nature will take it's course as I understood.....
» 19/09/2011 10:12:34 AM Unions have been in need of an overhaul for some time. It will take leaders like Kathy Jac.....
» 19/09/2011 9:57:27 AM Lexi Indeed sad news and thank you for letting us know. I had recently wondered where CJ h.....
» 17/09/2011 11:15:36 PM Like Poirot, I am always bemused by the options people assume sit before us - either rampa.....
» 17/09/2011 10:45:15 PM Karma mabye? Good points. Anyone can do poor quality and maybe Murdoch's birds have come .....
» 17/09/2011 10:40:32 PM thinker2 "I am in favour of letting nature take it's course when it comes to concepti.....
» 17/09/2011 10:21:55 PM Nev I agree, Katter is appealing to many people of differing voting allegiances, not only .....
» 17/09/2011 10:10:24 PM "pelican, i said it before, will do so again, you can try to claim centrist ground as.....
» 16/09/2011 10:16:34 AM Poirot I have memories of my mum reading Wind In The Willows to us while snuggled up in be.....
» 16/09/2011 9:51:14 AM Xenophon should not have used 'trial by parliamentary privilege' to name the alleged abuse.....
» 16/09/2011 9:18:39 AM Houlley It is funny the mental pictures one envisages of fellow posters. To be fair to Tan.....
» 16/09/2011 8:52:55 AM That first post is a classic. It looks like it is not politically correct to label anyone .....
» 16/09/2011 8:38:04 AM thinker2 I also have great respect for the egalitarianism and compassion reflected in your.....
» 14/09/2011 3:18:17 PM Looks like the Liberal Party is not that into fathers having denied Craig Thomson leave to.....
» 14/09/2011 3:15:46 PM Formersnag are you quite well. I am not a FemiNAZI as I don't know what you mean by the te.....
» 14/09/2011 3:03:19 PM Where is the evidence homosexual conversions are taking place? This is just stab-in-the-da.....
» 14/09/2011 2:40:37 PM Actually re-reading your post thinker 2 I am not sure I understand your position. I don'.....
» 14/09/2011 2:15:44 PM "Are you suggesting Pelican that gay men producing children through surrogacy will pr.....
» 14/09/2011 1:55:40 PM HoHum To some extent you are right - when 'education' is used to raise awareness about cer.....
» 14/09/2011 10:56:45 AM King Hazza I don't think Rudd or Keating would have gone with WorkChoices but certainly t.....
» 14/09/2011 10:48:28 AM csteele The part I caught was certainly eye-opening. Quite a bit of diversity among the Re.....
» 14/09/2011 10:24:03 AM There are no 'nicer' Christians or Atheists, just individuals who will be judged by their .....
» 14/09/2011 10:04:22 AM 'So if, in law, they are genuine refugees, Australia may legally reject their applications.....
» 14/09/2011 9:39:49 AM Even before discussions of same sex marriage there were many children who were raised by t.....
» 14/09/2011 9:21:20 AM Lots of assumptions being made here without knowing the full story. Perhaps the boy wanted.....
» 14/09/2011 9:12:22 AM runner It is nice to be able to say I agree with you. But it is no different from the rude.....
» 14/09/2011 9:01:19 AM Caryn Due to the excesses of Capitalism there is a growing counter-reaction and consciousn.....
» 14/09/2011 8:31:52 AM At Home won't impact much on what people already think, as you argue there is already a lo.....
» 11/09/2011 5:12:24 PM Runner Why did Abbott refer to a Carbon Tax as a possible Liberal policy for climate chang.....
» 11/09/2011 5:06:33 PM FS "There is absolutely NO hope for peace anywhere in the world until every one of th.....
» 11/09/2011 4:59:36 PM individual Do you actually read my posts at all. I have been very critical of Labor. The o.....
» 11/09/2011 4:54:02 PM Raw Mustard Those lesser valued roles are often underrated (or perhaps others overrated). .....
» 11/09/2011 4:35:34 PM One thing I love most about these Centres of Excellence is why bother with 'change managem.....
» 11/09/2011 4:30:38 PM Decisions about health and education are tied to more than just altruism. There are many o.....
» 10/09/2011 11:02:30 PM Yes vanna it is clear you think women are no good, they are all liars and men always tell .....
» 10/09/2011 10:57:37 PM Hasbeen As tempting as it is to ignore your misinformed post I will attempt a response. I.....
» 10/09/2011 10:48:48 PM Atman I disagree with the assertion that people are doing as you claim. Who is blaming Ame.....
» 10/09/2011 4:58:14 PM RObert Your thoughts marry with mine for the most part. vanna Sorry you have lost me com.....
» 10/09/2011 4:43:21 PM FS I was not ignoring you I was responding to runner. The trouble is while you acknolwed.....
» 10/09/2011 4:32:07 PM Awww c'mon steven is this really a new script for the next political satire? You got me at.....
» 10/09/2011 4:21:36 PM The Conservatives in NSW are still set on selling off more assets. What looks like going i.....
» 10/09/2011 4:10:56 PM Gawd, the fact that the US has made some poor decisions does not mean other nations and le.....
» 9/09/2011 10:31:50 PM vanna What if the mother is still breastfeeding? Do you think the father's rights override.....
» 9/09/2011 10:26:20 PM Will the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan stop terrorism. No - many argue it will do no mo.....
» 9/09/2011 10:15:39 PM Well runner clearly the PM did suck up to the Right with the No Carbon Tax promise. The on.....
» 9/09/2011 10:10:21 PM Atman Who is holding the American citizens responsible. Most rational people agree with yo.....
» 9/09/2011 10:02:26 PM One cannot deny religion as clearly it exists and there is much in the psychology of relig.....
» 9/09/2011 9:48:10 PM It is all too common and if you are disabled it is even more difficult. What sort of skill.....
» 9/09/2011 2:19:08 PM Lexi Good points. I wonder if the quote Wann used from his Congressman might fit better wi.....
» 9/09/2011 2:14:19 PM OUG The idea of status in service is an altruistic viewpoint and might indeed lead to many.....
» 9/09/2011 1:43:32 PM As opposed to the oxymoron of unbiased Righty discussions. Everyone has a bias, it is ab.....
» 9/09/2011 9:14:56 AM Anti-Americanism is not directed at the American people but at the intrusive and self-inte.....
» 9/09/2011 8:50:30 AM Steven - well done. :) "worked tirelessly" "working families" "g.....
» 8/09/2011 9:40:47 PM Well put thinker 2 and ozbib. WorkChoices revealed that when more power is given to the e.....
» 8/09/2011 9:25:56 PM Bazz Maybe I'm weird but Tony Abbott is quite handsome despite his ears. He was certainly .....
» 8/09/2011 4:00:12 PM runner I thought the point of Bruce's article was that Gillard has been influened more an.....
» 8/09/2011 3:50:30 PM David The religious propaganda about atheism does verge on the hysterical at times and th.....
» 8/09/2011 12:43:47 PM Love your work Bruce. "There is no Left in Australian politics or discourse at the m.....
» 8/09/2011 12:14:49 PM Unfortunately when dealing with government, 'evidence' based policy demands statistics and.....
» 8/09/2011 10:31:57 AM If you are able to catch ABC's Big Ideas - Is There A God? - on IView, the debate between .....
» 8/09/2011 10:14:18 AM Author David Wann refers to Congressman Kucinich who suggested that “status – a universal .....
» 7/09/2011 2:39:37 PM Memo To All Staff From: The Secretary Re: The Forking Project As part of a new initiative.....
» 7/09/2011 10:30:01 AM Certainly Hazza the legislation needs to be clearer ensuring similar events in the future .....
» 7/09/2011 10:15:31 AM Houlley Or maybe impose a ban on single mothers - they are the devil's spawn according to .....
» 7/09/2011 10:00:02 AM King Hazza is right, there are certainly more people deserving of support. However, I won.....
» 6/09/2011 5:57:20 PM I agree with those paragraphs taken from Professor Parkinson's report, the greater risks t.....
» 5/09/2011 6:38:51 PM I am getting a headache just thinking about it. I have calculated my headache will cost t.....
» 5/09/2011 10:32:18 AM Gillard has not lowered feminine aspirations any more than male leaders or male politician.....
» 5/09/2011 12:00:16 AM The White Feather Brigade was an organisation set up by an Admiral and white feathers were.....
» 4/09/2011 11:43:00 PM Human beings are flawed but also capable of great good. Atheism won't necessarily change t.....
» 4/09/2011 11:12:34 PM Belly Many would agree there is a lack of leadership on both sides as you say but the prob.....
» 4/09/2011 2:47:50 PM "Pelican what is wrong with teaching migrants about the social and historical face of.....
» 4/09/2011 2:33:59 PM vanna and JamesH I don't have any issue with the men's movement's goals to seek fairer ar.....
» 4/09/2011 11:10:35 AM Sorry SOG you lost me at public indoctrination program. Isn't that what many refugees wer.....
» 4/09/2011 11:02:37 AM "Normal" is in the minority. Is that an oxymoron? :) Normal is as normal does (.....
» 4/09/2011 10:50:25 AM My problem with Marsh is his proclivity to blame women for all the woes of the Family Cour.....
» 4/09/2011 10:43:21 AM As RObert writers, there is not doubt there is room for improvement in the Family Court sy.....
» 31/08/2011 5:24:22 PM My tolerance for graffiti is low - it is just plain ugly. Grafitti is nothing more than dr.....
» 31/08/2011 4:59:48 PM Well despite the gloom most young people seem to want to pair off as much as us old ducks......
» 31/08/2011 4:39:36 PM There would be many politicians who harbour ambitions of becoming Prime Minister. I am not.....
» 31/08/2011 4:35:02 PM My observations are there are equally denigrating comments from the Left and the Right. It.....
» 31/08/2011 4:27:54 PM The most successful approaches to counter-terrorism measures are quality information gathe.....
» 30/08/2011 9:39:55 AM Ammonite, I hope they find a cure soon or there will be nothing left but conspiracy theori.....
» 30/08/2011 9:34:27 AM The only way a bad government can win an election is if the opposing side looks worse. NSW.....
» 30/08/2011 9:16:37 AM Belly's link does explain some of those points raised by Arjay and SOG. Whatever view one.....
» 30/08/2011 9:08:28 AM Some of you posters are unbelievable. Truckies interviewed have not stated they were held .....
» 29/08/2011 9:17:24 AM Bazz Parliament had nothing to do with it. Regardless of your stance on this issue, you ha.....
» 28/08/2011 3:19:20 PM To be fair, the difference is the big end of town is not being asked to pay tax they haven.....
» 28/08/2011 2:42:18 PM Banjo Maybe Belly has moved. SM In a perfect world and idealistically, I agree Gillard sh.....
» 28/08/2011 2:26:25 PM "I think Pelican is just representative of most attidues.It just seems too incredible.....
» 28/08/2011 12:28:56 PM Mollydukes you are an interesting person and I concur with your last two posts about the c.....
» 28/08/2011 12:16:39 PM What is more amazing is some people buy into it and get whipped up into some pretty nonsen.....
» 28/08/2011 12:02:55 PM SM Do you really believe the promises of the Liberal Government to gain power via the Inde.....
» 28/08/2011 11:49:04 AM The same can be said of phone trees where you have to press all manner of buttons to get t.....
» 28/08/2011 11:31:03 AM I don't buy into many of the conspiracy theories. My problem with some of them - 9/11 incl.....
» 28/08/2011 11:26:20 AM The CIA-Mafia link has been discussed and written about for some years including a book by.....
» 25/08/2011 9:46:34 AM "I still say that an unskilled wage (38) hr should not provide a decent living.".....
» 25/08/2011 9:37:50 AM SM Have you appointed yourself the Judge and Jury on this. Clearly the case is now in the .....
» 25/08/2011 9:27:01 AM Bullying can have a huge impact on productivity and long reaching effects on those who exp.....
» 24/08/2011 4:12:29 PM But Anti are you not guilty of the same. Any of us could go and find a sector where eithe.....
» 24/08/2011 4:02:28 PM If that is so, why not just change the meaning to include SS couples? We have done that .....
» 24/08/2011 3:58:46 PM Manufacturing started burning long before this government SM. Otherwise the Howard Gover.....
» 24/08/2011 3:48:38 PM Houlley no wonder you lean to the melancholy. Is there no hope for the human race? Are we .....
» 24/08/2011 3:34:32 PM First I should own to disliking the idea of child beauty pageants for my own children. How.....
» 24/08/2011 9:20:31 AM "Women will, on average, earn more than men in careers such as law, medicine and acad.....
» 24/08/2011 9:03:10 AM " say again, if you expect to earn up to a grand a week for sweeping floors, you are .....
» 23/08/2011 12:46:09 PM Feminism is only divisive if used to encourage laws that discriminate against men. Not so .....
» 23/08/2011 12:35:47 PM Philo "Many effeminite men whom society easily identify as homosexual are happily mar.....
» 23/08/2011 12:23:10 PM The problem is not that low income workers are demanding a 'living' wage but that wages in.....
» 23/08/2011 12:15:57 PM Anti Your experience sounds very debilitating. I have only had one migraine in my life and.....
» 22/08/2011 7:53:00 PM Formersnag I don't have the time to comment on every article especially ones that are simi.....
» 22/08/2011 7:28:42 PM Well journalists are not known to be even handed on most issues. No you don't have any ob.....
» 22/08/2011 7:21:59 PM If there is a criminal charge the authorities should get on with it and save us all the et.....
» 22/08/2011 9:05:57 AM Recruitment agencies are businesses and it pays to put 'bums on seats'. I worked in an age.....
» 22/08/2011 8:37:42 AM If Thomson is guilty of misusing money from union funds for private purposes and for misle.....
» 22/08/2011 8:29:24 AM Anti I think I must be missing the point but I do have to pick you up on your interpretat.....
» 19/08/2011 9:55:24 AM What better way to 'defend' marriage than include SSM in the mix. Marriage is about commit.....
» 19/08/2011 9:42:30 AM rehctub I cannot work out if you are purposely misconstruing my words or just misunderstan.....
» 19/08/2011 9:30:24 AM Anti Media releases originating from Communications Sections are often written by ex-journ.....
» 18/08/2011 11:07:15 AM Rather than crazy King Hazza your comment is probably the most accurate on this topic. Res.....
» 18/08/2011 11:00:25 AM rehctub you are big on the strawman arguments. "While I accept the GFC had a huge im.....
» 18/08/2011 10:52:44 AM Hasbeen The media is also responsible with the prevailing 'catch-you-out' mentality such a.....
» 18/08/2011 10:39:25 AM How soon we forget core and non-core promises. How soon we forget WorkChoices which was .....
» 18/08/2011 10:34:57 AM I am more amused by the fallacy that some posters believe vote-buying and pre-election cam.....
» 18/08/2011 10:31:20 AM Noisy Scrub Bird I agree it is about facing responsibilities and 'rights' are bestowed the.....
» 18/08/2011 10:20:40 AM Ammonite 'Atheist Chaplain' is an oxymoron but such a configuration (if possible) would dr.....
» 17/08/2011 9:25:25 AM Your knickers are showing Houlley, but I will bite. My only objection to the Communist la.....
» 17/08/2011 9:00:53 AM There would be as much moaning and whining from the pro-proselytisers should Atheist Chapl.....
» 17/08/2011 8:53:02 AM Now it is just getting irrational. "The feminist dream of children being raised by t.....
» 17/08/2011 8:49:00 AM Antiseptic While there is often little opportunity for public comment on some issues I can.....
» 16/08/2011 9:41:41 PM Children of divorced parents have fathers and mothers even if they do not live together. .....
» 16/08/2011 3:56:05 PM So the Gillard government is now to blame for the GFC. Really rehctub that is just party p.....
» 16/08/2011 3:43:43 PM Not sure I deserve the praise Ammonite but thank you for the positive comments. We do most.....
» 16/08/2011 3:34:00 PM It is a fake symbolism by one's peers especially given that jury selection is so contrived.....
» 16/08/2011 3:25:23 PM Ammonite No argument from me - I did not mean to fuel any particular viewpoint only to sa.....
» 16/08/2011 9:53:23 AM individual and SM My experience that every government that comes in on a promise to 'strea.....
» 16/08/2011 9:43:48 AM Ammonite Sexual preference shouldn't raise an eyebrow and in the future I believe it will .....
» 14/08/2011 3:06:11 PM Religion is a personal choice. It should not be forced onto children and families via Chap.....
» 14/08/2011 2:55:23 PM This is clearly bizarre. I am young enough to have watched Bert and Ernie and sexuality wa.....
» 14/08/2011 2:50:39 PM Just imagine how useful that stimulus package would have been with a fast train project th.....
» 14/08/2011 2:43:02 PM Shareholders can also have their shares compulsorily acquired ie. without consent where 90.....
» 14/08/2011 2:39:51 PM Tony Abbott has been wearing out just as much shoe leather debunking the Carbon Tax, a pol.....
» 14/08/2011 2:31:34 PM "As for your last paragraph, fine sentiments womem always say they want this then lob.....
» 14/08/2011 2:18:09 PM These allegations of bribery are not proven. While nothing is impossible, I find it diffic.....
» 12/08/2011 11:35:37 PM Youth in Australia don't all have a sense of entitlement and disparity is not only about u.....
» 11/08/2011 12:48:02 PM "None of these riots was as severe as the British ones, but what is the explanation f.....
» 11/08/2011 12:27:20 PM Possibly Houlley, but I stand by my belief that disparity is a strong contributor to unres.....
» 10/08/2011 7:48:30 PM Well we are in agreement in condemning the looney Left and Right. But you are hardly in th.....
» 10/08/2011 7:40:36 PM Houlley How can you make a judgement that Pericles is right - he has not said anything. N.....
» 10/08/2011 3:54:38 PM FS You don't need to waste your time on me - that is your choice. None of those links ha.....
» 10/08/2011 3:48:17 PM Another poster made an interesting point in response to the 'Bear' article. As well as the.....
» 10/08/2011 2:47:23 PM Pericles In the context of my entire post the Cronulla riots were indicative of a growing .....
» 10/08/2011 2:36:39 PM What would the importance of taking a snapshot of Australian society every few years? Th.....
» 9/08/2011 8:14:50 PM These riots and lootings are reminiscent of the Rodney King beating and repercussions in L.....
» 9/08/2011 8:07:47 PM Formersnag Your posts literally drip with intolerance if not hatred as such. I once asked.....
» 8/08/2011 11:57:02 PM On the face of it this new party does offer some new alternatives especially about the pro.....
» 8/08/2011 11:36:07 PM "Fatherless societies". How many were born of immaculate conception? Some of th.....
» 6/08/2011 2:23:01 PM That is one area Antiseptic and I are in agreement. It is difficult to break through the c.....
» 6/08/2011 2:07:28 PM Bazz The problems have started in the US but not the enlightenment as to 'why'. And not mu.....
» 5/08/2011 6:04:11 PM TRTL "Wouldn't it be fair to argue that this system is becoming more dysfunctional th.....
» 5/08/2011 5:25:44 PM Who would have thought that Dick Smith would be criticising the consumption/growth mentali.....
» 5/08/2011 5:08:49 PM The Department of Climate Change Annual Report does not appear to show how many employees .....
» 5/08/2011 4:51:20 PM Well it did not take long for this discussion to end up in a Christian fundamentalist extr.....
» 4/08/2011 11:47:42 AM This debate has fallen into the 'my science is better than your science' position. Even i.....
» 4/08/2011 11:14:10 AM Well put Hazza. There are more than 'two' sides to most debates and often that gets lost i.....
» 4/08/2011 10:54:52 AM There is not much disagreement about the growing failure in ethical reporting in the media.....
» 4/08/2011 10:17:58 AM Well said OUG. Conroy's comments are typical of the spin on both sides of politics. The A.....
» 4/08/2011 10:02:32 AM There are as many masculinists who rarely acknowledge problems facing women. The more radi.....
» 2/08/2011 10:19:29 PM dane Well at least we agree Marsh is drawing a long bow on the Norwegian analogy. "F.....
» 2/08/2011 9:58:47 PM Yes but I am talking about your posts SM. Yes we all hold biases and allegiances but I g.....
» 2/08/2011 9:46:03 PM Partisan ranting seems to be the political modus operandi, some of the worst offenders you.....
» 2/08/2011 9:15:37 PM Will SM ever post a thread criticising corruption or shenanigans within the Liberal/Nation.....
» 2/08/2011 9:13:33 PM Some of the comments on here leave one speechless. Gang membership is related to poverty,.....
» 2/08/2011 9:58:49 AM The ideal set-up is where 'responsible' biological parents are involved in the raising of .....
» 30/07/2011 4:40:59 PM LOL Hasbeen. Well Adelaide is in the middle and I thought it might make the WA residents .....
» 30/07/2011 4:36:16 PM Hi Yuyutsu "One's idea of God has no impact on the reality of God. God Himself is not.....
» 30/07/2011 4:26:01 PM "In a nutshell, Altman believes that doing good really is good for business." .....
» 29/07/2011 12:32:11 AM Canberra is a city not an entity. The taxes paid into general revenue come from all taxpay.....
» 29/07/2011 12:09:35 AM "We must realise that God is personal but is not a person, that we are not saved by b.....
» 28/07/2011 11:32:56 PM A class action based on what allegation? We have one poster complaining about the strictn.....
» 28/07/2011 11:13:36 PM "The over riding philosphy via environmentalism is that there are too many people on .....
» 28/07/2011 12:40:44 PM Anti "I suggest to you that under the pressure of dealines and so on many people beco.....
» 27/07/2011 6:31:09 PM There are two separate issues emerging here. The first in the idea that awareness campai.....
» 24/07/2011 7:42:30 PM Anti I do agree with the thrust of your comments about maternity leave but you can't seem .....
» 24/07/2011 3:32:02 PM Individual Public servants are not a homogenous group, many I have worked with are pro-Coa.....
» 24/07/2011 3:25:45 PM Parts of Monty Python are funny but I do find MP generally unfunny particularly the highly.....
» 24/07/2011 3:05:25 PM individual Those sorts of comments are counterproductive and do not add anything to the di.....
» 24/07/2011 3:00:41 PM The fact is bullying does go on but it is perhaps not as pervasive as responses to awarene.....
» 24/07/2011 10:51:29 AM This cartoon says it all: http://www.kudelka.com.au/2011/07/dont-ask/.....
» 24/07/2011 10:48:07 AM My husband was retrenched quite a few years ago in a mass reduction of staff from a large .....
» 24/07/2011 10:40:43 AM Oh well..if big business has said it, it must be so. C'mon rehctub you know better than .....
» 24/07/2011 10:37:04 AM Except that phone 'hacking' is illegal as I understand it and against privacy laws. Is any.....
» 24/07/2011 10:32:48 AM "..a rolling stone gathers no policies" Well it would appear Senator X has a lo.....
» 24/07/2011 10:30:36 AM Anti that comment says more about you than me. I concede that your own prejudices and broa.....
» 20/07/2011 10:58:49 AM Antiseptic makes a valid point, ignoring the usual negative rhetoric about women (and spen.....
» 19/07/2011 1:43:42 PM One can only imagine the fate of a would-be-whistleblower at News of the World. They would.....
» 19/07/2011 1:18:14 PM Australia's government is too big but that is not the same as wishing for small government.....
» 19/07/2011 1:06:50 PM Abbott is digging his own grave. Opposition is one thing but without policies it is just p.....
» 19/07/2011 12:58:13 PM I couldn't disagree more with this article. Having lived in Adelaide, with many friends s.....
» 16/07/2011 12:01:00 PM Good article Ken. Global citizenry is all very well but we are hardly citizens of the wor.....
» 16/07/2011 11:52:29 AM There have been some monumental stuff ups by Labor, mostly due to Rudd's pushy insistence .....
» 16/07/2011 11:42:29 AM MWPoynter "Sigh .... mate, with all due respect, why can't you understand that loggi.....
» 16/07/2011 11:17:25 AM The backlash against the Harry Potter books and films were quite intriguing. For a start t.....
» 14/07/2011 10:28:00 AM Excellent posts rstuart and morganzola. How many Liberal supports really believe that if .....
» 14/07/2011 10:18:23 AM "I have been very specific that I'm not suggesting that women are not more violent th.....
» 14/07/2011 10:09:19 AM JamesH I understand where you are coming from and there is no doubt some gender self-prote.....
» 14/07/2011 10:04:33 AM Anti If you go back over many threads on this issue there are swathes of comments declari.....
» 14/07/2011 12:19:14 AM MWPoynter It is not only logging reducing the area of land under forests there are other p.....
» 13/07/2011 11:45:36 PM It seems even women in the developing world are not spared the usual rhetoric around gende.....
» 13/07/2011 11:33:54 PM And there are no anti-female comments on these threads. More double standards. "I k.....
» 13/07/2011 11:31:45 PM RObert I am not oblivious to anti-male comments but they are rare - please show me an exam.....
» 12/07/2011 12:13:18 PM RObert I get a bit sick of the anti-female comments which you seem to think are non-exist.....
» 12/07/2011 11:53:19 AM "Of course, to displace Labor, the Greens will have to evolve more from hair-shirt we.....
» 12/07/2011 11:26:17 AM Muddy Boots Most Greens are not advocating the banning of forestry only that there is no i.....
» 12/07/2011 11:14:37 AM Antiseptic please tell me the difference between the 'sisterhood' and mateship or the pere.....
» 12/07/2011 10:57:04 AM That is the crux of the problem Ammonite the fear of reprisals should staff speak out on i.....
» 12/07/2011 10:45:59 AM A low carbon future has to include sustainable population policies as others have written......
» 11/07/2011 2:36:29 PM Anti and RObert To take Anti's point, I don't diminish the responsibilities of women at al.....
» 11/07/2011 2:27:51 PM Antiseptic No re-thinking, it is all in interpretation of what one has written. Perhaps .....
» 11/07/2011 12:13:03 AM PS: The Greens managed to secure a large amount of funding for renewables so that is a pos.....
» 11/07/2011 12:00:34 AM "Domestic Violence - ALL Australians say NO MORE" That is a good non-gender sp.....
» 10/07/2011 11:45:33 PM One commentator recently reported that the outcome is likely to be a Clayton's Tax and so .....
» 10/07/2011 11:24:04 PM Women do defend other women, so do men with other men, just look at this forum, far more m.....
» 10/07/2011 11:09:40 PM Here we go again. This continual insistence that women are more violent than men does not .....
» 9/07/2011 11:59:30 AM If you believe GetUp to be misrepresenting the forestry industry then you have equal right.....
» 9/07/2011 11:22:30 AM I agree with your position on this topic Ammonite. There is some sad irony that those tax.....
» 9/07/2011 11:01:49 AM It is not that all newspapers of this ilk be shut down but that the law ensures that crimi.....
» 9/07/2011 10:55:59 AM Justice for women is sadly lacking in the developing world with most inequities stemming f.....
» 7/07/2011 8:35:46 PM Alan Austin makes a valid point about Journalist Code of Ethics and the failure of news ou.....
» 7/07/2011 8:21:37 PM SM I always know when someone is insecure about their own position when their contribution.....
» 6/07/2011 11:05:55 PM James I don't see any evidence that women are more violent or more abusive than men. In fa.....
» 6/07/2011 10:53:47 PM Most Muslims came to this country to escape the worst facets of Sharia Law. In a recent th.....
» 6/07/2011 10:35:46 PM Yes a budget in surplus SOG but nothing spent on infrastructure. We seem to have one par.....
» 6/07/2011 10:24:01 PM Where is the evidence that as many women are guilty of domestic violence as men? I have no.....
» 6/07/2011 10:11:39 PM Labor was never going to ban live exports completely mores the pity - it was a knee jerk r.....
» 6/07/2011 10:04:12 PM Australia does not need to go down the nuclear path. There is limitless engery available i.....
» 5/07/2011 5:16:51 PM I am not sure domestic violence is always about gender hate, even though I can see in the .....
» 5/07/2011 4:56:53 PM individual You appear to be making as many generalisations and assumptions around gender a.....
» 5/07/2011 4:48:17 PM SOG The two-party system is dying because the fact is both parties exhibit a moral vaccuum.....
» 5/07/2011 4:36:34 PM SM "The local abattoirs prefer different breeds of cattle to those bred for live expo.....
» 2/07/2011 8:34:29 PM The job culture changes over time for many reasons including changes in policy. Although g.....
» 2/07/2011 2:01:27 PM Women are less represented in political life in Australia but how many have sought politic.....
» 2/07/2011 1:53:13 PM What do we mean by equality? Equality doesn't mean 50/50. There may be natural proclivitie.....
» 2/07/2011 1:30:42 PM Ammonite your post reminded me of my mother's great camp oven. It was a dark black metal p.....
» 1/07/2011 11:56:51 AM Yabby unfettered capitalism just doesn't work. How many GFCs does it take to draw those co.....
» 1/07/2011 11:40:47 AM If the business is running at a loss why look only to the income of the lowest paid? Wha.....
» 1/07/2011 11:27:50 AM I agree with the majority of comments made by stevenmeyer, Poirot, Squeers and Ammonite. P.....
» 1/07/2011 10:52:47 AM LEGO Many Greeks came to Australia in the 60s and 70s and worked hard as families to build.....
» 1/07/2011 10:43:47 AM The figures I read were not 400 jobs lost rehctub, but 140 full time jobs and 50 casual jo.....
» 30/06/2011 6:01:21 PM "Fathers' girlfriends abuse at a far lesser rate than mothers' boyfriends, presumably.....
» 29/06/2011 7:34:23 PM I don't think this approach would work in the context of which the author writes because i.....
» 29/06/2011 7:18:53 PM I used to wonder if that would be the better route too rehctub but changed my mind. Trou.....
» 29/06/2011 7:14:41 PM Grow your vegetables from seed. Invest in a cheap greenhouse stand so you can get spring/s.....
» 29/06/2011 7:06:44 PM Australia is becoming too focussed on personalities and less on policies. There is not muc.....
» 29/06/2011 7:00:28 PM All My post was not arguing for or against the plebiscite merely pointing out the waste if.....
» 26/06/2011 5:09:09 PM There are some great documentaries that have already been mentioned. I too am a fan of Mic.....
» 26/06/2011 4:57:23 PM Poirot your post reminded me of the Kevin Spacey film 'Pay it Forward' whereby the giver o.....
» 26/06/2011 4:45:13 PM What is the point of a plebiscite if Tony Abbot is going to ignore it should the majority .....
» 26/06/2011 4:36:19 PM ""Honey, if you go shopping for those clothes, I won't sleep with you for a mont.....
» 26/06/2011 10:57:56 AM There are very few imposed gender roles anymore given that everyone has access to a wide v.....
» 17/06/2011 8:13:03 PM It is interesting to compare some of the small differences in cultures - Australians by na.....
» 17/06/2011 7:55:07 PM JayB I am sure your eccentricity endears you to your family and friends? :) GG is unfortu.....
» 17/06/2011 7:43:58 PM Some of the above comments are really out of order. Women and men can be violated in simil.....
» 17/06/2011 7:33:46 PM Ammonite is spot on. It was six years ago and it was a silly thing to do given Latham had .....
» 17/06/2011 7:28:27 PM morganzola Yes it is a pity that among some of the good stuff being put forward, there is .....
» 15/06/2011 2:24:35 AM morganzola As a Green vote I have to say I liked Katter on Q&A the other night. As much as.....
» 15/06/2011 2:11:42 AM "It is not unreasonable to argue that some men do hate women & Vice versa." Ja.....
» 14/06/2011 12:17:02 AM No Yabby you just disagree with them. There are a lot of people who disagree with you. Th.....
» 13/06/2011 9:23:27 PM Aaah... still sticking to ad hominen debating tactics Yabby. While I understand it is diff.....
» 13/06/2011 9:18:09 PM You have to remember the era in which she was born and put her views in context. I disagre.....
» 13/06/2011 8:57:35 PM "By the way Pelican, you really should get out of Canberra a bit more often, to see .....
» 13/06/2011 6:03:03 PM individual I don't know why you think I support the mismanagement of the ALP on pink batts.....
» 13/06/2011 5:46:18 PM KerryAnne The Inquiry is to go ahead as these news reports indicate. http://www.canberra.....
» 13/06/2011 5:28:35 PM If PTBI believes the way animals were slaughtered and treated on the program was humane th.....
» 13/06/2011 5:09:53 PM "If you're worried about losing Labor voters to The Australia Part, have no fear. For.....
» 13/06/2011 3:48:47 AM "Pelican, you go ahead and talk about the Australian Party without any idea of what i.....
» 12/06/2011 11:47:00 PM ChrisPer We may disagree but I refute the assumption that there is any hatred or notions o.....
» 12/06/2011 3:26:45 PM That site is a bit OTT Arjay. Have you seen the other stuff in relation to Mayan calendars.....
» 12/06/2011 12:11:47 PM Do you guys really think our society would be better off with greater gun ownership? Is th.....
» 12/06/2011 12:02:07 PM Wow KerryAnne you have put a lot of work into that other forum. Yabby is only protecting.....
» 12/06/2011 11:32:23 AM Is the author's argument that because we eat animals it gives us the right to treat them c.....
» 12/06/2011 11:24:56 AM Threats to officials and politicians are not unusual. It is surprising how common it is, s.....
» 12/06/2011 11:16:20 AM "Some women do lie about a lot of things in family custody disputes (as do some men)&.....
» 12/06/2011 10:51:53 AM Well put Otokonoko and morganzola. If the issue has been nothing but a ripple in the Indo.....
» 10/06/2011 10:16:56 PM It is the psyche that is built up around guns and the culture it instils. Guns that can no.....
» 10/06/2011 5:56:24 PM Pericles, many people have offered ways of limiting population in a free society. They ha.....
» 10/06/2011 5:35:35 PM Spot on Kellie. Based on current exit-strategy criteria, allied forces would be in Afghan.....
» 10/06/2011 5:28:59 PM Houlley You are younger. I can (just) remember what it was like when there were earlier pu.....
» 10/06/2011 11:02:27 AM RObert There are not any Men's Groups that I can find that say anything positive about wom.....
» 10/06/2011 10:43:08 AM The media has had trouble gaining access to Serco establishments for a while and governmen.....
» 10/06/2011 10:32:30 AM Is Mise I don't think Suze was arguing that guns should not be used in war. Most of us can.....
» 10/06/2011 10:25:57 AM Women have been the sole carers of children so it is not surprising that child abuse stati.....
» 9/06/2011 5:43:47 PM That is extremely sexist Hasbeen. What 'they' wanted - you make it sound like a conspiracy.....
» 9/06/2011 5:36:17 PM Transparency should always be the goal, that is not in dispute. The AVOs are only half t.....
» 9/06/2011 1:21:41 PM Yes they would SM but what is your point. Your arguments are similar to some religious fan.....
» 9/06/2011 1:10:21 PM "So, when a feminist advocacy group exagerates, it's to help the cause of victims, wh.....
» 9/06/2011 9:57:41 AM Perhaps Ellis was not lying and believes it. I think there are women (some with help from .....
» 9/06/2011 12:43:47 AM Does anyone remember Kerry O'Brien? And I don't mean ABC Kerry but the former Shadow Minis.....
» 9/06/2011 12:30:44 AM Houlley You are quite capable of explaining KPIs as anyone. Don't drag me into your manipu.....
» 9/06/2011 12:09:13 AM Looks like the internet has opened up a whole new market for lawyers. It is only defamatio.....
» 8/06/2011 5:44:07 PM It will all depend on final policies. So far all that has been reported about the Australi.....
» 8/06/2011 5:24:09 PM The 'nuclear connection'. A good title for a conspiracy movie. There was an 'if' in that .....
» 8/06/2011 12:05:00 PM I have no issue with governments being held to account - that is a job for the voters as w.....
» 7/06/2011 4:34:00 PM Houlley How did my words portray any satisfaction with the current government? The governm.....
» 7/06/2011 4:26:47 PM Houlley Trade can and often does benefit workers in poorer countries but only if the agree.....
» 7/06/2011 3:56:56 PM One might draw conclusions from high incarceration rates and relate this to mismanaged eco.....
» 7/06/2011 3:20:01 PM Kim Beazley was very likeable but suffered from the same condition of many modern politici.....
» 7/06/2011 2:59:40 PM It doesn't have to be all one or the other. The term 'free' trade is a furphy. There is n.....
» 5/06/2011 7:17:31 PM rstuart You are right My Schools is based on academic results not subjective opinons, I wa.....
» 3/06/2011 12:30:24 AM I also concur with the author's stance. " This theme asks artists to “look beyond ob.....
» 3/06/2011 12:11:01 AM SM For once I have to agree. This is an unusual situation where the plight of animals whil.....
» 2/06/2011 11:52:05 PM Well put Poirot. Fact is bad behaviour should have consequences no matter if it is atroci.....
» 2/06/2011 11:43:54 PM Jewely I wouldn't worry. This is the same as the Commonwealth set-up, nothing new there fo.....
» 2/06/2011 11:32:13 PM No need to worry Pat. The Conservative, free-market, globalisation pushing right wing is w.....
» 2/06/2011 11:28:30 PM Dear Col At the risk of going over old ground :), education does not change the nature o.....
» 2/06/2011 5:46:53 PM Quantum While I don't like being around smoke filled rooms, it is a bit harsh to call peop.....
» 2/06/2011 5:39:11 PM Col The ALP stopped being a socialist party eons ago. Equalisation and levelling is hardly.....
» 2/06/2011 5:34:26 PM Well LEGO if it wasn't for whining about due process we would be living in dictatorships. .....
» 1/06/2011 8:39:24 PM I don't know Abby Winters, haven't watched porn for a long time. The real thing will alway.....
» 1/06/2011 8:16:03 PM Hazza My points relates more to America than Australia. However, Australia is an ally in t.....
» 1/06/2011 7:55:00 PM One of the problems with Australian politics is to see issues purely in terms of Left and .....
» 1/06/2011 3:36:59 PM Hazza The US was remiss in it's own judicial process that was and is the only point. While.....
» 1/06/2011 3:24:33 PM I doubt it is about permission Yabby and Houlley. Why would it be? There is no doubt Gail.....
» 1/06/2011 3:00:40 PM Despite himself, Hicks has became a poster boy because of failure of due process. You don.....
» 1/06/2011 2:44:53 PM The burka did not stop rape in Kosovo or Bosnia. Rape is illegal and those perpetrators in.....
» 1/06/2011 2:32:41 PM Fact is smoking has been legal for so long one can imagine the outcry if there was a call .....
» 1/06/2011 2:20:05 PM Animal cruelty and particularly live exports are not flavour of the month, the issue has a.....
» 1/06/2011 2:10:41 PM This will be just as time wasting as the My Schools website for the very reasons Allied pr.....
» 31/05/2011 10:34:16 AM I am not sure if this is satire. Why does the State have to involve itself in matchmaking?.....
» 31/05/2011 10:22:19 AM Define political funding? A group of people funding their own Ad is not anti-democracy and.....
» 31/05/2011 10:16:37 AM Bad editing on my part. Should have read "actions are what count"......
» 31/05/2011 10:15:54 AM Most 'greenies' I know are not like this SM but then where I live there is no inner city a.....
» 31/05/2011 9:54:28 AM You are such a pot stirrer Houlley. What about families which are mostly made up of men, .....
» 31/05/2011 9:50:25 AM There has been balanced debate overall it is only becoming aggressive in some aspects beca.....
» 31/05/2011 9:40:14 AM Houlley It is freedom of speech no doubt, we can all make up our own minds on various issu.....
» 31/05/2011 9:27:36 AM The popularity of Wikileaks is due in part to the failure of mainstream media to investiga.....
» 30/05/2011 11:03:23 PM My misunderstanding. Was just told (and Houlley confirms) the Ad was not government sponso.....
» 30/05/2011 8:29:21 PM "But the proportion of jobs with good conditions (non-monetary) available to women wi.....
» 30/05/2011 8:20:01 PM Well someone was going to start a thread on this topic. Never thought it would be a Houlle.....
» 30/05/2011 3:33:40 PM Well I disagree Houlley, Chaplains are not the only way schools can provide support to kid.....
» 30/05/2011 3:15:47 PM "But where are women going to be if the jobs with good conditions get swamped by men .....
» 30/05/2011 2:48:21 PM OUG The proof will be in the results as you say. It is difficult to predict if plain packa.....
» 30/05/2011 2:38:11 PM runner There is no dispute about the increase sexualisation of children in the media and t.....
» 30/05/2011 12:32:29 PM Houlley "I'd like to see them tripple the pay for nursing, then the male workers woul.....
» 30/05/2011 12:28:10 PM It seems not all Liberals are with Abbott on plain packaging. http://www.abc.net.au/news/.....
» 30/05/2011 12:16:27 PM runner That is an appallingly ignorant comment. While I don't think for one minute you tru.....
» 27/05/2011 4:16:49 PM Online shopping certainly opens up opportunities for rural dwellers and in cities it is al.....
» 27/05/2011 3:50:13 PM Otokonoko Thank you for that interesting lesson about Lumen Gentium, something of which I .....
» 26/05/2011 11:39:35 PM Crabsy makes a good point. It could be argued the Church has always been about relativis.....
» 26/05/2011 10:55:47 AM Houlley The only posters who ever go on about 'men's evil nature' seems to be men. Howard .....
» 26/05/2011 10:46:02 AM With respect Peter, I think you are still missing the point. Inclusiveness is not about 'm.....
» 26/05/2011 10:36:44 AM Some of Gail Dines' comments on Q&A the other night have been misrepresented. In response .....
» 26/05/2011 10:16:15 AM Cont/.... Islamophobia is fuelled by what is seen to be the norms of Muslim practice. Man.....
» 26/05/2011 10:15:06 AM Why is it when an Australian of Middle Eastern origin commits a crime his/her religion bec.....
» 26/05/2011 9:50:55 AM Interesting Yabby. I don't like reading from a computer screen for larger documents and bo.....
» 26/05/2011 9:47:22 AM Belly I don't think you are being fair. I expect a pavlovian defensive response from Houll.....
» 25/05/2011 11:11:41 AM Did anyone expect O'Farrell to impress? You won't get much difference in essentials given .....
» 25/05/2011 11:02:48 AM Attitudes about women in some of these countries are negative and all too pervasive. In re.....
» 25/05/2011 10:51:41 AM Well it is the nature of politics. Never let the facts get in the way of a good hate campa.....
» 23/05/2011 11:14:32 PM The Irish conflict was more about colonialism than religion but the stark religious differ.....
» 23/05/2011 11:00:50 PM Once apon a time murder was a life sentence no matter the status of the victim. Whatever h.....
» 23/05/2011 10:58:14 PM "Still under the false impression that shooting people who disagree with you is moral.....
» 23/05/2011 11:11:47 AM A good summary of the FWA decision. Gender may play a role in some industries but correl.....
» 23/05/2011 10:51:20 AM Guilt is probably more a women thing Pericles, at least as applies to the past in relation.....
» 23/05/2011 10:07:32 AM Saltpetre Thank you for loving Atheists. :) I love you too. In fact many people don't thi.....
» 20/05/2011 11:10:53 AM Yuyutsu I don't see any venom towards religious people. Disagreement is not venom. Many .....
» 20/05/2011 10:57:57 AM BPT " I have little time for atheists who stalk and seek out Christians and other sel.....
» 20/05/2011 10:42:35 AM "It will be difficult to change that cultural mind set because it is based on fear no.....
» 20/05/2011 10:37:54 AM Graham The sample group of 268 people is not big enough to make conclusions about atrophy .....
» 20/05/2011 10:21:02 AM Now I understand why some people believe the population can just keep growing if they perc.....
» 19/05/2011 10:06:33 AM Absolutely Ammonite and governments of all colours are intent on selling off all public as.....
» 19/05/2011 10:04:53 AM And your comment well illustrates the meaning of those posts runner. It is deceptive to .....
» 19/05/2011 9:45:18 AM Hey what a great idea Grim. (If only).....
» 19/05/2011 9:40:32 AM I agree with you about Assange CHERFUL. That is another situation that will be difficult t.....
» 19/05/2011 9:21:17 AM "I think hating God in this way is far preferable to losing interest in the question .....
» 18/05/2011 11:36:01 PM In that context though csteele what would characterise a Sharia Law contract from any othe.....
» 18/05/2011 11:28:27 PM Aime and Arjay have echoed my thoughts. Belly the ALP have the potential to do so much mo.....
» 18/05/2011 11:10:05 PM BPT Do you really not understand any of the points made about pushing a one-side agenda in.....
» 18/05/2011 6:02:02 PM "I will add the powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commission to inte.....
» 18/05/2011 5:51:03 PM Pericles and csteele you both make some robust and valid points worth thinking about more .....
» 18/05/2011 3:41:17 PM Yes but how do you change the cultrual mindset Jocelynne. I am not sure education is the k.....
» 18/05/2011 3:04:05 PM BPT Atheists are not the ones pushing their 'Chaplains' into the school system nor advocat.....
» 18/05/2011 2:55:33 PM csteele The post was potentially a flaming torch. There is always a risk when criticising.....
» 17/05/2011 7:48:12 PM It should be noted that many Muslims are strongly against the imposition of Sharia Law. I .....
» 17/05/2011 2:56:57 PM So Custard you want to aspire to the attitudes and behaviours of barbarians?.....
» 17/05/2011 2:53:11 PM But nobody is arguing for Christians to be thrown to the lions Yuyutsu. That is an absurd .....
» 17/05/2011 2:45:40 PM Thanks Bugsy. Commonsense has prevailed......
» 17/05/2011 2:39:51 PM And people in this modern age still question the advantages of secularism and question why.....
» 17/05/2011 2:18:33 PM What about the many Christians who think climate change is real. I have not read any artic.....
» 17/05/2011 11:02:53 AM Climate change is not a religious belief. If we are going to reduce all policy to religio.....
» 17/05/2011 10:57:26 AM I don't disagree with much of that Yabby. People do make unwise choices at times and I am .....
» 17/05/2011 10:42:33 AM What is the point of this article. It merely reminds us rather stridently, that people are.....
» 17/05/2011 10:29:01 AM It never ends does it, these sort of articles pushing the line that separation of Church a.....
» 16/05/2011 11:19:43 PM http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8249327/harbour-bridge-protester-vows-more-stunts htt.....
» 16/05/2011 10:56:28 PM Good news tonight Thinker2 about the increase in the lowly wages of community workers......
» 16/05/2011 10:55:29 PM Well I am not going down our well worn path about globalisation Yabby, the benefits of glo.....
» 16/05/2011 10:47:19 PM Not a poor little thing at all Yabby - that is your perception. Relaying my own experience.....
» 16/05/2011 5:42:51 PM Yes Belly, thank you, I am not sure what set him off this time. I am not sure how continui.....
» 16/05/2011 3:12:22 PM Fair enough Yabby. My utopia involves governments supporting the framework that allows pe.....
» 16/05/2011 2:57:23 PM Squeers I don't know Yuyutsu. He/she may not assume to 'know' otherwise it would not be fa.....
» 16/05/2011 2:46:31 PM Wow I must be evil. Fancy opposing polygamy which has historically meant huge disadvantage.....
» 16/05/2011 2:37:57 PM Except when it comes to farming and business subsidies Yabby hey.... :).....
» 16/05/2011 2:34:15 PM I did work it out myself Yabby but it was a hard slog and some assistance would have made .....
» 16/05/2011 2:18:22 PM Peter Hume That's a bit rich accusing me of getting personal. Are you so blind you cannot .....
» 16/05/2011 10:36:38 AM Even if torture had led the US troops to Osama bin Laden it does not justify it's use. The.....
» 16/05/2011 10:19:54 AM Thinker2 What can I say, we are on the same wavelength and I totally agree with your summa.....
» 16/05/2011 10:16:51 AM The ALP has really lost its way over the past decade. "The biggest barrier is not th.....
» 16/05/2011 10:03:23 AM Yuyutsu Well I respect your views even though we differ on what gives life meaning. Much o.....
» 15/05/2011 10:46:13 PM Peter Hume You are becoming quite obsessive in your stalking behaviours. What are you ta.....
» 15/05/2011 4:38:38 PM It is cetainly possible steven. There may even be common demographic factors which contrib.....
» 15/05/2011 4:31:16 PM Interesting concept Arjay. I listened to the link twice and don't understand what one has .....
» 15/05/2011 4:10:56 PM In my youth I used to think a one-world religion would ensure peace on earth and goodwill .....
» 15/05/2011 4:00:14 PM It is foolhardy to blame the media alone for the demise of substance although they play a .....
» 15/05/2011 3:50:41 PM The statistics certainly demand some sort of investigation particularly into the use of th.....
» 15/05/2011 3:42:40 PM SM In the article you linked to, the reporter notes Costello did the same thing 10 years a.....
» 14/05/2011 3:00:59 PM Difficult one SM and I understand your POV. However, many times authorities don't listen.....
» 14/05/2011 2:55:16 PM Not having seen the programme I cannot really comment on content. However, if there was an.....
» 12/05/2011 6:53:56 PM One of the ironies of feminism is that the single mother continues to be stigmatised while.....
» 12/05/2011 6:41:23 PM Yabby Foreign policies do have an impact on the growth of terrorism and on poverty, econom.....
» 12/05/2011 10:55:10 AM Well put Arjay and James O'Neill. The real war on terror has to start at home with an emp.....
» 12/05/2011 10:45:06 AM This Budget has some good measures around training and skills but still fails on reducing .....
» 12/05/2011 10:26:25 AM Absolutely right Ludwig. There is no longer term planning for the end of the mining and re.....
» 12/05/2011 10:20:22 AM There was a report years ago demonstrating money allocated to supporting single parents wa.....
» 10/05/2011 11:41:27 AM It is what one expects from the Chinese Government. The censorship by the US in dictating.....
» 10/05/2011 9:11:27 AM Yuyutsu You make an excellent point about the positive spin off effects in combatting gree.....
» 10/05/2011 12:42:14 AM Mmmmm...Suze, Poirot and Loudmouth The thought of a nurturing loving Mother Earth does sou.....
» 9/05/2011 7:37:40 PM It is all in how the sludge is treated. Heating at extremely high temperatures sterilises .....
» 9/05/2011 7:32:24 PM Yuyutsu "Whether or not the Earth will survive (a bit longer) is not anywhere as impo.....
» 9/05/2011 3:10:10 PM In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, pride was perceived and portrayed as an indicator of.....
» 9/05/2011 2:49:18 PM Suzeonline well put. It is not a difficult concept - protecting the environment and aiming.....
» 7/05/2011 3:18:09 PM No circular arguments Peter. So you do support a double standard in the scenario of the ac.....
» 7/05/2011 3:10:21 PM Houlley No, I don't live in Sydney and have been married for 25 years so maybe am out of t.....
» 7/05/2011 1:19:38 PM Shockadelic "What do you do in Atheist class? Sit quietly and not believe stuff?".....
» 7/05/2011 1:13:55 PM Poirot Your experience is not an isolated case. Some teachings have very little to do wi.....
» 6/05/2011 1:36:13 PM "I don’t agree with penalizing anyone for prostitution. I’m pro-choice on everything,.....
» 6/05/2011 9:25:24 AM This subject is a bit of a furphy. Animals are mainly euthanased to avoid a painful death......
» 6/05/2011 9:03:34 AM Shockadelic "And now it's your turn." How so? How is the argument for SRI as a .....
» 5/05/2011 5:50:26 PM Interesting question Houlley. Further to the response by Chrys Stevenson perhaps it also .....
» 5/05/2011 5:40:50 PM "But that is not an “exception”. It’s a total negation of what you just said. You ARE.....
» 5/05/2011 5:35:32 PM Nobody, man or woman wants to marry a homeless beggar. Using extremes really means your mi.....
» 5/05/2011 2:12:28 PM "In other words you DO support imprisoning men for prostitution for no other reason t.....
» 5/05/2011 12:22:22 PM SRI opponents are not denying kids their cultural heritage, they are simply saying it shou.....
» 5/05/2011 12:15:43 PM BPT Groupthink is not confined to proponents of multiculturalism. Perhaps Heath parrots th.....
» 5/05/2011 11:57:49 AM PS Houlley Regarding the male shortage, the opposite is true in some of those mining towns.....
» 5/05/2011 11:51:16 AM "That man shortage complaint is real. There are many women in their early 30s and bey.....
» 5/05/2011 11:25:27 AM The fact that the founder of Inspire was an advisor to Paul Keating is not relevant. Many .....
» 5/05/2011 10:57:00 AM Perhaps shockadelic and Mr Ward can explain why RI has to take place in schools and not as.....
» 5/05/2011 10:40:54 AM Otokonoko I liked the pilot excuse as well. The fact is it is inexperienced pilots that wo.....
» 5/05/2011 10:22:14 AM Women I think, don’t like the idea of prostitution because they don’t like to imagine thei.....
» 5/05/2011 10:19:19 AM Well a chat and coffee with a friend is probably better than a social worker in many cases.....
» 4/05/2011 5:15:02 PM Interesting melanie. That Lifestyle show is coming up by the looks - will watch if if I am.....
» 4/05/2011 3:14:53 PM It was all about oil no doubht including a degree of revenge for 9/11 and the influence of.....
» 4/05/2011 3:11:09 PM SM FWA existed under a Howard led Government it was just called the Workplace Ombudsman. S.....
» 4/05/2011 2:22:08 PM BPT "I’m sure you’ll recover. By the way how did Red Russia turn out? Just curious.&q.....
» 4/05/2011 9:48:02 AM Nick You don't see any aggression on the part of anti-secularists? What is militant abo.....
» 4/05/2011 9:41:43 AM Fair enough RObert, I agree we shouldn't get bogged down but I do think you were misreadin.....
» 4/05/2011 9:09:45 AM Arjay History reveals that often truth is stranger than fiction and aything is possible. .....
» 4/05/2011 8:44:50 AM For someone who is opposed to toxic rhetoric this article was full of it. Militant atheis.....
» 4/05/2011 12:24:03 AM That is a broad generalisation as you acknowledge. Gen Y is certainly a different culture .....
» 4/05/2011 12:17:09 AM Yeah Philo, there are many Iraqis with family members killed by allied forces who might th.....
» 4/05/2011 12:12:08 AM thinker 2 You can still make a claim with FWA via a signed Statutory Declaration that you .....
» 4/05/2011 12:08:11 AM The ALP does not fund unions, it is the other way around. I normally disagree with MPOYNT.....
» 4/05/2011 12:01:01 AM Peter Hume "Do you support anyone being punished for participating in prostitution?&q.....
» 3/05/2011 11:40:44 PM Yabby Of course it is complex chemistry. Everything about the human animal is of the natur.....
» 3/05/2011 5:45:55 PM Well women are equally sick of being painted as evil manipulators, as fickle and guilty of.....
» 3/05/2011 5:33:44 PM Houlley What about the men who are seeking a wife who would like to stay at home and rais.....
» 3/05/2011 5:11:45 PM Ammonite It is one thing to be relieved at the death of an evil person and entirely anothe.....
» 3/05/2011 4:55:59 PM Thank you for your input Sam Jandwich. (Great name) I am clearly distinguishing between c.....
» 3/05/2011 2:09:50 PM Belly My trust in those other nations you mention are even less. One does not discount the.....
» 3/05/2011 9:33:07 AM Yes it is somtimes difficult to swallow what is served up as news by governments through t.....
» 3/05/2011 9:16:15 AM Well I am a glutton for punishment. Yabby It is the men who are taking this article perso.....
» 3/05/2011 9:03:40 AM Yabby You can hardly claim to look at things from another perspective given you rarely ste.....
» 3/05/2011 8:56:57 AM Al Qaeda is not a homogenous group. It is not have an org chart with tiered levels of mana.....
» 3/05/2011 8:40:59 AM Reducing dependency on coal is not a bad aim in the long term. How do you know what all ta.....
» 2/05/2011 6:58:51 PM sonofgloin It is no secret that the 'war on terror' was forged on false claims about WMDs .....
» 2/05/2011 6:37:46 PM Well that's me, I think I have had about my full of female hate fests and victim blaming s.....
» 2/05/2011 5:15:34 PM RObert I agree neither should be prosecuted or both. Yes Paul McCartney is indicative of.....
» 2/05/2011 5:07:57 PM In countries where there is poverty the need for a man to look after you is part of surviv.....
» 2/05/2011 5:01:11 PM The death of Osama bin Laden does not mean the end of terrorism. The impact of his death w.....
» 2/05/2011 4:53:54 PM For a change I am also in agreement with Cheryl. There is no point in continually exacerba.....
» 2/05/2011 2:52:49 PM Prostitutes who work at the lower end of the industry are more vulnerable to attack, drug .....
» 2/05/2011 2:29:56 PM 'I don't like it works pretty well in all sorts of areas. Public nudity, public sex, polyg.....
» 2/05/2011 9:45:38 AM Fact is homosexuals do not have the choice to marry. It is taken away from them even if th.....
» 2/05/2011 9:39:16 AM Yabby I did not claim to speak for all women stating clearly 'women I am acquainted with'......
» 1/05/2011 11:24:49 AM Surely when two people have sex both parties are aware of the risk of pregnancy? The fact .....
» 1/05/2011 11:06:37 AM It is possible to be a Republic and still enjoy the spectacle of the Royals. The Americans.....
» 1/05/2011 11:04:13 AM LEGO The case for same-sex marriage assumes a consensual agreement and the principle of 'n.....
» 30/04/2011 6:16:03 PM FS Well I feel sorry for you that the only women you have known have led you to the conclu.....
» 30/04/2011 12:55:10 PM The 'good grief' was at FS. vanna might have an aversion to women in certain roles but he.....
» 30/04/2011 12:53:51 PM Is Mise Surprisingly even the younger Christians my children associate with have no issue .....
» 30/04/2011 8:03:28 AM Well I confess I had to watch the big entrance of Kate Middleton into the Abbey and to see.....
» 30/04/2011 7:56:35 AM Well put sauropod. " The 'no' case needs to explain how gay marriage will similarly .....
» 30/04/2011 7:51:00 AM According to recent reports about the ALP conference it does appear that the ALP is well a.....
» 29/04/2011 6:39:17 PM Good grief......
» 29/04/2011 3:49:00 PM vanna That just is not true. Back in the day teachers used to be all male, in fact secret.....
» 29/04/2011 10:04:50 AM James H "The masculist movement or what ever would never have existed if feminism had.....
» 29/04/2011 9:50:08 AM What are Labor values? The traditional values have changed since the emphasis on working c.....
» 29/04/2011 9:33:32 AM Overusing a word can often change its meaning in the broader social sense. Resilience is a.....
» 29/04/2011 9:24:40 AM vanna Well I did offer a different perspective that you have ignored and asked why should .....
» 29/04/2011 9:12:36 AM "Freedom is not the ability to become like other people, freedom is the ability to be.....
» 28/04/2011 12:08:31 PM "Do we still commonly have latchkey kids Pelican? It’s something I haven’t thought ab.....
» 28/04/2011 12:01:28 PM Despite some back tracking on SM's original claims I believe the intent of the post was no.....
» 28/04/2011 11:39:44 AM Much better thank you. :).....
» 27/04/2011 7:44:09 PM vanna Perhaps before you accuse someone of bigotry you should do some self-examination. Yo.....
» 27/04/2011 5:52:25 PM There has always been shiftworkers the difference is that we have now become 'working fami.....
» 27/04/2011 5:42:12 PM "1 That the values of the Labor leadership differ significantly from those espoused b.....
» 27/04/2011 12:32:31 AM There is a difference between intelligence and information gathered. The projections, thre.....
» 27/04/2011 12:07:42 AM SM Well, sadily I have read your posts I just disagree with your assertions that ALP polit.....
» 26/04/2011 7:40:54 PM It is a pity some of the more higher profile Christians do not reflect some of the values .....
» 26/04/2011 7:31:23 PM C'mon girls vanna loves women. The love and warmth verily seeps from every sweet dulcet to.....
» 26/04/2011 7:25:01 PM SM Despite your response I stand by my last statement. Whether you are accusing the ALP of.....
» 24/04/2011 2:53:19 PM SM You obviously did not read or understand my post. Where is "Ra Ra ALP" even i.....
» 24/04/2011 1:39:42 PM Please don't take offence Belly. I know there are hard working union reps like you poundin.....
» 24/04/2011 12:49:14 PM This is scraping the bottom of the barrell even for SM. To attempt to align ALP policy wit.....
» 24/04/2011 12:27:27 PM Thanks for the link StG The war is like watching a game of monopoly or chess being played .....
» 24/04/2011 12:12:40 PM There is always the complaints process at Fair Work Australia. http://www.fwa.gov.au/ T.....
» 21/04/2011 11:50:27 AM Only six years csteele. Seems much longer. Hitchens would be among my favourites along wi.....
» 21/04/2011 11:06:48 AM "Thriving" by whose definition. If you are judging purely within an economic gro.....
» 20/04/2011 11:33:47 PM Statistics only tell us the numbers, they don't inform about the why? What about women wh.....
» 20/04/2011 3:15:14 PM The difficulties with this debate is the tendency to reduce it to a pessimissm vs optimism.....
» 20/04/2011 11:25:25 AM rehctub I am well aware of the IR legislation and award provisions in that industry. Often.....
» 20/04/2011 11:14:23 AM Where I live there are many weekend surcharges in place within the hopsitality industry. .....
» 19/04/2011 12:28:49 PM Not really that sensitive about the public service Yabby, only about people who make gener.....
» 19/04/2011 10:17:42 AM TBC and Ammonite you have echoed the thoughts and feelings of many people disillusioned wi.....
» 19/04/2011 10:09:00 AM Australia has currently the highest rate of workforce participation and the lowest unemplo.....
» 19/04/2011 10:05:44 AM There is some irony in idea of deporting convicts to Britain. While I hold no sympathy fo.....
» 19/04/2011 9:47:59 AM Will pick up a book based on your recommendation csteele. Fostering ignorance has always .....
» 19/04/2011 9:41:02 AM rehctub You guys are speaking nonsense - what a lot of arrogant testosteronial bluster. Be.....
» 19/04/2011 12:13:09 AM Hasbeen don't take my word for it go and speak to those in the hospitality industry. Do so.....
» 18/04/2011 6:52:03 PM Yeah life is full of trade-offs and sacrifices. People who go on about 'having it all' a.....
» 18/04/2011 6:27:25 PM Hasbeen It is nice to be in agreement on some issues. :) "Sorry I can't agree with s.....
» 18/04/2011 6:20:47 PM Yabby You are the one bleating. Agriculture is a different sort of business. I can tell y.....
» 18/04/2011 11:50:24 AM rehctub "Now that's where you're wrong. You don't get charged extra for a coffee on S.....
» 17/04/2011 3:23:34 PM rehctub I would have to agree about superannuation being paid for backpackers and short te.....
» 17/04/2011 3:18:39 PM Most workplaces don't trade or open seven days a week. School is from Mon-Fri so if an emp.....
» 17/04/2011 3:09:47 PM Funding to medical science benefits everyone and when one considers the funding given to s.....
» 17/04/2011 2:55:44 PM My feelings too Poirot. There is no substance on either side of politics and certainly ver.....
» 16/04/2011 10:09:17 AM Parents who stay at home don't register on the government radar much probably because they.....
» 15/04/2011 6:08:38 PM " This is the pontificating stage, which I find has many so-called visionaries and an.....
» 15/04/2011 5:38:17 PM Houlley, I don't believe Wilkie to be an egoist. Certainly no more than anyone else. An e.....
» 15/04/2011 5:32:05 PM "Ooh pelican you know you get me excited when you use words like 'incentivization'.&q.....
» 15/04/2011 2:45:06 PM It is an interesting proposition Peter. But how would you prove an economic theory using s.....
» 15/04/2011 2:21:14 PM Thanks for the link Lexi. The treatment of Kessing is something governments should use as .....
» 14/04/2011 11:10:14 PM Peter It depends on one's view of human nature and political ideology which will shape eit.....
» 14/04/2011 4:17:36 PM "Has it ever occurred to you that the ascendancy of corporatism is *because of* the o.....
» 14/04/2011 12:31:40 PM http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/04/04/3181209.htm The above link is an interview.....
» 14/04/2011 12:24:39 PM The Carbon Tax is a joke partly because of what you raise Squeers. The idea that you can t.....
» 13/04/2011 1:30:51 PM Apparently now the naughty corner is to be banned in child care centres. It is getting a b.....
» 13/04/2011 1:20:43 PM The DOD has been a 'rogue' department for too long with many senior officers acting as if .....
» 13/04/2011 1:06:20 PM Squeers is right about stereotypes. Generally if we look at women and men as less than ind.....
» 13/04/2011 12:51:47 PM Lexi My sense is attitudes towards Asians has vastly improved but is not perfect given the.....
» 13/04/2011 12:41:34 PM Maybe we should not be telling our children, boys and girls, that they can do anything. Th.....
» 12/04/2011 10:59:19 AM Good idea Poirot. Some good posts so far. I like men, but I don't always get them. There.....
» 12/04/2011 10:19:11 AM Houlley I can't tell if you're joking. The scenario does not have to be so black and whit.....
» 11/04/2011 6:51:42 PM Great article Peter. Keep up the good work of defending whistleblowers wherever they are. .....
» 11/04/2011 6:45:43 PM Thanks for bringing the book to our attention RObert. If it is as close to reality as you .....
» 11/04/2011 6:29:15 PM " I'm with pelican, they should do a health and safety audit on that one." You .....
» 11/04/2011 2:56:25 PM No argument that the girl was very foolish, but people aren't going around now supposing a.....
» 11/04/2011 11:03:05 AM Houlley "You chicks crack me up when you take vanna on. Is masochism the new black?&q.....
» 11/04/2011 10:43:30 AM OUG Are you also Leap? So your argument is that the relationship between smoking and can.....
» 11/04/2011 10:36:22 AM Banjo Apologies I should not have made that assumption. Clearly there should be standards.....
» 10/04/2011 11:41:00 AM Cruelty to animals is not new. You don't have to be vegetarian/vegan/animal rights campaig.....
» 10/04/2011 11:31:38 AM Hasbeen That is such a sexist comment. What about the morals of the man involved? Why do .....
» 9/04/2011 11:00:08 PM OUG I'll try not to be dumb. Smoking is not the only cause of cancer, but it is one of th.....
» 9/04/2011 10:48:09 PM It is about time that Defence got their act together. Not only in terms of the culture but.....
» 9/04/2011 10:45:50 PM What about it thinker2? You would be a good candidate to get the ball rolling. From the ma.....
» 8/04/2011 8:50:03 PM Leadership is only one aspect and the natural tendency for parties to change leadership du.....
» 8/04/2011 5:42:58 PM Possibly in the past that was true to some extent Otokonoko. Perhaps future tender process.....
» 8/04/2011 5:40:01 PM Both sides of politics talk the talk when in Opposition but when in power the walk is defi.....
» 8/04/2011 5:35:29 PM OUG There seems to be enough evidence that smoking causes cancer. Why would the tobacco c.....
» 8/04/2011 5:29:36 PM "That's a brave statement. BLAMING THE VICTIM! I suppose you have more scope to say s.....
» 7/04/2011 11:26:01 PM "My point of the original post albeit laced with sarcasm was, I feel the government i.....
» 7/04/2011 11:15:27 PM "That said, the government farms out the provision of care to agencies, including chu.....
» 7/04/2011 11:08:58 PM Houlley Do you accept that this 'demonisation' is the greater public perception. The claim.....
» 7/04/2011 12:39:44 PM Heh heh Poirot. Mais oui, a good lie down is not conducive to zee growth economy. Vee mus.....
» 7/04/2011 10:26:07 AM There is a difference in allowing Church run institutions to decide who they employ but wh.....
» 7/04/2011 10:16:40 AM Dear Belly "Outstanding" - I can't agree with you on that one. Surely you know f.....
» 7/04/2011 10:12:27 AM You're surprised about the fury around the Freeman case given the backstory? It seems in.....
» 6/04/2011 12:23:15 PM “Troy Bramston, ...wrote that Gillard is “at her best - developing personal relationships .....
» 6/04/2011 10:38:51 AM "So I have no time for the women who can't get over their abortions. They obviously d.....
» 6/04/2011 10:20:23 AM runner You are certainly the master at misconstruction. I did not mention Julia Gillard on.....
» 5/04/2011 11:08:30 PM Well I am going to be the fly in the ointment. Of course there was fractionalism within R.....
» 5/04/2011 9:51:36 AM pedestrian I don't watch Madmen but I can imagine the scenario. A friend of mine lives in .....
» 4/04/2011 2:54:15 PM Rubens you make a good point. There has been a creeping antipathy in the RW agenda for s.....
» 4/04/2011 2:38:03 PM You are becoming very existentialist Houlley. A poor edit on my previous post, it should .....
» 4/04/2011 2:28:59 PM Houlley as much as I enjoy playing with you don't you get sick of being adjudicator? :) M.....
» 4/04/2011 11:25:48 AM Houlley "I have an ambition in life to be considered a key stakeholder. Ever since I .....
» 4/04/2011 11:09:01 AM Welcome Chance. I agree with Ammonite - Kirby's speech beautifully encapsulates the spiri.....
» 4/04/2011 10:50:13 AM That's all very well but what about a non-smoker's rights? Do we go back to the good ol' .....
» 3/04/2011 10:56:48 PM SPQR Yes, there are some fairly strenuous insults tossed around in some of the more contro.....
» 3/04/2011 11:31:32 AM "Unproductive burden" - what a horrific term and nothing to do with euthanasia. .....
» 3/04/2011 10:56:37 AM SOG "An extremely poor decision pelican." The growing support for organisations.....
» 3/04/2011 10:52:11 AM Speaking of Andrew Bolt - he was seen harping on this morning's ABC Insiders about the dem.....
» 3/04/2011 10:42:40 AM SPQR The emotionalilty argument as I perceive it often occurs when in defending a particul.....
» 3/04/2011 10:24:14 AM Good points Lexi. I have done a bit more reading on this since Steven posted the thread. .....
» 3/04/2011 10:18:04 AM Trouble is if you start imposing rules on what is "fair" you will get a whole lo.....
» 2/04/2011 9:41:58 PM Theocracies are more likely, as history shows, to instil dogmatic and dictatorial regimes .....
» 2/04/2011 3:16:04 PM Philo "In your view of theists you hate the idea of accountability to the moral excel.....
» 1/04/2011 5:19:32 PM Steven IMO conviction politicians do not worry about votes. A conviction politician does n.....
» 1/04/2011 5:11:58 PM runner Probably a wasted post but here goes. There is no such thing as a God-hater. Liken.....
» 1/04/2011 4:59:53 PM The most self-righteous are those who believe their chosen path is suitable for everyone e.....
» 31/03/2011 10:48:09 AM The influence of Christianity in the West is undeniable. The tenets make perfect sense for.....
» 31/03/2011 10:02:08 AM Well put donkeygod. Ultimately it has to be about value for money. Resucitation ideally w.....
» 31/03/2011 9:52:00 AM It is not fear mongering, it happens. When the Catholic Church took over the John James Ho.....
» 29/03/2011 7:55:31 PM My point is simply this rehctub. It is not that the minimum wage is too high (in the big p.....
» 29/03/2011 2:44:28 PM runner Labor was going to lose long before any mention of the Carbon Tax. I am not support.....
» 29/03/2011 9:43:58 AM The Liberal Party had her jailed not for any altruistic crime-fighting motives but purely .....
» 29/03/2011 9:22:52 AM Poirot H and Y are good at the odd stir up but seem like good blokes, just don't give them.....
» 29/03/2011 9:19:47 AM wobbles...yep and the free trade backstory will probably never see the light of day. SM w.....
» 29/03/2011 9:08:28 AM Try and look for an article or book that says anything positive about women that is not in.....
» 29/03/2011 9:00:06 AM The US (and they are not alone) continue along the strategy of undue interference and infl.....
» 28/03/2011 10:03:24 AM People always achieve saintly status on their death including many very rich business tyco.....
» 28/03/2011 9:55:37 AM It was no secret that Labor would lose, it was only by how much and it was a landslide. Ho.....
» 28/03/2011 9:47:00 AM Sheesh...no hope there methinks. Wise words PaulL, Poirot and Divine. Fact is adults are .....
» 28/03/2011 9:37:04 AM Houlley you are good at a bit of navel gazing yourself making a national sport of picking .....
» 28/03/2011 9:20:18 AM The SS is not "targeting" Japan, the are targeting illegal whaling. The whaling .....
» 25/03/2011 7:47:02 AM Where I live there are many markets springing up where home grown produce and home made go.....
» 24/03/2011 8:52:46 AM Peter H Yes semantics might be important in context of what you are saying if it were used.....
» 24/03/2011 8:39:17 AM Well put Poirot. There should be no type of work that means being poor ie. not able to su.....
» 24/03/2011 8:22:26 AM A centralised approach is a positive one in some aspects including uniform school starting.....
» 23/03/2011 9:46:51 AM PS: I am aware of the contradiction of my own post above in terms of topic diversion......
» 23/03/2011 9:44:45 AM "Haha. Yep Pete, it's all to do with the Humanism. The humanists speak for us all. Th.....
» 23/03/2011 9:32:15 AM My feelings too darth. Shal as a teenager of the 70s I remember the rage. At least back i.....
» 23/03/2011 9:14:55 AM Bruce The shock jocks are all about bringing in advertising dollars - that is what some o.....
» 23/03/2011 8:56:46 AM rehctub Where have I said I despise high income earners? Twisting my words does not make y.....
» 22/03/2011 9:50:23 PM The Gillard Government is a legitimate government so is unlikely to answer charges of trea.....
» 22/03/2011 7:53:00 PM The tall poppy syndrome in Australia is the stuff of urban myth. There is more cutting dow.....
» 22/03/2011 7:31:43 PM Hasbeen My kids thankfully were never bullied to any great degree. No more than what could.....
» 22/03/2011 11:32:27 AM Reading the SFP Natural Resource plan was enough for me. Any party that uses terms like &q.....
» 22/03/2011 11:22:18 AM Rehctub firstly those banana farmers are not making a killing at $12 a kilo. There is less.....
» 22/03/2011 11:05:31 AM Cont/... However, the ageing community is being asked to become more self reliant to offs.....
» 22/03/2011 11:03:43 AM "It is little wonder there is so much resentment by self funded retirees, who, after .....
» 21/03/2011 9:52:58 PM vanna I did not say expulsions or corporal punishment. I am not advocating the cane. Suspe.....
» 21/03/2011 1:20:02 PM While I agree with King Hazza that character should be an essential criteria, I do have to.....
» 21/03/2011 9:50:13 AM Teachers are not simpletons, they know their students but there is little support in the s.....
» 20/03/2011 6:50:06 PM Lexi Thank you for the referral to the article. I do remember when Senator Brown was mulli.....
» 20/03/2011 6:43:15 PM Miss Marple and Poirot are fictional and based on Agatha Christie's books - you cannot jus.....
» 19/03/2011 5:23:53 PM "Just who do you greenies think you are? What gives you some special right to tell ot.....
» 19/03/2011 3:28:59 PM Strong leadership is needed to get public service back to it's original purpose without th.....
» 19/03/2011 3:11:35 PM That is the crux of the matter Lexi. Where does it end? There is a need IMO for greater p.....
» 18/03/2011 6:04:05 PM Species have become extinct for all sorts of reasons that is true. However in the last 200.....
» 18/03/2011 1:38:47 AM "I happen to believe that blanket disapproval of anything and everything that might d.....
» 17/03/2011 5:22:48 PM I had a similar experience in one of the Corps I worked in many years ago Bazz but in the .....
» 17/03/2011 5:14:35 PM Another example of human error: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/fukushima-nuclear-plant-o.....
» 17/03/2011 1:57:45 PM While it could be argued private donations are one's right, so far it appears private dona.....
» 17/03/2011 1:51:19 PM Houlley you live up to your rebellious namesake. We could get bogged down in philosophy,.....
» 17/03/2011 1:07:21 PM "Try just a little balance." I will if you will. My understanding was you were.....
» 16/03/2011 4:19:04 PM You also make excellent points divergence. Hasbeen I am constantly amazed why people mock.....
» 16/03/2011 4:09:59 PM Excellent points Jedimaster. Shadow Minister "1 The Plant was one of the first in J.....
» 16/03/2011 3:42:22 PM It is worth considering particularly under the conditions that Pericles has proposed. If.....
» 16/03/2011 3:06:49 PM Are we doing your homework for you? :).....
» 16/03/2011 3:05:18 PM "Simple science will tell you they are living. Speaking on behalf of them is not exal.....
» 16/03/2011 1:05:25 PM King Hazza has pretty much voiced my feelings on this issue. Freedom of the press implies.....
» 16/03/2011 12:59:55 PM Fact is both sides of this discussion will spin the risk factor whichever way suits their .....
» 16/03/2011 9:03:56 AM There is a tendency to align any discussion about forest preservation with radicalism. It .....
» 15/03/2011 6:05:10 PM runner Yes it would be nice in a perfect world to eradicate the need for abortions - maybe.....
» 15/03/2011 5:57:35 PM Pericles It became not alright when the rate of destruction grew exponentially with great.....
» 15/03/2011 3:19:02 PM This a great step forward in removing some of the prejudices and homophobia in Islam. Like.....
» 15/03/2011 3:10:43 PM Pericles I accept your disinterest in the wilderness, many people may find the subject bor.....
» 14/03/2011 4:30:37 PM http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3160795.htm http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/.....
» 14/03/2011 4:13:39 PM Human beings rarely learn from history or take lessons from the now. You will still see p.....
» 14/03/2011 4:06:02 PM Alas rehctub another public asset lost. Some of this stuff is almost the stuff of satire.....
» 11/03/2011 9:47:11 AM This is almost an unbelievable comparison. " In short, such a government policy allo.....
» 11/03/2011 9:37:38 AM Is Mise I am not arguing for or against the policy, just that to make it into more than i.....
» 11/03/2011 9:21:10 AM But Houlley that works both ways. The "it is men's nature" argument also absolve.....
» 10/03/2011 10:27:43 PM There are certainly many spheres of life governments do not need to interfere. The worst i.....
» 10/03/2011 10:10:34 PM individual It was not the 'lefties' that conspired to jail Pauline Hanson. Hanson threaten.....
» 10/03/2011 4:34:18 PM This is more a very sad event really, and the girl needs a responsible adult to take her a.....
» 10/03/2011 4:28:39 PM Well it is a democracy anybody can run for Parliament as we are constantly reminded. I a.....
» 10/03/2011 4:15:40 PM This does sound almost too bizarre. It is not as though there are hordes of cacti drug car.....
» 10/03/2011 3:58:50 PM "Pelican, I think the freedom to dress how we choose and the freedom to drink ourselv.....
» 9/03/2011 2:17:18 PM How did this subject get to be about accents. Australia has a bevy of different accents. .....
» 9/03/2011 2:09:54 PM Houlley you know my thoughts about the gender pay gap issue. Those thoughts you repeat abo.....
» 9/03/2011 1:47:28 PM Yes but benk you seem to think that drink spiking is not a problemm whether you know the p.....
» 9/03/2011 8:13:58 AM betterworld You have come up with an interesting concept about using competition to work t.....
» 9/03/2011 7:55:20 AM It is not that simple RObert. If you had a society that depicted women only as sexual obje.....
» 9/03/2011 7:44:50 AM It is because we are a shareholder driven economy not a citizen driven society. We are onl.....
» 8/03/2011 4:55:26 PM What rot Peter. The difference is you have this almost religious faith in the markets to .....
» 8/03/2011 4:46:50 PM JamesH my experiences have obviously been different to yours. I notice many women have a m.....
» 8/03/2011 4:38:49 PM Suze Your contributions in these debates are always valuable and I completely get your POV.....
» 8/03/2011 10:22:15 AM vanna Well I will take your word for it. If it is only evil males reading it I would be i.....
» 8/03/2011 10:08:51 AM rehctub What do you suggest? We halve the minimum wage? How is that going to help the eco.....
» 8/03/2011 10:02:45 AM Well that is where we are different vanna. I would prefer a competent and consultative sty.....
» 8/03/2011 9:58:16 AM RObert and Houlley, yep...drink spiking is not just using drugs but alcohol. When I was a .....
» 8/03/2011 9:43:31 AM Gail Kelly CEO of Westpac was asked on Q&A last night if she had ever experienced sexism i.....
» 7/03/2011 10:44:30 PM Houlley I cannot agree about the prevalence of drink spiking. It is a problem - one canno.....
» 7/03/2011 10:26:41 PM Thanks Pete - a too quick click on the wrong heading. Will copy and paste if that is allow.....
» 7/03/2011 10:05:44 PM Houlley I cannot agree with you about the prevalence of drink spiking. It is a real proble.....
» 7/03/2011 2:51:24 PM PS: Not only heard and heeded but that in most cases friends will also look after each oth.....
» 7/03/2011 2:44:55 PM Benk "However, it is quite difficult to have these discussions if some people continu.....
» 7/03/2011 2:33:00 PM PS: I should add that greed is the issue at all levels of society but there is a tendency .....
» 7/03/2011 2:26:56 PM Well said Teddy Bear. You have perfeclty summarised the political environment and the feel.....
» 7/03/2011 2:21:52 PM rehctub I would ask why is the government allowing foreign ownership of farming land? Or w.....
» 6/03/2011 7:09:34 PM benk There is no point in further discussion. Obviously you have not met the "she des.....
» 6/03/2011 8:41:57 AM Dear Loudmouth Thank you for your assistance. What would I do without you? :) As I said H.....
» 5/03/2011 8:38:09 PM "I guess the message is any woman who publicly says women have to take responsibility.....
» 5/03/2011 12:35:19 PM Amicus I agree very much with your claims about increasing waste within the public service.....
» 5/03/2011 11:26:05 AM There is little doubt that Hicks is a nong but it is more important that our justice syste.....
» 5/03/2011 11:05:55 AM "Oh wow, spindoc … you’ve just written to the PM." Good luck with that. It will.....
» 5/03/2011 10:59:49 AM JamesH I did say "passed out" but you cleverly avoided the fact I also said &qu.....
» 5/03/2011 10:57:21 AM Well benk you must have indeed lived a charmed existence. Not all people have and many sti.....
» 4/03/2011 1:00:27 PM JamesH the drunk behind the wheel is putting others at risk. How is a drunk women putting .....
» 4/03/2011 12:53:55 PM There is a tendency to see any comments about Chaplaincy as anti-religion. Surely Christia.....
» 4/03/2011 12:16:04 PM There is nothing 'voluntary' about slave labour including children, exploitation of labour.....
» 4/03/2011 12:09:40 PM Well I agree with you last comments rehctub. Maybe we agree on more than we disagree. :).....
» 4/03/2011 12:07:00 PM benk I refute the accusation that I am a malicious person. You don't know me and I suggest.....
» 4/03/2011 9:25:22 AM Cont/... There is some irony in the post-feminism world which argued for sexual freedom t.....
» 4/03/2011 9:21:03 AM Jennifer, your basic premise is sound. Women need to take responsibility but I believe the.....
» 3/03/2011 5:56:45 PM Jewely No argument from me on who could make good foster parents. AJ Trouble is the divis.....
» 3/03/2011 5:46:44 PM SM You would be surprised what I think of Oakeshott, I am not a fan. I suspect he is in fo.....
» 3/03/2011 9:30:13 AM The argument that it is better to do nothing rather than to do something that only gives t.....
» 3/03/2011 9:18:18 AM david f You have hit on a typical response from those supporting the program. "I am a.....
» 3/03/2011 9:05:31 AM Unless a religious foster family is going to perform acts that are outside the law (cults .....
» 3/03/2011 8:57:18 AM That is where we are different rehctub. I don't have a "lot" - that is your mind.....
» 2/03/2011 5:29:02 PM Well put Belly. The emergence of a 'tea party' type conservative uprising is the last thi.....
» 2/03/2011 9:28:39 AM Thanks thinker and Belly. This is such an important issue and the implications are signifi.....
» 2/03/2011 9:14:17 AM No not kidding rehctub. The question we all need to ask is do we just accept lying is par.....
» 1/03/2011 10:45:59 PM A good article reflecting growing concerns about the limits of free trade. The fact that.....
» 1/03/2011 9:59:10 PM rehctub Putting an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence does not make it any more acc.....
» 1/03/2011 9:43:36 AM ACMA also has a spam reporting facility and enforces the conditions set under the Spam Act.....
» 1/03/2011 9:20:02 AM grateful I accept your heartfelt belief that Islam is not intolerant of other religions at.....
» 28/02/2011 3:11:31 PM Hasbeen there is nothing 'rightie' or 'leftie' about lying. It happens on both sides. Rega.....
» 28/02/2011 8:44:41 AM Well yes Julia did lie. I wonder if the PM meant it at the time - I expect she did but now.....
» 28/02/2011 8:38:21 AM grateful and suzeonline Some good points but it does not change the fact that some culture.....
» 28/02/2011 8:09:07 AM Many times the standard of reporting in the mainstream media is based on meeting strict de.....
» 28/02/2011 7:53:09 AM Wikileaks is really about providing information to people to make informed decisions rathe.....
» 25/02/2011 11:54:08 AM "Yes, in NSW communication between the people and parliament is strained. But at leas.....
» 25/02/2011 11:36:42 AM This is in the main a good article. It highlights some of the more deeper fears about mul.....
» 24/02/2011 7:48:04 PM thinker 2 - It is indeed heartenign to witness the growing support for Wikileaks. I disagr.....
» 23/02/2011 6:47:00 PM It was natural to expect a backlash against the 'threat' of Wikileaks. Accountability and .....
» 23/02/2011 5:55:17 PM I would agree with you Jewely if the effects of the substance did not affect other people .....
» 23/02/2011 11:48:58 AM It's been happening for a long time Arjay it only just gets reported on from time to time......
» 23/02/2011 11:43:47 AM Well clearly the ABC removed the offending comment when the person involved made the compl.....
» 23/02/2011 11:30:16 AM Personally I avoid smokers like the plague. Can't stand the stuff, but as much as I would .....
» 23/02/2011 11:20:15 AM Peter If I can add, capitalism like any system is not perfect, it is what human beings do .....
» 22/02/2011 3:57:25 PM Having run a business, I too wonder at the need for all the red tape. It is not always ea.....
» 21/02/2011 10:02:17 PM Well it is a minority government Shadow Minister. Do you really think the Coalition would .....
» 21/02/2011 9:56:27 PM thinker you beat me to it. The 4Corners program tonight is just the tip of the iceberg as .....
» 20/02/2011 6:04:22 PM Sorry Suze - I have only just seen your question. RObert has answered it nevertheless. EB .....
» 19/02/2011 10:17:50 PM Al I am not sure why you persist in this anti-Green rhetoric. Green supporters are like an.....
» 17/02/2011 10:37:40 AM Pericles you describe the state of affairs well with some potent imagery involving spack f.....
» 17/02/2011 10:11:15 AM Does anyone really think that a NSW Liberal Government would not privatise energy either f.....
» 17/02/2011 10:03:34 AM Clownfish "Finally, Pelican: you just can't admit that your statement revealed an uni.....
» 16/02/2011 11:43:47 PM runner Isn't the God of Israel also the God of Muslims? I don't think the world is at ris.....
» 16/02/2011 11:32:14 PM Wikileaks is much more than it's perceived anti-US agenda. If a government seeks to abuse .....
» 16/02/2011 11:16:17 PM Clownfish you can accept you were being disingenuous in not taking my meaning about (harmf.....
» 16/02/2011 11:09:19 PM SM The ALP stopped being a party for socialists many years ago, just as the Coalition move.....
» 15/02/2011 2:17:56 PM Clownfish now you are just twisting my words ignoring the spirit and context in which they.....
» 15/02/2011 9:30:37 AM Well put Hazza. How an earth can a democracy function without access to information to mak.....
» 15/02/2011 9:09:32 AM Spot on Cherful. The number of unreported rapes is higher than statistics might reveal. Ma.....
» 15/02/2011 9:03:06 AM Clownfish "Pelican - so 'naturally occurring plant chemicals' are okay? Does this in.....
» 15/02/2011 8:52:27 AM Killarney I am no supporter of vanna's view of the world (as he will tell you) and it noth.....
» 15/02/2011 8:41:36 AM The problem is not enough housing - buy up more properties or build is the solution. The s.....
» 14/02/2011 4:11:34 PM Point well made Curmudgeon. It tends to get used as a negative - when sometimes it can be .....
» 14/02/2011 3:26:27 PM For your further elucidation: http://www.apvma.gov.au/publications/fact_sheets/docs/chemi.....
» 14/02/2011 3:21:11 PM 'There is a huge difference between chemicals that do harm and chemicals that are benefici.....
» 14/02/2011 3:13:34 PM http://www.smh.com.au/environment/mine-air-pollution-breaches-safety-limits-20100713-109ij.....
» 14/02/2011 11:45:50 AM "Pelly.. you can still mock something you don't believe in.. in fact that's often 'wh.....
» 14/02/2011 8:47:23 AM Clownfish are you arguing that the chemicals in DDT are the same as the beneficial chemica.....
» 14/02/2011 8:40:37 AM Pericles, I suspect you are right but one must try despite a transparent agenda. Hate sp.....
» 14/02/2011 7:36:52 AM Clownfish you are being disingenuous. It seems I must state the obvious - chemicals in the.....
» 14/02/2011 7:29:40 AM Al I understand your wish to defend 'God' and Christianity but remember Deveney is an athe.....
» 13/02/2011 12:25:08 PM Killarney "However, as the age-old patriarchal formula goes: women + progress = backl.....
» 13/02/2011 12:05:59 PM Have some of you actually read the Wikileaks site? It is a bit unwieldy to navigate but th.....
» 13/02/2011 11:50:30 AM "I think we invented God and then God invented us." Most apt from an 11 year o.....
» 13/02/2011 11:41:33 AM People have to make their own decisions about natural remedies. I have been to a naturopat.....
» 11/02/2011 8:40:59 AM Al your hatred is transparent. :) Assange will no doubt be a ripe target. Sometimes the c.....
» 11/02/2011 8:33:58 AM In a previous job I dealt with many people who were angry at the decreasing standards of a.....
» 11/02/2011 8:22:58 AM vanna There is shared-parenting now. A mother cannot refuse access to children unless ther.....
» 11/02/2011 8:15:08 AM SHRODE not many governments, but that is the problem. The phenomenon of Wikileaks is a rea.....
» 11/02/2011 8:05:39 AM Al You called me 'dear'. My mum used to do that when I was naughty. Women dress to attrac.....
» 11/02/2011 7:52:09 AM Ah well here is where you went wrong. Did you try dissolving the tablets in water, stirrin.....
» 10/02/2011 10:28:13 PM Al A woman who wears slutting clothing (your terminology) may take a risk if other precau.....
» 10/02/2011 10:18:10 PM vanna That list is very negative and for those that fall in those categories it is very sa.....
» 10/02/2011 8:41:03 AM Workers don't make profits. They get paid for their labour - they are not a charity for bu.....
» 10/02/2011 8:22:35 AM RObert you put it superbly as usual. Women wearing burkas have been raped, Christian nuns .....
» 10/02/2011 8:12:14 AM Reform can only happen from pressure within. The many Catholics I know are already thinkin.....
» 10/02/2011 8:06:04 AM Don't worry Aaron you won't be the only lot selling off Australia's mineral wealth. The Au.....
» 10/02/2011 7:55:37 AM Playing the victim card is no exclusively women in this modern age. The 'woe is me' crowd.....
» 9/02/2011 6:40:53 PM So you don't want women on building sites? If women thought builders would hire them they .....
» 9/02/2011 6:22:52 PM Paul Collins as Pope would be a good start. The Catholic Church does need to re-evaluate.....
» 9/02/2011 6:16:18 PM I am not sure one could label the ANZ and IBM as Stalinists......
» 9/02/2011 9:33:36 AM Changing the way we view work and family so that both men and women can participate in wor.....
» 9/02/2011 9:14:26 AM Gen: Are you saying that marrying a shoe or an animal is comparable to the desire of two h.....
» 9/02/2011 9:09:47 AM david I share your dislike of advertising speak but I was goint to post a similar repsonse.....
» 9/02/2011 9:00:06 AM Yes, screaming louder can have the effect of looking ridiculous or hysterical and any camp.....
» 9/02/2011 8:42:58 AM Not so Cornflower. The Greens released an Aged Care Policy in 2010 with positive views fro.....
» 8/02/2011 10:08:37 PM Well put thinker 2. What ever happened to win-win. Profits for the retailer, manufacturer.....
» 8/02/2011 2:38:27 PM Chris C The increase in standard entry levels would have to accompanied by an increase in .....
» 8/02/2011 2:29:01 PM Graham you would be a good candidate for Q&A to discuss matters of freedom of speech. Wha.....
» 8/02/2011 2:26:22 PM runner We are talking about live people. Regarding abortion, there is a lot of disagreemen.....
» 8/02/2011 1:14:16 PM nohj I am not making any assumptions for other people only myself. It is an individual cho.....
» 8/02/2011 9:43:49 AM There are some fine lines. I hope pynchme, J Parker, mikk and Antiseptic don't leave OLO. .....
» 8/02/2011 9:20:31 AM rehctub you make a good point about wages being too low in some cases to live on but too h.....
» 8/02/2011 9:14:06 AM Gender neutral - what does it mean? Are we all to be homogenous hermaphradites? :) The 'm.....
» 8/02/2011 9:02:03 AM Pat Euthanasia is a serious subject and should not be taken lightly but think you are bein.....
» 7/02/2011 10:28:17 PM I am sure all those who spout anti-gay rhetoric will be the first ones to jump on the Chri.....
» 7/02/2011 10:10:41 PM Profits down does not mean no profit. Corporations have gone quite mad in relation to prof.....
» 7/02/2011 2:49:57 PM Agreed Cornflower. I did not mean to imply 'bias' as a negative. We are all biased. The tr.....
» 7/02/2011 2:44:24 PM Sad that an open forum that celebrates free speech by supporting authors across a broad sp.....
» 7/02/2011 7:55:49 AM An increase in the medicare levy to cover the cost of aged care would be alright if we cou.....
» 7/02/2011 7:38:55 AM Lexi challenging subject. There is a lot of fuss in some ways over national identity from .....
» 7/02/2011 7:18:25 AM Cornflower/Suze Apologies instead of broad statements I will be more specific. I agreed wi.....
» 6/02/2011 7:18:00 PM Agree Grim I was being a little cheeky about the need for atheism. There is no such thing .....
» 6/02/2011 7:03:19 PM The best asset any school has is their teachers - quality of teaching staff matters more t.....
» 6/02/2011 6:35:29 PM vanna There is no doubt there is a connection between poverty and access to education. Ch.....
» 6/02/2011 5:51:57 PM Well put suzeonline and others. It was a silly move by ANZ and IBM as the site is really .....
» 2/02/2011 9:22:19 PM I have a problem with taxing money over and over again. I would prefer a higher tax rate f.....
» 2/02/2011 9:17:43 PM vanna I am not going to be drawn in to a debate about feminism in this important conversat.....
» 2/02/2011 5:21:48 PM In the media I noticed the pendulum has swung a bit. When Bob Brown talked about climate c.....
» 2/02/2011 5:16:56 PM vanna I understand your points but I don't believe schools should be "speaking" .....
» 2/02/2011 11:16:28 AM In saying all that I too have had some negative experiences with schools including dealing.....
» 2/02/2011 10:59:48 AM I agree with vanna on this one. Our population is made up of two genders and as such educa.....
» 2/02/2011 10:44:07 AM Still smiling at Houlley's list. individual Scrapping the GST under the current system w.....
» 1/02/2011 9:35:19 PM Where to start Belly - I like your 2nd and 3rd proposals. Here are three areas I would wor.....
» 1/02/2011 9:23:02 PM Peter D makes an interesting point. If people stopped believing in God we could dispense w.....
» 1/02/2011 10:11:46 AM This visit might be motivated by the declining influence of the US and the need for Common.....
» 1/02/2011 9:48:38 AM My thoughts mirror Aime's on the increase in violence in the media. We live in strange tim.....
» 1/02/2011 9:34:10 AM Not so Al, this is common under the Australian Charter and nothing to do with the UN Human.....
» 1/02/2011 9:22:14 AM Running on milk...if only. :) Although by comparison when you think of the work and costs .....
» 31/01/2011 10:24:19 AM Communist agenda in America? It must be well concealed. Al While you are chasing mythical.....
» 30/01/2011 12:12:17 PM It was a woeful interview SOG. The trouble with many politicians is when being questioned .....
» 28/01/2011 6:02:39 PM runner The only one that is "shaking their fist" is you. At those who do not sha.....
» 28/01/2011 5:54:10 PM Yep I've noticed that too Flo. A quick camera byte "It's bad policy, it's lazy policy.....
» 27/01/2011 11:44:38 AM Sneaky one Al. Of course spin, PR and propaganda are present in modern life. They are the.....
» 27/01/2011 11:29:57 AM "I am convinced that when anyone is inside “the Christian bubble of faith” it is almo.....
» 27/01/2011 11:16:25 AM I am not sure about this argument. Firstly emissions from livestock are not as high from g.....
» 26/01/2011 10:38:30 AM byork Yes, that is the usual argument for free trade and it is a pervasive one. I don't wa.....
» 26/01/2011 10:23:39 AM The good employers probably do outweight the bad but not in all industry sectors but I thi.....
» 26/01/2011 10:06:59 AM Banjo I was thinking more of a probationary period rather than a cancellation of a permane.....
» 26/01/2011 9:59:52 AM Agreed SM. I did not meant go off the NBN tangent but it seemed appropriate given the FOI .....
» 26/01/2011 9:54:56 AM There is one furphy in the open borders debate and that is that an influx of immigrants wi.....
» 26/01/2011 9:25:45 AM Cont.../ Forgive a quote from a movie- 'Wall Street' character Gordon Gekko which sums up.....
» 26/01/2011 9:24:15 AM Indeed Chris, the struggle for the 'right policy mix' is an arduous one with the conflicti.....
» 25/01/2011 12:25:03 PM It would be nice if the jury could be out on AGW. If we knew even approximately how much t.....
» 25/01/2011 12:08:06 PM What is happening with the ALP? Once purporting to promote greater freedoms in information.....
» 25/01/2011 11:58:22 AM Since Australia was declared a drought zone many developments have gone up in what were on.....
» 23/01/2011 10:42:53 AM Peter Hume The same aid that attempts to feed people in those countries is also used to pr.....
» 21/01/2011 5:31:21 PM You know the debate goes down a rung when people start using terms like "nice" p.....
» 21/01/2011 3:12:59 PM "As I said before, immigrants are well advised about our laws and society, so there i.....
» 21/01/2011 2:57:27 PM Good on you for pushing the boundaries of thinking laterally David but governments won't k.....
» 21/01/2011 2:15:58 PM Hasbeen I have not seen any evidence that CFCs were not contributing to the hole in the oz.....
» 21/01/2011 2:05:09 PM It comes down to the rights of people to behave in a certain way and how that 'right' migh.....
» 21/01/2011 2:02:02 PM Al at least you are transparent. I am quite happy making a judgement about zoophilia and f.....
» 20/01/2011 2:10:52 PM http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=7172&page=0#109902 Here's one from 2.....
» 20/01/2011 2:04:19 PM Not correct Garum Masala. Not sure how you come to that conclusion GM - I have always said.....
» 20/01/2011 10:32:21 AM "...governments bailing out the big end of town is not in the nature of corporations,.....
» 20/01/2011 10:20:51 AM 'Green' and 'environmentalism' is a broad church. I have found no mention of Zen or chaos .....
» 20/01/2011 9:43:49 AM Banjo Immigrants are required to adhere to the law as any other person. There are laws aga.....
» 20/01/2011 9:26:23 AM "These are my thoughts, I have chosen to post them, I am happy to take on board all r.....
» 20/01/2011 9:18:53 AM Bob Brown's comments have been sensationalised by some media. Brown actually said the mini.....
» 20/01/2011 8:29:28 AM Good on the people of Stony Stratford for fighting to keep their library services. It is a.....
» 20/01/2011 8:12:33 AM We do pay more in taxes and for that we get more stuff we don't really need in the way of .....
» 20/01/2011 7:56:32 AM Well it seems this discussion goes the way of all discussions on this subject. No inbetwee.....
» 19/01/2011 6:40:03 PM Agreed John. The US just replaced one 'imperial' type entity with another equally as omnip.....
» 19/01/2011 6:36:19 PM Apologies, I meant to write Banjo......
» 19/01/2011 6:35:29 PM Bazz I agree in part with your statement. There are certainly some traditions and rituals .....
» 19/01/2011 6:24:13 PM I am sure you mean well tooteaz, but not all employers act in a fair and ethical manner. O.....
» 18/01/2011 11:27:11 PM http://www.psnews.com.au/Page_psn2482.html Looks like the ANAO is getting an expansion of.....
» 18/01/2011 11:21:08 PM SM, for once we are in agreement. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/legal-expert-questions.....
» 18/01/2011 11:13:22 PM Anyone else watch the program about Daniel Ellsberg on ABC tonight? http://www.abc.net.a.....
» 18/01/2011 5:36:45 PM Yes it was remiss of me generalising by the use of the phrase "most Australians".....
» 18/01/2011 11:04:23 AM Peng I did not watch this program so cannot offer any comment on its content. Most Austral.....
» 17/01/2011 10:25:58 PM How many dams is the question we should be asking. Clearly with urban populations dams are.....
» 17/01/2011 10:20:41 PM A recent TV news item reminded me of this thread. China has just introduced a limit on the.....
» 17/01/2011 9:56:33 PM Well as one who is also sceptical about the extent of AGW, calling someone a cultist just .....
» 15/01/2011 10:29:17 AM Hi Peng You could probably write to the ALP National Office and they can source one for yo.....
» 15/01/2011 10:22:49 AM Spot on Bruce. The reasonable and rational can easily discern the difference between a Ska.....
» 13/01/2011 7:40:09 AM The unfettered growthists are beating the same tired old drum again about limiting family .....
» 12/01/2011 12:10:40 PM Who said anything about humans being worthless rabbits. You are the first to use that term.....
» 12/01/2011 10:48:03 AM The fact is those who argue that continual growth is a positive forget about the long term.....
» 12/01/2011 10:39:19 AM Bazz I suspect you have hit the nail on the head. Anti-pops is similar to the use of 'deni.....
» 11/01/2011 9:13:07 AM The best thing the Howard Government did was to ban semi-automatic and automatic weapons, .....
» 11/01/2011 9:04:04 AM "Note the absurd attempt to raise concern by suggesting that the Department’s visa fe.....
» 10/01/2011 8:34:41 AM Belly, corruption is not limited to any organisation or industry and the construction indu.....
» 10/01/2011 8:12:11 AM Hasbeen The GST was a good way to get tax from the wealthy except for the fact that if it .....
» 10/01/2011 7:47:14 AM Good point RObert. Some of the larger stores sell certain products at wholesale or under w.....
» 9/01/2011 6:24:39 PM Thanks for the clarification PaulL regarding the 3% figure. I wonder how much that 0.3% re.....
» 9/01/2011 9:25:22 AM There will come a time where Western democracies will revert to a combination of governmen.....
» 9/01/2011 9:06:38 AM More judges and lawyers - what a joke. It is law firms that push out the length of these c.....
» 9/01/2011 8:59:27 AM Snap James H. I started a similar thread. I agree with the intent in your points about ta.....
» 9/01/2011 8:53:48 AM More reason we need to push for more accountability Belly. It is reminiscent of the constr.....
» 7/01/2011 6:58:34 PM http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/07/3108395.htm http://www.skynews.com.au/topsto.....
» 2/01/2011 6:12:15 PM Yabby when you read the book I would be interested in YOUR views (although we both know wh.....
» 1/01/2011 9:08:37 AM Maybe we are not so far apart as originally thought but I do disagree about the ultimate g.....
» 1/01/2011 8:54:37 AM Yabby I too have read the Economist and am already in great company with yoursefl and Peri.....
» 31/12/2010 6:30:16 PM Yabby I too read a wide range and have had access to many economic documents, forecasts an.....
» 31/12/2010 6:22:17 PM I don't find it personally confronting Antiseptic as you well know. What I find distastef.....
» 31/12/2010 2:53:06 PM Yabby surely you don't think ideology or political opinion should only be the domain of ac.....
» 31/12/2010 2:50:39 PM That is not so PaulL. I have consistently said that there are obvious defence and national.....
» 31/12/2010 9:25:12 AM PaulL It should have read "...corruption are stifled via PUBLIC access to information.....
» 31/12/2010 9:03:03 AM runner $1M does not seem enough. However, I would like to know more before making a judgem.....
» 31/12/2010 8:44:20 AM Happy New Year to you to suze and one and all. Reading the responses reminded me of the m.....
» 30/12/2010 9:13:32 AM Yabby why are many meat distributors and companies so resistant then to a more extensive m.....
» 30/12/2010 7:25:48 AM Errr...yes Yabby that is the article and it clearly states that growth hormones have had a.....
» 30/12/2010 7:13:19 AM PaulL I wish to canonise Assange? Really that would be difficult as atheist. This sort o.....
» 30/12/2010 6:48:19 AM Beautiful photos Rose. A great testament to your photographability (is that a word?) and t.....
» 29/12/2010 12:09:53 PM Hormonal changes don't just affect women, more is being studied in relation to male hormon.....
» 29/12/2010 11:59:32 AM My claim was yabby that the quality of meat (ie. taste/tenderness) has deteriorated over t.....
» 29/12/2010 11:46:56 AM PaulL I have not anywhere used the term secrecy of diplomacy. If you have ever worked in.....
» 29/12/2010 8:02:26 AM But PaulL you are missing the point. Not all information is about revelaing corruption but.....
» 29/12/2010 7:47:34 AM According to page 2 of today's Canberra Times, both taste and tenderness of meat has decli.....
» 29/12/2010 7:38:28 AM Yabby I believe the charge is not 'rape' but something to do with unprotected sex. I woul.....
» 28/12/2010 9:59:54 PM Well it seems that while JamesH and Anti persistently and strongly urge us all to take int.....
» 28/12/2010 9:43:38 PM Yabby, well you are the one making claims or are you going to ignore your own comment abou.....
» 28/12/2010 9:15:50 PM Not all over the place PauL. You asked a question in what instance might it be valid to ke.....
» 28/12/2010 1:27:38 PM "Not so Pelican. The difference is that I happen to know a great deal about the meat .....
» 28/12/2010 1:18:33 PM PaulL Who are you to decide where the flow of information should end? Why does it need to.....
» 27/12/2010 9:45:42 PM Clearly Sweden is becoming a utopia for vindictive women." It might be Yabby, but no.....
» 27/12/2010 9:32:13 PM Well put Andrew - more accountability to assure donors their contributions are going direc.....
» 27/12/2010 9:26:56 PM Ah so the meat exporters only flog the crap stuff? Why did you in another thread some time.....
» 27/12/2010 9:21:45 PM Out of all the Christmas carols Silent Night is the least annoying - at least it has a nic.....
» 27/12/2010 9:16:47 PM SOG I agree with the concerns in your list for the most part, however I believe people are.....
» 27/12/2010 9:08:39 PM I sometimes wonder if comments like that in the opening post are done in ignorance or just.....
» 26/12/2010 2:06:41 PM Thanks Yabby, you did not state which claim previously - I am alas not a mind reader. ht.....
» 26/12/2010 1:53:15 PM Anti, you can use that first argument to ask why men are paid more than women who do the s.....
» 22/12/2010 6:01:04 PM hotmacca What you have described is a workplace or HR issue not a whistleblowing scenario .....
» 22/12/2010 5:42:27 PM Whle Australia (we) are paying for Oprah's visit to boost tourism many countries are encou.....
» 22/12/2010 5:26:59 PM The jury is still out on the Assange case so the legal system will no doubt do its job. Y.....
» 22/12/2010 9:23:45 AM PS: How you would prove any of that would be difficult as I imagine in the 'heat' of the m.....
» 22/12/2010 9:12:01 AM I don't know enough about the Swedish laws but on the face of it, if during a sexual act o.....
» 22/12/2010 9:02:09 AM I am for an Australia-US alliance but not at any price and not if it means subservience or.....
» 22/12/2010 8:51:31 AM Well put Brian. Often it is not the realm of conspiracy theories but simple incompetence, .....
» 20/12/2010 10:09:25 PM Rather than boycotting illiterate fruit and vegie vendors (we should be supporting them) w.....
» 20/12/2010 9:56:02 PM It is difficult to speak out about abuses of authority in the forms of bullying or harassm.....
» 20/12/2010 9:34:31 PM Even if the information leaked via Wikileaks is just more of the same or only serves to ma.....
» 20/12/2010 9:18:37 PM Not sure what the man's ethnicity or language skills have to do with reading a meter. It .....
» 20/12/2010 9:14:25 PM You have been down this 'stirring' path before Truth (not). While female wages have risen.....
» 20/12/2010 9:06:44 PM Sorry that happened to you thinker. It makes it worse that not only were you an employee b.....
» 19/12/2010 9:54:55 AM In every political party there are rumblings about leadership even after a new leader is e.....
» 17/12/2010 8:58:35 AM http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/61asylum.htm There is a lot of spin on this issu.....
» 17/12/2010 8:33:57 AM What claim Yabby. You are making wha wha on a claim but fail to say which one. I don't th.....
» 17/12/2010 8:18:30 AM PaulL I am not sure what your point is. I clearly stated the mainstream media is reporting.....
» 16/12/2010 9:54:52 AM According to one website the UK has about 300 gag orders on media and I think much of the .....
» 16/12/2010 9:34:54 AM we are unique I saw your second post WAU, and I just wanted to second your thoughts. :).....
» 15/12/2010 3:22:31 PM Jewely I am with you on the responsibility of the department responsible to ensure houses .....
» 15/12/2010 1:58:20 PM As a brief aside for those who doubt the 'killing' mentality of some of those on the Conse.....
» 15/12/2010 1:43:13 PM There seems to be a problem of definition here - Jayne is not a whistleblower, she is a ci.....
» 15/12/2010 1:25:55 PM "Pelican, when I suggested that your “nothing new” comment was trivializing the conte.....
» 15/12/2010 1:12:38 PM George Agree, human beings certainly share more in common than not and differences in spir.....
» 15/12/2010 12:57:22 PM There are a bevy of rights in the real world, sometimes they conflict but thankfully commo.....
» 15/12/2010 12:43:30 PM Stephen, an interesting piece and I like the way your mind works around some of the 'belie.....
» 15/12/2010 8:41:38 AM we are unique As you write, it is important and fair to acknowledge there are also good pe.....
» 15/12/2010 8:31:22 AM Yabby you are not looking at the big picture. What I can or you can afford to buy or not b.....
» 15/12/2010 8:19:00 AM Watcher thank you for your measured response. I also desire "that religion was merel.....
» 14/12/2010 11:30:29 PM There is equally no honour in the self-righteous Atheist who seeks to 'destroy' religion. .....
» 14/12/2010 10:55:59 PM Yabby The only peddling done is that by those with vested self interest - but you are not .....
» 14/12/2010 7:37:22 PM Agree TBC. Suzeonline your thoughts are similar to mine. Many of the mentally ill I came i.....
» 14/12/2010 7:26:08 PM Yes a good article Jennifer and nothing much left to add. The Assange-media relationship.....
» 14/12/2010 7:02:28 PM Yes it is not just confined to public servants as Cornflower suggests. As a former public .....
» 14/12/2010 6:22:07 PM " Trivialization of that information is your opinion." I am hardly trivialising.....
» 14/12/2010 11:20:50 AM briar rose I don't dispute much of the information is new just not much in what has alread.....
» 14/12/2010 10:59:53 AM No argument here Aussie Farmer. I don't think the 10% figure is correct though, even at my.....
» 14/12/2010 10:41:56 AM The Leigh Sales interview with Hilary Clinton was heavily scripted including approval of t.....
» 10/12/2010 8:06:10 AM Well it looks like the story about the 'scandal' of Assange is occupying media interest, d.....
» 9/12/2010 9:53:59 AM Good link Poirot. It is not surprising that Gillard jumped to stroke the ego of the US, th.....
» 9/12/2010 9:45:12 AM No one is arguing that Assange should not be investigated just because of his status with .....
» 9/12/2010 8:44:22 AM Proxy Your use of the phrase 'homosexual acitivist' is emotive. There have been many relig.....
» 9/12/2010 8:35:26 AM It is natural for a nation to protect it's interests but often this agenda conflicts with .....
» 9/12/2010 7:55:57 AM George thanks for your tempered and well thought out response. Agree, that these 'good' .....
» 8/12/2010 5:36:14 PM Lexi That New Matilda article was an eye opener - the stories about CIA activity and the c.....
» 8/12/2010 3:21:46 PM JP, I agree, me just saying something does not make it so. That applies to anyone includin.....
» 8/12/2010 8:45:17 AM We might not always agree George but you always put things so well. Please be comforted .....
» 8/12/2010 8:21:26 AM "SLAVERY etc. Pelly seems to forget it was the likes of William Wilberforce, a staunc.....
» 8/12/2010 8:10:23 AM A blatant lie Proxy! A lie is a statement that is known to be an untruth, not a differenc.....
» 7/12/2010 10:41:13 PM Not every government dealing Amicus. In a free country we are all able to express our view.....
» 7/12/2010 10:10:10 PM Al, I agree that intolerance is a difficult word. Should one tolerate intolerance and is t.....
» 7/12/2010 10:04:02 PM I suspect you are right George - about the cultural differences and how that affects perce.....
» 7/12/2010 9:46:45 PM Not just collective or community interests and wellbeing JP but an individual one as well......
» 7/12/2010 9:37:19 PM The most telling aspect of this event is the fact that while officials are quick to label .....
» 7/12/2010 4:32:08 PM No personal lecture vanna only a response to the predictable tirade of anti-women judgemen.....
» 7/12/2010 4:24:54 PM Yabby I have some sympathy for your point of view and the value of privacy . However, our .....
» 7/12/2010 1:35:33 PM AJ Phillips I concur with your well articulated response. JP: "One belief is as val.....
» 7/12/2010 1:17:27 PM Gradualism and progressive are two terms that can be applied equally to Left and Right pol.....
» 7/12/2010 12:53:16 PM Wholly agree Brian - a well articulated piece. "More important than their mildly ana.....
» 7/12/2010 12:47:33 PM runner Your interpretation of Wikileaks support as akin to an anti-authority stance is a b.....
» 7/12/2010 12:43:17 PM George The link to the Brezinzski interview was interesting and I liked this response in r.....
» 6/12/2010 11:25:18 PM "What we are seeing from each side is Men are abusers and Women are Liars. It isn’t d.....
» 6/12/2010 11:21:08 PM Al Can't let that one go...sorry. How is Assange an evil-doer? You are the one constantly .....
» 6/12/2010 11:15:56 PM A flawed response runner if you try to make a comparsion between Assange and Hicks. They.....
» 6/12/2010 11:10:58 PM "PROXY... we keep it up because when we do nothing...evil triumphs." Interestin.....
» 6/12/2010 11:08:47 PM Cont/... "You claim that moral values have a survival purpose...someone believes it .....
» 6/12/2010 11:06:55 PM JP Phew...where to start. I ventured that opinion is not morality but can shape it should.....
» 6/12/2010 6:08:48 PM " sure hope you all STRONGLY re-evaluate which party you will vote for next election-.....
» 6/12/2010 5:56:52 PM "And I think it important that there are groups who challenge the notion that a woman.....
» 6/12/2010 5:45:14 PM "Through knowing truth we empower ourselves." Well put thinker 2. Grass roots s.....
» 6/12/2010 5:40:47 PM OLO only allows a 350 word limit - not enough space to discuss the philosophy of morality .....
» 6/12/2010 4:03:27 PM Well said Jennifer and rexw. Hasbeen, climate change is not a political ideology and ther.....
» 6/12/2010 9:57:46 AM Jewely, I think you are right, it is pressure from other sources and a fear of being seen .....
» 6/12/2010 9:47:13 AM It was hoped the Parliamentary Inquiry into Whistleblowing Protections might offer some ho.....
» 6/12/2010 9:21:11 AM The real problem that no party is addressing is the impact of population growth on energy .....
» 6/12/2010 9:10:06 AM PayPal has apparently shut down access for donations to Wikileaks. I donated a few months .....
» 6/12/2010 9:05:29 AM Never before has there been such an attack on journalistic endeavour than the response to .....
» 5/12/2010 8:18:52 AM After reading Pat Dodson's article I am still unsure how we can 'close the gap' for indige.....
» 5/12/2010 8:05:04 AM SM My first post clearly outlines concerns with the ALP's decision to revisit the nuclear .....
» 4/12/2010 12:02:18 PM http://213.251.145.96/ A new link to Wikileaks now available......
» 4/12/2010 9:41:51 AM Do you guys really believe there are no false claims of 'coaching' children in custody pro.....
» 4/12/2010 9:34:34 AM Do people accept corruption? I don't think they do in the main, many just feel impotent at.....
» 3/12/2010 8:27:56 PM The site does not appear to be working. The latest news on this: http://www.abc.net.au/ne.....
» 3/12/2010 8:12:24 PM SM Where is the gasp horror in my post. I re-read it to check if it came across as alarmis.....
» 3/12/2010 10:09:51 AM So rich people are, by virtue of their salaries, not entitled to share concerns for the en.....
» 3/12/2010 10:03:21 AM RM There are issues with solar and wind and it may mean the approach include some reassess.....
» 3/12/2010 9:43:53 AM This is my favourite line so far in this spelling debate. "Clichés I also avoid like.....
» 3/12/2010 9:33:19 AM Awful. Maybe it is a clever strategy to avoid hosting the World Cup given the cost and not.....
» 3/12/2010 9:30:51 AM No argument here. Wikileaks lives by what information is provided to them they do not see.....
» 3/12/2010 9:15:52 AM Similar situation in our extended family too Suze. In one case it was a girl who was alway.....
» 2/12/2010 10:32:02 PM Philo You asked "How do you define a CHILD as homosexual? I don't know how to tell.....
» 2/12/2010 12:44:33 PM The Shared Parenting Act was a good thing in that it acknowledges the raising of children .....
» 2/12/2010 11:34:38 AM Simply put, there may be cases where a foster family, because of extremist religious belie.....
» 2/12/2010 11:12:52 AM It was worrying to read that Labor is going to consider nuclear power - or at least discus.....
» 2/12/2010 8:57:25 AM There is a bit more telling information on the threat of terrorism in some of the Secret d.....
» 2/12/2010 8:39:14 AM You can still access the site. It is easier if you click on 'Classification' (of document).....
» 2/12/2010 8:32:17 AM From the Wikileaks site: "As the media organisation has grown and developed, WikiLea.....
» 1/12/2010 2:05:34 PM Yes, the Iranian cyclist story may potentially have an adverse effect and not all the cabl.....
» 1/12/2010 8:30:45 AM Yabby My premise is simply this. If a nation is growing bananas and has enough to supply t.....
» 1/12/2010 8:15:52 AM Agree Pericles. Much of it is back room idle diplomatic chatter made public - nothing that.....
» 30/11/2010 9:39:35 PM Well flawed agendas are in the eye of the beholder. There are economists brighter than you.....
» 30/11/2010 7:53:47 PM Chris The lower domestic price of rock lobsters due to this news, suggest that (contrary t.....
» 30/11/2010 7:43:49 PM Methinks Al that you are staring to see Communist/Socialist conspiracy theories in the mos.....
» 30/11/2010 7:31:23 PM Pericles, King Hazza Agree completely with your comments so far. It is interesting to watc.....
» 30/11/2010 9:46:05 AM http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/30/3079962.htm?site=sydney Overreaction to the.....
» 30/11/2010 9:03:13 AM The value of many jobs has historical roots in trade unionism. Those professions where wom.....
» 30/11/2010 8:49:35 AM While the wearing of the burqa is a symbol that is insulting to men and to women (in diffe.....
» 30/11/2010 8:30:34 AM Gee...how to win an argument without even trying - just used the words Pauline Hanson and .....
» 28/11/2010 1:24:16 PM As an AGW agnostic I reckon people in both camps just cherry pick the 'evidence' that suit.....
» 28/11/2010 1:21:28 PM Security clearances are a lot of fun too these days - the information required to pass a c.....
» 28/11/2010 1:12:42 PM Cornflower You think the Ad a little too graphic for a public billboard yet you disagree .....
» 28/11/2010 9:30:34 AM "You have absolutely ZERO right (if you are an atheist) to criticize any other person.....
» 28/11/2010 9:25:45 AM I agree Paul. People are starting to wake up. Looks like the polls show the Libs are in t.....
» 28/11/2010 9:19:38 AM Perhaps I should have said a suggestion of rape rather than "rape simulation". I.....
» 26/11/2010 10:56:23 AM It is too simplistic to suggest the only indication of appropriateness for public viewing .....
» 26/11/2010 9:51:22 AM Yabby "So by my definition Pelican, I would have to place you in the wowser category .....
» 26/11/2010 9:35:51 AM Any violence is abhorrent but there is no point in denying the fact that more men commit v.....
» 26/11/2010 8:59:15 AM Not smacking is no more likely to make a child troubled or bad if there are other methods .....
» 25/11/2010 8:14:39 AM "Behind the bad men there isn't a woman in sight!" She is too busy doing the wa.....
» 25/11/2010 7:44:12 AM Well I'm all for a productivity study. That should be part of any major expenditure no mat.....
» 25/11/2010 7:31:27 AM Yabby why do you persist in this blanket perception of 'the workers' as all lazy layabouts.....
» 24/11/2010 1:23:06 PM The Liberals are right not to allocate preferences to the Greens. Applying preferences bas.....
» 24/11/2010 12:58:01 PM It is about where to draw the line - and this one crosses it. Old men twittering on about.....
» 24/11/2010 12:51:07 PM Very scary stuff Belly. Not altogether unexpected - it was always a time bomb scenario. At.....
» 24/11/2010 12:49:10 PM "Yes these days women no longer have to stay in abusive relationships due to financia.....
» 24/11/2010 9:26:45 AM Well there was a review into the pink batts with the findings showing that there was a poo.....
» 24/11/2010 9:09:08 AM SM Regardless of MTR's and others' beliefs about reproductive rights this article is about.....
» 24/11/2010 8:56:39 AM Yep, I'm with you on most of those examples RObert. Agreed, billboards are ugly no matter .....
» 24/11/2010 8:52:35 AM Made me think of 'Rob Roy' where all the male aristocrats were dressed up in pomp and cere.....
» 24/11/2010 8:50:11 AM Houlley You accuse me of relating stats to stereotypes and then continue to make broad gen.....
» 24/11/2010 8:40:27 AM This is a no-brainer. Can't believe this billboard was approved by the ASB in the first pl.....
» 24/11/2010 8:30:11 AM Must admit I misread the title as Professional integrity. Professorial centres on the main.....
» 23/11/2010 11:58:21 AM This is a send up yeah?! Good griefness. Pink is just a colour. Wear pink, don't wear pin.....
» 23/11/2010 11:45:53 AM I don't know the statistics, but do you ever ask why women instigate divorce? If any of .....
» 23/11/2010 11:33:51 AM benk Who is name calling? The vitriole towards women on OLO is much worse than anything I .....
» 23/11/2010 11:25:06 AM Professional integrity is a nebulous concept. Personally I think all government department.....
» 23/11/2010 11:04:52 AM How is this a left/right issue. Poor judgement or intolerance is not confined to one ideol.....
» 23/11/2010 10:56:03 AM There would be a lot more deaths or wider impact should a nuclear accident occur. Just not.....
» 22/11/2010 9:12:26 AM I can't answer all those questions Houlley with any authoritative knowledge. If the prim.....
» 22/11/2010 8:49:19 AM If there was nothing to hide why not widen the terms of reference as far as communications.....
» 21/11/2010 4:12:28 PM The same discussion should be had for both Art and Sport, particularly the money handed ou.....
» 19/11/2010 7:11:31 PM "As far as the AWB scandal, there is not a single shred of evidence that the libs kne.....
» 19/11/2010 6:28:27 PM "If she gets pregnant, its all his fault" Last I heard it takes two......
» 19/11/2010 4:03:30 PM Lovely to see an article by the PM. The Arts are important, particularly in respect to a.....
» 19/11/2010 3:46:44 PM vanna You must be reading different responses. Not one of the posts prior to yours was der.....
» 19/11/2010 3:34:59 PM Houlley Expanding the definition of DV is not going to make a difference on the burden of .....
» 19/11/2010 3:16:36 PM Yuyutsu, you are right about the pace of change. With information so quickly transmitted i.....
» 18/11/2010 3:22:41 PM It is sometimes difficult, without medical evidence/photographs and the like to prove viol.....
» 18/11/2010 3:06:08 PM TPP, heh heh :). Don't do that to me. I was halfway through swallowing a mouthful of hot .....
» 18/11/2010 3:02:46 PM Yep, agree RObert. The lie detector was tongue in cheek but really when it comes to people.....
» 18/11/2010 2:53:15 PM When I was 8 I thought I could fly too. My brother and I were playing superheroes and I ju.....
» 18/11/2010 2:47:49 PM Houlley, there you go again in predictable form. Who is telling who how they should be hap.....
» 17/11/2010 8:25:10 PM What we are all seeking from any of these discussions, whether it be child custody, family.....
» 17/11/2010 8:10:10 PM spindoc Interesting question - why do we "buy into it". Because it is the status.....
» 17/11/2010 7:55:50 PM SM why would I be clutching at straws when you are not? Do you know the full truth about t.....
» 17/11/2010 2:47:15 PM There are less 'recent' scandals with Liberal MPs because they do not hold government exce.....
» 17/11/2010 2:27:50 PM Houlley You crack me up sometimes. "I did fly once as a child, and to this day nobo.....
» 17/11/2010 2:22:26 PM spindoc Well observed spindoc. What makes some individuals able to synthesize all that and.....
» 17/11/2010 1:59:50 PM It's not about whether one is pro or anti smoking, it is about the right for individuals t.....
» 17/11/2010 1:52:26 PM pedestrian Yes much of the funding for arts (and other areas including even disability) is.....
» 17/11/2010 1:41:56 PM The political arena is rife with this sort of stuff, but facts can be distorted by both si.....
» 16/11/2010 5:32:17 PM Graham does get a harsh bollocking on that site as per his links. Moderation is part of fo.....
» 16/11/2010 5:22:27 PM This issue goes hand in hand with issues of national sovereignty in regard to governments .....
» 15/11/2010 6:45:09 PM Don makes some good points. Art has always been an integral part of societies but has gene.....
» 15/11/2010 6:32:15 PM TPP it was not George but an inference about an author of a particular subject - it is not.....
» 15/11/2010 1:30:09 PM "Or perhaps, some women need to loosen up a bit and some men need to pull their head .....
» 15/11/2010 1:23:28 PM Al you do cop more flak than most (even from me occasionally) but you handle it for the mo.....
» 15/11/2010 1:21:34 PM Yeah, but the name calling thing can go too far and you have to ask what sort of site do p.....
» 15/11/2010 11:22:40 AM Welcome back to both TPP and Severin. Severin No it was a bit more than that, I inferred .....
» 15/11/2010 11:06:51 AM A comment I made recently was deleted for 'flaming' so I learnt for the first time what de.....
» 15/11/2010 10:57:27 AM Vanna and Anti, Maybe some employers will choose not to employ men to ensure there are no .....
» 15/11/2010 10:48:51 AM Anti, I am at a loss to know to which comment you refer - please show me where I made that.....
» 14/11/2010 10:32:45 AM Antiseptic I am not trying to reduce this argument to reductionism either (not sure where .....
» 14/11/2010 10:23:51 AM Errr...No Anti, if you are going to comment on my comments at least get it right. I did sa.....
» 14/11/2010 10:13:47 AM Thanks for the update CJ. Glad to hear the Foxy one is well. :).....
» 14/11/2010 9:56:04 AM George Jetson You have expressed what I think a lot of ALP/Green supporters are feeling. T.....
» 13/11/2010 3:05:23 PM Anti The Courts are only the path taken for serious accusations don't make it out to be th.....
» 13/11/2010 10:20:03 AM There is nothing wrong with sex and children should not be taught that sex is bad, forbidd.....
» 13/11/2010 9:51:15 AM searching It is all about how to split up the revenue pie. Why is it more Okay to pay mon.....
» 13/11/2010 9:41:31 AM JamesH All those sorts of manipulative bullying behaviours are used by bullies of either g.....
» 13/11/2010 9:32:31 AM No problem Graham. Now I feel like I may have over-reacted. :) "Can Graham mail Foxy.....
» 13/11/2010 9:30:56 AM jorge My understanding is that listing a terrorist organisation involves a 'statement of r.....
» 12/11/2010 11:43:51 AM Have you been on the weed Houlley. The title of this article is "Sexual harassment w.....
» 12/11/2010 11:35:09 AM Loudmouth You are right about random damage but who said Al-Qa'ida does not exist? Al-Qa'i.....
» 12/11/2010 11:27:02 AM Graham I was not intending to spread disinformation about suspensions. I wouldn't have a .....
» 12/11/2010 10:02:41 AM The argument that the West expands the growth of terrorism by invading countries like Iraq.....
» 12/11/2010 9:35:12 AM Al you said "Yes I absolutely DO!" but you only appear to submit threads about p.....
» 12/11/2010 9:27:52 AM RObert Clearly men are doing more as the rate of SH is much reduced. As a woman I remembe.....
» 12/11/2010 9:19:39 AM Whoops, that last line should have read "for our youth" not "in"......
» 12/11/2010 9:18:46 AM "It would be great if we could go back to the "good old days" when women st.....
» 12/11/2010 9:01:11 AM Anti I acknowledged the nuances but assumed we are talking about legitimate sexual harrass.....
» 11/11/2010 6:41:47 PM "Ah, like a true feminist, you blame the victim..." How? You should be ashamed .....
» 11/11/2010 6:36:31 PM I was wondering what happend to you CJ. We haven't seen Severin, Foxy, Bronwyn, Romany and.....
» 11/11/2010 6:26:41 PM Poirot You write some inciteful stuff. Your ability to cut through the spiel to the chase .....
» 11/11/2010 5:46:52 PM Al What do you mean by Conservative? Being far right does not mean Conservative necessaril.....
» 11/11/2010 5:36:50 PM Houlley "Do women possess the 'gumption'? Why should men be braver than women? Is it .....
» 10/11/2010 11:16:02 PM You have a way with words TBC. If Bishop was PM then she, like Gillard, would be judged o.....
» 10/11/2010 11:10:19 PM part-time parent Most statistics do reveal that men make up the large proportion of homele.....
» 10/11/2010 11:06:09 PM Yes thank you runner. It is the first time I have read a post from you that acknowledges t.....
» 10/11/2010 10:57:05 PM Trouble is Al you think anything slightly left of the Tea Party is socialist. It is not o.....
» 10/11/2010 10:50:09 PM Al While you are busy hunting down all the Socialists (much of it only perception) you are.....
» 10/11/2010 10:47:31 PM Forgetting (for the sake of brevity) the arguments regarding the nuances of sexual harrass.....
» 8/11/2010 10:38:07 PM runner People suicide for different reasons. I am always fascinated that you continually p.....
» 8/11/2010 10:28:26 PM Until the cause of homelessness addressed there won't be much change but the author makes .....
» 8/11/2010 10:17:47 PM TBC Most people might acknowledge in a casual way 'how nice it is to have a woman PM' just.....
» 8/11/2010 10:06:11 PM socratease My comment was in response to boxgum. I am aware of Peter's lack of faith in th.....
» 8/11/2010 9:58:56 PM searching It would be impossible for any government to achieve consensus on all aspects of.....
» 8/11/2010 5:41:24 PM boxgum "Hence goodness, being of man, is in all men and women so is not limited to th.....
» 8/11/2010 5:36:57 PM mikk That is a much better proposition all round. The two days per week could be supplemen.....
» 8/11/2010 5:16:00 PM RObert There are never any absolutes, just as I would never argue that both parents should.....
» 7/11/2010 1:44:15 PM But Yabby you are the one advocating the feathering of nests by the fat and wealthy overri.....
» 7/11/2010 1:39:58 PM Dear Poirot That program raises some interesting observations (I did not see it unfortunat.....
» 7/11/2010 1:27:13 PM PS: That probably came across as a bit harsh. I am sure if we had met in a pub over a drin.....
» 7/11/2010 1:25:04 PM Antiseptic, I tend to support your argument on this one. Given the growth of the middle cl.....
» 7/11/2010 1:11:53 PM RObert I have to disagree on that point. The children's best interests should always be p.....
» 7/11/2010 1:01:57 PM I also agree Belly. In the APS there were often moves to outsource for budgetary reasons .....
» 7/11/2010 12:58:11 PM Well Yabby the opposite equally applies. All you see is 'blaming profits' and are unwillin.....
» 7/11/2010 12:55:07 PM We are getting into the realm of fairies here. There are no evil spirits only evil people.....
» 7/11/2010 10:02:37 AM It is clear among the layman (including me) there is a lot of misinformation and mythology.....
» 7/11/2010 9:37:26 AM Yabby I am also a little sick of people who cannot see the risks in a profit incentive via.....
» 6/11/2010 5:56:40 PM Pericles Huh? You are looking for criticism when there wasn't any. I was in fact concurr.....
» 6/11/2010 1:48:56 PM Yabby I am always open to valid criticism of government and certainly and my views are qui.....
» 6/11/2010 12:35:42 PM "I've said for a long time that what women seem to want is 100% authority and 0% resp.....
» 6/11/2010 12:29:22 PM It is the foreign invasion of other lands that fosters terrorism and I doubt the current g.....
» 6/11/2010 12:12:48 PM If heterosexuality is the norm, what threat can the Gay Lobby impose? You cannot make a h.....
» 6/11/2010 12:07:01 PM While Pericles claims deception has always been part of advertising I also have noticed a .....
» 6/11/2010 11:51:31 AM Yabby "... that is for good reasons, ie because most Australians are clearly quite co.....
» 5/11/2010 12:25:41 PM What is the role of imprisonment: 1. To remove the threat from society 2. To mete out pun.....
» 5/11/2010 12:16:26 PM It is called 'don't rock the boat' politics. I doubt we would ever see any major reforms .....
» 5/11/2010 12:04:44 PM Jefferson What arguments? You haven't given any for instances or examples and have only ma.....
» 4/11/2010 5:52:56 PM Good comments from Gilbert and King Hazza. Not sure if banks should be nationalised as su.....
» 4/11/2010 8:24:45 AM The author makes some pretty vitriolic statements about the Left based on one act by a sho.....
» 3/11/2010 10:01:12 PM Apologies I only meant to use the term 'idiot' in reference to the shoe thrower not the au.....
» 3/11/2010 7:01:10 PM Well written RObert. Not small government but smaller government with better targeted prog.....
» 3/11/2010 6:53:57 PM [Deleted for flaming.].....
» 3/11/2010 6:50:51 PM There are extremes in any position. This is one good example of the ludicrous, almost as b.....
» 3/11/2010 6:43:31 PM Houlley I am not speaking for or on behalf of prominent feminists. Who gives themselves th.....
» 2/11/2010 1:22:53 PM "Peter a manifestation of the mentality flowing from those who refuse to recognise si.....
» 2/11/2010 1:13:19 PM Houlley and Anti Feminists are not arguing that CEOs work 9-3 to fit in with school hours......
» 2/11/2010 12:54:59 PM Not for a personal reward or gain Atman, but a pretence of WMDs to be able to legitimise s.....
» 2/11/2010 8:46:24 AM Cheryl Don't forget to add the pro-growthists to that list. :) Actually on this we do agr.....
» 2/11/2010 8:37:38 AM woulfe Your position is understandable. What right do others have to decide what should b.....
» 2/11/2010 8:28:00 AM Atman You don't think a leader who takes a country to war under false pretences is a threa.....
» 2/11/2010 8:08:35 AM Smaller government is desirable when the government services no longer meet the needs or b.....
» 1/11/2010 6:48:30 PM Cont/.... When I went to playgroup there were more men after my 2nd child than with my fi.....
» 1/11/2010 6:47:30 PM Jefferson Women are also obligated to pay child custody if they are not the primary carer......
» 1/11/2010 12:25:09 PM I wondered where you had got on this debate Houlley. My position is simply we should all b.....
» 1/11/2010 12:08:26 PM It is no more a vaccuum than religion if religion's main objective is absolve us of our gu.....
» 31/10/2010 6:34:11 PM Cheryl Part of what you say is apt, high consumption is part of the problem with resource .....
» 31/10/2010 6:20:34 PM The higher levels of personal debt suggest that what you say is all too true Crackcup. We.....
» 31/10/2010 6:11:38 PM Jefferson Some of your ideas are worthy of more thought, and much of what you suggest has .....
» 31/10/2010 6:08:45 PM Thank you RObert - I am not perfect but do try and look outside the square even it if it i.....
» 30/10/2010 3:23:49 PM Well feminism always seems to be at the root of all problems according to some posters of .....
» 30/10/2010 3:21:44 PM runner the anti growthists are not advocating killing humans and being concerned about ani.....
» 30/10/2010 10:35:36 AM Jefferson There is some merit in a consensual process (in terms of obligation) - the lawye.....
» 30/10/2010 10:34:59 AM Antiseptic I agree that there is much that is not egalitarian and the influence on governm.....
» 30/10/2010 10:03:10 AM King Hazza I did not say WE denied him a fair trial - just that Hicks was denied a trial a.....
» 29/10/2010 10:53:55 PM The key element among the noise about the Hicks case is the right to a trial under the law.....
» 29/10/2010 10:43:16 PM Jefferson Please explain how you inferred I am the one advocating violence. Nothing like a.....
» 29/10/2010 10:26:14 PM Howard decided not to step down to allow Costello the leadership because of one major reas.....
» 29/10/2010 10:18:31 PM Good article James. Certainly the 'Green' business has opened the doors to anyone wanting .....
» 27/10/2010 6:39:05 PM So you think other people should be 'forced' to pay towards the cost of raising of someone.....
» 26/10/2010 5:29:33 PM Jefferson You talk about children as if they belong to the mother alone and assume men wan.....
» 26/10/2010 3:12:11 PM At least it provides a starting point StG rather than what we often get from our represent.....
» 26/10/2010 3:07:26 PM An observation that should make one pause, is why when low paid employees make demands for.....
» 26/10/2010 8:43:42 AM vanna The incidence of divorce has increased for sure and probably puts short term pressur.....
» 26/10/2010 8:34:34 AM "Randall's political mistake with his dumb comment shows how disingenuous politics ha.....
» 26/10/2010 8:29:50 AM Antiseptic Boys have been disadvantaged in some aspects ie. education and the focus shifte.....
» 26/10/2010 8:08:34 AM "Runner means by that.(I think) that secularism has no basis for morality. (in the ph.....
» 26/10/2010 7:52:15 AM Land supply problems are directly related to growing populations. That is where the demand.....
» 25/10/2010 10:12:13 PM Cont/... "Do men have an equal right to give birth to a child, and if not, why not? .....
» 25/10/2010 10:10:59 PM "But feminism has resulted in a whole raft of laws that compel and restrain men unequ.....
» 25/10/2010 6:03:47 PM Have a look at Coalition policies you might find the answer there given they were first to.....
» 25/10/2010 5:57:29 PM runner How is secularism morally bereft? Secularism allows, unlike fundamentalism, people .....
» 25/10/2010 4:31:52 PM I sympathise thinker 2, that is an awful situation. However sexual abuse does not automa.....
» 25/10/2010 4:18:30 PM Agree thinker 2. "The greater good" has been used for all manner of horrific act.....
» 25/10/2010 4:11:25 PM Jefferson your ask a good question although I am not sure if you really mean gender equali.....
» 25/10/2010 3:50:13 PM Despite the article there still appears to be confusion about secularism. Secularism allo.....
» 25/10/2010 3:42:11 PM In our extended family theare are three gay relatives, all part of families where all othe.....
» 25/10/2010 3:19:24 PM Farmers markets are pretty good, some prices a bit higher and some a bit lower coming stra.....
» 24/10/2010 3:27:16 PM Women have not achieved the same as men thus far - they have only been afforded equal stat.....
» 24/10/2010 3:17:46 PM Shadow Minister the Spin Meister for the Coalition. Got to admire his/her persistence if .....
» 24/10/2010 3:15:30 PM It appears the rules are malleable depending on which side of politics one stands......
» 24/10/2010 3:14:04 PM Arjay the reason I put a smile after that sentence was to indicate humour given the 'lunat.....
» 23/10/2010 4:11:50 PM Well we already knew Hockey was part of the lunatic fringe. :) Nick Minchin and his free m.....
» 23/10/2010 4:01:44 PM What is it with the growth of wedge politics as regards generational differences? As a l.....
» 20/10/2010 1:32:20 PM Perhaps you are right about RO, ShadowM, but if RO had sided with the Coalition I suspect .....
» 20/10/2010 1:31:05 PM "I've rarely been so intimidated in my life... as a hetero. My bum was pinched.. legs.....
» 20/10/2010 1:29:18 PM Anti Well if I disappoint you I disappoint you - not much I can do about that, I only ask .....
» 20/10/2010 8:25:57 AM Anti "Pelican, what of the runaway train, whilst we're all watching for angels? Ah, n.....
» 20/10/2010 8:23:42 AM individual Your experience in the public service matches mine. Too many blowhards and pape.....
» 20/10/2010 8:16:32 AM King Hazza makes some good points. Hasbeen have you ever tried to talk to a human being i.....
» 20/10/2010 8:13:25 AM we are unique Yes the support for carers is minimal and their efforts save governments a l.....
» 20/10/2010 8:07:54 AM Much of what you say is true jinny. We have become complainers as is demonstrated by the g.....
» 20/10/2010 8:00:30 AM "...similar human safety is the responsibility of everyone, not just one part of the .....
» 20/10/2010 7:18:10 AM It is not about help, it is about honesty (given this post touches on issues of integrity).....
» 19/10/2010 9:01:15 AM Well there are double standards all around us and if we are honest they exist for both men.....
» 18/10/2010 10:27:50 PM Two entirely different cases with determinations arrived at for two different reasons. O.....
» 18/10/2010 10:18:07 PM "I think it a disproportionate view of reality to accept that people are born gay, wi.....
» 18/10/2010 9:52:18 PM ShadowMinister "I have never claimed to be unbiased,..." - I am not disputing yo.....
» 18/10/2010 9:16:32 AM SM it is odd that you are accusing others of a one-eyed opinion. Belly might be a strong A.....
» 18/10/2010 8:37:48 AM Cont/... My instincts as a mother is also about supporting the rights of children and men.....
» 18/10/2010 8:36:24 AM Anti I do like men, most women do including Suzeonline who is married to a man if I rememb.....
» 18/10/2010 8:07:01 AM Organised crime can compete in an open market - crime by nature does not follow the rule o.....
» 17/10/2010 6:51:34 PM Cont/... I agree we need smaller government - it continually grows and expands and as Hop.....
» 17/10/2010 6:48:31 PM RawM "History also shows we never really had a free market. So to say it doesn't work.....
» 17/10/2010 10:15:55 AM Pericles - fair enough, synergy should be the goal. There is a tendency on the part of emp.....
» 17/10/2010 9:53:34 AM Why were so many water allocations handed out on a dying river system in the first place. .....
» 17/10/2010 9:43:31 AM Who decides the value of someone's work. According to the Right Wing - your lot Al, it is.....
» 17/10/2010 9:29:14 AM JamesH There is a difference between 'creepiness' and being honest about sexual needs. May.....
» 15/10/2010 10:19:37 AM Al you ask "How...do we solve this spiralling greed and thuggery?" We solve it .....
» 15/10/2010 9:40:55 AM I don't know much about the company nor much about Rob Oakeshott, but we should be lobbyin.....
» 15/10/2010 9:24:29 AM That is true JamesH which is why when these issues come up we should try and look at the i.....
» 15/10/2010 9:04:03 AM RawM What I am essentially arguing is where you have any regime where there is little acco.....
» 14/10/2010 9:13:32 AM Sonofgloin Are you suggesting capitalists are not manipulated or brainwashed. Al suggest.....
» 14/10/2010 8:44:21 AM I just reread that link about the school situation. In teaching kids about appropriate beh.....
» 14/10/2010 8:04:44 AM The second link in JamesH last post demonstrates how situations such as the touching of th.....
» 14/10/2010 7:55:35 AM Not 'no' women, RObert but most women. Feminists who write books do not represent all wome.....
» 13/10/2010 10:44:44 PM The issue is not the difference between aspiring to economic inefficiency or efficiency bu.....
» 13/10/2010 10:26:33 PM Yes those evil greenies are the only ones talking at all about biosecurity and foreign imp.....
» 13/10/2010 10:23:08 PM That is a fair question runner. What is it exactly that you want from the system? If you .....
» 13/10/2010 10:09:24 PM Bazz What an absurd proposal. Now the citizens get to pay for the inefficiency of the NSW .....
» 13/10/2010 9:59:31 PM As these conversations progress, I suspect there is not much point in repeating the same o.....
» 13/10/2010 7:27:08 PM Beezl Your point about the power of corporate lobby groups is sound but we are already awa.....
» 13/10/2010 7:02:53 PM Women are also capable of committing horrible crimes like the mother who aided in the pros.....
» 13/10/2010 10:27:58 AM Good Grief Al. Do you see Fabian Socialists in your sleep. Do you have a problem with univ.....
» 13/10/2010 10:07:48 AM I can't disagree with the essentials of your last post Houlley. And everything is a broad.....
» 13/10/2010 9:36:01 AM Economic rationalisation of the 80s was anything but efficient. It did not result in the s.....
» 13/10/2010 9:27:07 AM Too much is being made of this issue on both sides. Get on with the business of governing .....
» 13/10/2010 9:22:40 AM Anti I suspect the reason why men have sometimes been excluded in legislation is that like.....
» 13/10/2010 9:13:43 AM Nothing like stepping into the fray. The difference is Houlley is that I don't see a bevy.....
» 13/10/2010 8:58:50 AM searching and Cornflower you make some good points. In any discussion about euthanasia th.....
» 13/10/2010 8:31:41 AM Who is demonizing men? Many men see demons at the mention of anything to do with rape, sex.....
» 12/10/2010 8:08:35 AM Hi Al I find your posts difficult and wish you would just start a topic with the...well........
» 11/10/2010 10:17:01 PM The Democrats betrayed their voter base when allowing the never-ever GST to get through, a.....
» 11/10/2010 10:02:56 PM Good luck Susan P in whatever comes next, you will be a great loss to OLO. The idea of a .....
» 11/10/2010 9:43:02 PM briar rose You make valid points and I agree that it is up to the young girl, along with .....
» 11/10/2010 10:14:59 AM Caroline A sad case indeed. What sort of detritus dwells in the minds of these people - ho.....
» 11/10/2010 9:42:07 AM King Hazza has got it in a nutshell. It is alarming that the NSW ALP continues to be the .....
» 10/10/2010 12:45:53 PM A few broad ideas: Rethink what it is we want from governments. What aspects of life can .....
» 10/10/2010 8:12:48 AM Culture is a nebulous concept yet it defines us. Throughout history it is culture that has.....
» 10/10/2010 8:03:56 AM PS: the prize has already had positive effects on calls for Mr Liu's release from prison. .....
» 10/10/2010 8:00:40 AM A perfect choice for the Nobel Peace Prize TRTL. China has already responded as expected i.....
» 10/10/2010 7:55:51 AM Hi Jinny The stresses that we experience now are due to many factors, not just the effects.....
» 9/10/2010 3:16:19 PM Cornflower Isn't that what we are talking about or am I on the wrong track? The assertion .....
» 9/10/2010 3:03:52 PM PeterH, I don't disagree with everything you put forward albeit looking at things from a d.....
» 9/10/2010 2:51:00 PM The fact is the school system encourages conformity to whatever the agreed flavour of the .....
» 9/10/2010 2:43:27 PM Yabby Well we seem to be mostly in agreement - the 'cream' should not be obtained for doin.....
» 9/10/2010 2:34:29 PM Not sure what cougars and groupies have to do with rape. I presume cougars and groupies st.....
» 9/10/2010 2:16:32 PM Anti No-one here is condoning rape. "a couple of posters seem completely unable to g.....
» 8/10/2010 9:17:09 PM The rape itself is the crime. Being foolish or putting yourself in a vulnerable situation .....
» 8/10/2010 9:05:23 PM Yabby I merely responded to your statement below: "You Pelican, try to take the easy .....
» 8/10/2010 8:04:07 AM Yabby You continue to misread and misinterpret much of what I say. I don't expect employer.....
» 8/10/2010 7:54:55 AM A person who is raped is not at fault under the law just as someone whose house is robbed .....
» 8/10/2010 7:42:56 AM That is a good point Otokonoko. For some time there has been commentary on the difficulty .....
» 7/10/2010 12:26:51 PM Are people really that ambitions Houlley? I don't think so - are we continually told we ha.....
» 7/10/2010 12:20:04 PM Peter Hume claims to know the truth. We are in the presence of greatness. I sometimes won.....
» 7/10/2010 11:16:30 AM Houlley You assume that a Good Life cannot include factories and scientists that produce p.....
» 7/10/2010 11:10:44 AM Lovely article Peter. Your last paragraph is really important. "First, catch boys do.....
» 7/10/2010 9:09:20 AM "Only the state can provide for universal needs like broadband and handouts to corpor.....
» 7/10/2010 8:54:31 AM For goodness sake the YouTube video is a spoof. It is clearly anti-climate change 'pressu.....
» 7/10/2010 8:30:57 AM Claudiecat I just re-read the article and you are right - the author spoke of means testin.....
» 7/10/2010 8:19:26 AM Totally agree with you stevenlmeyer we are all instruments of our own delusions. My comm.....
» 7/10/2010 7:55:35 AM Tasers have a place in confrontation and were introduced to avoid needless shootings. The.....
» 7/10/2010 7:38:58 AM Yes it is a dilemma Houlley. Perhaps us middle aged types are the wrong people to ask abo.....
» 7/10/2010 7:29:29 AM Does Europe or anyone in the West really determine trade on human rights grounds? It happe.....
» 7/10/2010 7:22:34 AM Good points about excessive salaries OUG. Contrast that with a report in the paper about.....
» 6/10/2010 1:44:18 PM Well I am a woman and I have often given up my seat for an elderly person of either gender.....
» 6/10/2010 1:41:57 PM The only system that shows any hope is one where there is more direct democracy and one th.....
» 6/10/2010 1:09:21 PM Ha ha Houlley. Yes it does rain - how silly of me. Perhaps you should ask does it rain oft.....
» 6/10/2010 8:19:01 AM There is a great book by Laura Penny 'Your Call Is Important to Us - the Truth About Bulls.....
» 6/10/2010 8:13:09 AM "People who would prefer that we should "live in simpler times" make a stro.....
» 5/10/2010 9:52:18 AM Governments are important in delivering some services and programs but we can go too far. .....
» 5/10/2010 9:45:52 AM Houlley Let me ask you if you think there is a line to be drawn in sexually overt advertis.....
» 5/10/2010 9:32:52 AM Cyber warfare is inevitable which is why governments spend money on organisations like DSD.....
» 5/10/2010 9:21:20 AM brennie You are missing the point. The public transport service is not run at a loss - it .....
» 5/10/2010 9:10:49 AM OUG I am not sure how to change the world but I know a less corporatised world would be my.....
» 5/10/2010 8:54:50 AM It is about degree. This article is not about diminishing men's or women's sexuality it i.....
» 3/10/2010 10:19:05 AM Trouble is all the religions think they are the Rolex......
» 3/10/2010 10:15:11 AM Why should public transport be provided on a full cost recovery basis? It is a public ser.....
» 3/10/2010 10:08:14 AM vanna No I don't think the author is an extremist. Read Helen Pringle's comments above. Re.....
» 2/10/2010 3:00:30 PM JamesH I partly agree with the Katie Rophie quote you referred to above, although feminism.....
» 2/10/2010 2:47:02 PM Why can't JG be serious about emission reduction while at the same time dismissing nuclear.....
» 2/10/2010 2:42:14 PM No animal should have to endure suffering whether it be farmed animals or fluffy pets. Cu.....
» 2/10/2010 2:33:02 PM I much prefer 'citizenship' to 'multicultural' in the naming of a portfolio because citize.....
» 1/10/2010 10:28:13 AM Poirot, I think we are in the presence of a troll or a flamer (I believe that is the inter.....
» 29/09/2010 11:13:58 AM The author is really saying (I think) that a man who is known to behave in a gentlemanly m.....
» 29/09/2010 11:02:56 AM In relation to the recent outing of public servant blogger Grog: there is an important dif.....
» 29/09/2010 9:38:43 AM Otokonoko Unlike the thrust of this article, Catholics like your good self, are in the maj.....
» 29/09/2010 9:27:29 AM I wouldn't complain, SM is the best thing the ALP and Greens have going for them (as far a.....
» 29/09/2010 9:15:53 AM All this means rehctub is that there are not enough staff in those operational roles to co.....
» 28/09/2010 1:42:04 PM Very true Foxy. Or pocket-money to bail out banks and other corporates or to stimulate the.....
» 28/09/2010 1:36:08 PM Houlley you are being disingenuous. Lets first agree that there is some obvious behaviour .....
» 28/09/2010 8:54:58 AM It's because governments are only interested in appearing to fulfill the obligations of th.....
» 28/09/2010 8:40:41 AM Houlle, one can't help but bite. What is brave about making such a confession. Having bee.....
» 28/09/2010 8:32:01 AM You are wasting your breath Poirot. It appears you cannot criticise the Catholic Church wi.....
» 28/09/2010 8:16:25 AM Well yes a politician's word is to be taken with a grain of salt - which is why we need mo.....
» 28/09/2010 8:12:47 AM Houlley You are just stirring the pot. I remember thinking I was a Communist for a short.....
» 27/09/2010 11:38:53 PM Hasbeen that is just not true. Kerry O'Brien was ferocious during his interview with Gilla.....
» 27/09/2010 11:16:45 PM Oh Gawd - we are back to the chattering classes again. The implication that social justi.....
» 27/09/2010 11:03:55 PM benk With respect you are not making any sense. You are getting hung up on looks. The nat.....
» 27/09/2010 8:10:58 PM cont/... AGIR once chided me for suggesting a re-write of the Bible. It was said in the c.....
» 27/09/2010 7:47:53 PM Apologies for the bad editing in my last post. Pericles I don't dispute the logical anal.....
» 27/09/2010 7:15:07 PM Looks like logic has left the building. Kerry O'Brien a communist? Gosh we are going from.....
» 27/09/2010 1:07:10 PM Stephen thanks for your comments but I have never perceived myself as an enemy. :) Pericl.....
» 27/09/2010 12:53:15 PM Houlley Re shallowness - you are arguing at cross purposes. You are a parent - you decide .....
» 27/09/2010 12:32:13 PM Philo We certainly could do more to distribute resources more wisely as you say but even w.....
» 27/09/2010 12:29:17 PM benk I don't know why some women will spend exhorbitant amounts of money to make themselve.....
» 27/09/2010 11:11:32 AM Does MPoynter really believe, with hand on heart, that Gunns has never been involved in un.....
» 27/09/2010 11:01:16 AM Houlley We are not talking about using one's natural gifts it is about timing and extreme.....
» 27/09/2010 10:38:00 AM It is because economists, in the main, are indoctrinated into the myth of eternal expansio.....
» 25/09/2010 1:38:10 PM Stephen Thank you for a thought provoking article and for baring your personal journey so .....
» 25/09/2010 10:02:15 AM Melinda The reality is that Loveable and other companies are not really interested in chan.....
» 25/09/2010 9:40:53 AM George Had Hitler been an atheist, it is a stretch for the Pope to equate the Nazi regime.....
» 25/09/2010 9:13:02 AM Constance "There are always two sides to the story. Not that I am against justice an.....
» 25/09/2010 9:01:35 AM Yeah I agree Belly - not so much from being a magnet to pedophiles but more that children .....
» 25/09/2010 8:56:42 AM Benk "If you want a simple rule, try "if how cute he is matters, then it isn't .....
» 25/09/2010 8:50:33 AM A referendum on banning the burqua conflict with other human rights legislation - ie. gove.....
» 24/09/2010 5:46:00 PM Pericles and Flo do have valid concerns. There would need to be protections for minoritie.....
» 24/09/2010 5:28:13 PM What a pity. I love Red Kerry - no matter his own political persuasion, he retained his im.....
» 23/09/2010 6:11:59 PM There are many issues that could be put to a public vote. Why do we ask our parliamentaria.....
» 23/09/2010 5:56:44 PM "Hey get this pelican, constance is selling me an article about the "chattering .....
» 23/09/2010 11:50:02 AM Houlley That is a bit of a stretch. We all seem agreed there are grey areas but there are.....
» 23/09/2010 11:12:22 AM Houlley It is easy to know what is unwanted - by reaction. Even if the harassed does not m.....
» 23/09/2010 10:57:34 AM "The anti-Catholics will always bring this up." That is the problem with this d.....
» 22/09/2010 12:18:37 PM JamesH that was one of the best posts I've seen you make - well reasoned and without bias......
» 22/09/2010 12:01:54 PM George my response to your post is similar to Poirot's. The difference is that many athei.....
» 21/09/2010 10:47:36 PM "What is right for the child in many cases is for the parents to not split up." .....
» 21/09/2010 10:37:23 PM How so benk? How am I dismissing male concerns? What is in it for me when I advocate an eq.....
» 21/09/2010 10:31:30 PM "Pelican cannot provide a neat distinction between acceptable and unacceptable either.....
» 21/09/2010 9:06:14 PM We also buy most of our meat direct from the farmer so I know it is possible Yabby but tha.....
» 21/09/2010 9:01:41 PM Like Poirote I was horrified at the Pope's recent lecture where in a desperate attempt to .....
» 21/09/2010 3:34:58 PM Personally Houlley, I would choose to leave and I have done so recently - not in relation .....
» 21/09/2010 3:29:53 PM But as you so often like saying Yabby that is the system we are dealing with and because o.....
» 21/09/2010 3:15:59 PM I fully concur with most of your last post Houlley. Children are nobody's property and nee.....
» 21/09/2010 3:11:10 PM You are all missing the point. Where there is real intimidation and sexual harassment - wh.....
» 21/09/2010 3:03:41 PM runner As usual you cast judgement on those you don't know - not everyone lives in your wo.....
» 21/09/2010 10:26:17 AM "Oh, poor me, I'm a victim". What a lot of tosh" Well one has to balance t.....
» 21/09/2010 10:06:52 AM thinker2 I agree. There is a growing concern that governments no longer really represent t.....
» 21/09/2010 9:54:15 AM Who defines Natural Law? Many are willing to spout natural law when it comes to the nature.....
» 21/09/2010 9:46:59 AM Reading all the various comments on this and other threads it seems apparent that there is.....
» 21/09/2010 9:40:51 AM The argument that women want men to be like them is a furphy. Women and men are different .....
» 21/09/2010 9:38:08 AM So women who are sexually harassed are responsible for the harassment. And by Antiseptic's.....
» 21/09/2010 9:22:53 AM Constance The freedom of speech we enjoy today was not due to the Catholic Church but came.....
» 21/09/2010 9:13:22 AM Euthanasia was discussed on Q&A last night with an idea for a conscience vote. My first t.....
» 20/09/2010 1:10:56 PM Caroline93 you raise a good point. I must admit I don't quite know how I feel about assis.....
» 20/09/2010 12:55:47 PM Feminists can and have said similar vanna. But based on your history a feminist might not.....
» 20/09/2010 12:52:12 PM heh heh stevenmeyer. As Bugsy implied, the difference is that the actions of a few should .....
» 20/09/2010 12:48:53 PM Many people do meet at work Houlley and there is to be expected some natural flirtation be.....
» 20/09/2010 10:31:42 AM huffnpuff, most Australians care strongly about the Forgotten Australians and the former P.....
» 20/09/2010 10:26:06 AM I agree davidf. It is similar to banning of the anti-abortion website. Governments whould .....
» 20/09/2010 10:17:18 AM PS: BTW I don't buy into the male biology argument as I think men are more than capable of.....
» 20/09/2010 10:10:15 AM Gosh MC we don't always agree but I do wholeheartedley on your education analysis so I won.....
» 20/09/2010 10:00:47 AM AbuseVictim my heart goes out to you for your experience, however I don't agree that mothe.....
» 20/09/2010 9:47:20 AM We are the same suckers who voted in Howard's core and non-core promises. SM you are doin.....
» 20/09/2010 9:45:04 AM Thank you WAU. Some of the language being used in some posts "this little lady".....
» 20/09/2010 9:35:08 AM WIR You certainly get the mental juices flowing in the morning. Creating money? In what c.....
» 20/09/2010 9:25:08 AM See it is already happening. Anyone who can see the Palestinian side is now associated wit.....
» 20/09/2010 9:21:05 AM Changalang has a point. While the gender wars continue the lawyers are raking it in. vann.....
» 20/09/2010 9:07:57 AM The Pope lost all credibility when he asked atheists to say sorry for Hitler. For one, it .....
» 20/09/2010 9:01:19 AM Human beings of all persuasions make decisions on social and economic development. Atheism.....
» 20/09/2010 8:55:24 AM While it is only natural that people defend their faith it is paramount that those within .....
» 19/09/2010 9:47:03 AM There has been commentary to the effect that the figure was to make a statement about the .....
» 18/09/2010 7:04:21 PM runner you clearly did not read my post. I said "the jury is still out" on this .....
» 18/09/2010 6:08:36 PM Looks like runner has already made up his mind on the basis of one other complaint while i.....
» 18/09/2010 4:48:52 PM I saw that too Foxy. The definition is a bit nebulous and very individual I gather from wh.....
» 18/09/2010 4:39:12 PM Cont/... The reason why we have more single parent households (men are also single parent.....
» 18/09/2010 4:38:56 PM vanna Unless a father has died children are not fatherless. Shared custody and greater ac.....
» 18/09/2010 12:32:49 PM It is interesting how we get so obsessed with gender politics instead of looking at the in.....
» 18/09/2010 12:15:21 PM I wonder how Tony Abbott would have got out of his promises given the dodgy economic costi.....
» 18/09/2010 12:05:05 PM Most of us are aware of the reasons behind terrorism. It is retaliation for real and perce.....
» 17/09/2010 3:40:52 PM Haters of any sort cannot be condoned but regardless, some people, particularly the dispos.....
» 17/09/2010 3:26:15 PM Houlley, I completely understood the satire in Severin's post. I read it as a response to.....
» 17/09/2010 3:13:55 PM It is a bit of a stretch to present altruism as the motivating force behind suicide bombin.....
» 17/09/2010 3:05:22 PM As opposed to vanna who is the paragon of impartial analysis......
» 17/09/2010 3:04:12 PM My father was a migrant , he expected nothing and was thankful for what minimal support wa.....
» 16/09/2010 9:18:01 PM The only shameful thing is SM's continued circus antics in the face of a sour grapes loss .....
» 16/09/2010 9:14:49 PM Severin you will only be beating your head against the proverbial brick wall on this one. .....
» 14/09/2010 8:54:51 PM You make a good overall assessment Joe. Compromise is part of politics and many with the A.....
» 14/09/2010 5:26:05 PM We in the West tend to choose our wars under the guise of democracy very particularly. The.....
» 14/09/2010 5:05:40 PM How does one define progressive? Well despite your obvious disaste for the Left it is a go.....
» 14/09/2010 10:33:24 AM McReal has it in one. What a debacle and what at what cost. There has to be a better way .....
» 14/09/2010 10:26:21 AM Cornflower you have expressed exactly my thoughts and the characteristics of workforce par.....
» 14/09/2010 10:18:27 AM rehctub We don't know what is happening behind the scences in a restaurant or take-away, a.....
» 13/09/2010 11:07:40 PM And people actually believe we have a representative government. All those who were voted .....
» 13/09/2010 11:00:42 PM My apologies Johnny30 - there is another poster "JohnnyRotten" whom I confused y.....
» 13/09/2010 6:38:56 PM Your analysis is pretty much on the mark JohnnyRotten. I think it was Grim who wisely said.....
» 13/09/2010 6:00:11 PM The author makes some good arguments for religion as a strategy for dealing with 'earthly .....
» 13/09/2010 5:17:12 PM Anti It is too early, on the basis of one example, to accept this statistic as the beginni.....
» 13/09/2010 1:27:20 PM I don't know Jefferson I have never coveted my neighbours goods. Don't judge everyone by y.....
» 13/09/2010 10:19:28 AM vanna "It is interesting that, in these times, fathers now have to justify their exis.....
» 13/09/2010 10:15:28 AM Re heroism - that is not what I am saying Anti. I am speaking of definition - a heroic act.....
» 13/09/2010 10:05:14 AM The effects of botulism or salmonella are not a pretty sight. Consumers already pay for g.....
» 13/09/2010 10:01:38 AM Very true petej. An older friend of mine had a similar experience in the banking industry......
» 12/09/2010 11:12:22 AM Well it is trivial and meaningless Anti. Note the title refers to Gen Y only. What about a.....
» 12/09/2010 11:00:39 AM Don't be gloomy Ludwig. Remember when you were young. Isn't it much better being older an.....
» 12/09/2010 10:54:40 AM Hi Foxy Much good advice has already been given. The one thing I think friends can do is n.....
» 12/09/2010 10:46:19 AM Anti A heroic prince would not expect a kiss otherwise it would not be a heroic act (ie. e.....
» 10/09/2010 10:33:09 AM Houlley Rudd's argument was that the Opposition is disadvantaged because its costings coul.....
» 10/09/2010 10:26:57 AM Did anyone else watch ABC's Catalyst last night. http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/fatherhoo.....
» 10/09/2010 10:11:10 AM Grim you are the voice of reason......
» 10/09/2010 10:09:26 AM I would love StG and runner to explain how Christians are villified. It seems you can't co.....
» 10/09/2010 9:57:23 AM Houlley Perhaps my views are too tainted by OLO. My experience match Poirot's. I wanted to.....
» 10/09/2010 9:37:14 AM o sung wu No, please don't misunderstand I wasn't disagreeing merely adding some other per.....
» 10/09/2010 9:28:12 AM StG I think you are wrong about that. There would be equal concern if there was a Bible bu.....
» 10/09/2010 9:19:54 AM rehctub I think you are right about the Coalition wanting an early election which does not.....
» 10/09/2010 9:15:35 AM "You mean disparities that show women are being disadvantaged,don't you? You've alrea.....
» 9/09/2010 5:55:22 PM You are probably right david f. The resources for special needs is also lacking. That is .....
» 9/09/2010 5:47:34 PM None of my Christian friends have committed crimes either, in fact my atheist friends have.....
» 9/09/2010 5:34:05 PM Well you are wrong on that one Houlley. It was thought that women were inferior. Even the .....
» 9/09/2010 5:13:50 PM Well JardineK I see no answer to my questions above. Perhaps if you keep repeating your f.....
» 9/09/2010 2:15:25 PM No I didn't think Julia got the message in entirety and I was equally outraged as my fello.....
» 9/09/2010 2:03:32 PM What a lot of noise on this thread now. If anything the role of fathers is more recognised.....
» 9/09/2010 1:55:08 PM Still comes back to the burden of proof lies with the inventor not the disbeliever. It is .....
» 9/09/2010 1:37:24 PM "Oppositions are there to oppose and try to win back government. Why have an oppositi.....
» 9/09/2010 12:28:45 PM Not by 'more' government JardineK but better government which can also mean removing some .....
» 9/09/2010 12:17:46 PM "women wearing the pants". What does that actually mean? Aren't marriages about.....
» 9/09/2010 12:10:40 PM 'I take a different perspective mate. It's not the gun which kills..but the finger which p.....
» 9/09/2010 12:03:58 PM Yes Severin, I am shaking in my boots already after hearing Nick Minchin telling the Austr.....
» 9/09/2010 11:56:26 AM Belly it is indeed a stupid act not only because of the possible consequences but because .....
» 9/09/2010 11:53:30 AM AlGore Imagine it like this. What would your response be if Climate Change advocates and e.....
» 9/09/2010 11:44:58 AM Cornflower I agree, this is happening more and more at a policy level but with still some .....
» 9/09/2010 11:23:08 AM And there you have it - the reason why people are so fed up with this sort of adversarial .....
» 9/09/2010 10:10:54 AM All- You sound like you have had your share of government bungling and corruption. I have.....
» 9/09/2010 10:08:23 AM Okay Sienna, JardineK and All- In your idea of utopia - a system that would operate withou.....
» 9/09/2010 9:50:25 AM Personally, I quite dislike the "X can do anything" campaigns. It is unrealistic.....
» 8/09/2010 9:00:14 AM All- I am not talking about Marxism. Go back and read my posts before you assume I am see.....
» 8/09/2010 8:54:42 AM I must admit to being a bit sexist about tattoos and don't mind them on men but used to th.....
» 8/09/2010 8:47:16 AM Well fair enough Yabby. You may not resent women but your comments mask that at times. The.....
» 7/09/2010 1:23:41 PM I agree in principle Houlley, which is why this article is a beatup. Equality is already i.....
» 7/09/2010 12:00:05 PM Which God is the real one? Even the Christians don't seem to be able to agree, having well.....
» 7/09/2010 11:45:36 AM Houlley So you think this whole article about Gen Y is worthy of a new 'vibe' about male v.....
» 7/09/2010 11:24:43 AM And there comes Austin just to prove my point. All women are now tanning themselves on bea.....
» 7/09/2010 11:22:58 AM runner How are feminists disrespecting their husbands? The fact that you would condone th.....
» 7/09/2010 11:04:32 AM Jardine K Are your derisory comments an example of reasoned debate. Clearly the free tra.....
» 7/09/2010 10:55:32 AM Cont/... Imagine the outcry from some if a female poster was to say "men are self-se.....
» 7/09/2010 10:54:42 AM It is a bit disingenuous for some of you guys to pretend the issue of wage disparity has n.....
» 5/09/2010 6:38:55 PM All- I am not advocating for a Marxist society you are the one going on about socialism I .....
» 5/09/2010 4:40:04 PM Yabs That was meant to read I 'don't think you give men enough credit'. Antiseptic Two w.....
» 5/09/2010 4:15:15 PM Not sure what sexual power has got to do with child support commitments in the courts but .....
» 5/09/2010 4:02:17 PM No worries SOG I too am a bit jaded and try not to be too cynical but usually I fail. :).....
» 5/09/2010 4:00:18 PM Warwick Don't you love the use of statistics without all the other factors being known. Or.....
» 5/09/2010 3:45:52 PM Out of the mouths of babes Johnny Rotten......
» 5/09/2010 3:43:58 PM Hate to break it to you but the state already acqires the revenue from socialists. The ATO.....
» 5/09/2010 3:39:32 PM Yabby You are a worry. The only person that gives someone sexual power over you is you. Th.....
» 5/09/2010 12:08:46 PM That is a furphy Sienna. We all know when we start employment that we pay tax to a common .....
» 5/09/2010 11:44:16 AM It would be very hard to move forward without a sole......
» 5/09/2010 11:41:10 AM 'On the other hand, I must acknowledge that there has been no overt arrempt to link father.....
» 5/09/2010 11:31:33 AM "My son WILL earn less than my daughter unless I take personal responsibility for ens.....
» 3/09/2010 6:06:56 PM sonofgloin I cannot see how Jessica Rudd's appearance had anything to do with Labor pullin.....
» 2/09/2010 5:30:43 PM That is what consultation is all about Hasbeen, not taking the high ground but listening t.....
» 2/09/2010 5:25:18 PM "If a woman won’t agree to have sex with a man unless he spends scarce resources of t.....
» 2/09/2010 5:10:25 PM Heh heh Horus. Better start working out those Sarah Connor biceps......
» 2/09/2010 5:07:24 PM It is a no-win situation using either of the Parent Days. Fathers may either feel overly e.....
» 1/09/2010 9:43:08 AM "I am not against local food production. I am against those of you who are trying to .....
» 1/09/2010 9:24:46 AM If these statistics are correct it is a sad state of affairs. I would have thought the lev.....
» 1/09/2010 9:09:32 AM Well said runner and I congratulate you for seeing past political allegiances. I felt the .....
» 1/09/2010 8:59:40 AM Your article encapsulates my own views Gilbert. "If either competition or co-operat.....
» 31/08/2010 8:08:48 PM It is easy to oversimplify the situation by arguing the future lies in the hand of a few r.....
» 31/08/2010 3:40:27 PM Country people are no different from city people. Have you ever found that we can be diffe.....
» 31/08/2010 3:18:14 PM Okay I'll play. Which bureacracies are those Houlley? There are equally virulent versions.....
» 31/08/2010 3:03:24 PM Individual Well I do have to agree with you about the drugs aspect but don't see how someo.....
» 31/08/2010 11:12:33 AM Yabby you cannot undercut your competitor if by doing so you will make a loss? How can you.....
» 31/08/2010 10:49:04 AM The article lost me at 'Malthus'. The old furphy trotted out for lack of cogent argument a.....
» 31/08/2010 10:45:15 AM CJ The hate mail received by Ken Wyatt was appalling and the knowledge that most Australia.....
» 31/08/2010 10:05:57 AM Heh heh very droll Hasbeen. I had an unfortunate image of how that might play out in long .....
» 31/08/2010 10:01:24 AM " They even want briefings from senior public servants on the implications of the maj.....
» 31/08/2010 12:29:42 AM I've been a bit of a streaker on OLO lately Gilbert with competing priorites at the moment.....
» 31/08/2010 12:18:47 AM I think Australians have become less racist over the years given our multi-cultural popula.....
» 31/08/2010 12:04:18 AM You are a kind person we are unique, your family is lucky to have you I am sure. There is.....
» 30/08/2010 11:53:39 PM My thoughts on FT are well known so I won't repeat them here but I endorse Gilbert's appro.....
» 30/08/2010 11:46:01 PM Interesting discussion Foxy. I would think that AI could be used in some scenarios and is.....
» 30/08/2010 11:37:36 PM "It is unreasonable to expect those in charge of national governments to challenge th.....
» 30/08/2010 2:43:12 PM I tend to agree with Bugsy. Prison is meant to be deterrent and a punishment as I see it a.....
» 30/08/2010 2:29:20 PM I think a Gillard minority government with the independents will be a welcome alternative......
» 29/08/2010 6:53:10 PM "What I should have added but forgot, is my belief that the two party system will nev.....
» 29/08/2010 4:32:54 PM Anti My reference to minefields refers to the difficult job of CSA employees but there is .....
» 29/08/2010 11:28:17 AM We can all think of examples like Milat where the death penalty would not be easy to suppo.....
» 29/08/2010 11:22:36 AM Jereth "If you support a Government system which compulsorily acquires and distribute.....
» 29/08/2010 11:06:31 AM I think the key point here is freedom to choose - most people can gamble and drink in mode.....
» 27/08/2010 1:01:29 PM The justice system is not perfect and there have been cases of death penalties being appli.....
» 27/08/2010 12:53:37 PM What a load of nonsense. The Treasury stands as the impartial body and is not filtered by.....
» 27/08/2010 8:40:29 AM StG I think you have understood it pretty well. It is an issue that is used to distract fr.....
» 27/08/2010 8:29:46 AM Don't hold your breath for an apology from the bureaucrats or the politicians. An apology .....
» 23/08/2010 9:38:30 AM Anti "there needs to be a clear increase in the standard of living achievable by bei.....
» 23/08/2010 9:27:24 AM The outcome is not necessarily a bad thing. We are too hung up on the two party majority i.....
» 20/08/2010 9:34:47 AM Thankfully Cardinal Pell does not reflect the views of the many Christians I know, many wh.....
» 20/08/2010 9:17:02 AM Jereth "Voluntary redistribution of wealth is workable in a Christian community becau.....
» 20/08/2010 9:07:05 AM "When ONE is in conflict with the OTHER... who's rights prevail?" They don't co.....
» 20/08/2010 8:57:11 AM Pericles Ludwig and I and many others have put forward ideas to achieve sustainability wit.....
» 19/08/2010 9:58:58 AM I often wonder when those who promote growthist economic policy (let's be honest this is a.....
» 19/08/2010 9:26:10 AM Christians like any of us (human beings really are not that different in essentials) will .....
» 19/08/2010 9:09:24 AM "But beCAUSE we are God's creation, we DO have a purpose and that includes careful st.....
» 19/08/2010 8:51:43 AM "What you have said is simply illogical. If you can’t see why, then what makes you th.....
» 18/08/2010 10:28:55 AM Because Peter as far as policy goes we work at national level in the main ie. the national.....
» 18/08/2010 10:16:26 AM Al Is a good eternal outcome the only purpose? What about the damage we wreak while on ear.....
» 18/08/2010 9:24:41 AM Fair points Pericles. I am certainly not arguing for a global centralised government - hea.....
» 17/08/2010 5:27:03 PM What is most annoying is the assumption that women will vote for another women purely on a.....
» 17/08/2010 5:12:36 PM Pericles Primary school students may not understand beyond the current taught concepts but.....
» 17/08/2010 4:40:22 PM When did physical appearance or the way someone speaks become so important in this electio.....
» 17/08/2010 8:52:46 AM Fair enough Graham but would you be supporting a Labor/Green oriented poster with a series.....
» 17/08/2010 8:44:12 AM Bad editing on my part re the last post. Should have obviously read the teller "asked.....
» 16/08/2010 12:00:21 PM People make their own choices about how they manage their money and much of the current le.....
» 16/08/2010 11:51:23 AM I agree Foxy. Latham still looks and behaves like an angry man. I can understand his anger.....
» 16/08/2010 11:49:49 AM I start by saying I have great respect for Bob Brown. Even a climate change sceptic should.....
» 16/08/2010 11:26:57 AM There might be something to this ignorance-is-bliss perspective but only while one lives w.....
» 16/08/2010 11:11:25 AM rehctub I agree that many people are not paid by the value of what they do - however one m.....
» 16/08/2010 10:56:14 AM "That is what I was referring to as your presumption that “this time it will be diffe.....
» 16/08/2010 10:30:49 AM GH Well said on all fronts about the myth of 'free' trade. The whole concept is flawed on .....
» 14/08/2010 8:10:33 PM "So what?" Yabby you raised the population statistics on China not me. What ha.....
» 14/08/2010 8:07:27 PM I get where you are coming from MC. As for user pays - the Left isn't about 'others pay' .....
» 14/08/2010 7:59:17 PM Stern I think we are at cross purposes. What do you mean "this time it will be differ.....
» 14/08/2010 5:17:30 PM "Once again, whilst the global population keeps increasing at 250'000 a day, all your.....
» 14/08/2010 5:05:53 PM I have to agree with you on that one Hasbeen. Putting it simplistically, there are too ma.....
» 14/08/2010 11:28:05 AM "Looking at the disparity between communist party members and non-communist party mem.....
» 14/08/2010 11:16:57 AM Imagine this scenario: Police get taken off speed camera duty and are replaced by public .....
» 14/08/2010 11:11:37 AM Don't worry Belly. SM is just adding to the current attack style of political campaigning......
» 14/08/2010 11:06:35 AM I don't understand why you hold this downward envy rehctub or why you constantly have a go.....
» 14/08/2010 10:59:34 AM Hasbeen The one-child policy was disastrous for China. That is not the way to go about pop.....
» 14/08/2010 10:48:57 AM I don't dispute your points Houlley. The 'thinkers' of the past do stand out and I guess i.....
» 13/08/2010 9:19:11 AM Ludwig I agree last night's debate was heartening. I particularly liked the global focus .....
» 13/08/2010 9:03:37 AM PTB Atheists pushing materialism? Please explain how atheists are pushing materialism and .....
» 12/08/2010 11:47:09 PM MindlessCruelty invites us to examine ways in which the dumbing down process takes hold. I.....
» 12/08/2010 11:17:43 PM Stern you see the world from a very black and white perspective. That is, it either has to.....
» 12/08/2010 12:09:28 PM Potentially true davidf, for theist and non-theist alike. In that sense we are all truly.....
» 12/08/2010 12:06:53 PM "With all the haters in jail the world will be a much better place." Proxy, thi.....
» 12/08/2010 11:57:20 AM Arthur N is right. It is like watching two divorced parents fighting over who is more pop.....
» 12/08/2010 11:38:55 AM Why not ask why people who like brussel sprouts aren't given something of substance to car.....
» 10/08/2010 11:15:40 AM Commentators like Tony Jones and Kerry O'Brien give both sides of political spectrum a run.....
» 10/08/2010 11:09:09 AM Proxy You will find more parallels between Christianity and Islam than you will feminism. .....
» 10/08/2010 10:56:13 AM That is a good idea TBC. Many a time we can see the originator of a topic willing the deba.....
» 10/08/2010 10:46:51 AM Well argued Lydia. Quotas would do more harm in what should be a merit based process. It.....
» 10/08/2010 10:38:06 AM "...The financial sector is supposedly a means to an end, it's not an end in itself&q.....
» 10/08/2010 9:58:54 AM Using Latham is simply a journalistic stunt - no more no less. This must be the biggest ci.....
» 9/08/2010 3:41:29 PM There are a lot of Clayton's policies being flung about at the moment - it is hard to know.....
» 9/08/2010 3:30:26 PM mikk makes a solid point about the issue being a global one which has to bring in all thos.....
» 9/08/2010 3:21:04 PM Oh Gawd! Who are being martyrs now. Pot and kettles line up......
» 9/08/2010 3:15:31 PM Peter You assume coercion can only derive from governments but don't concede there are all.....
» 9/08/2010 10:19:13 AM Peter and Stern I am not being any more morally superior than those in your no-regulation .....
» 9/08/2010 9:27:50 AM Individuals do not work in isolation from each other - that is the reality. When you have .....
» 6/08/2010 9:25:39 AM rehctub I don't smoke so am not aware if there is variation in the 'flavour'. My guess is .....
» 6/08/2010 9:13:26 AM In the modern day women are assumed to have earned their place on merit which is a good th.....
» 6/08/2010 8:57:22 AM There is a direct relationship between happiness levels and materialism. Poverty is at the.....
» 6/08/2010 8:47:52 AM I am also happy to leave things as they are unless Graham is finding the task too time con.....
» 4/08/2010 5:36:40 PM Cheryl rather than dengirating those who seek a sustainable population why not offer some .....
» 4/08/2010 12:38:47 PM If we are to create denser cities we also need to hold governments accountable for adaptin.....
» 4/08/2010 12:15:57 PM Once you take choice out of the equation you are left with a monopoly. Nothing but a chang.....
» 4/08/2010 12:08:45 PM Yes Your Honour, but my hormones made me do it......
» 3/08/2010 3:19:43 PM You are a Chardonnayist Houlley. Raspberry jus Raspberry jus Raspberry jus Raspberry jus .....
» 3/08/2010 3:13:11 PM runner Things are not all bad - no-one is arguing that, but are we 'better' off. How do we.....
» 3/08/2010 2:53:29 PM I love it when you play Houlley. Chattering classes - love that little gem which is trotte.....
» 3/08/2010 1:13:53 PM Unfortunately while I am competent with using computers I am not a techno-whiz as far as t.....
» 3/08/2010 1:00:07 PM Does the lucky country need migrants? No it doesn't NEED migrants but migration has helpe.....
» 3/08/2010 12:44:10 PM Houlley We can all make judgements about strategy and tactics to the point where it is dif.....
» 3/08/2010 12:39:14 PM You are a funny ol' thing runner. Please expalin how secularism condones any sort of beh.....
» 3/08/2010 10:49:24 AM Al "...huge political LEFT WING netowrk of pseudo capitalists who shamelessly exploit.....
» 3/08/2010 10:40:41 AM Dear Yuyutsu I suspect much of that happens already behind doors and if the relationship i.....
» 3/08/2010 10:34:00 AM Are you sitting on a horse Houlley. Give us all a bit of credit - we might pontificate to .....
» 2/08/2010 11:37:41 PM Julia's this is the real me, football analogy positioning statement elicited a 'don't come.....
» 2/08/2010 11:21:29 PM Dear Yuyutsu I agree with your last paragraph and yes Government is responsible for ensuri.....
» 2/08/2010 11:04:30 PM It was hardly news that Pakistan is know to maintain ties with terrorist groups and was at.....
» 2/08/2010 5:40:21 PM Where is free choice is in these mythical mature work consultations that take place betwee.....
» 1/08/2010 11:43:52 AM Well put Arjay and it is ironic that the first to jump up and down about printing money fo.....
» 1/08/2010 11:11:12 AM I look forward to a time when the superficial is no longer relevant and the public or medi.....
» 31/07/2010 2:24:46 PM I agree King Hazza. This is an important election decider for me as well but I fear there .....
» 31/07/2010 2:09:15 PM I agree in part Peter that recycling is not always better sense where the carbon output is.....
» 31/07/2010 1:58:32 PM We all wish our PM would be trustworthy and committed to the job despite their personal fa.....
» 30/07/2010 11:25:00 AM "For example, I once read that in India they recycle even a single thread from a piec.....
» 30/07/2010 11:18:50 AM Because Peter your argument is flawed. Energy is a huge sector and creates the majority of.....
» 30/07/2010 11:09:56 AM One thing I admire about the Australian public is when Tony Abbott's private life and alle.....
» 30/07/2010 11:01:59 AM Peter Your first paragraph expresses well what is a disappointing state of political affai.....
» 29/07/2010 10:14:11 AM Something that will not differentiate either in the chook raffle is the chook will probabl.....
» 29/07/2010 10:10:56 AM SM I am surprised you are finding retaliatory excuses for Mr Abbott's misuse of entitlemen.....
» 29/07/2010 9:56:41 AM I echo Manorina's thoughts. There are concerning implications in the privatisation of wate.....
» 28/07/2010 11:29:55 PM Poirot and others I was reading in the paper the other day that approximately 200 women ea.....
» 28/07/2010 11:19:12 PM SOG While I understand the resistance from a historical religious perspective, this does n.....
» 28/07/2010 11:09:21 PM May I refer Ms Bishop to the Caretaker Conventions which read: "5. INTERNATIONAL NEG.....
» 28/07/2010 10:58:35 PM Be fair rehctub I have also been critical of some aspects of the government but the PM sai.....
» 28/07/2010 10:55:26 PM runner Many on this forum have acknowledged some of the problems with the pink batts and B.....
» 28/07/2010 10:46:24 PM Philo, I think deep in your soul you know that is untrue. Disagreeing with the lack of wom.....
» 28/07/2010 9:33:28 AM I am afraid I am the same being once a bit of a political junkie myself, although I have t.....
» 28/07/2010 9:18:35 AM In the case of Masterchef, Coles is just a sponsor which is the way of commercial televisi.....
» 26/07/2010 9:35:33 AM Why do some people have such low aspirations by seeking to be just like that which they de.....
» 26/07/2010 9:28:33 AM Patricia Thank you for this article. History has a tendency to remember the biased and pop.....
» 26/07/2010 9:09:01 AM There is only one sure way to get the attention of a less than helpful local member and th.....
» 25/07/2010 6:03:38 PM The kiss was not confusing. Campaigning these days seems nothing more than a game - a bunc.....
» 25/07/2010 5:57:56 PM Philo Please point out where I have demeaned men. Why is it when people (regardless of fai.....
» 25/07/2010 1:44:44 PM Jedimaster I am not sure we are good at mining. We are lucky to have mineral resources tha.....
» 25/07/2010 10:37:25 AM What RObert said in response to Philo. I particularly included Islam in the previous comme.....
» 25/07/2010 10:28:38 AM "God destroyed Sodom because of sin for If there had been 10 righteous men the city w.....
» 24/07/2010 5:54:44 PM Dear Foxy I realised later my post may have come across as a bit abrupt especially as I ha.....
» 24/07/2010 2:30:29 PM "Cut thier un-neccesserry spending. They all struggle yet many have a plasma and a mo.....
» 24/07/2010 2:24:21 PM Jedimaster I agree it is hard to sort this out - a bit like the recycling issue (energy u.....
» 24/07/2010 2:04:40 PM Al, I hope you are not on drugs in front of your grandchildren. ;) Well said mikk, it is .....
» 24/07/2010 2:01:17 PM Are you serious sonofgloin - or are you tongue in cheek. Just in case you are serious - &.....
» 24/07/2010 1:51:50 PM Ludwig It depends on the person, many backbenchers are involved with parliamentary committ.....
» 23/07/2010 7:48:25 PM Healthy scepticism is not a bad thing and certainly in the climate change debate there is .....
» 23/07/2010 7:39:11 PM Houlley "(Ooh your public service heart is soaring)" Oh thou woundeth me. :P.....
» 23/07/2010 7:36:18 PM "Free trade would be good so long as Pelican got to dictate the terms of it?" W.....
» 23/07/2010 10:35:45 AM JediM Our standards of living are pretty good compared with others. Topsoil is an issue gr.....
» 23/07/2010 10:28:07 AM rehctub I can disagree with you without hating you as you wrote earlier. I don't hate you .....
» 23/07/2010 10:21:29 AM Houlley have a think about your last post. You are a bit of a policeman yourself even pron.....
» 23/07/2010 10:11:28 AM Poirot I love your style. Squeers you express it so well and have that unique ability to .....
» 23/07/2010 10:02:23 AM Al, I believe Javan was offering that we can change if we want to as per his/her last sent.....
» 21/07/2010 5:21:24 PM Have you ever thought the minimum wage is too low? It has not kept pace with living costs......
» 21/07/2010 5:08:10 PM Hey you lot, we'll have no more of those sinful single-gender group hugs please, you will .....
» 21/07/2010 4:52:25 PM This nonsense is almost not worthy of comment, but certainly highlights the huge problems .....
» 21/07/2010 4:37:34 PM Claudiecat I would dispute the 4% figure - I have read 25% of CO2 emissions from intra-UK .....
» 19/07/2010 10:59:35 PM rehctub the latest pay rise was for low income workers who can barely keep up with rising .....
» 19/07/2010 10:48:19 PM Not normal behaviour for you Leigh if you are heterosexual, but normal for someone who is .....
» 19/07/2010 7:23:13 PM While the author makes some valid points, shouldn't the objective be to reduce the carbon .....
» 19/07/2010 7:10:37 PM Is this article arguing that allowing homosexuals to marry makes marriage more beneficial .....
» 19/07/2010 6:53:55 PM The trouble is we do know what the Coalition stands for in relation to industrial relation.....
» 18/07/2010 5:43:21 PM Al 'Ray of fope' was meant as a compliment. I do remember you applying that term to me at .....
» 18/07/2010 5:37:02 PM Anyone who doubts the effect of Work Choices on low income workers is at best blind and at.....
» 18/07/2010 11:34:40 AM There is certainly room for electoral reform given under proportional representation a gov.....
» 18/07/2010 11:28:51 AM Dear Foxy I agree with you - it is up to individuals to do what they can to lead by exampl.....
» 18/07/2010 11:25:08 AM Ludwig Is that true the SPP won't be running candidates. It does not say as such on their .....
» 18/07/2010 11:19:05 AM Wyatt certainly has different views to me, but I admire his strong stance and willingness .....
» 18/07/2010 11:04:00 AM Yes this was wasteful particularly considering the shortage of early intervention resource.....
» 18/07/2010 10:55:51 AM Well I stand corrected. That disappoints me I thought with Al there was some litte ray of .....
» 18/07/2010 10:53:41 AM As much as I would like to agree with you vociferous I concur with mikk's approach on comp.....
» 18/07/2010 10:42:55 AM You don't have a choice to buy from every business as you proprose, if those businesses (l.....
» 17/07/2010 5:56:50 PM Yes but Peter how is the private sector any different. What accountability do they hold, w.....
» 17/07/2010 5:47:10 PM Benq Pyne is certainly one of the Opposition's weakest links and a robust democracy requir.....
» 17/07/2010 5:36:12 PM Likewise Severin. In one mad moment I thought I might actually vote 1 for Julia but like .....
» 17/07/2010 5:23:46 PM Al My point still applies to your most recent post. A declaration of war by a few fanatics.....
» 17/07/2010 5:15:09 PM All true Foxy, but I tend to be less concerned about reputation when it comes to other cou.....
» 17/07/2010 11:44:25 AM Cont/... Al If we were to turn this around and were to see a Left Wing Socialist regime .....
» 17/07/2010 11:39:10 AM Al Mmm...I grant these are complex issues. There were similar complexities in Ireland duri.....
» 17/07/2010 11:28:31 AM It was a debacle. Peter Hume Tthere is no "if it was done by a private corporation&.....
» 17/07/2010 11:20:32 AM Refugees will be an election issue. We have seen this already with attention to marginal s.....
» 17/07/2010 11:05:32 AM Well I misread StG. I thought it was an attack on atheism, given the comment about "s.....
» 17/07/2010 11:03:13 AM Murder of course. When the state sanctions murder, either via illegal war or illegally vi.....
» 17/07/2010 10:51:46 AM This is reminiscent of the thread on nation branding. Difficult to shake a reputation even.....
» 17/07/2010 10:37:19 AM Hanson only won in her QLD electorate she would not have got up in an inner city seat for .....
» 16/07/2010 12:52:51 PM What is the party's view on a 'Big Australia' and in relation to solving problems connecte.....
» 16/07/2010 12:28:18 PM Just a short note before dashing off. I would agree with most of your post other than you.....
» 16/07/2010 12:23:48 PM Well StG atheism is not a man-made ideology it merely reflects absence of believe in the s.....
» 15/07/2010 1:59:12 PM Does seem ludicrous Ludwig, but sadly nothing surprises anymore. Good habits should be le.....
» 15/07/2010 1:57:42 PM I am not familiar with Al Gore's earth worshipping religion as runner is, but find it odd .....
» 15/07/2010 1:43:09 PM Trying to keep this simply on a material level non-human level I would have to include my .....
» 15/07/2010 1:26:34 PM Poirot There is something quite primal about tracing one's family tree. My Aussie Grandfat.....
» 12/07/2010 10:38:38 AM Eventually same sex marriage will be legalised whether the union will be called 'marriage'.....
» 12/07/2010 10:29:42 AM we are unique Yes I have to agree - someone's bravery and acts of 'heroism' may contribute.....
» 12/07/2010 10:21:08 AM Gosh is he really as old as my dad. Time gets away......
» 12/07/2010 10:17:44 AM Wow Al, I agree with your comments. There are also many jobs that are not currently being.....
» 12/07/2010 10:09:06 AM Agree nairbe, we did it 'tough' in the early days of having children but it wasn't really .....
» 11/07/2010 4:49:53 PM nairbe My hope was that this particular government would heed the lessons learned rather t.....
» 11/07/2010 4:40:50 PM That begs the question, can one be stupid and brave? :).....
» 11/07/2010 2:21:04 PM Not all the stimulus package was wasted but reports of rorting and waste are certainly uns.....
» 11/07/2010 2:12:46 PM Brian your article made me think about what it means to be brave. After some thought I th.....
» 11/07/2010 1:59:55 PM Interesting article Arjay but one of the problems with the term 'patriot' is that anyone c.....
» 11/07/2010 1:38:19 PM rehctub I don't know what the comparsion would be but I imagine there would be more jobs i.....
» 10/07/2010 1:33:54 PM In some cases I think the laws are expanded to allow more powers to police in certain case.....
» 7/07/2010 4:42:20 PM "Both of these attempts at the assertion of the human are wrongheaded and derive from.....
» 7/07/2010 4:18:13 PM Most feminists do not liken men to slave owners or the Taliban which I think is pretty sel.....
» 7/07/2010 4:01:54 PM Yes, PC has never stopped robust debate on OLO but how do we have those conversations in t.....
» 7/07/2010 3:40:39 PM A truly sad story that is something reminiscent of a typical US film script along the line.....
» 4/07/2010 3:39:20 PM Yabby it is not that capitalism 'causes' high populations as some sort of unplanned natura.....
» 4/07/2010 11:54:11 AM vanna "If this is the case, then there will have to be many more negative comments m.....
» 4/07/2010 11:42:54 AM Al "Let me ask please..IF.. you can find a mainstream Christian commentator who DOES .....
» 4/07/2010 11:01:25 AM Squeers Your point is well taken but once you have got the dragon by the tail how do you l.....
» 3/07/2010 6:44:26 PM Proxy why don't you try coming at posts with an open mind and without any preconceptions. .....
» 3/07/2010 4:32:23 PM The public service is a very good example of where thinking outside the norm is not encour.....
» 3/07/2010 4:17:55 PM “I’d also be interested to know if anybody thinks capitalism can lead ultimately to a sust.....
» 3/07/2010 1:28:19 PM Al Point me to any person of any faith who is inciting hatred, violence, child abuse, wif.....
» 3/07/2010 10:44:27 AM Pynchme Agreed, child care is important but very little is put into policy that makes it e.....
» 2/07/2010 4:46:01 PM The argument doesn't make sense to me - you think women have contributed nothing to societ.....
» 2/07/2010 4:37:35 PM Tres Bon Poirot. Humans are social animals and historically (and evolutionary wise) the c.....
» 2/07/2010 4:21:11 PM Al You see hope for mois? I must be doing something wrong. :D Seriously though, Al you kn.....
» 2/07/2010 11:30:01 AM JG has been PM for five minutes - she will learn what she can and can't get away with as f.....
» 2/07/2010 11:23:25 AM Too funny. Only a Shadow Minister would come out with that one - Gillard couldn't win if .....
» 2/07/2010 11:18:44 AM Al CJ is right. It is easy to cherrypick both Koran and Bible to find what we would, in mo.....
» 1/07/2010 9:47:19 AM It was probably a case of ignorance rather than intentional misuse - no new PM whether ALP.....
» 1/07/2010 9:36:11 AM No problems Houlley. Perhaps the focus on attention to women's needs came about as a resul.....
» 1/07/2010 9:23:40 AM Thanks Pynchme for the links. I had a quick read-through yesterday as well of some of the .....
» 30/06/2010 1:15:51 PM Thanks RObert - that puts it in context. My personal view is that the feminist ideal (cho.....
» 30/06/2010 1:04:55 PM Houlley Please show me where I mentioned that men must perform manual labour to please wom.....
» 30/06/2010 12:08:50 PM SM said "Labor is not being judged on its intentions, but its appalling incompetence .....
» 30/06/2010 12:00:40 PM Pynchme I have to show my ignorance and say I had to google MRA sites and only came up wit.....
» 30/06/2010 11:52:58 AM I don't presume to speak for Severin, but I believe her point was that sex will come more .....
» 30/06/2010 11:43:51 AM StG You mistake my meaning - separation of Church and State includes atheism, in the sense.....
» 30/06/2010 11:39:54 AM Officials do not do the jobs for which they are paid ie. making decisions. A consultant is.....
» 30/06/2010 10:55:51 AM I concur TBC, Julia has yet to define what our government means by 'sustainable' and how t.....
» 30/06/2010 10:43:29 AM Yes, FG, in the electronic age one would expect to see new enrolments reflected almost imm.....
» 30/06/2010 10:29:46 AM Well said Otokonoko. Iftikhar You sound like you want the nation-within-a-nation approach.....
» 29/06/2010 12:14:52 AM Last post I promise. Yes, FOI and access to information is vital if the goals of accounta.....
» 29/06/2010 12:14:04 AM This is one typical scenario. ______________________________________________ A number of.....
» 28/06/2010 11:57:58 PM Yes the answer is Yes. FOI does need to be taken seriously - one way to highlight the issu.....
» 28/06/2010 11:42:49 PM Atman do you really believe that stuff. Julia's experience of working class Wales is more.....
» 28/06/2010 11:31:47 PM You are an ol' stirrer from wayback Custard. :) Yabby there is a lot of waste in the Aid .....
» 28/06/2010 11:22:26 PM ALGIR No comment is wasted - Iftikhar has a right to his/her view as do you. However, I c.....
» 28/06/2010 11:04:23 PM Grim your analysis pretty much sums it up. You won't get a sensible response only the same.....
» 28/06/2010 7:48:19 PM Foxy I think many politicians begin well but power and career aspirations can be a corrupt.....
» 28/06/2010 7:27:03 PM Many young people have flirted with Communisty ideology and later returned to the mainstre.....
» 28/06/2010 7:19:24 PM Iftikhar And your first paragraph started so well. School can sometimes be too focussed on.....
» 28/06/2010 6:08:21 PM BTK I meant to comment about your statement - "I don't have too many friends on here......
» 28/06/2010 5:56:34 PM Bruce Much is done by governments in consultation with the Muslim community especially in.....
» 28/06/2010 5:09:53 PM Yabby much of it is twaddle. You appear to think any criticism of capitalism (or modern .....
» 28/06/2010 4:54:26 PM James H While I find Eva Cox's straightforward style very refreshing, she has said many st.....
» 28/06/2010 4:31:55 PM Interesting Graham. My thoughts are the biggest negative against Labor is the taint of was.....
» 28/06/2010 4:12:58 PM Tell us what you really think Custard. As opposed to your pre-judged ideas. For someone de.....
» 27/06/2010 7:07:06 PM Tonny We are listening and we have shown empathy for their experiences but not for the bit.....
» 27/06/2010 6:57:39 PM Whoopsie...I meant to say Agree CJ (not Severin). :).....
» 27/06/2010 6:55:01 PM Agree Severin - Yabby just doesn't get it. ;) The tax is not the problem it was how it wa.....
» 27/06/2010 6:42:31 PM Yabby We are all smart-arsed backseat drivers, and that is the right of the electorate in .....
» 27/06/2010 5:45:35 PM We have created a minefield and many academics continue to face pressure to pass students .....
» 27/06/2010 4:08:14 PM Very simplistic interpretation Custard. The unions and the Left did not depose Rudd. The .....
» 27/06/2010 11:30:02 AM vanna You are being a bit disengenuous. You raised the issue of the value of women in term.....
» 27/06/2010 11:20:39 AM "Consider for one minute what woman have done to our entire gender..." What hav.....
» 27/06/2010 11:09:16 AM "I think not! A *GREEN* candidate will be by far the superior choice i.m.o." Tr.....
» 27/06/2010 10:54:37 AM As Bugsy outlines correctly my concern was over "sovereignty issues and the democrati.....
» 27/06/2010 10:33:50 AM Yes indeed Belly. Abbott is running scared if the plethora of extreme vocabulary is anythi.....
» 27/06/2010 10:24:43 AM I love the way ALGIR continues to throw out the old communist conspiracy with the ETS when.....
» 24/06/2010 11:35:11 PM Sad news that Lindsay Tanner won't be contesting the next election but he obviously has hi.....
» 24/06/2010 11:29:03 PM This sort of invasion is already happening on some levels. It appears to be a greater exte.....
» 24/06/2010 5:41:35 PM Thanks for all the comments. My main concern was the potential risks in regard to any chan.....
» 24/06/2010 5:20:13 PM Julia Gillard will be a better PM methinks. No-one is perfect but she brings a down-to-ear.....
» 23/06/2010 9:25:48 AM "Pelican, I would think many men are showing honesty, integrity, honour, and are not .....
» 22/06/2010 9:06:12 PM dane, you really and sincerely believe that men valued the traditional women's role in the.....
» 22/06/2010 12:24:39 PM Cont/... I did a Google on divorce stats and why women leave and found this: http://www......
» 22/06/2010 12:24:15 PM billythekid Well, I don't know for sure, each case is different but here are some thought.....
» 22/06/2010 8:55:06 AM Well Bugsy we at least have come to a level of agreement despite my choice of language. (I.....
» 21/06/2010 11:44:27 PM Hasbeen, billythekid and dane We are all adults and you certainly don't need me to tell y.....
» 21/06/2010 11:31:00 PM Bugsy The Uruguayan example was just to highlight the potential impacts of some trade agr.....
» 21/06/2010 7:51:46 PM Victimhood is alive and well. There is no reasoning with some people. You go on about al.....
» 21/06/2010 7:38:42 PM Exactly so mikk. This is not just about GE. The Government looks like it will be letting.....
» 21/06/2010 2:30:03 PM sonofgloin I like your humour. Me too, on the rambling bit (envious of those who can say e.....
» 21/06/2010 11:20:07 AM runner I agree the druggie and prostitute are more likely to turn to God. They are vulner.....
» 21/06/2010 10:59:19 AM runner I was being somewhat tongue cheek - I am not easily villified. However, you conti.....
» 21/06/2010 10:50:04 AM Good points about men? When they show honesty, integrity, honour, and are not narrow-mind.....
» 21/06/2010 10:33:54 AM billythekid I understand how you feel based on your personal experiences and it is difficu.....
» 21/06/2010 10:16:06 AM SM How can it make the product uncompetitive. This is just not true given all the other co.....
» 21/06/2010 9:56:52 AM I am sorry to intrude on OC's thread but I feel deeply offended and villified by runner's .....
» 21/06/2010 9:47:20 AM When I was about 25 I read most of the Bible (I think it was the Old Testament). Half way .....
» 21/06/2010 9:26:53 AM RObert is the voice of reason on this. The blame game could go on forever. Individuals wil.....
» 20/06/2010 4:56:13 PM Al I don't remember the Hamads comment and I bow to your superior knowledge of the Bible a.....
» 20/06/2010 4:38:35 PM "Given the fact that hundreds of millions of tonnes of GM crops are grown, hundreds o.....
» 20/06/2010 4:29:26 PM "If a man wants to compete with another company making a widget..he can cut his labou.....
» 20/06/2010 3:22:20 PM Steven you ask "Is it only attacks on Islam that bring out this desire to in you to s.....
» 20/06/2010 3:10:06 PM Yabby Doesn't that ring alarm bells, the fact we have had GM products foisted on us withou.....
» 20/06/2010 1:52:01 PM "A bit of logging stimulates all sorts of grandiose misconceptions and conspiracy the.....
» 20/06/2010 1:44:48 PM sonofgloin I take your point but I was referring to the skit on Hey Hey specifically, of w.....
» 20/06/2010 1:29:22 PM Well put Severin. The 'wallet' or consumer-power argument becomes superfluous in debates a.....
» 20/06/2010 1:23:22 PM grateful Truth by definintion means a wrong or a right answer. It cannot be used in my opi.....
» 20/06/2010 1:05:49 PM Banjo I do understand your concerns. The lines are indeed tricky to navigate which is why .....
» 20/06/2010 12:53:06 PM we are unique You echo my thoughts. Shadow Minister Try to ascertain what I am on about......
» 19/06/2010 1:58:01 PM Well written Squeers re your longer post above. Al I am surprised you are not for income .....
» 19/06/2010 1:48:32 PM "I would dispute what you found is not truth by definition, only a choice for you tha.....
» 19/06/2010 1:46:25 PM Ludwig I wanna be a beach bum too. The weather - my mum always said to watch the ants, th.....
» 19/06/2010 1:44:07 PM vanna My only mistake was in assuming a sense of humour - the other men got it. Really you.....
» 19/06/2010 1:34:11 PM grateful Thanks for sharing your reasons for choosing Islam. ie. "There was a need f.....
» 19/06/2010 1:15:37 PM Hugs Hasbeen. Take care of you and yours. My hubby is into cars, mainly Fords and it gives.....
» 19/06/2010 1:08:13 PM Al Hope you have resurrected your milo. :) The foxes example was to ask what do we do fo.....
» 19/06/2010 12:49:31 PM Otonoko Those sorts of camps have proven to be great successes particularly with Indigenou.....
» 18/06/2010 8:44:44 PM Al No group deserves to be discriminated against but at some point in our lives we all do .....
» 18/06/2010 8:37:15 PM Heh heh Grim. Every 32 seconds! You must be exhausted. All you men need a good rest and a.....
» 18/06/2010 8:33:37 PM The mumbo jumbo is really a long winded way of saying just what you did Hasbeen ie. compan.....
» 18/06/2010 8:28:29 PM Banjo There was a recent case mentioned on another thread on OLO where one neighbour engag.....
» 18/06/2010 8:18:44 PM o sung wu What a great choice. Pie in the Sky would have to rate as one of the all time gr.....
» 18/06/2010 8:15:53 PM http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?news=98 “US biotech companies are currently lob.....
» 18/06/2010 4:49:07 PM What are you on about dane? Women did not have equal participation in education, science .....
» 18/06/2010 3:20:09 PM C'mon you people - get with it. Haven't you been listening. Feminists don't get pregnant......
» 18/06/2010 3:16:23 PM Severin you express it very well, I liked your last paragraph and it is a very important o.....
» 18/06/2010 1:32:21 PM Yabby I'm with Severin (hardly unexpected). Also love Ginx's no-nonsense gritty comments. .....
» 18/06/2010 1:21:47 PM It was intersting to read an earlier comment by Poirot, that it was AC's daughter who reco.....
» 18/06/2010 10:49:46 AM vanna Arndt is an academic, she lectures on human sexuality. "Interestingly you have.....
» 18/06/2010 10:41:56 AM Banjo The term racism does get bandied about a bit and the race card is often misused whic.....
» 18/06/2010 10:31:26 AM grateful you asked about Atheism in light of this meaning of fundamentalism: "Can we .....
» 18/06/2010 10:16:03 AM There are many areas where complaints may not be forthcoming despite widespread knowledge .....
» 18/06/2010 9:38:55 AM Wonderful idea RObert. The Men's Sheds has been really useful in rural Australia to assis.....
» 18/06/2010 9:27:55 AM How can you even ask that question Hercule! :) Seriously though I am kind of partial to G.....
» 17/06/2010 2:49:20 PM "Pelican I'd be surprised if the same level of across the board negativity about femi.....
» 17/06/2010 9:29:43 AM Paul good on you for not letting important words be unsaid. That St Patrick had a lot to a.....
» 17/06/2010 9:19:56 AM I agree benk. I am not into chemical intrusion on that basis either except in the most ext.....
» 17/06/2010 9:06:47 AM stevenlmeyer We shouldn't get too bogged down in the semantics of 'fundamentalism'. The wo.....
» 16/06/2010 9:08:52 PM How would you define racism bigos? Jay what has racism got to do with left or right polit.....
» 16/06/2010 9:03:43 PM vanna Just look around you at the women you know. Are they all man-haters? Are all the men.....
» 16/06/2010 8:46:52 PM individual I am not sure what your point is - Johns did not call Tahu a "White C...&q.....
» 16/06/2010 4:20:10 PM "Adults have the right pretend that God does not exist and to indulge in every perver.....
» 16/06/2010 4:00:47 PM vanna Academics who have written positive things about males? Well I studied Science and t.....
» 16/06/2010 3:47:11 PM Scientists must not be muzzled, nor must they be protected from criticism in the form of p.....
» 16/06/2010 2:53:03 PM While I disagree with the concept of ethics teaching in classrooms I recognise as McReal o.....
» 16/06/2010 2:14:34 PM Cornflower and Severin make some interesting points while coming at it from slightly diffe.....
» 16/06/2010 12:36:07 PM White people do know what it is like to be discrimated against when they visit or live in .....
» 16/06/2010 12:09:47 PM It is intersting that both Islam and Christianity refer to other beliefs as corrupt teachi.....
» 15/06/2010 3:50:49 PM Very poignant comments from posters so far. Poirot you made an excellent observation and.....
» 15/06/2010 3:39:10 PM "I'm thinking about starting one on 'Feminism - a Lifestyle'. What do you reckon Peli.....
» 15/06/2010 3:21:13 PM Al I have not worked directly with refugees in the capacity of refugee assistance, I think.....
» 15/06/2010 12:03:45 PM Al I didn't intend to provoke a coronary. :) Well yes, newcomers ideally should attempt t.....
» 15/06/2010 11:42:39 AM Stern I was not advocating for a socialist system merely some oversight and regulation on.....
» 15/06/2010 11:24:36 AM vanna What an unhappy experience you must have had to believe that all university academic.....
» 15/06/2010 11:18:08 AM You're right Yabby the program pretty much repeated what we already knew only with a direc.....
» 14/06/2010 5:20:48 PM Al I read that piece a couple of times. I can see no demonisation, the story was indeed wr.....
» 14/06/2010 5:12:34 PM Yabby My faith in the State is probably on close examination, not much different to yours......
» 14/06/2010 11:04:21 AM So Yabby you think this comes down to a choice between the value of labour and the value o.....
» 14/06/2010 10:51:23 AM grateful Thanks for your input. As an Atheist I am intrigued by those who go on to choose.....
» 14/06/2010 10:41:10 AM It all comes down to respect for each other StG, you don't tend to see much of that in foo.....
» 14/06/2010 10:33:50 AM Dear Al I will bite despite the furphy of a topic in response to Foxy's thread. Of course.....
» 14/06/2010 10:26:19 AM Multiculturalism is less likely I would think to spawn racism than segregation. You cannot.....
» 14/06/2010 10:02:27 AM Sorry Yabby I had to laugh at this one..."answerable to shareholders". Not the m.....
» 13/06/2010 2:42:22 PM Belly As contributors we don't own threads and they can often go off in all sorts of diffe.....
» 13/06/2010 2:34:08 PM Proxy How does a left wing relativist differ from a right wing relativist within the fram.....
» 13/06/2010 2:23:08 PM Don't know the answer to this one exammy. Good customer service is becoming rarer but not .....
» 12/06/2010 10:06:01 AM Clownfish So you can't be an environmentalist without being a looney. I am glad your minds.....
» 11/06/2010 8:17:15 PM Quayle Otokonoko makes some good points. Using the race card inappropriately does just a.....
» 11/06/2010 8:11:05 PM Thanks Foxy. It really is just commonsense and rational from my POV. Muslims like many ot.....
» 11/06/2010 8:03:29 PM Al Do you really think we would be better off without a pension scheme or some level of so.....
» 11/06/2010 7:36:29 PM Al and Proxy Please tell me how it is an inept analogy. You are quite quick off the mark i.....
» 11/06/2010 5:48:16 PM Now the debts and GFC is the fault of unionists, socialists, public servants and... Al ge.....
» 11/06/2010 5:38:49 PM Yes, Proxy and while the cameleers were doing that, Christian missionaries were abusing ch.....
» 11/06/2010 5:36:37 PM While no fan of these shops (just another corporate marketing idea cashing in on the Sex i.....
» 11/06/2010 5:14:25 PM Yabby I am not doing a business course per se, but something related to the area I am thin.....
» 11/06/2010 3:26:44 PM Destroying the poppy fields a good idea, but in reality a victory won't be had unless ever.....
» 11/06/2010 3:21:52 PM Al We are coming at cross purposes in regard to global governance - what do you think is m.....
» 11/06/2010 3:19:42 PM Now I know my position is sound Yabby - you usually make personal comments. Not that it .....
» 11/06/2010 3:15:01 PM diver dan Not a 'poofter bias' but a very human 'mind our own business bias'. Being homose.....
» 11/06/2010 9:22:52 AM Heavens what about all those married swinging couples....ooh Noooo and all those politicia.....
» 11/06/2010 9:11:10 AM Gosh...how to avoid a discussion of religion - just keep mentioning climate change. Some.....
» 11/06/2010 8:50:12 AM Cornflower Yes I agree, we humans tend to complicate things that are often quite simple. .....
» 10/06/2010 7:19:35 PM The Robin Williams comment reminds me of the 'black face' saga on Hey Hey It's Saturday wh.....
» 10/06/2010 6:53:33 PM Yabby You seem to forget that I have run a business. Why do you remember all my comments e.....
» 10/06/2010 6:47:53 PM 'Why can't a woman's sexuality be more like a man?' I thought it was. Lots of myths and .....
» 10/06/2010 9:31:31 AM Thanks for the link about bogans CJ. I think I might be one sometimes at least in appear.....
» 10/06/2010 9:27:07 AM Part II: Your comment about a good Independent candidate is apt, but Canberra rarely stand.....
» 10/06/2010 9:25:51 AM Al E5 "Global Governance" E6 "Self determination and sovereignty" I d.....
» 10/06/2010 8:54:12 AM Yabby Re Venezuela: the trouble is you take one comment about Venezuela and suddenly decid.....
» 9/06/2010 11:23:26 AM RObert I expect there is some debate at cross purposes, people coming at it from a differe.....
» 9/06/2010 11:14:39 AM Yabby I am not sure what Venezuela has got to do with anything, next you will bring Aldi a.....
» 9/06/2010 11:05:10 AM Mikk makes some good points on this issue as usual. Having dealt extensively with those f.....
» 9/06/2010 10:57:52 AM A nice thought OC and it is being done to some extent in Australia. There are many Indigen.....
» 9/06/2010 10:40:45 AM Yabby that is just not so. Banks will bankroll anything they think will turn a profit, and.....
» 9/06/2010 10:30:32 AM Yes Pericles but you more than implied a fear based mentality when there are many detracto.....
» 9/06/2010 10:17:02 AM Hasbeen You obviously don't read OLO very well otherwise you would know that many arguing .....
» 9/06/2010 10:08:31 AM Yes we have a funny sense of justice sometimes. While Madoff should remain in custdy, the .....
» 9/06/2010 10:03:12 AM Yabby Most of us work hard, whether you run a business and pay tax or are a PAYE. Business.....
» 8/06/2010 11:24:33 AM There are lots of rumblings at the moment that might mean a leadership change prior to the.....
» 8/06/2010 11:16:54 AM Well said Pat. Have never been sure what a bogan is. I think the term is overused implying.....
» 8/06/2010 11:09:40 AM Yabby We will have to agree to disagree on the impact of the mining tax. "...all hav.....
» 8/06/2010 9:54:31 AM I won't repeat many of the sound comments by Custard, Suze and others. Just to add, if th.....
» 8/06/2010 9:44:53 AM Yes Severin I will be doing the same. I love the way the Greens are painted as 'something.....
» 8/06/2010 9:41:33 AM Pericles Are you talking about international trade or free trade, they are quite different.....
» 8/06/2010 9:29:08 AM Al Ha ha, I would not call the KKK or the BP cultural groups - they are radical and politi.....
» 8/06/2010 9:12:30 AM Al True, many elections are won on grand motherhood statements or noble pronouncements - .....
» 8/06/2010 8:57:33 AM rehctub I agree that Rudd is tainted with the smell of failure at the moment but this has .....
» 8/06/2010 8:52:01 AM Yabby you are scraping the bottom of the barrell here with comments like "slapped a 5.....
» 7/06/2010 11:53:46 PM It is all based on fear. Politicians with some exceptions play on that fear if there is a .....
» 7/06/2010 11:31:29 PM Don't worry steven there is certainly more than a hint of Islamophobia going around, so it.....
» 7/06/2010 11:21:37 PM Al all those code words you mentioned... -Social Justice -Inclusion -Tolerance -Fair socie.....
» 7/06/2010 11:08:01 PM I'm with custard on this. The hysteria whipped up by the mining industry on this is worthy.....
» 7/06/2010 11:00:43 PM SM makes some valid points as MTR also points out - sexual harassment is illegal. What can.....
» 2/06/2010 10:31:35 AM runner you wrote: "I would like to think the protest from the Israel haters would be .....
» 2/06/2010 10:21:56 AM Al In your first link 'The World Today' the program involves Charitable Trusts not governm.....
» 1/06/2010 8:29:34 PM They do Yabby, they just don't share your views. I suspect Bob Brown, Christine Milne eta.....
» 1/06/2010 8:26:52 PM I used to find mildy irritating daylight saving change at both ends when I had young child.....
» 1/06/2010 8:20:06 PM An extensive rail system once mooted by both Liberal and Labor governments has benefits fo.....
» 1/06/2010 8:06:27 PM Proxy You are right in saying the Bible does not teach child molestation, but nevertheless.....
» 1/06/2010 7:46:12 PM Israel hardly gets a mention unless the topic is Israel focussed. In my experience, gender.....
» 1/06/2010 10:00:52 AM "...such as Jack Straw (UK) wish to limit even conversation of a critical nature..&qu.....
» 1/06/2010 9:53:10 AM Proxy You are being disingenous again. Would you like us to draw a contrast between Chri.....
» 1/06/2010 9:42:41 AM The public are hungry for honesty in politics and for substance. Rudd has certainly disapp.....
» 1/06/2010 9:26:04 AM Oh NO! It's dem darned Green Capitalists again Wilbur. I'm gonna get me some of dem global.....
» 1/06/2010 9:16:33 AM Well written Fester. I am still chuckling......
» 1/06/2010 9:07:23 AM I couldn't tell you how many Aldi stock Yabby, I am rarely in there, but thanks for the oa.....
» 31/05/2010 11:06:54 AM Malcolm Fraser was known to be a bit of a control freak in his time too, however I much pr.....
» 31/05/2010 10:47:35 AM I wonder Arjay how we can get the emphasis back into the real economy and reduce the relev.....
» 31/05/2010 10:27:35 AM Truth is indeed a casualty of war Proxy. Still no comment from you about WMDs.....
» 31/05/2010 10:14:00 AM Errr...no Yabby. You did not read my last post. To repeat briefly, I have always said it i.....
» 31/05/2010 10:03:04 AM Proxy I am not saying the two experiences are the identical but there is, historically, a .....
» 30/05/2010 5:09:49 PM Belly We are too party obsessed in this country and it is why rational discussion sometim.....
» 30/05/2010 5:03:18 PM Protagoras Your motives and good ones in wishing to stop oppression of women and I don't r.....
» 30/05/2010 4:45:42 PM Yabby Thanks for the info about the lamb market. Where did I ever say I shopped at Aldi. .....
» 30/05/2010 4:33:52 PM Is contemporary Islam a threat? It is only the fundamentalists that pose a threat. Lets de.....
» 30/05/2010 4:18:12 PM CJ I don't think we will get anything more than just hints. It is like creating smoke with.....
» 30/05/2010 4:08:11 PM Brian Euthanasia aside for a moment. Re-reading the paragraph about intensive care, I don.....
» 29/05/2010 5:19:02 PM In response to steven's question if Yusef was a fundy and was going around advocating kill.....
» 29/05/2010 5:14:52 PM How did discussion of voluntary euthanasia turn into forced death camps for the elderly an.....
» 29/05/2010 4:56:26 PM Very sneaky Al. Jesse Adam MacBeth born Jesse Adam Al-Zaid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik.....
» 29/05/2010 4:46:36 PM It pales by comparison with Howard's spending on government advertising - remember all tho.....
» 29/05/2010 4:37:01 PM If indeed the Koran advocates the killing of another human being then yes it is abhorrent .....
» 29/05/2010 12:30:21 PM I like your idea spindoc. Many of the people who spend the longest in detention centres a.....
» 28/05/2010 11:33:36 PM Trouble is the extremists regardless of religious orientation usually have a vested intere.....
» 28/05/2010 11:28:33 PM Celivia You said it all so well and mirror my thoughts on the subject. That Godwin knew wh.....
» 28/05/2010 11:16:28 PM http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/ The practice is barbaric. The circums.....
» 28/05/2010 11:03:32 PM Sexualisation Proxy, I was assuming given the posts here that many men think they will be .....
» 28/05/2010 10:33:36 PM For the slow to comprehend: Cubicles remove the sexualisation of the shower room. This i.....
» 28/05/2010 10:30:06 PM "How many consultants" are hired by Govt, for huge salaries, who just happen to .....
» 28/05/2010 10:02:04 PM Anyone seen the Bruce Willis film 'Surrogates'? I think I will join the revolution too if .....
» 28/05/2010 10:18:06 AM I agree mainly with your thoughts Brian. The only aspect I would add is that we should val.....
» 28/05/2010 10:08:37 AM Probably being too generous TBC. The cynic in me believes the government knew just as they.....
» 28/05/2010 9:53:25 AM Proxy Yes I am a woman. You do realise that even heterosexuals are known to partake in cas.....
» 27/05/2010 4:36:18 PM TBC and exammy Yes it is certainly morally bankrupt. Free trade has always been a furphy f.....
» 27/05/2010 9:33:24 AM Good grief Proxy. I have used many women's private cubicles at pools, gyms and educationa.....
» 27/05/2010 9:28:46 AM Much of our heritage has been shaped through religion. I don't know about a separate subje.....
» 27/05/2010 9:23:43 AM odo In a free society you are free to shop wherever you like for whatever reason. Nothing .....
» 27/05/2010 9:19:09 AM runner I agree with you that corruption is not limited - secularists and non-secularists a.....
» 27/05/2010 9:11:12 AM In Dawkins' book TGD, he refers to religion as a part of man's evolutionary process (my wo.....
» 26/05/2010 3:33:19 PM Chris C I agree with you that decentralisation is the solution to reducing the size of our.....
» 26/05/2010 11:35:07 AM ..and I typed 'write' instead of 'right'. Aaaaargh... must stop trying to multi-task......
» 26/05/2010 11:33:45 AM Conspiracy theories are only that until they are proven (the use of the term 'theory' migh.....
» 26/05/2010 11:28:09 AM Gosh you are write Severin. I was thinking the comma in my head but it did not transfer in.....
» 26/05/2010 10:12:33 AM ...or ignoring the Greens completely. Bruce your article rings true although I don't agre.....
» 26/05/2010 9:58:01 AM What Geof said. I also try to avoid malls and stick to the independent retailers whenever.....
» 26/05/2010 9:42:43 AM Anti "Demanding change for its own sake is not reasonable." But noone is demand.....
» 26/05/2010 8:50:11 AM Al Criticising someone who is breaking up your family is not illegal. The daughter is not .....
» 26/05/2010 8:43:57 AM Anti I know you are not saying incompetent, but you are the one that raised the issue of p.....
» 26/05/2010 8:34:14 AM This week's ABC 4Corners report 'Dirty Money' revealed allegations of bribery of foreign o.....
» 26/05/2010 8:09:57 AM odo "Israel is an ally of Australia and the US, you stick by your allies. Some of the.....
» 26/05/2010 8:03:39 AM "The private cubicles idea is flawed, since a large part of being in a foorball team .....
» 25/05/2010 7:00:19 PM This population debate reminds me of the joke about the drowning man - when someone came b.....
» 25/05/2010 6:46:22 PM Thanks for the review Alan. I must admit I am a bit resistant to the whole idea of e-books.....
» 25/05/2010 6:36:14 PM It is a shame, and testament to the idea that this conflict won't be over soon, that criti.....
» 25/05/2010 1:23:23 PM I must have missed the bit where CJ said sex with animals is okay. Gees these debates get.....
» 25/05/2010 1:12:00 PM I don't understand why this topic is such a hot potato - the point is if some players feel.....
» 25/05/2010 12:56:47 PM If Australia were entirely made up of green rolling hills, forests and permanent rivers an.....
» 24/05/2010 5:45:05 PM Al Criticism is not an invitation to hate unless it is done with the intent and purpose .....
» 24/05/2010 5:25:40 PM Wow Hasbeen and CJ - just goes to show how culture can influence the significance and usef.....
» 24/05/2010 5:14:08 PM Well we will have to disagree on some points Cornflower. Regardless, I do think there is a.....
» 24/05/2010 3:42:01 PM ALGIR "...homosexual behaviour as normal..." It is normal for the person who is.....
» 24/05/2010 3:23:15 PM I don't like the burqua or what it stands for from my Western POV, but rather than banning.....
» 24/05/2010 3:06:33 PM Point taken Paul but it seems odd that those who work for or on behalf of politicians (sta.....
» 24/05/2010 2:54:07 PM "However the sting in the tail about footballers and "sexual harrassment and obj.....
» 24/05/2010 11:46:36 AM Severin I agree with much of what you say in respect of feeling comfortable with nudity. .....
» 24/05/2010 11:35:47 AM Mirko You are correct we all lie in certain circumstances often to protect others but Mr A.....
» 24/05/2010 11:22:43 AM The fact that conspiracy theories exist is a positive testament ot free speech and it is g.....
» 24/05/2010 11:05:46 AM Severin Understand where you are coming from, but there is no assumption of privacy on a n.....
» 24/05/2010 10:34:43 AM First we have the anti-environmentalists lobby criticising global warming as a socialist c.....
» 24/05/2010 10:28:25 AM Well this is a change, I am feeling some sympathy with Antiseptic on this thread. If this .....
» 24/05/2010 9:58:27 AM Cornflower raises a salient point in terms of confidentiality, security clearances and vul.....
» 24/05/2010 9:49:44 AM Interesting post smithy, I wonder what the ramifications will be or how this science will .....
» 24/05/2010 9:19:50 AM Cleavage is fashionable again, it was too in Jane Austen's time. What a funny thing we ma.....
» 22/05/2010 12:49:59 PM quanda Pigs lining up on the tarmac...where? :) Davidf "reason is the slave of the p.....
» 22/05/2010 12:06:19 PM AlGoreIR I feel like we are being manipulated and drawn into some other agenda of yours, s.....
» 21/05/2010 7:48:05 PM Paul whether it is right or wrong I cannot say, but the fact is we do judge those in the p.....
» 21/05/2010 7:28:24 PM AlGore no offence taken - I equally just state my position. :) I can't think of many peop.....
» 21/05/2010 6:59:32 PM Hasbeen When I was growing up in a very blue collar town, it was the white anglo saxon bik.....
» 21/05/2010 5:21:13 PM Muticulturalism doesn't have to be such a divisive issue, ultimately I think human beings .....
» 21/05/2010 4:59:33 PM Dan "Pelican, You say that you cannot argue with faith based reasoning. So why start .....
» 21/05/2010 4:53:21 PM Don't be disingenuous AlGoreisRich (Boazy). Why let the facts get in the way of a good sto.....
» 21/05/2010 1:24:09 PM When it comes down to it, we all have a bias or a vested interest be corporate or ideologi.....
» 21/05/2010 1:20:44 PM Thanks Severin, I don't know about wisdom. You always manage to make a cogent argument eve.....
» 21/05/2010 9:34:19 AM I'm with Pericles. Campbell has not broken any parliamentary privilege, regulation or the .....
» 21/05/2010 9:30:40 AM You cannot argue with faith-based reasoning. In essence the difference is the evidence fo.....
» 21/05/2010 9:20:07 AM Severin I agree those rap songs are degrading to women and feed into America's gang cultur.....
» 20/05/2010 7:05:00 PM Most generations conform to a script, the script being a malleable one between the ages of.....
» 20/05/2010 6:39:27 PM The Pill is a product of science not feminism. It gives men and women more choice about pa.....
» 19/05/2010 10:42:59 AM Well let's put it to a referendum - let the people decide. Why is no politician willing .....
» 19/05/2010 10:27:59 AM Granted Antiseptic. But it is still driven by business motivations even if it is insurance.....
» 19/05/2010 10:23:20 AM It is negligent that international students are treated like cash cows and with the ever-c.....
» 19/05/2010 10:06:42 AM "I suggest that the politicians themselves would be extremely flexible in their appro.....
» 19/05/2010 9:58:26 AM Lying is an interesting aspect of this debate. Our expectations are now so low and we are .....
» 19/05/2010 9:49:07 AM Marijuana use can in some, affect the brain's ability to misjudge speed and distance. Obvi.....
» 19/05/2010 9:32:52 AM Not a lead balloon at all spindoc, a good idea in principle maybe just not logistically po.....
» 18/05/2010 9:34:28 AM Peter While you make some valid points about the relevance of our Judeo-Christian heritage.....
» 18/05/2010 9:13:09 AM This is becoming more common. Even in the APS some public servants are required to sign as.....
» 17/05/2010 3:42:50 PM Cornflower I am not so narrow-minded to believe that groupthink is not confined to those i.....
» 17/05/2010 2:24:30 PM Proxy you started the topic...what do you think men are better at. In my experience, I fi.....
» 17/05/2010 2:11:13 PM "Of course what he really has his eyes on is a high-ranking UN job. Maybe even Secret.....
» 17/05/2010 2:04:27 PM Cornflower It might be as you say, but I think these sorts of posts don't really seek to d.....
» 17/05/2010 1:51:11 PM Oops...sorry Houlley it is funny when you put it like that. I thought you were having a g.....
» 17/05/2010 11:50:29 AM Yabby Not everybody can be self-employed but I take your point. Strangely I have been rese.....
» 17/05/2010 11:41:21 AM http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/12/2897349.htm Maybe the banks have dodged a g.....
» 17/05/2010 11:37:12 AM I'm for an official site too - for all parties and independents. One in which all policies.....
» 17/05/2010 11:30:56 AM Houlley If you pick out a phrase out of context it may well appear to be "too funny&.....
» 17/05/2010 11:23:50 AM And your point is... Would Proxy be posting this topic if the most popular name was David.....
» 16/05/2010 2:54:37 PM What we are good at or not so good at is not determined by our genders for the most part. .....
» 16/05/2010 2:36:58 PM I generally ignore the Cheryls on OLO but have to ask who is 'they'. One person posting a .....
» 16/05/2010 2:23:57 PM The comments made to Nina Funnel were indicative of the Lowest Common Denominators - a fea.....
» 16/05/2010 2:08:52 PM Are we going to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few militants. Christians in the mai.....
» 15/05/2010 3:35:37 PM Cornflower I was not arguing that all women wearing a hajib or a burqua are being compelle.....
» 15/05/2010 12:28:41 PM Cornflower Point taken but is the wearing of the burqua in the West always voluntary? Many.....
» 15/05/2010 12:04:14 PM Yes the ALP leadership rumblings have already started but mainly in the media not openly w.....
» 15/05/2010 12:01:09 PM Good points Hazza, in a mutually consenting 'transaction' where there are no other variabl.....
» 15/05/2010 11:55:38 AM Even the simple art of poetry cannot be protected from ideology and class politics. Hang .....
» 15/05/2010 11:49:53 AM individual Nobody likes rorts and certainly the money can be better spent. I have never be.....
» 14/05/2010 7:44:33 PM MTR while these things are happening as you describe, I don't think it means that boys and.....
» 14/05/2010 7:26:10 PM TBC I am sure PM&C will steer you in the right direction. I have dealt with some FOI req.....
» 14/05/2010 6:50:22 PM Proxy Did you hold equal concerns when the Supreme Court was heavily biased toward white m.....
» 14/05/2010 3:33:40 PM Whoops...that should have read portfolio responsibility......
» 14/05/2010 3:32:10 PM Why do you assume this appointment is a gender based one? Why do you assume that someone .....
» 14/05/2010 3:27:43 PM Hasbeen Good point. I found that being overqualified was part of the problem. It is diffic.....
» 14/05/2010 3:22:14 PM Pericles is generally right about generalisations. individual You obviously have your own.....
» 14/05/2010 11:36:09 AM Paul1405 said "I'm under the impression that Australia is a mixed society, embracing .....
» 14/05/2010 11:22:02 AM Proxy Don't you think including countries like Iran and Libya will do more to influence hu.....
» 14/05/2010 11:18:49 AM Spot on Candide. Redistribution of wealth is about closing the gap - it is not about stra.....
» 14/05/2010 11:10:22 AM It is true that voters in the middle ground vote against those whom they are disillusioned.....
» 14/05/2010 9:12:58 AM Very apt King Hazza. There is a difference between anti-population (inference anti-people.....
» 14/05/2010 9:07:08 AM There are are many forms of discrimination in the workforce but having been in the positio.....
» 13/05/2010 12:08:55 PM TBC and CJ have pretty much said it all in response to this thread. If we were all paid o.....
» 12/05/2010 5:35:40 PM T'was a bit of harmless fun. I think diarrhoea was spelt incorrectly as well just to top i.....
» 12/05/2010 5:15:14 PM Pericles At least you did it with a sense of humour in there with the 'humph'! Poetry is n.....
» 12/05/2010 4:56:30 PM CJ The feeling I get from your post and previous ones on OLO is that you have the ideal li.....
» 12/05/2010 4:46:25 PM Houlley I wondered when you would be coming along on this one. :) Look, what one person m.....
» 12/05/2010 12:48:56 PM It would be nice to see some of the newer posters post to other topics if nothing more tha.....
» 12/05/2010 12:38:49 PM "Secure your own sovereignty, your own means of sustenance and your own liberty first.....
» 12/05/2010 12:26:15 PM Same old same old. Typical strategy. Why not come up with a coherent argument about why we.....
» 11/05/2010 2:50:33 PM Graham No-one is saying advertising should not be on OLO - that is your income and that is.....
» 11/05/2010 2:43:45 PM Severin I thought I should add that caveat - probably not necessary in hindsight. The rea.....
» 11/05/2010 2:28:24 PM Jay of Melbourne I put the last paragraph in because the author mentioned the importance o.....
» 11/05/2010 9:50:05 AM PS: I should add I don't know the author or the litany of new posters who write in her sup.....
» 11/05/2010 9:47:19 AM We seem to be entering a new era of anti-censhorship frenzy at all costs. As though commen.....
» 11/05/2010 9:35:22 AM Good Grief Peter. This is a game show - not real life. Virginity is not a universal commo.....
» 11/05/2010 9:19:20 AM I have no strong views one way or the other about the Flag, but to criticise Ray Martin fo.....
» 10/05/2010 7:42:18 PM Anti: "Where is the chorus of indignation at these practises? " There is, but t.....
» 10/05/2010 7:32:17 PM Poirot you have a real talent, the poem was beautiful. I'm sure your friend will treasure .....
» 10/05/2010 7:19:23 PM GR A bookshop in a country area - you must be a very lucky man indeed. The tablelands are .....
» 10/05/2010 10:48:18 AM Iain Some great advice, thank you. Your rural life sounds idyllic. I must admit to being o.....
» 10/05/2010 10:38:30 AM rehctub Well enough to be understood and the intent clear. None of us are perfect, but I t.....
» 9/05/2010 11:29:10 PM Yabby I understand your thinking. I always try and look at things from outside the square .....
» 9/05/2010 11:13:37 PM rehctub Receiving bad service is not pleasant but do you know why? Was it a poor employee .....
» 9/05/2010 11:09:57 PM Yes Belly, I also vote for the least awful alternative. This is happening all over the Wes.....
» 9/05/2010 11:05:32 PM Well it is not progress Proxy as one would assume. The only way I can see this in a positi.....
» 9/05/2010 10:57:17 PM rehctub I can see what you are getting at, but the problem is if we let standards fall too.....
» 9/05/2010 10:47:57 PM Sounds blissful rehctub. Yabby Yes there is much research to be done. At this stage we ar.....
» 9/05/2010 10:42:50 PM "Men = dominant bastards is far to simple an equation to hold much water in such a co.....
» 9/05/2010 7:40:27 PM Many people are now talking about living simpler less consumer driven lives. Often around .....
» 9/05/2010 6:17:22 PM Squeers Some noble goals and high aspirations, but did you intend this for the monogamy th.....
» 9/05/2010 6:15:26 PM Not sure why Severin is being so relentlessly pursued across threads. The level of debate.....
» 9/05/2010 3:12:17 PM Yabby You are thinking purely in terms of the source of money rather than what happens wi.....
» 9/05/2010 2:58:05 PM Oooh Foxy, under that librarian exterior lies a saucy devil. :D Sorry to hear about your .....
» 9/05/2010 2:54:19 PM Thanks for the clarification sonofgloin. I had not read your comment until you had already.....
» 9/05/2010 2:45:00 PM individual If it makes you feel better yes many public servants are overpaid when compared.....
» 9/05/2010 2:37:29 PM Yes Tapp the unions did welcome the scheme but so did the industry sector. They may have a.....
» 9/05/2010 2:32:05 PM Foxy to pick just one mon ami, impossible. :) Some of my favourites include T S Eliot's '.....
» 9/05/2010 2:08:51 PM May I join in with the sentiments of Severin, Antiseptic and Pynchme. and Poirot - thankf.....
» 9/05/2010 2:03:25 PM Tapp According to the whistleblower on 4Corners the other night lower level staff were war.....
» 9/05/2010 1:50:56 PM The dialogue has become more humanistic and less feminist over the last few years. There i.....
» 8/05/2010 4:19:24 PM Understood your intent individual. Just chose to ignore the broad-brush comments about pub.....
» 8/05/2010 4:12:24 PM Squeers "for me equality is the last thing we want; the only hope of change is allowi.....
» 8/05/2010 2:31:52 PM What works with one child may not work for another. Smacking as a form of discipline shoul.....
» 8/05/2010 2:14:31 PM I'll take that as a comment individual......
» 8/05/2010 11:30:24 AM Arjay this time I agree with you. We could create our own credit at much less cost than b.....
» 8/05/2010 11:24:06 AM It would be interesting to know how different people define masculinity, or femininity for.....
» 8/05/2010 11:02:10 AM Why are we comparing pensioners to the unemployed at all. Surely each group requires indiv.....
» 8/05/2010 10:47:07 AM I was bailing out of this thread but what the heck. Anti said "I bet you knew when y.....
» 7/05/2010 6:43:23 PM "I know you didn't intend it but that comment could be seen as detracting from the hu.....
» 7/05/2010 8:39:19 AM Yet despite all those feminist offices, men still make up the larger percentage of higher .....
» 6/05/2010 9:41:11 AM Some great points Protagoras. That is the trouble with the unfettered population growth a.....
» 6/05/2010 9:26:41 AM Sorry bad editing on my part. I should have written "my parents talked about a levy&q.....
» 6/05/2010 9:16:50 AM Anti Fertility is not an exact science which is why even those good Catholics following th.....
» 5/05/2010 10:13:17 PM Yabby Companies only threatening to cancel planned projects - lot of hot air. There are p.....
» 5/05/2010 9:49:56 PM Thanks for an interesting thread Foxy. It certainly was an interesting if not predictable .....
» 5/05/2010 4:42:31 PM snake No-one is saying that mining should not return a reasonable profit and it certainly.....
» 5/05/2010 4:28:21 PM PH I thought I was addressing the issue but am obviously missing some vital point. Most s.....
» 5/05/2010 10:23:32 AM Anti, there are really very few people who hate women or men. Most people are good. Most a.....
» 5/05/2010 10:07:38 AM Well I am glad I continue to provide some amusement Anti. Men are also the gatekeepers of.....
» 5/05/2010 9:57:52 AM Belly There does not appear to be a transcript but the episode can be viewed on the Q&A si.....
» 4/05/2010 11:21:52 PM Not me personally Proxy but your faith. I don't think St Peter would turn you back in any .....
» 4/05/2010 11:10:55 PM Yabby a misuse of power is when government don't first act in the interests of its citizen.....
» 4/05/2010 11:03:50 PM PS: I should add the same should apply to mining ventures in developing countries where mi.....
» 4/05/2010 10:59:56 PM Yabby, Wayne Swan has said "...some companies will pay a bit more, of that there is n.....
» 4/05/2010 10:41:29 PM It does seem a bit oil to water but not so weird as one might think. Couldn't one argue t.....
» 4/05/2010 10:29:27 PM A side issue but a relevant one - studies about adoption reveal that there is more often t.....
» 4/05/2010 10:19:26 PM So the argument is from a male POV: 1. Women should be solely responsible should a pregna.....
» 4/05/2010 9:43:53 PM Yep, the response has been predictable including some pretty OTT responses from the mining.....
» 4/05/2010 10:22:44 AM I find it amazing as well Banjo even though I must admit I haven't been following the voya.....
» 4/05/2010 10:16:19 AM PeterH If nothing else you are hilarious. I guess if you define noble as that pertaining t.....
» 4/05/2010 12:11:17 AM PeterH You must be a technical person - you are highly analytical in regard to sex and any.....
» 3/05/2010 11:46:30 PM Squeers I agree partly with your analogy but not wholly and I know you are playing devil's.....
» 3/05/2010 11:15:15 PM runner I can name you many governments who collapsed and just as many private companies wh.....
» 3/05/2010 11:03:28 PM King Hazza "Indeed Pelican, I actually agree with you overall- but I think if we were.....
» 3/05/2010 4:37:02 PM King Hazza I should have added that obviously you don't cut skilled migration until intern.....
» 3/05/2010 11:37:52 AM Peter You talk about making financial contributions to any offspring as though the offspri.....
» 3/05/2010 9:45:06 AM It is another burden for business, particularly small business. It is the government's way.....
» 3/05/2010 9:31:41 AM This debate is very divided by those who think the costs of growth are greater than the be.....
» 2/05/2010 8:39:03 PM Yes much easier to name a few leaders, who just also happened to be atheists, who were cor.....
» 2/05/2010 8:31:47 PM DougTB I don't see religion just through the prism of my parents' experiences, I am merely.....
» 1/05/2010 1:22:08 PM Sells' article reminds me of my mother's stories about her childhood growing up as a Catho.....
» 1/05/2010 1:19:39 PM Severin, indeed, certainly more dire than the Uniting Church's trivialities. It is ironi.....
» 30/04/2010 2:05:21 PM What most governments want to ignore is that for health services to improve it will requir.....
» 30/04/2010 1:52:55 PM Hasbeen that is the nature of the media - a new story to get the teeth into when much of w.....
» 30/04/2010 1:46:19 PM It is certainly courageous for one Church to point the finger at another for changing the .....
» 30/04/2010 1:38:09 PM No because at the end it is us that make the choice. It is only us that gives consent to t.....
» 28/04/2010 5:20:15 PM I agree with Severin. I hesitate to get back into this topic as it seems to be a never en.....
» 28/04/2010 9:25:41 AM Yabby I think we should vote for you to go on "Farmer wants a wife". There's bou.....
» 28/04/2010 9:08:18 AM According to the news last night salary caps are often abused and there is nothing to stop.....
» 28/04/2010 8:59:37 AM I don't think many would disagree Cakers. The low wages, staff shortges and conditions ma.....
» 28/04/2010 8:39:02 AM Heavens be! Cuts to elite private schools, whatever next, life as we know it will cease, m.....
» 25/04/2010 2:42:39 PM Well put Pynchme. All transactions should be voluntary but there should be shared responsi.....
» 25/04/2010 2:39:36 PM SM One of the things we should not wish for is for academics to live under the same pressu.....
» 25/04/2010 2:23:59 PM The idea of any politician doing a photoshoot in support of body image issues should be ba.....
» 25/04/2010 2:13:47 PM Hasbeen You begin by telling me that biology is rubbish then go on to defend that stance b.....
» 25/04/2010 11:00:43 AM So Hasbeen and Anti, you are arguing then that women are the strayers and men are the stay.....
» 24/04/2010 11:47:02 AM Hasbeen I wouldn't take too much from those kinds of simplistic polls. There is a differ.....
» 24/04/2010 10:14:59 AM Yabby and Peter H The book looks interesting - so do some of her other works. Many women.....
» 24/04/2010 9:55:06 AM There are enough examples of loss of academic and scientific freedoms when scientists invo.....
» 24/04/2010 9:42:42 AM we are unique You flatterer you -*Blush*. Most people understand the rights of other ind.....
» 24/04/2010 9:34:24 AM Abbott is just playing into the 'dole bludger' mindset. When I worked in the recruitment.....
» 24/04/2010 9:19:46 AM Houlley I can only say to that 'viva to all our differences' in whatever shape or form. I.....
» 24/04/2010 9:08:49 AM King Hazza's thoughts reflect mine on this so I won't repeat his already great comments on.....
» 23/04/2010 3:29:58 PM We go down a slippery slope if we start dictating to parents what they can and can't teach.....
» 23/04/2010 2:55:56 PM Future wars will be very different from WWI and WWII, the same atrocities of using men as .....
» 23/04/2010 2:42:03 PM Houlley Maybe we are both coming at this from our own interpretation which are obviously d.....
» 23/04/2010 2:36:21 PM Wow Peter H that is a very in depth analysis. It is interesting to note though, that poore.....
» 23/04/2010 2:27:37 PM runner I am not sure if you are deliberately misinterpreting these posts. How can I attac.....
» 22/04/2010 8:55:02 PM Houlley I have not ignored it I responded to this..."Kate, the feminist, showing wome.....
» 22/04/2010 8:51:13 PM runner Why don't you answer the question instead of getting into hateful name calling. Acc.....
» 22/04/2010 3:00:29 PM Interesting examinator. I read that Australia ranked about 10th or 11th. It would be inter.....
» 22/04/2010 2:41:58 PM Well Abbott has said his scheme is for the under 30s and I suspect single parents (male an.....
» 22/04/2010 2:30:39 PM Houlley benk has answered but if I can add. "Kate, the feminist, showing women you c.....
» 22/04/2010 11:01:52 AM The trouble is we are all products of our socialisation and culture. What would happen if .....
» 22/04/2010 10:56:09 AM rstuart and anti I understand your premise as borne out by anti's statement: "Is it.....
» 22/04/2010 10:43:40 AM But Anti, boys and girls are both human beings. What about the jobs that boys are doing in.....
» 22/04/2010 9:13:10 AM "Let me stress, this is not the fault of the girls who are chatting into their headse.....
» 22/04/2010 9:07:17 AM Cornflower I thought it was you attempting to pull this discussion down to a radical femin.....
» 21/04/2010 11:07:45 PM Proxy aren't there a number of fundy Christian sects in the US practicising polygamy? I re.....
» 21/04/2010 10:56:20 PM "This is good news for those who were concerned about it's potential for the introduc.....
» 21/04/2010 10:52:22 PM CJ Valiant efforts but you are flogging a dead horse. Some quite startling views and misr.....
» 21/04/2010 10:45:21 PM Cornflower "...although you did omit to say that it was radical feminists whose funda.....
» 21/04/2010 10:36:54 PM Trav I merely asked runner what makes him so sure that there is a God (or the one he subsc.....
» 21/04/2010 4:40:26 PM runner A man rises from the dead. A man walks across water. A man parts the Red Seas. A ma.....
» 21/04/2010 1:11:51 PM Cornflower Disagreeing with someone or something they do is not to pull them down. Too of.....
» 21/04/2010 1:00:53 PM individual I agree with your sentiments about justice for victims and their families - it .....
» 21/04/2010 10:38:44 AM Thanks Belly I am sure you would have fought. I should add that the two union reps I dealt.....
» 21/04/2010 10:33:19 AM mikk is right. It is not up to prisons to mete out punishment or to play judge and jury wi.....
» 21/04/2010 10:30:14 AM benk and SM The issue of self esteem is worthy of a subject itself. I agree that the moder.....
» 21/04/2010 10:12:37 AM This is an interesting article Ian. I agree intrinsically that science assists human bein.....
» 19/04/2010 12:03:56 PM Well said DWIGHT. Why stick with the point of the article when it is much more fun to use.....
» 19/04/2010 11:52:00 AM TBC You describe exactly what it is like in the Commonwealth Public Service. It is too ea.....
» 18/04/2010 5:05:50 PM Pericles and Yabby I am not completely oblivious or closed minded to the valid points you .....
» 18/04/2010 11:03:40 AM Yabby You are assuming I am the one not living in the real world - have you thought that y.....
» 17/04/2010 2:53:07 PM Thanks Severin - I value your contributions always to OLO and often see much of a kindred .....
» 17/04/2010 2:27:55 PM I reckon you have it in one Yabby. The nice thing about getting older (as opposed to old) .....
» 17/04/2010 2:18:01 PM Pericles I don't agree that your analogy is pertinent. The analogy with postal mail would.....
» 16/04/2010 11:16:25 PM Hazza I don't have much faith in political parties these days either but it is for me a ch.....
» 16/04/2010 11:03:45 PM Geesh...Yabby you've gone and made me blush! Can you imagine it? Ha ha we would have to .....
» 16/04/2010 10:52:39 PM Yabby I don't think Australians buying garlic from China is assisting with carbon reductio.....
» 16/04/2010 4:33:37 PM JayB What you have said is just utter rot - I am not sure if you are just being funny. Hav.....
» 16/04/2010 4:22:51 PM SM I do understand your point about the risks inherent in censorship and that is why there.....
» 16/04/2010 4:10:25 PM Pericles I am not sure why you accuse me of jingoism, which implies I am some sort of extr.....
» 16/04/2010 3:15:12 PM SM I understand the technical arguments but I am purely taking to task the emphasis of thi.....
» 16/04/2010 1:15:03 PM This piece is a little bit exaggerated. If the filtering was going to go down the path of.....
» 16/04/2010 12:54:40 PM I suspect that as rstuart already wrote that there is much more to this than long hours. .....
» 15/04/2010 8:22:55 PM Aww shucks Belly - thanks. Tis common sense really isn't it. Proxy All I can say is we ar.....
» 15/04/2010 8:10:27 PM Boring is a word I try to avoid. Boredom is usually from within and of our own making. I .....
» 15/04/2010 6:19:07 PM Yabby I wouldn't force anyone to buy anything. If a company was foolish enough to sell com.....
» 15/04/2010 4:21:24 PM The sad thing about this debate is the fact that it had to be had at all. If these were t.....
» 15/04/2010 4:10:11 PM "Do you think that all these countries should stop buying my lamb to protect their ow.....
» 15/04/2010 3:57:42 PM Yes but Houlley what has this photo shoot got to do with positive messages about body imag.....
» 15/04/2010 3:49:36 PM JP You are using religious analogy to try and explain what atheists do or do not believe. .....
» 15/04/2010 12:43:52 PM I reckon the best photoshoot for body image would be to line up a bevy of male and female .....
» 15/04/2010 12:36:50 PM Interesting about Dell, maybe there will be some justice in the market afterall. The espi.....
» 15/04/2010 12:25:57 PM What was it that Kate Ellis was trying to say about body image by her outfit? Especially a.....
» 15/04/2010 12:10:53 PM Yes, I was surprised at the attacks by Pell and Jensen over Easter. A time I would have th.....
» 15/04/2010 10:13:35 AM Heh heh Yabby. Yabby do you think that Stern Hu should be sacrificed in order to sustain .....
» 15/04/2010 9:57:54 AM Ah...all is made clear CJ. Severin is right. This sort of blatant prejudice is unforgivab.....
» 15/04/2010 9:44:41 AM SLA How will most people afford to school their children if the public school system were .....
» 14/04/2010 4:14:05 PM What is it with men standing up and toileting in front of each other. That is just bad man.....
» 14/04/2010 4:12:48 PM How terrible a politician finding and opportunity to put the boot in! It is just politics.....
» 14/04/2010 3:18:05 PM Cornflower I may have misunderstood your intent in your other post. I interpreted your co.....
» 14/04/2010 3:11:01 PM Does anyone else think it is funny that a thread about manners has degenerated into bad ma.....
» 14/04/2010 3:02:45 PM Yabby (my petal) :) All that is very good if you are thinking in the old economic mindset.....
» 14/04/2010 11:53:40 AM Belly you will get no verbal bruising from me. Manners are indeed on the decline but I do.....
» 14/04/2010 11:48:27 AM Richie AJP has kindly answered your question. Your claim that you will 'believe' when a m.....
» 13/04/2010 7:38:06 PM Only in the bizarre world of Proxy would the ALP be considered leftist. But I agree on on.....
» 13/04/2010 7:35:51 PM Yabby I understand the need for companies to be wary when dealing with China. I just don.....
» 13/04/2010 7:22:04 PM When a monkey produces a human? Clearly evolution and natural selection was not taught at.....
» 13/04/2010 7:20:57 PM Most aspects in this article are apt. Rousing for example should be replaced with extra fu.....
» 13/04/2010 7:05:25 PM Jardine K's squad idea is a good one. These matters need to be dealt with quickly and fair.....
» 13/04/2010 6:58:14 PM Cornflower You don't have to sit back to keep the bastards honest. Action and integrity ar.....
» 12/04/2010 10:22:20 AM It certainly was an interesting result. The Greens had an obligation to their voters to fo.....
» 12/04/2010 10:12:30 AM Interesting CJ. Now watch as the atheist camp is villified for their calls for justice. .....
» 12/04/2010 10:03:18 AM Yes I agree with David on all counts. The ABC has had a handful of multicultural presenter.....
» 11/04/2010 8:53:12 AM Dear Guje May I join in with all the other well wishers and extend my hope that there will.....
» 11/04/2010 8:34:57 AM Trouble is TRTL, those deeply entrenched in their religion from birth, don't stand much of.....
» 11/04/2010 8:15:50 AM benk There has been much compromise in the Family Court system of late - shared parenting .....
» 9/04/2010 3:20:24 PM Mark and Ben I understand what you are getting at but the open letter, in your own words, .....
» 9/04/2010 1:04:15 PM Well I wondered how long it would take runner to come along. "The gullible god denie.....
» 9/04/2010 1:00:49 PM So the ALP are the only group with their snouts in the trough? I didn't see anyone else b.....
» 9/04/2010 12:53:42 PM Mark How are these academics or scientists trading their credibility? If these professio.....
» 9/04/2010 10:14:53 AM rstuart The French are less aggressive - really? In my experience, the French don't follo.....
» 9/04/2010 10:10:18 AM TRTL You asked "...is there any point where evidence would be so overwhelming, where .....
» 9/04/2010 10:06:43 AM PS: why is it that those who wish to protect forests or seek restraint from the forestry i.....
» 9/04/2010 9:57:18 AM The author seems more concerned with the 'eminence' of the contributors rather than their .....
» 8/04/2010 10:14:59 AM Interesting StG. I have a bit of a soft spot for WikiLeaks and for their goal in presentin.....
» 8/04/2010 9:56:53 AM Imagine it in Sydney or Melbourne CBD! If we went back to the always Give Way to Your Rig.....
» 8/04/2010 9:53:17 AM "...it is difficult to view this case in isolation from the tensions involving the ir.....
» 6/04/2010 4:15:55 PM This article raises some important issues. How easy would it be for misdiagnosis in a prog.....
» 6/04/2010 4:01:27 PM It is normal for some OLO posts to go off on tangents, but StG's opening post was referrin.....
» 5/04/2010 1:21:08 PM In defence of StG, I don't think he was implying that the religious have the corner on mor.....
» 5/04/2010 1:19:06 PM Just a quick alteration - I meant to say misogyny and misandry in the post above......
» 5/04/2010 1:10:53 PM The very radical feminists (using Warwick's analogy) don't exist in the same way other rad.....
» 5/04/2010 9:24:52 AM The costs of employment are already built into the price. The arrangements you talk about .....
» 5/04/2010 9:00:22 AM The approach you outline sounds fair and reasonable Suze as well as those followed up in S.....
» 5/04/2010 8:50:19 AM Cornflower Aren't most feminists Third Wave? The days of the radical man-haters are long g.....
» 4/04/2010 7:12:59 PM StG May I say that it is a shame more people like you do not join the police forces. Peopl.....
» 1/04/2010 4:35:28 PM Sorry runner I jumped in a bit soon in defence at what I thought was going to be yet anot.....
» 1/04/2010 4:19:16 PM Gosh looks like lots of action on this thread. Trouble is you cannot always prove abuse .....
» 1/04/2010 4:06:26 PM runner Men in prisons? How is it the fault of women if the father abandons them and their.....
» 1/04/2010 11:06:31 AM It certainly gives pause for thought. One question to ponder is whether the information s.....
» 1/04/2010 10:47:34 AM There is a tone of misplaced martyrdom and victimhood in this piece - as well-intentioned .....
» 1/04/2010 7:16:46 AM It sounds good in theory rehctub, but it could be abused to the point where penalty rates .....
» 1/04/2010 6:58:22 AM Without having seen the Ads, it seems odd that some 'expert' in the government has agreed .....
» 31/03/2010 7:48:55 AM This is not just a feminist issue but an economic one. It is the pro-growth fanatics that .....
» 29/03/2010 2:24:55 PM Restrictive revenue raising bureacracy gone mad. National Parks, towns like Hill End and.....
» 29/03/2010 1:18:53 PM Severin As usual you put things very well. :) Houlley I get what you are about but it is.....
» 29/03/2010 9:14:07 AM Peter I cannot speak in the same theological language, only in simple terms - so bear wit.....
» 28/03/2010 10:55:24 AM We leave much of ourselves behind in our children or in memories, the impact we may have h.....
» 28/03/2010 10:22:11 AM We all seem to agree on the essentials as it is a no-brainer. The real issue is how to de.....
» 27/03/2010 6:58:35 PM Best wishes for good health Foxy. Hope you are sitting up in bed on your laptop and not ra.....
» 27/03/2010 6:49:25 PM vanna The point you are missing is that it should be about the best interests of the child.....
» 27/03/2010 1:22:29 PM Cornflower My thoughts on that case mirror those of Pynchme. It would be highly unlikely t.....
» 27/03/2010 12:22:40 PM Why are many posters defending something which is not said or implied. If I read an artic.....
» 27/03/2010 9:16:08 AM I can't believe some father's groups are okay with this decision, some even defending the .....
» 26/03/2010 11:08:12 AM Susan I am not twisting Christian values to suit, I am an atheist. I am arguing purely tha.....
» 26/03/2010 8:59:26 AM Actually it is a bit superfluous to use the old furphy Christian values in this argument. .....
» 26/03/2010 8:21:14 AM benk "One of the major criticisms of raunch culture is that one set of social pressu.....
» 25/03/2010 9:39:23 AM Houlley I think you know I don't think girls who watch the Gaga are destined to be prostit.....
» 25/03/2010 8:25:44 AM The music industry perpetuates this cycle of one-upmanship when it comes to raunch and sex.....
» 25/03/2010 7:59:02 AM Graham I understand the points you are making but for arguments sake what is the differenc.....
» 24/03/2010 4:00:17 PM I can understand your anger Hasbeen, given the horrible experience of your son - nonone sh.....
» 24/03/2010 3:51:33 PM Glad to see the Greens gaining ground in Tasmania. Hardly unsurprising given the shenaniga.....
» 24/03/2010 11:53:05 AM There has never been a serious study that prove GM crops do not have long term consequence.....
» 24/03/2010 11:33:41 AM Tristan Could a 'compassionate Conservative' really be a boon for workers given that Abbot.....
» 24/03/2010 10:50:34 AM Bruce's description of the health reform debate is apt. Abbott failed to propose an altern.....
» 23/03/2010 2:00:38 PM AJ Phillips You make a good point, I can see why some theists might view humanism in that .....
» 23/03/2010 1:37:33 PM Houlley the armchair psychologist. Would you like a latte or chardonnay with that?.....
» 23/03/2010 8:30:35 AM Graham you speak about humanism as if it is a bad thing. There are Christian and non-theis.....
» 23/03/2010 7:43:07 AM Lots of letters and reports in the Canberra Times on this today. It has raised the whole i.....
» 22/03/2010 10:12:41 AM Graham Marx was an atheist, but marxism did not emerge primarily as an atheist movement. .....
» 22/03/2010 9:33:13 AM Anti How does one define bullying? Obvious and overt bullying is probably easy to identify.....
» 21/03/2010 2:25:16 PM Arjay It is quite possible that we are more vulnerable to cyber terrorism via hacking of i.....
» 21/03/2010 2:10:42 PM Bullying can cross all the usual categorisations of class, gender and culture. A spoilt ri.....
» 19/03/2010 2:34:39 PM woulfe You are a good person. Reading through these posts again I think one point has be.....
» 18/03/2010 9:50:08 AM Severin I don't know what Abbott has to feel threatened about either. Thanks for your comm.....
» 18/03/2010 8:08:54 AM Ngarmada If you are claiming to be the paragon of integrity then you might rethink this st.....
» 17/03/2010 8:00:25 PM "The net allows easy regulation of what is published, as Facebook has demonstrated on.....
» 17/03/2010 7:47:17 PM "Well I would be interested to know how you would support that conclusion as a statem.....
» 17/03/2010 1:15:15 PM Beautifully expressed article. Thank you for putting atheism into perspective. I was hear.....
» 17/03/2010 12:57:49 PM Agree completely with the author and the comments so far. The social implications of gene .....
» 17/03/2010 12:49:54 PM Great to see seed vaults like this growing their stock which can only help to ensure seed .....
» 16/03/2010 10:34:33 PM "There appears to be an a priori decision that religion is an evil, and then everythi.....
» 16/03/2010 10:05:12 PM Ngaramda I did not present as being 'confident' in back room nudge nudge wink winks as you.....
» 16/03/2010 7:18:39 PM This whole sorry saga is testament to the corporatisation of education and training. No lo.....
» 16/03/2010 7:07:09 PM You have to have a giggle about articles like this. Why does OLO commit so much time to t.....
» 16/03/2010 6:55:58 PM I tend to think, like RObert. that this is a bit of a beat up. If you look at Abbott's ot.....
» 16/03/2010 8:38:01 AM Anti My point was that the medium is relevant given as I said previously that a bully in .....
» 16/03/2010 8:29:08 AM Anti Fair points about sticking with the privacy aspect. Must admit it is difficult to jus.....
» 15/03/2010 10:40:54 PM Foxy Your perseverance and efforts have obviously gone a long way in keeping your marriage.....
» 15/03/2010 10:34:54 PM Just had to comment - Peter Hume and Pynchme what poignant perceptions you presented......
» 15/03/2010 10:31:02 PM runner Where is your evidence in divine creation? All religious folk believe their God to .....
» 15/03/2010 10:25:01 PM rstuart and Pericles I can see your points regarding privacy in that even reference to ce.....
» 15/03/2010 10:06:54 PM "Kids pass notes around the bus saying Severin smells, and nobody cares. But if they .....
» 15/03/2010 11:52:01 AM If the child's name and family were not mentioned how is it a breach of privacy? There are.....
» 15/03/2010 11:37:55 AM Divorce is very common Foxy and often I think it is because people want too much from each.....
» 15/03/2010 11:30:06 AM Severin makes a good point. Conversion is not exactly an altruistic motive, not to mention.....
» 15/03/2010 11:19:28 AM Could just be teenage angst Belly. Body language does tell a lot but often people may be s.....
» 15/03/2010 8:49:00 AM Why do so many theists want to attribute bascially religious characteristics to atheism? I.....
» 13/03/2010 3:49:03 PM I haven't read Woman's Day for years... no longer the family and recipe mag they once were.....
» 12/03/2010 1:29:09 PM Orange Donkey Thanks for your thoughts. I do understand the risk of using privacy as an ex.....
» 12/03/2010 1:13:07 PM Hazza and Hasbeen have said it all......
» 12/03/2010 1:10:37 PM Agreed RobP. Most media organsisations show bias and no-one is exempt, although I find it.....
» 12/03/2010 1:02:25 PM Yabby The income disparity is no doubt sometimes caused by unions as well. If you work in .....
» 12/03/2010 12:49:22 PM Corporate welfare is dished out by both sides of government including subsidies to manufac.....
» 11/03/2010 2:07:01 PM Don't you love it when people start talking about disincentives to hire. There were no di.....
» 11/03/2010 1:56:44 PM Yabby, While greed is not confined solely to any one group, I don't think you can compare.....
» 11/03/2010 1:38:34 PM Hazza this is no more whining or whingeing than people whining about censorship of the Net.....
» 11/03/2010 9:42:00 AM Trouble is Hazza, people say that until some kid commits suicide then it is all - why is t.....
» 11/03/2010 9:15:51 AM Worth is a funny word. For ordinary people value is based on the merit in the jobs people .....
» 11/03/2010 8:58:57 AM This article highlights one aspect of the information age that is disturbing. Bullying is .....
» 10/03/2010 1:53:20 PM Of course we can't trust other countries to conform to the standards. Recent testing has s.....
» 10/03/2010 1:25:16 PM RObert raises some good questions. Severin points to valid reasons for why seperate legis.....
» 10/03/2010 1:17:57 PM This is turning into some sort of bizarre threesome. Thanks again Severin for your well te.....
» 9/03/2010 1:02:00 PM whistler How would you reconcile a women's legislature with issues like Family Law that i.....
» 9/03/2010 12:58:07 PM rstuart You are still missing my earlier point. There is a lot of literature and media cov.....
» 9/03/2010 10:56:55 AM rstuart You are the one who raised gender issues. I don't know what you are asking of me......
» 8/03/2010 10:46:54 PM I respect that is your perception rstuart. We all make assertions. There may be a gender d.....
» 8/03/2010 11:45:40 AM rstuart I suppose by comparison you think your views are not wild arsed guesses. If you w.....
» 8/03/2010 11:33:08 AM Bazz your link and the email reflects the feelings of many public servants in Canberra. Ma.....
» 8/03/2010 11:17:21 AM Atman How is population sustainability anti-human? We are not separate from the environmen.....
» 8/03/2010 8:14:00 AM Disagree benk. There are many female heroes in Australia especially in the sporting arena.....
» 8/03/2010 8:01:20 AM csteele I have heard similar. Some sympathy for Garrett with Rudd copping most of the flak.....
» 8/03/2010 7:49:13 AM Raw Mustard Probably the only way that change can occur is to form a new Party representiv.....
» 8/03/2010 7:39:48 AM "Pelican, it really was a joke. " No worries Hasbeen. I took it that way. Suze.....
» 7/03/2010 11:52:43 AM Why do some people think women make up a homogenous group? As far as women's issues go bo.....
» 7/03/2010 8:00:53 AM Foxy makes a good point about safety and protection. The White Paper only outlines the bor.....
» 7/03/2010 7:50:19 AM I have only read parts of the Constitution (long time ago for study). It does make for hea.....
» 7/03/2010 7:40:23 AM Well, yes rstuart I wanted to make clear the last point was my own opinion. I have raised .....
» 7/03/2010 7:28:34 AM MWPOYNTER If the show misrepresented the plantation as being GM when it is not then that, .....
» 6/03/2010 10:36:58 AM Hi Forrest "The thing is, it would appear that the whole point and impact of Melissa.....
» 6/03/2010 10:22:52 AM Ha ha anti, you do have a sense of humour which one needs on OLO at times. "The big .....
» 6/03/2010 10:12:45 AM Great to read. I loved this bit: "The 59-year-old Pakistani scholar called his fatw.....
» 6/03/2010 9:59:54 AM Severin "I do consider carefully the points you and others have made, ...I know that .....
» 6/03/2010 9:36:38 AM Coming on this thread is like watching a re-run of the Three Stooges. It is a bit like wa.....
» 6/03/2010 9:26:09 AM A Primary School Principal once told a group of parents that you can have all the knick kn.....
» 6/03/2010 9:15:51 AM hugagogo You are being disingenuous methinks. I did not raise the subject of GMO out of th.....
» 5/03/2010 1:32:03 PM Severin We must have posted at the same time as I did not read your newer comments until n.....
» 5/03/2010 1:23:50 PM rstuart Where have I said smoking is a good thing? And there have been much in the way of .....
» 5/03/2010 1:10:45 PM hugoagogo My comments were expressing the opinion that some of the arguments laid at the.....
» 5/03/2010 12:12:01 PM Some of the points raised by the author can also be used to discredit forestry corporation.....
» 5/03/2010 11:33:47 AM It is hardly rage when someone disagrees with a point or makes a comment about bad manners.....
» 5/03/2010 11:29:13 AM Graham I agree that teachers are involving themselves in areas once considered the respons.....
» 5/03/2010 11:21:18 AM Severin I agree, that I may also be accosted by a drunk person and if I lived in Melbourne.....
» 5/03/2010 8:08:22 AM This article forgest about the rights of a person who just wants to walk down the street w.....
» 5/03/2010 7:55:06 AM It would be difficult for a Muslim living in any Western democracy to integrate into commu.....
» 5/03/2010 7:41:03 AM If the science in society component covers, even briefly, the importance and relevance of .....
» 4/03/2010 11:32:04 AM Thoughtful piece. We are moving too far away from nature. Will future generation's only c.....
» 4/03/2010 10:55:31 AM Err...Houlley "Ask Pelican". Good attempt at wedge politics there. Don't ask .....
» 3/03/2010 1:19:12 PM No not quite Houlley. I drink from the bidet and use the chardonnay for bathroom activitie.....
» 3/03/2010 1:16:40 PM Sometimes points can be lost in delivery but all in all most posters on OLO seem to stick .....
» 2/03/2010 8:33:15 PM Let's be honest, people's personalities do play a part because we all build up a particula.....
» 2/03/2010 7:59:06 PM Severin Thanks for your follow-up. I can understand why my analogy hit a nerve and I did .....
» 2/03/2010 1:52:53 PM hugoagogo I have not heard of the Atheist earth worshipping movement - please do explain. .....
» 2/03/2010 1:39:09 PM CJ Human poo is not as good as animal poo because of the pathogens. If there is too much h.....
» 2/03/2010 1:33:23 PM Good point Severin I can see that may not have been the best analogy. I did not mean to im.....
» 2/03/2010 1:26:18 PM There is no such thing as "the rise of atheism". There is only an increase in .....
» 2/03/2010 1:18:21 PM Hasbeen It must be a bummer dealing with tinnitus. I don't have it but I do find some mode.....
» 2/03/2010 1:12:40 PM Poirot I am also having trouble thinking of an example. Some actors like Clint Eastwood .....
» 2/03/2010 12:58:05 PM "...if atheism is correct." I don't understand this statement either. It is not.....
» 1/03/2010 1:56:12 PM RobP This possibility was humourously put to Turnbull on one epsisode of Q&A recently but.....
» 28/02/2010 5:48:08 PM Pericles I think that was examinator......
» 28/02/2010 5:45:34 PM Hazza, agreed. I am hoping Canberra will field a few Independents and we do have some good.....
» 28/02/2010 5:29:07 PM Macca I am not naive enough to know it is spin, but at least Rudd has stopped with the ini.....
» 28/02/2010 1:02:45 PM The Rudd Government may turn out to be a one-term government but if you could, who would y.....
» 28/02/2010 12:45:14 PM It would have taken a strong will for a Neanderthal to resist the temptations of homo sapi.....
» 28/02/2010 12:38:29 PM "In at least one of my roles though I'm a public servant so anonymity works for me, j.....
» 28/02/2010 12:33:48 PM What is shallow about the possibility of a friendly ally sanctioning the forging of Austra.....
» 28/02/2010 10:15:53 AM Suze asks what is the point - I agree. Why are we still wedded to the same age old argumen.....
» 28/02/2010 10:08:00 AM Forrest "Collectively, that would make us foruminifera, would it not?" Are you .....
» 28/02/2010 10:04:23 AM I suppose runner supports Palestinian miltants forging Australian passports then......
» 28/02/2010 10:02:56 AM Well tapp it looks as if we are getting some of what we hoped. Mr Rudd is changing his ta.....
» 28/02/2010 9:30:23 AM Graham do you think media attention on this issue is really about the rights or wrongs of .....
» 28/02/2010 8:20:26 AM This is a recurring theme on OLO - the "Nanny State" versus rampant freedoms and.....
» 28/02/2010 8:01:25 AM Anti is right on this one IMO. If I were to use my real name in talking about experiences.....
» 27/02/2010 8:44:44 AM Agree examinator. Israel should be sanctioned and it was pleasing to see Stephen Smith giv.....
» 27/02/2010 8:36:43 AM Rudd is a bureacrat through and through, a master of the meaningless phrase and dishonest .....
» 27/02/2010 8:23:26 AM Mind you I saw a movie recently about two women who fell in love and they were both pretty.....
» 27/02/2010 8:19:08 AM Severin I love my female friends and I appreciate the beauty of the female form, but I'm w.....
» 27/02/2010 8:09:23 AM Poor Mr Hunt. Wouldn't you be tempted to change your name legally rather than live with co.....
» 27/02/2010 7:57:28 AM Severin (fraccy) So glad you are back even if wearing a different dress. :) I don't get .....
» 24/02/2010 5:06:04 PM I copped a lot of flak from some friends for taking my husband's name but part of the reas.....
» 24/02/2010 4:50:18 PM Should have happened a long time ago. The ALP is no longer solely worker focussed, in the .....
» 24/02/2010 4:43:26 PM david f You are very sweet, but this woman feels fine with OLO. It is an open public forum.....
» 21/02/2010 5:00:31 PM Those who believe humans will only behave well with fear of an afterlife are welcome to, b.....
» 21/02/2010 8:22:18 AM I agree with StG. The nuclear decision is one thing the Rudd Government has got right......
» 21/02/2010 8:17:50 AM It will be interesting to see what the Greens come up with for the next election. I suspec.....
» 21/02/2010 8:09:04 AM It is already possible to sue Government. The government does hold some types of insurance.....
» 19/02/2010 7:45:13 AM Thinker 2 you make some good points. Rehctub why is it that you think people should mind.....
» 18/02/2010 8:23:35 AM Suze makes a good point about different types of worship through history. Whether it be G.....
» 17/02/2010 3:31:43 PM Well said Hazza. There are many atheists out there who are concerned about the growing se.....
» 17/02/2010 3:23:08 PM Yes it is a bit like the old cowboy and indian movies. Cowboys good, Indians bad. It wasn'.....
» 17/02/2010 2:45:35 PM As a woman I have never felt society regarding me as a baby incubator - it has always been.....
» 16/02/2010 1:10:18 PM As human beings we are very good at making our own rules or we cherry pick the rules that .....
» 16/02/2010 11:29:37 AM Something has happened to capitalism over the past 30 years, or maybe it has just morphed .....
» 15/02/2010 10:14:39 PM The problem lies in when women sought sexual self determination they thought men were comi.....
» 15/02/2010 1:08:20 PM Don't hold your breath waiting for resignations, there were none for AWB, Reith's credit c.....
» 13/02/2010 8:12:06 AM That is one thing you could not criticise Pauline Hanson, she was if nothing else, open an.....
» 11/02/2010 5:20:36 PM These are interesting questions Graham. My first experience with this notion that some Ch.....
» 11/02/2010 5:02:30 PM Thanks George. Atheists don't necessarily deny the spiritual, however that might be defin.....
» 10/02/2010 8:40:43 AM Points taken Yabby, but are those involved in exploration and drilling necessarily contend.....
» 9/02/2010 9:52:28 AM Okay Foxy I will take the suggestion more seriously. The big problem in this idea is segr.....
» 9/02/2010 9:37:49 AM continued... It is oft quoted that "there are no atheists in the trenches". I c.....
» 9/02/2010 9:37:31 AM Hi George I did not feel Andrew's intention was conversion. In fact he did not set out to .....
» 9/02/2010 9:01:53 AM Foreign investors always seem interested in buying into Australia's meat industry. There m.....
» 8/02/2010 6:17:49 PM Valid point Peter. It does sound better your way......
» 8/02/2010 12:19:22 PM I agree Foxy. Governments would be better off providing a good foundation for those busine.....
» 8/02/2010 9:40:37 AM Foxy I know you are only joking but that does not sound like multiculturalism and the risk.....
» 8/02/2010 9:06:59 AM "If miracles are seen as symbols, the questions about whether they really exceed the .....
» 8/02/2010 8:07:45 AM http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2808946.htm The above link is one of many .....
» 8/02/2010 7:20:41 AM rehctub I am not sure what your point is as your comments only go to support mine. Tradie.....
» 7/02/2010 9:39:01 AM Family Law is such a minefield. Hatred and vitriole is all you will get from this debate. .....
» 7/02/2010 9:28:20 AM Again OLO demonstrates how sticky this topic is. It is not possible to have rational debat.....
» 7/02/2010 9:17:24 AM Michael's article is a pretty good summation. There are better leaders within the current.....
» 2/02/2010 8:39:09 AM Ha ha very good Hazza. Just so I don't feel left out of the fun. Why only child proof loc.....
» 2/02/2010 8:25:23 AM Don't you love these debates. Runner is consistent at least. I would love to see you one d.....
» 2/02/2010 8:16:56 AM Bluster indeed it is pynchme. Women come in all shapes and sizes including boobs. As Ba.....
» 2/02/2010 8:13:53 AM The title is already a misnomer. Truth is irrelevant in a faith based belief system. Truth.....
» 2/02/2010 8:03:06 AM Spock I understand your concerns about where we are heading on some fronts but let's not r.....
» 2/02/2010 7:55:48 AM Ludwig, I think the drug-savvy probably know more about when new drugs hit the streets tha.....
» 2/02/2010 7:51:41 AM Very droll. Perhaps we should all never leave our homes. For younger children who cannot .....
» 1/02/2010 4:28:22 PM The issue is not support but validity. You can always muster support for any cause - Hitle.....
» 1/02/2010 4:22:55 PM We are all reading the same thing while at the same time reading something different into .....
» 31/01/2010 3:50:44 PM Err...Pericles can't let that one go. If you are going to quote me do the courtesy of taki.....
» 31/01/2010 8:28:41 AM Pynchme and Suzie Good efforts but you are wasting your time. It is like debating evolutio.....
» 31/01/2010 8:22:50 AM The debate about population sustainability can be had without hysterics on either side. Ra.....
» 30/01/2010 10:31:49 AM Poirot and david I am not in disagreement with your POV. The biggest way governments hav.....
» 30/01/2010 10:14:52 AM Well articulated CJ. Further along into this discussion, no-one has provided any logical .....
» 29/01/2010 5:39:15 PM I agree that it is the teachers that make the difference but the proposed best practice mi.....
» 29/01/2010 5:25:13 PM What is there to forgive? Tony Abbott made a decision in his past and now regrets it. Comp.....
» 29/01/2010 5:22:53 PM Yes, but this does not mean that those states who have ignored the wishes of non-GM farmer.....
» 29/01/2010 5:20:34 PM "What exactly did Tony Abbott, father of three beautiful teenage girls, say to get hi.....
» 27/01/2010 3:40:29 PM I heartily agree david. It was truly a failure of duty of care to commit countries to war .....
» 27/01/2010 3:33:02 PM What a one-sided article. What about the long-term impacts of deforestation. The worldwat.....
» 27/01/2010 2:58:43 PM Not sure I agree with that assessment totally davidf. Australians have become more cynica.....
» 27/01/2010 1:21:58 PM It is stating the obvious that donations are made to the party that will best favour the d.....
» 27/01/2010 1:11:31 PM Henyak What I like about modern domestic violence services is that there is advice and sup.....
» 25/01/2010 6:41:12 PM Belly I agree that the notion of respect has waned along with other desirable characterist.....
» 25/01/2010 6:28:12 PM Most posters have already covered the most salient points. We need a HR Act like a hole in.....
» 25/01/2010 6:24:01 PM While I support a Republic I don't necessarily support a new Australian Flag unless the ma.....
» 25/01/2010 6:16:36 PM I agree Andrew. Part of the problem is also ensuring that aid or other assistance is well.....
» 25/01/2010 9:14:02 AM The citizenship test is the biggest waste of money and time and serves no purpose other th.....
» 25/01/2010 9:06:27 AM RObert You are one of the more balanced male posters on here. Thank you. We have to get aw.....
» 24/01/2010 4:17:11 PM On first reading this does seem to be very Big Brother but on thinking about it a bit more.....
» 24/01/2010 4:01:33 PM Henyak Bottom line is we all choose our partners - perhaps your wife is angry because she .....
» 24/01/2010 3:53:37 PM Antispectic Do you you believe there are any untalented men among Labor or are they alrigh.....
» 22/01/2010 9:55:33 PM Well, you have come to the right place Henyak. Lots of men here with all the stats you c.....
» 22/01/2010 9:48:38 PM Well that explains why you think the way you do. Probably no point in engaging at all but .....
» 21/01/2010 6:53:47 PM Anti I wasn't arguing for more middle class welfare - we don't need it or should aspire to.....
» 20/01/2010 8:36:25 AM Anti you make a lot of sense on these issues. The only thing I would add though is like F.....
» 20/01/2010 8:21:45 AM Australia is probably one of the least racist countries I have visited with the possible e.....
» 20/01/2010 7:58:45 AM Anti Trouble is if you champion the cause of disadvantaged women and they start realising .....
» 19/01/2010 1:58:43 PM I'm with Cornflower and Pynchme. This must have been a slow news day......
» 19/01/2010 1:57:22 PM Gender does have some influence I am sure. I am sure we all make assumptions about peopl.....
» 19/01/2010 1:41:05 PM This site is pretty tame all up and most of the posters debate or give their opinions with.....
» 19/01/2010 1:26:15 PM Anti Just to make you feel better I can absolutely asure you that the ALP is not dominated.....
» 18/01/2010 7:15:40 PM Tristan You make some valid points. It was a sad day when the Australian Democrats left th.....
» 17/01/2010 10:07:15 AM Philo I don't think everyone is arguing that some monies should not be given to religious .....
» 17/01/2010 9:40:36 AM There has been overall moral degeneration of the Labor Left just as there has been within .....
» 13/01/2010 9:42:35 AM I am not sure dear Margaret had that one quite right Col. If the early women's movement ha.....
» 13/01/2010 9:27:29 AM Nothing will be achieved until there is some truth and honesty in this debate. Until perpe.....
» 13/01/2010 9:22:13 AM Agree with all the comments so far. Trouble is the Howard Government left a funding looph.....
» 12/01/2010 1:52:22 PM It boils down to one very simple question about where one believes life begins. Some peopl.....
» 12/01/2010 1:26:30 PM You have to be kidding. If Andrew Elder thinks the Right is politically homeless think ab.....
» 12/01/2010 1:08:41 PM runner makes a good point. We have become too lenient in the Courts. All nations are racis.....
» 11/01/2010 9:28:24 AM There are mixed reports on the radiation risks to body scans. I wonder if in a few years t.....
» 11/01/2010 9:01:08 AM I researched the possibility of home schooling for my kids and while we did not choose tha.....
» 11/01/2010 8:38:15 AM Women are probably (dare I say) 'natural' peacemakers probably for those traditional reaso.....
» 9/01/2010 2:08:26 PM That is true Missus. Indian and other foreign students have been victim to some of the wor.....
» 9/01/2010 1:57:56 PM It is getting a bit rich - the beat up over Indian racism and the over the top cartoon fea.....
» 9/01/2010 1:38:39 PM Lovely story Wybong, welcome. We often forget in our busy lives that the people we see in .....
» 9/01/2010 9:50:19 AM Most men as SM states are not cretins but I would imagine if one wanted to seek out a cret.....
» 9/01/2010 9:34:55 AM Well researched Protagorus. However, regardless of the man (Peter Spencer) there needs to .....
» 9/01/2010 9:19:52 AM I agree Foxy - psychological abuse would have an effect. Your father-in-law sounds like a .....
» 9/01/2010 9:09:57 AM Yabby, thank you. I think? Economics Bah. :) "I read somewhere - men who think a w.....
» 6/01/2010 3:45:16 PM Houlley You are taking my comments to the extreme - of course photographers would use subt.....
» 6/01/2010 3:30:00 PM Sancho I know I come across pretty strong on this issue. Agreed, drug use is not limited t.....
» 6/01/2010 2:41:22 PM I don't read this article as being about thought police or being against women looking nic.....
» 6/01/2010 2:19:37 PM JayB said - My God. That'll put about 90% of women in deep Poo Poo won't it. Then JayB re.....
» 4/01/2010 8:39:34 PM Very true Foxy. I felt very out of my depth at first when dealing with mental ill people .....
» 4/01/2010 8:32:43 PM While I like the idea of getting rid of the criminal element in drug use, the potential co.....
» 4/01/2010 8:06:52 PM It is a tough ask RaeBee. Regardless of what side of the debate one sits, what would it .....
» 4/01/2010 7:49:42 PM I agree Mikk. Intelligence and education does not always mean a person will not take up ar.....
» 4/01/2010 7:34:12 PM Thanks DreamOn. I do still come into contact with those afflicted from time to time altho.....
» 4/01/2010 12:45:33 PM All governments abuse taxpayers money for their own propgaganda. However as for what gover.....
» 4/01/2010 12:27:36 PM Our society has improved a lot in the way we view mental illness. I think campaigns like B.....
» 4/01/2010 11:54:03 AM Some good points Nicholas. I remember watching a documentary about 'Google Time'. It is a .....
» 3/01/2010 10:34:05 AM Oscar I don't believe that is what most of the previous posters are arguing other than bot.....
» 3/01/2010 10:25:19 AM Very droll Sancho. The impartial and humanitiarian organisation Rio Tinto must have the f.....
» 3/01/2010 10:16:11 AM Refugee policy and immigration are big election issues and both sides have been guilty of .....
» 3/01/2010 9:58:43 AM runner asks about Christian fundamentalism. Surely it is the same as Islamic fundamentalis.....
» 31/12/2009 4:41:49 PM 4freedom you said "And Pelican, there are politicians that have an agenda that fits r.....
» 31/12/2009 4:32:30 PM DOCS in all states are also severely understaffed. They need more qualified staff and a mo.....
» 31/12/2009 4:27:57 PM Terrorism is not new - remember the IRA, the German Red Army and Italian terrorist groups .....
» 31/12/2009 4:06:57 PM C'mon guys lets not turn this into a paranoid Communist conspiracy theory. Both the far ri.....
» 30/12/2009 9:28:04 AM With all it's failings as pointed out in this article the ABC is still the better choice o.....
» 30/12/2009 9:12:34 AM It is ironic that much of our food produce is exported while at the same time food is impo.....
» 30/12/2009 9:02:40 AM The Snowy environmental flows have been a problem for some time. Our family has a strong r.....
» 30/12/2009 8:40:54 AM rstuart You are talking about internet filters not a clean feed. My understanding is that .....
» 29/12/2009 6:46:05 PM I can understand Peter Spencer's angst. He comes back from OS to find his land has become .....
» 29/12/2009 6:32:57 PM Well said Tanveer. There is no reason in a secular society why we cannot all celebrate acc.....
» 29/12/2009 6:24:23 PM The idea of a short bow to greet people sounds good. I am still surprised by how many pe.....
» 23/12/2009 12:05:45 PM Thank you spindoc. I hope your Christmas and those of other OLOers is happy and full of f.....
» 23/12/2009 12:01:34 PM Desmond Gambling is big business but it also costs a great deal in social terms. Weighing .....
» 23/12/2009 11:58:39 AM N'est-ce pas Poirot - I quite agree. While it is tempting to use words like Fascism to ma.....
» 23/12/2009 11:47:55 AM Belly I did admit I did not know all the particulars of this case other than listening to .....
» 23/12/2009 11:32:28 AM It is not the air conditioners but the total energy a household uses, and with solar the i.....
» 23/12/2009 11:27:41 AM rstuart Your response to me earlier clearly demonstrates you are missing my point. Put si.....
» 23/12/2009 11:19:48 AM I agree OUG. We hear all sorts of whingeing when money is allocated to welfare but any 'i.....
» 22/12/2009 7:47:42 PM According to this link a letter was sent via the PM's Parliamentary Secretary: http://www.....
» 22/12/2009 6:01:43 PM "...there is no such thing as values over and above human values. If we took away all.....
» 20/12/2009 10:00:05 AM Wow steven, amazing stuff. Isn't nature magnificent - I had never heard of mandelbulbs or .....
» 20/12/2009 9:54:46 AM The worst ills and evils always stem from greed and self interest. Many confuse the concep.....
» 20/12/2009 9:45:17 AM rstuart I agree that it should come down to choice. I would choose the clean feed for sure.....
» 19/12/2009 10:15:07 AM I agree Stickman. I don't believe this issue is relevant to feminism. We have moved along.....
» 19/12/2009 10:05:37 AM Kids do try to access it Hazza. That is the point - even if soft porn was considered okay .....
» 19/12/2009 9:57:02 AM Cheryl What you say is valid in terms of the poor. It is not just the amount of people but.....
» 18/12/2009 6:40:43 PM Is the government really censoring the internet? They are only censoring those aspects of .....
» 16/12/2009 7:19:36 PM Stickman I don't disagree with your summary. I was relaying a friend's experience and whil.....
» 16/12/2009 10:35:05 AM Well said benk and Pynchme. Fidelity, commitment and respect are all part of the marriage.....
» 16/12/2009 10:20:47 AM The points you listed earlier in the article are valid and all good reasons for not going .....
» 16/12/2009 9:48:50 AM A friend recently went through the experience of cancer and she said one of the greatest d.....
» 16/12/2009 9:35:49 AM DNA evidence is usually pretty damning, but overall it is a combination of factors in evid.....
» 16/12/2009 9:29:52 AM Well articulated Ian. We have been conditioned to see Home Show Exhibitions as entertainme.....
» 14/12/2009 5:21:44 PM I agree with Hilly. In my job I deal with many people who are about to be made homeless a.....
» 14/12/2009 5:16:14 PM Princess Pelican here. Mrs is a throwback when it was necessary for men to know a woman'.....
» 14/12/2009 5:08:17 PM It all comes down to the modern tendency to govern via image or perception rather than dea.....
» 14/12/2009 4:43:19 PM One could argue that our convict history has contributed to Australia being a far more ega.....
» 13/12/2009 2:17:08 PM Yes not much more needs to be said. The best way to stifle argument about population sus.....
» 13/12/2009 2:11:30 PM The corporatisation of higher education was the death knell for quality education. The p.....
» 9/12/2009 1:14:51 PM One more thing before I head off. If you can get hold of the transcript from today's Natio.....
» 9/12/2009 10:24:15 AM Thanks for the link Forrest. Hazza I am with you. If people took the time out to read the.....
» 9/12/2009 10:17:22 AM Anti I a married so no is the answer to your question. Why are you so quick on the keyboar.....
» 8/12/2009 3:02:14 PM individual I am not against criticising the PS or public servants if legitimate. Your open.....
» 8/12/2009 11:14:16 AM Moore certainly pushes the envelope sometimes to make a point and some of his antics are r.....
» 8/12/2009 10:59:40 AM Perhaps once they come to power they become elitist no matter their origins. It is inter.....
» 8/12/2009 10:47:05 AM Yes but perhaps they were only the bad ones. I can't see what point you are making other t.....
» 8/12/2009 10:42:28 AM I like the way the tired old excuse for philandering always lays the blame at the foot of .....
» 8/12/2009 10:33:49 AM Forrest Yes, many people must vote on what party is throwing around the most money rather .....
» 7/12/2009 8:29:34 PM There was a slight swing away from the Liberals but it is hardly significant. Bradfield an.....
» 7/12/2009 4:59:11 PM Another idea - not sure if it would work but here goes: Get rid of the Party system. Vot.....
» 7/12/2009 4:44:36 PM Peter I was talking about me - I guess in terms of feeling unrepresented - hence starting .....
» 7/12/2009 2:10:35 PM Personally, I don't give a toss about the Woods's private business. It is up to them alone.....
» 7/12/2009 2:00:04 PM I too am confused by the science of climate change. As a school girl I remember being taug.....
» 7/12/2009 1:42:11 PM Foxy and Belly I am not totally unhappy with some of the current Government’s actions but .....
» 6/12/2009 12:38:57 PM It does seem odd that governments who tout the benefits of unfettered population growth in.....
» 6/12/2009 12:31:00 PM Yes, statistics are still poor when it comes to Indigenous health, education and access to.....
» 6/12/2009 11:57:44 AM As a fairly middle of the road person who believes in the concept of a social democracy, I.....
» 5/12/2009 7:03:11 AM True RobP. I felt as a Labor/Green voter that I should add I do like some people in the AL.....
» 5/12/2009 6:51:59 AM While a non-gender specific anti-violence campaign is a good idea, particularly in view of.....
» 5/12/2009 6:39:10 AM Hi George You will get no argument from me. I wasn't putting caveats on the experience ie......
» 4/12/2009 7:46:03 PM I tend to think we have become a far more greedy society, we have been dehumanised to some.....
» 4/12/2009 7:33:48 PM Foxy I can see I am preaching to the converted. Writing can be a challenging but worthwhil.....
» 4/12/2009 7:26:55 PM "But, as has been argued again and again in these pages, such a scheme means that we .....
» 2/12/2009 9:17:25 PM Thanks for your kind words CJ. The cats are a sticking point for many I know. They are bot.....
» 2/12/2009 8:51:40 AM Unless the Scientologists have acted illegally in any way, it is just a eligible for gover.....
» 2/12/2009 8:42:48 AM PS: I should add I am not dissing the ALP just the style of the leader and an ill-thought .....
» 2/12/2009 8:22:52 AM Poirot we are indeed in agreement. Abbott will hang around until the Libs sort their ident.....
» 1/12/2009 8:59:37 PM Hockey is still young - his fault is wishy washiness and lack of honest responses. It didn.....
» 1/12/2009 8:12:30 PM Nice idea CJ. Fishing is not a problem for me as long as it is for food and not sport. Wit.....
» 28/11/2009 10:57:08 AM RObert I wasn't arguing men support the actual violence occuring just that many are dispar.....
» 28/11/2009 10:43:21 AM Anti Where are all these women who support violence against men? I find it very hard to be.....
» 27/11/2009 5:40:38 PM That's what you find when you scrape the bottom of the proverbial political barrel - manur.....
» 27/11/2009 5:39:36 PM It would be encouraging if some of the men on OLO who strongly voice support and campaigns.....
» 27/11/2009 5:27:22 PM Wow good effort Ludwig. As you know I share your concerns about population and sustainabi.....
» 27/11/2009 5:19:44 PM Yes, it is time. Change sometimes means admitting what's past was wrong and while religi.....
» 27/11/2009 5:11:37 PM There is no doubt that all victims of abuse should be supported both symbolically and prac.....
» 25/11/2009 10:32:50 AM Poirot you make some good points. I see the little grey cells are working. (Sorry couldn't.....
» 25/11/2009 10:07:59 AM Anti If your decision lies purely on your perception of a history of dishonesty and disto.....
» 24/11/2009 2:57:23 PM The middlemen in many cases have feathered their own nest. Many farmers are now selling di.....
» 24/11/2009 2:51:26 PM Bronwyn as usual you echo my thoughts. It is difficult to describe in words the maternali.....
» 22/11/2009 1:32:50 PM I always wonder what people mean by libertarian because from what can be gauged from some .....
» 21/11/2009 10:37:15 PM Thankfully Pynchme, Antispectic is not representative of the majority of blokes I know and.....
» 21/11/2009 10:24:18 PM There are already protections in place to prevent false advertising and I think this case .....
» 21/11/2009 10:19:35 PM Gosh, nothing like a good gender article to bring out the martyrs. Good men and women sho.....
» 21/11/2009 10:11:50 PM One of the biggest problems in this whole debate does not centre on the sceptics versus be.....
» 21/11/2009 1:53:15 PM Having spent some time recently in a rural hospital visiting a relative with cancer and sp.....
» 18/11/2009 9:04:25 PM Agreed missus. Muck ups like One.Tel and Enron really make a mockery of accounting standar.....
» 18/11/2009 8:47:28 PM Yes I am with you lot - you ratbag retrobates. :) I don't give a tinkers if women or men .....
» 18/11/2009 1:49:01 PM Pynchme makes a good point about competency. Bullies are bullies purely because they do no.....
» 18/11/2009 1:36:21 PM AP Thanks for responding. I don't know why violence is increasing. It appears to be an inc.....
» 17/11/2009 7:46:44 AM Very good TRTL. A self-regulated legal profession!? Sounds like wonderful fodder for a Ch.....
» 16/11/2009 7:09:06 PM Exchanges like these about gender issues, particularly feminism always leave me asking wha.....
» 14/11/2009 11:21:48 AM There are some parallels already. The government is pretty much run like business with new.....
» 14/11/2009 9:23:16 AM Examinator I agree with your comments but in some aspects this article raises some good po.....
» 10/11/2009 9:17:39 AM Yes, you see that a lot with family members who may be arrested for a crime with the famil.....
» 10/11/2009 9:07:41 AM Well yes some do but the statistics would appear to be much lower - 25% according to the l.....
» 10/11/2009 8:57:41 AM Warwick, despite some of the emotive and religious language, and disagreement with your vi.....
» 9/11/2009 8:23:12 AM With respect Col, I don't think your conspiracy perspective on the teaching profession is .....
» 8/11/2009 9:22:43 AM OLO is very fair and balanced. You only have to look at the history of articles for and ag.....
» 8/11/2009 9:14:08 AM I suspect the PM doesn't want to hear views that contradict with his goal of population ex.....
» 8/11/2009 8:59:32 AM To isolate one example of a violent act by a Muslim as being a warning bell for immigratio.....
» 8/11/2009 8:53:22 AM No offence taken Fraccy. :) I just tend to jump a bit at the world hysteria when it has b.....
» 5/11/2009 7:02:53 PM Yes Col I do feel an affinity and 'at-one' with the feathered creatures. That is all I can.....
» 5/11/2009 6:42:55 PM C'mon CJ and Fractelle You are better than that, it is not hysteria - just a different po.....
» 5/11/2009 6:35:48 PM Houlley - love it that we never know for sure if you are toying with us. I tend to take it.....
» 4/11/2009 1:59:06 PM Even with the exceptions, I don't think as a group they are mature enough to vote. Most 16.....
» 4/11/2009 1:49:05 PM You may have a point Houlley. The pendulum has swung to the Right over the last 20 years, .....
» 4/11/2009 8:44:10 AM Houlley You paint a pretty dim picture of the Left. You write about the Left as would Dic.....
» 2/11/2009 6:06:21 PM Houlley Do you believe chickens, or any animal for that matter, can feel pain. Why do we .....
» 2/11/2009 5:53:47 PM What's your point Houlley? You are doing exactly what you disdain. Giving a point of view.....
» 2/11/2009 8:52:27 AM I thought this was going to turn into one of those Holden vs Ford threads. The biggest g.....
» 2/11/2009 8:42:03 AM King I am not for caps either but this is the way some Councils are moving in response to .....
» 2/11/2009 8:32:48 AM Great to see an article from the PM. As acknowledged, GDP does not reflect all factors in.....
» 1/11/2009 11:02:31 AM This matter has become a real hodgepodge of tit and tat politics from both sides of the Ch.....
» 1/11/2009 10:48:59 AM Well said George. We humans have managed to land men on the moon and send objects in to s.....
» 1/11/2009 10:38:11 AM If it could actually be proven beyond doubt that farming beef is contributing to ecologica.....
» 1/11/2009 10:25:48 AM Agreed Kellie. It is a great irony that we continue to buy into the populate or perish do.....
» 14/10/2009 9:43:21 PM David you said: "No one cares if you don’t want to take responsibility as a citizen a.....
» 14/10/2009 9:25:57 PM Well I am going to leave you people with it for a while. I am off for about five weeks so .....
» 14/10/2009 9:23:47 PM VK (David) I suspect you may be right. It is a shame that human beings have to wait for di.....
» 14/10/2009 9:14:36 PM Hi Jay, I have read the article. "First, this use of the term “sexualisation” seems.....
» 14/10/2009 12:01:45 PM David I agree they did fudge the answers on Q&A but the fact they were not honest in stati.....
» 14/10/2009 11:31:44 AM Well I am going to be a fly in the ointment. This entire article is mocking concerns abou.....
» 14/10/2009 8:29:07 AM Clownfish I understand your concerns but do you really think in the modern day we cannot h.....
» 14/10/2009 8:22:45 AM I'm with Pericles. How can you make a cohesive group of out of Atheists. The religious fol.....
» 14/10/2009 8:04:03 AM Ha ha - well said Grim. The preface "you know" is also a favoured one. Fractell.....
» 13/10/2009 8:27:49 AM Well said Suze. Doug's assumption is that men who are still having sex with their wives ne.....
» 13/10/2009 8:03:36 AM Trikkerdee and Chrys I also see your points to an extent. Spiritualism or religion is a ve.....
» 13/10/2009 7:35:42 AM Examinator Blunt language can be rude and impolite. However, there is a difference between.....
» 12/10/2009 3:34:32 PM We cannot be hypocritical about tax free benefits or government funding for religious grou.....
» 12/10/2009 3:17:04 PM "I would humbly suggest that the apparent predominance of spin is really a manifestat.....
» 12/10/2009 9:20:55 AM suzeonline has expressed my feelings exactly. If Atheism is going to become another grou.....
» 11/10/2009 9:25:03 PM Examinator Your point is clearly made. I don't deny that language inevitably changes and e.....
» 11/10/2009 10:03:05 AM StG Yes I am not sure how I gained troll status. Never mind. :) Cornflower Since the gove.....
» 11/10/2009 9:53:38 AM There are some nice ideas in Bhuddism such as the interconnectedness of all living things .....
» 10/10/2009 3:17:08 PM RobP Yes you have to love the 'going forward' it is a beauty. I really find it quite demor.....
» 10/10/2009 3:04:18 PM Col You are playing semantics. I agreed that there are spongers - fact of life unfortunate.....
» 10/10/2009 10:36:44 AM Kerry O’Brien recently interviewed author Don Watson about corporate speak and the demise .....
» 10/10/2009 9:57:30 AM Well pointed out Foxy. Some food for thought......
» 10/10/2009 9:52:07 AM I agree examinator. Harry Connick comes from a country steeped in racism and it will only .....
» 10/10/2009 9:38:51 AM Desmond What has racism got to do with drunken behaviour?.....
» 10/10/2009 9:38:06 AM Foxy as you have said he has done much to extend the hand of friendship to the Islamic wor.....
» 10/10/2009 9:31:17 AM "The fact that we don’t like or don’t prefer our other options, doesn’t mean we have .....
» 9/10/2009 5:23:12 PM On other OLO subjects I have made similar comments to yourself BlueCross and agree wholehe.....
» 8/10/2009 10:16:51 PM Well it comes down to rights. The right for a complete drunken lout to walk down the stre.....
» 8/10/2009 10:04:51 PM Col: "However, collective responsibility and democratic action are also used by the i.....
» 8/10/2009 9:52:40 PM Peter I had no doubt your faith in all things laissez-faire would lead you to judge any co.....
» 8/10/2009 9:48:33 PM Peter "Why are their sexual affairs your business? If the man sees an advantage, and .....
» 7/10/2009 4:14:39 PM I'll try and get this on the right thread this time. RobP "However, it should only o.....
» 7/10/2009 3:57:41 PM There are two issues here: 1: Failure of governments to protect minimum wage earners, man.....
» 7/10/2009 3:41:35 PM Let's be honest I don't believe those arguing for polygamy are really championing polyandr.....
» 6/10/2009 2:21:42 PM Using your take on things clownfish I would also be in your camp. But the facist argumen.....
» 6/10/2009 2:04:22 PM Love and commitment are not confined to the religious among us otherwise religious people .....
» 6/10/2009 9:11:52 AM There are some very good comments on this thread. Re-reading them the point that sticks ou.....
» 6/10/2009 9:02:37 AM Well exammy If it turns out you were never legally married I would definintely say get mar.....
» 6/10/2009 8:55:45 AM rehctub It is nice to be able to agree with you for a change :). We made a big mistake, I.....
» 5/10/2009 6:45:04 PM The pro-populate mob really are quite radical and brings out the looney on these threads. .....
» 5/10/2009 6:34:59 PM Thus is the nature of politics. For interest, the GetUp site runs PromiseWatch and keeps .....
» 5/10/2009 6:12:20 PM I went through this recently and did have to produce a marriage certificate because I chan.....
» 5/10/2009 6:08:53 PM This is such a difficult issue because as the author argues who decides where to draw the .....
» 5/10/2009 5:50:45 PM Belly makes sense. The Royal Show cannot be blamed for enticing teens to gambling or othe.....
» 5/10/2009 5:43:15 PM Oops I posted this response on the Julia Gillard thread in error so have pasted it here if.....
» 5/10/2009 2:02:52 PM Hasbeen You obviously did not read my post in any detail jumping immediately into the defe.....
» 5/10/2009 1:53:31 PM I agree with much of the article. Society benefits when the most talented people can aspir.....
» 5/10/2009 9:28:09 AM Quite a brave move really, considering his leadership is at risk. Well, Turnbull has laid.....
» 5/10/2009 9:14:15 AM The actions of this idiot are certainly racist but in terms of whether his name should be .....
» 5/10/2009 9:09:59 AM I think you are all missing the point. What is happening is that some states are not incre.....
» 3/10/2009 12:07:26 AM Christians won't have to give up anything in a charter of Rights. Christians and others, w.....
» 2/10/2009 11:38:10 PM No-one is ever FOR nuclear weapons but FOR mutual deterrence. A universal Treaty is a nobl.....
» 2/10/2009 11:28:31 PM This article does not tell the full story. Governments have done much in communicating to.....
» 30/09/2009 6:46:52 PM Ethics have always been human constructs, religion just provided the medium to deliver the.....
» 30/09/2009 10:24:38 AM Why do you want to get off the world Peter? Your faith in the market and faith that choic.....
» 30/09/2009 8:47:23 AM Yes Jenny we seem destined to make the same mistakes as the apartment-dwelling Europeans a.....
» 30/09/2009 8:29:22 AM Facebook and other blog, opinion sites won't make an iota of difference to democracy. It w.....
» 30/09/2009 8:02:45 AM The climate parcel is indeed a hot potato and reminds one of the cartoon Peter Nicholson c.....
» 30/09/2009 7:46:45 AM Charles there is really nothing new in your suggestions. There are already a myriad of gov.....
» 29/09/2009 10:44:18 AM Ludwig I agree in part with your statement but my meaning was more the grey areas in terms.....
» 29/09/2009 8:25:01 AM Vegetarian societies and animal rights groups like PETA came out in force after the Sam Ne.....
» 29/09/2009 8:07:38 AM Pied I would argue that biology does matter and means a lot to many people - but it is not.....
» 29/09/2009 7:54:28 AM George Agreed, that is the risk with the teaching of broad and sometimes complex subjects .....
» 28/09/2009 7:41:00 PM $7000 each would be too much per taxpayer - agreed Graham. The problem with tax cuts in te.....
» 28/09/2009 7:28:54 PM Exam: I agree we have to work with realities but we can also be the instruments of change .....
» 28/09/2009 7:14:12 PM I tend to agree with Bronwyn and Suze on this one. No confusion at all. There is nothing n.....
» 27/09/2009 5:35:59 PM Part Two: We know that man does effect his environment. Since industrialization we have s.....
» 27/09/2009 5:35:13 PM Part One: Climate modelling is based on a number of simulations none of which can claim .....
» 27/09/2009 4:51:28 PM It isn't a bad idea to establish a generic Philosophy class to encourage and stimulate stu.....
» 27/09/2009 4:34:46 PM There is no doubt when there is taxpayer money being thrown around there will be some bad .....
» 26/09/2009 2:26:00 PM rehctub I am not minimising the pressure of traders merely also recognising the role of o.....
» 26/09/2009 2:13:27 PM I must confess I am not a big library user anymore. I do love libraries and likewise, the .....
» 25/09/2009 7:45:24 AM Yabby You make some good points. Overall there has to be a better way for business to inc.....
» 24/09/2009 6:57:04 PM Pied "If you call those people and alert authorities it places the children behind mo.....
» 23/09/2009 9:55:48 AM Be careful what you wish for Ludwig. I cannot see Julie B or any of her cohorts pushing a.....
» 23/09/2009 9:48:09 AM In truth, it would be almost impossible to stop all incidences of child sexual abuse in fa.....
» 22/09/2009 9:43:39 AM runner I am not sure if you are being deliberately obtuse. No human being is perfect but n.....
» 21/09/2009 6:35:49 PM It would be impossible to conduct online consultations with the public of the public. Ther.....
» 21/09/2009 6:31:37 PM There are some merits to this idea. But I would argue that there still needs to be a core .....
» 21/09/2009 6:22:11 PM Good article. You also have to wonder at the logic of selling off these natural resources .....
» 21/09/2009 6:17:50 PM runner I have never assumed you were anything but comfortable in your self righteousness. .....
» 21/09/2009 6:14:56 PM Yabby I agree it might be difficult to implement, unless there was some form of global agr.....
» 21/09/2009 9:53:54 AM Why do the religious make statements like "thinking you know better than God" to.....
» 21/09/2009 9:32:56 AM There are a number of home delivered meat suppliers where I live - not all of them are cer.....
» 21/09/2009 9:26:22 AM Yabby and others Of course the best employers create a solid partnership with their emplo.....
» 16/09/2009 10:37:24 PM Pied you can always be counted on for your sense of humour. Eye does make a point about .....
» 16/09/2009 10:04:05 PM This is probably a troll you are right. Nothing sets the juices going more than a sense o.....
» 16/09/2009 10:00:13 PM Huh!! Some people are thick. Not very nice rehctub. In the naughty corner for you. :) If .....
» 16/09/2009 9:50:30 PM Yabby I am a paid contractor and get paid per hour depending on current projects. With rec.....
» 16/09/2009 2:58:05 PM Like Bronwyn we can afford to buy organic meat from a local farmer. Many farmers are now s.....
» 16/09/2009 2:49:33 PM Yep Yabby has it. Keep the wages low so we can compete with offshore companies. In fact w.....
» 16/09/2009 2:43:55 PM Is this author for real? First you denigrate the citizens of the country you live in (or o.....
» 16/09/2009 2:30:31 PM The idea of a one-stop ID card to replace the myriad of cards we carry around now is not a.....
» 15/09/2009 6:52:03 PM George I encourage you to read Dawkins. Much of the criticism has bee selective, taking p.....
» 15/09/2009 6:41:10 PM "That this idea has currency today is born out by Christians, who, no doubt in the pe.....
» 13/09/2009 10:24:06 PM "Pelican, why don't you simply live at a much lower standard of living? To start with.....
» 13/09/2009 9:49:42 AM Ultimately it comes down to personal responsibiity. We can all make a difference by not ov.....
» 13/09/2009 9:32:06 AM Even the government uses more casuals now or non-ongoing staff to allow flexibility in the.....
» 13/09/2009 9:19:45 AM "I too am not in favour of abortion on demand as a means of contraception, especially.....
» 13/09/2009 9:08:55 AM Well to all the Dawkin's critics you will be pleased to note the release of a new book by .....
» 13/09/2009 9:00:41 AM Legal Eagle, lawyers as you say are like every other profession a mixed bunch. However, .....
» 13/09/2009 8:48:06 AM My oldest loves books as do her friends so there is still a strong market for books. My yo.....
» 13/09/2009 8:39:15 AM I started to watch this program and had to turn off. Must be age but I can no longer watch.....
» 11/09/2009 6:26:06 PM One thing is for sure from reading the comments on this thread is that we really have to r.....
» 11/09/2009 6:20:04 PM runner I do think your comments are extreme much of the time. Generally when you are dammi.....
» 8/09/2009 9:15:07 PM The aspect I find so difficult is the fact you can be innocent or a victim and it will act.....
» 8/09/2009 8:40:39 PM runner I sometimes wonder whether you hear yourself sometimes. You are the one name callin.....
» 8/09/2009 12:39:27 PM No problem suzeonline. Most on OLO cannot abide that sort of deep rooted resentment. &quo.....
» 8/09/2009 7:58:45 AM It would be very concerning if insurance companies could refuse insurance or raise premium.....
» 7/09/2009 8:34:58 PM I wouldn't waste your breath Protagoras. Fomersnag continually shows his hatred for women .....
» 7/09/2009 8:10:03 PM Glorfindel and Doug I may have agreed with you some years ago about faith driven charity w.....
» 7/09/2009 7:41:11 PM rehctub I personally think 225% is probably a bit high but I could not comment on overall .....
» 6/09/2009 8:30:27 PM What a lot of vitriol runner. Suzeonline did not boast about her exploits on another post.....
» 6/09/2009 8:27:19 PM rehctub, Perhaps the offshore drillers get a higher casual loading than most because unli.....
» 6/09/2009 8:19:04 PM Perhaps DB's resignation had nothing to do with his affair and was a convenient out. I gue.....
» 6/09/2009 9:41:24 AM I wonder how Yabby's statistics and theory holds up in regards to rich women and toy boys......
» 6/09/2009 9:29:04 AM There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the sentiment in Warwick's piece. He wrotes from.....
» 5/09/2009 10:54:59 AM Pied Michael McGurk was a property developer who was assassinated in his own driveway in f.....
» 5/09/2009 10:50:26 AM I don't think anyone is saying that there are not hundreds of thousands of loving dads out.....
» 5/09/2009 10:40:44 AM rehctub I am amazed that you still think workers were better off under WorkChoices. Loss o.....
» 5/09/2009 7:54:16 AM "C’mon now Pelican, we don’t know what the vows were, god only knows what sort of fin.....
» 4/09/2009 7:10:56 PM Let me see if I understand correctly from some of the comments already made. Mistress = s.....
» 3/09/2009 7:18:40 PM When religious fundamentalists have overt control or influence over governments, and some .....
» 3/09/2009 6:35:32 PM Efranke is correct, it is about cheap labour not skilled labour. The number of people cu.....
» 3/09/2009 6:28:53 PM Tony Abbott looks a bit like Yoda. It's the ears. The only thing the Ads might achieve is.....
» 2/09/2009 9:48:14 AM From what I have gleaned Tom Calma's report isn't taking the future of Indigenous peoples .....
» 2/09/2009 9:21:35 AM I tend to agree with david f, rstuart, arjay and steven. While we may find some views repu.....
» 2/09/2009 8:54:18 AM Thanks for providing more information about the book SJF. I will have a look at the book w.....
» 1/09/2009 5:32:23 PM SJF The issue is not whether unpaid work is counted in GDP. Under our current system GDP .....
» 31/08/2009 7:13:15 PM Examinator Apologies if you thought my comment was for you - I was speaking of wider criti.....
» 31/08/2009 7:05:42 PM By hidden unemployed I am assuming the author means women who are at home but who are seek.....
» 31/08/2009 6:49:12 PM It is clear that it is not advisable to use your real name on the Web nor give out your em.....
» 31/08/2009 1:04:57 PM Thanks for the offer Graham and sponsors. Surprisingly, I would have loved to attend but .....
» 31/08/2009 12:48:55 PM Great news about the apology huffnpuff. Long overdue. My best wishes to you and your fell.....
» 31/08/2009 10:05:04 AM Houlley I admire Germaine on some fronts, she does not tolerate fools and is very honest a.....
» 31/08/2009 9:18:37 AM "For example, Carmody talks about the necessity for the continual negotiation of sexu.....
» 28/08/2009 7:53:25 PM Houlley I can't comment as I have not read the book nor seen it. It would not probably be .....
» 27/08/2009 10:46:49 PM This thread has drifted into the X-File zone all of a sudden. Col I agree with you about.....
» 27/08/2009 8:38:22 PM Hi Ludwig I am not a great ornithologist but we get mainly the Eastern and Crimson Rosella.....
» 27/08/2009 8:28:52 PM Well there I have to agree with you Yabby - unions should not be the recipient of OH&S fin.....
» 27/08/2009 8:22:36 PM Having grown up on a diet of Germaine Greer, Naomi Wolf, Anne Summers, Susan Mitchell I fi.....
» 27/08/2009 7:47:46 PM There are a lot of Queenslanders on OLO. Strangely, I love Canberra's climate. Crispy col.....
» 27/08/2009 7:38:55 PM Houlley Perhaps we all see things through rose coloured glasses at times and I probably no.....
» 27/08/2009 7:27:18 PM rehctub I would not label a woman or man who stays at home to raise children as unemployed.....
» 26/08/2009 9:44:51 AM Well this article has certainly raised some interesting points and the responses highlight.....
» 26/08/2009 9:42:44 AM Pied It would depend on how important you think the hedge is. If you really would rather i.....
» 26/08/2009 9:32:20 AM rehctub The IR laws are not new in terms of never been done before. They have all been don.....
» 25/08/2009 9:41:06 PM Why is it that so many men posting have such a bleak view of women? The level of martyrdom.....
» 25/08/2009 9:31:44 PM Fractelle I tend to think more the government is lacking in foresight and creativity. Mor.....
» 25/08/2009 9:22:11 PM I wouldn't think so Pied. Faking it would imply an untruth or pretending everything is oka.....
» 25/08/2009 6:16:44 PM PP I didn't mean pretending as such in a marriage merely accepting that which we cannot ch.....
» 25/08/2009 9:33:01 AM Grim I have always wondered why the old backyard water tank went out of favour. We install.....
» 25/08/2009 9:28:32 AM Pied has made some astute comments. We all fake it at times, especially at work - I have f.....
» 25/08/2009 9:20:41 AM Antiseptic "In other words, she isn't "hidden unemployed" she's being paid .....
» 25/08/2009 9:08:56 AM I am surprised and saddended at some of the comments here that imply that men are so bedaz.....
» 24/08/2009 9:27:37 AM As the article states there is a big difference between 'underperforming' and 'disadvantag.....
» 24/08/2009 9:14:55 AM A timely and interesting article. Cubbie Station is for sale and in the interests of reduc.....
» 24/08/2009 8:58:12 AM I do agree with some of your comments that we do need to include some safety information o.....
» 23/08/2009 6:16:54 PM You have some interesting natural hobbies david. My mother was a great quilter and went t.....
» 23/08/2009 6:09:24 PM Antiseptic, I am also raising two teenage daughters and am aware of the difficulties in th.....
» 23/08/2009 5:54:50 PM It is a strength, not a weakness, for nations to re-evaluate their place on the world stag.....
» 22/08/2009 10:11:59 AM Antiseptic I don't quite know where to begin with your comments. I was bought up in the sa.....
» 20/08/2009 7:37:50 PM Well said Bill. Part of it comes down to empire building - funding and the need to foster .....
» 20/08/2009 7:11:54 PM 'women being viewed less as sex objects ' Ya sure? Actually Houlley, you have a point - .....
» 19/08/2009 7:58:59 PM Houlley You asked - "I was curious as to why you thought it best to use rational logi.....
» 19/08/2009 9:36:44 AM I suspect those who don't believe in the condition of poverty or being poor have never bee.....
» 19/08/2009 9:19:07 AM Houlley to give you a couple of examples. Fractelle and I have differed on a number of oc.....
» 18/08/2009 12:40:19 PM A list of the 100 poorest people is a great idea david and would go some way in understand.....
» 18/08/2009 12:20:15 PM Thanks david f - I really value your contributions and your even-tempered and well thought.....
» 17/08/2009 8:12:07 PM The impression I get is the difficulty in finding qualified and suitable staff to work in .....
» 17/08/2009 8:01:40 PM I don't access OLO at work but I enjoy reading what people think and why. OLO gives me the.....
» 17/08/2009 7:46:49 PM More important is how we interact with others. That is where Sellick falls down - he prose.....
» 17/08/2009 7:12:42 PM "Then everybody reading it all, (whether they leave a comment or not) will, interpret.....
» 16/08/2009 10:38:05 AM Subjects such as these that Sellick raises always reminds me of how far we have to go in s.....
» 15/08/2009 3:16:32 PM Cornflower and Pied have said it all. "uncovered meat" - I am still laughing at.....
» 15/08/2009 3:09:24 PM Wise words Fractelle. Intuition is part of our human biology and in rational terms (hard .....
» 15/08/2009 2:39:30 PM "Pelican,2, getting better,..." Formersnag I didn't realise this was going on m.....
» 13/08/2009 8:09:11 PM HR is a broad church and is more than just recruitment as Pericles pointed out. I can und.....
» 13/08/2009 7:59:41 PM Anything is possible with conditioning such as that with the holocaust in relation to geno.....
» 13/08/2009 7:49:29 PM John it is because the ABCC was established ostensibly to monitor and reform 'lawlessness'.....
» 13/08/2009 7:35:21 PM The issue I have most with the article is not the musings about 'what ifs' in relation to .....
» 12/08/2009 6:10:45 PM I felt quite exhausted reading this piece. It is not that I don’t get the main thrust of t.....
» 12/08/2009 10:24:13 AM Don't do that CJ. I just took a mouthful of tea which ended up on my keyboard. :).....
» 12/08/2009 10:21:20 AM There is no moral universe in the airways it all hinges on ratings and advertising dollars.....
» 12/08/2009 10:11:19 AM Ludwig makes a good point. It does not matter who leads the Liberal Coalition if the mater.....
» 11/08/2009 6:06:13 PM Poverty is not caused by lack of land space. It is a complex issue that, while well intent.....
» 11/08/2009 6:02:07 PM Col I will always support your right to argue against socialism but, while we read the sam.....
» 11/08/2009 5:57:32 PM Clownfish I know exactly what you mean by the intent behind the clothing. Personally I thi.....
» 11/08/2009 3:07:19 PM The whole concept of our retirement income being so dependent on the success and ethical i.....
» 11/08/2009 2:56:47 PM Col With respect, you always manage to reduce issues to right/left wing ideology. It is a .....
» 10/08/2009 10:32:15 AM Antonious What would be the point? Deserts are a natural part of our environment. If the r.....
» 10/08/2009 10:28:18 AM Those alleged terrorists now in jail in Melbourne will be tried under our laws and will fa.....
» 10/08/2009 10:15:12 AM I'm with CJ on this. Clownfish I would hope that Australia would not aspire to those same.....
» 10/08/2009 9:58:21 AM Great piece by Pilger There are many Americans who speak out about global intervention by.....
» 6/08/2009 6:58:18 PM It would be worthwhile seeing what the law actually entails. There is a big difference bet.....
» 6/08/2009 6:51:19 PM "Shuddup Pelican you tosser... oh god, apologies... why on earth can't I go out of ch.....
» 5/08/2009 12:19:06 PM I agree Stezza. Having lived with a disabling medical condition for ten years, I hate the .....
» 5/08/2009 12:06:25 PM OLO is becoming a bit Days of Our Lives. Group hug anyone?.....
» 5/08/2009 12:03:50 PM Well the responses so far have been pretty predictable -deadbeat fathers vs deadbeat mothe.....
» 2/08/2009 9:15:34 AM spindoc makes a good point about freedom of choice. If we choose a McMansion, sports car a.....
» 2/08/2009 9:11:46 AM I spoke too soon, a Court in America is now allowing a Priest in Texas to sacrifice goats .....
» 2/08/2009 9:03:56 AM Perhaps we loathe that which we fear. I don't undersand the comb over - it always looks w.....
» 1/08/2009 5:09:54 PM It is possible the reason governments fund private schools is because it is cheaper than o.....
» 1/08/2009 4:50:55 PM George Perhaps indoctrination was not the best word to use in this sense but basically we .....
» 1/08/2009 4:25:06 PM Houellebecq Gosh you're a stirrer. I am sure you would like to believe lots of things, whe.....
» 30/07/2009 10:01:59 PM I can understand Peter Costello's frustration when no-one believes he is retiring from pol.....
» 30/07/2009 9:51:20 PM Making this debate into one about paternalism is not especially useful. Detractors of home.....
» 30/07/2009 9:43:06 PM Gas is never mentioned much in the emissions debate. Why not transition to gas for domesti.....
» 30/07/2009 9:24:36 PM Don't we spend a bit too much time trying to define our humanity? Less time spent trying t.....
» 30/07/2009 9:20:41 PM The idea that the only way we can achieve sustainability is by ignoring issues of humane a.....
» 30/07/2009 9:13:09 PM George You are comparing with apples and oranges. The teaching of English and language is .....
» 29/07/2009 11:04:49 PM rehctub "Now while I dislike cruelty to animals, food production is a whole differnt.....
» 29/07/2009 11:39:40 AM George You cannot compare secularism as it stands in Australia to that under Communism. I .....
» 29/07/2009 11:26:58 AM I tend to support Graham's argument. Especially in view of the fact that there are other n.....
» 29/07/2009 9:26:01 AM So according to runner, we can all be dreadful sinners, wreak havoc and pain on all while .....
» 28/07/2009 4:38:33 PM SJF my thoughts mirror yours. Just a thought, does this mean we will have to put up with .....
» 28/07/2009 4:33:49 PM I think then rehctub we are at an impasse and will have to agree to disagree. We have dis.....
» 28/07/2009 4:21:52 PM Trav You remarked "I wonder if Pelican would say the same if he (sic) lived in Afghan.....
» 28/07/2009 10:40:55 AM Wonderful article Danny and you have really covered it all eloquently and succinctly. Se.....
» 27/07/2009 8:35:41 PM Houlley Excellent points about seeing things from both sides. Unfortunately the world has .....
» 27/07/2009 8:52:42 AM rehctub You are the one arguing that people should aspire to more than minimum wage. How .....
» 26/07/2009 2:32:20 PM Belly I sympathise. QLD does not look to be doing any better with the rush to privatise pu.....
» 26/07/2009 2:04:34 PM Hi david f I agree about education but it would have to be done in a non-biased format wit.....
» 25/07/2009 3:39:49 PM rehctub That question has been answered before you are just not listening. I am surprised.....
» 25/07/2009 3:24:24 PM I know where you are coming from david f. Truth is relative to one's point of view and y.....
» 25/07/2009 3:08:45 PM Your comments about racism are just not accurate Antonious. Population sustainability is.....
» 22/07/2009 10:52:13 AM Foyle and david f This article is not about the truth or otherwise of religious belief but.....
» 22/07/2009 10:47:32 AM Now we are supposed to believe that all those on low incomes are smokers, gamblers and exp.....
» 22/07/2009 10:38:31 AM Not if domestic competition remains free from interference, price fixing or collusion Yabb.....
» 22/07/2009 10:32:54 AM Bugsy there are no long term studies on GM and even using your argument why not promote ho.....
» 22/07/2009 10:18:01 AM One of the best articles on this issue – thanks Peter. I used to think as the world becom.....
» 22/07/2009 9:53:04 AM Many put the blame at Australia's domination of the grocery industry by the two biggest pl.....
» 22/07/2009 9:32:16 AM rehctub that issue has already been discussed on OLO many times with you and others. The .....
» 22/07/2009 9:28:13 AM It is difficult to stick to Ludgwig's main point about government failure to act without g.....
» 22/07/2009 9:12:53 AM During the time I have been on OLO there have been many links posted highlighting the risk.....
» 20/07/2009 6:30:54 PM Houlley I will have to bow to your superior knowledge of depression, I genuinely thought t.....
» 20/07/2009 4:08:33 PM Col One point - I am not sure you can argue that someone who is depressed make a choice to.....
» 20/07/2009 3:52:43 PM Antispectic You mistake my meaning, I personally don't care if there are less women CEOs h.....
» 20/07/2009 3:38:42 PM I know only a few truths such as when I cut I will bleed or when I drop a bloody great roc.....
» 20/07/2009 3:08:42 PM Why has this debate come down to either the minimum wage must be set to 'mere existence' o.....
» 20/07/2009 2:46:03 PM Yabby I understand what you are arguing in terms of new technology but in the case of GM f.....
» 19/07/2009 4:01:45 PM Yabby Why should anti-GM consumers pay more for something they once enjoyed at a non-premi.....
» 19/07/2009 1:56:54 PM James your comment proves to me that you will twist the meaning to suit your own purpose. .....
» 19/07/2009 1:36:14 PM I'm with Col, CJ and Fractelle. Accommodating sensibilities should not go so far as to co.....
» 19/07/2009 1:29:32 PM Well said Greg. Don't worry anyone with a bit of sense will see through the obvious sham .....
» 19/07/2009 1:21:24 PM How is not wishing your child to be indocrinated into a religion not of yours (or their) c.....
» 19/07/2009 1:14:51 PM rehctub I am also using my words. The period up to the introduction of WC in 2006 is not t.....
» 17/07/2009 10:40:49 PM rehctub the period I mentioned was up to the introduction of WC not just in the early 90s......
» 17/07/2009 6:23:31 PM rehctub I am talking the general period post 1986 marked by the de-registration of the co.....
» 17/07/2009 6:11:32 PM James That statistic is not relevant if there are more men in the workforce in the first .....
» 17/07/2009 5:50:38 PM Interesting case Ludwig. We could run a long list of various MPs of on both sides of polit.....
» 17/07/2009 5:44:06 PM The real scenario is probably that Hu was fending off bribery offers during the Chinalco b.....
» 17/07/2009 5:36:11 PM I certainly don't want compulsory religious education in public schools and would consider.....
» 15/07/2009 8:23:38 PM "I hypotheses that if men dissed women as badly as feminist dissed men, there would b.....
» 15/07/2009 7:55:43 PM "And PLEASE for the last time I am not complaining about wage rates." rehctub, .....
» 15/07/2009 2:13:32 PM James I am sure Amnesty International would disagree given their campaign history particul.....
» 15/07/2009 2:01:47 PM Can any of the posters who opposed the watering down of Work Choices explain what was inhe.....
» 15/07/2009 1:36:32 PM One solution might be if the partnership or contract between community service providers a.....
» 14/07/2009 1:35:10 PM How can some posters categorise response to humour as either right wing or left wing? Biza.....
» 13/07/2009 9:44:01 AM Good grief! Prior to the onset of political correctness wasn't this sort of manipulation.....
» 11/07/2009 12:38:59 PM PTB Facing the Lord in a Court will make no difference to the truth. Forget the fact that .....
» 11/07/2009 12:30:33 PM Jardine KJ Well we are in agreement that no system will be perfect. I tend to lean more to.....
» 11/07/2009 12:09:17 PM While I am a proponent of a social welfare system as a safety net, too much social welfare.....
» 11/07/2009 11:53:11 AM The concept proposed that we need to get back to God to establish government authority is .....
» 11/07/2009 11:30:23 AM This is probably not the best case of DV to use as support for the author's argument. Reg.....
» 4/07/2009 12:28:52 PM Jardine KJ Your faith in the markets appears immovable but how can you argue that we don’t.....
» 3/07/2009 5:06:24 PM Wing Ah Ling Of course governments are not beacons of light in regards to corruption or be.....
» 3/07/2009 12:01:28 PM Interesting article that takes a different look at social inclusion through the concept of.....
» 3/07/2009 11:16:46 AM Ah the memories of childhood. Everytime Cracker Night comes around there is much brouhaha.....
» 3/07/2009 10:54:17 AM The examples Thom mentions such as encouraging young people to run for local council and t.....
» 3/07/2009 10:35:28 AM Agreed Graham. The canonization of saints should not be the business of governments. The a.....
» 3/07/2009 10:14:05 AM Thanks for the clarification stormbay. SM I do understand your argument about removing t.....
» 3/07/2009 9:59:48 AM Gone are the days when business was conducted on a handshake,in the spirit of mutual benef.....
» 1/07/2009 2:38:42 PM Stormbay So after having one bad experience with one Muslim family you refuse to treat any.....
» 30/06/2009 2:40:55 PM Stormbay I am not an apologist for Muslims or for anyone else. As an atheist I neither sup.....
» 30/06/2009 9:31:29 AM I concur with the above comments. A friend living in Melbourne often displays her angst wi.....
» 30/06/2009 9:12:12 AM Max Thinking analytically, could it be because in years past younger bodies were more cov.....
» 29/06/2009 9:55:01 PM sharkfin I am going purely by the experience with Asian immigration which preceded immigra.....
» 29/06/2009 7:49:41 PM Robert Under our current system of government I don't think the Opposition should have acc.....
» 29/06/2009 7:19:40 PM Antonious Those are healthy goals. Thank you for your faith in me as President/Secretary b.....
» 29/06/2009 7:04:41 PM No-one said anything about cowardice only about the effect on moral judgement......
» 29/06/2009 7:01:04 PM Peter Sellick resonates to some extent with the modern obsession with safety and if I am h.....
» 28/06/2009 4:24:57 PM Thank you katieO. Ditto for me. We might not always agree but there is no reason why part.....
» 28/06/2009 4:15:58 PM Antonious A Frienship Organisation between Lebanese/Middle Eastern Australians and others .....
» 28/06/2009 4:12:28 PM There is a big difference between leaking and whistleblowing. Or a mole and a whistleblowe.....
» 28/06/2009 3:53:23 PM Good point Cornflower. I could see that those countries from where immigrants have come co.....
» 28/06/2009 3:42:17 PM I agree Crackcup. Pure spin by the marketing moguls to impress each other and their sponso.....
» 28/06/2009 3:36:36 PM Australia's handling of asylum seekers (particularly children) over the years has not been.....
» 28/06/2009 2:53:04 PM Many children have been abused over the years in institutions. I think in the case of the .....
» 28/06/2009 2:34:59 PM It is a bit late now to talk about banning the burqa in Australia. If contemplating such a.....
» 28/06/2009 2:20:42 PM Steven while soldiers on the physical front line are not supposed to exercise moral judgem.....
» 26/06/2009 5:23:53 PM George In general I would personally prefer more detailed study of ethics, philosophy, the.....
» 24/06/2009 7:05:55 PM "So, secular humanists lead the way in tolerance and acceptance while Christians are .....
» 24/06/2009 6:45:05 PM This article is a reminder of the lack of governance in some of these outsourced contracts.....
» 23/06/2009 7:19:58 PM Let the AFP do their job and lets get back to managing the affairs of the nation......
» 23/06/2009 7:14:06 PM Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water! Sancho's research and analogy .....
» 23/06/2009 7:07:11 PM Crackcup I did not see the show you refer to but had a quick look at the website. I have s.....
» 23/06/2009 6:42:53 PM Hi George I wasn't really thinking in terms of religious education as instruction - more a.....
» 22/06/2009 8:42:01 PM I should add that in relation to Mr Ward there are many questions that need to be asked an.....
» 22/06/2009 8:30:42 PM The comments by Sol Trujillo were nothing more than sour grapes for the negative response .....
» 21/06/2009 1:23:29 PM Yes, manslaughter charges would be more than appropriate. This was a blatant failure in d.....
» 20/06/2009 6:58:57 PM Yes we can all sleep easy that Costello left our coffers in good health. Pity about the h.....
» 20/06/2009 6:49:51 PM Yabby I don't remember anyone saying pensioners should live in splendor - comfortably abov.....
» 20/06/2009 10:22:32 AM What is the point of this article? Sure it was a bit of fun and the bait appears to have w.....
» 20/06/2009 9:50:40 AM George I cannot disagree with what you say. Certainly not in living memory can I think o.....
» 20/06/2009 9:36:03 AM This is a difficult one Maximillion. I have seen a lot of what police have to deal with an.....
» 20/06/2009 9:19:47 AM There is nothing wrong in the idea of reducing pollution emitting activity but the propose.....
» 20/06/2009 9:04:41 AM Yabby Sorry for the delayed response. I agree partly with what you say - many hands wanti.....
» 17/06/2009 10:20:45 AM Sad but true Ludwig. For so long we have had the dragon by the tail and are too afraid t.....
» 17/06/2009 10:09:49 AM runner No society is perfect whether it be secularist in nature or dominated by one powerf.....
» 16/06/2009 7:31:00 PM runner You claim that in Islam society you could be beheaded for your beliefs yet you harb.....
» 15/06/2009 8:19:44 PM You really have to wonder about the moral health of some of these business people to think.....
» 15/06/2009 8:03:50 PM I concur with David f. Obama's speech is in huge contrast to the failure of past US Presid.....
» 15/06/2009 7:57:26 PM Most reasonable people would agree and accept that Muslims like any other religous people .....
» 14/06/2009 4:55:13 PM Statistics aside, there is no doubt there is much business being whipped up via foreign st.....
» 14/06/2009 4:35:05 PM Pity the public couldn't hear what Downer used to say in private. Probably goes for a lot .....
» 12/06/2009 5:42:27 PM I'm with Maximillion, it is not the words themselves but the delivery. Rudd has a bad hab.....
» 12/06/2009 5:38:27 PM Stuart I am a fan of the Chaser but not the new series I must admit. I have found it a bit.....
» 10/06/2009 6:46:59 PM It is a bit unrealistic to argue that those who do not aspire to the Right of politics are.....
» 10/06/2009 6:36:50 PM Apologies runner, I completely misinterpreted your argument. :).....
» 9/06/2009 6:58:57 PM Manners have been neglected for a quite a while. It is easy to slip into the "good ol.....
» 9/06/2009 6:50:35 PM The accusation that Left influence in education is dangerous is to greatly overstate the m.....
» 9/06/2009 6:40:33 PM Good grief runner Obama is an American. What has skin colour got to do with his sutiabilit.....
» 9/06/2009 8:40:13 AM Pynchme No-one could disagree with you regarding the benefits of pet ownership - we have p.....
» 8/06/2009 2:07:39 PM Jewely I love chooks. Chooks generally stay in their own housed area and free range in the.....
» 8/06/2009 2:04:29 PM OUG This makes no sense - "only athiests see a cure in someone dying..it begins by eu.....
» 8/06/2009 1:57:59 PM Leigh Well of course one should always read media reports with some scrutiny. As I said th.....
» 8/06/2009 1:50:09 PM undidly As an atheist it is not 'my God' but the God of others. Yes I agree that religio.....
» 8/06/2009 10:44:38 AM Maximillion, I agree in part but many of the current lot on both sides are highly educated.....
» 8/06/2009 10:39:37 AM There are certainly a lot of careless and thoughtless pet owners about but I am not sure t.....
» 8/06/2009 10:30:07 AM Cancer is still a mystery to the medical profession and I don't think God has much to do w.....
» 6/06/2009 3:28:24 PM Kevin Rudd came out in Parliament in response to this issue by stating that Australia woul.....
» 1/06/2009 8:44:18 PM Muslims, just like Christians and Jews already have a choice of private or public schools......
» 1/06/2009 8:34:24 PM I am always amazed at these populate or perish advocates who pick the extreme end of an id.....
» 29/05/2009 5:34:57 PM "Secondly, Telstra doesn't sell the white pages. They are free. Advertising appears t.....
» 28/05/2009 11:36:55 PM Australians are no more narrow minded, prejudiced and intolerent than any other nation. We.....
» 28/05/2009 11:12:37 PM rstuart The copyright case is an interesting one. I have some sympathy (surprisingly) fo.....
» 28/05/2009 7:15:21 PM Yes life would be much better if Judges were all old white men with receding hairlines. G.....
» 28/05/2009 6:41:17 PM "I doubt whether ever in life I have ever seen such a sorry sack of idiots " We.....
» 27/05/2009 6:43:33 PM If we didn't use 'lifestyle' it would be something else. Lifestyle really just means way o.....
» 27/05/2009 6:37:13 PM I haven't as yet seen any evidence of Gen Y boiling over, more boiling happening in the ba.....
» 27/05/2009 6:16:51 PM I meant in my last post "not being able to vote or stand for election" Otherwi.....
» 26/05/2009 11:39:02 PM Yabby Your welfare figure includes a vast number of welfare initiatives, including middle .....
» 26/05/2009 5:34:50 PM I meant ANF in my earlier post not NM as I mistyped. Thought I better clear that up......
» 26/05/2009 5:29:50 PM Pericles I think you have misunderstood the premise of the argument. It is not about fore.....
» 26/05/2009 5:19:12 PM Play all you wish NM - I didn't take offence. I must admit to being a bit confused by you.....
» 25/05/2009 7:44:02 PM Sells Have to admire your persistence, resolve and faith if nothing else. This article is.....
» 25/05/2009 7:12:12 PM runner You rants against secularism are verging on the hysterical. Secularism does offer.....
» 25/05/2009 6:55:18 PM Guantanamo should go, as you say Belly, there have always been laws against terrorism in t.....
» 25/05/2009 6:40:45 PM Hi Diploman I am against raising the legal retiring age to 67 but believe that those who s.....
» 25/05/2009 6:35:52 PM We have freedom of speech but we also have the freedom not to speak. I generally don't en.....
» 25/05/2009 6:34:05 PM There are a number of programs administered by various departments including Departments o.....
» 24/05/2009 4:39:02 PM Jewely I observed similar when I was in New Zealand, that the Maori culture was very much .....
» 24/05/2009 11:16:12 AM Jewely I would have to disagree. Having travelled a bit in my life I believe there is much.....
» 24/05/2009 10:58:25 AM Crackcup To some extent we are all prisoners of the money lenders as you put it and certa.....
» 23/05/2009 7:38:57 PM Whoops...yes CJ you are right it was a bit of a mixing of metaphors to say the least! Ha h.....
» 23/05/2009 12:40:59 PM My mother worked in a school for many years and there were some awful teachers and some ve.....
» 23/05/2009 12:32:47 PM Just wade in boots and all - don't worry about what others might think. They may surprise .....
» 23/05/2009 12:27:54 PM I agree Fractelle. For me gun ownership is not about the 'freedom' to bear arms but the fr.....
» 23/05/2009 12:24:53 PM I think this debate has degenerated into the usual stereotyped viewpoints and avoids the v.....
» 22/05/2009 9:49:45 AM Those receiving the age pension today did not have the benefits of superannuation, many st.....
» 22/05/2009 9:35:12 AM Crackup I believe some of those laws were passed not to prevent self-imposed harm but to r.....
» 22/05/2009 9:20:54 AM I am not sure performance pay for teachers would work even though in principle it may seem.....
» 22/05/2009 9:06:30 AM Governments are not perfect but there are some resources better managed by 'the people' fo.....
» 22/05/2009 8:49:27 AM Ask most people and they would agree with you, the last thing we need more of is social di.....
» 19/05/2009 7:00:09 PM I tend to agree. There are real problems when we start dictating which animals have more r.....
» 19/05/2009 6:46:12 PM Science and Religion are generally incompatible by virtue of very opposite natures. One se.....
» 19/05/2009 6:27:03 PM Probably too many to list here - not really regrets but missed opportunities. Those times.....
» 19/05/2009 6:21:26 PM Leigh I quite like Geoffrey Robertson's style too even if I don't always agree with him. H.....
» 16/05/2009 3:49:03 PM This is one of the reasons why any sort of peace or compromise in the Middle East will be .....
» 16/05/2009 3:28:14 PM The real issue here is noise whether it be from sex, loud music or otherwise. I am not su.....
» 16/05/2009 3:13:21 PM Beautifully written - or should I say lovely. Two couples I know met online and are very .....
» 16/05/2009 2:58:36 PM This is a pretty balanced article. I liked parts of the Budget if we take the view that i.....
» 11/05/2009 10:10:30 AM Well it is not as bad as thought. Today's Canberra Times reveals that the PPL will not com.....
» 11/05/2009 9:48:59 AM The premise of this article is sound but the reality is when you spend tax dollars you hav.....
» 11/05/2009 9:39:44 AM KMB If you get rid of Planned Parenting or Family Planning Clinics you will end up with mo.....
» 11/05/2009 9:34:05 AM The trouble is for every renter there has to be a homeowner/investor, unless of course you.....
» 11/05/2009 9:19:07 AM Interesting topic examinator but a difficult one - maybe mine is more of a wishlist or my .....
» 11/05/2009 9:05:18 AM runner I get the impression that we are all lost in sin from your point of view - believer.....
» 11/05/2009 8:53:49 AM I can only guess as to why this poster is so anti-Obama. The new President is a committed .....
» 8/05/2009 7:06:24 PM In theory wage and price control sound feasible and even desirable, but in practice it doe.....
» 8/05/2009 6:55:36 PM I must admit I always thought it was strange that people were allowed to smoke in places l.....
» 8/05/2009 6:45:28 PM Keelty tried to be his own man in the beginning and I had a lot of respect for him. He lea.....
» 8/05/2009 6:34:37 PM Better to have peaked and fallen than to have never peaked at all. Keeping one's feet on .....
» 8/05/2009 6:28:32 PM I hope it isn't in the budget. We can ill afford it at this time and this allocation of .....
» 8/05/2009 6:13:07 PM "I did get some responses to my article. Most of them were negative and some were qui.....
» 5/05/2009 5:49:24 PM Well researched Foxy. It puts the whole topic into perspective and in a more honest light.....
» 5/05/2009 5:43:48 PM I would say you chose your time. You don't seem like someone who can be silenced merely b.....
» 5/05/2009 3:04:08 PM cont/... The media is a big influence in society whether we like it or not. The question .....
» 5/05/2009 2:51:46 PM Leaving real victims aside (ie. domestic violence, war casualties etc) I think what you sa.....
» 5/05/2009 2:05:34 PM Well Houley just for you - I should have said we are all exposed to the media rather than .....
» 5/05/2009 9:59:37 AM Governments are damned if they do and damned if they don't in these sorts of scenarios. C.....
» 5/05/2009 9:49:49 AM Thanks for the link Fractelle, very telling. I had not responded previously as I had forg.....
» 5/05/2009 9:29:35 AM When you see the damage plastic bags cause the environment reverting to cloth bags is all .....
» 5/05/2009 9:19:18 AM "Ah Pelican, that is true. But a whole lot of women, including young ones, blow 300 m.....
» 4/05/2009 4:04:07 PM Are white people who vote for a white candidate racist too? KMB forgets that white candida.....
» 4/05/2009 3:52:43 PM Such angst always on these sorts of topics. Yabby, the fact is some men and women are bor.....
» 4/05/2009 3:19:03 PM I would think that an employer could find another employee pretty quickly particularly in .....
» 3/05/2009 10:53:18 AM rehctub you and I often disagree but on this issue I wholeheartedley support your comments.....
» 3/05/2009 10:38:14 AM rehctub Prior to Work Choices cafes weren't closing down and people weren't being laid off.....
» 3/05/2009 10:25:21 AM Apologies rechtub if my comment caused offense. I do think sometimes people see offense w.....
» 2/05/2009 11:21:50 PM On a serious note. As Foxy said some discussions come to a natural end. Once all ideas an.....
» 2/05/2009 11:14:22 PM Interesting examinator. I remember in 'Who Killed the Electric Car' that many people rech.....
» 2/05/2009 10:59:48 PM Hi Sam, welcome. I would tell the truth and couch it in terms of quality of life and bala.....
» 2/05/2009 10:52:45 PM Sancho I disagree entirely. Eggplant is yummy depending on how you cook it. I expect a re.....
» 2/05/2009 6:10:52 PM Sancho, I am more optimistic regarding the potential popularity of CEC. Not all, but man.....
» 2/05/2009 4:04:48 PM rehctub Just because someone might not respond to you immediately does not mean they do no.....
» 2/05/2009 3:41:33 PM As much as racism should be abhored, I think sometimes the term 'racist' can be bandied ab.....
» 2/05/2009 3:28:42 PM I tend to agree with Ginx on this. Philanthropy would suggest an altruistic concern for t.....
» 2/05/2009 3:12:07 PM Agreed Fractelle Obama is still only early in the job and as inspirational he is, he may .....
» 27/04/2009 5:19:01 PM An author of that time, like Shakespeare and with the necessary talent, may well have been.....
» 27/04/2009 4:59:44 PM "False, terrorists derive their justification directly from the Koran..." Justi.....
» 27/04/2009 4:30:21 PM I would not access OLO at work and when I work am too busy to take the time out. It is not.....
» 27/04/2009 9:34:03 AM I am not a fan of the government's individual stimulus handouts and think the $900 would h.....
» 27/04/2009 8:55:22 AM KMB The quotes you offerred date back as far as the 1700s and the most recent being 1955. .....
» 27/04/2009 8:29:54 AM Interesting topic Arjay. Perhaps we are all prostitutes to the system to some extent. At .....
» 27/04/2009 8:05:01 AM Thanks for those links Protagoras. Those articles certainly give pause for thought. Just .....
» 26/04/2009 11:52:28 AM Well I am a women and I don't buy women's magazines and to answer Fractelle's question, no.....
» 26/04/2009 11:33:52 AM I must admit I thought a troll was a contributor who followed someone around on the forum .....
» 26/04/2009 11:27:53 AM Hopefully CJ the example of James Hardie will resonate within the corporate sector in rela.....
» 19/04/2009 3:21:36 PM Philo "Where everyone seeks to bless and enhance the life of the other people in thei.....
» 19/04/2009 3:12:19 PM "I don't think anyone is advocating for, say an extreme example for the sake of argum.....
» 19/04/2009 2:52:37 PM Ahah Fractelle I was thinking more the soft grey one on the right. Red flames are not real.....
» 19/04/2009 8:06:29 AM Well I am going to be a bit boring by modern standards but when I eventually move to my id.....
» 19/04/2009 12:09:02 AM "Australia is also a free society. Freedom of thought, expression and belief are fund.....
» 18/04/2009 11:24:38 PM "Can they be held accountable for these lies?" The reality is no probably not. .....
» 18/04/2009 11:12:53 PM Dan I have not missed your point. Perhaps you are missing mine. Firstly I stated that I wo.....
» 18/04/2009 5:33:51 PM From wikipedia: "Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means attacking imagi.....
» 18/04/2009 5:19:39 PM What is 'truly Christian'. As another poster stated it would depend a lot on which arm of .....
» 18/04/2009 5:07:36 PM david f you make some good points in relation to the existence of a creator. Dan I will h.....
» 18/04/2009 11:05:12 AM rehctub Your example about your employee's late arrival for attending to his horses is val.....
» 17/04/2009 12:35:26 PM Cont... In The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought edited by Jaroslav Pelikan, Alb.....
» 17/04/2009 12:06:25 PM George As an atheist I see religious belief as superstitious but unlike your interpretati.....
» 16/04/2009 10:23:52 AM rehctub You have a different way of looking at things. For a start if an employer was jus.....
» 16/04/2009 10:12:24 AM I figure just taxing alco-pops only transfers teenagers to other spirits as TRTL points ou.....
» 16/04/2009 9:51:14 AM George I agree with your premise and also with David f's reasoned response. I have no par.....
» 15/04/2009 6:59:50 PM I understand and sympathise with the sentiment but not the reasoning of the author. It i.....
» 15/04/2009 6:49:02 PM Good on her. Just goes to show we should never judge by the package. Middle aged women wh.....
» 15/04/2009 6:43:34 PM Trav Atheists who commit evil crimes are not doing it because they are atheists or in the .....
» 13/04/2009 8:29:59 PM "...is that positive and negative reciprocity are not symmetrical..." I equate .....
» 13/04/2009 8:08:37 PM I admit to some concern over how a Human Rights Bill, Charter or Declaration might take fo.....
» 13/04/2009 7:35:49 PM George No problems at all. I've done it myself after editing a too wordy post to make it f.....
» 13/04/2009 7:33:54 PM I note on OLO that those on the far right/Conservative side of politics are never as willi.....
» 13/04/2009 10:45:30 AM I thought so too TRTL. It makes Guantanamo Bay look like a political stunt if continuing.....
» 13/04/2009 10:42:47 AM Antiseptic I have driven as a passenger with someone under the influence of marijuana a nu.....
» 13/04/2009 10:38:21 AM George I am not sure how my comment invited the criticism of emotional baggage. I simply .....
» 12/04/2009 1:48:48 PM "My questions for OLOers sre these: does the small number of people using alcohol or .....
» 12/04/2009 1:36:00 PM Yes well said Ninaf and Fractelle. dane you said: "I can't believe you wrote that! .....
» 12/04/2009 1:18:58 PM Well said Arjay - it is not what we believe but how we treat others. George, It doesn't .....
» 10/04/2009 6:37:37 PM Agree packman these sorts of discussion are much more useful when there is no malice. It i.....
» 10/04/2009 11:50:56 AM I am sure you will enjoy the book Banjo. :) Maximillion is right about the one-child poli.....
» 10/04/2009 11:43:41 AM dane The sexualisation of children is different to the sexual nature of a grown adult wome.....
» 10/04/2009 11:30:50 AM Sometimes government forms include it to ensure that the applicant is aware of some of the.....
» 9/04/2009 9:20:57 PM rehctub I have worked as a HR manager (in those days called Personnel Managers before we .....
» 9/04/2009 5:01:18 PM How do we make the system fair for both sides? Prior to Work Choices, unfair dismissal la.....
» 9/04/2009 4:34:23 PM Hi packman Points taken. I do get rankled about being perceived as morally bankrupt or im.....
» 9/04/2009 2:49:25 PM Yabby, maybe it is just as well there is self-interest in love or charity. Otherwise who .....
» 9/04/2009 2:35:00 PM I agree it is misplaced political correctness. Madness. It is a Christian Chapel and as .....
» 9/04/2009 2:26:00 PM I must be reading a different forum. I see much more atheist bashing in the articles than .....
» 9/04/2009 2:04:13 PM Charlton Heston used to get a good run in the ol' biblical sagas. I will keep my fingers c.....
» 9/04/2009 2:00:03 PM Other than organic/permaculture type forums, I have only really contributed to this forum .....
» 8/04/2009 11:13:49 PM Banjo There are less forceful ways to mimimise population that have been discussed previou.....
» 8/04/2009 11:04:46 PM While these sorts of behaviours might not be advisable for young people even in the pursui.....
» 8/04/2009 4:12:58 PM I would think that most people would agree, in spirit, with Barry. Small business cannot a.....
» 6/04/2009 7:50:09 PM Romany these are difficult questions for such a simple girl. :) It certainly makes you th.....
» 6/04/2009 7:28:15 PM The Opposition always said it would not block the government's planned IR legislation in i.....
» 6/04/2009 7:14:31 PM As far as changing minds well it would have to take strong new evidence based on solid sci.....
» 6/04/2009 7:00:38 PM Like Romany, I am still perched on the fence on the issue of AGW. Most of us accept that h.....
» 6/04/2009 6:38:11 PM There are many types of love - love for a partner, a child, a pet, a family member or a fr.....
» 3/04/2009 10:21:29 AM I have sat through many a talk by senior public servants in which many a word was spoken b.....
» 3/04/2009 10:12:59 AM Cuphandle The world seems to go in cycles of excesses. Greed and excess is what bought dow.....
» 3/04/2009 9:36:34 AM Hi Paul "Near-rightness" is probably the best that societies can muster. Human b.....
» 2/04/2009 3:51:58 PM The trouble with these sorts of articles is that there is nothing new. We go over the same.....
» 30/03/2009 5:41:44 PM Harm minimisation is not lacking in morality, just the opposite. A friend once said she fe.....
» 30/03/2009 5:31:12 PM Peter My understanding is that the initial interception has to be made on foreign soil. If.....
» 30/03/2009 3:20:29 PM Gee someone from the IPA with a negative view of a Labor PM? Wonders will never cease. I w.....
» 30/03/2009 3:10:10 PM Excellent Gary, your article really goes to the crux of the debate into the deeply disturb.....
» 26/03/2009 10:05:48 PM Max I respect your views and have had many tussles with other OLO particpants on the drugs.....
» 26/03/2009 9:53:54 PM rstuart Good to see you are so open-minded about this issue. A good but well worn strateg.....
» 26/03/2009 7:35:31 PM Ordinary mum and dad shareholders hold no real power - their votes have no power even when.....
» 26/03/2009 7:22:49 PM Using the term 'war' on anything is pure propaganda hype. This is a huge problem and by al.....
» 26/03/2009 6:58:06 PM The trouble with modern day welfare is that it has extended beyond the safety net principl.....
» 26/03/2009 6:38:28 PM While truth can be stranger than fiction it does not necessarily follow that something tha.....
» 26/03/2009 6:24:24 PM Hasn't this topic been done to death already?.....
» 26/03/2009 6:22:24 PM Liberty Schmiberty. This article attempted but failed to marry the idea of 'freedom' as s.....
» 21/03/2009 6:09:28 PM "Sheesh, a few minutes on your back is not that hard darling, after all, he goes to w.....
» 21/03/2009 6:06:01 PM Yabby Well we are in agreement about sex if nothing else. I don't want to sidetrack this .....
» 21/03/2009 2:33:56 PM I have no problem with banning child porn links or those sites that advocate sexual violen.....
» 21/03/2009 2:19:50 PM Remember when we all learnt about decentralisation in Geography at school? It has become a.....
» 21/03/2009 2:14:12 PM Scientists argue that our biological or evolutionary instincts mean men are apt to want to.....
» 21/03/2009 1:55:02 PM Yabby I assumed that sex was on offer in the relationship with my comment about "bad .....
» 20/03/2009 5:49:05 PM I noticed that too StG, even official buildins have the Maori name first followed by the E.....
» 20/03/2009 5:35:07 PM Hasbeen I wasn't dissing any generation. Education was free when I started uni in the late.....
» 20/03/2009 10:50:49 AM Given the modern malaise and antipathy towards government, most elections are a choice bet.....
» 20/03/2009 10:42:31 AM Well yes everything in this article resonates because we have enjoyed the benefits of a se.....
» 20/03/2009 10:34:51 AM Well in discussions with my male friends, they often say that women and men have different.....
» 20/03/2009 10:24:36 AM Well yes there are some truths here, but each generation had it's unique character and fla.....
» 20/03/2009 7:46:06 AM Well firstly there are many Greens who do not support ETS or Carbon Trading in its current.....
» 19/03/2009 5:01:16 PM Betrayal is an awful experience and I would feel the same way in your position mrs pierno......
» 19/03/2009 4:47:42 PM Tough issues to grapple with TRTL. This whole debate is really about power and who wields.....
» 16/03/2009 7:15:19 PM Belly In terms of income and lifestyle, many of the old working class have moved into the .....
» 16/03/2009 7:03:39 PM It is a sad endictment of the Catholic Church that these sorts of incidents are followed b.....
» 16/03/2009 6:40:57 PM "Ah Pelican, in years I am in my mid 50s. You might well be younger in years, but per.....
» 16/03/2009 6:16:35 PM Hi Antonious I did not notice any provocation. I can however put your mind at rest. I do.....
» 16/03/2009 6:00:17 PM No you are all wrong. The author is on the money here. I think these CEOs should also gi.....
» 15/03/2009 1:03:56 PM True CJ and Fractelle, the issue of sustainability can easily be sidetracked by racist ele.....
» 15/03/2009 12:51:41 PM I think from past comments you have made Yabby I am younger than you by quite a bit. ;) T.....
» 15/03/2009 9:10:57 AM Great link Grim. You are right it is time......
» 15/03/2009 8:53:14 AM If we are to be sustainable there has to be a limit on population growth and that can be d.....
» 15/03/2009 8:36:58 AM I think it is not how we define socialism because socialism has already been defined. It i.....
» 14/03/2009 1:19:58 PM There are still a lot of people who really believe that the consumer benefits when factori.....
» 14/03/2009 1:11:25 PM Excellent and well-timed article. The news last night revealed the ANZ banks plans to shif.....
» 14/03/2009 1:01:11 PM Well with continued cuts to the public service more mistakes like this are bound to happen.....
» 14/03/2009 12:55:32 PM Fractelle has pretty much summed up my views on this as well. Fractelle, you always manag.....
» 14/03/2009 12:52:09 PM Some good points made. What about the idea of referendums on important issues of the day .....
» 14/03/2009 12:42:01 PM Well put Sancho. There is no such thing as a God hater. From the atheist viewpoint, how .....
» 11/03/2009 8:47:59 AM Antonious thanks for your support but I think Hasbeen was speaking of Mr Rudd's reflection.....
» 11/03/2009 8:41:37 AM Fractelle, I agree that regulation has to be stronger, relevant and enforced. I don't kno.....
» 10/03/2009 1:20:46 PM I think you are right Bazz. Much of it appears as paper transactions even if there is no '.....
» 10/03/2009 1:15:21 PM Bronwyn and Forrest. Well you got me I don't know what a phlaigme is. It sounds like somet.....
» 10/03/2009 1:06:58 PM examinator and Fractelle, I do see the logic in your arguments, however given there are al.....
» 10/03/2009 8:43:32 AM Morning shaz Both scenarios are apt in relation to technology. Sometimes technology canno.....
» 10/03/2009 8:24:02 AM I am not talking about the rampant printing of money to match the likes of Mugabe but for .....
» 9/03/2009 11:09:07 PM Shaz while you make some good points, technology will only get us so far and in fact it ha.....
» 9/03/2009 10:57:40 PM I'm not a fan foxy. No matter how objectively I have looked at this issue, read different .....
» 9/03/2009 10:43:15 PM Yabby Mine is not a 'them vs us' argument but a win/win argument I would have thought. Do.....
» 9/03/2009 10:32:28 PM stg While we may have reached the hyena stage according to your philosophy, on a positive .....
» 9/03/2009 10:27:34 PM With all talk of a deficit economy I have to wonder why we can't just print money to pay f.....
» 9/03/2009 10:17:20 PM Showing my age...what about a Ministry of Silly Walks?.....
» 9/03/2009 10:10:40 PM RobP in relation to the crux of your argument, one way that workers at the coalface (shoul.....
» 9/03/2009 9:59:33 PM Well I will also be unpopular - and stone the crows, but I am actually in agreement with H.....
» 8/03/2009 7:27:06 PM Bronwyn I should have said Hockey was the best of a bad bunch but I don't see him as a bul.....
» 8/03/2009 7:05:20 PM Trouble is RobP it is not Sarah Murdoch's fault that Bonds is moving offshore. She did a j.....
» 8/03/2009 6:59:18 PM Unfortunately Wing Ah Ling it is a private problem but one that affects all of us if the c.....
» 7/03/2009 1:59:24 PM david f I think you have partly got it right. If police were freed up from bureacratic dut.....
» 7/03/2009 1:46:27 PM Fractelle I was thinking along the first lines as your first post. Costello appeared his .....
» 7/03/2009 1:36:29 PM Stories like this are always demoralising. How do we help someone like Jason who faces suc.....
» 7/03/2009 1:26:38 PM I agree Bronwyn, Bronco Lane not as a RH man though, but as PM! Some great ideas. As som.....
» 7/03/2009 1:16:21 PM I'm with Yabby here. Humans will pay a vast penalty with many casualites should biodiversi.....
» 6/03/2009 7:43:36 AM What is confusing is the idea that someone can sell a carbon credit to a polluter to enabl.....
» 6/03/2009 7:39:18 AM Ditto for me increase to Aged Pension, Carers, permanently disabled. Yabby I would be ha.....
» 5/03/2009 6:17:34 PM I'm with Sancho re political donations and I like Arjay's more efficient public service. .....
» 4/03/2009 5:31:24 PM FUNDING IT - get rid of bandaid inspired rebates like the baby bonus, maternity leave, fir.....
» 4/03/2009 5:26:29 PM Jolanda You have raised this issue before that is probably why two newer posters are the o.....
» 4/03/2009 5:21:50 PM If you could change a few things to make Australia a better place what would it be? Brief.....
» 4/03/2009 5:01:28 PM Fractelle I don't blame you, I would do the same if I stood in your shoes. Our society is .....
» 1/03/2009 3:50:42 PM It is not as silly as it sounds. An article on the DAFF site states that - “Livestock with.....
» 1/03/2009 3:40:38 PM The issue of whether the compensation was excessive is not the question that was raised by.....
» 1/03/2009 3:23:06 PM Beautifully written davidf. I have lived in many parts of Australia, some arid and desert.....
» 1/03/2009 3:12:44 PM annina I share your interest in the inner self and how we all as humans can be better. If.....
» 28/02/2009 2:23:32 PM It will be disappointing if pensioners do not receive a long overdue payrise. I know many .....
» 28/02/2009 2:12:21 PM Kenny the world is made of many different types of people - not so easily categorised into.....
» 27/02/2009 4:13:08 PM These shows are highly contrived. You can bet that if one of the ladettes is not acting w.....
» 22/02/2009 12:29:42 PM Things are not always black and white. Vanstone was responsible for the return of Jovicic.....
» 22/02/2009 12:16:08 PM Hewson can say what he likes but is it relevant. Who knows what Costello's agenda is. Af.....
» 22/02/2009 12:03:44 PM whister Even if Icelanders are saying that women make better economic managers does not me.....
» 22/02/2009 11:56:03 AM More jobs are being lost because of free trade than any cuts to immigration would induce. .....
» 22/02/2009 11:43:46 AM Rau's wrongful detainment led to many changes within Immigration including the establishme.....
» 21/02/2009 2:01:10 PM Ponder Being an atheist does not mean I know anymore about Buddhism than a non-atheist. I .....
» 21/02/2009 11:51:47 AM Agreed Banjo. And if we stopped sending jobs offshore there may be more to spend within Au.....
» 21/02/2009 11:47:02 AM Banjo, I don't think that someone who has a mental illness can be judged so easily or hars.....
» 21/02/2009 11:36:40 AM I read stories like this and am thankful to be an atheist. The Christian faith could do w.....
» 21/02/2009 11:10:04 AM Fractelle I agree and made a similar point in Foxy's "Have the Liberal's lost the plo.....
» 20/02/2009 5:10:25 PM We only need to be reminded of the effects of the Howard government's control of the Senat.....
» 20/02/2009 5:01:24 PM I'm with Fractelle on this one. Death is an inevitable part of the natural cycle of life.....
» 20/02/2009 4:54:22 PM Fair enough Antiseptic. I always kick myself for getting embroiled in these sorts of debat.....
» 19/02/2009 10:47:33 AM Antiseptic you said: "It's a shame that 40-odd years of feminism has managed to prod.....
» 19/02/2009 10:32:28 AM We have a legal system that is not always a justice system. The poor are less likely to .....
» 19/02/2009 10:26:13 AM Not a bad idea Belly. A government fund or community chest could be chartered to direct a.....
» 19/02/2009 10:15:03 AM The handouts are just one part of the package as someone else pointed out. Handouts only .....
» 17/02/2009 8:39:01 PM A number of approaches are probably needed. Not only the idea of protection via bunkers a.....
» 17/02/2009 8:17:03 PM Bronwyn I agree with you about education. It is not enough to know something without an un.....
» 15/02/2009 9:22:03 AM Antiseptic I won't engage in a gender equity discussion with you. We both know where that .....
» 15/02/2009 9:13:53 AM I am not aware of any socialist politicians in Australia. I also dislike the mentality of .....
» 15/02/2009 8:39:18 AM We cannot have different legislatures to cater for every group. A separate legislature for.....
» 12/02/2009 4:22:59 PM This is a much nicer article to add to the usual religious debates. Thank you Andrew. I w.....
» 9/02/2009 7:28:35 PM Themistocles you said: "Greenspan might be a doubting Thomas about "the self-co.....
» 9/02/2009 10:52:31 AM "I’m not sure that it is another topic pelican." I tend to agree with you in pr.....
» 9/02/2009 10:42:08 AM Most cultures/nations/peoples have at one time during their history committed acts that no.....
» 9/02/2009 10:31:30 AM It is truly heartbreaking. If a Royal Commission should find the fires were largely lit .....
» 9/02/2009 10:20:07 AM Foxy I understand what you are saying and I am not against handouts to the most needy. My .....
» 9/02/2009 9:59:41 AM Bronwyn, a friend recommended the same movie. I am planning to see it soon. I would imagin.....
» 7/02/2009 2:08:49 PM An opposition does its job when it rightly questions a controversial bill before parliamen.....
» 7/02/2009 1:51:42 PM Why is it so impossible to conceive of 'extremist capitalism' yet in the same breath run a.....
» 7/02/2009 9:40:27 AM Much of this is already achieved via tele-conferencing but an online site might be another.....
» 7/02/2009 9:31:08 AM Yes CJ, the old sensitivities are hard to avoid on OLO but overall it is not a bad forum. .....
» 6/02/2009 1:42:47 PM Gosh CJ when you make one of your longer posts you are positively brilliant. :) Houllebe.....
» 6/02/2009 9:12:40 AM Col No offence taken - really. I understand your position in terms of your ethics as I hav.....
» 5/02/2009 7:01:18 PM My understanding is that any changes to the Constitution have to be approved by the people.....
» 5/02/2009 6:24:27 PM Exammy...if only I'd known it was you. How our lives would have been different. :D.....
» 5/02/2009 6:21:49 PM Col you said "although, “…to correct an injustice”. Sounds like “self-justification” .....
» 5/02/2009 10:32:34 AM Let me add, I don't think my actions were justified in hindsight just the foolish actions .....
» 5/02/2009 9:34:58 AM Foxy I share your fear of high mountain roads but with far less reason. :) My most memora.....
» 5/02/2009 9:22:12 AM Good idea Davidf. I have started a new discussion "Is stealing ever justified? It may.....
» 5/02/2009 9:16:54 AM So as not to hijack Ludwig's Doughnut thread I have moved this discussion here. I said &q.....
» 5/02/2009 9:09:18 AM Examinator My parents used to worry about the same issues that I worry about with my kids .....
» 5/02/2009 8:48:57 AM Belly I also think Rudd would win if an election was held tomorrow. Turnbull would be mad.....
» 5/02/2009 8:15:24 AM Examinator I am glad you like the quote. Feel free to use the quote whenever and wherever .....
» 3/02/2009 6:26:27 PM Sorry to hear that you are having trouble finding the information you need student. Don't.....
» 3/02/2009 6:14:24 PM Wing you said: "When people who are clueless about the basic principles of economics.....
» 3/02/2009 12:33:08 PM The real question is how do we protect children from abuse? These decisions are made by of.....
» 3/02/2009 12:19:42 PM Those restaurant stories are a bit scary dickie and ludwig. Reminds me of the Abraham Lin.....
» 3/02/2009 12:00:23 PM In my view, the user-pay principle is not suitable for everthing - healthcare is one of th.....
» 2/02/2009 5:59:19 PM Fractelle nice to see you around again. Ditto your comments. Dickie As usual you raise .....
» 2/02/2009 10:04:19 AM This is a good question davidf and not an easy one to grapple with. It would involve some .....
» 2/02/2009 8:38:13 AM Perhaps a person should refer to fundamentalist teachings as aberrations of those religion.....
» 2/02/2009 8:23:12 AM I am pleased that the Libs were not elected given the current financial crisis. At least R.....
» 1/02/2009 1:39:00 PM Krispy Kreme is but one of many fast food outlets that supplies free food to police. It ha.....
» 1/02/2009 1:30:03 PM George As usual you express yourself well and provide some food for thought. "So yo.....
» 1/02/2009 9:28:13 AM I agree. My husband has a hemp shirt which is cool in summer and warm in winter. Opium po.....
» 1/02/2009 9:17:02 AM whistler I am not sure if you are kidding about the separate men's and women's legislature.....
» 1/02/2009 9:14:27 AM Regulated capitalism is hardly a new world order. The unfettered variety was the new world.....
» 31/01/2009 5:54:01 PM Meredith Thank you for that. :) We are lucky that we live in a country where our views, .....
» 31/01/2009 4:08:26 PM I am guilty of using the hate/loathing accusation on another thread and I apologise. Som.....
» 31/01/2009 3:58:35 PM .../ Continued from previous post (those pesky 24 hour limits) George Many atheists bel.....
» 31/01/2009 12:14:38 PM I just realised my error - of course I meant 12midnight - 12midnight or 2400hrs-2400hrs fo.....
» 31/01/2009 11:24:26 AM David I am tempted not to respond to your ridiculous scenario which has nothing to do wit.....
» 31/01/2009 11:18:37 AM David If you read the opening post properly (and mine) neither were advocating the abolis.....
» 31/01/2009 10:53:08 AM If I might suggest one small change to Graham. I note the 24 hour window in being able to.....
» 31/01/2009 10:43:05 AM George I respect your views too. As an atheist I took exception mainly to: "So athei.....
» 30/01/2009 3:09:37 PM Top marks for Ludwig's sleuthing abilities. :).....
» 30/01/2009 2:46:42 PM I am not sure why anyone is even responding to this article which is full of loathing and .....
» 30/01/2009 2:35:09 PM Arjay and Col I am not advocating shrinking into socialism. I must seem to be picking on t.....
» 30/01/2009 2:27:26 PM Agreed daeron. A friend recently recommended the book 'Nemesis' by ex CIA analyst Chalmer.....
» 29/01/2009 1:05:13 PM Bronwyn, I agree that Blair/Clinton/Brown are not good examples and all contributed in pa.....
» 29/01/2009 8:43:45 AM Well the Brits don't see a problem with partial nationalisation of the banks. The governme.....
» 29/01/2009 8:22:30 AM Not so long ago Landline featured a bush food company who are doing just that - going into.....
» 29/01/2009 8:05:01 AM I too felt the Ad strongly portrayed the woman/girl as being the one targetted for later r.....
» 29/01/2009 7:30:56 AM Yes it is quite ridiculous and an ill-thought out knee jerk reaction. In no way can these .....
» 26/01/2009 2:43:05 PM In the past, humans have demonstrated great innovation when faced with a problem. Sometime.....
» 26/01/2009 9:33:42 AM Perhaps there is an argument here for a government owned bank. We even had one of those un.....
» 26/01/2009 9:05:50 AM Peter I generally don't respond to posters who's prime motivation is to belittle others ju.....
» 25/01/2009 6:03:19 PM Wing Ah Ling My goodness how does someone like yourself who is obviously immensely impres.....
» 23/01/2009 3:46:17 PM Balance between the workers and employers is desirable but the problem lies with who defin.....
» 23/01/2009 3:21:54 PM runner Apologies if you think I was pushing an ideology. I guess to be fair mentioning is.....
» 22/01/2009 3:11:25 PM runner - you of all people talking about scientific backing. Why is it inconceivable to a.....
» 22/01/2009 2:52:19 PM In some cases the country of origin is not known as authorities have failed to verify the .....
» 22/01/2009 2:32:27 PM Yes, discussions about population growth has been sadly lacking in the environmental debat.....
» 20/01/2009 7:54:43 PM Stan1 If your talking purely numbers of course the answer is no. An astute reader in our .....
» 20/01/2009 7:34:23 PM There are certainly extremists on both sides of this debate and there are mothers and chil.....
» 20/01/2009 7:13:40 PM That is not always true Senior Victorian if you look at the re-election of Keating after t.....
» 20/01/2009 7:06:30 PM I would say no as well. My understanding is that the number of detainees requiring repatri.....
» 19/01/2009 12:00:22 PM If we are going to live as a community we should all be judged under the same laws. Ultima.....
» 19/01/2009 11:42:07 AM I would think that ideology does not play a big part in voting these days with the tweedle.....
» 19/01/2009 11:25:58 AM Some interesting responses. Terms like equal value or human rights are not naturally give.....
» 19/01/2009 11:09:23 AM Difficult to say rehctub. Perhaps the savings will come from the reduced welfare and heal.....
» 19/01/2009 10:48:47 AM I can't comment on the validity of the argument that kids are getting fatter nor the AFCG'.....
» 16/01/2009 8:48:03 AM "Pelican..I'm totally amazed that you cannot see how 'discriminating' against non Sik.....
» 15/01/2009 7:34:22 PM What is the point of this Polycarp? " those who hold to the strange idea of 'univers.....
» 15/01/2009 6:57:24 PM Interesting article but where to from here? A collection of paradigms might be able to co.....
» 14/01/2009 4:19:35 PM Apologies I've just realised I responded to runner when I meant Seeker. I someties get yo.....
» 14/01/2009 4:14:40 PM Otonko I wasn't offering that her reasoning was rational - just the opposite. Perhaps you .....
» 14/01/2009 3:55:23 PM runner Christina Hoff Sommers is just one person sharing her opinion and even she refers.....
» 14/01/2009 3:23:36 PM When the premise of what you believe is based on untruths and spin-magic anything is possi.....
» 13/01/2009 3:25:41 PM I tend to agree with wizardress about forced medication where there is still some scientif.....
» 13/01/2009 3:07:17 PM This discussion has deteriorated into the usual scenario. Why is it that some posters ch.....
» 12/01/2009 10:45:05 PM It would be difficult to quantify the safety aspect of childhood in today's world as compa.....
» 12/01/2009 10:22:27 PM Thanks for your response Legal Eagle. A Lawcare idea might work but perhaps structured to .....
» 11/01/2009 7:47:12 PM I cannot imagine a system that would be better than one of Common Law as flawed as it is, .....
» 11/01/2009 3:25:23 PM Gibo Liberal governments have equally provided 'training' for Asian forces. I agree that .....
» 11/01/2009 3:16:25 PM I echo Bronwyn's thoughts on this too Ludwig and support your crusade for the overpopulati.....
» 11/01/2009 3:09:02 PM Good topic examinator. I wholeheartedly agree that we are guides for our children and th.....
» 3/01/2009 9:40:16 AM Hasbeen, while I understand your scepticism it is possible for such a fund to be separated.....
» 1/01/2009 7:16:57 PM I also changed my name on marriage, partly because my maiden name is too difficult and it .....
» 1/01/2009 7:04:01 PM Hear hear Foxy I am all for greater tolerance and understanding. Happy New Year everyone......
» 1/01/2009 6:42:32 PM Hope you are feeling better examinator. Dictionary.com describes bogan as 1. A backwater,.....
» 1/01/2009 6:39:22 PM One of the biggest areas of reform could be in the area of how we deal with retirement. I.....
» 1/01/2009 6:21:37 PM Interesting stuff about the brain Yabby. There are many similarities between brains in t.....
» 31/12/2008 10:32:42 AM Probably never a good idea to marry someone exactly like ourselves. How boring? Wouldn't t.....
» 31/12/2008 10:22:43 AM Celivia makes an excellent point about alternative medicine. It is only alternative when i.....
» 31/12/2008 10:12:36 AM Fascinating article Yabby. Human behaviour can be made to seem complex but in many it can.....
» 19/12/2008 10:54:53 AM Steel You said "Any more disgusting stereotypes of men?" I was wondering if th.....
» 19/12/2008 8:14:19 AM Thank you all for your contributions to this thread which was just for a bit of fun. I wi.....
» 18/12/2008 8:16:10 AM Col I agree in relation to your comments on leases that were allowed by state governments......
» 18/12/2008 8:13:34 AM Cornflower I am not disagreeing with you about the topic of this thread. I agree this sort.....
» 17/12/2008 1:49:27 PM Spot on Fractelle We could be leading on these technologies if we just made the commitmen.....
» 17/12/2008 1:46:06 PM Cornflower I think you will find on that thread that posters were arguing that these sorts.....
» 17/12/2008 1:34:16 PM I have no time for fanatics of any variety whether it be Christian or Islamic. Islamophob.....
» 17/12/2008 1:25:11 PM While the hard-liners will be unhappy, Rudd didn't really have any choice but to tread sof.....
» 17/12/2008 1:07:42 PM Those dang feminists they gon' dun themselves sum reel bad stuff and now da species is kap.....
» 17/12/2008 1:06:13 PM Boazy no-one said anything about dying out. The point is we have done more than replacemen.....
» 16/12/2008 7:55:27 PM Goodness, we have gone from virtual guest lists to virtual dinners. There are some mouth w.....
» 16/12/2008 7:28:33 PM Do we really want to increase the population substantially given our resources are not lim.....
» 13/12/2008 8:26:14 AM Kaly, Anyone considering a fixed rate would surely assess the risk as well as be aware of.....
» 13/12/2008 8:01:22 AM CJ and Col would probably get on okay in real life where face to face debate has the benef.....
» 11/12/2008 10:13:54 AM I agree Ludwig. It is in contrast with the government's environmental policy speak that it.....
» 11/12/2008 10:08:28 AM It will be interesting to see the outcome David. I can't see how it wouldn't be supported .....
» 11/12/2008 10:01:39 AM Foxy I am honoured. It wouldn't be too hard to sort our who was who after discussing vario.....
» 10/12/2008 3:26:42 PM This was a lot harder than I thought - so many to choose from and so little time. I was go.....
» 10/12/2008 8:02:39 AM Farmers have been getting a raw deal from wholesalers and supermarkets for a while, many p.....
» 10/12/2008 7:53:59 AM Mark I would think that most Greens would be light green as you say - not sure where the 2.....
» 9/12/2008 8:08:39 PM And now for a bit of light entertainment. I know this is a bit old hat but nevertheless. .....
» 9/12/2008 7:40:10 PM Would the author be so against celebrity activism if one had been espousing the virtues of.....
» 9/12/2008 7:16:49 PM SPKOUT Ditto Stg, fractelle, CJ and examinator's thoughts. What is sad is the fact that .....
» 7/12/2008 7:11:50 PM Hi Ludwig I do think it is important to maintain and build on our infrastructure particula.....
» 7/12/2008 7:05:38 PM rstuart The problem is that we can read a number of different articles on this issue and s.....
» 7/12/2008 7:01:01 PM Celivia I had the same experience trying to get onto OLO today. I thought I might cop it .....
» 7/12/2008 9:38:03 AM Yes same problem here. It took a few failed attempts and some time taken to access OLO but.....
» 7/12/2008 9:32:39 AM Poly I think you are the only one getting confused about the victim here given that your l.....
» 7/12/2008 9:27:57 AM For those of you arguing that it is healthy for young children to watch porn (in the inter.....
» 6/12/2008 8:50:37 PM I can understand why some might think torture might be considered in certain situations bu.....
» 6/12/2008 8:32:09 PM Belly I have no doubt that the opposition would have postured a different view had it been.....
» 6/12/2008 7:49:09 AM rstuart We probably will never agree on the aspects of the internet filtering debate. Surp.....
» 5/12/2008 12:48:34 PM No torture, no exceptions. I am with Bugsy. As soon as your behaviour is at one with the .....
» 5/12/2008 12:37:50 PM This issue has been done to death but there is always a glimmer of hope that the diehard a.....
» 5/12/2008 12:12:59 PM The worst thing is this man represents an entire electorate of voters. What a low act. Mak.....
» 5/12/2008 12:03:39 PM I agree with Melinda's stance on this issue. From experience, I suspect the OLO supporters.....
» 3/12/2008 8:34:42 AM Being Green has become a bit of an industry - some with shaky credentials to boot. Like .....
» 3/12/2008 8:15:59 AM Sympathies to Queenslanders cuphandle. The many myths surrounding privatisation such as '.....
» 3/12/2008 8:11:15 AM Great stuff daniel. Helping people to provide sustainable, healthy and locally grown food .....
» 3/12/2008 7:51:08 AM Moz wrote: "Since when was the recruitment industry supposed to "find real jobs .....
» 1/12/2008 9:47:20 PM The corporatised recruitment industry is a bit different to pure intra-company HRM which i.....
» 1/12/2008 9:25:05 PM The culture, empire building, cronyism and inter-agency rivalry (State-Federal, State-Stat.....
» 29/11/2008 10:19:00 AM runner How is secularism affecting your life? Secularists are not forcing you to have an a.....
» 29/11/2008 10:03:46 AM Interesting and thoughtful post Richie10. One can have faith in something because experie.....
» 29/11/2008 9:53:53 AM Foxy makes a valid point. If live exports were indicative of that time, then that is what .....
» 29/11/2008 9:49:03 AM davidf We are not on the same page in reference to children viewing sexually loving relat.....
» 29/11/2008 9:28:08 AM I tend to agree with Veronika. Thank you RObert for your evenhandeness and ability to see .....
» 29/11/2008 9:01:35 AM Romany I laughed at your colourful images. Yes I think you have a good point - I too have .....
» 27/11/2008 5:26:01 PM rstuart You are of course quite right my earlier post defending Clive was, while related,.....
» 27/11/2008 5:23:36 PM rstuart You are of course quite right my earlier post defending Clive was, while related, .....
» 27/11/2008 5:16:16 PM I find it interesting that there is such moral outrage about censorhsip of this sort (we a.....
» 27/11/2008 5:04:07 PM This is an awful act with it the predictable opportunism by some on OLO. Isn't it bad eno.....
» 27/11/2008 4:54:07 PM Rhian You stated that my argument does not hold water (re afterlife) but then go onto say .....
» 27/11/2008 10:16:19 AM grn said "I've known plenty of religious people, both good and bad. Funny though tha.....
» 26/11/2008 9:49:59 AM Interesting interview David. Well it would appear we are not as secular in Australia as w.....
» 26/11/2008 9:39:19 AM These are difficult questions TRTL and no easy answers. A holistic approach is a worthy i.....
» 26/11/2008 9:28:20 AM Sells you argue that it is the arrogance of modernity to dismiss a tradition that has refi.....
» 26/11/2008 9:05:00 AM Jolanda there is something wrong with DET using the public interest argument to deny you d.....
» 24/11/2008 7:35:30 PM I would worry about total censorship on the net but Clive Hamilton's paper on the sexualis.....
» 24/11/2008 7:22:25 PM Well I will probably cop some flak too. Governments of both persuasions have developed .....
» 23/11/2008 1:03:48 PM Certainly the career interruptus syndrome would play a part - the same is the case in teac.....
» 23/11/2008 12:35:29 PM If Gates's Foundation is truly worthy then there should be no reason to deny him the prize.....
» 19/11/2008 7:41:47 PM It sounds like you have done everything humanly possible to obtain justice Jolanda. Where .....
» 19/11/2008 1:34:55 PM Polycarp you said: "Well hooray.. you kinda get it.. exactly, it has NOTHING to do wi.....
» 19/11/2008 1:14:17 PM This situation, I am sure is not uncommon. Some departments are worse than others. When as.....
» 18/11/2008 10:14:42 PM RObert the dreamtime stories are lovely. I like the connection to the earth and the rich c.....
» 18/11/2008 9:28:24 PM Three tiers of government is a bit of a joke and the need for some major nationwide reform.....
» 18/11/2008 9:13:38 PM It is a hard slog for students these days. Not only do they have to spend the first few ye.....
» 18/11/2008 9:02:56 PM In cases where skilled labour in the agriculture sector cannot be found at home I can unde.....
» 18/11/2008 8:53:03 PM Great idea examinator. Nudity always seems to feature in our most embarrassing moments d.....
» 18/11/2008 8:39:32 PM Good grief polycarp. This experiment has nothing to do with monkeys but with the notion o.....
» 15/11/2008 1:31:09 PM rstuart I will certainly look at the links and into the issue more. There is always some c.....
» 15/11/2008 1:26:14 PM Great topic Celivia and some great posts all round no matter what we believe or have dabbl.....
» 15/11/2008 1:07:03 PM Polycarp I understand what you think you are saying :). However the reference point you .....
» 15/11/2008 12:58:46 PM Rhian As a whole I don't really disagree with anything that you have said. In some of the .....
» 14/11/2008 9:39:06 AM I am sorry Polycarp but comments like this cannot be easily ignored. "I think the na.....
» 14/11/2008 9:17:29 AM To answer your question perhaps what we need is people (regardless of personal belief) who.....
» 14/11/2008 8:39:04 AM While the central progressive or core values of the left might lie in human welfare, progr.....
» 14/11/2008 8:28:38 AM Good idea Celivia. I wouldn't put one on my car in the US, you would probably find your c.....
» 14/11/2008 8:22:42 AM I admit I have a limited knowledge of the government's plans on this but isn't only the il.....
» 13/11/2008 3:54:13 PM David (Nicholls) While I am not one arguing for an atheist movement as such it would seem.....
» 13/11/2008 3:42:26 PM runner It is interesting that despite overwhelming evidence you would call a belief in the.....
» 13/11/2008 3:33:47 PM Try complaining to the Food Safety Authority cuphandle. http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/ .....
» 13/11/2008 3:29:33 PM Very interesting Geoff. It would have been an interesting forum. I was a vegetarian for a.....
» 13/11/2008 7:50:30 AM Curaezipirid Apologies I addressed you as Cuphandle. I had been reading an earlier thread .....
» 12/11/2008 10:50:30 PM The Department of Immigration website outlines the following: "What are the Australi.....
» 12/11/2008 10:37:19 PM Interesting analysis. The notion that one has to be left wing to be green is relatively n.....
» 12/11/2008 10:23:03 PM For a spouse the greatest betrayal is the fact that their partner slept with another perso.....
» 12/11/2008 10:04:59 PM Steel Mann I must admit I hadn't thought about uphill or towing but isn't this more to do .....
» 12/11/2008 9:51:03 PM Yes I agree Cuphandle. It amazes me how many religious folk on OLO continue to call envir.....
» 12/11/2008 9:21:05 PM rehctub The public service is always an easy target, sometimes it is valid and other times.....
» 12/11/2008 8:16:58 AM There are only a few on OLO with an agenda other than pure debating and offering of opinio.....
» 12/11/2008 7:43:54 AM runner Even if we take your statistics as correct they do not speak meaningfully at all a.....
» 10/11/2008 5:33:19 PM Fair enough runner. But you may find that some of the things you believe in are the same a.....
» 10/11/2008 5:17:07 PM TheRealists I don't think you are necessarily being racist and you certainly have a right .....
» 10/11/2008 11:53:22 AM Intelligence agencies ultimately act in our interest and work for 'us' through the governm.....
» 10/11/2008 11:40:54 AM Hasbeen the public service of old is not the public service of today. I can tell you from .....
» 10/11/2008 11:36:22 AM Well said RObert. It is of course awful when minority religious groups are persecuted by .....
» 10/11/2008 11:29:29 AM Good article. This would of course be the ideal - a neutral government and a society that .....
» 10/11/2008 11:21:24 AM Hasbeen you have some good responses from the technically minded so far. Extending this i.....
» 10/11/2008 11:02:38 AM I liked the idea of regulating the car industry to manufacture cars that don't go over a c.....
» 9/11/2008 10:46:53 AM Tang knows very well that atheists do not argue for a "clearing of conscience" a.....
» 9/11/2008 10:31:25 AM Heartily agree Fractelle. There are certain sectors of care that work best as NFP. As soo.....
» 9/11/2008 10:20:13 AM People also unite in adversity lets just hope the union is one of peace and goodwill and n.....
» 9/11/2008 10:11:46 AM Well said SJF. Since the barometer has run hot to the Right of politics over the last 20 y.....
» 7/11/2008 8:49:59 AM As usual - well said Pericles. Surely the Haneef case is proof enough of how these terror.....
» 7/11/2008 8:19:48 AM George Your offerings on OLO are always well reasoned, erudite and interesting. However, .....
» 6/11/2008 7:41:14 PM Hi Ludwig Interesting thoughts. I am not sure that the pollies are sitting in anticpatio.....
» 6/11/2008 7:28:11 PM What a fantastic outcome. Obama has a lot to contend with both domestically and internat.....
» 6/11/2008 7:22:44 PM Hi David You said: "Society changes both because of pressure groups and because of.....
» 4/11/2008 7:36:17 PM Interesting and thought provoking posts Curaezipirid and examinator. Examinator You are v.....
» 4/11/2008 3:38:29 PM It was a sad day when the ALP started talking up economic rationalism and the sale of publ.....
» 4/11/2008 3:22:45 PM David As an atheist I have never felt the need to join an Atheist group. Otherwise it is j.....
» 2/11/2008 5:49:51 PM examinator Thank you - I read your posts and think the same thing. You have a way of sayin.....
» 2/11/2008 5:28:10 PM Hi Richie Isn' Truth an arbitrary concept when it comes to 'belief'. Truth and belief are .....
» 1/11/2008 9:30:57 AM Polycarp Perhaps we should look at the issue in more anthropological terms. Those from whi.....
» 1/11/2008 9:21:46 AM Candide I take your point. I was more thinking in terms of the various elements raised in .....
» 1/11/2008 9:15:05 AM Polycarp Have you ever made an argument on OLO that has not included quotes from the Bibl.....
» 31/10/2008 7:43:32 PM Nicky I agree we are selective when it comes to animal cruelty. As you say, most of us wou.....
» 31/10/2008 7:39:14 PM Sigh!! There really is no hope for you is there Poly. :) Women having to cover up in Chur.....
» 31/10/2008 6:46:34 PM Sells does make a few good points in this article. Humans are funny animals - we do make c.....
» 27/10/2008 9:38:52 AM It is interesting to note that Doctors might conscientiously object but nurses may have to.....
» 27/10/2008 9:11:39 AM Gibo said: "The Christians dont need to substantiate their claim because they have Th.....
» 27/10/2008 9:05:27 AM Polycarp As regarding reflection, I was thinking more along the lines of CJ and Ludwig's a.....
» 26/10/2008 9:38:51 PM We should also ask how strongly we believe in the separation of Church and State not only .....
» 26/10/2008 10:13:12 AM Excellent and insightful article. It is an interesting point you make in regard to power......
» 24/10/2008 10:31:29 PM This is not rocket science stuff. As Tristan stated we are all human beings. As such we do.....
» 24/10/2008 10:21:58 PM I just finished watching the movie 'We're here to help' which was based on the book 'Be ve.....
» 24/10/2008 10:10:29 PM palimpsest I don't want pure socialism either. It is like baking a cake - getting the ingr.....
» 24/10/2008 3:52:38 PM Belly you are quite right. The ALP wouldn't get elected on a socialist platform. Austral.....
» 24/10/2008 3:46:22 PM Isn't this issue more about manners and generosity of spirit rather than gender equality? .....
» 24/10/2008 8:30:57 AM Also done. Not sure how an indoor system would have advantages over outdoor composting un.....
» 24/10/2008 8:16:30 AM There is a risk sometimes of being too vocal about an issue which may cause the eyes to gl.....
» 24/10/2008 8:01:25 AM An annual report or audit titled “Public approaches to government: a list of complaints an.....
» 23/10/2008 8:16:42 AM Hi Belly The ACT election proved to be exactly what everyone thought it would be: a swing.....
» 21/10/2008 8:06:32 PM Dreamon is quite right. You have to stay unemotional and just stick with the law. I am not.....
» 20/10/2008 7:55:57 AM It is interesting that those that hint at (threats of) legal action on this Forum are usua.....
» 20/10/2008 7:44:12 AM What an idiotic post Paul L. You know very well what I am saying. If you really believe t.....
» 19/10/2008 10:15:12 AM I also agree with all your ideas Tristan - for social justice and long term reform for pen.....
» 19/10/2008 9:59:19 AM Hi hocuspocus Apologies if I was "kicking you up the bum" even if it was ever s.....
» 19/10/2008 9:52:25 AM runner By your reasoning those who oppose the death penalty are not concerned for victims .....
» 18/10/2008 7:55:39 PM From someone who has never been through this (thank goodness) I am hearing two things: - .....
» 18/10/2008 7:46:10 PM Pale I agree with you - Australia has really betrayed its agricultural sector. We go on a.....
» 18/10/2008 7:31:01 PM I disagree runner Many Christians I know are against the death penalty - I am not sure fr.....
» 18/10/2008 7:28:36 PM hocuspocus All discussions are tired old discussions. There is nothing new under the sun,.....
» 18/10/2008 9:35:27 AM Yes, the last thing we need is more martyrs for the cause of terrorism. You cannot be aga.....
» 18/10/2008 9:30:55 AM Interesting ideas CEF The nuclear option may cause more problems than it solves with the.....
» 18/10/2008 9:14:33 AM There have been a few intellectual role models for women in Geraldine Doogue, Caroline Jon.....
» 18/10/2008 9:05:18 AM China has made some huge mistakes when it comes to human rights and the lack of regulation.....
» 12/10/2008 10:38:19 AM Bronwyn what a nightmare. When my one of my children attended a public Primary School in .....
» 12/10/2008 10:14:40 AM It is not that difficult as adults to make choices and not to be bamboozled by all of our .....
» 12/10/2008 9:50:35 AM Hasbeen, I agree that many debates, like an octagon, have more than two sides and many sha.....
» 12/10/2008 9:39:01 AM I have to agree with Col's posts on this thread so far. A set of laws whether via governm.....
» 7/10/2008 11:04:53 PM A very long time ago a young man came to my door to talk to me about God (I think he was a.....
» 7/10/2008 10:42:20 PM Ian D I respect your right to have a relationship with your God and I admire your statem.....
» 7/10/2008 10:19:10 PM I agree with Foxy. Only last night on Lateline, Leigh Sales gave a very even-handed inte.....
» 6/10/2008 10:02:09 AM To add to earlier comments: I feel just as strongly about religious indoctrination in scho.....
» 6/10/2008 9:58:27 AM From Henson's speech: "Nothing kills the thing we love quite so perfectly as our assu.....
» 6/10/2008 9:22:46 AM Interesting and thoughtful article Greg. "...that a concept of God is intellectually.....
» 5/10/2008 9:42:34 AM Sounds delightful where you are Ludwig. :) Insightful comments from everyone. There was a.....
» 1/10/2008 2:32:48 PM Hopefully there will be some lessons for the anti-regulation brigade here. Australia has c.....
» 1/10/2008 2:14:19 PM Well I am one of those strongly opposed to advertising on the ABC and the increase in adve.....
» 1/10/2008 1:58:55 PM BN I agree with you. There will always be difficulty in defining what is fair and getting.....
» 1/10/2008 1:26:49 PM Well said Fractelle and Romany. Until all nations can look critically at their own human .....
» 1/10/2008 1:23:28 PM steven that is truly horrific. One has to admire the courage of those who still believe in.....
» 1/10/2008 10:07:05 AM The real failure of some unions is that they see themselves as a political lobby group ins.....
» 26/09/2008 5:01:46 PM But there is a book about a Hobbit Fractelle. :) The religious do not seek evidence to be.....
» 26/09/2008 4:39:30 PM I have two teenage daughters - both of them disassociate themselves from the label feminis.....
» 26/09/2008 4:02:45 PM Polycarp, your posts more often than not make broad and blanket statements about Islam as .....
» 26/09/2008 3:41:10 PM It is a bit late to ask was it wrong when the deed has already been done. Who really cares.....
» 25/09/2008 8:23:34 PM David I understand what you are asking about inclusion and disenfranchisement. I did not m.....
» 24/09/2008 9:53:22 AM Presently the problem lies more with the baby boomers and some in the post-baby boomer gro.....
» 24/09/2008 9:10:26 AM Pericles is right, maid abuse has been widely reported for a long time including the publi.....
» 24/09/2008 9:03:38 AM Those involved in the field of terrorism or counter-terrorism (intelligence, academic and .....
» 20/09/2008 11:04:46 PM PaulL my previous post was delivered in a glib fashion as a contrast to Col's "leftie.....
» 20/09/2008 12:51:39 PM Trouble is the global financial system allows mobs of crooks to operate unregulated and un.....
» 20/09/2008 12:43:57 PM Conservatives are: Those who believe with blind faith in the free market when time and ti.....
» 20/09/2008 12:24:33 PM As CJ said this issue has been done to death on OLO previously and pretty much all the arg.....
» 20/09/2008 12:20:42 PM Here we go again. It is a shame that, in attempting to highlight violence towards men, tha.....
» 20/09/2008 11:59:13 AM What is interesting about this debate is that it is not just the 'deep greens' or 'greenie.....
» 18/09/2008 1:43:55 PM I meant to add that the title 'The failed war on drugs' is a misnomer. How do we know we .....
» 18/09/2008 1:38:21 PM The only thing I agree with in this article is the fact that the goal of a drugs strategy .....
» 18/09/2008 1:20:24 PM chainsmoker makes an interesting point. Gibo I am not sure that we are more politicised. .....
» 18/09/2008 1:09:58 PM runner "It is somewhat ironic that many of the socialist who champion the cause of '.....
» 17/09/2008 1:14:57 PM I am all for thinking outside the square but Savalescu's ideas are rather extreme. Bioet.....
» 17/09/2008 12:51:25 PM Don't bust a garter Poly. :) I agree with you about the middle way David but your middle .....
» 17/09/2008 10:05:45 AM This was probably a wise move by the Liberals. Turnbull has the appearance of strenth an.....
» 17/09/2008 9:55:01 AM Perhaps it was a first time offence or there were other issues. The law has become too le.....
» 17/09/2008 9:46:23 AM I have to agree with Col. As citizens of one nation I can see danger in setting a preceden.....
» 17/09/2008 9:35:41 AM As an aside: like terrorism, sedition is in the eye of the beholder. In a socialist state .....
» 14/09/2008 10:52:24 AM HRS You are very one-sided on issues of gender. There have also been bans on Mother's Day.....
» 14/09/2008 10:42:46 AM Sam I really didn't understand most of your post but this took me by surprise. "for .....
» 14/09/2008 10:33:09 AM Foxy, she also said she had been to Mexico - very funny stuff. If it wasn't so serious, I.....
» 13/09/2008 10:48:07 AM Children do need both their mother and fathers and if we could come up with a system that .....
» 13/09/2008 10:31:53 AM I tend to agree with Banjo and SJF and find discomfort in the idea of a 24 week abortion u.....
» 13/09/2008 10:17:23 AM This is a serious problem and it may take a number of measures, including rent assistance,.....
» 13/09/2008 9:53:12 AM I always get a little chuckle when Boazy shares these sorts of fables with us. They are .....
» 11/09/2008 11:03:11 AM continued ... Peter you said: "I indicated that science has broken its bounds, that .....
» 11/09/2008 10:39:17 AM Racism is ugly in any form and that would have been an awful experience for Christine. I .....
» 11/09/2008 10:17:39 AM CJ - how annoying. What is the point of being out in the bush in the peace and quiet if y.....
» 11/09/2008 10:10:43 AM Peter Apologies if I did miss the point of your article but I am not sure that I have. I .....
» 11/09/2008 9:24:57 AM Perhaps there was some public angst but it did not reach the public domain. The scientist.....
» 10/09/2008 10:46:41 AM "The replacement of the Christian story with that of natural science has been a disas.....
» 10/09/2008 10:20:20 AM Is this the same person that supported and delivered Howard's infamous and catastrophic Wo.....
» 10/09/2008 10:10:28 AM Emerson makes one good point about Left-Right wing dogma which could obstruct good pragmat.....
» 10/09/2008 9:33:42 AM Funny article and some funny comments. Humour is healthy. I admit a dislike for leaf blow.....
» 8/09/2008 8:08:14 PM Unbelievable. Prejudice and discrimination dressed up and disguised as moral outrage. Wh.....
» 8/09/2008 8:00:57 PM A good article. Too often we categorize people by what we think they are capable of achiev.....
» 8/09/2008 7:46:19 PM You might be right Col, I am not aware of how the utilities infrastructure works. But, i.....
» 8/09/2008 7:38:43 PM Thanks Romany. I wasn't having a go at you even though on re-reading my last post it may .....
» 8/09/2008 7:35:37 PM Individual The supporters are irrelevant - once the government is elected the supporters n.....
» 6/09/2008 11:10:14 PM HRS I agree with you that men have less choice than women as regards workforce participa.....
» 6/09/2008 10:57:29 PM "YEP ! and more crap is being dished up because a lot of clear thinking people just g.....
» 6/09/2008 10:50:57 PM Romany I am not sure what you are saying, in one part you are asking what the fuss is ab.....
» 6/09/2008 11:29:55 AM Simply, I agree with the author. We should be judging Palin on her policies not her gender.....
» 6/09/2008 11:16:30 AM It is interesting that socialisation has been mentioned as a plus for child care. How do p.....
» 6/09/2008 11:01:31 AM Anyone who has walked through a group of young people in a school or in a shopping centre .....
» 6/09/2008 10:54:29 AM Good points mike STP, mil and greepo. "And as Rudd said in reply to a question at th.....
» 4/09/2008 1:42:09 PM Paul, I agree it is not possible for all issues to be decided by the people. Our system ac.....
» 4/09/2008 1:18:24 PM How is it possible to measure peformance in schools where there is wide variation in demog.....
» 4/09/2008 1:03:29 PM This article states the obvious really. Of course abortion causes grief, it is a big deci.....
» 4/09/2008 12:52:04 PM As a parent I don't like the idea about being left out of the loop but I also would rather.....
» 4/09/2008 12:32:49 PM I agree jason. There are many things we can do as individuals to be more self-sustaining. .....
» 4/09/2008 12:19:31 PM I agree Demos. We are all guilty to some extent of this sort of apathy in the face of not .....
» 4/09/2008 12:12:29 PM This article has some good points particularly in regard to problems experienced by part-t.....
» 30/08/2008 12:02:15 PM Pleasure Jolanda. I do understand your resolve and admire your strength to keep pursuing y.....
» 30/08/2008 11:52:12 AM Continued on... But when it all is said and done, people will choose what they will wheth.....
» 30/08/2008 11:49:12 AM Interesting article but it comes back to the old question of whether humans are capable of.....
» 28/08/2008 9:06:52 AM "Public servants are supposed to exercise their duties with impartiality, integrity a.....
» 28/08/2008 8:49:57 AM I agree with much of what Usual Suspect is putting forward but I am not sure if feminism i.....
» 25/08/2008 11:41:55 AM Same ole' agenda same ole' tactics......
» 25/08/2008 11:38:49 AM The idea of radical free market is much more frightening than anything environmentalists m.....
» 24/08/2008 7:03:48 PM Primarily we are of course all responsible for our own weight or what we put in our mouths.....
» 24/08/2008 6:55:14 PM This makes a nice change Foxy. I don't have a ghost story as such but a very odd experie.....
» 24/08/2008 6:42:39 PM Firstly, Greer is not only a brilliant woman but also an honest critic even of herself. Gr.....
» 23/08/2008 9:37:09 AM Interesting Forrest - I didn't think I had imagined reading about the automatic logout. .....
» 23/08/2008 9:29:08 AM I am not sure that additional options would make a difference to the meaning of the words .....
» 23/08/2008 9:17:20 AM Interesting Steven. Bronwyn made a good point - highlighted in the Franklin River protes.....
» 23/08/2008 8:24:41 AM On Friday I noticed that I was still logged into OLO having not been here for a few days. .....
» 14/08/2008 4:10:40 PM Traffic in Canberra is pretty much the same and the public transport system is so woeful t.....
» 14/08/2008 4:02:11 PM Paul "Your attempt to reduce the conflict to a single cause, OIL, is simplistic, inan.....
» 14/08/2008 11:35:31 AM I disagree Graham. The internal political climate and potential difficulties in Iraq was.....
» 14/08/2008 10:42:28 AM Why wasn't Saddam removed after Kuwait? This war wasn't about removing a tyrant or bringin.....
» 14/08/2008 10:23:41 AM Examinator is spot on. The growing obesity problem is not going to go away via government .....
» 14/08/2008 10:17:48 AM Fractelle, "You have seen the tragic results of the drug black market - yet you clai.....
» 14/08/2008 10:01:21 AM There are times when you have to wonder. Such as the GetUP's Tibet advertisement which was.....
» 13/08/2008 11:05:51 AM Agree Fractelle. This is another in a long line of Boazy religion by stealth threads. Fo.....
» 13/08/2008 11:01:36 AM Celivia I never said the cost of illegal drugs were largely derived from manufacturing cos.....
» 13/08/2008 9:36:14 AM I agree with most of the comments above and our ultimate goal in a social democracy should.....
» 13/08/2008 9:17:27 AM Continued on... As I said, our system is not perfect but money would be better spent on t.....
» 13/08/2008 9:03:31 AM CJ not everyone feels the need to ‘get off their face’. :) I worked in the drug and alcoh.....
» 12/08/2008 7:17:51 PM Fractelle you are a card - any more room in your bunker. :) Veronika you are correct this.....
» 10/08/2008 3:36:28 PM Simply, the pseudonym is in honour of the humble pelican. Pelicans are exotic and bizarre.....
» 10/08/2008 3:22:53 PM RobP :) Not sure what your point was RobP - do enlighten. If it was a comment on governme.....
» 10/08/2008 1:21:36 PM PS I meant to add that there also appears to be a problem with definition. What some po.....
» 10/08/2008 1:11:41 PM RObert "As Pelican points we tend to defend our own gender when it seems under attack.....
» 10/08/2008 12:48:50 PM I am in agreement with Foxy, Fractelle and Steel Mann's excellent posts. Sorry to hear abo.....
» 9/08/2008 11:01:00 AM While I understand the reasoning behind the points you are making US I don't think legalis.....
» 9/08/2008 10:48:35 AM Priceless. Who was that masked woman?.....
» 9/08/2008 10:47:30 AM US Bottom line is we are in agreement on the big picture if not some of the finer details.....
» 7/08/2008 2:30:58 PM TRTL I tend to agree with you but if there are concerns they can be easily alleviated by G.....
» 7/08/2008 2:22:36 PM Usual Suspect I dispute the goal of feminism is matriarchy. Why would someone who believes.....
» 7/08/2008 10:59:26 AM rstuart Thanks for having the decency to quote my 'anti-women' sentence completely unlike.....
» 7/08/2008 10:29:49 AM "'Perhaps Google could simply opt not to upload pictures that display children if tha.....
» 7/08/2008 10:19:48 AM There is not much point in a million blooming flowers if governments do not support innova.....
» 7/08/2008 9:34:04 AM Hi country gal. It saddened me to read the examples you provided in your post. It does s.....
» 7/08/2008 9:21:05 AM Interesting topic polycarp. In some instances advances in technology are out-pacing societ.....
» 6/08/2008 3:18:59 PM I have to agree with you US. There is a big difference between a couple who have been marr.....
» 6/08/2008 3:08:52 PM Very apt article John and an all too familiar story. But take some strength from the fact.....
» 6/08/2008 2:58:49 PM Passy I am in agreement with you and Belly on this one - sorry if that was not clear in th.....
» 4/08/2008 7:01:11 PM According to this media release the Rudd Government is looking to abolish the ABCC by 2010.....
» 4/08/2008 6:55:21 PM You make some good points Col. I agree with much of what you say. Unconditional love is th.....
» 4/08/2008 6:48:43 PM Your post is exactly what I was referring to Steel. If you are going to quote someone do i.....
» 2/08/2008 6:36:53 PM Ludwig you don't seem to be a rage filled person at all. You always appear very calm and r.....
» 2/08/2008 6:26:31 PM yvonne I agree with you about overstayers and they are also a large part of the problem. .....
» 2/08/2008 6:11:29 PM OLO is certainly an interesting place. If the articles and comments were placed in a time .....
» 1/08/2008 6:46:05 PM It is an odd decision, even going against DFAT advice and being mindful of the $1M unneces.....
» 31/07/2008 3:13:55 PM I agree mjpb. Carbon reduction/ETS does seem to be hitting a fly with a sledgehammer appro.....
» 31/07/2008 2:56:37 PM Sancho, I don't think that is the assumption. The point is that it won't be Immigration .....
» 31/07/2008 2:43:59 PM I'm with you Ludwig. :).....
» 31/07/2008 2:28:50 PM "...I forgot to say about the migration program is that it does its checks on asylum .....
» 31/07/2008 10:18:04 AM ozideas makes a good point. Over eating isn't always about hunger or the hunger response.....
» 31/07/2008 10:15:09 AM Foxy, I would think it almost impossible to keep politics out of the Olympics. If this wee.....
» 31/07/2008 10:03:07 AM Peter Costello was once described to me by one of his fellow ministers, as the funniest ma.....
» 31/07/2008 9:37:46 AM Belly that is interesting. Not even a 'living' wage. What is ironic is that it is exactly.....
» 31/07/2008 9:12:27 AM My understanding is that many of those still in mandatory detention are there because thei.....
» 31/07/2008 9:03:10 AM There seems to be growing incidents of rage in our communities often directed at people wh.....
» 26/07/2008 5:32:51 PM CJ I do understand the angst at being labelled a paedophile (or implied) and I hope you h.....
» 24/07/2008 7:18:45 PM Sancho, no-one is saying nudity equates with pornography. It is about the context of the n.....
» 24/07/2008 3:50:30 PM rstuart The reason it always pops up is that it is a valid argument. Parents make many de.....
» 24/07/2008 3:27:21 PM There is nothing wrong with nudity at all in my own opinion. I am generally against censo.....
» 24/07/2008 12:46:45 PM Good points Banjo. This site provides some interesting insights to political donations: .....
» 24/07/2008 12:35:19 PM David JS where do you draw the line between sexualised images of children and child porn? .....
» 24/07/2008 12:28:55 PM Very true Arjay. "So the next step in the logic is to assume that they actually want.....
» 24/07/2008 12:15:57 PM Steel Firstly, I am a she not a he. Your comment about under-age being a "construct.....
» 24/07/2008 11:57:22 AM The obsession governments have for population growth to satisfy the myth of unfettered eco.....
» 19/07/2008 11:01:48 AM With the possible exception of religious fanatacism, this debate must win the award for th.....
» 19/07/2008 10:49:26 AM How many times can you flog a dead horse with this topic. As much as these discussion on .....
» 18/07/2008 6:46:01 PM There is a little bit of the American in Rudd's style. He has a tendency to gesture whenev.....
» 18/07/2008 6:30:55 PM Col, It would be difficult to put to one side the assumption that the legal system alway.....
» 15/07/2008 11:27:36 PM This issue has raised the point about morality and who defines it. As GP stated in some cu.....
» 15/07/2008 3:11:46 PM PS: I should add that I agree that compassion is not the domain of the religious. In fact .....
» 15/07/2008 3:01:12 PM I don't think you can generalise about Christians just as you cannot generalise about Musl.....
» 15/07/2008 2:41:45 PM I always tend to agree with the thrust of what you present John, but a few points on this .....
» 15/07/2008 2:05:10 PM The author left the best point right at the end - "The transition period from a soci.....
» 15/07/2008 1:52:38 PM jpw I tend to agree with you. I particularly liked this: "But don't forget that they.....
» 13/07/2008 3:21:43 PM As an atheist I am not sure I agree with the author's premise that science can provide a m.....
» 13/07/2008 2:52:11 PM One has to wonder what century we are living in sometimes. The fact this is even an issue .....
» 13/07/2008 2:49:49 PM Even a good cause cannot survive politics. I remember the case of one AusAid officer who r.....
» 10/07/2008 8:16:38 PM I don't know the answer US. I suspect it goes along the lines of - if a job is 'held ope.....
» 10/07/2008 8:03:45 PM I was troubled by Pell's comments the other night when asked by a journalist about the sca.....
» 10/07/2008 7:49:04 PM David, great article and spot on. The implication by some that atheism is in itself some.....
» 10/07/2008 7:40:21 PM Some humans will find any excuse for inflicting pain and suffering on another living speci.....
» 5/07/2008 11:51:59 AM Vigilantism makes for good Hollywood fodder but all it does in real life is cheapen legal .....
» 5/07/2008 11:26:15 AM Daggett “If it was true to its original purpose it would be acting as a political arm of .....
» 4/07/2008 7:07:18 PM As someone who leans towards AGW but has difficulty deciding the extent to which humans ar.....
» 4/07/2008 6:37:53 PM Countrygirl, I take on board all the above comments and agree that not all men exhibit t.....
» 4/07/2008 6:35:27 PM Usual Suspect, I do agree with a lot of what you say but you are misrepresenting some of.....
» 2/07/2008 5:19:00 PM Usual suspect, believe it or not I do get the gist of your argument. My reference to 'symp.....
» 2/07/2008 11:33:40 AM Mr Right you are assuming that most climate change believers, or even those who lean on th.....
» 2/07/2008 11:23:14 AM The comments made so far are pretty accurate regarding society's perceptions. One Liberal .....
» 2/07/2008 10:54:06 AM Too true daggett. I think we all know the cost/competition argument is a furphy. Competiti.....
» 2/07/2008 10:42:05 AM Don't know the answer Graham but during the run up to the last Federal Election, a friend .....
» 2/07/2008 10:24:06 AM There has been a spate of climate change denialist articles on OLO. But differently to Cli.....
» 1/07/2008 1:21:36 PM This was a good piece of satire and, like all satire, there are elements of truth in it. .....
» 1/07/2008 12:56:27 PM I have to agree with the majority of posters so far. How will "annoyance" be def.....
» 1/07/2008 12:35:53 PM Divorce Doctor, did you actually read any of the previous threads properly? Read them agai.....
» 30/06/2008 7:46:19 PM Excellent points countrygal. It is a thorny issue as you say; like walking through a mine.....
» 30/06/2008 7:29:05 PM There have been two very good rational responses given. Religion does not need to come int.....
» 29/06/2008 7:58:13 PM Well I agree in part, but cannot agree that there is not a problem with binge drinking. Ma.....
» 29/06/2008 7:18:29 PM Great article and highlights the perils of any government taking too much notice of every .....
» 28/06/2008 10:33:03 AM Antiseptic you said: "I'm not suggesting there are no bad fathers, but I'm really sic.....
» 28/06/2008 9:58:21 AM Cuphandle I am in agreement with you on personal responsibility. I was being tongue-in-che.....
» 27/06/2008 2:54:26 PM freediver "Not true. Market forces would prevent such an arbitrary price increase. H.....
» 27/06/2008 2:36:47 PM RObert you bring up some good points. It is probably not as simple as first thought. Diff.....
» 27/06/2008 2:13:19 PM steven There is a big difference between polygyny and gay marriage. Gay marriage is like .....
» 27/06/2008 11:32:11 AM Cuphandle while I agree with you about the problems of overpopulation, it takes two people.....
» 27/06/2008 11:00:40 AM First of all if we are going to have this debate lets not pretend we are talking about pol.....
» 27/06/2008 10:41:04 AM Antiseptic, I did not think I was personalising too much. By mentioning the changes in fam.....
» 26/06/2008 3:44:34 PM Most reasonable people would agree that the right to die is as valid as any other right to.....
» 26/06/2008 3:13:09 PM You are very kind Yabby in the way you talk about your ex-wife and of course you are right.....
» 26/06/2008 2:52:53 PM It seems pointless in some ways to talk about fuel tax when we could easily minimise our d.....
» 22/06/2008 10:58:18 AM Pay is very much in the eye of the beholder but yes from me - overpaid. The role of GG is.....
» 22/06/2008 10:33:45 AM JL Deland My statement was not meant to imply that womens' lives need to be impoverished .....
» 21/06/2008 11:19:50 AM Hi Bronwyn Thanks for that link - it is one of the best articles I've read on this issue a.....
» 20/06/2008 11:29:35 PM Whoops. I meant to say "I don't know Col.." rather than "I don't Col"......
» 20/06/2008 11:27:44 PM Bronwyn, I am totally with you on this one. CJ and Fractelle, with respect, labelling any.....
» 20/06/2008 6:42:33 PM Mmmm, I don't Col. Re menopause, there is nothing more liberating and sexy than removing.....
» 20/06/2008 6:32:05 PM Interesting subject RObert. I am tempted to say the answer is obvious and that equality o.....
» 20/06/2008 6:07:54 PM I don't think we should take OLO too seriously. It is just a small part of our lives - som.....
» 20/06/2008 5:53:31 PM I can only add to the majority of posters here. It would be more unsafe if women or men .....
» 17/06/2008 10:08:15 PM Hi RObert Sorry for the delay in responding. I did not find any of the Henson debate painf.....
» 15/06/2008 12:03:55 AM RObert The trouble is an inkblot is just an inkblot but a photograph of naked children dis.....
» 14/06/2008 11:48:31 PM RobP I agree with all you have written. One public servant or even a small group is power.....
» 14/06/2008 2:04:23 PM RObert your last line really says it all. But you are right sometimes the realities are no.....
» 14/06/2008 1:57:48 PM It should be acknowledged that whistleblowing does not only involve spilling the secrets o.....
» 14/06/2008 1:33:48 PM I too did not like some of the vitriol on the Henson threads. Reading through the posts ag.....
» 14/06/2008 1:12:58 PM continued from above... “We will hear about “agents for change”, of men and women “making.....
» 14/06/2008 1:02:59 PM Hi Peter, Your article is interesting, although my first reaction was - just another art.....
» 12/06/2008 8:03:59 PM I agree with the much of what the author writes and with examinator's comments. There hav.....
» 12/06/2008 7:46:32 PM CJ while not art critics, many of my Christian friends have disagreed with me (an atheist).....
» 12/06/2008 7:33:38 PM I'm with Col on making the age the same for everyone. Usual Suspect what you say in regar.....
» 12/06/2008 7:26:20 PM :) no problems Romany. I am starting to think I should not have started the whole thread a.....
» 12/06/2008 12:15:14 AM I have to agree with you in part Steven and I would add the means testing of the solar reb.....
» 12/06/2008 12:01:03 AM Aren't we jumping the gun a bit? Rudd has not said he wants free movement of labour and pe.....
» 11/06/2008 11:47:08 PM Runner You ask a difficult and interesting question regarding reproductive rights. I under.....
» 11/06/2008 11:35:10 PM Foxy, no you are not wrong. In a perfect world we would all live as we choose (while first.....
» 9/06/2008 8:35:52 PM Good points cacofonix. The so called 'skills shortage' could easily be alleviated by red.....
» 9/06/2008 8:28:48 PM While it is true that Islam in places like Iran and Syria concerns itself more with religi.....
» 5/06/2008 8:49:29 PM Marilyn, So you are happy to condemn hundreds of thousands of public servants for the act.....
» 5/06/2008 8:39:44 PM Antiseptic I can empathise with your comments about aggression being a natural reaction to.....
» 5/06/2008 3:59:40 PM Hi dickie and thanks Bronwyn :) "And remember: "First do no harm." I agre.....
» 5/06/2008 3:42:08 PM Harambolas I know what you are getting at - it is true that some people at risk of suicide.....
» 5/06/2008 3:11:19 PM Public servants work much longer hours now than in the days of the inefficient public serv.....
» 5/06/2008 10:16:24 AM Yabby the article I linked to was just one example of farmers (people like you) using trea.....
» 4/06/2008 12:48:33 PM Yes yet another article on this same subject. The debate on Henson's work is nothing to do.....
» 4/06/2008 12:35:54 PM Good points Romany. Steven I remember being a participant in a Psychology experiment at u.....
» 4/06/2008 12:28:18 PM cont... Vanilla I agree with you, the happiest relationships are where the partners respe.....
» 4/06/2008 12:22:28 PM Some great comments by CJ, Vanilla, Romany, RObert, Fractelle, Curaezipirid and interestin.....
» 2/06/2008 6:30:37 PM Talk about losing perspective. I am also rolling in the aisles laughing. Who are these so.....
» 2/06/2008 6:17:01 PM Don't worry Gibo. The world has much more to fear from the excesses of capitalism than it .....
» 2/06/2008 6:08:14 PM Steel I would think that feminism (if it ever was 'corrosive') would be less so in current.....
» 2/06/2008 5:21:35 PM Thanks everyone for your comments. The thread was a result of a comment regarding feminini.....
» 1/06/2008 7:25:38 PM I would like to think so. I like to feel and look like a woman, be attractive to men and.....
» 1/06/2008 6:39:28 PM Paul.L, your post was not there when I posted my offerings but I had to comment to say tha.....
» 1/06/2008 5:35:46 PM Of course it is bigotry. Can some people really believe that if the school was Catholic or.....
» 1/06/2008 5:05:48 PM Voodoo goodness me Yabs, you are showing your own bias here. Not sure how you get voodoo o.....
» 31/05/2008 10:57:25 PM Yabby As a farmer yourself you should know that artificial fertilizers mainly involve nit.....
» 30/05/2008 8:45:58 PM David, I am not sure what you are trying to argue (in fact I am not sure why I am here on .....
» 30/05/2008 8:37:24 PM Interesting article Helen. It is a no-brainer that organic is healthier, particularly foo.....
» 29/05/2008 11:28:03 AM I agree with the author. When we as a society make rules to protect children and set legal.....
» 29/05/2008 11:17:51 AM This article is misleading. Using terms like wowsers and implying some sort of deviance on.....
» 29/05/2008 11:03:11 AM On the face of it if an organisation is trading the they should be beholden to the TPA. W.....
» 29/05/2008 10:51:14 AM I did not realise that David was part of the Brethren. Now I understand. Sometimes I cann.....
» 28/05/2008 3:02:01 PM Ludwig you are right about the discretionary powers and I hope the police do use them wise.....
» 28/05/2008 10:36:45 AM Steel "...how easy it is for people to be swept into 'fury' like a mob..." The.....
» 28/05/2008 10:26:11 AM Glad to see everyone knew I was joking. After I clicked on Post Comment I had a small mome.....
» 28/05/2008 10:12:15 AM Interesting analysis John. I am part of a typical family - 2 adults, 2 children (teenagers.....
» 27/05/2008 11:28:58 PM Sorry for the delay in responding ScienceLaw. You are right we don't need to get bogged do.....
» 27/05/2008 11:02:53 PM I agree Ludwig re the police and charges. Remember though that the police were just acting.....
» 27/05/2008 10:53:19 PM Belly I also wonder why governments have not put in place programs to encourage manufactur.....
» 27/05/2008 10:15:15 PM Romany best of luck with the seminar. It is often difficult to offer an alternative approa.....
» 27/05/2008 7:05:47 PM Steel I was referring to posters who are turning this discussion into a discussion about.....
» 27/05/2008 6:51:51 PM Well Steel I agree with you about government opposition to gay marriage and about most eth.....
» 27/05/2008 6:32:05 PM I'm totally with PaulL. on this. It seems to me that there is not much point in further .....
» 27/05/2008 12:13:43 AM thecat Empirical evidence? There is none. Faith based belief does not require scientific .....
» 26/05/2008 7:00:25 PM Definitely the better choice of the two tweedles and perhaps we did need a Rudd as a softe.....
» 26/05/2008 6:47:17 PM Yes Steven by all means go for it. Afterall feminists are just woman who hate and plot f.....
» 26/05/2008 6:38:35 PM Are we having fun yet? :) Some of these posts are getting a bit out of control don't you .....
» 25/05/2008 8:02:49 PM Hi Vanilla I was not offended by your post, just arguing my case is all. :) In response:.....
» 25/05/2008 11:16:25 AM What are you suggesting Vanilla? "You both seem confident in your artistic judgment......
» 24/05/2008 11:21:53 PM Very poignant Gibo. It is always disappointing to keep hearing about 'the economy' when w.....
» 24/05/2008 11:04:09 PM Perfection does not exist we need to build a bridge and get over it. To be honest I don't.....
» 24/05/2008 10:49:09 PM Well I am not sure which unflattering category I might be cast into by some posters on OLO.....
» 24/05/2008 10:32:34 PM Artist or pornographer? - maybe neither. I don't know much about Henson so cannot comment.....
» 21/05/2008 8:14:32 PM Sciencelaw, I don't think anyone is arguing to throw the babies out with the bathwater no.....
» 21/05/2008 7:59:20 PM Harambolas you put forward a rather negative viewpoint. I thought we had come a long way f.....
» 21/05/2008 7:36:13 PM All other factors being equal, a humanely conducted kangaroo cull to prevent death by star.....
» 18/05/2008 11:48:53 AM I can see you are angry Bugsy but consumers become angry too when they have goods foisted .....
» 18/05/2008 11:33:15 AM Hi David I am aware of the strength of your feelings about these issues,but the thing is .....
» 18/05/2008 11:09:16 AM “The only reason to believe there is lack of research and science based evidence on GM foo.....
» 17/05/2008 4:59:54 PM "Enduring Moral values are directly connected to Spiritual values." David, if y.....
» 17/05/2008 11:28:24 AM Yep bring it on. The public has been yearning for a new type of politician for years, that.....
» 17/05/2008 11:20:39 AM Bugsy you are right about tomatoes, the tasteless shop bought ones are hardier hybrids bre.....
» 17/05/2008 12:33:32 AM Codes of ethics are one thing, adherence to them another but there are many journos who do.....
» 17/05/2008 12:08:40 AM There are so many reasons why we should be cautious about GM crops and the potential effec.....
» 16/05/2008 11:42:49 PM I think GY in his earlier article described Don Aitken as a GW 'agnostic' - I don't see an.....
» 16/05/2008 11:20:43 PM For some reason this article reminded me of the line in "Notting Hill" - the fru.....
» 14/05/2008 3:11:27 PM There are so many things wrong with turning large areas of arable land over to fuel that o.....
» 14/05/2008 2:47:10 PM Wayne Swan, prior to the budget, suggested the government might introduce laws to make it .....
» 12/05/2008 8:55:10 PM Tammy Jo :) That beautiful poem sums it up perfectly. I have not experienced what you hav.....
» 12/05/2008 8:46:58 PM As someone who has been a member of a number of conservation and environmental groups and .....
» 12/05/2008 7:59:44 PM Ditto to the above. We content ouselves with the Australian and the CT which is not too ba.....
» 10/05/2008 1:10:51 PM Dan you ask some good questions and space limitations probably don't permit a greater anal.....
» 10/05/2008 12:33:17 PM Keyser in a secular society you certainly do have the freedom to share your views without .....
» 9/05/2008 1:07:39 PM Ludwig you asked "WHY ISN’T THEIR A MASSIVE OUTCRY about this business? What am I mis.....
» 9/05/2008 12:48:13 PM My understanding of "secular" is simply a system that does not favour one religi.....
» 8/05/2008 4:33:58 PM I have to agree wholeheartedly with the author and with Bronwyn's inciteful comments. We .....
» 8/05/2008 4:13:41 PM Continued... I can see where you are coming from in regards to some of the more insidious.....
» 8/05/2008 4:11:58 PM We probably do have difficulty in dealing with the pace of scientific and technological de.....
» 7/05/2008 3:10:15 PM The responsibility for this debacle does lies with the previous government and the extent .....
» 7/05/2008 10:37:42 AM "The arrogance of some people who think that they can ‘remedy’ nature is mind-bogglin.....
» 7/05/2008 10:20:01 AM Haralambos, We are all products of our conditioning and grow up within the parameters of .....
» 7/05/2008 10:06:41 AM Learning other languages does heighten awareness of another culture in a different way tha.....
» 7/05/2008 9:54:49 AM I wasn't a great fan of Keating but I did love some of his phrases. "All tip and no i.....
» 7/05/2008 9:50:57 AM Yes I agree to some extent with johncee1945. It amazes me that economists bring out the ti.....
» 4/05/2008 7:45:12 PM Left/Right thinking is still used to describe a particular economic or social outlook in a.....
» 4/05/2008 2:27:15 PM rojo Not sure how you interpreted that. I did not mean to imply that live exports be made.....
» 4/05/2008 12:57:39 PM Can't stand the concept in any case, but might be tempted to watch a Big Brother OLO style.....
» 4/05/2008 12:54:21 PM I have written about this issue to government as well (some time ago) and like dickie tend.....
» 4/05/2008 12:37:35 PM continued from above... - Get rid of fees for higher education. Education is not a commod.....
» 4/05/2008 12:36:22 PM We can all come up with examples of waste. A simple tax system mindful of low income earne.....
» 2/05/2008 6:51:16 PM I couldnt' agree with you more regarding gender wars, this article was not reducing the im.....
» 2/05/2008 6:31:28 PM There are gangs on OLO! :) Reading Foxy's post makes me wonder if I have unintentionally .....
» 2/05/2008 6:15:45 PM I'm amazed that there are people out there that think this Labor government is a leftie. .....
» 1/05/2008 4:35:09 PM usual suspect I would think that overly extroverted people might also equally be at risk .....
» 1/05/2008 4:11:36 PM usual suspect I partly concur, as laymen we cannot be 100% sure how much global warming c.....
» 1/05/2008 3:37:20 PM fluff4 I agree that governments could greatly assist with our population density problems .....
» 1/05/2008 3:27:47 PM Sustainability and food security is achievable if we get our priorities right. What good i.....
» 1/05/2008 2:51:02 PM Yes wear what you like. It is your wedding and the most important is a happy bride. Trad.....
» 1/05/2008 2:34:36 PM “The will of the people is that women should be able to combine work and families. It has .....
» 30/04/2008 2:39:20 PM David, you are still making the assumption that people who might describe themselves as fe.....
» 30/04/2008 10:35:47 AM Absoutely Robert. David, you cannot categorise groups so formally or rigidly. Doing so ig.....
» 30/04/2008 10:29:18 AM The only way to encourage people to move out of the larger urban areas is to provide jobs,.....
» 30/04/2008 10:08:46 AM No argument here Passy but it will take a major shift in values and in the world's blind a.....
» 30/04/2008 9:47:50 AM It will be interesting to see where we are with spirituality in 100 years time. Will we ha.....
» 30/04/2008 9:19:23 AM "The 'has not been convicted of any crime' is one of the most oft used weapons of law.....
» 29/04/2008 8:02:08 PM freediver You do make a good point about luxury taxes and the effect on workers in those i.....
» 29/04/2008 7:44:24 PM I had to laught at your coment Malcolm about terms like clients and customers rather than .....
» 29/04/2008 7:35:49 PM I agree with you too Malcolm but on the plus side it is the consumer who can also empower .....
» 29/04/2008 7:12:29 PM "Regardless of the other issues, I am at a loss as to why another thread was allowed .....
» 28/04/2008 11:29:36 PM Foxy said: "But the precise blueprint for a future republic in Australia could again .....
» 28/04/2008 11:00:38 PM Well unbelievably I am agreeing with Steel although would disagree that this has anything .....
» 28/04/2008 10:52:57 PM Celivia and Fractelle Some great points regarding Celivia's link and the idea of a pollut.....
» 28/04/2008 10:35:41 PM Col: "However, if in doubt, put faith in smallness rather than wisdom, it is more rea.....
» 26/04/2008 4:27:29 PM I agree Belly but unfortunately like many governments before (including Labor) another pub.....
» 26/04/2008 4:14:03 PM Foxy thanks - some good suggestions in the list of ideas. Col Yes I definitely meant 'av.....
» 26/04/2008 11:08:22 AM :D Fractelle it is refreshing to see some humour on OLO. We all sometimes get very seriou.....
» 26/04/2008 10:53:22 AM Thanks Col you raise some good points - it might be better to raise the personal tax thres.....
» 25/04/2008 3:42:28 PM I concur with the desire to become a Republic and also believe that the last referendum wa.....
» 25/04/2008 3:22:08 PM Thinking again about the Summit and talk of changes to the current taxation system made me.....
» 25/04/2008 2:49:00 PM Celivia Some good points arose from your research. I tend to agree with your three main po.....
» 24/04/2008 9:40:26 AM Yes there are so many anomalies in the interest rate/inflation argument that one truly doe.....
» 24/04/2008 9:19:51 AM I agree with everything said above about the importance of organ donation and how vital it.....
» 21/04/2008 3:07:05 PM We are still shuffling out the same old 'them and us' rhetoric. While acknowledging the .....
» 21/04/2008 2:40:50 PM To cover up or not to cover up...that is the question. From a purely anthropological stan.....
» 21/04/2008 11:31:57 AM While I agree with much of what this article states there are a few things to add. Witho.....
» 21/04/2008 11:02:43 AM Rob what you say rings very true with me and many others who have worked or dealt in some .....
» 21/04/2008 9:32:21 AM Good article - no matter what changes to our education system over the years it always see.....
» 21/04/2008 9:10:52 AM Steel, I am not sure that Rudd meant to imply a repeat of the same mistake Howard made in .....
» 21/04/2008 9:01:58 AM I was hoping the Summit might produce some good ideas and I think it has in some areas (eg.....
» 21/04/2008 8:45:09 AM Antonius I think you are right about needing stronger unions but I would add to that: 1. .....
» 17/04/2008 8:26:55 PM Humans are adept at arriving at agreed or accepted standards or a set of values to ensure .....
» 17/04/2008 7:58:36 PM There is no doubt that we have become the great consumers. In recent years I have also dow.....
» 16/04/2008 3:53:16 PM Fractelle I don't remember using the term slippery slope here -it is not applicable to the.....
» 16/04/2008 3:39:24 PM It's all been said Gibo. You have some funny ideas about free speech if you think it only .....
» 16/04/2008 3:30:38 PM Hi Fractelle My argument about the sex bit was just to demonstrate that just because some.....
» 16/04/2008 11:29:16 AM I don't know Ludwig, plenty of 'tree-huggers' are not for drinking recycled pee either. T.....
» 16/04/2008 11:21:41 AM Hi David You said: "This movement appears to be growing remarkably, and extending it.....
» 16/04/2008 11:01:01 AM Danielle I had a little chuckle at the title and the idea of poo paper being used for poo .....
» 16/04/2008 10:48:26 AM Some of the argument that are being used by the pro-voting at 16 group could be true of an.....
» 16/04/2008 10:35:29 AM Hi David Look in a perfect world I would agree with you. The AIRC is like the 'industrial .....
» 15/04/2008 5:44:25 PM Belly If the trade unions are really in decline I hope they are replaced by another type o.....
» 15/04/2008 5:28:48 PM While some kids are interested in politics at that age and may even exhibit a degree of un.....
» 14/04/2008 8:28:13 PM Wow Vanilla, that is a heartfelt post and I read it with a great deal of interest. It is e.....
» 14/04/2008 8:00:20 PM Solar powered electric cars (and domestic solar power) are an integral part of the future .....
» 14/04/2008 7:49:05 PM Roskam's comments about the Summit and Rudd's election based on having "all the answe.....
» 13/04/2008 3:31:50 PM Sigh!! I posted the above post before reading PALE's new post - I just had a look at the .....
» 13/04/2008 3:19:28 PM I wasn't going to bother posting on this topic again given the intentional misreading of m.....
» 13/04/2008 11:14:26 AM Great subject Fractelle. It will soon become more and more necessary to think and buy loc.....
» 13/04/2008 10:44:29 AM PALE Blimey! I found your last post to me nonsensical. If this is the way you conduct y.....
» 12/04/2008 11:25:11 AM PALE I would really like to be able to agree with you because I'm on your side regarding .....
» 11/04/2008 5:22:29 PM PALE Sorry but I can't see a problem. I am totally against live animal exports as you kno.....
» 11/04/2008 5:13:22 PM PaulL. You definitely did get the wrong impression about 5). :) I'm not going to continue.....
» 10/04/2008 6:10:09 PM You make a good point Steel. Many of the protestors are from the Tibetan community or Falu.....
» 10/04/2008 6:08:03 PM Vanilla, I can see we are coming from this problem from a different angle and opinions are.....
» 10/04/2008 5:52:23 PM Hi Forrest I didn't intend to suggest that government is absolved of responsibility in th.....
» 10/04/2008 3:48:08 PM I loved that quote Foxy so I will paste it again. :) "...When we speak of religion, .....
» 10/04/2008 3:23:55 PM Fractelle, great post. RObert, I don't understand what you mean by your comment "Why.....
» 10/04/2008 10:36:53 AM I am in the camp with Passy and Lev on this (as per your article on the other side) :). H.....
» 10/04/2008 10:21:36 AM I don't want to hog this thread but I will just add one more post. Vanilla when you say &.....
» 10/04/2008 9:48:41 AM Banjo, Fester and Vanilla makes some good points. Housing debt takes up a much higher pro.....
» 10/04/2008 9:23:01 AM This is what I meant when I asked what can we learn from the legal legal drugs like alcoho.....
» 9/04/2008 7:37:33 PM Vanilla You are right, the literature and research in this field is wide and varied gene.....
» 9/04/2008 4:49:18 PM The issues are certainly complex and there are valid arguments in both camps particularly .....
» 8/04/2008 9:09:30 PM Considerthis I tend to lean towards not legalising or decriminalising illicit drugs. The .....
» 7/04/2008 7:44:38 PM SJF - I thought so but you never know on OLO for sure. It sometimes is easy to offend with.....
» 6/04/2008 4:25:58 PM A very topical issue David. SBS's Insight covered this topic only recently and is worth a .....
» 6/04/2008 4:04:43 PM Okay Yabby I have not been on OLO long enough to know the history of the various participa.....
» 6/04/2008 9:29:44 AM Yabby Yep and those insults keep coming. :) My only interest in how something might be s.....
» 6/04/2008 9:07:58 AM Thanks for your polite response RObert. In essence I agree with the thrust of your point .....
» 5/04/2008 10:39:01 PM Ummm...SJF I never thought I would be lumped in with Whitty, JamesH, HRS, trade215 or Col.....
» 5/04/2008 10:30:17 PM I am not going to add to the arguments already made or repeat the views I stated on the vi.....
» 5/04/2008 10:17:15 PM You make an interesting point bushbred. I am not sure that either camp is ready to 'shar.....
» 5/04/2008 10:03:19 PM Nicky and dickie I agree with your comments and need no convincing about live animal expo.....
» 4/04/2008 10:49:02 PM Continued... 4. It is laughable that our governments have condoned live animal exports on.....
» 4/04/2008 10:36:41 PM dickie Thanks for the link (just awful to see neglect like that) and I will keep tabs on .....
» 4/04/2008 4:29:26 PM A friend of mine had depression once (bought on by an event as opposed to a physical cause.....
» 4/04/2008 3:57:16 PM Whoa Yabby. I am not disputing that the trade in live meat earns us millions of dollars .....
» 4/04/2008 2:24:51 PM Nicky I agree with your stance on this issue and Yabby you don't have to be a seasoned ani.....
» 4/04/2008 9:46:26 AM Freedom of expression (or speech) should never be used as support to this kind of vile har.....
» 4/04/2008 9:38:59 AM I am in complete agreement with TRTL. It is important for the climate change debate and f.....
» 4/04/2008 9:06:24 AM These two women provide positive symbolism that will aid the road to peace but after years.....
» 4/04/2008 8:29:20 AM The blame for APEC, the money allocated to counter-terrorism and the new terrorism legisla.....
» 3/04/2008 10:58:49 AM I agree daggett and billie. It is no accident. Human beings must be the only animal speci.....
» 3/04/2008 10:44:02 AM Malcolm this was a problem with government recruitment for a while but now it is almost im.....
» 2/04/2008 11:08:32 PM Interesting post rstuart. The AEF use the term "evidence based science" as thou.....
» 2/04/2008 10:20:04 PM "The logging industry is a law unto itself". ABCs Difference of Opinion did a ve.....
» 2/04/2008 10:05:34 PM What about a good old fashioned chook raffle. First prize PM, Second prize Treasurer...con.....
» 2/04/2008 10:01:53 PM CJ: "I find myself in general agreement on this issue with several with whom I often .....
» 2/04/2008 9:46:03 PM Interesting topic as sadly issues of population are largely ignored in the environmental d.....
» 2/04/2008 9:39:41 PM Col: “This forum is titled Online Opinion.” Yes and I am expressing mine. Yes I agree you.....
» 2/04/2008 4:30:37 PM Col Turning off the TV has already been mentioned it still doesn't mean that a person can.....
» 2/04/2008 9:38:10 AM Reality TV is certainly part of the 'dumbing down' trend. While it is easy enough just to .....
» 1/04/2008 4:30:17 PM As others have said this issue is too important to become part of yet another gender debat.....
» 1/04/2008 4:13:42 PM Celivia My European grandmother was much the same as yours and used natural ingredients i.....
» 1/04/2008 9:54:58 AM I am no expert RObert but instinctively feel that a person who is comfortable in seeking h.....
» 1/04/2008 9:04:29 AM It is quite correct that we need to acknowedge the human factor in our economic arrangemen.....
» 31/03/2008 10:00:54 AM How is a non-scientific person to wade through and make sense of the literature when the s.....
» 31/03/2008 9:20:03 AM Hi Susan I am not sure how the tick works - do foods in the fast food sector have to conf.....
» 30/03/2008 10:50:54 AM Some of you are being unfair by suggesting a "deep rooted hate". I read it more .....
» 29/03/2008 11:24:02 AM Interesting link Graham. I note that the respondents in the author's survey were all 21 ye.....
» 28/03/2008 11:06:57 AM Fractelle, Your story is inspiring (consider yourself hugged). :) My problem was thankf.....
» 28/03/2008 10:45:54 AM This from the AEF website: "Mine Your Own Business" is a journey through the dar.....
» 28/03/2008 9:46:29 AM I agree that it would be superfluous and counter-productive to boycott Australian wool if .....
» 27/03/2008 6:50:20 PM Fractelle I liked your renewal analogy. Whitty you are a card - pun intended. :) A few ye.....
» 27/03/2008 1:29:08 PM What lovely stories Fractelle, Foxy and Romany - thank you for sharing pieces of your life.....
» 26/03/2008 6:19:06 PM Do you mean in the same way that your post is not whingeing or providing other alternative.....
» 26/03/2008 6:14:39 PM Whitty is spot on - losing weight has to come from within and (perhaps like a drug user) y.....
» 26/03/2008 5:53:38 PM Pretty much in agreement with TRTL, Foxy and Vanilla so won't repeat what has already been.....
» 26/03/2008 2:02:25 PM Ho Hum I agree with your much better analogy of CONSUMERISM as a religion than the author'.....
» 26/03/2008 1:32:35 PM Farmers' markets certainly have sprung up everywhere and are well frequented - eventually .....
» 26/03/2008 12:04:07 PM Can you imagine the outcry if one of their own staffers didn't turn up to work one day bec.....
» 26/03/2008 11:45:56 AM I was attempting a humour with the "Fairists" bit to make a point. As TRTL says .....
» 25/03/2008 9:40:24 AM Dear Seeker Thank you for your comments. I am not pretending these issues are uncomplicat.....
» 24/03/2008 10:00:45 PM Vanilla I don't doubt you at all and take you at your word. When you go on to raise MTR's .....
» 24/03/2008 3:16:21 PM Under Howard public servants became yes men - no more frank and fearless advice. Where wer.....
» 24/03/2008 2:46:31 PM It is almost impossible to be apolitical and teach politics at uni. The key is to teach in.....
» 24/03/2008 2:18:59 PM To quote Peter: "Australia needs a viable conservative alternative at the ballot box .....
» 24/03/2008 9:14:25 AM Like Ginx, Bronwyn and Elka I have to agree with Melinda's comments and will give her the .....
» 23/03/2008 7:36:17 PM Romany and Gibo et al Take heart. While not perfect, humans are capable of great kindness.....
» 23/03/2008 7:12:04 PM Romany Sorry for the delay in responding. Yes the robot anaology was bizarre but entertai.....
» 23/03/2008 6:48:44 PM This issue has become emotive as evidenced by the Canberra Times front page today revealin.....
» 23/03/2008 4:23:04 PM I think most people are accepting of homosexuality even if, like myself, they don't fully .....
» 7/03/2008 3:51:58 PM What a difficult situation to be in systemfailure, I hope everything works out for you. .....
» 7/03/2008 3:32:40 PM Whitty and JamesH If the woman who was happy to show her “tits” was then raped as a conse.....
» 7/03/2008 11:10:36 AM :D Vanilla - Oh dear here we go again brace yourself for the onslaught. This is a well wr.....
» 7/03/2008 8:54:30 AM Despite the rhetoric, the US has never been interested in democracy other than perpetratin.....
» 7/03/2008 8:44:52 AM George, I hope you did not think I was arguing that we have a right to offend. I meant tha.....
» 7/03/2008 8:22:47 AM Whitty - welcome. I have to agree with Vanilla's interpretation of your argument. You mad.....
» 6/03/2008 7:20:34 PM I think most of the electorate (excluding the most ardent Howard supporters) saw through t.....
» 6/03/2008 2:45:56 PM George Thank you for your views, it sounds like you have had an interesting life. In reg.....
» 6/03/2008 9:56:04 AM rehctub Not all employers are like you though. Your comment: "Why should low skill.....
» 6/03/2008 9:44:13 AM Ha ha Yabby, I don't think I am in the right age group to be sweet talked, my hubby does t.....
» 6/03/2008 9:34:37 AM Once apon a time, who would have thought that a Labor Party would be selling off our publi.....
» 6/03/2008 9:21:21 AM Steel, no problems at all - no personal offence taken. :) There certainly is some feisty .....
» 5/03/2008 5:25:41 PM I am not biased Steel, you are misunderstanding what I have said or maybe I have not expre.....
» 5/03/2008 11:24:10 AM I try to buy organic meat whenever possible and will pay more for this option. We are luck.....
» 5/03/2008 11:14:35 AM Steel, Boazy and RObert I read Steel's link and yes there are many cases where children h.....
» 4/03/2008 11:35:42 PM Looking at the various themes in discussions on this forum, it seems that gender is a much.....
» 4/03/2008 11:13:38 PM Well yes...I would pay the surcharge and have done so - not just in restaurants but with o.....
» 4/03/2008 7:04:04 PM There is nothing wrong with casual labour for the very reasons that you state, a fluctuati.....
» 4/03/2008 8:49:37 AM In a nutshell, WorkChoices was bad because it tipped the balance of power wholly to the em.....
» 4/03/2008 8:26:17 AM Ha ha George, that is a lovely poem. There are many things beyond my ken I am sure. :) T.....
» 4/03/2008 7:56:02 AM gwallan The law does not distinguish between the genders when it comes to rape but I do a.....
» 3/03/2008 2:15:39 PM Boazy you said: "The term "feminism" is by nature 'sexist' in a negative w.....
» 3/03/2008 2:06:08 PM Hear hear arctic dog. gwallan Of course a man’s consent is important - why wouldn't it .....
» 2/03/2008 10:44:13 PM It is pointless arguing with a religious person about evidence based reasoning. Faith is a.....
» 2/03/2008 10:29:31 PM The difference is Tigerman that a woman who is drunk driving a car and kills someone is at.....
» 2/03/2008 9:48:56 PM Sorry Joe, I went off on another tangent. :) I am not sure that the US is ready for an Ob.....
» 2/03/2008 6:37:12 PM No problems with girls doing Home Ec or boys doing workshop as long as the electives are o.....
» 2/03/2008 2:11:48 PM "Anyone who believes that expotential growth can go on forever in a finite world is e.....
» 2/03/2008 2:00:14 PM Sometimes the bottome line is - nothing more can be done. After many years in the Commonw.....
» 2/03/2008 1:32:10 PM Thanks for the introduction CJ Morgan. I don't know the ins and outs of OLO but am learn.....
» 1/03/2008 5:42:37 PM Jolanda Without commenting on the validity of your case and getting back to your original.....
» 1/03/2008 5:21:08 PM Subsidies for solar and other energy efficiencies will go a long way in helping us to chan.....
» 1/03/2008 5:06:49 PM Do we really know why the US invaded Iraq? We know there were no WMDs. We know the US isn'.....
» 1/03/2008 4:51:22 PM Without being able to quote any actual statistics - anectdotal evidence would suggest that.....
» 1/03/2008 4:48:31 PM Boaz I don't know anyone who has a problem with this. I agree with Vanilla that Feminazi .....
» 1/03/2008 12:58:58 PM Nick, I must confess a particular dislike for the term 'working families'. As you rightly .....
» 1/03/2008 12:30:46 PM HRS Good grief! You certainly know how to twist what is written to suit your own anti-wome.....
» 29/02/2008 2:48:52 PM Some good points in this link which attributes cause of violence/crime to three major fact.....
» 29/02/2008 9:34:32 AM HRS I was attempting a bit of humour. I have friends whose husbands left them for younge.....
» 29/02/2008 9:28:52 AM Passy and HenryVIII I concur heartily. The Public Service for all its selection criteria .....
» 29/02/2008 8:56:04 AM HRS that sounds terribly bitter, what if the woman had said: "Dearest would you like.....
» 29/02/2008 8:39:23 AM I think some people are missing the point. If someone was to burgle your house and take aw.....
» 29/02/2008 8:28:23 AM I don't think many would argue that a pure Socialist State is the ideal for Australia (we .....
» 28/02/2008 7:32:14 PM Boaz, I wonder if you would consider the Crusades an extremist act? Would you consider it.....
» 28/02/2008 8:53:22 AM I Love My Country "The structure of the AFP is such that the ACT Policing function i.....
» 28/02/2008 8:23:39 AM Melinda, footballers do seem to come from another planet. I wonder if it is the 'God' like.....
» 27/02/2008 10:37:40 PM Hello I Love My Country From my understanding, ComCar drivers know more dirt on the polli.....
» 27/02/2008 10:18:51 PM Passy Chile is a good example. Documents reveal that the trucking strike which helped to .....
» 27/02/2008 9:57:01 PM Whitty I re-read the article again to make sure I had not missed anything. The studies qu.....
» 26/02/2008 10:24:42 PM Hi amphibious Rudd has stated he is striving for a more honest, accoutable and transparen.....
» 26/02/2008 10:16:58 PM Demos, we have a smidgeon of democracy that comes with our vote as you say. The November e.....
» 26/02/2008 7:19:50 PM Cutting the minimum wage while the costs of living are spiralling would seem a reckless an.....
» 26/02/2008 6:51:44 PM I knew I would cop flak over that one but so be it. Read back through the posts Whitty yo.....
» 26/02/2008 4:08:33 PM Foxy and Pericles, thanks for your input. Yes we all thought it a bit bizarre at the time .....
» 26/02/2008 3:56:26 PM Some of the posts are overly reactive and emotional by arguing that an attack on violent p.....
» 26/02/2008 10:05:06 AM Population predictions below: http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/ABS@.nsf/0/1647509ef7e25faaca.....
» 25/02/2008 8:31:35 PM Bazz I did read that article thanks and I imagine you are right - not many politicians cou.....
» 25/02/2008 5:11:59 PM TRTL Not only the AFP, ASIO, ASIS and DFAT but as you say parts of DEF including DSD, DIG.....
» 25/02/2008 4:21:43 PM Pericles I don't know what a troll is but I am assuming you are asking whether I am on th.....
» 25/02/2008 2:10:03 PM I agree with both Pericle's and Boaz's comments. In relation to this part of the ASymeona.....
» 25/02/2008 1:48:42 PM I agree with much of what you say in your article Bruce. I might add that there is much o.....
» 25/02/2008 10:25:47 AM The only thing we can be sure of if we accept peak oil is upon us, is that if alternatives.....
» 24/02/2008 7:18:24 PM I don't generally agree with Col on politics/economics but I have to agree with him on thi.....
» 24/02/2008 7:11:09 PM Don't forget that while we are able to practice Freedom of Speech we also have laws that p.....
» 24/02/2008 6:51:47 PM I agree that there are those that will always exploit the system and will not behave with .....
» 24/02/2008 6:42:05 PM I have to agree with Danielle. Many older people were raised to believe that they worked a.....
» 23/02/2008 9:33:04 PM I am not completely disagreeing with you Yabby in that I also believe people have to take .....
» 23/02/2008 5:50:18 PM Yabby you are purposely misconstruing what I have said to suit your argment. Does gambling.....
» 23/02/2008 4:36:32 PM Ginx, I am fairly new to OLO and not aware of any restrictions other than when I tried to .....
» 23/02/2008 3:44:59 PM Ginx said: "I will adjust my earlier phrase accordingly: "Freedom of Speech is m.....
» 23/02/2008 3:16:06 PM If you have ever worked with poor people,those struggling to make ends meet on low wages o.....
» 23/02/2008 2:45:34 PM Yabby I don't know whether to take you seriously or not. You can't believe that the workin.....
» 23/02/2008 2:34:18 PM Thanks for your response Jolanda. I do understand what you are going through and you are s.....
» 22/02/2008 2:19:14 PM Yabby, the difference is that the poor do not have at their disposal the income to be able.....
» 22/02/2008 1:57:26 PM I don't know much about this issue Jolanda and I can see you feel very strongly about your.....
» 22/02/2008 1:40:26 PM Not negating the other work that the heart foundation performs, I have to agree with Candi.....
» 22/02/2008 10:03:26 AM Hi PALEIF Did you read the part about a sustainable population which is essential to mini.....
» 21/02/2008 6:27:16 PM BD Now I have heard everything. Are you really declaring that the self-righteous extreme .....
» 21/02/2008 6:13:22 PM I thought the Rudds were sending their son to Radford but we get the point. How do you c.....
» 21/02/2008 1:24:56 PM Another way to look at this is: Most people appear to accept that global warming (GW)is o.....
» 21/02/2008 1:08:04 PM Hi dickie, I am in complete agreement with you on the subject of cloven hooves and the eff.....
» 21/02/2008 9:34:15 AM Humans have always put themselves first over animals but in reality we are all part of one.....
» 21/02/2008 9:10:56 AM Unbelievable. Isn't this parenting by proxy? Being able to watch your child on a webcam is.....
» 21/02/2008 8:55:14 AM It is always sad to see people using PC accusations to stifle debate. You can see this in .....
» 21/02/2008 8:34:56 AM Perhaps banks need to take responsibility too and make the lending criteria more realistic.....
» 17/02/2008 2:30:00 PM Hi Romany and Foxy The rise of Islamic fundamentalism is one factor that influences our j.....
» 17/02/2008 10:07:09 AM Yes we humans are a funny lot. We consume, consume, consume until our resources diminish, .....
» 17/02/2008 9:26:08 AM OLO really does tackle the big issues. :).....
» 17/02/2008 9:22:16 AM Foxy Most reasonable people don't have a prejudice against Muslims or any cultural/religi.....
» 16/02/2008 9:06:28 AM Such a divisive tool this Religion. On the Archbishop's website it is clear he was not ad.....
» 16/02/2008 8:31:16 AM Danielle You make some good points. The effects of disempowerment are not unique to Abori.....
» 16/02/2008 8:15:12 AM While I wholeheartedley agree with the sentiments raised in this article I am pessimistic .....
» 13/02/2008 5:08:09 PM We are all guilty of this at times - through the very reasons you mention Gibo - that of o.....
» 12/02/2008 6:33:43 PM Even if this science takes off we will always need men if for nothing more than genetic di.....
» 12/02/2008 6:28:54 PM To respond to some of the statements made: Racism was probably a survival mechanism when .....
» 12/02/2008 6:07:03 PM Gosh some of you are cynical (I can be too sometimes :)) The summit is about discussing i.....
» 12/02/2008 8:47:50 AM Well said DavidJS. Difficult isn't it on just how to change a deeply ingrained mindset and.....
» 12/02/2008 8:34:12 AM Yabby, these are complex issues and tariffs are not perfect mechanisms but is the current .....
» 11/02/2008 9:41:01 PM Yabby have a look at these links: http://www.tradewatchoz.org/guide/econ_glob.html and; .....
» 11/02/2008 1:33:29 PM You do make some valid points yabby - the consumer is king and when there is choice the co.....
» 11/02/2008 8:47:46 AM There is no doubt that some children that were removed from Aboriginal communities in days.....
» 11/02/2008 8:12:52 AM Yabby While I don't disagree with everything you said in the post I have to say that remo.....
» 10/02/2008 12:21:45 PM Some good points on here already. I am always surprised that teaching isn't given the high.....
» 9/02/2008 6:46:22 PM I am probably a bit like you David BOAZ in wanting a middle ground (if I have understood y.....
» 9/02/2008 1:48:10 PM Cracking down on banks if only that were true. Spin is rife on both sides of politics and .....
» 7/02/2008 7:12:32 PM While making changes to reduce waste, the real problem is overpopulation and unless we add.....
» 7/02/2008 7:01:10 PM The idea of a national curriculum is a good one and would make education a national priori.....
» 4/02/2008 9:22:54 AM <Pelican, religion, politics and sex are the only really interesting topics to talk abo.....
» 3/02/2008 7:25:39 PM That is truly awful and of course both Australian and British governments should provide j.....
» 3/02/2008 7:12:54 PM Foxy An interesting question. I am not sure how a minority party might give voice to mig.....
» 3/02/2008 6:44:15 PM Gosh some of the responses are pretty hate filled on this forum. Despite the failures of.....
» 3/02/2008 6:19:15 PM Do you remember the old saying that polite dinner conversation should not include politics.....
» 2/02/2008 8:35:49 AM Col and Whitty have a point. The problem may lie in the modern myth of Having It All (to p.....
» 1/02/2008 11:58:02 PM And moreover...are we being fed untruths on interest rates and inflation etc - is it a cas.....
» 1/02/2008 11:37:53 PM It is an interesting question whether humans could behave altruistically without the prese.....
» 1/02/2008 11:18:09 PM It is interesting to note the outcry when the "vulnerable" (meaning the poorest).....
» 1/02/2008 10:18:22 PM Hi George No force makes me explain against my will - just sharing a portion of my experie.....
» 31/01/2008 9:27:28 PM The human species will be forever on an evolutionary journey -religion is just a hangover .....
» 31/01/2008 8:56:50 PM A few questions: Are any Super foods that might help in keeping healthier in old age or a.....
» 31/01/2008 8:48:41 PM But what would I eat? I don't consume land animals. I'm having a bit of lend but one coul.....
» 31/01/2008 4:20:47 PM I am in my middle years and still not sure how a feminist or feminism is defined. In the s.....
» 9/11/2007 2:27:42 PM Yes - it should be written that all parties produce a pre-election paper outlining their b.....
» 8/11/2007 11:02:39 AM DEMOS I agree with you about biology but if someone is reading the News do we need to be .....
» 7/11/2007 6:29:34 PM spritegal Of course we all have faults and excesses - we are not perfect - I am not sure .....
» 7/11/2007 5:56:24 PM What an unbelievably selfish article. Many people who work in charities and frontline gove.....
» 7/11/2007 5:48:10 PM The 'vote Howard out' camp do not want a carbon copy of the Liberal Party and maybe Rudd w.....
» 7/11/2007 5:36:03 PM Sadly, this is really nothing new. This bias does permeate the media and with that our liv.....
» 1/11/2007 10:51:17 AM Human beings are capable of contributing positively to the ecoystem as well but with ever .....
» 1/11/2007 10:35:47 AM What is an educated society? Will we be more educated and will socieites be better if we a.....
» 1/11/2007 10:14:50 AM As much as I hate labels, politically we have shifted to the far right of politics under t.....
» 1/11/2007 9:47:14 AM If we forget for a moment the definition of poverty and just look at what is happening in .....
» 7/10/2007 2:15:39 PM The Citizenship Test is purely window dressing to win votes using the fear factor and some.....
» 22/09/2007 3:09:34 PM Law and order concerns are not owned by the right or the left side of politics. Citizens h.....
» 13/09/2007 7:27:01 PM It is amazing how quickly we forget. Many of my friends who were Liberal voters and now ch.....
» 12/09/2007 1:08:47 PM Rising incomes are not indicative of an increase in the standard of living until you compa.....
» 12/09/2007 12:52:15 PM I have to agree with an earlier post that Rudd's popularity is due more to the increasing .....
» 12/09/2007 9:04:55 AM Don't forget the Senate. The only way either major party won't believe in the idea of a ma.....
» 12/09/2007 8:52:50 AM Whether Howard stays at the realm or another fills his shoes will make no difference at th.....
» 12/09/2007 8:40:40 AM The posts already made above show just what a difficult problem drugs pose. I am no expert.....
» 9/09/2007 4:27:51 PM I too am tired of hearing how good the current government is at 'managing the economy'. It.....
» 9/09/2007 4:11:07 PM As a public servant working in Canberra, I feel strongly about whistleblower protection la.....

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