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» 21/01/2020 8:26:22 PM "We also note that you just had to go on holiday outside Australia. I guess that is b.....
» 27/03/2019 3:16:32 PM Is it Opposite Day Alan?.....
» 27/03/2019 3:02:36 PM Shadow Minister, I wonder sometimes if they understand how rarely that claim is actually t.....
» 27/03/2019 6:37:41 AM Belly have you looked at job creation number in the Us recently. Personally I think all t.....
» 26/03/2019 2:18:55 PM Belly I wish there was as much passion from the left to dig deep for wrongdoing when it’s .....
» 26/03/2019 4:42:08 AM Seriously? We can't see the report yet but given the leaking that went on from Muller's te.....
» 25/03/2019 8:29:39 PM Belly, I think for some on both sides it's a thing to hang onto rather than any particular.....
» 25/03/2019 8:09:32 PM "We do not need folk with Alt-Right views disseminating them at our universities.&quo.....
» 24/03/2019 6:04:55 PM Belly "Armchair critic, you oldmate, in claiming anyone interested in the other view .....
» 16/03/2019 8:46:18 PM A really vile tragedy with indisputable political elements milked by Paul, Foxy, Steel (th.....
» 15/03/2019 2:40:03 PM This. So wish we had images here. http://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/1280x868/https%3A%2F%.....
» 15/03/2019 9:20:28 AM Rising minimum wages are not the only factor at play here but a significant contributor to.....
» 14/03/2019 9:42:13 PM Minimum wage is also a way to make to poorly qualified unemployable for a first job. A way.....
» 18/02/2019 4:41:13 PM Loudmouth "What with Manafort, etc., etc., having been found guilty of conspiring wit.....
» 11/02/2019 3:55:22 PM It's worth understanding this concept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution I.....
» 31/01/2019 2:31:20 PM ttbn I thought Foxy’s comment was relevant. More relevant if the main point of my post had.....
» 31/01/2019 1:26:41 PM Ttbn, that may be in part my fault. Reacting to the over generalised use of the term Nazi .....
» 31/01/2019 10:28:54 AM Well said Binoy......
» 31/01/2019 6:59:04 AM I’m personally not too concerned about what day we set aside to celebrate out nation. I ca.....
» 12/01/2019 1:45:16 PM The author may be correct in the points he makes however the omission of the abuse of the .....
» 29/11/2018 12:01:43 PM John Jarrett (the actor) I's reportedly going to stand trial for an alleged 1976 rape. The.....
» 8/07/2018 7:42:52 PM Foxy how effective Gillard was at pushing her agenda vs the treatment she received being u.....
» 8/07/2018 7:07:17 PM "However she was treated in a manner that was unprecedented in the history of Austral.....
» 7/07/2018 3:16:07 PM Sexist and misandry would be a more apt summation especially of the view that Gillard copp.....
» 7/07/2018 2:12:25 PM Foxy I'm well aware that the corporate media run that line as well. A bunch of people agre.....
» 6/07/2018 9:22:57 PM Foxy I don't think being the first female PM should have got her a free pass from what app.....
» 6/07/2018 3:18:42 PM Foxy, you lived in those times as well. I'm no fan of Abbott but from my perspective much.....
» 3/07/2018 6:33:36 PM If the discussion went down as claimed then it seems to me that Leyonhjelm has done himsel.....
» 2/07/2018 8:58:05 PM It does appear that it was supposed to have had a hearing on June 19 but I can't find from.....
» 25/06/2018 9:08:06 PM "Then there are people with a deeply ingrained sense of social justice and a fierce d.....
» 22/06/2018 8:33:18 PM For those doing the "bad Trump" thing who are sure it would be so much better if.....
» 9/06/2018 8:32:47 AM "Trump and his supporters are not a source of information to be trusted support Foxy .....
» 6/06/2018 7:36:31 PM Foxy even if you do accept your view on the impacts of Trumps programs (I'm not a big fan .....
» 31/05/2018 5:22:17 PM Interesting that a significant aspect of the sub title to the article didn't get touched i.....
» 30/05/2018 6:16:22 PM Foxy the disability toilets that are not gender specific are generally single occupant. Wh.....
» 30/05/2018 6:06:41 PM Hi Belly, really pleased to see you back. I'm somewhat sporadic on OLO these day's. Seem t.....
» 29/05/2018 9:00:25 PM Tony hard to see any valid reasons for segregated toilets based on the debate in the US bu.....
» 29/05/2018 6:20:32 PM Foxy I think the bigger issue is that the progressive left has opposed any checks and bala.....
» 29/05/2018 2:17:04 PM I'm assuming that David is someone who cares for the British Labour Party and is concerned.....
» 28/05/2018 7:30:22 PM These are taken from the web but in keeping with the recent direction of the thread - What.....
» 25/05/2018 9:19:05 PM Foxy I'm of the view that a lot of those things you describe are more likely to be require.....
» 23/05/2018 9:23:13 PM Foxy, I see your point. I'm though am much more concerned with diversity of opinion than p.....
» 23/05/2018 4:57:35 PM Foxy while I can see the appeal in your views I'm much more concerned with being represent.....
» 22/05/2018 7:57:47 PM Foxy I don't think the gender/race/sexual orientation of any of those matter to me as long.....
» 22/05/2018 5:06:34 PM Emotional Abuse and Control - 80% of individuals have perpetrated emotional abuse - Emotio.....
» 22/05/2018 5:05:05 PM The point was made earlier that police stats are not a reliable indicator of occurrence. T.....
» 22/05/2018 4:17:42 PM There was an interesting discussion recent on The Rubin Report which in part covered unint.....
» 22/02/2018 7:06:19 PM My impression is that he is not a "conservative". I don't think terms like Left .....
» 20/02/2018 4:47:41 PM I have definite concerns over publicising details of the others involved in this but in re.....
» 27/12/2017 6:42:17 AM ALTRAV, I think to current focus on this covers a range of scenarios. There are genuine ab.....
» 26/12/2017 7:59:29 PM ALTRAV, it very clear that some have used their power and networks to ensure that anybody .....
» 30/11/2017 8:41:36 PM I voted for the proposal but with serious misgivings based on concerns about views such as.....
» 30/08/2017 4:35:51 PM "perverting the marriage act will just encourage more into the homosexual lifestyle&q.....
» 30/08/2017 4:19:54 PM I intent to vote Yes on this one but am not happy with the limited choices available. My p.....
» 4/08/2017 4:28:48 PM EmperorJulian I largely agree other than the aspect that the definitions of rape are under.....
» 2/08/2017 10:25:22 PM EmperorJulian, so I would have thought but a US CDC survey gives some results on the topic.....
» 25/07/2017 6:42:42 PM I would like to know what correlation there is between viewing images and actual assault o.....
» 26/06/2017 7:34:48 PM Sam Harris covers part of the story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ToLv3rt1M Also w.....
» 20/06/2017 6:51:19 PM Bazz your opening post and some comments since appear to be applauding the attack. Suggest.....
» 20/06/2017 5:02:06 PM No Bazz, I got that point. Wondering how you think that will pan out over time if it's rep.....
» 20/06/2017 3:34:49 PM Hasbeen I don't consider it an either or situation. There is in my view a serious incompat.....
» 19/06/2017 6:48:24 PM Bazz if you are referring to the events in London tonight there is no indication that any .....
» 12/06/2017 7:00:45 PM I'd be strongly opposed to the internment of people based on faith alone. Not so much if t.....
» 9/06/2017 7:30:21 PM ajae whilst some who are a little more used to forums where the moderators shut down disse.....
» 9/06/2017 7:13:21 PM ttbn, the silence thing did seem rude however at the same time the wording I heard for the.....
» 15/05/2017 7:47:02 PM CHERFUL tries to equate the history of western countries with cultures built on very diffe.....
» 10/05/2017 8:06:01 PM One of the things that sticks out with the churches struggles over same sex relationships .....
» 10/05/2017 6:39:45 PM doog, a few possible reasons for you to consider. - Mental instability (some people live i.....
» 22/03/2017 5:30:18 PM McCackie, neither are the men involved from a monastery. I've no doubt that some do as yo.....
» 21/03/2017 9:07:48 PM My political leanings are much more to the right than left but there are some on the left .....
» 21/03/2017 8:19:51 PM McCackie, I doubt any of us know enough detail to suggest that the accidental part is not .....
» 20/03/2017 7:33:23 PM Killarney, nothing neat in any of it. As someone with largely right leaning views I think .....
» 20/03/2017 5:35:43 PM I doubt that Abbott defines a new conservatism. Rather at most one aspect of the fracturin.....
» 20/03/2017 4:57:13 PM Anti-Colonial. From what I can see of it the most prolific of the anti-Trump rhetoric is f.....
» 20/03/2017 11:38:30 AM "it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish his genuine missteps from their man.....
» 20/03/2017 11:29:34 AM I've not followed the stories closely enough to get a good feel for what coercion means in.....
» 12/03/2017 9:15:47 PM A key part of this thread that's bothered me is the way it's phrased repeatedly as though .....
» 6/03/2017 7:12:42 PM phanto the more credible question is to ask what happens when you have massive social and .....
» 28/02/2017 2:07:42 PM I'm reminded of a comment by Steven Crowder when challenged about the racial mix of a pane.....
» 27/02/2017 6:56:34 PM I'm undecided if I agree with Foxy's take on this or not. http://www.amyspiers.com.au/aut.....
» 27/02/2017 11:28:05 AM I'm pretty confident that any argument that claims to be about "protecting women".....
» 22/02/2017 8:51:27 PM Armchair Critic, I've seen a lot of different stuff around it. I think there is enough ma.....
» 22/02/2017 5:54:15 PM Allan according to John Pilger 9 or the worlds top 10 arms companies were contributors to .....
» 21/02/2017 8:35:47 PM diver dan, two main objections - The state should not steal peoples assets and give them t.....
» 21/02/2017 6:37:21 PM I suspect that how Trump performs in the US and the status of Brexit may end up being fact.....
» 21/02/2017 6:11:54 PM I have to wonder about the argument that pre-nups would take a lot of the courts time. Per.....
» 20/02/2017 11:04:49 AM "Where are the reality shows, movies, drama and fiction aimed at men for the same rea.....
» 20/02/2017 5:46:07 AM Killarney it's some years since my own direct experience with the court aspect of it. I'll.....
» 17/02/2017 9:35:18 PM On the face of it the idea of GPS tracking of proven high risk offenders in a whole range .....
» 1/02/2017 4:55:37 PM "The suggestion that a supermajority of congress men of whom a majority are republica.....
» 30/01/2017 5:36:04 PM I've been pondering a response elsewhere to the question of removal. A few points. - My .....
» 26/01/2017 7:07:16 PM Armchair Critic, I'm not in favour of people being required to pay for the results of othe.....
» 26/01/2017 6:33:35 PM "its first post-truth President" That's quite the stretch I think. It's first, .....
» 25/01/2017 9:33:37 PM phanto, I'm undecided about the majority vote part. On the count of votes Trump didn't get.....
» 25/01/2017 7:55:14 PM Shadow "A year from now you might really have something to protest about, but having .....
» 22/01/2017 8:00:14 PM From my own values system, it's not saying anything admirable about either. No big surpris.....
» 22/01/2017 6:15:51 PM "I, for one, will be grabbing the first pussy that takes my fancy the next time I'm i.....
» 9/01/2017 7:01:02 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LSDjeaReu4.....
» 24/12/2016 2:39:35 PM A lot of "false news" seems to be simple click bait to score hits and I assume c.....
» 19/12/2016 8:50:20 PM Cossomby nicely said. R0bert.....
» 18/12/2016 8:47:02 PM Definitions of fake news do I suspect depend a lot on the bias's of the person making the .....
» 8/12/2016 6:42:39 PM Given the disaster that US foreign policy in the middle east has been and contributed to i.....
» 28/11/2016 2:08:33 PM Interesting perspectives. I read it liking the fact that Tristan attempted to bring balanc.....
» 21/11/2016 7:20:38 PM Hilly I agree with most of your post except the last line reflects the big issue with this.....
» 18/11/2016 2:03:56 PM Mixed views on this. Firstly the author has gone to pains to portray a crisis and appears.....
» 17/11/2016 10:03:00 AM And is was the DNC and its not so much at arms length supporting organisations caught on v.....
» 16/11/2016 12:36:55 PM Not enough across current rules in schools to know what's still an issue. I get the impres.....
» 13/11/2016 8:50:37 AM There is an aspect to the stifling of free speech that's generally legal, quite hard to ar.....
» 12/11/2016 7:34:19 AM I'm seeing a mix of commentary from the left post election. Some is very good pointing to .....
» 10/11/2016 6:06:34 PM Alan B. I'm undecided what parts of his campaign he was sincere about. Some parts I hope n.....
» 9/11/2016 6:29:10 PM It appears that the question that started this thread has been answered in the negative. T.....
» 8/11/2016 7:05:01 PM Perhaps Sells or others who share his viewpoint could point the the time and place in hist.....
» 4/11/2016 10:00:08 AM Armchair Critic, you might find this article interesting.https://www.thenation.com/article.....
» 3/11/2016 7:22:21 PM I suspect an element of planned scam. Fines are an important revenue stream and it's an ea.....
» 3/11/2016 7:12:37 PM "Ah yes Julian, females do many things, except rape their male partners. Sigh, weep. .....
» 1/11/2016 8:03:48 PM A long but very interesting panel discussion held at New Saint Andrews College is on youtu.....
» 1/11/2016 8:30:10 AM I can understand the issue with a clear bright line but also think the real issue is conse.....
» 31/10/2016 9:47:13 AM Not enough known yet about the emails but from my understanding the earlier investigation .....
» 30/10/2016 6:48:24 PM Killarney well said. R0bert.....
» 30/10/2016 10:48:30 AM Alan B you need to read a lot more carefully. While investigating allegations of a former .....
» 28/10/2016 11:12:25 AM "However to suggest someone is wrong for upholding their right under the law is just .....
» 28/10/2016 9:42:37 AM For those thinking that Clinton was cleared by the FBI's probe into the use of a private s.....
» 28/10/2016 9:27:21 AM I am somewhat staggered at the ability of so many to ignore the massive weight of history .....
» 28/10/2016 8:58:30 AM I've not followed the legal aspects of this case but do have some views on the overall top.....
» 26/10/2016 8:29:27 PM In regard to the Veritas Videos there is an interesting substantiation of a number of the .....
» 26/10/2016 7:45:24 PM And then there is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uElelx7rnbg very weird. R0bert.....
» 26/10/2016 7:34:07 PM Michael Moore's take on why some voters embrace Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKeY.....
» 26/10/2016 2:21:08 PM Trump and Hanson supporters are generally ill-informed reactionaries who just want to blam.....
» 26/10/2016 1:26:37 PM Armchair Critic, given the documented criminal history of Robert Creamer the access he had.....
» 26/10/2016 10:07:30 AM Armchair Critic have you seen any independent summary of the Robert Creamer story. As I un.....
» 25/10/2016 6:10:39 PM Craig "but the type of thinking that allows decent people to come to the view that he.....
» 24/10/2016 8:45:08 PM From some of the posts friends have been putting on social media it certainly looks like t.....
» 22/10/2016 10:18:49 AM A little dated now and about the other Clinton but I think worthwhile for those who only f.....
» 19/10/2016 6:14:22 PM ttbn, oddly though I've seen entirely different versions of the rebuttal of the number. T.....
» 19/10/2016 5:57:31 PM In the government report on family homicide I linked to earlier it points out that in the .....
» 18/10/2016 5:48:25 PM CHERFUL a fairly heartless response. Anybody who takes their own life other than to esca.....
» 17/10/2016 9:07:56 PM A coverage of domestic/family homicide in Australia http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cur.....
» 17/10/2016 5:07:08 AM FYI the full video is on her page http://www.jill2016.com/ I was interested in the contex.....
» 16/10/2016 6:25:12 PM Armcahir Critic, this one is in my view a better cut of Jill Stein's comments. https://w.....
» 16/10/2016 6:05:31 PM Part 2 I don't see feminists condemning the women who think playing "hard to get&quo.....
» 16/10/2016 6:02:59 PM I've Been pondering a response to the promoting fear comment in regard to what I've read o.....
» 16/10/2016 11:42:20 AM "Fact. No Republican ever owned a slave." - from what I can tell close but some .....
» 10/10/2016 6:33:07 PM Having spent some more time looking at the comments I am finding it hard to imagine Trump .....
» 9/10/2016 6:31:42 PM I don't have any sense on how the US presidential race will turn out. I think both Trump .....
» 9/10/2016 6:20:08 PM It would need to be a very wide ranging review, Royal Commission or otherwise. At the hea.....
» 26/09/2016 10:08:52 AM Paul I don't want to get tied up in diverting the discussion too much into the broader pol.....
» 26/09/2016 6:19:56 AM Part 3 Motivation Male and female IPV perpetrated from similar motives – primarily to g.....
» 26/09/2016 6:19:00 AM Part 2 Facts and Statistics on Context Bi-directional vs. Uni-directional Among large p.....
» 26/09/2016 6:16:59 AM Paul asked earlier " Are you suggesting women are not the predominant victims of DV? .....
» 20/09/2016 4:04:16 AM SteeleRedux, in regard to Foxy I didn't include her in the not coping with contrary views .....
» 19/09/2016 8:35:40 PM "this trio are of the fairer sex" - that should not itself matter in an adult si.....
» 12/09/2016 9:07:41 PM Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) wrote a blog piece on this http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1502.....
» 9/09/2016 7:33:27 PM I have a number of progressive friends who routinely post on social media bagging Trump bu.....
» 3/09/2016 10:37:06 AM " Unfortunately, the path towards overturning convention in this way, is becoming lit.....
» 2/09/2016 9:57:23 AM Joe, I support people being allowed to wear as little or as much as they want to the beach.....
» 2/09/2016 8:44:17 AM "what will be the damage to a NORMAL society, by granting the concession" A cou.....
» 2/09/2016 8:15:02 AM Joe, some great posts on this thread. I've been pondering the issue of the range of toler.....
» 1/09/2016 7:13:34 PM William from my perspective that pattern of disconnect from principle seems to be core to .....
» 1/09/2016 6:48:38 PM Jardine K. Jardine, made the point early, The government needs to get out of attempts to r.....
» 17/08/2016 7:21:27 PM I could not see where the article addressed the title. The authors moral agency is not bei.....
» 3/08/2016 7:08:03 PM "They might be happily married with a good sexual relationship at home but they still.....
» 3/08/2016 5:05:15 PM The issue that bugs me most in this is not the existence of paedophile priests. They like .....
» 2/08/2016 6:48:34 PM ttbn "I would stake my life on most Catholic priests being like most of us: decent pe.....
» 27/07/2016 9:53:03 PM JBowyer, I've certainly seen some speaking out. I've also seen Muslims visible in their su.....
» 27/07/2016 7:54:34 PM There is a lot more to concerns about Islam than just the terrorist groups. There are the.....
» 27/07/2016 6:50:08 PM I've wondered previously how serious Iftikhar and how much of her posts are intended to pr.....
» 24/07/2016 12:52:53 PM Well off topic but I'd read as interesting piece earlier that is relevant to Suseonline an.....
» 23/07/2016 8:37:17 PM "Considering it was the moralising right who decided to destabilise the region by inv.....
» 23/07/2016 8:04:07 PM onthebeach there was another interesting topic buried in the article I linked to in the po.....
» 22/07/2016 6:06:52 PM An article about the previously linked study at https://archive.is/ccDaI R0bert.....
» 22/07/2016 6:02:50 PM An abstract for some interesting experimental research at http://link.springer.com/article.....
» 19/07/2016 9:48:20 AM Rache, I doubt that Sharia Law would be formally acknowledged in our legal system but ther.....
» 18/07/2016 5:18:34 PM Thanks Foxy, cut the bit due to the word limit where I suggested that attempts to do wides.....
» 18/07/2016 3:32:00 PM I doubt that deportation is a genuinely workable option on any scale that would reduce the.....
» 15/07/2016 8:32:48 PM "Warranted" - not really. A situation that was an unfortunate consequence of the.....
» 14/07/2016 8:56:48 PM I would hope our police would deal with it very differently but our police are not operati.....
» 14/07/2016 7:14:42 PM Slight tangent to the original point but I'm of the view that if we have laws where except.....
» 14/07/2016 7:02:09 PM - In a country were a lot of people are allowed to "carry" every police interact.....
» 14/07/2016 6:59:17 PM Clearly there are far to many killings in the USA both amongst civilians and by cops (and .....
» 24/05/2016 6:41:56 PM I don't post much on OLO these days. I've always posted anonymously however Graham has a v.....
» 4/01/2016 7:42:00 PM I think this is a listing of NSW Police special squads http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_.....
» 7/12/2015 7:50:30 PM I was hoping for more from the article. It's a topic that plagues many relationships with .....
» 18/11/2015 10:02:32 PM I don't follow tennis at all but do have a strong impression that there are differences in.....
» 4/11/2015 8:46:02 PM For anybody interested in Poirot's recasting of my posts I'd suggest a look at what I actu.....
» 4/11/2015 9:20:16 AM For those not back checking on Poirots misrepresentation I'll point out that I joined in t.....
» 4/11/2015 8:37:55 AM I know its extremely unlikely to happen on OLO but I'd strongly oppose attempts to silence.....
» 4/11/2015 7:34:40 AM The tactics used by Poirot do get tiring. Pointing out to Roscop my concerns about assumpt.....
» 3/11/2015 9:36:19 PM Roscop, while I agree with what I think the broader point you are making is I do get very .....
» 3/11/2015 8:07:48 PM There was what is suspected to be a murder-suicide on the Gold Coast yesterday. Another tr.....
» 1/11/2015 7:10:16 AM Some bullet points to illustrate the problem of AVO's taken out with very low levels of pr.....
» 1/11/2015 7:09:20 AM Suseonline "I feel sad about the fact there will probably never be any real answers t.....
» 31/10/2015 8:04:11 PM Suseonline the part that scares me more in that scenario is insufficient evidence to jail .....
» 27/10/2015 7:15:19 PM Suseonline posted some numbers under the heading ""Females Majority of Family An.....
» 27/10/2015 7:01:55 PM A number of points I'll try and address. EmperorJulian has made the point about the differ.....
» 26/10/2015 7:52:51 PM Post limit is still going, I'm surprised. For those who might be wondering about the answ.....
» 26/10/2015 7:21:24 PM JF I'm guessing this will be the end of my posts on this thread for a while. Whilst I'd .....
» 26/10/2015 6:28:48 PM Part 3 " Self-defense was endorsed in most samples by only a minority of respondents,.....
» 26/10/2015 6:26:30 PM Part 2 "Facts and Statistics on Context Bi-directional vs. Uni-directional Among l.....
» 26/10/2015 6:24:10 PM Maybe time for some summary material on DV stats from http://www.domesticviolenceresearch......
» 26/10/2015 5:18:43 PM Joe I'm still astounded that you despite your own knowledge of how thoroughly things that .....
» 26/10/2015 7:01:33 AM Those opposed to practical support for male victims of DV regardless of the gender of the .....
» 23/10/2015 4:36:46 PM Or to make it a little more like the situation being discussed we might assume that Toni i.....
» 23/10/2015 11:52:04 AM Joe suicide stats are a tough topic with far to many unknowns. Having had a mildish dose o.....
» 23/10/2015 10:10:12 AM The relationship of suicide rates to DV and not coping with the outcomes of family law and.....
» 22/10/2015 8:40:30 PM It's been interesting watching news coverage and reading online comments about Hazem El Ma.....
» 21/10/2015 4:47:52 PM "Meant no hurt to anyone but violent criminals." - and those you choose to call .....
» 19/10/2015 7:40:42 AM EmperorJulian, "Looking at the publication date, the wording, the restriction to one .....
» 18/10/2015 5:23:46 PM "ortunately Mr Turnbull has no problem knowing what it is" If the PM has a defi.....
» 18/10/2015 10:22:46 AM phanto, I'm struggling to understand what his definition of a Basher is. If it's a thug .....
» 17/10/2015 8:19:32 PM "Answer: Basher lobby is a useful group identifying term for those who are lobbying t.....
» 16/10/2015 10:03:35 AM I think the question out oversight could be handled differently. Judicial oversight is imp.....
» 12/10/2015 8:45:31 PM So at the risk of yet another sidetrack whats the difference between a basher who should b.....
» 12/10/2015 8:23:20 PM Trying to work out the detail on this. I found quite a lot more but from sources that seem.....
» 12/10/2015 8:03:18 PM I wonder how the mix of legislation and employer responsibility fits with deliberately emp.....
» 12/10/2015 6:22:03 PM Hilily "Domestic Violence in every case is about one person taking control of another.....
» 12/10/2015 2:48:46 PM So if you have been paying attention then please explain the question? Looks like you may .....
» 12/10/2015 5:18:41 AM Emperor given that particular aspect has been discussed over and over on this thread its a.....
» 10/10/2015 7:34:31 PM Follow up to the comments re CTS The arguments are well covered in the article I referenc.....
» 9/10/2015 7:06:47 PM I came across a very good paper while trying to track down more material on claims of diff.....
» 9/10/2015 6:54:53 PM EmperorJulian, I do agree that we should not be keeping non-violent offenders in prison an.....
» 9/10/2015 5:13:38 PM Suseonline I don't think the Emperor is planning on letting them out. We will need some re.....
» 9/10/2015 4:37:25 PM Toni, I was thinking more of religious orders where regardless of interest in sex celibacy.....
» 9/10/2015 1:48:56 PM Rhian, odd that you could not get past abstracts on those papers. I'm not a member and can.....
» 9/10/2015 12:02:07 PM doog while I agree in part with the point I think you are trying to make about different s.....
» 8/10/2015 9:09:51 PM Poirot it would help if you actually read my posts and tried to understand what I said rat.....
» 8/10/2015 8:37:40 PM Poirot as I said I don't know the particulars of that case enough to have a view on it. .....
» 8/10/2015 7:07:32 PM I don't know enough detail on the specifics of that particular situation to have formed an.....
» 8/10/2015 6:23:12 PM Not raw data but a paper on the issues around DV research and gender symmetry from one of .....
» 8/10/2015 5:48:16 AM Suseonline I think I've been pretty clear in stating that I think its often both parties c.....
» 7/10/2015 7:13:36 AM Suseonline, my impression is the reverse of yours in terms of perceptions of society takin.....
» 7/10/2015 5:18:08 AM EmperorJulian,maybe the rest of us are more interested than you in seeing it stopped befor.....
» 6/10/2015 9:14:04 PM Suseonline thanks. A few points from that. As I said earlier its the utter failure to give.....
» 6/10/2015 6:35:50 PM Rhian evidence has been covered pretty well on a variety of threads. For an insight into s.....
» 6/10/2015 12:48:54 PM Suseonline thanks for acknowledgingntheir ar male victims. At what point in this thread ha.....
» 5/10/2015 7:30:18 PM "that is not the rhetoric of someone who is genuinely interested in a collaborative e.....
» 5/10/2015 6:10:20 PM The Duluth model is an ideological based rather than evidenced based feminist creation tha.....
» 5/10/2015 6:05:26 PM Just for those who get a little lost in the misdirection http://forum.onlineopinion.com.a.....
» 5/10/2015 6:45:50 AM "My point has always been that I don't really care who writes what about this subject.....
» 4/10/2015 7:53:20 AM "I came here to discuss the current movement which is intent on shutting down attenti.....
» 3/10/2015 8:20:23 PM I've been thinking about my last post and wishing I'd tackled it differently. It was a dig.....
» 3/10/2015 7:52:10 PM "Sigh....as usual this topic degenerates into a feminist hate fest, and nothing much .....
» 3/10/2015 3:10:03 PM EmperorJulian, that is just one of a significant number of studies seeking to understand t.....
» 3/10/2015 10:30:50 AM onthebeach I've been wondering if they will realise that they are overplaying their hand. .....
» 2/10/2015 9:50:06 PM onthebeach you might find this one interesting. Some points I'd not seen before http://ww.....
» 2/10/2015 2:18:37 PM Well put o sung wu. In my view our systems are often run far too much as silos with little.....
» 2/10/2015 12:14:29 PM o sung wu, I had a different take on Suseonline's post. Not that there was any excusing of.....
» 1/10/2015 7:08:13 PM A summary of issues with the Duluth model at http://www.batteredmen.com/batdulut.htm and.....
» 1/10/2015 6:48:52 PM EmperorJulian, so how do you decide who is the violent criminal if the stories conflict an.....
» 1/10/2015 6:38:23 PM "I've yet to read any of you pointing out that the male victims of DV are partly resp.....
» 1/10/2015 2:07:56 PM I'll withdraw the"gloating and celbrating" part if that is the cause of so much .....
» 1/10/2015 7:01:02 AM As Tony stated all DV is horrible regardless of the gender of perpetrator or victim. In my.....
» 30/09/2015 7:12:33 PM Looks like self serving humour and quotes. If anybody else is having trouble with feminis.....
» 30/09/2015 2:17:07 PM I find it intriging how many of the anti-gay arguments get trotted out to attack pluralist.....
» 30/09/2015 5:40:30 AM EmperorJulian without defending the violence I think your apprach is far too simplistic. T.....
» 29/09/2015 9:40:45 PM Bazz you chose to use a statement which in pretty much any reading claims that sexual acti.....
» 29/09/2015 12:02:15 PM Actually Poirot the original starting of the thread was not a demand that we focus just on.....
» 28/09/2015 9:40:04 PM Josephus, perhaps you should have actually read the page at the link you provided. Others .....
» 28/09/2015 9:12:52 PM I think the views around DV are too entrenched for me to get my point across directly. I.....
» 28/09/2015 5:36:04 PM "The whole homosexual arena is a fashion !" Its a very long lasting fashion the.....
» 28/09/2015 5:19:24 PM OK it appears I'd not reached a post limit Poirot, "If you surmised I had missed your.....
» 28/09/2015 1:26:29 PM Poirot " I would like to see the figures - as I doubt that "20" would be th.....
» 28/09/2015 12:38:06 PM Paul I think its in the report, and from memory I referenced it earlier, about 23% of the .....
» 28/09/2015 11:41:24 AM I've read the link and not found any promotion of gendernreassignment, just a paragraph de.....
» 28/09/2015 11:29:22 AM That would be better phrased something like this "Attitudes that trivialise, excuse o.....
» 28/09/2015 11:14:51 AM Poirot as you know how I've spent the entire thread you should have already seen this. It .....
» 28/09/2015 10:14:22 AM Poirot, figures and references covering past years over a sustained period have been provi.....
» 28/09/2015 7:48:38 AM phanto priorities are always a difficult issue but there are some things about violence re.....
» 27/09/2015 7:42:50 PM Unfortunately Doog represents a fairly widespread mentality. One that others who claim to .....
» 26/09/2015 7:34:39 PM Should the Mad Monk, go or stay? In keeping with being like the Labor party he should stay.....
» 26/09/2015 9:33:49 AM Poirot not that I've seen. Nobody in the DV industry seems to care less so the figures don.....
» 26/09/2015 7:05:12 AM "No one denies a percentage of domestic violence victims are male, and they to deserv.....
» 25/09/2015 7:15:25 PM Did anybody actually read onthebeach's post? The terms that are so bothersome to some are .....
» 24/09/2015 9:10:25 PM rechtub, I can't locate recent stats giving the kind of breakdown you mentioned. A report .....
» 24/09/2015 8:45:00 PM The distressing part of all that I've heard so far regarding the initiative is the continu.....
» 23/09/2015 6:54:31 PM O sung wu, you mentioned the disloyalty against Tony Abbott a couple of times in a recent .....
» 21/09/2015 9:38:49 PM "wore his budgie smugglers for all to see" there is plenty to attack Abbott over.....
» 17/09/2015 5:30:33 PM rehctub, I doubt many of those getting more in government support than they pay in tax wil.....
» 15/09/2015 8:09:23 PM rechtub, nicely summed up. I'm less than convinced by Turnbull but hope he can deliver on .....
» 15/09/2015 5:19:32 PM Paul, whilst the points you make are valid I do think to be seen to be fair it is relevant.....
» 15/09/2015 6:53:54 AM "If one man bashes another man to death, do you blame the dead man?" depends on .....
» 14/09/2015 8:11:07 PM "Conservatives are combative." or from another perspective it could be that con.....
» 13/09/2015 6:29:30 PM Louisa I suppose your apparent unwillingness to accept the truth in many of the posts poin.....
» 10/09/2015 6:55:37 PM I'll supply the disclosure part up front. I've never used the services of a paid sex worke.....
» 26/07/2015 7:57:00 AM An item I bought a few of online recently which I could have got locally. A lot of bits th.....
» 9/07/2015 6:44:21 PM The AHRC has a link to some numbers that might be relevant to the discussion https://www......
» 9/07/2015 3:17:34 PM Rhian, the bit that's missing from your proposal is the numbers involved. As I see it th.....
» 8/07/2015 8:57:10 PM In answer to the original question. That Australians don't have much regard for those we c.....
» 8/07/2015 7:01:46 PM "Gay people should have the right to get married. And bigots should have the right to.....
» 8/07/2015 6:11:50 PM I do think we have options however my impression is that the system is stacked in heavily .....
» 8/07/2015 5:19:33 PM o sung wu, you have seen the stats on rates of perpetration when both parties are asked (o.....
» 6/07/2015 5:36:24 PM Jay, if your point is valid then the different directions for crime rates across age brack.....
» 3/07/2015 4:35:15 PM Driving home today I hear that the son of Phil Walsh appears to be suspected of his murder.....
» 26/06/2015 8:38:08 PM I think the opening comments by John Howard in response to a question from David Hicks a p.....
» 25/06/2015 12:48:44 PM "that the young men who are most likely to become radicalised may well be inflamed by.....
» 24/06/2015 9:00:20 PM My impression is that the point made earlier that the changes to the law are primarily dea.....
» 17/06/2015 10:13:02 AM Craig and phanto "R0bert, I'm not comfortable with an argument that goes along the li.....
» 15/06/2015 6:44:56 PM I wonder how the references to actions taken against opponents of same sex marriage would .....
» 5/06/2015 6:31:25 PM Two wrongs don't make a right but I think there is a lot of reaping what you sow in this. .....
» 28/05/2015 8:50:47 PM david f, for the most part I agree with your post except for the bit about putting those k.....
» 28/05/2015 12:46:34 PM Suseonline "are we sure that this obviously nasty Isis fighter's wife and kids raped .....
» 28/05/2015 8:45:29 AM http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/aussie-khaled-sharrouf-teaches-sons-to-torture-g.....
» 28/05/2015 8:19:00 AM Tony I'd not heard that particular story before so went to friend Google to see if I could.....
» 27/05/2015 8:20:42 PM I don't know the background on this paper to make any comment on it's potential biases but.....
» 27/05/2015 7:02:26 PM runner I didn't expect you to get the integrity, keeping your word part. As for "Ye.....
» 27/05/2015 5:12:57 PM This bakery I gather from the "reviews" https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ashe.....
» 24/05/2015 9:00:22 PM I've not been on line much for a few days. Craig I to am appreciating your posts. As I sta.....
» 20/05/2015 10:11:31 PM Roscop, ""Do you think ANY reason at all is a good enough reason to absolve him .....
» 20/05/2015 8:35:34 PM Sarah in particular the second link in http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?articl.....
» 20/05/2015 5:24:58 PM Sarah have you bothered to look at the material I referenced earlier in the thread or are .....
» 18/05/2015 6:24:10 PM Sarah, "These debates were unhelpful in the 1980s and are equally unhelpful now.".....
» 17/05/2015 7:28:51 PM For anyone tempted to be taken in by Suseonline's comments please note my post was a direc.....
» 17/05/2015 12:59:52 PM Part 2 of 2 My response to that and some of Suseonlines earlier posts "Killarney is o.....
» 17/05/2015 12:58:52 PM In earlier posts I've reposted some of Killarneys comments, Sarah either choose not to con.....
» 14/05/2015 9:31:52 AM Longy whilst I agree in principle with your point I don't agree in application. When we al.....
» 12/05/2015 7:26:52 PM Bazz, sorry I'd missed your post from Friday. Not sure where you were heading with the p.....
» 11/05/2015 7:34:52 PM phanto that was well put. Undecided about the offensive belief thing, that probably rides .....
» 11/05/2015 5:16:46 PM Phanto I doubt it's a desire to hurt people. I do think there is a substantial level of bl.....
» 10/05/2015 9:05:13 PM Follow on from some of the previous comments about Government subsidies to green solutions.....
» 10/05/2015 6:29:30 PM Sarah, "Many women are happy to engage with reasonable debate, but are not happy when.....
» 7/05/2015 9:06:39 PM spindoc does it ever occur to you what a particularly unpleasant person you are. Insult fo.....
» 7/05/2015 6:47:09 PM I wish I was as bigger dreamer as Musk, someone who is working to make the world better ra.....
» 7/05/2015 5:58:17 PM Some backup to the claims of Tim Flannery's comments http://www.abc.net.au/landline/conte.....
» 7/05/2015 5:23:10 PM Foxy interesting post. Population does appear to be the big issue in this, I'm not confide.....
» 7/05/2015 3:25:34 PM Bazz, you might start with this article http://au.ask.com/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A.....
» 7/05/2015 11:30:02 AM Sarah the follow up comments on violence in the home. There is a long part of human histo.....
» 7/05/2015 11:24:45 AM Sarah "that the prevalence of men assaulting other men is higher than men assaulting .....
» 7/05/2015 9:49:24 AM Bazz my post was in response the the assertion that the mess that muslim countries are in .....
» 6/05/2015 8:47:56 PM "Do you ever think that maybe the secret services, the CIA, MI5, BND, FSB etc might a.....
» 6/05/2015 8:18:05 PM LEGO the argument based on the current state of Islamic countries ignore the turmoil that .....
» 6/05/2015 7:04:52 PM Sarah, further to my previous post some material on victimisation by strangers. It's diffi.....
» 6/05/2015 6:24:36 PM Sarah, I think the issue of perceived risk and associated fear of walking alone at night i.....
» 5/05/2015 7:15:02 PM "ALL of whom are strongly vocal in their disdain for women in general " another.....
» 5/05/2015 5:10:24 PM Sarah, a couple of points from your response to Roscop I'd like to pick up. "Like Ki.....
» 3/05/2015 7:27:28 PM "Passive-aggressive behavior is the indirect expression of hostility, such as through.....
» 3/05/2015 9:12:09 AM Craig very well put. A difficult subject as many are when you see something of worth being.....
» 1/05/2015 6:06:35 PM An aspect of this that's not mentioned in this is why we need to have so many people trave.....
» 1/05/2015 4:49:50 PM I propose we all (both men and women) work towards equal female representations in in jobs.....
» 30/04/2015 5:46:01 AM The joke is better when its politicians in the punchline. R0bert.....
» 29/04/2015 5:27:41 PM Foxy whilst I'm inclined to accept the view that they have reformed I can also see that th.....
» 28/04/2015 8:59:42 PM Some of the religious fundies are appalled at the idea of having male gay sex normalised. .....
» 28/04/2015 7:33:25 PM Sarah, without wishing to divert you from consideration of the point I made in the previou.....
» 28/04/2015 6:44:48 PM Sarah, interesting that you responed to my comments with "You begin your recent post .....
» 27/04/2015 5:57:47 PM Foxy glad to see you back posting. Not dictionary definitions but I tend to think of an a.....
» 27/04/2015 4:15:55 PM Quite a lot of projection in Killarneys post at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.a.....
» 26/04/2015 8:47:24 PM benk, it also ignore the possibility of link between a range of bullying behaviours and su.....
» 26/04/2015 8:11:33 PM Sarah you have along the way made comments which imply a belief in the standard feminist d.....
» 25/04/2015 5:49:13 PM Craig a couple of great posts thanks. There is much in family law/child support systems a.....
» 22/04/2015 7:05:29 PM Poirot, interesting article however based on the graphs attached hardly conclusive. Those .....
» 22/04/2015 12:44:28 PM My impression is that trying to link individual events to ACC is a belief based approach r.....
» 11/04/2015 5:19:52 PM "Runner, you are the least likely one on this forum to lecture anyone about morals.&q.....
» 10/04/2015 5:18:11 PM I can't see me racing to take life choices advice from Russell Brand funny though he is as.....
» 7/04/2015 9:15:09 PM I suspect most people would like our governments to be far more accountable and open. Unfo.....
» 2/04/2015 8:45:26 PM Roscop do you have references for the points you made about various government payouts? I.....
» 2/04/2015 6:19:32 PM plantagenet, I think there are nails there, just a distinct lack of blood etc https://m.yo.....
» 2/04/2015 3:17:30 PM plantagenet, I appreciate the work that went into capturing the historical detail and the .....
» 2/04/2015 2:42:28 PM Slight correction to my previous post, the section on the resurrection starts just before .....
» 2/04/2015 2:38:35 PM The second half of this video by a former Paster Keith Parsons makes some very interesting.....
» 2/04/2015 12:10:30 PM ACL and other groups muted voices in regard to our unnecessarily adversarial Family Law an.....
» 1/04/2015 4:11:59 PM I'm more concerned by the damage from so called traffic calming devices than potholes......
» 1/04/2015 6:04:51 AM Is Mise, I assume that collision avoidance is at the core of what they are being programme.....
» 31/03/2015 9:11:10 PM The technology does seem to be coming along pretty well. Google have done a lot of miles.....
» 31/03/2015 10:12:23 AM There do seem to be a lot of claims made in the article with no attempt to substantiate th.....
» 29/03/2015 9:25:26 PM Suseonline, my personal opinion is that a history like that should either stop someone fro.....
» 29/03/2015 7:47:59 PM First up declarations of interest. I like Top Gear, went to the live show when it was in B.....
» 29/03/2015 7:10:50 PM OTB as far as I'm aware the parties don't have legal access to peoples criminal records an.....
» 25/03/2015 7:28:15 PM If he wins we will have another member for the group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ja7.....
» 25/03/2015 6:49:23 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf4nlIEHfaU I keep checking the faces to make sure it's n.....
» 18/03/2015 6:41:19 PM Wolly B, the strongest indicators from what I've seen are the usual culprits. Substance ab.....
» 17/03/2015 10:04:14 PM Suseonline, so just which anti-DV adds have you seen that have portrayed a male victim and.....
» 17/03/2015 5:01:40 PM "but surely we should be concentrating firstly on the largest group of perpetrators o.....
» 16/03/2015 8:07:33 PM "like most Australians, I am implacably opposed to the death penalty." and yet a.....
» 12/03/2015 9:18:30 PM Loudmouth I think you may have been looking for 65:4 A discussion on conditions of divorce.....
» 12/03/2015 12:32:26 PM Jay wikipedia has a demographic breakdown for New York City covering the 2006-2008 America.....
» 12/03/2015 7:12:30 AM Interesting read on an Afghani female taxi driver "Afghanistan's only woman taxi driv.....
» 10/03/2015 9:21:52 PM " This idiot does not know that never in the history of mankind a place has ever been.....
» 10/03/2015 9:03:41 PM Rhian, well said. One of the major dangers in the whole debate is that many of those mos.....
» 10/03/2015 7:44:35 PM I'm not a fan of the death penalty, it's difficult to undo but I do disagree with the auth.....
» 10/03/2015 12:32:03 PM "other aims to scare the gullible that they will get up one morning and see Shariah i.....
» 6/03/2015 5:46:25 PM Jay if the scale and intensity of reaction is anything to go by drawing cartoons is appare.....
» 6/03/2015 5:24:24 PM Guy's most of them probably think the Torres Strait near Wollongong somewhere. Or for ano.....
» 4/03/2015 9:28:09 PM Jay that just cost me 1/2 an hour. Started looking at videos about Jimmy Saville after tha.....
» 4/03/2015 12:19:45 PM The link I found to what appeared to be the video was broken. Has anybody found a working .....
» 4/03/2015 9:57:44 AM "The state, as a collective of individuals, should not generally have moral rights th.....
» 3/03/2015 7:37:35 PM Jay I tend to the view that it's paternalistic. I suspect many of us male and female in ou.....
» 3/03/2015 5:38:53 PM Joe, nicely said. R0bert.....
» 3/03/2015 5:29:22 PM "It is absolutely disgusting that Batty was made Australian of the Year" Dane I.....
» 3/03/2015 11:53:28 AM " but I do think there is a collective social responsibility to help secure better ou.....
» 3/03/2015 10:12:07 AM Much of this discussion keeps dropping back to tactics used by ChazP sometime back on OLO .....
» 3/03/2015 10:06:32 AM vr041 referenced some material early. Might be worth referenceing some more for those genu.....
» 3/03/2015 5:57:00 AM AP news had an article that covered some of the issues which I think sums it up fairly wel.....
» 2/03/2015 7:42:50 PM "They were silent when their was 2000 children and many drownings but that regressive.....
» 2/03/2015 6:52:44 PM "Why Anderson did that, or what else happened to him before that day is hardly the po.....
» 2/03/2015 5:18:47 PM Rhosty do you have links to evidence of the claims about thermal imaging for lie/truth det.....
» 1/03/2015 7:58:17 PM "given that NC is a Moslem and he has said several times that he does not see the wor.....
» 1/03/2015 6:35:12 PM Parts of this debate point back to a fundamental flaw in our legal system. All to often ge.....
» 28/02/2015 1:43:20 PM "Given it remains impossible to give informed consent while drunk or drugged; and giv.....
» 25/02/2015 5:35:43 PM Rhian "As a Christian, I may feel the inquisition was a vile perversion of Christian .....
» 24/02/2015 8:54:16 PM '"taxable revenue" does not exist, while "taxable profits" do.' Inter.....
» 24/02/2015 7:51:03 PM Does anybody have access to the relevant figures for Middle Percy Island? Currently the o.....
» 21/02/2015 10:48:27 AM YEBIGA "Did you know john Howard is being charged as we speak for war crimes at the i.....
» 21/02/2015 9:35:06 AM LEGO "Grow a brain." "David Hicks is a traitor just like Philby, Burgess, M.....
» 20/02/2015 5:40:23 PM For me there are two parts to this that stick out. 1/ The way western legal systems opera.....
» 7/02/2015 7:49:48 PM "Why can’t they just get on with business without causing all of this disruption. Why.....
» 5/02/2015 9:45:33 AM I'm not going to take any joy out of their deaths but I do take the view that they had a c.....
» 3/02/2015 5:24:57 PM I was surprised about the things the LNP wasn't running in their election advertising. Lot.....
» 2/02/2015 6:39:09 PM Not much chance of a referendum getting up on this topic so that aspect is mostly a moot p.....
» 31/01/2015 9:12:38 AM I read the list of examples and wondered how often such examples are actually used, especi.....
» 28/01/2015 7:31:59 AM "wimpy and crazy left liberals like yourself", impressive. Do you ever actually .....
» 27/01/2015 8:14:22 PM Rhosty, the bigger problem for me is accountability and limiting their use to targets who .....
» 24/01/2015 9:35:33 AM Craig "To be honest, I simply can't see that most of your arguments have validity. &q.....
» 23/01/2015 2:09:29 PM spindoc, perhaps "big picture" was the wrong term for what I was trying to do. N.....
» 23/01/2015 11:08:45 AM Spindoc http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=17006#300150 Given you would.....
» 23/01/2015 9:14:22 AM spindoc, now you have me intrigued. You attacked me very strongly for posts which in my vi.....
» 22/01/2015 4:30:51 PM halduell, that topic has been covered many times. Somewhat off topic but I think enough re.....
» 22/01/2015 7:21:53 AM George, from what I've seen of Charlies cartoons many would be deeply offensive to most mu.....
» 20/01/2015 6:17:22 AM Bazz, I'm more concerned about the threat posed by out of control government than by the r.....
» 19/01/2015 7:12:29 PM Bazz, I think there is some onus on Rehctub to summarize the scope of what he means. Banni.....
» 19/01/2015 6:10:11 PM Bazz, "That is normal project development, you do not waste time on discussing mechan.....
» 19/01/2015 11:38:03 AM There are a couple of aspects that play significant parts in this regarding useful idiots .....
» 18/01/2015 6:44:44 PM So spindoc can you try to articulate just what you disagree with and why? Do you have any .....
» 18/01/2015 4:33:32 PM My big picture on this - Islam in its current form is a threat to many of my values. It st.....
» 15/01/2015 11:37:12 AM Further to the point being claimed that Islamic scriptures contain calls to violence and t.....
» 14/01/2015 8:22:10 PM Jardine K. Jardine, the christian scriptures have enough places with commands about killin.....
» 14/01/2015 1:50:31 PM A part of the picture that I could not see in the article was the proportion of children c.....
» 13/01/2015 8:26:10 AM I'm in one of the camps of 'I don't condone the murder of cartoonists but...', the but bei.....
» 12/01/2015 2:08:42 PM The concept of giving offence in regard to religion is a difficult one. I disagree with wh.....
» 10/01/2015 1:45:34 PM I've not rad all the posts but may have missed something in the discussion. From what I ha.....
» 5/01/2015 8:37:45 PM Dan, if I understand you correctly I agree with all of that last post. The aspect of pare.....
» 5/01/2015 7:58:33 AM Dan, "Is it not the right of parents to pass on to the next generation whatever whate.....
» 1/01/2015 8:01:26 AM rehctub, I get the impression that the poster is UK based. Same deal though, the extremism.....
» 24/12/2014 4:10:47 PM That would open up some interesting options. I'd like to have a smaller vehicle for many o.....
» 24/12/2014 3:34:44 PM I'm not a fan of capital punishment because of some practical concerns, mostly around lack.....
» 22/12/2014 11:28:59 AM To add some context - this appears to be the Blogspot for Tessa Kum mentioned earlier. htt.....
» 22/12/2014 7:31:09 AM The article attempts to tie the behaviours of some individuals back to changing social val.....
» 2/12/2014 5:32:24 PM o sung wu, I have some sympathy for the idea of alternatives to prison sentences for crime.....
» 27/11/2014 9:00:42 PM Pesky_boy, the language gets messy around broken committments. If the committment to do (o.....
» 26/11/2014 7:31:04 PM Maybe this http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=4585 R0bert.....
» 21/11/2014 5:25:33 AM Whilst I agree that there are differences between neglect and other forms of abuse I think.....
» 12/11/2014 6:01:28 PM runner, the reports I know of on that suggest it was carried out by Hundu extremeists. An .....
» 11/11/2014 10:13:26 PM Seems like a lot of waste given a couple of options available - a significant proportion .....
» 6/11/2014 6:02:35 AM Poirot, Foxy I agree with you about the use of terms like that in this context. The clos.....
» 5/11/2014 8:40:58 PM I'm not familiar enough with lillian to know if this observation fits in her (or his) case.....
» 28/10/2014 12:17:49 PM Actually Paul both are remnants of the gerrymander, a tactic to try and limit the voter ba.....
» 28/10/2014 5:55:59 AM So CHERFUL would be keen to males demonised in the media and in other aras of their lives .....
» 16/10/2014 6:52:53 PM NathanJ interesting points given that you appear to be the same NathanJ who thinks that or.....
» 16/10/2014 6:02:08 AM I've only seen the full cover up a few times in real life, I suspect geography plays a rol.....
» 8/10/2014 7:02:49 AM Fairness should matter but what I've noticed is those who think the government can do it s.....
» 4/10/2014 12:42:57 PM A reflection on what muslims seem to see as important in their religion has been playing o.....
» 22/09/2014 9:09:09 AM "Why is war always seen as the solution? What will you be doing for the International.....
» 15/09/2014 2:28:00 PM Bruce summed it up for me. I don't agree with much of what Babette has to say however my d.....
» 9/09/2014 8:29:15 AM The author talks about childish behavior of fingers in ears while at the same time basing .....
» 9/09/2014 6:15:28 AM Joe, I don't think its necessarily easy and I doubt that many would advocate a system wher.....
» 8/09/2014 8:45:42 PM Joe, "Christ, have some of you got two brain cells to rub together ?" Unnecessa.....
» 8/09/2014 6:21:50 PM It's not easy, no doubt there is some risk of people being coached into a decision to end .....
» 8/09/2014 6:21:33 PM "How many people would support the assisted suicide of a distraught jilted young love.....
» 8/09/2014 5:37:23 PM Whilst I think advertising plays pretty heavily on the men as bumbling idiots stereotype t.....
» 5/09/2014 5:07:33 PM I repeat, Harris was convicted on the basis of the evidence proving his guilt beyond reaso.....
» 5/09/2014 11:29:31 AM A couple of points. Western legal systems tend to have the concept of reasonable doubt bui.....
» 4/09/2014 9:28:25 PM "they are less likely to support foreign policy actions that may jeopardise their own.....
» 4/09/2014 9:06:07 PM dane "You need to move past 50s stereotypes. Men haven't been like that for decades&q.....
» 3/09/2014 8:27:07 PM Dave you apparently did miss something. A lot of those fighting with the Islamic State hol.....
» 2/09/2014 9:44:24 PM yvonne, "Why do some men think they are actually entitled to sex from their wife?&quo.....
» 2/09/2014 5:09:32 PM As to why men don't leave. First and foremost to me was a misplaced determination to try.....
» 2/09/2014 5:07:02 PM yvonne, I unfortunately did hit back in one argument. Two fairly light slaps after being p.....
» 2/09/2014 1:29:51 PM lillian, I've refrained from commenting so far (all seems pretty pointless) but your claim.....
» 28/08/2014 6:10:40 AM Bruce, its a brutal disease but my impression is that in its current form not to bad to co.....
» 28/08/2014 5:54:31 AM Killarney, well said. I do have concerns with the aspect of tax payer subsidised educati.....
» 26/08/2014 7:20:59 PM "Unless anyone can prove to me that recall methodology is a scientifically sound rese.....
» 26/08/2014 5:32:14 PM "No one can 'force' someone else to think the way they do." The word 'force' is.....
» 26/08/2014 6:10:09 AM "If they are supposedly too embarrassed to say that their partner bashed them, then h.....
» 26/08/2014 5:52:48 AM Suseonline I may be wrong but I had the impression that we already have them. The governme.....
» 25/08/2014 10:26:24 PM yvonne, " instead say that real men would never injure a woman" But real men ar.....
» 25/08/2014 10:00:12 PM SPQR, you may right in that suggestion. I'm undecided. Certainly plenty of evidence of fan.....
» 25/08/2014 5:48:03 PM Foxy, a quick check on how much you really believe different choices don't contribute sign.....
» 25/08/2014 1:07:16 PM http://m.apnews.mobi/ap/db_6776/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=n240DhUU " The top Isl.....
» 25/08/2014 12:36:48 PM Joe from the quote in the article "of any offender who has been charged with (emphasi.....
» 25/08/2014 5:36:27 AM Killarney, BS and I think you know that. You opened with a mocking and dishonest attack on.....
» 24/08/2014 9:19:46 AM Suzie highlights an interesting point. We now have both a PM and opposition leader who ha.....
» 23/08/2014 2:19:44 PM Not an easy topic. Some bullet point for consideration - People charged with other crimes.....
» 14/08/2014 9:08:02 PM yvonne, my main issue is the continued cries of wolf, wolf. I don't like abortion but supp.....
» 14/08/2014 7:17:06 PM Age of the alleged abusers is something I'm still uncertain of "Five youths, aged bet.....
» 14/08/2014 7:01:16 PM yvonne - one for the USA 2010 http://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/2010/WomenAll_2010.pdf The tw.....
» 14/08/2014 6:39:13 PM Poirot I think I get a point that makes some sense to me in that. My take on it, people .....
» 14/08/2014 5:51:28 PM Poirot, sorry I wasn't trying to imply that it has. I've not personally noticed a differen.....
» 14/08/2014 5:37:19 AM Stezza, thanks for that. A useful summary. R0bert.....
» 13/08/2014 5:42:45 PM Cossomby, all fine. I'm not trying to make that the issue but did feel the need to comment.....
» 13/08/2014 4:46:50 PM Cossomby,"how deeply entrenched is the sense of male entitlement " I'm having s.....
» 13/08/2014 2:49:35 PM Josephus I've got the impression that Lakemba Mosque is at the heart of anti-western attit.....
» 13/08/2014 11:20:45 AM Poirot, in runners case I don't think its particularly the religion thats the problem. Its.....
» 13/08/2014 7:03:15 AM Prof. Brind do you have publicly accessable links to Huang's paper and some of the others .....
» 12/08/2014 7:10:10 PM SPQR, I might have missed but have you referenced that analysis? A few points, from the a.....
» 12/08/2014 6:35:43 PM I've been trying to get a handle on what terrorism is carried out by non-muslims. Not yet.....
» 12/08/2014 6:11:22 PM Ludwig, you are not helping yourself by trying to make it about Poirot. From my perspectiv.....
» 12/08/2014 5:43:22 PM Whilst I do think the bias's of authors is generally relevant I won't dismiss their claims.....
» 11/08/2014 4:47:01 PM "However, the extent of marital breakdown in our time has got to be caused by somethi.....
» 9/08/2014 1:16:23 PM yvonne nice to see you back. I tend to be more sporatic in my posting now days, I think it.....
» 9/08/2014 1:09:04 PM I don't know if Dr Dunjey was involved in the subtitle for this opinion piece "Zealot.....
» 8/08/2014 5:16:21 AM Whilst I agree with the general thrust of the article it occurs to me that property is pro.....
» 7/08/2014 9:39:30 PM George, if an author has made a point worth debating I agree to a point. When it appears t.....
» 7/08/2014 7:18:18 PM George I'd suggest a bit of background reading on Dr Lachlan Dunjey. The term extremist is.....
» 7/08/2014 6:20:31 PM George I think the beliefs of the author in this case are quite relevant and from what I c.....
» 7/08/2014 6:04:49 PM onthebeach this isn't the version that HereNow was claiming but we have people in our work.....
» 6/08/2014 12:23:27 PM Rhian, that was very well put. R0bert.....
» 6/08/2014 12:21:07 PM I agree with the point about "by their fruits" as a better criteria than what pe.....
» 6/08/2014 5:59:00 AM yvonne, slightly off target but I've been thinking a bit lately about part of the sentimen.....
» 1/08/2014 8:07:13 AM Ludwig, I copped some vile canings at schools as well. The first of them while I was still.....
» 29/07/2014 9:32:06 PM Paul, whilst many of us are deeply unhappy with the LNP and Labor its not so bad that most.....
» 29/07/2014 6:49:32 PM http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pub.....
» 29/07/2014 10:35:12 AM Foxy, you do seem to do the same in thing as SM though. Lots of finger pointing at the LNP.....
» 29/07/2014 9:15:56 AM SM, I know its a stretch target but maybe a little less partisan in your posting would hel.....
» 28/07/2014 12:26:47 PM "the government and opposition need to have a full handle on the financial situation .....
» 27/07/2014 10:11:38 PM Ludwig "Poirot, there is such an enormous difference between you, R0bert and Paul.&qu.....
» 27/07/2014 3:04:38 PM "Of course it could be argued that the "door ceremony" in which men open do.....
» 27/07/2014 10:17:01 AM Wolly my problem with the point you seem to be trying to make is that you don't allow for .....
» 26/07/2014 4:19:10 PM Susie nicely said. R0bert.....
» 26/07/2014 7:01:23 AM Babette lost any sympathy she might have got from me with "Wasn't there some philosop.....
» 25/07/2014 7:33:34 PM Paul, "Your mate in the article pleaded guilty, did he not? Strange!" Plea barg.....
» 25/07/2014 5:14:15 AM Ludwig, there is a substantial difference between questioning and assuming that they got i.....
» 24/07/2014 8:04:29 AM Wolly, I agree to a point but most of us would consider outselves to be somewhat more rati.....
» 24/07/2014 6:31:33 AM I'm in agreement with Suzie's comments on this one. Its looking like some want to maintain.....
» 23/07/2014 5:18:36 PM Jay123 not sure where to go with that. i can't really argue against the points you have ma.....
» 23/07/2014 5:38:28 AM Incomuicardo, I'd not gotten around to looking at the source of the data previously. I did.....
» 22/07/2014 7:49:34 PM Incomuicardo, this will be the simplified version because of word limits etc. Note the res.....
» 22/07/2014 5:34:05 PM "I would be wary of using the term "Intimate Partner Violence" though, beca.....
» 22/07/2014 11:50:03 AM Actually its insurance premiums that will be effected by the payout. http://m.hopkinsmedic.....
» 22/07/2014 11:03:02 AM Carz "you seem to miss the point that no proponent of the gendered violence model of .....
» 22/07/2014 8:29:01 AM In terms of penalties I came across the following http://m.apnews.mobi/ap/db_6776/contentd.....
» 21/07/2014 6:34:20 PM Ludwig, "there is a very large number of people in England and Australia who are very.....
» 20/07/2014 6:11:05 PM "How can there be more investigation/research, what kind of investigation, what kind .....
» 20/07/2014 6:29:28 AM Ludwig, it was actually jay123's style of post I was referring to when I said I've done si.....
» 19/07/2014 5:53:47 AM individual, "And they're all Lefties" I think parts of the religious right have.....
» 18/07/2014 6:26:28 PM warmair "A good principle is let the user pay or in this case the polluter." Ex.....
» 18/07/2014 4:51:46 AM Jay123, I understand your point. The danger we all face though when dealing with issues we.....
» 17/07/2014 8:52:33 PM Paul thanks for the link. Some interesting stuff. I liked the Hinch one as well, very diff.....
» 15/07/2014 9:32:27 PM I think Lester1 is going to have some bigger issues to deal with than Jones alleged sexual.....
» 15/07/2014 9:18:25 PM SM the article you linked to suggested it was the professional operators worried about &qu.....
» 15/07/2014 7:32:26 PM A summary and link to a more detailed review of sentencing http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/.....
» 15/07/2014 7:07:27 PM Ludwig, I'm of the view that Harris senetence is not at the high end of the scale for the .....
» 14/07/2014 10:43:33 AM "I note that its a few of us who are deemed the "lefties" on OLO, who have .....
» 13/07/2014 5:11:44 PM Ludwig, yes we do go back a long way. Hence my determination to try and talk this out with.....
» 13/07/2014 8:59:45 AM oug, are you playing games or do you genuinely think Harris was checking to see if nappies.....
» 13/07/2014 6:04:56 AM Jay123, I'd need more evidence before I was ready to accept that this is an empowerment is.....
» 12/07/2014 12:46:15 PM Ludwig, "< you twice put your hand up her skirt between her legs and touched her v.....
» 11/07/2014 1:34:09 PM Ludwig, "Do you really think nine months in jail is warranted for such an action?&quo.....
» 11/07/2014 5:30:29 AM Rhian, "There is no possibility that the State will compel churches to marry gays. Ch.....
» 10/07/2014 12:27:37 PM Ludwig, include me in the list of those condeming Harris for his actions. I don't agree .....
» 10/07/2014 7:46:09 AM Interesting point, does anybody know the legal detail? I was moving slightly yesterday on .....
» 10/07/2014 5:28:18 AM Every time I go to address RightisRights disturbing attitude to the sexual molestation of .....
» 9/07/2014 8:44:00 AM For the most part I agree, I do wish your examples had been less female centric. They appe.....
» 8/07/2014 7:55:23 AM In answer to the title question, Yes. The value of a most art is a very subjective thing .....
» 8/07/2014 5:37:15 AM FENZINK, welcome. Not much to contibute to the main discussion at this point other than he.....
» 7/07/2014 6:29:28 PM Poirot, no disagreement on that. I'm not convinced that you will make a difference but I'v.....
» 7/07/2014 5:54:55 PM My gut feel on this is that if it was introduced the prices of "healthy" product.....
» 7/07/2014 5:29:06 PM Part 2 I very strongly disagree with the claims being made that Harris actions were minor .....
» 7/07/2014 5:28:36 PM Poirot, I hope you saw my wish to highlight the word some. I don't see any benefit in me a.....
» 7/07/2014 5:48:13 AM I'm wondering if some have taken the wrong inference from some of individuals comments. Wi.....
» 5/07/2014 8:47:06 AM Poirot high lighted Harris's use of child porn. Thats been mentioned earlier as well and i.....
» 4/07/2014 1:37:24 PM Ludwig there are in my view a range of problems with the idea that Harris should get a sma.....
» 3/07/2014 7:13:16 PM o sung wu, I've been trying to determine the known time period that the offences occurred .....
» 3/07/2014 10:45:41 AM I'm quite astounded at the poor Rolf aspect to this thread. This is about someone who was .....
» 2/07/2014 5:32:52 AM On the aspect on school chaplains supposedly not being involved in outreach activities. He.....
» 1/07/2014 7:01:57 PM On the public servant numbers issue. Clearly a lot of public sector employees are not empl.....
» 1/07/2014 6:31:41 PM onthebeach, while I'm no fan of Labor it's worth remembering that it was the coalition und.....
» 30/06/2014 7:05:28 PM I don't know enough about David Leyonhjelm or the LDP to comment on them. Some of the poin.....
» 30/06/2014 5:42:22 AM onthebeach, I'm not trying to make you responsible for how I feel but I do take a strong i.....
» 29/06/2014 4:55:37 PM Onthebeach, I'm tying to work out what you want from Suseonline and Foxy here. There is .....
» 28/06/2014 1:30:57 PM "just hate to see whole threads discussing the evils of women in general." I'm .....
» 28/06/2014 6:51:35 AM Susie, so much potential for readings things in different ways. I'd picked up on the ".....
» 27/06/2014 9:00:21 PM Susie, just where did Wolly do that? Right is right and individual, sad posts. Two aspec.....
» 27/06/2014 5:36:41 AM Susie, well said. Use of Abbott's not son and his sister to add to the punch of the articl.....
» 26/06/2014 8:48:03 PM Foxy I think your stance on stereotyping just highlights how easy it is for stereotypes to.....
» 26/06/2014 12:55:52 PM Foxy, I wonder if you thought about the wording in "Generations of children are now b.....
» 25/06/2014 10:15:24 PM 579, you are making the same basic mistake that some of the strongest critics of feminism .....
» 24/06/2014 5:25:18 PM It might be personality but I would not readily swap jobs with child care or nursing home .....
» 20/06/2014 7:51:25 PM I'm of the view that if its not a necessity then it should not be imposed by government (o.....
» 20/06/2014 6:59:04 PM Rhian, well said. I don't have enough exposure to twitter to have much opinion about it. .....
» 20/06/2014 5:34:27 AM In regard to whats been said regarding stereotyping I agree but don't think it goes far en.....
» 19/06/2014 2:21:12 PM Foxy completely agree with that last post. That's a significant part of what this thread .....
» 19/06/2014 12:39:53 PM Foxy that seemed to be a pretty good coverage of the issues around DV allegations. There a.....
» 18/06/2014 3:52:24 PM "Yes, and what amazes me even more is all those anti-feminists actually allowing all .....
» 18/06/2014 9:57:43 AM HouseMouse, not surprising that you seem to be happy with what appear to me to be quite su.....
» 18/06/2014 6:30:16 AM It occurs to me that trying to have parts of this debate is like trying to discuss geology.....
» 17/06/2014 8:14:46 PM Onthebeach I suspect the reasons are a lot more varied than just access to taxpayer money......
» 17/06/2014 7:49:59 PM HouseMouse can we then ask what is wrong with you that you refuse to acknowledge more than.....
» 17/06/2014 4:33:50 PM Foxy some detail http://domesticviolenceresearch.org/pages/12_page_findings.htm Motivati.....
» 17/06/2014 2:24:17 PM Foxy, I think I've seen that one before or something very close. A fairly transparent atte.....
» 17/06/2014 1:00:41 PM Nathan how do you determine which groups should get a special opportunity to present their.....
» 17/06/2014 11:51:23 AM runner "and people lived in harmony due to Christian teachings" I suppose you .....
» 16/06/2014 8:21:52 PM On another note the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) features heavily in research into family .....
» 16/06/2014 8:00:06 PM Foxy welcome to the discussion. "Finger-pointing and blaming one group over another .....
» 16/06/2014 7:08:13 PM I'm of the view that at the scale involved for school based curiculum its to difficult to .....
» 16/06/2014 12:45:43 PM I'd strongly recommend a look at the link Jay supplied earlier which takes you to a summar.....
» 15/06/2014 8:49:38 PM Susie I didn't really expect you to be adult enough to stop hiding behind your gender and .....
» 15/06/2014 5:33:03 PM Suzie, playing the victim again? You are wrong on this topic not because of your gender, .....
» 14/06/2014 10:32:53 PM otb, interesting link on Karen DeCrow. Did you notice the link to a book by the author of .....
» 14/06/2014 8:37:20 AM Jay I definately disagree with you on those last couple of posts. Whilst your family may h.....
» 13/06/2014 5:25:37 AM o sung wu, it may not be those who disagree with you who don't want to see the truth. Yo.....
» 12/06/2014 10:56:11 AM Suzie, crime statistics carry a number of pre-filters that alter the outcomes in terms of .....
» 12/06/2014 5:36:23 AM Foxy not having seen the show I'm missing the context for the problem part of her comments.....
» 12/06/2014 5:17:49 AM Suzie are you deliberately misrepresenting what people are saying or are you so focussed o.....
» 11/06/2014 7:53:38 PM Yes Killarney we understand that you don't think systematic research asking the same quest.....
» 11/06/2014 7:24:21 PM Rhrosty, the examples you cite are extreme cases and not typical of most of what is descri.....
» 8/06/2014 12:07:25 PM rechtub, I think you are missing out on the significant role government plays in undermini.....
» 6/06/2014 5:52:09 AM phanto, I've avoided this one so far but have regularly entered them in the past. It's not.....
» 3/06/2014 6:51:29 PM I find it difficult to believe that centerlink receipients are financing existing drug hab.....
» 2/06/2014 1:41:15 PM SM, I'd suggest that claiming the problem is solved is a little optimistic. Leaving aside .....
» 2/06/2014 8:13:07 AM Part of the problem is government driven cost of ownership. If you need or want a 4WD for .....
» 2/06/2014 5:29:42 AM My attitude depends on how its done. I like a lot of other workers ar subject to random dr.....
» 26/05/2014 12:14:32 PM http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/misanthropy I've not read in detail but my impression.....
» 21/05/2014 7:31:55 PM Saw an article a while ago on the happiest (and unhappiest) jobs in America. Not many of t.....
» 21/05/2014 3:35:58 PM I have a very strong suspiciin that the trafficing aspect is dramatically overplayed to di.....
» 20/05/2014 3:22:26 PM Divergence, I'm disgusted by the lies. I had hoped for better with the view that the pain .....
» 20/05/2014 1:01:52 PM Hasbeen, I suspect that the repair work is counter productive. Sooner or later Labor will.....
» 19/05/2014 10:16:15 AM "Whatever your view on global warming and its causes, I feel certain you'll agree tha.....
» 16/05/2014 12:59:44 PM JP may I draw your attention to the fact that there are thiests in the world at the moment.....
» 15/05/2014 7:38:48 PM JP given the number of thiestic beliefs in the world and the even greater number of interp.....
» 13/05/2014 11:54:12 AM Rachael, you have entered into difficult territory by posting to this topic and making it .....
» 6/05/2014 5:22:21 PM The other point that comes to mind is how some equate not getting your own way with not be.....
» 6/05/2014 5:05:31 PM Onthebeach, not sure how that happened. Start here and read through some posts. http://for.....
» 6/05/2014 3:11:31 PM Firstly if Hockey and or others have been breaking the law they should face the appropriat.....
» 5/05/2014 6:16:06 PM Paul would it be a fair assumption to make it that your work place is inner city or near i.....
» 5/05/2014 4:39:07 PM "The state has no right telling me, you or anyone else who we can and can't marry.&qu.....
» 2/05/2014 10:40:06 AM Is Mise one of the problems with income based systems is that there ar to many things they.....
» 2/05/2014 10:25:36 AM Godo, well said. R0bert.....
» 30/04/2014 5:22:54 AM Yep if they break pre-election committments in the way things look to be heading its lies......
» 26/04/2014 12:24:00 PM Banjo, "I note that RObert did not find anything racist in the items." I would n.....
» 25/04/2014 3:29:27 PM Thanks Paul for pointing that out. Unfortunately Murdoch was not the only offending party,.....
» 25/04/2014 3:12:44 PM Thanks Foxy, links to documents at http://www.anzaccentenary.gov.au/anzac_centenary/public.....
» 25/04/2014 7:39:56 AM Bazz if it gets that bad I'll have to suck it up. Hopefully if I can't afford fuel a lot o.....
» 25/04/2014 7:27:18 AM I'm somewhat reluctant to buy into that discussion but its not all as clear cut as Foxy's .....
» 24/04/2014 6:11:29 PM Not likely. I can't afford to live close to work and public transport besides being uncomf.....
» 24/04/2014 10:46:33 AM Shockadelic, do you have any specifics? I've been unable to find any proof of recommendati.....
» 23/04/2014 12:25:24 PM SPRQ, I've not been able to find a lunk to the actual report to get the context for myself.....
» 22/04/2014 3:24:27 PM I recently received one of those emails that does the rounds all to often trying to promot.....
» 10/04/2014 6:45:34 PM I saw a post on one of the boat people threads recently where some reasons why "refug.....
» 10/04/2014 5:35:45 PM OTB, it's my impression that the high rates mentioned earlier are where paternity was alre.....
» 31/03/2014 8:55:28 PM runner I started on a alternate list to help staff those ethics classes. Comprised of chri.....
» 31/03/2014 5:37:37 PM Part 2 The tricky part in all of this is what options does a person have if they don't gi.....
» 31/03/2014 5:36:34 PM I've been pondering the use of the word Coercion in terms of a threat to withdraw support .....
» 28/03/2014 2:57:06 PM Debbie "Men have no legal right to a say about abortion." Really? When was that.....
» 28/03/2014 4:55:19 AM Killarney, Stezza great posts. R0bert.....
» 20/03/2014 9:40:52 PM Some more background on the boycott at http://theconversation.com/the-biennale-transfield-.....
» 20/03/2014 7:56:25 PM Those who have already posted have summed it up fairly well. When I read the enticer for.....
» 17/03/2014 5:28:13 AM OTB, I may not be as convinced as some that militant feminists dominate the political land.....
» 16/03/2014 8:33:44 PM A little off topic here for the core discussion but perhaps relevant to the broader discus.....
» 16/03/2014 8:19:06 PM "It is a time in which the gospel is to be preached directly into the reality of deat.....
» 16/03/2014 6:23:02 PM Foxy sorry to hear you have been back into that mess. I hope this time works a lot better......
» 16/03/2014 5:09:14 PM Foxy I'm undecided if I want to wish that on them. I guess there is the hope that they may.....
» 16/03/2014 3:56:55 PM Philip, my understanding is that the register of stolen passporsts could have been used bu.....
» 16/03/2014 9:03:08 AM rechtub, I don't recall ever thinking it was affordable. Rather I think the issue of polit.....
» 15/03/2014 6:57:39 PM Banjo "If Abbott has to go back on his word, so be it." Whilst I don't like tho.....
» 15/03/2014 6:43:01 PM Just watched an interesting TED talk by Anne-Marie Slaughter called Can we all "have .....
» 13/03/2014 11:00:57 AM Aussieboy I'd like to comment/add a different perspective to a couple of the questions in .....
» 13/03/2014 9:11:41 AM Aussieboy, I doubt either side would ever do this nor am I confident that the media would .....
» 8/03/2014 7:10:00 PM raycom the links I tried to follow were premium content and I could not get to them. Thes.....
» 8/03/2014 5:37:37 PM Is Mise I've had a look at one of the websites linked to earlier in the thread and it's ha.....
» 8/03/2014 8:53:48 AM Paul I agree that they are a bit of a joke but there is a serious side to my point. There .....
» 8/03/2014 6:32:53 AM "you should ignore me, like I do him." for the most part I do so. I posted to to.....
» 7/03/2014 9:30:59 PM "By the looks of the pic in the following story Gina hasn't gone short of a feed late.....
» 7/03/2014 9:16:35 PM Suseonline, I was going to respond with links to research and logical argument but that se.....
» 7/03/2014 5:29:47 PM Yuyutsu I don't think it's that simple. Not a big fan of the term "bleeding heart&quo.....
» 7/03/2014 12:38:14 PM Conrad do you recall the story of "The Boy who Cried Wolf"? Some of the earlier.....
» 7/03/2014 12:18:16 PM Andrew different people will use the term in different ways. I wasn't aware of the catholi.....
» 25/02/2014 6:00:14 PM I grew up in a place and time where our phone was a wooden box with a winder on the side c.....
» 24/02/2014 4:27:19 PM "These same people, if asked by their employers to document how they spend their sala.....
» 21/02/2014 8:41:44 AM I'm wondering if anybody else noticed a post by Rosarium early in the thread. http://forum.....
» 18/02/2014 12:14:54 PM I was wondering if government debt (and receipts) worked as an indicator of the difference.....
» 18/02/2014 9:45:03 AM I'm a little undecided as to how I view the topic. - The two major parties as they are n.....
» 15/02/2014 9:26:50 AM Sidestepping the nuclear part of the discussion to touch on the part thats about perceptio.....
» 5/02/2014 9:52:29 PM I do disagree that it's always bad parenting. As a parent I've fought a losing battle agai.....
» 3/02/2014 6:55:08 AM Onthebeach the topic was about women specific pistols for self defense. Admittedly the fir.....
» 2/02/2014 5:31:43 PM onthebeach, firstly I can't speak credibly to the situation in India. I've never been ther.....
» 1/02/2014 9:07:33 AM I don't think there are easy answers to the issue. Fundamentally I think people should hav.....
» 31/01/2014 2:11:35 PM Belly, "Why not just drop the high income baby bonus and fund this community?" .....
» 29/01/2014 9:02:42 AM A friend made the comment in regard to this policy - well they could just spend $21,000 on.....
» 27/01/2014 8:14:51 PM From my reading of what I've seen I don't think the case has been made successfully that A.....
» 25/01/2014 10:34:04 AM Josephus, my post was not a reference to your post, rather broader discussion of the topic.....
» 25/01/2014 9:13:12 AM Found an interesting writeup at http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/sep/09/family.....
» 24/01/2014 2:44:05 PM It would be interesting to know the success rates for marriage counselling. My own experie.....
» 21/01/2014 9:31:58 AM "It is ludicrous to claim there will be more crime. How?" Its easy to imagine t.....
» 21/01/2014 8:19:09 AM Chris "Every now and then there is a temporary breach in their defenses as with the R.....
» 13/01/2014 7:26:17 PM The ask.com wiki on speed limits is an interesting read. http://www.ask.com/wiki/Speed_li.....
» 8/01/2014 9:47:37 AM Part 2 Some thoughts on reducing government created financial tension in separated famili.....
» 8/01/2014 9:42:43 AM Bill, Bernardi's and your views may be facts but that does not mean that the analysis is c.....
» 1/01/2014 7:51:10 PM The gun issue is quite different to the original king-hit topic. Given some of their comme.....
» 28/12/2013 11:00:21 AM onthebeach, the devil in the detail with RC's and a lot of other investigations is in the .....
» 24/12/2013 1:13:33 PM rechtub,I think you may have the other side of it wrong. Its not to me the difference betw.....
» 24/12/2013 8:13:19 AM Given the nature of politics it's very likely there is a strong element of politicking in .....
» 19/12/2013 6:31:40 PM Perhaps the crux of this is the viability of tracking purchases against a particular debit.....
» 13/12/2013 6:11:07 PM Graham I think there might be some value in exploring the concept of the government having.....
» 9/11/2013 7:13:07 AM SPQR, I think you nailed in suggesting that its more about wanting others to pay more tax......
» 4/11/2013 6:36:24 AM Lots if spin her which is not backed up by any actual dealings I've ever had with Labor. .....
» 30/10/2013 1:30:24 PM "Obviously if anyone objects to the State regulating marriage, gay marriage isn't som.....
» 30/10/2013 7:39:42 AM I've not had much to say on the thread on the topic. Some what of a sense that it's all be.....
» 28/10/2013 4:24:15 PM OUG, the topic does matter but your cheating on the rules of the site is in my view destru.....
» 28/10/2013 12:43:15 PM Chris I don't know that I'd call it a hijacking but it's a clear attempt to circumvent the.....
» 18/10/2013 11:39:59 AM An aspect of the comments about Rudd being very difficult to work with and his alleged dis.....
» 18/10/2013 11:15:18 AM I agree with the point that's been made already that the article does itself no favours by.....
» 17/10/2013 12:53:24 PM Poirot I mostly agree with the points you made. Overall I'd have had a lot more respect f.....
» 3/10/2013 8:30:10 PM I've been pondering Suseonlines earlier inflammatory comments. My perceptions (subjective.....
» 3/10/2013 8:19:41 PM Anecdotal evidence suggests there is plenty of ageism in employment but the broadness of t.....
» 17/09/2013 7:47:11 PM A couple of beliefs that underly my thinking on this - Overall I don't believe that there.....
» 15/09/2013 8:15:36 PM Rob hope you are still part of the discussion. From the look I had at suicide stats ther.....
» 15/09/2013 8:14:30 PM Hasbeen I've not looked into the nature of the way the genetic aspects are supposed to be .....
» 15/09/2013 7:42:38 PM Looks like a smart move to me. If he keeps up the trend what a contrast to those pollies.....
» 13/09/2013 12:44:07 PM In answer to part of the initial question about thembeing repealed. From one of the Courie.....
» 11/09/2013 12:00:10 PM I had a phone call from a volunteer ringing on behalf of my local member. The same local L.....
» 4/09/2013 8:29:14 PM Rhosty there is a big difference between not agreeing with the policy and banning politica.....
» 26/08/2013 6:11:53 PM "It seemed that the fear and loathing of strong women, which is inherent in the Aussi.....
» 25/08/2013 7:31:51 PM Suseonline, thanks for the response. The parental leave scheme is not one of my favourite .....
» 24/08/2013 1:16:53 PM Suseonline, I'm a bit surprised by that. I'm cynical enough not to take announced polici.....
» 23/08/2013 4:15:46 PM pelican, well said. I'd add some stuff in about how partisan much of the commentary is but.....
» 23/08/2013 10:42:18 AM AJ good luck with that line of reasoning. I've yet to see a theist on OLO engage with poi.....
» 23/08/2013 9:03:37 AM I've not seen any evidence that the woman has been heavied into removing the post. Without.....
» 22/08/2013 10:38:45 AM One thing that's not been covered in this thread is evidence. The Wikipedia page on corpo.....
» 21/08/2013 12:14:41 PM No not all is fair in love and war. There are a lot of issues that don't seem to make the.....
» 20/08/2013 12:23:20 PM platypus1900, "i note you have a habit of using colored words and painting such horri.....
» 17/08/2013 10:10:42 PM Hasbeen my impression is that the demographics that are creating the risk you are talking .....
» 17/08/2013 7:54:52 PM Susie I doubt it all just as simple as less roaming in the bush and cubby houses but I thi.....
» 17/08/2013 12:14:33 PM Hasbeen I'm generally pretty cautious about assigning causation to a change when all that .....
» 17/08/2013 8:19:09 AM platypus1900, a couple of different issues in this thread. Firstly you demand the right to.....
» 15/08/2013 3:15:26 PM Poirot, I wasn't thinking of you with that comment. More by way of a general observation o.....
» 15/08/2013 11:22:15 AM The joys of corporal punishment threads. General observations - There almost certainly a.....
» 6/08/2013 6:33:42 PM Not a keen replican but why. - I like that there is a legal point of last resort that is .....
» 30/07/2013 6:59:21 PM Some material on one of the Kenyan slums (Kibera) at http://www.ask.com/wiki/Kibera?o=2802.....
» 30/07/2013 6:27:13 PM "all efforts to take the spotlight away from dreadful things done to young women is e.....
» 29/07/2013 7:36:00 PM Kevin Rudd “There are no circumstances under which I will return to the leadership of the .....
» 29/07/2013 5:22:14 AM Its my understanding that the limited research does not back up the oft repeated claim tha.....
» 17/07/2013 3:09:23 PM Not sure if there is a newer version but the the 2012 edition of report mentioned in the a.....
» 16/07/2013 8:58:41 PM Lexi I had a different finding from reading that post. I think both Individual and Suseo.....
» 16/07/2013 4:26:38 PM Lexi, perhaps you could have a look at the order the posts came in. Susie chose to respond.....
» 16/07/2013 3:25:10 PM Belly whilst I'm not a great fan of Indi's style or some of the views just which parts of .....
» 10/07/2013 5:27:11 PM In in my world I would like to see all people in all countries being able to live without .....
» 4/07/2013 9:08:17 AM All so worried about announced policies. Current PM - There is no circumstance in which h.....
» 3/07/2013 6:25:07 AM Killarney very much agree with what I think I read in your post. I'm wondering if you mean.....
» 2/07/2013 7:04:31 PM I like the idea of social justice but my own experience has been that those who flaunt the.....
» 2/07/2013 6:10:41 PM LEGO as already stated I tend to the anti-censorship side of the debate but recognise that.....
» 2/07/2013 5:57:44 PM I could have liked parts of the article if the author had kept her sexism out of it (and s.....
» 2/07/2013 6:34:56 AM Killarney it may not be a fact in your world but out where both genders experience of part.....
» 1/07/2013 8:01:21 PM So busy pondering the other aspects I forgot that old favourite "sending messages th.....
» 1/07/2013 7:38:53 PM Pelican well said. R0bert.....
» 1/07/2013 7:35:20 PM I do agree with part of the message. Overall I'm with the anti-censorship approach but I w.....
» 1/07/2013 5:31:39 PM Susie, the spin you put in your post is clearly aimed to minimise taking violence against .....
» 1/07/2013 2:07:19 PM Trevor Arjay disappeared some years back. A CIA operative has been using that ID for the l.....
» 30/06/2013 8:15:19 PM Even if Turnbull was more popular with those likely to vote for the coalition than he appe.....
» 30/06/2013 8:00:54 PM Poirot, but he wasn't really "saying" anything'. I do get that, I'm not entirel.....
» 30/06/2013 5:59:34 PM Poirot, interesting interview. Not too dissimilar from some of the other stuff I've hear f.....
» 30/06/2013 8:47:46 AM Belly Pjack gives the appearance of being another utterly partisan poster incapable of exp.....
» 30/06/2013 8:39:51 AM "The model for that group is being revisited and it may yet become a force for genuin.....
» 28/06/2013 7:56:35 PM Killarney, it would not take much to guess whos story you would choose to believe either. .....
» 28/06/2013 9:35:09 AM Poirot my post was somewhat more targetted at those a lot more partisan in their posted vi.....
» 28/06/2013 7:15:31 AM Antiseptic, keep that list handy for one of the family law threads. I think I could tick p.....
» 28/06/2013 6:40:00 AM Two questions seem to exist here re policy - Meaningful statements of values and direction.....
» 27/06/2013 9:49:57 AM Poirot, I suspect that like Gillard and Rudd he stands for personal power. I'm possibly n.....
» 27/06/2013 5:26:46 AM ALP men more honorable "In a statement on his website Mr Rudd says he wishes to make .....
» 26/06/2013 4:29:25 PM No dane, listing the failings of Gillard is fine by me. As for worst PM, not sure Rudd gav.....
» 26/06/2013 2:30:59 PM Jay the nmbers I'm finding for Bangladesh's germent idustry is more like 3.6 million direc.....
» 26/06/2013 11:36:53 AM I'm finding the heat that Poirot has drawn on this topic interesting. As I've read it Po.....
» 26/06/2013 5:23:10 AM dane what you've posted about men and women and honour is lacking in honour and honesty. .....
» 25/06/2013 7:18:56 PM Some of the Dalai Lama's views seem about as destructive as some christian teachings. Bef.....
» 25/06/2013 6:55:45 PM I was thinking about misanthrope's post. Clearly in the garment industry the majority of .....
» 25/06/2013 5:31:33 AM Poirot, I started a response to your last comments then realised I really don't know, just.....
» 22/06/2013 4:21:55 PM It is worth remembering that the government does involve itself in the nature of peoples r.....
» 20/06/2013 12:38:50 PM Susie, perhaps you should answer the valid questions that have been put to you rather than.....
» 20/06/2013 6:42:21 AM Antiseptic, I might be missing part of the picture on this. As a bystander I've wondered h.....
» 20/06/2013 5:42:57 AM Susie the proposition thats been put is the right to do a virtual abort of the fetus. Some.....
» 19/06/2013 7:48:54 PM Great article, I also had a look at Sonias article on criticism of women who put child car.....
» 19/06/2013 6:32:28 PM Joe I think on the Afganistan discussion I'm agreeing with both you and Antiseptic. Thats .....
» 19/06/2013 5:21:11 PM Missed a point which added to my willingness to make the comment Susie objected to "B.....
» 19/06/2013 5:11:05 PM "In any case RObert, I'm sick of the personal attacks on me re this subject eg ".....
» 19/06/2013 5:21:57 AM Joe, interesting that you seemed to think Antiseptics definition unnecessarily juxtaposing.....
» 19/06/2013 5:07:38 AM Suzie, why not deal with the isssue rather than the rant? You support a position which ca.....
» 18/06/2013 5:28:46 AM "I have already said before that if a (wo)man doesn't want to have children, but stil.....
» 17/06/2013 8:05:55 PM Antiseptic, driving home today I heard the radio add for the Man Therapy site again and it.....
» 17/06/2013 7:48:18 PM "What I want to ask you is, who do you think would be worse off? The accidentally pre.....
» 16/06/2013 8:38:11 PM "And no, I don't want to discuss the CSA.. Yeah I'd noticed. Wish there was some way.....
» 16/06/2013 7:14:49 AM Belly I don't know that it's all about Kevin. Julia seems to be trying to play off the gen.....
» 16/06/2013 6:46:03 AM "was repealed by the Blighters (around the same time they legislated to make lying by.....
» 14/06/2013 3:29:24 PM Belly well said. You've got the ability to recognise that when you do it you are not taki.....
» 14/06/2013 10:22:30 AM Candide I don't personally like the name calling as I think it takes away from the actual .....
» 14/06/2013 9:59:11 AM Luciferase, yes they have had to deal with people trying to make an issue of their private.....
» 14/06/2013 7:54:10 AM o sung wu "For offences where any 'aggravation' is implicated, or extreme violence is.....
» 14/06/2013 6:40:18 AM Pelican I got told a number of times by CSA staff that things are not as bad as they were .....
» 13/06/2013 2:16:55 PM Pelican I think I've been pretty consistant over a long time in my view that for the most .....
» 13/06/2013 12:24:15 PM Pelican, is pretty much a given for a lot of men that society sees us as expendable. As a.....
» 11/06/2013 11:35:41 AM The article Lexi referenced is interesting in what it acknowledges and what it appears to .....
» 8/06/2013 2:11:02 PM Antiseptic, I hope that goes well for you. I had to go back and check to see who had post.....
» 8/06/2013 8:47:38 AM Lexi the system restrained people of both genders especially if you were not at the top of.....
» 7/06/2013 1:54:20 PM "It is hard to believe that this catalogue of woes applies to the group that in the p.....
» 6/06/2013 8:02:46 PM Pelican my impression is that there is little willingness by government to understand the .....
» 6/06/2013 7:30:13 AM Danielle, "Why haven't we seen signs and screens, indeed football publicity, carrying.....
» 1/06/2013 8:12:10 PM Mostly I've been avoiding the racism threads. Not an issue I've been close enough too to f.....
» 30/05/2013 5:11:32 AM Killarney, an old excuse but not valid. Its not only a failure to support choice for both .....
» 29/05/2013 5:30:08 AM praxidice, Belly has always claimed to be male. I've never seen a reason to doubt that nor.....
» 29/05/2013 4:53:30 AM Killarney, you demonstrate exactly the sexist double standards that are beginning to sway .....
» 28/05/2013 6:54:06 PM Killarney, I agree with the points you have made. I'd add somewhat more weight to the nega.....
» 28/05/2013 5:24:31 PM Shalmaneser, I'm sceptical enough given the spin and misrepresentations from both sides of.....
» 26/05/2013 6:22:39 PM rehctub, from what I see the really odd bit is that abortion isn't classified as murder bu.....
» 24/05/2013 11:49:06 AM Lexi its clear that the law is in place otherwise there would not be charges. Not much poi.....
» 24/05/2013 10:18:23 AM Banjo, I've not tried recently but some years ago there was a push to ty and get stats on .....
» 24/05/2013 8:16:14 AM Suzie, I' trying to work out if your misrepresentation is deliberte, poor comprehension or.....
» 23/05/2013 6:35:58 PM Lexi you may do better on the research than I have but from what I can see abortion is qui.....
» 23/05/2013 9:49:41 AM "Men can't be trusted to use condoms properly as it is. Hence, the reason why we have.....
» 23/05/2013 6:48:12 AM Suzie you are letting the misandry show again. Yeah I know you like them men in your life .....
» 21/05/2013 7:17:06 PM I'm not convinced that the minor parties would benefit. I generally vote for the Coalitio.....
» 20/05/2013 5:13:38 AM Banjo, there are also the elections where significant portions of the campaign were based .....
» 19/05/2013 5:58:14 PM Lexi "a defining feature of our current political culture driven largely by the ruthl.....
» 17/05/2013 6:31:19 AM Lexi, my impression is that very few are regretting turfing Labor out. Maybe wishing the L.....
» 15/05/2013 9:04:01 PM I'm not so sure that there is nothing to see here. The facts of the case are disturbing es.....
» 15/05/2013 4:06:48 PM Could also try this one. http://m.apnews.mobi/ap/db_6776/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=xO.....
» 15/05/2013 6:50:08 AM One abortion clinic is found to be run with very poor standards and that becomes "the.....
» 14/05/2013 6:52:43 PM Not cameras but the IRS targetting of conservative groups applying for tax exempt status i.....
» 12/05/2013 5:23:39 PM Belly, " not sure but I am unable to see a problem"- and that's part of the prob.....
» 10/05/2013 9:34:44 AM Belly the creeping intrusion of government into our lives is not really off topic. It all .....
» 9/05/2013 10:00:42 PM Some fairly big claims with no rferences to back them up. I'm less than convinced thats i.....
» 9/05/2013 9:17:12 PM Belly the workplace which came to mind was my workplace. An office environment where manag.....
» 9/05/2013 7:14:59 AM On balance I think the cameras are a help in detecting perpetrators, not so sure that they.....
» 1/05/2013 3:55:59 PM I'm not sure if they are the same thing but this article may be of interest in context wit.....
» 30/04/2013 6:40:02 PM Overall I applaud the article but I was somewhat bemused by the Democrats plug at the end .....
» 28/04/2013 9:45:36 AM individual I was thinking more of some of the emails that get sent onto me. Designed to wh.....
» 27/04/2013 7:58:50 PM Sometimes on this issue it feels like I'm stuck between Chicken Little and Sgt Schultz (or.....
» 25/04/2013 1:32:36 PM Squeers my sons school tried a rental scheme for laptops last year and were so impressed b.....
» 24/04/2013 6:20:09 AM Suzie I think in the case of those who work closely with children (and without another adu.....
» 23/04/2013 8:51:50 PM "I agree that all arrests of this nature should be named, if for no other reason than.....
» 22/04/2013 12:47:46 PM So do any of those supporting the view that marriage is just about having children and the.....
» 20/04/2013 10:09:06 AM A couple of thoughts - Security cameras are a lot more prevalent than they used to be. -.....
» 20/04/2013 9:29:48 AM As I've pointed out regularly I think the government should get out of the business of reg.....
» 13/04/2013 6:59:29 PM Graham, interesting question. We've touched on aspects of it previously. I consider suici.....
» 11/04/2013 11:20:46 AM Perhaps the onus of the discussion should be on Sells to demonstrate that the saying of pr.....
» 11/04/2013 10:58:33 AM I'm of the view that if the author thinks that women are somehow more virtuous etc than me.....
» 5/04/2013 1:48:08 PM Josephus would you then ban and or disolve marriages between heterosexual adults unable to.....
» 5/04/2013 6:47:12 AM I don't see the part where calling a gay union marriage hurts others. Its hardly the case .....
» 27/03/2013 2:35:17 PM I read the article, what I'venot worked out fromit is the impact on unplanned pregnancies .....
» 27/03/2013 5:25:14 AM individual, we do seem to get a lot more "government" with Labor, not sure how t.....
» 26/03/2013 6:55:10 PM I'm wondering what organisation with a monopoly and or the ability to force compliance eve.....
» 21/03/2013 8:41:49 PM "No one likes abortion, and I hope one day that no one needs to have one..." In .....
» 21/03/2013 6:38:37 PM To my view the failure to engage with the evidence I have presented and points I've made c.....
» 21/03/2013 6:14:15 PM I'm standing by the "Presumption of Innocence" for Ruddy. He's not been convicte.....
» 20/03/2013 5:56:59 PM I'm not a big fan of restriction on freedom of speech but from what's been described by bo.....
» 20/03/2013 3:40:47 PM I'm never quite sure how to respond to closing remarks from someone who has left the threa.....
» 19/03/2013 7:40:36 PM "People are only "fraudsters" when they deliberately set out to lie." .....
» 19/03/2013 6:37:18 PM Individual "Never mind the Labor pollies," Not real concerned for them, none ar.....
» 18/03/2013 6:33:14 PM Belly first I agree with the other comment, you need someone willing to take on the job an.....
» 17/03/2013 9:33:49 PM When I saw the title I'd hoped for a thoughtful piece touching on the different ways that .....
» 17/03/2013 2:37:50 PM Suzi "Surely trying to understand where both women and men are coming from, will ensu.....
» 17/03/2013 12:10:16 PM One of the points that I'd been thinking about is the division on this issue with what app.....
» 16/03/2013 8:01:16 PM As one who tried to answer Vanna's challenge regarding the anti-male focus of Austalian fe.....
» 15/03/2013 12:37:09 PM I'd posted previously on Feminist research and subjectivity. Broadly from what I can see i.....
» 11/03/2013 10:11:20 PM As a long term coalition voter it's worth remembering that there have been times when the .....
» 8/03/2013 12:11:26 PM There ar too many numbers missing from this to get a genuine idea of the reality. - How .....
» 7/03/2013 9:05:27 PM Belly, I've got mixed views on the Lib/Nat thing. Electorally I think it costs to have the.....
» 6/03/2013 8:00:35 PM I think I've seen most of the posts on the thread, I'm a little disappointed that the thre.....
» 2/03/2013 11:45:48 AM landrights4all, interesting concept but I'm wondering how it plays out in practice. I ass.....
» 28/02/2013 6:42:29 PM The links I could find to the original report seemed to be broken however a link I'd poste.....
» 28/02/2013 5:19:12 PM Candie, I don't know if that's specified either way. If I can find the link to the report .....
» 28/02/2013 3:41:56 PM Part 2 Houellebecq subsequently find the report quoted by ChazP http://forum.onlineopinio.....
» 28/02/2013 3:41:01 PM It would be interesting to know for sure if Charles is ChazP, the presentation style match.....
» 27/02/2013 4:33:09 PM There was a couple of comments made about conspiracy earlier. I wonder at what point it sh.....
» 27/02/2013 4:19:38 PM I've not waded though the entire paper yet but what I have conforms to a pattern used by m.....
» 27/02/2013 7:05:36 AM The ral question is probably which intolerance must we tolerate rather than how much of it.....
» 26/02/2013 6:15:27 PM Suzie I will try and stick with it but when you say well researched the opening section ma.....
» 26/02/2013 5:19:06 AM onthebeach, why is it regarded as PC to think that some attacks which don't seem to have a.....
» 26/02/2013 5:13:47 AM Suzie, sorry perhaps a bit terse with that last post. I really get tired of so called pap.....
» 26/02/2013 4:44:10 AM Suzie, I may read the rest of it but the paper starts with lies and repeats of the doctori.....
» 25/02/2013 6:56:28 PM onthebeach, "It is OK to slam Abbott for his choice to be Christian and worse apparen.....
» 25/02/2013 4:32:33 PM Saltpetre, it's my impression that the majority of those opposed to completely gendered ca.....
» 25/02/2013 9:44:14 AM csteel, for the record as I've already listed a few attacks on Abbott that I consider very.....
» 25/02/2013 7:16:28 AM There is an valuable article by Murray Straus at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/V75-Straus-.....
» 25/02/2013 3:33:25 AM Yuyutsu from a philosophical perspective I don't see that this particular situation is all.....
» 24/02/2013 5:55:24 PM csteel and I've got no time left for my local Liberal candidate, his office repeatedly fai.....
» 23/02/2013 5:04:56 PM csteel, there are a lot of things our pollies do that I can't easily imagine myself doing......
» 22/02/2013 11:54:05 PM csteel I can't imagine doing so unless I was very very upset at the time. As for the rest.....
» 22/02/2013 4:42:33 PM onthebeach, that thought occurred to me but I'm willing to assume that part of the mind se.....
» 22/02/2013 3:32:21 PM I think I'd give Gillard the benefit of the doubt regarding her initial response to Abbott.....
» 22/02/2013 9:43:08 AM l think its relevant to point out that contrary to what was claimed earlier the article do.....
» 21/02/2013 7:29:04 PM Jay despite my passion to see the nightmare that is the so called child support system dis.....
» 21/02/2013 6:17:53 PM I do remember that one and I also noticed at the time a bunch of replays of other times Ab.....
» 21/02/2013 5:50:29 PM It is interesting that the government runs a double standard on this issue. The income of.....
» 21/02/2013 5:42:40 PM Mr Opinion do you have any more detail? R0bert.....
» 21/02/2013 5:25:09 PM Did Tony Abbott bait the PM about her father following her fathers death? I heard the bit.....
» 21/02/2013 1:00:59 PM I strongly support the point Reason makes that a whole of society approach rather than mot.....
» 19/02/2013 4:59:36 PM o sung wu, I doubt that Assange is someone I'd relate to easily. He does come across as st.....
» 19/02/2013 6:52:00 AM Saltpetre its importand to understand feminist theory to understand those claims about DV......
» 18/02/2013 8:43:05 PM o sung wu " I sincerely believe, that certain material or information, whether spoken.....
» 18/02/2013 2:01:12 PM Pelican, hopefully you know me enough to know I'm not a fan of the overly aggressive appro.....
» 18/02/2013 1:14:25 PM Pliny, as I understand it there are no charges. The allegations I've seen don't involve ra.....
» 18/02/2013 8:50:12 AM Mr Opinion, I think she understood full well what the word meant. I don't think the PM is .....
» 17/02/2013 8:32:36 PM Pelican, its a lot more than being irked. These very deliberately gendered campaigns have .....
» 14/02/2013 9:26:21 PM 'but I think the Libs more so during this government.' I think that ones hard to judge, w.....
» 14/02/2013 10:50:13 AM For those with short memories you could try this http://www.webcity.com.au/keating/ or you.....
» 14/02/2013 9:31:16 AM Sarah, whilst I agree with some of the sentiments the political bias in your article takes.....
» 13/02/2013 7:40:19 PM http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/foodstoavoid.html From what I could see on a.....
» 12/02/2013 4:49:24 PM Pelican have you had a look at Bob Mongomery's article yet? http://www.onlineopinion.com.a.....
» 11/02/2013 8:53:29 PM I liked some parts but I think Houellebecq summed the bulk of it up pretty well. One point.....
» 11/02/2013 5:31:58 PM Joe, thanks. Paul, I don't think that the idea of the "term" going outside the .....
» 10/02/2013 7:32:58 PM I don't know if there would be official notification for the PM's office if a member of pa.....
» 10/02/2013 7:15:43 PM Pelican I do try to see both sides of the issues. My view on most of the gender stuff (esp.....
» 10/02/2013 7:10:41 PM Lexi it may be a clumsy term but I'm trying to find a simple way of expressing the differe.....
» 10/02/2013 10:04:49 AM Lexi how about a response taking the list in context as a response to Suzies claims of a m.....
» 10/02/2013 6:50:32 AM suzie, that was crap. If you and Poirot agree on a point is it the old girls club taking o.....
» 9/02/2013 2:11:01 PM Anti, good to see you are still alive. The point you highlight is a worthwhile one especia.....
» 8/02/2013 11:05:32 AM runner, I suspect we do have common ground on that but you stop some steps short. The choi.....
» 8/02/2013 7:27:07 AM runner your point is a side issue but in my experience christains are some of the best at .....
» 8/02/2013 7:01:27 AM Still no presumption of innocence for Joh or Russ (or Abbott) coming from those who procla.....
» 2/02/2013 3:07:32 PM Poirot I do believe in it but like everything it has its limits especially when combined w.....
» 2/02/2013 2:13:14 PM A question for those who've been around for a while and who are busy making much of the pr.....
» 30/01/2013 6:26:41 PM I side with the view that the article is simplistic. Human beings are much more complex th.....
» 29/01/2013 6:35:52 PM onthebeach, Poirot is one of the few women who posts on OLO who generally does not play th.....
» 29/01/2013 1:18:10 PM onthebeach I don't agree that it's nothing to do with men. I know of at least one man who .....
» 29/01/2013 11:08:49 AM The social police don't seem to have any problem expressing opinions if the topic is men i.....
» 25/01/2013 1:58:19 PM Poirot, I've never seen specific legislation but it was fairly widely reported some time b.....
» 25/01/2013 12:46:17 PM Poirot, I don't think I'd draw the line at a funeral either. At most the issue is about th.....
» 23/01/2013 6:13:56 AM Bely have another read of my post. I made it clear that I could be misreading you so words.....
» 22/01/2013 10:35:10 AM Poirot and Banjo very much in agreement with you. Not sure what we do about the terminally.....
» 21/01/2013 7:59:56 AM Belly, not sure if you intended it that way but I've not seen anyone on this thread sugges.....
» 18/01/2013 3:51:09 PM "Whether or not a woman is "unwise' in her choices, it will always be the rapist.....
» 18/01/2013 12:54:17 PM Lexi I'm quite capable of keeping it zipped and do so unless there is clear mutual consent.....
» 18/01/2013 7:42:16 AM Belly that last line said it really well. R0bert.....
» 17/01/2013 9:47:45 PM "A well-dressed man stepping from an expensive limousine would never be accused of th.....
» 17/01/2013 8:55:53 PM o sung wu, I'm kind of hoping we don't spend to much time on side issues such as "ïr-.....
» 17/01/2013 5:04:15 PM Hasbeen "I want an equitable society, not one that gives a free ride to some, & simpl.....
» 17/01/2013 12:34:06 PM Belly thanks, your thread was a valuable one. I do have to agree with Hasbeen re your comm.....
» 16/01/2013 4:52:36 PM I've been mulling over some of the issues raised in Belly's earlier Welfare thread and som.....
» 3/01/2013 12:16:08 PM On the original question. The material I've seen on brain development is fairly clear tha.....
» 3/01/2013 10:12:43 AM A couple of the comments have referred to the parents of kids. I suspect that in a lot of.....
» 27/12/2012 12:49:38 PM Two that I first saw put together by Robert Fulghum (I knew them individually but seeing t.....
» 26/12/2012 2:16:07 PM Part of this debate is centred around the idea that others can and should be able to decid.....
» 14/12/2012 2:38:45 PM James "OLO ought to be offering an alternative view to the supine mainstream media bu.....
» 13/12/2012 1:09:56 PM Part 2 You could also take a bigger risk and do some creative thinking about how to addres.....
» 13/12/2012 1:09:50 PM As a long term Coalition supporter I'm adding my voice to those who have criticed the arti.....
» 7/12/2012 7:01:18 AM Got to love it when pre-recorded messages get released early. At least it explains a lot .....
» 6/12/2012 7:07:42 AM individual, off topic but an interesting diversion. My impression is that most people are .....
» 5/12/2012 8:39:31 AM I wonder if Cheryl ever stops to ask why it's so over whelmingly men expressing the disaff.....
» 5/12/2012 7:01:05 AM Whilst I agree with some of the gains cited in the article I was left with anoverriding im.....
» 21/11/2012 8:28:17 PM Alan most of us have had changes of mind on issues which we may have previously expressed .....
» 21/11/2012 8:00:40 PM The whole argument put here looks fundamentally paternalistic and sexist. Put into simpler.....
» 20/11/2012 9:44:44 AM I think that there is great value in the publication of evidence where public lies are tol.....
» 13/11/2012 1:29:32 PM Pied Piper I've given some thought to the issue of the scale of the inquiry. I'd dearly lo.....
» 9/11/2012 9:06:01 PM OUG and to some extent the focus of this thread highlight a couple of major problems. OUG .....
» 9/11/2012 7:54:43 AM The jacarandas have been great this year near my office but are starting to fade now, look.....
» 8/11/2012 6:48:37 AM An error in that last line, it should have been that it harder to imagine them being advoc.....
» 8/11/2012 5:23:47 AM Pied Piper welcome back. The down sides of being willing to lie incude when to stop, what .....
» 7/11/2012 7:50:23 AM "My mind is fixed on the Mums and dads who MUST WORK the bottom of in income and life.....
» 6/11/2012 12:51:08 PM Is there rally nothing we can do? Perhaps treat the assets of those executives (and anyone.....
» 3/11/2012 7:32:34 AM Belly, politically it would be dangerous for the coalitiin to change leaders. It would be .....
» 31/10/2012 6:54:55 AM - Appointees to key positions with links to the government of the days party. - Suicide r.....
» 29/10/2012 7:22:03 PM "She probably got her information from Abbott and the libs. Women write good fairy ta.....
» 29/10/2012 12:38:18 PM If everyday as I walk past that pool there is 1 million kids drowning in it there will qui.....
» 28/10/2012 9:06:24 PM Rainier I though that was all pretty much known anyway. Denied by Gillard and her supporte.....
» 26/10/2012 5:41:31 PM Kipp I have my doubt that the question is asked in good faith but I'll give it a go anyway.....
» 26/10/2012 5:20:41 PM Hasbeen I don't tend to like the parallels that imply some kind of ownership. Too many way.....
» 24/10/2012 9:11:30 PM An interesting article on misperceptions about child sex offenders at http://www.aic.gov.a.....
» 24/10/2012 6:14:09 PM Unfortunately issues like this tend to polarise. I think that there is a lot of truth to .....
» 24/10/2012 5:54:48 AM Marriage, the single worst thing I've ever been part of. I should have chosen more carefu.....
» 23/10/2012 8:42:07 PM "The question is, at what point in the income distribution should we switch from bein.....
» 23/10/2012 8:34:39 PM I've often wondered if the release from the use of image based porn reduces the incidence .....
» 22/10/2012 5:50:46 PM Does the original context of this thread still have any bearing? As I interpret it an att.....
» 21/10/2012 4:37:53 PM Poirot the most important difference is that the Australian people had a chance to vote on.....
» 19/10/2012 8:00:22 AM I know I'm running somewhat off thread but I do think the rate of outrage at Jones is tell.....
» 17/10/2012 8:22:36 PM "R0bert, have you seen any research linking the continual anti-women attacks by Alan .....
» 17/10/2012 6:34:13 PM Houellebecq, I'm trying to tread carefully in the hope that what I say is the focus rather.....
» 17/10/2012 6:16:54 PM DiamondPete I'm finding the seeming contrast between your views on thought crimes here and.....
» 16/10/2012 10:23:32 PM Alan as someone who has spent some time looking at the handling of DV research and has rec.....
» 16/10/2012 7:06:10 PM "So up to 4% of priests must be paedophiles, as are 4% of mechanics, computer program.....
» 16/10/2012 6:35:08 PM “women are destroying the joint” A nasty comment but it seems fair to ask why feminist wr.....
» 16/10/2012 5:25:08 PM No Belly not just the lost Left. In this case not personal against other posters but with.....
» 16/10/2012 8:21:46 AM When I look at this thread I'm reminded of a comment made some years ago by Peter Garrett......
» 15/10/2012 11:46:32 AM Belly she still had options she chose not to use. Refusing to break a commitment and maki.....
» 15/10/2012 7:44:43 AM My ex is rather fond of claiming a change in circumstance to justify breaking commitments......
» 14/10/2012 7:56:37 PM individual, that joke looks like a close relation to the habit some have of deciding what .....
» 14/10/2012 7:01:51 PM The issue of proof in public debate is a tough one, I wonder how many of those keen on the.....
» 13/10/2012 6:06:28 AM Belly, not trying to pick on you but I think the point is relevant. "Should ANY WOMAN.....
» 12/10/2012 4:54:03 PM Belly perhaps you should link to the post of runners you are referring to. The one I found.....
» 12/10/2012 12:17:27 PM Belly I went looking. Pretty much the norm in theme for runner if the post I found was the.....
» 12/10/2012 11:17:09 AM Houellebecq well said. I was left wondering after listening to the speech how often we wil.....
» 11/10/2012 8:31:39 AM 'and will actively ask all your friends and acquaintances to do the same.' and I'll activ.....
» 10/10/2012 5:25:48 PM " There appear to be three distinct motivations: 'instrumental' – seeking to effect s.....
» 9/10/2012 10:14:54 PM "Nope, he just overestimated his grandeur and underestimated his vulnerability to pub.....
» 9/10/2012 7:08:12 PM "But, SM, the title of this thread is "Alan Jones comment". It's not ".....
» 9/10/2012 8:31:18 AM Chris well said. R0bert.....
» 8/10/2012 6:26:18 PM The thing that stuck out about the Carlton piece for me is that some utterly miss the poin.....
» 7/10/2012 8:27:08 PM Mal good article but I'm surprised that no mention is made of what in my view is one of th.....
» 5/10/2012 5:50:37 PM Belly SM is not alone, think of a number between 578 and 580 for a comparable level of one.....
» 5/10/2012 6:13:13 AM SM depending on the time frame you missed a couple in Qld but to be fair its my impression.....
» 4/10/2012 6:26:30 AM wobbles, I did get to see the comment. In my view out of the same slop bucket as Jones com.....
» 3/10/2012 8:04:51 PM Be interesting to see where it lead if religion became truly subject to constraints around.....
» 3/10/2012 7:23:18 AM wobbles I'm guessing the second comment on this thread, the one by yourself that now reads.....
» 1/10/2012 7:42:50 AM It was a very nasty comment and our country could do far better without the level of nasty.....
» 25/09/2012 6:55:23 PM Suseonline, I think that the author is strongly anti-abortion. I'm not personally convince.....
» 24/09/2012 8:21:21 PM I have very mixed feelings about this article and the debate around the topic. Firstly I .....
» 19/09/2012 5:43:48 PM Belly there is a group which bothers me even more than the person in question. I get the i.....
» 15/09/2012 10:22:06 AM I need some bearings for a project I'm working on, local supplier $27 each plus Gst, I'd h.....
» 13/09/2012 10:44:30 PM Rehctub you are making pretty big assumptions about those being retrenched and the likelyh.....
» 13/09/2012 1:37:08 PM A couple of points - As I understand it Newman promised that this would not happen. He was.....
» 12/09/2012 3:24:47 PM Rhian well said. In my view none of the parties have a stong presence on the personal lib.....
» 11/09/2012 2:13:10 PM I keep thinking of a criticsm by the PM recently of a trial by the Qld Govt for some disab.....
» 11/09/2012 9:13:06 AM Bazz and what to some is harassment is to others a right and or necessity. I consider the.....
» 10/09/2012 2:28:49 PM Hasbeen I've not chased down the detail but my understanding is that they got Bolt on issu.....
» 10/09/2012 7:39:19 AM Belly, how sure are you that PC actually stops some of those debates? You may need to be m.....
» 6/09/2012 9:17:22 AM The article by Julie Bishop is not a bad example of what I think characterises the "r.....
» 5/09/2012 12:00:52 PM That all seemed self serving and overly simplistic. I guess that its difficult to consider.....
» 3/09/2012 7:24:01 AM individual, I'm not close enough to the detail to call it nepotism. Perhaps the individual.....
» 2/09/2012 6:59:05 PM Wishful thinking let me down on this one. I'd hoped it was a piece dealing with the govern.....
» 30/08/2012 10:07:53 PM "Anyway, this is not the appropriate thread for this topic, but I hear you." re.....
» 30/08/2012 7:14:34 PM Gypsy not sure if you know about them but you could try http://olderworkers.com.au/ Your .....
» 29/08/2012 5:45:43 PM It may help to split the issue into three questions. 1/ Does society have the right to im.....
» 29/08/2012 1:10:23 PM Forget the drug tests for pollies, wack them on a polygraph and no pay for any who don't p.....
» 25/08/2012 7:40:50 PM Philip I think that the de-facto laws opened that can of worms up for same sex couples alr.....
» 25/08/2012 8:08:34 AM Its catering to biggots rather than managing a real risk. Just a minor tweak and it could .....
» 23/08/2012 9:54:50 AM Houellebecq that opens a real can of worms. You'd need a super computer to work out seatin.....
» 23/08/2012 6:42:21 AM You have to wonder how this would play if nominal skin colour was substituted for gender. .....
» 22/08/2012 10:46:18 AM Banjo, The danger in that is that an Abbott lead government with an extreme majority could.....
» 21/08/2012 6:30:40 PM "Pro-choice should mean being in favour of the baby being allowed to live long enough.....
» 8/08/2012 5:54:13 PM Houellebecq, that's just bullying behaviour. Lot's of posters would comment in support of .....
» 7/08/2012 1:37:24 PM Amazing stuff. As for the side discussion, clearly some people spend far too much time th.....
» 7/08/2012 7:16:31 AM Off topic but interesting. Two sides of religion - the search for deeper meaning to life .....
» 4/08/2012 12:34:40 PM I've seen some here who have tried to hide behind being identified. The perception that be.....
» 2/08/2012 11:54:50 AM Neither, the closest I'd come is that it was and is a mix of the naratives. "progress.....
» 1/08/2012 11:38:01 AM As was pointed out earlier, without a strong opposition to other forms of "sterile&qu.....
» 31/07/2012 6:59:20 PM There is a amount of official government information that needs to stay secret for a perio.....
» 31/07/2012 6:23:05 PM James, I'm not sure about Rhostys gender and regardless of that there are plenty of men su.....
» 29/07/2012 6:03:20 PM Part 2 CSA and the formula show no real regard for the needs of working non-resident paren.....
» 29/07/2012 6:03:16 PM individual, Rhosty has actually made a fairly good demonstration of a couple of relevant p.....
» 28/07/2012 3:16:47 PM Poirot, agreed that it's tasteless. The respect is mutual BTW. Part of my point is that r.....
» 27/07/2012 9:56:36 PM tired, or maybe you refuse to recognise violence. I quoted from a definition provided by .....
» 27/07/2012 6:06:29 PM Firstly I agree with those who make the point that bravery and self sacrifice is not gende.....
» 27/07/2012 12:23:56 PM Before I comment on the article, first a comment on Killarneys misrepresentation ofnthe po.....
» 25/07/2012 11:56:38 AM Some similar themes in Burt Rutans TED talk on the future of spaceflight http://www.ted.co.....
» 18/07/2012 6:41:37 PM I don't see any place in this article where Babette has attempted to dictate to others. Sh.....
» 17/07/2012 8:38:50 PM I agree with Killarney that there are some who really need the help. It does not always wo.....
» 17/07/2012 11:36:10 AM I don't tend to agree that because far more serious human rights abuses happen else where .....
» 16/07/2012 5:23:51 AM I think that the slope to stoning (or its equivalent) lies in the doctors attacks on men f.....
» 14/07/2012 12:56:22 PM Poirot I'm no expert but I've got the impression that inter group conflicts are hardly in .....
» 11/07/2012 9:37:52 PM Me, I've taken to complaining big time of late. After my return the the CSA's clutches it .....
» 10/07/2012 5:18:48 PM "while men outnumber women in suicide deaths, women considerably outnumber men in sui.....
» 10/07/2012 9:05:04 AM "just refer them to about a million global facts and figures that prove beyond any do.....
» 5/07/2012 8:52:47 PM I'd like to take a slightly different look at the issue. Much is made of vested financial .....
» 4/07/2012 6:25:22 PM Anthony I read it many years after the 60s. Probably in the 80s. Saw some interesting comm.....
» 4/07/2012 2:43:06 PM I do agree with the previous comments about favorites but there are a few that come to min.....
» 29/06/2012 5:54:43 PM Yeah Poirot you are clearly a traitor to the cause. You are supposed to always take the wo.....
» 29/06/2012 9:20:32 AM I get the impression that the bulk of the passive racism in these encounters is the author.....
» 28/06/2012 10:17:47 AM The author has a point about the language but I wonder if she is as bothered by the sexism.....
» 26/06/2012 8:35:58 PM "I don't think Yuyutsu understands there's people with hopes, dreams, heart aches, an.....
» 25/06/2012 9:22:32 PM Yuyutsu, recent experiences with CSA are having a profound effect on my attitude to the la.....
» 25/06/2012 4:59:49 PM Yuyutsu, "It is really not nice to depend on government for your needs - wouldn't you.....
» 23/06/2012 8:19:57 AM Big government has a tendency to step beyond the reasonable and act according to which lob.....
» 22/06/2012 5:36:14 PM "Secondly if people are not comfortable in being identified for what they say, there .....
» 22/06/2012 7:50:45 AM SM sad to see more playing with politics on that. Labor have failed to stop the boats but .....
» 21/06/2012 6:45:37 PM Cyber bullying can be devastating for some, as can any form of bullying. I don't though be.....
» 17/06/2012 9:13:34 AM And grateful what will protect a man from exploitation? A marriage contract certainly doe.....
» 15/06/2012 8:09:51 AM I wonder how much evidence there is for the view that pluralistic marriages lead to worse .....
» 13/06/2012 3:14:11 PM young_mum87, I worked all through that so never had that part of the stigma. Could not hav.....
» 10/06/2012 1:15:55 PM Poirot, thanks for the link. A very interesting read including most of the comments. Not s.....
» 10/06/2012 12:11:06 PM Pt 2 Those who want to portray isolated incidents occurring during the breakdown of a rela.....
» 10/06/2012 12:10:55 PM Trevor I agree in part, I tried a variation of the agreement part when my ex and I were di.....
» 9/06/2012 9:44:18 PM Or abusers given excessive power to hurt an ex through a gendered family law system can dr.....
» 8/06/2012 8:16:11 PM dane I saw your earlier comment, I doubt very much that it was deleted "because it of.....
» 8/06/2012 5:31:47 PM The gotcha on all of this is making it actually work for people. In the UK example as desc.....
» 8/06/2012 2:20:33 PM Agreed that there are some big flaws but I doubt that we will see Elspeth and her supporte.....
» 8/06/2012 6:49:14 AM Hopefully the author does not represent the majority of same sex orientated people on this.....
» 7/06/2012 5:33:52 AM Captain Kuhle, I'd take the whole concern fot children thing a lot more serioulyif I was s.....
» 6/06/2012 8:42:49 PM "Support for re-defining marriage is not always about equality. It’s also a social is.....
» 5/06/2012 6:10:50 PM rehctub, I think Belly was talking about Mr Tatts and purple hair when he refers to the pa.....
» 5/06/2012 3:22:19 PM Poirot, are you forgetting that Houellebecq is seeking recognition as a mother (http://for.....
» 5/06/2012 3:16:32 PM Another christian lobbyist who claims to be ever so concerned about the impact on marriage.....
» 5/06/2012 12:28:38 PM DreamOn that mostly seems like the same tired old excuses for an utterly unjust system. Mo.....
» 5/06/2012 7:03:56 AM "I believe that if there is any reasonable basis regarding a question of inproprietor.....
» 4/06/2012 3:35:43 PM The comments about legal capacity and managing our own affairs are interesting. I've rece.....
» 4/06/2012 7:16:11 AM There a couple of different variants of what a lot of us would think of as fraud at play. .....
» 3/06/2012 3:16:54 PM Paul what would you have thought if there had been someone there demanding that the soluti.....
» 2/06/2012 4:17:08 PM "People who want to top themselves, have multiple choices, that don't necessarily inc.....
» 1/06/2012 8:08:42 PM Squeers, well said. Though for a moment that you used to date my ex but she was more prone.....
» 1/06/2012 7:14:58 PM Paul "I worked for what I get, its all mine." more to the point there are those .....
» 1/06/2012 6:48:48 PM Whilst I agree with parts of the article I lost interest when I hit the one sided sexist g.....
» 31/05/2012 8:03:08 AM Perhaps the Greens Senator should try a few years working hard at a stressfull job with a .....
» 30/05/2012 8:47:54 PM I rode for a while some years ago, some other changes made that impractical for a period t.....
» 29/05/2012 7:13:00 PM young_mum87, good luck with this thread. An interesting topic. My girlfriend has had to d.....
» 28/05/2012 9:25:53 PM Belly there is another aspect of this seldom touched on. That's the part where we are held.....
» 26/05/2012 4:46:49 PM Mollydukes, I agree with you about Bill and his motives but the point he makes in that ins.....
» 25/05/2012 6:04:11 PM I'm not privy to HP's internal decision making process but some time ago Oracle acquired S.....
» 25/05/2012 5:35:18 PM McCackie I mostly agree but with the proviso that like any grouping there is a lot of vari.....
» 23/05/2012 7:34:58 PM I think Jon summed it up pretty well. It would be better for the state to get out of the m.....
» 22/05/2012 9:09:13 PM Atman, "Its a political and social assault meant to diminish the power of the what th.....
» 22/05/2012 7:12:41 PM I do wonder if Abbott is sticking his neck out a bit too far. If Thomson is able to prove .....
» 22/05/2012 6:54:14 PM "Moe pay is only justified if the electorate feels they're better off. Politicians' p.....
» 22/05/2012 3:03:16 PM Marilyn is correct to a degree. It's mostly about not wanting uncontrolled entry. I feel d.....
» 22/05/2012 12:41:47 PM Poirot I was pleased to see runner lashing out at the christian homophobes who use the thi.....
» 22/05/2012 10:09:33 AM The winds of change within the church to widespread acceptance of bearing false witness ha.....
» 21/05/2012 4:10:11 PM The links between the unions and the ALP raise a lot of issues. Where do loyalties lie wh.....
» 16/05/2012 9:03:41 PM I disagree with the title of the article, plenty can be gained when members of a group exp.....
» 14/05/2012 4:53:11 PM Thomson is entitled to the presumption of innocence as we all are but I'm left wondering i.....
» 9/05/2012 1:53:39 PM "The vow a cohabiting couple make is this, "I promise to have sex with you until.....
» 8/05/2012 10:50:08 PM I don't know who did what but the like figure for this article compared to others if as cl.....
» 8/05/2012 5:29:33 PM Or perhaps those who know they don't have arguments which are consistant with feminist sta.....
» 7/05/2012 6:21:14 PM Book burners can do harm to individual copies of a book. They can't by the action of burni.....
» 7/05/2012 3:03:28 PM Burning a printed copy of a book is described as "one of the most heinous and dreadfu.....
» 6/05/2012 2:32:20 PM "One of the main points that the Gillard Government has, is that this tax will benefi.....
» 4/05/2012 7:23:08 PM "Accepting Petra Buesken’s argument that industrial porn’s representation of heterose.....
» 4/05/2012 7:09:31 PM As a coalition/LNP voter growth is not one of my reasons for voting for them nor do I thin.....
» 4/05/2012 11:22:16 AM Poirot maybe that orgasmic experience is pretty common. Could explain why so many men find.....
» 3/05/2012 6:13:04 PM "It's hard to debate with someone who lacks the faculty of reason." Perhaps the.....
» 3/05/2012 6:19:07 AM Leaving aside the themes male is bad, female is good aspect of the article for a bit I'd l.....
» 2/05/2012 10:14:41 AM Poirot I suspect that a big part of the response to Squeers comments is driven by being ut.....
» 1/05/2012 6:07:22 AM Lexi the liberal senators case was tried, from memory guilty of the assault without aconvi.....
» 22/04/2012 4:11:01 PM Liberal senator story - http://www.theage.com.au/national/senator-guilty-of-assault--but-.....
» 12/04/2012 8:51:12 PM "but I still believe that people are basically good and decent - and given half a cha.....
» 6/04/2012 7:24:42 AM Belly, not sure why the ACTU should have acted now. My impression is that the report from .....
» 5/04/2012 2:39:51 PM "According to your way of thinking, Hitler is innocent." And on a local scale J.....
» 2/04/2012 5:38:33 PM Wobbles I mostly agree but the point that I'm getting at here is primarily about so called.....
» 2/04/2012 2:22:10 PM steven Qld Labor stayed in for a long time. R0bert.....
» 2/04/2012 11:57:44 AM steven, first there would need to be some objective measures determined to decide what's b.....
» 2/04/2012 10:41:26 AM For reference there is some comparitive work on child support scheme's done in 2005 at htt.....
» 2/04/2012 9:45:29 AM imajulianuter, I think you are being a bit too kind to the Beattie lead government. Lots o.....
» 2/04/2012 6:36:50 AM Arjay, the health bill did not mandate RFID chips to be implanted in the US polulation. By.....
» 2/04/2012 6:21:10 AM rechtub, I don't believe that there are any universal easy and fair answers. Nor am I keen.....
» 2/04/2012 3:45:24 AM I don't think it's a very wise thing to do to keep people who've separated/divorced tied t.....
» 1/04/2012 8:17:57 PM I'd like to generate some discussion on the rates used by CSA for raising a child (and som.....
» 1/04/2012 7:28:46 PM Arjay leaving aside the 911 topic I'm wondering about a few things related to this issue. .....
» 30/03/2012 8:25:32 PM Arjay I just downloaded the Pdf via the link from the post to test it. Whats the error? R.....
» 30/03/2012 7:29:11 PM Arjay in real worldspeak that rquires a registry of devices not mandatory devices. I was.....
» 29/03/2012 8:50:00 PM Arjay, you made a quit explicit claim that should be easy to confirm if true. I've linked .....
» 29/03/2012 12:42:41 PM The text of thedocument appears to be online at http://www.google.com/m/url?ei=WspzT6DvD4e.....
» 28/03/2012 8:10:45 AM Squuers perhaps some spleen. Suffering badly at the moment from the excesses of CSA and an.....
» 28/03/2012 6:48:36 AM Squeers, I like the concept of the humanities but like theology a lot of it seems to start.....
» 27/03/2012 3:19:06 PM Grim, I didn't mention Abbott. I referred to a point made in the article and gave my take .....
» 27/03/2012 12:32:22 PM "a party headed by educated, critical thinkers whose policies are based on unbiased r.....
» 26/03/2012 7:33:27 PM "Nearly 300 bills passed." - yeah that's got to be a seller for those wanting le.....
» 25/03/2012 7:48:28 PM Howard if they are going to keep CSA or something similar their should be an independent r.....
» 25/03/2012 5:42:16 PM Belly, "An illness could well be found to let her down lightly, say a Ministers role .....
» 25/03/2012 12:25:43 PM Just noticed that Bligh has announced she is quiting politics. http://www.couriermail.com......
» 25/03/2012 10:56:41 AM Lexi having said that it's also fair to point out that the LNP campaign was not an overly .....
» 25/03/2012 7:24:57 AM It was also clear that one of the factors that increased the hurt for Labor was the nature.....
» 22/03/2012 11:17:05 AM I know the point will be lost on the extremes where all feminism is hated and anything Jen.....
» 19/03/2012 1:08:40 PM Suzie its far worse than "not a perfect system", its corrupt to the core and pro.....
» 19/03/2012 5:20:47 AM "And no, I don't want to read any dreadful tales from family court scenarios, because.....
» 18/03/2012 5:29:22 PM I really don't understand the desperation by some to conflate issues facing father and att.....
» 17/03/2012 9:43:12 PM Rusty, maybe "Cruel and unusual punishment" might fit for some. R0bert.....
» 17/03/2012 6:53:58 PM "find another word, as the Marriage Word is taken." It might be taken but for m.....
» 17/03/2012 11:12:22 AM Warwick is no friend to those fathers wanting changes to family law that would result in f.....
» 16/03/2012 5:12:07 PM Tony from memory Joe has posted some interesting material on another thread outlining a sh.....
» 15/03/2012 8:12:41 AM "the judgement we make of another's intent - which cannot been seen directly - is a p.....
» 14/03/2012 1:33:09 PM Aka "that they deliberately cal their kids racially profane names in order to immunis.....
» 10/03/2012 4:46:06 PM Saltpetre, whilst I favour ethics being taught in school there is always the problem that .....
» 10/03/2012 4:37:29 PM "the corporate equivalent of a surplus" - that being a profit. I'm not desperat.....
» 9/03/2012 4:29:54 PM Might be heading into a battle zone I don't need at the moment but I think the previous po.....
» 8/03/2012 7:55:38 PM Houellebecq, you forgot responsibility for male controlled religions that ban sex outside .....
» 7/03/2012 5:43:53 PM "If it was just because he didn't feel attracted to you any more, then I would leave .....
» 7/03/2012 1:43:40 PM Why aren't members of the government (and opposition) more accountable for what they say? .....
» 7/03/2012 10:09:10 AM "And it could be where deviation from the agreement would require consent from the el.....
» 7/03/2012 8:41:02 AM Truth be told 4 times a day might be stretching things for many of us. Probably modelled .....
» 7/03/2012 7:39:15 AM I'd be nervous about criminal charges against politicians for the failings of private busi.....
» 6/03/2012 10:00:33 PM I didn't see anything in the article to give support to what was done in New York, Washing.....
» 6/03/2012 9:20:14 PM Yabby well said. R0bert.....
» 6/03/2012 7:35:08 PM "I was wondering what the predominantly male contributors to this thread feel is an '.....
» 6/03/2012 6:57:55 PM I've gone for a mob called FilterPure http://www.filterpurefilters.org/ A friend from the.....
» 6/03/2012 1:00:53 PM Houellebecq "but you cant really compare it to rape. " In most cases I'd agree b.....
» 6/03/2012 8:14:31 AM "no doudt anmy charity..would think it clever to issue..*a tax deductable reciept for.....
» 6/03/2012 7:48:47 AM There's an aspect of the anti-porn crusades that does not seem to get much air. The idea .....
» 5/03/2012 8:57:05 PM "What do you get when 20 porn addicts harass a feminist?" People responding to .....
» 5/03/2012 9:16:33 AM I do agree that women's self image is a factor. A far bigger factor in declining libido is.....
» 5/03/2012 7:04:51 AM A couple of relevant issues - the tactics used to get money (the subject of this thread) .....
» 4/03/2012 7:06:49 PM "Only an idiot would vote for people who do not put forward alternative proposals and.....
» 3/03/2012 8:09:54 AM An unwillingness by an opposition party to detail its policys well before an election is n.....
» 3/03/2012 7:52:50 AM Whilst I disagree with significant aspects of the authors case there are clearly times whe.....
» 2/03/2012 9:14:54 AM Houellebecq, sorry somewhat preoccupied with other stuff at the moment. Agreed re the att.....
» 2/03/2012 8:39:59 AM SM my impression is that as the claims have been withdrawn there is no real legal impedime.....
» 1/03/2012 10:20:16 PM Killarney I mostly agree with the points that you've made but i suspect it's mostly a case.....
» 29/02/2012 5:46:28 PM Houellebecq, you know I'm a sucker for buying into discussions that should be left alone. .....
» 29/02/2012 11:44:18 AM vanna I'm more of the view that much of the core analysis is flawed rather than all the ba.....
» 29/02/2012 8:26:14 AM One of the things I find really sad with these pieces is that we have an article that give.....
» 27/02/2012 10:00:58 PM I'm rather pleased to have windscreen wipers on my car. Perhaps in protest at that one you.....
» 27/02/2012 6:55:24 PM dane, "you just know it didn't come from the mind of a woman." The heart machin.....
» 27/02/2012 1:26:15 PM Got to love this. A thread about calling women names and someone who's real name is appare.....
» 27/02/2012 11:37:16 AM "My bet. Rudd will chuck a hissy fit & resign from Parliment & go into diplomacy.&quo.....
» 24/02/2012 7:38:13 AM Hasbeen "So now you have the hide to assume to advise the libs on who they should cho.....
» 24/02/2012 7:22:13 AM SM "And the responsibility argument implies a punishment far in excess of any careles.....
» 23/02/2012 8:58:06 PM "What if they were right and we did nothing? What would be worse?" Then we woul.....
» 23/02/2012 7:14:09 PM wobbles there is far to much of that around. It's been highlighted for me by Bligh's tact.....
» 23/02/2012 4:18:28 PM SM I don't think it's all that clear cut. Our country has had military conscription in the.....
» 23/02/2012 10:01:24 AM "And just in case I'm going to now hear about the unborn foetus not being a child, pl.....
» 23/02/2012 8:42:12 AM Rudd's so tired of the politics of division that he felt it appropriate to take a swipe at.....
» 22/02/2012 8:18:41 PM This does not seem to have cleared the decks in my view either. So far Labor does not se.....
» 22/02/2012 3:39:10 PM "So it is clear - it compels them to pay for services they consider a moral wrong.&qu.....
» 20/02/2012 4:48:10 PM "As a matter of interest what are the issues we should not raise?" Belly I've b.....
» 19/02/2012 2:12:34 PM Forest posted some links on the "Why the need for consensus" thread to twitter c.....
» 19/02/2012 12:42:51 PM Joe I can't find references at the moment but I've posted bit's of older reports covering .....
» 17/02/2012 9:33:44 PM Arjay I think it's Wayne Swan, Belly is a lot less one eyed. R0bert.....
» 17/02/2012 2:15:00 PM Mishga I'll agree with you in the situations where the churches and religious organisation.....
» 17/02/2012 1:15:03 PM Houellebecq sorry to not have shared. I missed one of the best though if we want to confla.....
» 17/02/2012 1:00:06 PM Jennifer as another former christian I'm not so certain that it's viable to seperate out w.....
» 16/02/2012 8:01:09 PM "indicates to me that you've got a few control issues hiding in the cupboard." K.....
» 16/02/2012 12:28:34 PM "I have reminded both sex's, [see defensively saying men too]" Smart, might sav.....
» 16/02/2012 12:21:23 PM "The point of the article is that, in every other context, hitting another, even mild.....
» 16/02/2012 11:19:22 AM 2 or more police officers armed with gun's and tasers as well as some training in unarmed .....
» 16/02/2012 8:48:34 AM "If someone intends to use an implement to inflict violence on you, you have every ri.....
» 15/02/2012 6:29:21 PM Proviso - if the discussion is about controlling women then let all my comments carry the .....
» 15/02/2012 6:07:37 PM "When I was isolated and without family, for a brief moment I accepted the belief tha.....
» 15/02/2012 8:50:56 AM Part 2 There is credible evidence that large amounts of physical discipline correlate to .....
» 15/02/2012 8:50:27 AM Snake the problem with that argument is that there does not appear to be evidence that ant.....
» 15/02/2012 7:26:31 AM belly why not step it back a bit and make it about controlling people? Might side step som.....
» 15/02/2012 7:14:03 AM Matt and diver_dan - saddened by both your posts. R0bert.....
» 14/02/2012 5:59:23 PM Yabby "but the larger question of fundamentalist Christians and their attitude to sex.....
» 14/02/2012 5:42:33 PM Belly I was having a go at those who continue to bleat about Abbott being negative as thou.....
» 14/02/2012 1:24:13 PM SM obviously some Labor party supporters think that Labor will be like that in opposition .....
» 14/02/2012 12:57:00 PM Belly agreed that there are some on both sides who do a lot of harm. It appears that thos.....
» 14/02/2012 12:10:45 PM Forest well said. I think that the article is leaving out too much of the issue to be tak.....
» 14/02/2012 11:01:54 AM I'll leave the issue of representation for those living elsewhere aside for the moment and.....
» 14/02/2012 8:35:21 AM "it's welfare for high income earners" There is a lot of branding of any break .....
» 14/02/2012 7:30:30 AM " According to modern philosophy neither Shakespeare nor the others can transcend the.....
» 14/02/2012 6:55:44 AM I'm looking forward to the day when we have an opposition that's supportive of government .....
» 13/02/2012 11:48:44 AM Yuyutsu Firstly I don't agree that "Religious reasons ARE more important than other, .....
» 11/02/2012 8:51:09 PM Hasbeen I'm holding my judgement on that but am finding it interesting the questions which.....
» 11/02/2012 6:04:06 PM I don't think that there is any credible reason why religious beliefs should be given any .....
» 10/02/2012 11:26:36 AM Pat I've not looked at what the Canadian model is like so comments are not based on specif.....
» 10/02/2012 7:06:34 AM "However, this also applies to religion, and the arts." Good point SM. Some tho.....
» 9/02/2012 6:08:35 PM Arjay your ability to read what's actually written is not all that impressive. "Firs.....
» 9/02/2012 1:34:16 PM "Nasa has seen the other side of the moon and there is no one there" Or so they.....
» 9/02/2012 11:05:37 AM "access to senior roles" It's not the whole picture but as I've pointed out bef.....
» 7/02/2012 10:19:31 AM "Unfortunatley with the porn industry making millions child abuse will continue to sk.....
» 7/02/2012 6:42:10 AM Suzie whilst I agree with most of that last post there does appear to be significant ethni.....
» 7/02/2012 6:06:57 AM Arjay you'd help your case by doing some background checks and a bit of disclosure before .....
» 6/02/2012 12:35:23 PM Holly I said it was an old story - from memory back in the Joh era when I heard it. Much s.....
» 6/02/2012 11:02:26 AM Poirot, continuing on way off topic. The current state of play over resources (and energy.....
» 6/02/2012 10:31:17 AM Poirot thanks for the link to the Forbes piece. The Kindle edition of the books not yet av.....
» 5/02/2012 7:39:39 PM For those that don't follow links an except from the second link "Speaking for many.....
» 5/02/2012 6:52:42 PM http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2093264/Forget-global-warming--Cycle-25-nee.....
» 5/02/2012 6:19:32 PM Part 3 “Diamandis and Kotler do a masterful job of explaining why we are at the start of .....
» 5/02/2012 6:18:42 PM and from reviews of a book I've not yet read Abundance the Future is Better Than You Think.....
» 5/02/2012 6:16:47 PM From the Intro to Jerry Pournelle's 2011 edition of "A Step Further Out "We live.....
» 4/02/2012 6:04:24 PM Poirot "My point being that it's not because of some noble zenith in human consciousn.....
» 4/02/2012 8:01:54 AM I think the dialogue of blaming men for all that happens even where men are the most visib.....
» 3/02/2012 7:03:18 PM "but don't ask them about the poor in Bangaladesh, for frankly they don't care too mu.....
» 2/02/2012 11:18:31 AM vanna, vanna, vanna where did we go wrong with you? A very sad response on your part to a.....
» 2/02/2012 10:00:27 AM "Tony Abbott's always struggled with the truth. Few can forget the disastrous 7.30 Re.....
» 2/02/2012 9:52:04 AM " "You must be the change you want to see in the world"...I think he's righ.....
» 1/02/2012 9:34:34 PM Cherful, thanks also from me for the grace of that post. R0bert.....
» 1/02/2012 11:46:50 AM Poirot, thanks for the two links to the MTR discussion. Some interesting point's in the or.....
» 1/02/2012 9:00:12 AM "If that's inhibiting someone's "rights," so be it." Lexi where do yo.....
» 1/02/2012 6:27:36 AM "My observations (since the early 1970s) are that conservative parties and leaders in.....
» 31/01/2012 9:51:16 PM "There is no such moral excuse however, for John Howard’s abandonment of the ‘no GST .....
» 31/01/2012 6:49:55 PM Poirot "noted that there were plenty of intelligent, articulate and opinionated women.....
» 31/01/2012 11:59:40 AM Graham I get the impression that the response has moved from protecting non-smokers from u.....
» 31/01/2012 11:45:06 AM I don't regularly involve myself in other general discussion sites, a couple of special in.....
» 31/01/2012 9:53:22 AM "both sides made it clear that without a clear majority they could not be expected to.....
» 31/01/2012 7:40:53 AM Joe, thanks for the the detail you post and the message in those posts. R0bert.....
» 30/01/2012 1:14:23 PM timdy, did you deliberately take that post out of context? If not have another look at t.....
» 28/01/2012 4:15:50 PM "it is the rise of older women who are divorced or caring for a sick husband or famil.....
» 28/01/2012 9:55:49 AM gypsie, "The answer is to address the problems and find a remedy, not create a witch .....
» 26/01/2012 6:16:32 PM Cheryl, it's also a fairly simple proposition that the average does not always equate to s.....
» 26/01/2012 9:10:39 AM "But at the level of "violence" described, it would appear to be entirely w.....
» 26/01/2012 9:06:02 AM Assuming that a debit card was implemented for welfare (money taken from taxpayers and giv.....
» 26/01/2012 8:11:13 AM Joe, if that's such a big problem for you then perhaps you'd be better reading a dictionar.....
» 25/01/2012 4:45:16 PM Belly just what's wrong with rehctub's suggestions? Whilst I like both idea's in principl.....
» 25/01/2012 4:33:51 PM "You saw it as "violence", a generalization that allows you to give it the .....
» 25/01/2012 4:20:45 PM Cheryl the concept of womens average super being lower than men's isn't being disputed as .....
» 25/01/2012 2:16:20 PM Paul1405 summed it up pretty well with http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?articl.....
» 25/01/2012 1:54:25 PM I don't have the figures to back up my suspicions but the article did keep referencing &qu.....
» 25/01/2012 1:06:20 PM "I don't personally condone violence of any kind. " No of course not. "Aw.....
» 24/01/2012 4:57:49 PM "You - and Antiseptic, and R0bert - may have been unlucky in your relationship choice.....
» 24/01/2012 8:11:27 AM "and anyway you're older, you should know better" and that's one of the clinche.....
» 20/01/2012 5:58:18 PM Antiseptic, "The enablers are "nice", but they look on with approval when o.....
» 20/01/2012 12:18:24 PM Belly it does not answer your question but the following might be of interest http://www.r.....
» 20/01/2012 8:43:21 AM Belly I think both. The poorest of roads should not be a killer if everyone drives to suit.....
» 16/01/2012 12:29:21 PM Back online for a little bit. Lexi some input the the comments you made recently about re.....
» 13/01/2012 12:44:00 PM I'm heading away for a few day's. Not sure if I'll be on line or not. Have fun. R0bert.....
» 13/01/2012 12:43:08 PM I'm reminded a bit of Orson Scott Card's classic Sci-fi novel "Speaker for the Dead&q.....
» 12/01/2012 5:56:10 PM Lexi the Headey, Scott and de Vaus is one I've referenced fairly frequently although I've .....
» 12/01/2012 5:29:55 AM Belly it's my understanding that the loan came from third parties, not Australian taxpayer.....
» 11/01/2012 4:29:31 PM "But remain baffled by the thought NO WOMAN is ever wrong." Belly I don't think.....
» 11/01/2012 12:33:13 PM I've got some backyard chooks, just 5 hens. Enough for eggs for two homes but not meat. I.....
» 11/01/2012 11:01:01 AM Pelican I hope that we've been talking at cross purposes. I'd strongly suggest a look at t.....
» 11/01/2012 5:50:01 AM Pelican "I have not seen statistics specifically in relation to DV for men or women.&.....
» 10/01/2012 8:22:08 PM Antiseptic seems to be conflicting versions of events around. http://www.dailytelegraph......
» 10/01/2012 6:45:27 PM Comments I heard from a spokesman for the Sea Shepherd organisation gave the impression th.....
» 10/01/2012 6:00:06 PM One account of what I assume Belly is talking about is at http://netk.net.au/Whitton/Hillb.....
» 10/01/2012 4:56:48 PM Pelican how often have you seen male suicide rates taken seriously in the context of DV an.....
» 10/01/2012 2:38:18 PM "No amount of bleating from some OLO members can change the fact that women are the l.....
» 10/01/2012 7:53:53 AM Antiseptic, there are all sorts of twists and turns to this. There are strong social tabo.....
» 9/01/2012 8:37:36 PM Suzie has summed it up pretty well. I was also somewhat bemused by "Broke Straight.....
» 9/01/2012 1:26:03 PM eyeinthesky any reason to believe that those operating within the law won't? Clearly ther.....
» 9/01/2012 9:25:31 AM "If public education encouraging individuals to voluntarily contribute to superannuat.....
» 9/01/2012 7:54:08 AM Thinking about books that I think have inpacted on how I think and see the world. One tha.....
» 9/01/2012 7:29:00 AM Unfortunately Suzie is right with "Let's see how many would join...". We are not.....
» 6/01/2012 7:47:45 PM I've not yet played with a powerful tablet. Got a cheap one with a resistive touch screen .....
» 6/01/2012 11:42:37 AM The article could have used some references to quality data to back up claims about the ch.....
» 5/01/2012 8:27:59 PM Hasbeen it would not be a trivial exercise to resurrect manufacturing, especially if littl.....
» 5/01/2012 1:43:22 PM Saltpetre, very much in agreement with that last post. I'm not so opposed to death duties.....
» 5/01/2012 1:33:54 PM 579 "How do you prepare for a risk, who knows what form a risk could take." You.....
» 5/01/2012 12:32:56 PM Hasbeen I agree in part but at the same time I'd like some leadership in Canberra to turn .....
» 5/01/2012 6:35:28 AM individual you missed the context "Abbott surely is the worst in my lifetime to lead .....
» 4/01/2012 12:57:06 PM Saltpetre, my point's were about choice and in my view the issue of fairness cut's the oth.....
» 4/01/2012 6:27:30 AM "All who earn more than is essential for a modest lifestyle for themself and family&q.....
» 3/01/2012 4:33:30 PM Belly, "Labor by its nature will be kinder than conservatives to workers and the true.....
» 3/01/2012 9:32:18 AM "And while plaintively calling in the dark, for conservatives to look in wards, aware.....
» 3/01/2012 8:05:08 AM Don't much want to see anyone like any of the PM's we've had during my lifetime as our pri.....
» 3/01/2012 7:01:03 AM Interesting argument. Whilst it may be humiliating for some to have to prove how low they .....
» 1/01/2012 7:53:14 AM Humphrey I'm not confident that circulation equates to readership in the way you've sugges.....
» 30/12/2011 5:37:01 PM vanna, time to admit defeat. Your generalisations don't cover everyone and the same sort o.....
» 30/12/2011 10:58:34 AM Some local work on child outcomes and family structure http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/p.....
» 24/12/2011 9:33:41 AM vanna "You actually read that stuff." I did yesterday. Like Atman I was suspici.....
» 23/12/2011 7:05:13 PM vanna I'd recommend a read of the last two of those articles you referenced. In particular.....
» 23/12/2011 2:13:54 PM Lexi more to the point your obsessive hatred of the coalition is distorting your perspecti.....
» 23/12/2011 12:07:28 PM A difference between Iran and Malaysia Iran is a party to relevant conventions regarding .....
» 23/12/2011 8:21:43 AM Belly, I do agree with SM's last post. Have a read on Morrison's speech to see what he act.....
» 22/12/2011 7:35:03 PM "You owe someone an apology." or Belly could have backed his claims earlier when.....
» 22/12/2011 6:15:15 PM Whilst I do think that criminal sanctions against actions between consenting adults are ut.....
» 22/12/2011 4:39:31 PM Belly it's time to provide some more detail on your claims regarding Morrison wanting to s.....
» 22/12/2011 10:31:18 AM individual I'd assumed that you don't think that most of the id's are stolen (a point I ag.....
» 22/12/2011 8:15:39 AM "if we keep letting people with doubtful I.D" Has anybody seen credible materia.....
» 22/12/2011 6:50:01 AM Belly it's my understanding that the coalition has offered to support offshore processing .....
» 20/12/2011 6:29:43 PM A correction to my earlier post, should have read "suggests that he is an academic w.....
» 20/12/2011 10:00:55 AM Curmudgeon I made the point earlier but I think the author is mocking those who try and po.....
» 19/12/2011 9:24:20 AM Jon J and imajulianutter I took it as mocking of those who try and paint Australia using t.....
» 19/12/2011 8:31:10 AM Belly "the High Court changed every thing" That's a matter of perspective. Juli.....
» 15/12/2011 9:34:33 PM Poirot an interesting site. Dropping back the main list gives some interesting links. http.....
» 14/12/2011 6:56:52 PM Joe I've not been able to find figures for the vertical component of movement. Horizontal .....
» 14/12/2011 1:15:21 PM "Boganism is about the choice to invent simplistic answers to every problem with no r.....
» 14/12/2011 12:07:03 PM " that formal education should be flexible and rostered by shifts rather than retaine.....
» 10/12/2011 6:57:15 PM Lexi I'm not close enough to be certain but am close enough to think that the claims about.....
» 10/12/2011 6:21:28 PM Hasbeen I was thinking in terms of part of a severance being accrued sick leave being paid.....
» 9/12/2011 4:35:40 PM Belly the other biggy that should be available is portable sick leave. If you change job's.....
» 9/12/2011 8:12:05 AM diver dan, "at the tender age of twelve, come to the conclusion that prostitution hol.....
» 9/12/2011 7:58:17 AM "That people accept this petty crime as normal is the reason that the trust relations.....
» 8/12/2011 9:04:17 AM BAYGON, I've heard that they can be real pricks. david f, I don't know if it's still an i.....
» 7/12/2011 9:38:30 PM "yet gay marriage is the most important issue we confront?" Why does it have to.....
» 7/12/2011 8:36:02 PM Hasbeen I don't think that there is or has been any mandatory requirements in the marriage.....
» 7/12/2011 8:10:28 PM diver dan, Houellebecq and I have both tried to point out how wrong you have got it. There.....
» 7/12/2011 6:56:01 PM Diver Dan, you really need to stop and have another look. You are completely off the mark .....
» 7/12/2011 8:08:15 AM Never neat. At my work place we can do a couple of day's without a certificate (I think .....
» 7/12/2011 6:47:30 AM "(its been said that there are two classes of CEO's - those that have been fired, and.....
» 6/12/2011 6:56:04 AM Seems like a mostly fair coverage although from the stuff I'd seem perhaps a downplaying o.....
» 5/12/2011 7:19:02 AM diver dan, I'd suggest reading a few other articles by Jennifer (and some of her posts) th.....
» 2/12/2011 9:01:25 AM Maybe I'm not close enough to either party to get the differences but just what would be t.....
» 29/11/2011 9:55:34 PM Graham that's what I was expecting but thanks for clarifying it up. R0bert.....
» 29/11/2011 1:34:16 PM Yuyutsu given how many have come from active conflict area's and my lack of interest in li.....
» 29/11/2011 6:40:07 AM Antiseptic, while I mostly agree there are those on the right who use such a high level of.....
» 29/11/2011 6:24:16 AM It appears that no one is going to try and defend the 99% claim. That would be a difficult.....
» 29/11/2011 6:04:52 AM "but would it be different if you replaced "people" with "animals".....
» 28/11/2011 8:40:36 PM pelican well put. The horrors of boat arrivals seem to be blown out of all proportion to t.....
» 28/11/2011 5:28:13 PM Yuyutsu, I'd not like to be a resident (or traveller) in a remote area and have a bunch of.....
» 28/11/2011 2:00:58 PM 579, a very ugly form of fraud given the emotional loadings around biological parenting. U.....
» 28/11/2011 12:50:46 PM 579, I don't have the figures at hand but my recollection is that one WA based study into .....
» 28/11/2011 11:30:58 AM Daffy, given the nature of the site posts such as that go up and if drawn to the attention.....
» 28/11/2011 9:28:03 AM Anti, am I misreading that? It gives me the impression that they are actually requiring .....
» 28/11/2011 8:16:57 AM "If Anti's identity were to become known I'd probably have to remove a number of his .....
» 28/11/2011 7:46:32 AM Hasbeen, without having details thought through thoroughly I'd do it a bit differently but.....
» 27/11/2011 6:06:26 PM 579 that is a problem, the same problem that we have with those who arrive by plane then d.....
» 27/11/2011 5:51:37 PM Banjo I'm trying to work out if that's pure spin on Rudd's part or he is testing the water.....
» 27/11/2011 5:28:32 PM Belly you are letting your bias's show a little too strongly. Both Gillard and Abbott are.....
» 27/11/2011 8:42:45 AM I completely agree with the point Anti makes, some discussions would be very effectively c.....
» 26/11/2011 12:31:17 PM "It a matter of who wears the pants", or who wears the skirt ;) There are a who.....
» 25/11/2011 5:36:24 PM 579 "The police say 99 % of family violence comes from men." Care to back that .....
» 25/11/2011 11:42:07 AM "but all the men standing up today to call for an end to violence against women are n.....
» 25/11/2011 9:04:36 AM I am intrigued by the comments about poor people and lifestyle choices. How poorly educat.....
» 25/11/2011 8:26:49 AM I won't be wearing a white ribbon or swearing. Not that I disagree with the stated goals, .....
» 23/11/2011 4:18:04 PM Belly it was you who introduced Australian politics to this thread. Garum Masala's not bla.....
» 17/11/2011 8:59:50 PM The role of religion in public debate become especially difficult sometimes. When church .....
» 14/11/2011 6:47:04 PM A bit of a mixed bag on the detail on new German Coal fired plants. Some claims that they .....
» 14/11/2011 12:37:39 PM Suzie it might be perception but I was more aware of the parts that are about pressure on .....
» 13/11/2011 6:42:19 PM Pericles, my source tend to agree with yours. The makeup and other artificial aids are won.....
» 11/11/2011 7:47:10 AM David I've got little doubt that writer of anglo origin's who'd written what Alice wrote w.....
» 10/11/2011 6:34:30 PM Joe the closest I could find was Dane's post at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.a.....
» 10/11/2011 1:53:16 PM Aristocrat, I don't think that it's just Islam (although religion added an additional prob.....
» 10/11/2011 10:02:50 AM One point that keeps popping up is the equation of objections to multi-culturalism (or asp.....
» 7/11/2011 7:39:41 AM I've made my point a number of times previously about the fundamental unfairness of an inc.....
» 7/11/2011 7:08:35 AM Forrest sorry I've not been finding much to add but have been keenly interested in what yo.....
» 4/11/2011 9:00:19 AM This article triggered a lot of confirmation for me. Whilst I do think that that there is.....
» 4/11/2011 8:25:54 AM Lexi you had to know that was going to happen. Good luck in your search. R0bert.....
» 3/11/2011 6:43:41 PM I do agree with part of the point runner makes. It does get tiring hearing about rights wi.....
» 1/11/2011 8:59:05 PM Belly we have the right to stop people smoking where others are going to be exposed to the.....
» 1/11/2011 7:55:40 AM Belly as we grow up the role of those nanny's should change unless we are severely impaire.....
» 31/10/2011 8:08:32 AM rgp I agree with you however without clear policy the opposition looks the same. Labor d.....
» 28/10/2011 6:37:19 AM Belly you are still building straw man arguments. As I said earlier in the thread there a.....
» 27/10/2011 9:47:57 AM Cossomby, Banjo has covered many of the key practical issues. For it to be of use it has t.....
» 27/10/2011 5:08:31 AM Belly I'm assuming that you not are being deliberately dishonest here but just so emotive .....
» 26/10/2011 5:00:29 PM "Is truth of value in debate about politics?" Belly that particular tactic is g.....
» 26/10/2011 3:55:20 PM "The passage has been used to legitimate the separation of church and state, and a ki.....
» 26/10/2011 12:10:08 PM "It is common knowledge that men don't look at women over 40 anyway so what does it m.....
» 26/10/2011 7:42:51 AM "Speed cameras are to stop the carnage on our roads." There are a fair number o.....
» 26/10/2011 6:27:44 AM "Not too many laws RObert, too many silly ones." Belly I think it's too many la.....
» 25/10/2011 5:46:12 PM Belly rather than take away the right to make new laws maybe we could ban them from making.....
» 25/10/2011 5:30:41 PM "Is it time to take away the power of politicians to make rules?" Might be, see.....
» 25/10/2011 4:45:49 PM Forrest thanks for your research and analysis. I'd not dug that far but what you've posted.....
» 25/10/2011 1:50:17 PM Hasbeen I'm thinking mostly of those jobs where staggered start times can be by mutual con.....
» 25/10/2011 12:17:07 PM The energy footprint associated with cities is one factor, there are a whole lot of other .....
» 25/10/2011 6:48:13 AM runner, I agree with parts of that post although I have very different views on homosexual.....
» 25/10/2011 6:32:27 AM Belly, whilst there were a lot of similarities with that poster I'm not convinced it was t.....
» 24/10/2011 8:22:18 PM "Without any moral basis you really have no basis to say either is wrong or right.&qu.....
» 24/10/2011 7:36:18 PM Poirot, "Ever asked yourself why "women's workplaces" aren't festooned with.....
» 24/10/2011 1:53:09 PM "Is the fact you see greens as Labors enemy's your reason for not seeing this as wron.....
» 24/10/2011 7:26:11 AM "And using such as this, sitting with the very person who was tasked with ensuing HON.....
» 23/10/2011 6:33:54 PM I've noticed that the police were involving the prostitution task force in cracking down o.....
» 21/10/2011 6:11:51 PM Belly I suspect that if the ombudsmen was caught leaking the faked outrage would be even g.....
» 20/10/2011 8:18:39 PM Belly thanks for the answer. Given how often most of our pollies take part in deception an.....
» 20/10/2011 11:50:52 AM belly leaving aside the wisdom of working with that particular senator what do you think h.....
» 20/10/2011 8:55:16 AM I got the impression from this that the intent was to get the opportunity to raise issues .....
» 18/10/2011 6:54:13 PM Interesting article. Not being Italian nor having a great knowledge of cultural practices.....
» 18/10/2011 6:05:30 AM Antiseptic, agreed that they all have differing weights. I doubt that sneering Pete's call.....
» 17/10/2011 7:08:15 PM Trying to work out some kind of summary. I doubt this is complete so please fee free to ex.....
» 13/10/2011 9:16:21 AM This could easily become a male gripe fest (all those embittered men) but it could also be.....
» 13/10/2011 7:45:48 AM I'll go along with this as long as the paying of taxes to support those who choose not to .....
» 10/10/2011 10:31:23 AM rehctub, agreed that on the face of it taking a kid with allegedly known drug problems to .....
» 9/10/2011 7:41:11 PM The danger in blaming parents without good knowledge of the situation is that parents are .....
» 6/10/2011 7:59:51 AM I went 90% personal, 60% economic. On the broader topic I'm of the view that extreme ideo.....
» 5/10/2011 8:02:35 PM "I stand by my every comment, not just those in this thread. Give thought and conside.....
» 5/10/2011 4:05:00 PM We should have a register of those who believe that increased taxes on those deemed to be .....
» 5/10/2011 12:30:22 PM "But I thought the whole purpose of the discussion was Andrew Bolt." I've taken.....
» 5/10/2011 9:14:18 AM Poirot, don't you know that you are supposed to stick with the girls regardless of how unf.....
» 5/10/2011 7:31:03 AM "Maybe OLO's name should be changed to MWOTHW - My Way Or The High Way. " Graha.....
» 3/10/2011 1:22:10 PM Lexi I think you've missed a key point to the question Anti is asking. There are no others.....
» 29/09/2011 5:50:05 PM runner rather than spewing out your self righteous bile you might have a more honest look .....
» 28/09/2011 8:46:19 PM "Abbott has already forced the Gov't (through pure political populism), to attempt to.....
» 27/09/2011 7:17:15 AM Belly I don't use them either (once in Vegas). The whole set-up does not trigger any sense.....
» 20/09/2011 8:38:15 AM The media release is at http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2011/kr_mr_110913.html .....
» 20/09/2011 6:18:41 AM wobbles "The PM's job is now like something out of Australian Idol or the X-Factor wh.....
» 19/09/2011 8:02:28 AM Lexi thanks for letting us know. That's sad news. R0bert.....
» 17/09/2011 12:21:47 PM Belly, happy birthday. Hope the birds are leaving your garden alone and everything else is.....
» 13/09/2011 4:00:42 PM David I can recall some fairly pointed stuff aimed at Janette Howard. That does not make i.....
» 13/09/2011 9:02:18 AM I've got some agreement with the point of the article however lampooning our polies has a .....
» 12/09/2011 6:00:31 PM BJelly the point being made though is not about the rights issue. It's about the admiratio.....
» 12/09/2011 4:50:44 PM Houellebecq, I'm not convinced that it's Charles posting as ChazP (an idea that Antiseptic.....
» 12/09/2011 4:33:16 PM Sam thanks for that link. For those pondering the dangers of using unsubstantiated alleg.....
» 12/09/2011 4:21:40 PM Regardless of the justice or injustice of the way Hicks was treated by the USA (and or Aus.....
» 11/09/2011 7:27:41 AM Back to the topic (hopefully) Body image and the ability to love yourself are real issues.....
» 10/09/2011 12:05:15 PM chloeraina, "No one is saying it should be banned or you shouldn't watch it at all or.....
» 10/09/2011 11:47:11 AM vanna I do think that there is plenty of reasons why shared care is not a good plan for ve.....
» 9/09/2011 6:40:41 AM "In this piece, I don't set out in any detail my understanding of pornography, all I .....
» 8/09/2011 8:23:06 PM Luciferase,"There is a point in the projections where you are a nett loser, but you n.....
» 8/09/2011 4:59:21 PM Luciferase, assuming the low income earners are fully compensated (a proposition I'm prett.....
» 8/09/2011 9:30:28 AM I'm with those that don't think Gillards tax will help the environment at all. It's a new .....
» 8/09/2011 9:23:53 AM Maybe I don't look at enough porn because the porn described by anti-porn writers does not.....
» 8/09/2011 6:42:42 AM It was a poor call to echo Val Kyrie extremist views back. The point is lost on Val and ot.....
» 8/09/2011 6:16:18 AM Belly I'd be surprised if Ludwig can be charged if the practice of handing over union memb.....
» 7/09/2011 3:52:35 PM A similar story http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/australian-workers-union-funds-paid-bil.....
» 7/09/2011 3:47:21 PM Antiseptic, probably not much. Just take a real memo and swap a small number of words. Wor.....
» 7/09/2011 3:42:12 PM In any fight against paranoid feminist oppression and its elements of subjugation and subo.....
» 6/09/2011 10:04:22 PM Graham the sexism in the one child policy gets more complex than that. Not sure if it's ac.....
» 6/09/2011 5:38:33 PM I missed it earlier (until just after my post). The estimate is on page 7 of one of the d.....
» 6/09/2011 5:09:16 PM Lexi the pain and suffering has got to be worth quite a bit, say $400K direct then flow on.....
» 6/09/2011 3:47:25 PM I made the mistake of reading the first few posts earlier, a net gain to the economy of $3.....
» 6/09/2011 3:35:41 PM Pericles I'm guessing that the figures are sourced from (or extrapolated from) a report do.....
» 5/09/2011 10:10:57 PM Continuing the diversion to China some interesting material on the One-child policy at htt.....
» 5/09/2011 7:40:58 PM Pericles, my guess would be the one child policy in China. I doubt that there are definiti.....
» 4/09/2011 7:48:03 AM Though it might be useful to summarise my views on this. - Child protection in Australia .....
» 3/09/2011 7:13:43 PM Suzie I think that the strength of perceptions about DV being genderised will mean that im.....
» 3/09/2011 5:12:28 PM "The courts must be given the powers to protect anyone who is being abused or bashed......
» 3/09/2011 1:25:06 PM Warwick you may have missed a part of the picture, I've not found more recent info on this.....
» 1/09/2011 7:35:17 PM "ALP up to its chin in talent? They hide it well." They do tend to have a bette.....
» 1/09/2011 7:06:52 PM vanna, "There are almost no positive remarks said by homosexuals about heterosexuals......
» 31/08/2011 6:43:56 PM Sam "the "initial indications" that a lot of juvenile offenders come from f.....
» 30/08/2011 6:52:37 PM Rhian, well said. It's long been my view that if you give a commitment to someone and cir.....
» 30/08/2011 1:54:54 PM Poirot "I might add that in my experience all the blokes I know tend to dance to the .....
» 30/08/2011 11:23:21 AM Catherine "The difference is that they’re all things that can be worked on to improve.....
» 30/08/2011 8:18:32 AM Belly from the article you referenced "But fellow Liberal senators were angry with Se.....
» 30/08/2011 6:46:31 AM "children overboard, GST, and Worchoices" Interesting list - children overboard.....
» 28/08/2011 8:25:11 AM A typo in my previous post - should have said "it won't require any of us to become h.....
» 27/08/2011 7:48:14 PM Philo, if you care to look the first of those quotes is a quote from Trav in the previous .....
» 27/08/2011 4:35:34 PM "The ridiculous arguments people use are just appalling" Trav you and the previ.....
» 26/08/2011 8:30:43 AM I must really misunderstand the way the senate works. Apparently one senator can outvote t.....
» 24/08/2011 8:08:24 PM Lexi that story contained the claim as well "Mr Abbott was less amused by circumstanc.....
» 24/08/2011 6:18:22 PM Lexi "butcher-shop owners didn't want him in their shops" not enough detail to b.....
» 24/08/2011 5:10:05 PM "I do find it a little sad that so many people seem to accept that the church and/or .....
» 24/08/2011 4:25:31 PM Raycom you and vanna have ample opportunity to present links to credible research which pr.....
» 24/08/2011 9:32:10 AM I was to some extent going well with the article until it became obvious how heavily biase.....
» 24/08/2011 8:46:56 AM Part 2 Deal with the preventable causes of kid's being unnecessarily separated from dad's.....
» 24/08/2011 8:46:37 AM vanna did you bother to read the article? You do no favour's for kid's and fathers separat.....
» 23/08/2011 7:46:30 PM Arjay, if Joe is not being tongue in cheek I'm going to very surprised. The point is corr.....
» 22/08/2011 6:16:39 PM Peter I'm sorry that you are so constrained by having things just so that you are having d.....
» 22/08/2011 7:54:02 AM "They want everyone to be like them and since I am an 'outsider', they wouldn't accep.....
» 19/08/2011 9:19:54 PM Philo would you like to be married to a lesbian? Someone who was not sexually attracted to.....
» 19/08/2011 3:55:07 PM "only 1 marriage type is sustainable enough to produce enough children to keep societ.....
» 19/08/2011 3:31:14 PM Ammonite, I did enjoy that link thanks. Sometimes it all seems like a waste of time but .....
» 19/08/2011 8:42:07 AM "but I'm anti-theft and murder - does that make me crimephobic" But if you happ.....
» 18/08/2011 1:40:43 PM So many feeble excuses. - Some people can't tell the difference between dogs and human bei.....
» 18/08/2011 8:34:48 AM The blond kid's have generally been the only one's allowed to buy an ice cream at the loca.....
» 18/08/2011 8:10:22 AM Anti sorry but I'm going to respond to one of the earlier comments. Suzie made the point .....
» 17/08/2011 1:47:43 PM Philo I don't know your church nor have any history of the claims made about the role of c.....
» 17/08/2011 12:33:39 PM "John Howard achieved this by taking his policies to the polls." - except for Wo.....
» 17/08/2011 12:10:51 PM So where to now? In my view the "myth" which Tim restated has been fairly well .....
» 16/08/2011 10:16:32 AM Peter the best chance we would have is the democrats (or another minor party) got serious .....
» 15/08/2011 2:50:35 PM Maybe it's the term "morals" that's the problem. It's been used for so long and .....
» 12/08/2011 1:28:23 PM Ammonite thanks. Another cached document which appears to be where the previously referen.....
» 12/08/2011 10:47:30 AM Part 2 I've also seen notes from a document quoting Tim Mander. The link no longer works .....
» 12/08/2011 10:46:56 AM "A key piece of misinformation muddying the issue is the false assertion that chaplai.....
» 12/08/2011 7:46:38 AM Lexi, your welcome. Belly I'd not post there for the world. Antiseptic, like most thins.....
» 10/08/2011 6:40:10 PM Just had a snoop at that other site which has nothing to do with OLO. The link to the thre.....
» 9/08/2011 8:41:58 AM The disclaimer - I've got no specific training or qualifications to comment The opinion .....
» 7/08/2011 6:40:04 PM Well I tried. The response being complete misrepresentation of what I've tried to do. I'.....
» 6/08/2011 11:45:29 AM Kerryanne "A little bit of see how it feels is a good crowd control." Some frie.....
» 5/08/2011 10:35:59 AM "Does that mean the man is innocent of his crimes?" Why does it have to mean th.....
» 5/08/2011 7:18:08 AM "But despite Pericles admitting the killer isn't following Jesus' teachings, which is.....
» 4/08/2011 9:40:48 AM Philo a lot of the perception of crime could be about coverage. The trend in homicide rat.....
» 4/08/2011 8:48:13 AM James "if women who claim that they are feminist's (equality) do not speak out agains.....
» 3/08/2011 7:06:52 AM SM perhaps you can recall the failure of Peter Reith to resign over the misuse of a govern.....
» 2/08/2011 10:04:15 AM Ammonite I completely agree that 50/50 shared care does not work in all situations. I pre.....
» 2/08/2011 8:39:36 AM This one's not particularly relevant to the situation in Somalia but if the geography is n.....
» 2/08/2011 8:04:08 AM I'm not overly fond of fatherlessness myself nor of many of the assumptions and extremes o.....
» 1/08/2011 6:41:02 PM Ammonite, "Why should a baby have to have formula if the mother is producing plenty o.....
» 1/08/2011 5:13:39 PM Aime I've been saddened by your posts. I'm struggling to find suitable words for that but .....
» 1/08/2011 10:57:36 AM Ammonite, I hope that by reducing the stakes around residency at seperation the pressures .....
» 31/07/2011 6:53:20 PM How can kid's be better protected? I think the most effective things we can do are around.....
» 31/07/2011 1:26:13 PM Lexi, I had the impression that it can be more difficult for unmarried couples (of any ori.....
» 29/07/2011 5:54:12 PM "It is not for the State to keeo a register of relationships where no offspring will .....
» 29/07/2011 4:09:14 PM Again drifting back to discussing who does more which is I believe a distraction from the .....
» 29/07/2011 1:01:16 PM "distinguish between Aggressor Violence and Defensive Retaliatory Violence " I .....
» 29/07/2011 10:37:24 AM ChazP has ignored the point that's been made repeatedly on this and other thread's. The an.....
» 29/07/2011 7:16:04 AM "I don't care who you are or what statistics you look at, I don' see mums throwing ki.....
» 19/07/2011 9:23:38 AM ChazP maybe you'd better start linking a bit earlier to what you are objecting to and perh.....
» 19/07/2011 8:00:30 AM belly "I understand the greens are of great use to your conservative side of politics.....
» 19/07/2011 7:16:12 AM Antiseptic, "Sadly, the poor dear seems to have had a complete break with reality&quo.....
» 19/07/2011 6:03:10 AM "now a party of extreme zealots control our country, and our whole way of life will a.....
» 18/07/2011 8:12:49 PM "Almost one in four children in Australia have witnessed violence against their mothe.....
» 18/07/2011 7:43:36 PM Belly you ask "Am I being too harsh." I don't want to divert this thread. Have .....
» 18/07/2011 7:35:43 PM morganzola if it's any consolation I've not understood the level of angst belly has appare.....
» 18/07/2011 4:41:22 PM Lexi this might help http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=12330#213252 I .....
» 18/07/2011 4:25:34 PM Banjo "All the violent demos have been by socialists and greens, but apparently that .....
» 18/07/2011 12:59:18 PM Heckling Howard and others. Some of the search results returned were to pages which had be.....
» 18/07/2011 12:00:37 PM Lexi my pleasure. After reading your post I was relieved to find recent posts from belly. .....
» 18/07/2011 11:57:22 AM Political insults http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/07/11/great-australian-political-insults-.....
» 18/07/2011 10:42:28 AM Ammonite do you have anything to contribute or is your plan to stay on the sidelines tryin.....
» 18/07/2011 10:23:08 AM Lexi, belly posted on Saturday http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/user.asp?id=22795 » 16/.....
» 18/07/2011 8:52:39 AM For those not following closely. I agree that there is a problem with lumping all sorts o.....
» 17/07/2011 6:01:05 PM Posted by ChazP "I would recommend a course in research integrity before posting sta.....
» 16/07/2011 1:33:11 PM My apologies, I'd misread the title of the table with the numbers http://www.aic.gov.au/st.....
» 16/07/2011 9:42:59 AM It continues to stick out that some seem to think that these tactics have originated (or c.....
» 16/07/2011 8:25:18 AM Suzie "just so you could prove your point to all us violent women? You guys are sick......
» 15/07/2011 8:08:34 PM I've discovered some contradictory figures to the ones I referenced earlier on the AIC web.....
» 15/07/2011 8:06:44 PM I've been hunting around looking at numbers some more. Of concern is that the numbers I r.....
» 15/07/2011 6:16:53 PM James if you have the time can you check the sources and maths for me please in case I've .....
» 15/07/2011 5:41:14 PM I discovered earlier that I'd been accepting pie charts showing percentages a bit too read.....
» 15/07/2011 5:14:15 PM ChazP does make a valid point. The raw numbers don't tell us much about the nature of inci.....
» 15/07/2011 10:20:00 AM Poirot thanks, I don't get to bothered by ChazP and Patricia's slurs rather by the potenti.....
» 15/07/2011 8:43:13 AM "He is an embarrassment. Running around in hardhats and bright vests, with never a dr.....
» 15/07/2011 7:50:51 AM Actually Patricia by writing tis one sided slant on DV and child abuse I'd put you down as.....
» 15/07/2011 7:29:29 AM Jon Jesus is claimed to have done pretty much the same thing. Those stories he told to il.....
» 15/07/2011 6:17:58 AM I read the linked article and while I disagree with what seem like some of the likely cons.....
» 15/07/2011 6:08:19 AM pelican "It is the exaggeration of the extent of it that annoys me and the tone of an.....
» 14/07/2011 6:41:26 PM Patricia get over it. How about having a look at the behaviour of your fellow traveller .....
» 14/07/2011 11:30:15 AM pelican, true my links don't generally refer to female experience of DV, nor do they gener.....
» 14/07/2011 10:02:02 AM rstuart, the stuff that I've seen from Julia on the topic seems to be that she is claiming.....
» 14/07/2011 9:40:13 AM "You for example keep arguing about how many males suffer domestic violence, yet desp.....
» 14/07/2011 9:19:31 AM Short memories. Some might remember the protests outside One Nation events that at times .....
» 14/07/2011 9:06:08 AM James I don't recall reading any of Eeva Sodhi's stuff before. I've just read a few of her.....
» 14/07/2011 8:04:35 AM Lexi "The PM has not broken any promises - circumstances have changed" If that'.....
» 14/07/2011 7:51:23 AM I'm with Ludwig on this one, I like having them there as a counterpoint to the Lib's and L.....
» 14/07/2011 7:25:49 AM James not sure if you spotted it but one of the point's I mentioned from the report I refe.....
» 14/07/2011 6:43:03 AM pelican that's all pretty pointless. I disagree with you and like anti reserve the right t.....
» 13/07/2011 3:28:53 PM Anti one of the problems of adopting the style you use is that it gives an excuse to focus.....
» 13/07/2011 10:21:32 AM Antiseptic, the ability to dodge and weave is impressive in a sick fashion. ChazP was thor.....
» 13/07/2011 7:42:30 AM I've posted some extracts from a report which I think is relevant to the earlier claims on.....
» 13/07/2011 6:52:39 AM Now maybe back to the topic for a bit. I just came across this one while trying to find th.....
» 13/07/2011 6:26:29 AM Antiseptic, well said. I'd been pondering why it keeps being suggested that mostly male po.....
» 12/07/2011 6:59:09 PM pelican I get a lot sick of the anti-male comments which you seem oblivious to. I'm sick .....
» 12/07/2011 8:53:27 AM An interesting article. The bit that sticks out is that nothing about the Greens seems to.....
» 12/07/2011 8:16:29 AM James I'm wondering how many times we need to repeat that and yet the same old lies get ai.....
» 11/07/2011 5:03:19 PM pelican "I only dispute the assertions by most of the men on this thread that women a.....
» 11/07/2011 4:54:52 PM pelican "Equally you don't offer any potential solution for equally false denials or .....
» 11/07/2011 10:18:21 AM Ammonite, you've had no problems attacking me when you think I should attack something or .....
» 11/07/2011 9:00:23 AM Houellebecq, thank you. So the data was there after all, more credible than I'd expected. .....
» 11/07/2011 7:34:08 AM "far more men verbally diminishing women than the other way around, even accounting f.....
» 11/07/2011 6:46:44 AM I assume that the hope is that the extra cost on carbon emissions will reduce the price ga.....
» 10/07/2011 6:58:15 PM "But if you harm my sisters, do not expect mercy." And there lies another part .....
» 10/07/2011 10:54:14 AM OUG, I use a work supplied laptop which has an amazingly small chance of doing any harm to.....
» 9/07/2011 11:46:14 AM Annonite I look forward to your response to ChazP's latest then. I'm guessing that you ca.....
» 9/07/2011 7:55:48 AM Why does the portrayal of DV matter? For those who don't follow the "Mischief in the.....
» 8/07/2011 9:15:52 AM rstuart, I'm not ignoring your earlier post. Rather pondering on it for a while. Trying to.....
» 8/07/2011 8:54:20 AM Belly I'm not enjoying the level of angst that seems to have arrived in this discussion. C.....
» 7/07/2011 10:22:36 PM ChazP if the report that you got the original figures from was at all credible as a source.....
» 7/07/2011 7:53:02 PM Belly I have not challenged your right to think as you wish either. You did start a threa.....
» 7/07/2011 7:21:52 PM ChazP sorry but you forgot to mention part of the detail. Obviously an oversight and not d.....
» 7/07/2011 7:13:47 PM rstuart, I agree with much of what you've said but given the role that those same academic.....
» 7/07/2011 5:16:50 PM rstuart, the boundaries have expanded in vanna's latest variant. It started out as feminis.....
» 7/07/2011 5:08:35 PM Belly I do agree the preferences should be optional. Which ever way you come at it thoug.....
» 7/07/2011 3:51:25 PM "Fortunately women do not take the same attitude as you" Very few women seem to.....
» 7/07/2011 3:40:51 PM Ill-informed commentsbased on gender bias do not assist in addressing the issue of human v.....
» 7/07/2011 8:19:01 AM Belly not trying to pick on you but I think you are missing something basic here about pre.....
» 7/07/2011 7:52:07 AM Jennifer some of the material does show higher rates of initiating assault's by women. I.....
» 7/07/2011 7:41:13 AM Suzie, "It seems to me that if all these men are upset over all this violence agains.....
» 6/07/2011 6:54:13 PM "which turned out to be more difficult than I anticipated because I don't usually rea.....
» 6/07/2011 8:48:55 AM "And finally (after how many years?), R0bert:" Actually it's not a finally afte.....
» 6/07/2011 8:10:32 AM As mentioned in my previous post some references to tactics used to suppress evidence that.....
» 6/07/2011 7:33:19 AM James they are fair questions. I agree with the points you've made though. Some further c.....
» 5/07/2011 11:22:01 PM sonofgloin, if the majority of voters in that electorate had prefered either of the two wh.....
» 5/07/2011 6:54:38 PM vanna I've asked this before and don't remember ever recieving an answer. What are you try.....
» 5/07/2011 6:15:39 PM "Wilkie won a seat after finishing third, on preferences" Belly if that's the c.....
» 5/07/2011 4:31:32 PM voxUnius you should have a think about the fact that it was the coalition governemnt that .....
» 5/07/2011 9:15:34 AM dane, it's not moaning. It's expressing subjective experiences of oppression and highlight.....
» 5/07/2011 9:11:57 AM I'd refer those trying to understand the false assumptions behind much of this stuff to Je.....
» 5/07/2011 9:09:06 AM Jennifer thank you. You do realise that by pointing out what some desperately don't want.....
» 4/07/2011 6:35:16 PM I've had a home workplace inspection, not too much of a bother but also in my view a waste.....
» 2/07/2011 8:52:06 PM Poirot, sorry I was being picky but at the moment I'm so over the men are to blame thing. .....
» 2/07/2011 6:58:53 PM pelican beautifuuly put. R0bert.....
» 2/07/2011 6:41:54 PM Poirot and Squeers some good points there. I do disagree with what appears to be the assum.....
» 2/07/2011 5:41:59 PM "Labor will see the NBN in place,conservatives will not remove it." But as usua.....
» 2/07/2011 5:32:11 PM happy "I don’t believe that you can seriously claim that the problem is false accusat.....
» 2/07/2011 11:49:02 AM In principle I agree that gay's should be able to marry (as should any other consenting ad.....
» 2/07/2011 11:19:26 AM I recently had a call from someone claiming to be from windows support to help me with det.....
» 1/07/2011 12:50:40 PM Belly that was an interesting article. It will be interesting to see if Abbott does switch.....
» 1/07/2011 7:31:11 AM Belly just had a look at a couple of the other video's from your linked page. Loved the C.....
» 1/07/2011 7:15:22 AM Belly I folllowed the link and watched the attached video. Is there a joke in that somewhe.....
» 1/07/2011 6:55:56 AM Susie, "Surely if more children are kept safe, then neither gender can argue with tha.....
» 30/06/2011 8:10:42 PM "As far as I know, reductio ad absurdum proves nothing" Then take a stand again.....
» 30/06/2011 5:59:04 PM The same old tactic's. The author makes the issue of child abuse about men, a couple of us.....
» 30/06/2011 8:53:08 AM Maybe better asked as "The question is though, given the gendered nature of domestic .....
» 30/06/2011 7:12:32 AM "First party to unload its head jumps ten points!" Apart from the polling makin.....
» 30/06/2011 6:38:22 AM For some the hoodie is a fashion statment, goes with the slumped shoulders and pants down......
» 30/06/2011 6:26:48 AM Squuers interesting observations. I've yet to see any real justification though for the vi.....
» 29/06/2011 6:27:53 PM With a Kindle I get new books in a few minutes and at about half the paper copy price (and.....
» 29/06/2011 5:50:56 PM Now Suzie tell us a bit about the wonderful life of the male companions of those same wome.....
» 29/06/2011 7:37:44 AM belly, "but was it you in another forum years ago?" Pretty certain not. This is.....
» 28/06/2011 6:42:59 PM Hasbeen I wasn't around for the "bad old days" but much of what I've seen and re.....
» 28/06/2011 6:26:45 AM Why do we do it? I suspect the main reason is because it appears to reduce the flow of ot.....
» 28/06/2011 5:58:55 AM Belly the trade unions used all sorts of tactics to protect it's income and power base whe.....
» 26/06/2011 10:04:27 PM Kerryanne, sorry not trying to put words in your mouth. As an aside you still have identi.....
» 26/06/2011 9:14:32 PM Kerryanne, I'd strongly agree with not putting up details which would identify you. It's n.....
» 26/06/2011 7:06:52 PM Belly, I'd rather give Kerryanne the benefit of the doubt, if you are correct then that wi.....
» 25/06/2011 6:04:07 PM "I'm probably going to get yelled at for this" Not so far. I largely agree but.....
» 25/06/2011 5:54:59 PM Belly I might be missing something but I think that you are over reacting. I'm trying to a.....
» 24/06/2011 7:52:46 AM SM "The only time they don't have a mandate is when they do something they specifical.....
» 24/06/2011 6:09:14 AM csteele your desperation to minimise and excuse the "alleged" actions does not h.....
» 23/06/2011 7:39:32 PM "for to me the burqa represents a denial of freedom for the females involved, and an .....
» 23/06/2011 9:28:06 AM Interesting piece. Other than the over simplification of the gender aspects I liked it. Eg.....
» 22/06/2011 9:34:59 PM Tristan hitting the genuinely disadvantaged should not be part of the answer. Working out .....
» 22/06/2011 9:29:37 PM Aquarius in regard to the GST Howard didn't bring it in that term. He took it to the elect.....
» 22/06/2011 9:09:27 PM Tactically this seems like a really silly move. It's given credibility to those trying to .....
» 22/06/2011 7:40:32 PM "but it would be reasonable to assume the costs could be easily absorbed by individua.....
» 22/06/2011 7:50:40 AM toni "I was even more disturbed to find that Lego had supporters: Ozzie, Ammonite, As.....
» 21/06/2011 5:42:55 PM Sam why do people keep then? I've tried to avoid drawing that conclusion, it almost seems.....
» 20/06/2011 10:06:09 AM Houellebecq, you are correct. I've never really worked out how to handle those tactics in .....
» 20/06/2011 7:38:44 AM It seems pretty pointless to continue the debate with Ammonite. Just for the sake of any.....
» 19/06/2011 2:54:22 PM Lexi this is the one I found http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/alp-still-se.....
» 19/06/2011 2:05:08 PM Widespread viability of solar is amongst other things contingent on a lack of cloud/dust c.....
» 18/06/2011 5:40:27 PM Lexi I'd noticed that, I've tried to comprehend what the author is saying and acknowledge .....
» 18/06/2011 5:36:24 PM "I find BOTH parties to be complete and utter hypocrites." - agreed on an overal.....
» 18/06/2011 1:36:20 PM "but if Labor does exactly the same thing" - except if the claims are tru they a.....
» 18/06/2011 1:32:10 PM There is another deception in Ammonite's post worth mentioning. The oft used tactic of su.....
» 18/06/2011 12:48:36 PM "Why you and other men who post here try to 'prove' women as physically MORE violent .....
» 18/06/2011 9:56:55 AM Ammonite I think that men and women are pretty similar in regards to the frequency of viol.....
» 18/06/2011 8:12:32 AM Lexi I'd not read it but have now. I do think that there is plenty of evidence in some cu.....
» 18/06/2011 7:39:13 AM Belly try this one http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/alp-still-seeking-poli.....
» 17/06/2011 9:16:35 PM dan possibly drifting off topic but ... I agree for most but not all. Nature for some, nu.....
» 17/06/2011 8:34:59 PM dan to make that case you would have to show that child sexual assault was markedly less p.....
» 17/06/2011 8:20:54 PM pelican "Women and men can be violated in similar ways as the author clearly demonstr.....
» 17/06/2011 7:31:56 PM I struggled with this, much seemed to be focussed on acts's committed in other part's of t.....
» 17/06/2011 7:14:23 PM Chaz of course there can be bias in simple statistics, if those who collect the stat's are.....
» 17/06/2011 7:43:03 AM Belly it's alway's a hard call when to hit that button. I don't recall ever using it in re.....
» 17/06/2011 7:01:55 AM Chaz links would help to put the findings you report in context. I have looked at the AIC .....
» 16/06/2011 9:26:37 PM Sam I'm guessing that you are already aware of the principle catch in Chaz's stats - they .....
» 16/06/2011 4:16:34 PM 6 years ago is not that long after they stopped taking donations from cigarette companies......
» 16/06/2011 7:58:31 AM If you can't trust the cigarette companies who can you trust? I did add a proviso in my .....
» 16/06/2011 7:41:27 AM Slightly dated but there is some info on tobacco industry political donations at http://ww.....
» 15/06/2011 3:46:07 PM Belly I'd have serious concerns about any recent government (party irrelevant) owning asse.....
» 15/06/2011 9:29:05 AM Ammonite, that was not a challenge. It was gross misrepresention of others positions based.....
» 15/06/2011 6:10:44 AM Belly, not quite talking to yourself. I've got mixed views on changes of name. Some have .....
» 14/06/2011 10:21:12 PM Chaz I very much agree with your post of Tuesday, 14 June 2011 8:18:26 PM. Especially the.....
» 14/06/2011 6:33:43 PM Haward thanks for that. It is very concerning that those pushing for the amendments either.....
» 14/06/2011 9:52:49 AM Chaz in what was does treating parents fairly or taking account of their needs lead to a w.....
» 13/06/2011 6:55:05 PM Chaz why does it have to be an either or? Is it so difficult to conceive of both child pro.....
» 13/06/2011 1:06:51 PM "will have little time left to accuse women as more irresponsible and violent than me.....
» 13/06/2011 11:53:27 AM Ammonite, "That is the only solution to halt the actions of these lying conniving wom.....
» 12/06/2011 9:24:10 PM "True RObert, but how many times do any of the usual protesters on OLO ever acknowled.....
» 11/06/2011 12:52:17 PM Thank you both for that. Interesting piece. I'm not so sure that it represents a decline .....
» 11/06/2011 12:39:46 PM Pelican, I'm not talking about "feminist groups", I'm talking about publicly fun.....
» 10/06/2011 10:43:28 AM Suzie before you completely dismiss Vanna's point try his challenge. Go look for some work.....
» 10/06/2011 9:47:47 AM Ammonite "Instead we have these articles that appear intent on maligning women in ord.....
» 10/06/2011 7:22:59 AM I suspect that their short term success or otherwise will depend on how the others react. .....
» 10/06/2011 6:47:20 AM Suzie much as I hate to fuel the fires a big part of the problem is the issue that vanna i.....
» 9/06/2011 1:04:53 PM A follow on from Warwicks comments. Late last year I posted a fair bit of material on fata.....
» 9/06/2011 8:37:04 AM A great article. It is possible that the minister is so immersed in propaganda that she d.....
» 9/06/2011 7:06:56 AM Philo, you made a very specific claim about calculated rates of CO2 emissions which appear.....
» 9/06/2011 6:05:39 AM Philo you made a quite specific claim "The calulated CO2 given off in Iceland in rece.....
» 8/06/2011 7:40:06 PM Philo do you have a source for that claim, a few links below which while not dealing speci.....
» 8/06/2011 7:25:08 PM diver dan, you are right that the bulk of the custoer base for prostitution is male. If ma.....
» 8/06/2011 10:05:18 AM Diver Dan "forcing men to take responsibility for their major role in driving the sex.....
» 8/06/2011 6:56:02 AM Belly the only details I know are what I've heard on the radio but as I understand it ther.....
» 7/06/2011 2:17:16 PM bonmot "I don't know where RObert stands on AGW" I'd say a sceptic. Enough weig.....
» 6/06/2011 4:31:59 PM Suzie I suspect that it would be a view that would be shared by a lot of others. I posted.....
» 5/06/2011 6:36:51 PM Peter will put. R0bert.....
» 5/06/2011 6:00:10 PM http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/mincer-jibe-bit-of-humour-gillard/story-e6frf7l6.....
» 5/06/2011 5:52:05 PM Philo except that from the limited scan I did not all the quotes appear to be legitimate. .....
» 3/06/2011 10:32:08 AM Tristan "overcompensation is essential for Labor in 'selling' the carbon tax." .....
» 2/06/2011 7:05:48 PM Based on what we have learned about the lies I'd not be standing to give George W. or cron.....
» 2/06/2011 1:40:34 PM Lexi I've not read the book and unless I hear of some compelling reasons to do so I can't .....
» 1/06/2011 6:57:51 PM Of course Hicks is a hero. He went off to fight with the most noble of peaceful causes, th.....
» 1/06/2011 6:26:07 PM Custard, it appears that the Qld government wants us to use more energy. I posted this lin.....
» 1/06/2011 12:50:35 PM Just to add some comic relief to the whole discussion http://www.couriermail.com.au/money.....
» 1/06/2011 7:37:03 AM Jennifer I've posted links previously. If I get a chance I'll dig them out but there is so.....
» 31/05/2011 11:29:41 PM Philo I don't have the references but I saw material recently suggesting that we were one .....
» 31/05/2011 4:32:16 PM Imagine the compensation claims. It's been said that the scariest sentence in the english.....
» 31/05/2011 4:27:26 PM Banjo "CO2 is a natural and vital element." - so is water but you can have to mu.....
» 31/05/2011 12:41:15 PM David I agree that the effectivness is not impressive but there are vulnerable kid's who d.....
» 31/05/2011 8:47:40 AM VK3AUU, "Their evangelizing is generally only a small part of their operations.".....
» 31/05/2011 7:33:38 AM Lance, "It's not helpful to make assumptions from outside a community about what goes.....
» 31/05/2011 6:26:52 AM It occurred to me that I didn't respond to the initial point. No don't think that Cate ne.....
» 30/05/2011 10:21:08 PM I would be interested to see how much personal impact Cate and Michael expect the tax to h.....
» 30/05/2011 7:57:00 PM Houellebecq, maybe the demographic's have changed but from what I'd seen in the past it mo.....
» 30/05/2011 10:38:49 AM Jane thanks for this, well put. I've not read Jim Wallace's tweet so I can't comment on i.....
» 30/05/2011 6:37:44 AM I'd rather not have a ban, I want less government interference in peoples lives, not more......
» 29/05/2011 3:56:25 PM Neutral, the Kindle handles pdf's. Not as well as the dedicated format but still pretty we.....
» 27/05/2011 11:21:48 AM Houellebecq you may be right but I hope that there is some points in there for others who .....
» 26/05/2011 10:19:45 PM Hestia I think that a lot of men would prefer to make love than watch porn. The reality is.....
» 26/05/2011 7:59:43 AM I've had a kindle for a while now and love it. Just for reading but the screen clarity (ev.....
» 25/05/2011 9:22:49 PM Some people just never understood the implications of "my body, my choice". Gre.....
» 25/05/2011 6:33:49 PM Thinking about the stud/slut issue did anyone notice the discussion about Arnie on that Q&.....
» 24/05/2011 4:20:06 PM One point of disagreement with the article "The only person it isn’t clear to is Gail.....
» 24/05/2011 9:57:58 AM There was some interesting discussion about labels on Q&A last night. Michael Cunningham .....
» 21/05/2011 4:46:42 PM Suzie I don't know what the numbers are but for a lot of christains sex isn't just for hav.....
» 20/05/2011 4:23:25 PM Yabby pelican summed it up nicely "Not an easy issue to deal with from any perspectiv.....
» 20/05/2011 1:45:03 PM CHERFUL, pelican I agree with that point but by the same token there is an incentive for w.....
» 19/05/2011 9:15:33 AM "I doubt the anger is directed at something you like to call "God" though G.....
» 18/05/2011 5:46:01 PM Nicholas, a simple question for you. Do you accept the statements made by Access and SU Q.....
» 18/05/2011 10:39:40 AM Very selective articles. Much use was made of the statements of one judge from long ago as.....
» 18/05/2011 10:06:42 AM I don't think it helps at all to continue to sidetrack the discussion into the validity of.....
» 17/05/2011 3:16:53 PM I was just thinking of all the objections when Joh cracked down on street protests in Qld......
» 17/05/2011 9:45:46 AM "I know first-hand that CRE and chaplaincy goes to great lengths to offer no-strings .....
» 17/05/2011 8:39:28 AM Jewely the choice part get's difficult if you are reliant on various parenting benefits fo.....
» 17/05/2011 7:25:08 AM "Agreed the system is imperfect and not always fair - but what to replace it with&quo.....
» 17/05/2011 6:21:04 AM "that supposedly force unskilled people from disadvantaged backgrounds " - ster.....
» 16/05/2011 11:39:43 PM I've written enough letters to pollies and others over the years and heard enough spin fro.....
» 16/05/2011 7:40:41 PM Tristan why is it that income seems to be the only criteria which you (amd others) take in.....
» 16/05/2011 10:35:12 AM david f, that point of identification was one I'd wondered about as I read the article. Wh.....
» 16/05/2011 6:28:34 AM Belly "John Howard wasted our mining boom number one with endless tax cuts" I d.....
» 13/05/2011 4:00:34 PM Saltpetre, I don't think there is anything particulary new in what I posted. The point has.....
» 13/05/2011 10:07:54 AM They are not alone - see the "so that they may" section of the aim's and beliefs.....
» 12/05/2011 7:02:59 AM I've had to call 000 in Qld a number of times. All for strangers. Once where I would hav.....
» 12/05/2011 6:13:56 AM Suzie I don't know how effective it is but I think the dad's (and girls without kids) are .....
» 10/05/2011 10:57:11 AM bonmot I've used the term climate movement in what I presume is a similar context to the w.....
» 10/05/2011 7:36:31 AM "Further, such a result would not be a victory for the climate movement." It co.....
» 9/05/2011 10:46:47 AM James has nailed one of the big problems. The real costs of getting that short term incr.....
» 8/05/2011 7:00:54 PM The question of insurance has figured prominately in the discussion. The case has not bee.....
» 7/05/2011 1:31:26 PM I'm wondering how many of the christains taking part in this debate keeping in mind the bi.....
» 6/05/2011 5:08:30 PM Jewely I didn't get far enough to look for business names. I doubt that there would be mor.....
» 6/05/2011 1:47:05 PM "In secular countries like England, the US" N0w I n33d a n3w k3yb0ar4. Aw3s0m3.....
» 6/05/2011 9:38:06 AM Holly it depends on what part of the numbers go with what. $1.78 billion in revenue for 3.....
» 5/05/2011 10:17:18 PM Did a little googling of Sullivan (2005) and prostition. The most likely references seemed.....
» 5/05/2011 6:21:38 PM Tristan off topic however "But go on strike or stop work and they can fine you tens o.....
» 5/05/2011 4:51:42 PM "I would have been constantly berating my parents for violating my human rights.".....
» 5/05/2011 12:17:41 PM "Is this religous stuff in schools compulsory here?" Not compulsary but life ca.....
» 5/05/2011 11:09:33 AM Ammonite I do consider incarceration without the possibility of release as a form of cruel.....
» 5/05/2011 7:44:42 AM As a former christain and former Scripture Union supporter I'm absolutely certain that RE .....
» 5/05/2011 7:10:51 AM I doubt that it will ever be tested but I have found myself wondering what the legal situa.....
» 4/05/2011 9:35:43 PM Jewely http://jezebel.com/#!5632689/what-is-birth-rape Anybody remember the scene in Hanc.....
» 4/05/2011 8:58:51 PM "Yeah me too but watch out for the Aussie “Lads” – wanna be Lebs who everyone else ma.....
» 4/05/2011 7:25:22 PM Ammonite you are welcome. I disagree with you on some issues but that does not excuse the .....
» 4/05/2011 7:05:26 PM I was intrigued by the comment "Although this pride takes a hit every now and then du.....
» 4/05/2011 7:40:16 AM pelican I have the sense that we could get bogged down in a side debate and don't really w.....
» 3/05/2011 6:19:34 PM pelican, "RObert using his paternal 'I am surprised or disappointed' approach means h.....
» 3/05/2011 5:18:37 PM pelican given your history I've been somewhat surprised by your response to the article an.....
» 3/05/2011 3:36:34 PM Tristan I greatly appreciated your comments of Monday, 2 May 2011 7:22:12 PM. Whilst I gen.....
» 3/05/2011 7:10:10 AM runner I doubt that there is anything definable as "typical secular hypocrisy" .....
» 2/05/2011 8:17:00 PM "I would have thought that the American public would have also preferred to have seen.....
» 2/05/2011 5:42:27 PM Ammonite, "there has not been a single expression of concern by any of the male poste.....
» 2/05/2011 3:29:39 PM "Why is the prostitute arrested but not the John?" Pelican I don't think that t.....
» 2/05/2011 2:50:32 PM Ammonite I was thinking about similar issues earlier in the week. I came across some mat.....
» 2/05/2011 1:19:31 PM Tristan I agree with the points you made but wish to take up on the point you make "A.....
» 2/05/2011 11:59:41 AM The author clearly has a very low view of the abilities of other women, in this case women.....
» 29/04/2011 6:59:51 AM Shadow Minister the issue is also impacted to some degree by who has had power recently (e.....
» 28/04/2011 6:45:14 PM Shadow Minister tossing Child abuse crimes in the mix was always going to be sensational a.....
» 28/04/2011 12:32:17 PM Pelican I agree with pretty much everything in that last post. Belly I don't like what SM.....
» 28/04/2011 9:25:01 AM Ammonite I've intepretted SM's claims as being more about the leadership than an assertion.....
» 28/04/2011 7:07:39 AM Belly, "I can not quite understand Forrest's whole in put here" Forrest seem's .....
» 26/04/2011 3:03:47 PM Belly "I have never heard even a whisper about a party member or unionist along the l.....
» 24/04/2011 9:39:59 AM I've not read back over all the posts so it may have already been mentioned but don't forg.....
» 19/04/2011 7:23:11 PM Belly you asked earlier in the thread "Why have Australians gone from strong support .....
» 15/04/2011 8:06:34 AM If nuclear power was a big enough danger to dismiss it's benefits we would see elevated ca.....
» 15/04/2011 8:00:38 AM Ben thanks for the points you make. Recent debate on nuclear safety has changed my views......
» 14/04/2011 12:48:46 PM "As for other forms of punishment we probably need another thread." it would be .....
» 13/04/2011 8:21:43 AM From what I've seen on the topic there is a small correlation between high levels of corpo.....
» 13/04/2011 7:59:03 AM Jewely I think he's been like that for a long time. Personally I suspect it's a cover for.....
» 12/04/2011 1:58:23 PM In one report on the IAEA's reports they stated (http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Booklets.....
» 11/04/2011 9:23:29 PM pelican I liked Holly's list. Not that I ever spend time trying to remember a football sco.....
» 11/04/2011 9:18:13 PM A couple of thoughts on the "moral relativism" aspect that was part of the openi.....
» 11/04/2011 9:03:24 PM "anti-choice when talking about people who are unambiguously pro-life" I'm not .....
» 11/04/2011 3:17:09 PM Pelican "Trouble is most women don't really know what men want, there are so many mix.....
» 10/04/2011 11:33:23 AM "As for traffic accidents... I assume the children weren’t driving." Probably d.....
» 8/04/2011 3:13:40 PM "Cigarettes were ok, nobody died on the day of smoking them. Now we know differently......
» 8/04/2011 10:21:40 AM "Clearly we are witnessing one of the greatest disasters in modern time." 0 dea.....
» 8/04/2011 9:51:56 AM "the campaigners against shared custody would be happier with 'if there has EVER been.....
» 7/04/2011 6:58:50 PM pelican you ask "Where is the demonisation, both men and women are accountable.".....
» 7/04/2011 12:30:00 PM To put some of this in perspective a read of a piece from The Australian is worthwhile htt.....
» 4/04/2011 6:42:44 PM I liked the article. There is a point when something goes beyond protecting others to exce.....
» 4/04/2011 11:50:11 AM I've not followed the specifics but one of the quotes in the article suggested that the co.....
» 30/03/2011 2:54:22 PM keith I wasn't around for the oldest of those governments but was around for Joh. They lef.....
» 30/03/2011 7:35:19 AM "are parties running because they have a plan for the state or country, or for themse.....
» 29/03/2011 6:10:49 AM vanna as I've already pointed out PaulL made positive comments about men in a post just be.....
» 28/03/2011 9:49:46 PM Dan I suspect that he has accidently cross posted, that looks like part of the cyberbullyi.....
» 27/03/2011 10:17:11 PM vanna, have another read of PaulL's last post there are positives about men in that very p.....
» 24/03/2011 10:37:54 PM My deepest satisfactions come from creating but it does not have to be from raw materials......
» 24/03/2011 8:29:48 AM Hasn't the US already caused themselves enough heartache trying to achieve regiem change i.....
» 22/03/2011 8:52:55 AM Radar "Parents themselves abdicate responsibility by thinking that it's the teachers .....
» 22/03/2011 6:18:05 AM rehctub, Islam is not a race "But the reality is that this is a race that like it or .....
» 18/03/2011 7:53:24 AM For some reason I've not been able to get to the article. I had hoped that school respons.....
» 17/03/2011 6:43:44 AM There's an interesting piece on The Order of the White Feather at http://www.spartacus.sch.....
» 16/03/2011 10:24:51 AM keith "And mum's are experts." Some are, some are not, like dad's mum's repeat .....
» 15/03/2011 6:57:10 AM http://www.indianchild.com/life_expectany_mortality_india.htm "The average Indian mal.....
» 14/03/2011 8:05:46 AM "It is overwhelmingly women who carry the bulk of the physical and emotional responsi.....
» 13/03/2011 11:49:13 AM Sorry, that last connect was intended for vanna, not runner. R0bert.....
» 13/03/2011 11:24:42 AM Off topic but "That is all based on risk management, but I have not heard of any so-.....
» 11/03/2011 4:43:06 PM briar rose you are making sense (more than I'd make after being up all night). I do thin.....
» 11/03/2011 12:20:25 PM briar rose what makes is a masculinist hegemony? I don't see any valid way of claiming th.....
» 11/03/2011 9:47:28 AM pelican "where are all these articles you are reading about women make better manager.....
» 10/03/2011 11:05:12 AM McReal I've not seen any indication that the player involved recognised the girl from the .....
» 10/03/2011 8:15:54 AM I'll have to stick with the gender lines on this one although I do think there is plenty o.....
» 10/03/2011 7:46:19 AM "Do not worry these same lazy-arsed lawyers are backed by even lazier Public Servants.....
» 10/03/2011 7:09:08 AM I'll repeat a point that I've made before. Islam is not a race. Whilst I think that many .....
» 9/03/2011 6:32:25 AM "raising the standard in our society" Rose who is afraid of raising the standar.....
» 8/03/2011 3:41:34 PM vanna it's the classic image of drink spiking that's largely urban myth - someone slipping.....
» 8/03/2011 9:23:24 AM Rosie a good article thank you. The only point of difference I'd make is with the sentim.....
» 8/03/2011 7:34:00 AM Re drink spiking. I found an interesting piece on the prevalance http://www.aifs.gov.au/ac.....
» 7/03/2011 6:56:51 PM Suzie can I suggest a re-read of the article to get the context of the discussion. It's no.....
» 7/03/2011 4:40:57 PM vanna "and you will find more drunken women than you can count" yet there are v.....
» 7/03/2011 9:18:40 AM vanna I attended both Griffith and QUT and didn't get any anti-male lectures. Maybe if I'd.....
» 7/03/2011 8:31:51 AM Pericles "My biggest issue with "climate change" is the amount of hot air i.....
» 7/03/2011 7:39:09 AM If you find that the selectors are betting against the team or that the selectors never in.....
» 7/03/2011 6:24:44 AM Paul having read post from runner over some years I'm fairly confident that runner is male.....
» 6/03/2011 5:51:48 PM I got out for a bush walk recently. Right in front of the car was one of those signs about.....
» 4/03/2011 1:35:46 PM pelican I think that the issue about consent when drunk is often played in a simplistic ma.....
» 4/03/2011 9:22:28 AM Jennifer again a great article. Houellebecq has pretty much summed up my thoughts on the .....
» 4/03/2011 6:28:45 AM One of the things that sticks out is how often racism is blamed when really the concerns a.....
» 25/02/2011 4:11:15 PM There are a number of assertions made here which warrent some questioning. - "boys r.....
» 24/02/2011 9:11:32 AM Maybe the use of the term social capital is an attempt to try to get the value of it recog.....
» 23/02/2011 11:08:45 AM Michael "Strive for perfection, not second best." Strive for perfection but wha.....
» 23/02/2011 9:08:12 AM Michael just what do you think that the standards should be? OLO is the best that I've se.....
» 21/02/2011 8:19:33 AM Again the question should be asked - how many of those commuters really need to be physica.....
» 20/02/2011 7:35:19 AM Suzie I think that EB being referred to is exclusive bretheren. My impression is that Davi.....
» 18/02/2011 7:30:41 AM I get the impression that the "shallow understanding" might lie more with some o.....
» 18/02/2011 7:05:05 AM If religious groups were operating entirely on their own I'd agree however that's not the .....
» 15/02/2011 12:16:45 PM "Do you endorse language that vilifies gay people? Do you think it's ok to call gay p.....
» 14/02/2011 4:46:15 PM "overspending by governments sent them off looking for a source of money. Any source .....
» 12/02/2011 1:46:57 PM One of the points that sticks out in this is how blind most can be to abuse and villificat.....
» 12/02/2011 11:28:20 AM Houellebecq that was another great article. Looking back I'm trying to remember what I dis.....
» 11/02/2011 12:54:17 PM Rose C, I've just read your piece from 2004. My thanks to you for having the courage and .....
» 10/02/2011 9:08:54 AM a597 maybe it's not the women of today that are the problem, it's the type of women that s.....
» 10/02/2011 8:12:56 AM "I'm just a loony right wing Bible thumping dingbat" Well at least there was so.....
» 9/02/2011 1:44:24 PM YHWH4ME last I heard it was not compusory. What's normal? Reading your post I'd say your.....
» 9/02/2011 6:50:05 AM 3/ I go online and do my research. I buy from the supplier who best meets my needs based o.....
» 7/02/2011 3:44:47 PM Jennifer once again well put. Gregory the thing which is most likely to lose support for .....
» 6/02/2011 12:59:12 PM I'd be interested to know how IBM and ANZ treat the Federal Government which quite specifi.....
» 6/02/2011 12:51:50 PM Cornflower I'm reminded of my earlier comment that dipping into any such pool should only .....
» 6/02/2011 12:17:07 PM Thanks Jennifer and Forest for those links. As someone who supports removal of unnecessar.....
» 6/02/2011 12:00:06 PM Cornflower I do agree that big surpluses achieved by taxing the stuffing out of workers is.....
» 5/02/2011 6:21:43 PM The thing is that if you choose to self insure you can only do it if you can stand the con.....
» 4/02/2011 9:43:08 AM A significant point came out in the media last night. Some states take out insurance again.....
» 2/02/2011 6:53:03 AM Belly I doubt that they would struggle to get 70% agreement for genuine rebuilding paid fr.....
» 1/02/2011 9:29:09 PM Belly I disagree with some of your views but that's not really unhappyness. I do see some.....
» 1/02/2011 6:47:15 PM Briar Rose, interesting piece. I don't much enjoy the ad hominem stuff but there is a pla.....
» 31/01/2011 7:11:13 PM Stg "Don't see anyone complaining about the stimulus package and the plethora of othe.....
» 31/01/2011 3:35:30 PM Aime it's alway's difficult when there is a common foe. I consider the religious extremist.....
» 31/01/2011 12:31:23 PM Aime you might think about the sick idea's that runner and those who share his extreme app.....
» 31/01/2011 9:32:51 AM Belly "Can we take the politics out of it, just for once?" The politics is well.....
» 28/01/2011 7:49:56 PM bospearer "If judges were challenged on unlawful rulings they had blatantly and knowi.....
» 27/01/2011 6:14:18 PM Belly that part of the post was a response to the views at http://forum.onlineopinion.com......
» 27/01/2011 11:30:49 AM bowspearer "you blindly promote law changes that act on accusations without determini.....
» 27/01/2011 8:28:05 AM A few point's based on comments so far. - There can never guarantee that a government will.....
» 25/01/2011 7:25:59 PM A couple of links to summaries of payments available. http://www.communityservices.qld.go.....
» 25/01/2011 12:29:15 PM There are at least three different categories of infrastructure involved. 1/ Infrastructu.....
» 11/01/2011 6:17:38 AM I found another listing which gives rates of murder with firearms by capita for a number o.....
» 10/01/2011 6:56:31 AM A couple of points - It does seem like it would be very difficult to police this for small.....
» 6/01/2011 9:47:22 AM I've not noticed any sign from Liz that she has bothered to read material by Straus refere.....
» 31/12/2010 6:40:42 PM "I see them every day in Noosa and other parts of Qnsld." - it must be real hand.....
» 29/12/2010 3:57:38 PM Rose thanks, a beautiful telling of your experience. R0bert.....
» 29/12/2010 8:53:28 AM PaulL I think it's agreed by most of us here that not all information should be in the pub.....
» 28/12/2010 5:29:56 PM PaulL, One of the dilemma's for me is that we have politicians (and others) hiding behind .....
» 27/12/2010 2:32:47 PM Shadow Minister has Wiki leaks published much genuinely "private" material? Whi.....
» 27/12/2010 10:43:49 AM "they also haunt regularly internet forums inflicting their inflated and skewed self-.....
» 24/12/2010 5:58:48 PM Jewely try http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/user.asp?id=4553 Not sure but I think that R.....
» 24/12/2010 11:14:08 AM Jennifer, thanks. An interesting piece and a little bit gratifying (sorry not personal) to.....
» 23/12/2010 3:06:09 PM James it is hard to get a good understanding of Flood. Some of the point's in the paper in.....
» 23/12/2010 10:18:33 AM Jewely most of my exposure to that side of stuff has come from your own posts, I've known .....
» 22/12/2010 6:48:09 PM Liz I've seen similar to the stuff by Flood in the first link. As I've said earlier Flood .....
» 22/12/2010 3:31:11 PM Jackson "This article about safety for children has been corrupted by people with the.....
» 20/12/2010 10:37:46 PM "Go away!" I don't think so. I rather like OLO and I very much don't like the l.....
» 20/12/2010 3:28:15 PM Happy has at least revealed to us what drives her obsessive and dangerous need to attack m.....
» 20/12/2010 7:22:01 AM Chaz you are probably right about Jackson's ex-brother in law but in the context of the br.....
» 19/12/2010 9:33:59 AM I didn't quite get where the author was headed with this. It always rings a few alarm bell.....
» 19/12/2010 9:17:16 AM Jackson it sounds like your sister's story is a bad one but it's not reasonable to extrapo.....
» 18/12/2010 3:26:12 PM Jackson, "As for stats, isn't the change directed to a really small percentage that e.....
» 18/12/2010 3:09:31 PM Jewely "I hold the genders to different standards, I think most of us do" I thin.....
» 18/12/2010 8:29:49 AM Chaz your reading comprehension and or honesty is clearly lacking. We've pointed out that.....
» 18/12/2010 6:20:16 AM James well put. R0bert.....
» 17/12/2010 12:02:20 PM "just couldn't watch the treatment being meted out to Liz45 any longer" so I'm a.....
» 17/12/2010 9:24:42 AM "cannot recover from an appalling experience with your ex is sad" - nasty little.....
» 17/12/2010 7:46:40 AM Johnny "The irony is that these same posters such as Antiseptic, Roscop, Robert etc h.....
» 16/12/2010 2:47:01 PM "Just because you had a bad time or believe they were given a hard time by your ex, b.....
» 16/12/2010 11:00:22 AM Anti I'm with benk on that one. Jewely is also one of the most willing of the women who .....
» 16/12/2010 7:45:01 AM Antiseptic I'm in agreement with the point you are making. I might be overly sensitive to .....
» 16/12/2010 7:15:36 AM Antiseptic you might want to rethink the "lots of women" comment remembering tha.....
» 15/12/2010 7:30:09 PM My impression is the the allegations are at the low end of the scale by the standards of s.....
» 15/12/2010 9:28:39 AM cotter Why not a fair go for all rather than just for women and children? "she don.....
» 13/12/2010 8:32:01 PM happy and I meant discriminate against fathers generally. If profiling is introduced into .....
» 13/12/2010 2:39:45 PM Graham "I was hoping that there might be some serious discussion about the causes of .....
» 13/12/2010 11:58:57 AM happy's version of a quote "the family law act which directly discriminates against f.....
» 13/12/2010 7:06:20 AM Liz "You don't know me at all, but it's easier for you to put me in the 'she asked fo.....
» 11/12/2010 1:11:43 PM "I have heard men screaming at the Magistrate, who ignores it, then who belittles a m.....
» 10/12/2010 3:37:13 PM "when I am mocked for grammar and being a mum" yep it's a real crime being a mum.....
» 10/12/2010 12:12:01 PM "it's called 'shoot the messenger'?" http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.as.....
» 10/12/2010 11:20:28 AM "I just hate what too many of them do! I also get angry when people defend them - in .....
» 9/12/2010 10:01:20 PM "Ask yourself how you'd feel, if a bloke much bigger and stronger than you was whacki.....
» 9/12/2010 5:49:09 PM Trish, "Do you intend to keep repeating the same line that ALL fathers in the FC are .....
» 9/12/2010 9:28:09 AM Thanks for this piece. I'm not clear on what the charges are but had been having similar t.....
» 9/12/2010 6:46:34 AM "How do you treat the women in your life?" - particularly well actually. ".....
» 8/12/2010 9:26:47 PM "He gave permission when he had sex with the mother." I've seen similar comment.....
» 8/12/2010 1:37:02 PM ""You forgot to mention how many mothers have killed children" - where are .....
» 8/12/2010 1:24:46 PM "The tactic of alleging mental illness of Chiara is rather a worn out ploy now, don't.....
» 8/12/2010 10:03:58 AM Jewely "when one woman and one man are standing in court those same stats and labels .....
» 7/12/2010 10:49:14 PM The problems with the advocacy based DV articles have been well covered on OLO numerous ti.....
» 7/12/2010 6:50:27 PM Jewely thanks for your earlier comment. It's appreciated. Ignoring the PA discussion for .....
» 7/12/2010 6:25:06 PM Liz you do a lot of transference. You come to this thread attacking the idea that anti-fam.....
» 7/12/2010 6:14:19 PM http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=11331#191920 "Arent Fathers Righ.....
» 7/12/2010 5:22:21 PM Anyone interested in looking at the stuff Liz refuses to see could start with the followin.....
» 7/12/2010 10:46:20 AM Jewely, allowing for some protections over what people bring into a relationship, etc a 50.....
» 7/12/2010 9:18:42 AM "It is getting a bit tiring. The same old arguements getting rehashed by different au.....
» 7/12/2010 8:44:38 AM Yet more spin with no substance. Describing Michael Flood as one of Australia's foremost e.....
» 6/12/2010 10:56:11 PM Jewely the stuff with the calls was years ago when my ex was trying to get a change in res.....
» 6/12/2010 7:33:47 PM Jewely it's my understanding that women are more likely to do the false or exaggerated cla.....
» 6/12/2010 8:30:42 AM Belly I've often wished that some of those posts could be left up but in reality I doubt t.....
» 5/12/2010 7:05:23 PM I just found an interesting piece on Shared Care http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/rwpattach.n.....
» 5/12/2010 6:28:51 PM "If people think it's OK for a bloke who's at least 30 cms taller, over 30 klgs heavi.....
» 5/12/2010 3:49:48 PM Jewely "Would a solo mother’s house be a “female lead”? But it is sounding hopeful fo.....
» 5/12/2010 3:23:05 PM Jewely "False claims in court are perjury? Or there is a process to deal with them al.....
» 5/12/2010 2:47:30 PM Jewely, like everything there has to be balance. It's only in the last few months my son h.....
» 4/12/2010 11:14:14 AM Proxy you forgot mention how appallingly homophobic some Muslim's are when you introducing.....
» 4/12/2010 9:47:23 AM 579 if you are referring to the outcomes of paternity testing which I thought was about 25.....
» 4/12/2010 7:16:25 AM Liz next time you put Domestic Violence into the search engine try looking for some that a.....
» 3/12/2010 6:24:20 PM benk it's quite possible that there will cases where allegations have been made and not ta.....
» 3/12/2010 7:50:30 AM jinny there is no requirement to remain anonymous. Some posters post under real names and .....
» 3/12/2010 7:26:09 AM Liz just after I posted my previous post I spotted yours. It does sound like you had a ho.....
» 2/12/2010 11:02:58 PM Liz "Don't make wide sweeping statements lumbering all feminists in the same boat.&qu.....
» 2/12/2010 8:56:52 PM "If you follow the news for just one week, you'll learn who are worse at committing c.....
» 2/12/2010 7:40:46 PM Suzie "Are you sure that some of the men's groups who violently oppose some of these .....
» 2/12/2010 6:15:26 PM Cold North Wind care to provide some official statistics to back up "Australia, when .....
» 2/12/2010 4:38:03 PM Antiseptic "My sense is that roscop was merely expressing his own frustration with th.....
» 2/12/2010 1:52:23 PM Pelican I agree with the points that you are making. Having said that it's been quite clea.....
» 2/12/2010 12:01:28 PM Poirot you missed one. Lilith also let us know that she will toe the party line in misre.....
» 2/12/2010 11:43:55 AM A sense of dejavu anybody. Another article dismissing the Howard reforms on the basis tha.....
» 2/12/2010 6:55:26 AM Roscop your comment about the hot dinner reads as though you are suggesting that a women w.....
» 1/12/2010 8:57:18 PM talisman I'd gone with the assumption that it was a bad taste joke. R0bert.....
» 1/12/2010 1:59:40 PM "Strictly speaking I assaulted him, but only to defend myself." Defend yourself.....
» 1/12/2010 1:13:14 PM Liz you seem to be a font of sexist statistics and anecdotal views convenient to women but.....
» 1/12/2010 7:43:57 AM Dan growth rates don't always work like that especially in a relatively low technology sta.....
» 29/11/2010 5:49:12 PM Pericles "That quite plainly is not the case, Philip. There is no "supervision&q.....
» 29/11/2010 4:02:09 PM Some interesting ABS figures on the Community Service Sector at http://www.abs.gov.au/aus.....
» 29/11/2010 3:04:26 PM ChazP "Or do you still want public stoning for mothers who abscond with their childre.....
» 29/11/2010 10:15:38 AM Anti it's fairly obvious that ChazP got quite upset by the relativly civil tone of the dis.....
» 29/11/2010 8:55:11 AM Cotter I get what you are saying but I think a big part of the problem is the determinatio.....
» 29/11/2010 7:27:48 AM As others have pointed out such a proposal would seem to pretty much instantly create a bl.....
» 28/11/2010 7:54:19 PM Belly "only to try yet again to help you" I think jinny has made it clear that .....
» 28/11/2010 6:08:19 PM George I've posted links to a variety of material on substantiated child abuse on one of t.....
» 28/11/2010 5:00:14 PM What a fun game this is - not. One the one hand the proponents of gendered anti-violence .....
» 28/11/2010 3:38:36 PM "Now that I have come to my own comfortable conclusion, I will leave you boys to hold.....
» 28/11/2010 1:33:07 PM Huggin's while not knowing the ages of other posters my impression is that most of us post.....
» 27/11/2010 3:35:00 PM It's interesting that the only person who has defended relationship violence on this threa.....
» 27/11/2010 8:45:11 AM Huggin's there is almost no chance that the lowlives you are thinking of will be influence.....
» 26/11/2010 3:56:36 PM jinny "wouldn't it be more fair if you wanted to discuss other members that are no lo.....
» 26/11/2010 3:33:47 PM Huggin's I've checked those links and non are as far as I can tell making excuses for hitt.....
» 26/11/2010 1:38:54 PM dane you really need to have a bit better look at Antiseptic's posting history (although y.....
» 26/11/2010 11:36:14 AM Huggins "what I dont get is why so many ""Men"" at this sight wan.....
» 26/11/2010 11:23:10 AM pelican I agree with a point that Helen made that they are selling something more general .....
» 26/11/2010 11:10:40 AM runner "What is scary is those who have a 'passion' to lead their kids to believe the.....
» 26/11/2010 10:23:13 AM "All you guys that carry on about never seeing women with signs of abuse must live ve.....
» 26/11/2010 10:15:01 AM Hasbeen the focus on smacking compared to discipline (boundaries and consequences etc) hur.....
» 26/11/2010 9:35:16 AM runner your passion for smacking is scary. aussy first just to preempt those who will try.....
» 26/11/2010 9:13:24 AM Piper if the description in the age piece is anywhere near the truth the abuse seems to be.....
» 25/11/2010 6:44:19 PM ChazP I'm guessing you are well versed in advocacy research but not so good on truth. You .....
» 25/11/2010 6:01:28 PM "neighbor is throwing bricks on the road and screaming obsenities at me" - oh lu.....
» 25/11/2010 4:17:36 PM dane just how do you think you are helping the discussion but broad brushed attacks on wom.....
» 25/11/2010 3:45:50 PM Comments in the article at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11280 are ver.....
» 25/11/2010 3:40:57 PM Pied Piper "At what point do you decide to accept rules, what questions do you ask yo.....
» 25/11/2010 9:11:46 AM Whilst this is not exactly definative research it might be worth some consideration for th.....
» 25/11/2010 8:21:14 AM Anti well said. A good piece. There is no good reason to run gender specific campaigns a.....
» 25/11/2010 7:19:11 AM ChazP just loves the sidestep. When one tack fails try another. I'll play along for a lit.....
» 24/11/2010 9:51:13 PM So 56% of children in shared care were happy with the mix of care they have. The rest coul.....
» 24/11/2010 3:15:15 PM Cotter "this is about saying 'NO' to bad parents" except in your world and the w.....
» 24/11/2010 9:42:30 AM David "a commitment of a man and a woman to marry and found a family" Is a comm.....
» 24/11/2010 9:36:10 AM Pied Piper "R0bert to OUG: “Is that deliberate misrepresentation of what I'm saying o.....
» 24/11/2010 9:13:45 AM Cotter "The feminazi are not saying all men are evil and violent and you all know it......
» 24/11/2010 8:52:48 AM Pelican I've not seen the add in real life so maybe I've missed something of it's impact. .....
» 24/11/2010 8:38:17 AM David's arguments really are honored more in the breach that the rule. I do agree that jus.....
» 24/11/2010 7:53:44 AM I loved the Youtube take off and even more so one that popped up following it with the act.....
» 24/11/2010 7:12:58 AM OUG you raised that page here with accusations of racism against others. I've pointed out.....
» 24/11/2010 6:33:24 AM I've just had a reread of the comments under the John Stone piece OUG referred to and come.....
» 23/11/2010 9:59:57 PM Suzie there were a number of posts referring to it way back. Some posts by Graham with lin.....
» 23/11/2010 9:09:53 PM An article I found on the North/South Korean conflict had the following quote which get's .....
» 23/11/2010 5:54:14 PM I was doing Ok until I hit "As for "their ancient and continuing cultures" .....
» 23/11/2010 4:27:26 PM Part two From http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/cws/cpa04-05/cpa04-05.pdf and http://www.....
» 23/11/2010 4:20:42 PM I think that the material I provided earlier on fatal assault of children is indicative en.....
» 23/11/2010 2:30:49 PM "My own "journey to the top" starts with my local mayor, through my State P.....
» 23/11/2010 9:13:03 AM Pied Piper "Mostly I can’t work out the personal gain" That's the winner takes .....
» 23/11/2010 8:32:04 AM Piorot "but a little sardonic wit, delectable irony or scintillating satire can be te.....
» 23/11/2010 6:56:46 AM So what appears to be implied by a number of posters is that views are all uniform and the.....
» 23/11/2010 6:37:08 AM Roscop your posts look just as ugly (but somewhat less subtle) than anti-male postings. Ap.....
» 22/11/2010 9:34:31 PM http://www.debunking911.com/pull.htm An alternate take on building 7 R0bert.....
» 22/11/2010 3:29:26 PM Pied Piper shared care won't always work and people who want to have an real role as paren.....
» 22/11/2010 12:21:29 PM Pied Piper "And there is only one industry that looks to benefit from them?" I .....
» 22/11/2010 8:58:03 AM benk I did say "harder" not impossible :( There are way's the data can be fudg.....
» 22/11/2010 7:02:26 AM I've posted a series of extracts from the Fatal Assault section of the annual reports of t.....
» 21/11/2010 10:50:14 PM Part 3 2009 cont'd - In two incidents, the fatal injuries were inflicted by domestic partn.....
» 21/11/2010 10:42:37 PM Part 2 2007 - Six of the assaults occurred in the context of familial relationships: that .....
» 21/11/2010 10:37:38 PM Part 1 I’ve tried to get a feel for the trends in fatal assault of children mentioned in t.....
» 21/11/2010 10:00:17 PM vanna the most authoritative source I know of is the NSW Child Death Review Team reports. .....
» 20/11/2010 5:47:14 PM Graham it might be worth considering for the next round of software upgrades an out of off.....
» 20/11/2010 12:07:36 PM Anti I've known a few foster carers and my impression of them all is that the pay aspect w.....
» 19/11/2010 11:50:01 AM cotter the groups who should be dealing with assault and child abuse are the police, crimi.....
» 19/11/2010 7:12:10 AM Pied Piper I've held the view that the problems with the family law system are not particu.....
» 19/11/2010 6:53:00 AM "Issues of domestic violence and child abuse are highly pertinent when the future car.....
» 18/11/2010 8:56:41 PM Chaz "But if you want to continue with the kindergarten squabbling, then this debate .....
» 18/11/2010 3:51:39 PM Pericles Whistler gave a bit more detail about one aspect in a reply to me recently at htt.....
» 18/11/2010 3:20:38 PM vanna "I have not heard of the Labor party implimenting any programs to reduce traffi.....
» 18/11/2010 12:09:38 PM diver_dan I get your point but do think we need some form of safety mechanism. Some famili.....
» 18/11/2010 8:36:39 AM ChazP "Is it possible for example, to agree that violence against the person is a ser.....
» 18/11/2010 8:19:13 AM Pied Piper "What I find interesting is that here on this site the male female thing d.....
» 18/11/2010 7:52:03 AM So how can whatever funding is available be used more effectively. I've alway's favored mi.....
» 18/11/2010 7:04:22 AM one under god, that was a particularly sexist and ugly post. The wording of much of your.....
» 17/11/2010 9:13:52 PM pelican I'm undecided about lie detector's. I get the impression that when used by a skill.....
» 17/11/2010 4:39:40 PM Belly now you have me wondering. "now I see a bit of unhappyness with foxy" Whe.....
» 17/11/2010 2:09:47 PM mog the only abuse here at the moment seems to be your comments about fathers who don't li.....
» 17/11/2010 12:09:08 PM benk "As Robert says, people will always lie while money is involved." I don't .....
» 17/11/2010 9:55:50 AM Kerry "Tired clearly gives evidence for her assertion in her very next sentence of th.....
» 17/11/2010 9:01:42 AM "How can the deaths of over 70 mothers and 20 children per year as a direct consequen.....
» 17/11/2010 7:49:18 AM Fantastic if that's what really happens but from what I've seen of the output of those opp.....
» 17/11/2010 7:02:28 AM ChazP "My point was that the mere reporting of child abuse is completely without evid.....
» 16/11/2010 6:44:17 PM Much of the criticism of Graham seems to revolve around perceived political bias. I'm roug.....
» 16/11/2010 6:11:17 PM "If you can see there are good and bad examples in both sides, how come so many just .....
» 16/11/2010 12:51:38 PM Pied Piper another version of PA. A true story which I got to see first hand with parent A.....
» 16/11/2010 8:42:42 AM "People have been banned from this website for expressing their opinions on another w.....
» 16/11/2010 7:56:51 AM "The worker gently shook her head at me "Nearly all the mothers complain about v.....
» 16/11/2010 7:31:07 AM squeers if you are a wonker chocolate buy's friends. Just in case there is confusion my p.....
» 16/11/2010 7:11:03 AM "some thing very wrong here! spell check only had to change one word" How can t.....
» 16/11/2010 6:52:12 AM The exchange between Foxy and Ginx in the discussion under the edited pictures of Graham i.....
» 15/11/2010 5:42:20 PM Pied Piper "but then we have to set some kind of toughness bar to begin with" A.....
» 15/11/2010 3:50:29 PM Pied Piper welcome back. If I'm understanding it correctly Graham is working to lift the.....
» 15/11/2010 7:25:30 AM Which Labor is the author refering to. There are some conceptual beliefs there that might .....
» 12/11/2010 9:10:06 AM pelican "Poor Michael Flood copped an earful just because he rightly suggests that me.....
» 12/11/2010 6:49:51 AM "I'm looking more at how badly women,especially mothers have been treated by male dom.....
» 11/11/2010 9:43:19 PM Lexi I think both men and women are already involved in stopping it and speaking out again.....
» 11/11/2010 8:59:31 AM Holly you missed one "But too many men are still caught up in the fiction that you ha.....
» 10/11/2010 10:26:13 AM I was somewhat suprised that Dr Flood took such care to make it clear that most of us are .....
» 10/11/2010 8:03:57 AM What about a test by the mikk's in our midst that the money that's taken from their pay as.....
» 10/11/2010 6:48:52 AM "There is nothing natural at all about murdering an unborn baby " - putting asid.....
» 8/11/2010 7:29:01 PM Pelican one of the problem's is that "childrens best interests" is treated as so.....
» 7/11/2010 2:55:36 PM Pelican "The children's best interests should always be paramount to the selfish want.....
» 7/11/2010 12:25:12 PM Antiseptic "Second, once conception has occurred, it is entirely the woman's decision.....
» 6/11/2010 2:11:38 PM "a judge of the Family Court would be most reluctant to give disputed custody to an a.....
» 5/11/2010 1:12:02 PM I tend to agree with McReal's points. Is there a link available to the "neutral".....
» 4/11/2010 8:10:36 AM AJFA the posts below the piece by Andrew Bolt don't exactly help Mirko's case though. R0b.....
» 3/11/2010 12:05:15 PM A brief search found a number of references to work Mirko has done questioning the legalit.....
» 3/11/2010 11:48:29 AM Having been to the US a couple of times I'm not so convinced about the culture of small go.....
» 3/11/2010 8:49:59 AM Holly "Really? So women are responsible for attitudes men hold towards women. Interes.....
» 1/11/2010 6:56:34 PM John thank's for clearing up the identity issue, I've probably seen it before but did not .....
» 1/11/2010 6:22:37 PM correction "BTW that does not make it all a feminist conspiracy or the fault of women.....
» 1/11/2010 5:51:06 PM BAYGON, on the issues I mentioned I'd have a lot of success. Gender disparity on issues su.....
» 1/11/2010 4:58:30 PM whistler if true that's something that should be tidied up. At the same time I can't pictu.....
» 1/11/2010 4:17:16 PM "re you comfortable men control Australia through fifteen federal and state legislatu.....
» 1/11/2010 7:26:47 AM "The ultimate test of a fair society is whether or not accidents of birth make a sign.....
» 31/10/2010 4:50:44 PM Jefferson, "Pelican, Cornflower, Whistler, benk, GAJ, Perkinsy" That's an inter.....
» 29/10/2010 1:13:16 PM Whistler I know that this is not the barrow you are pushinbg however I think we are past t.....
» 28/10/2010 10:31:35 AM StG I was watching a US program discussing the some of the issues around the US response t.....
» 28/10/2010 9:56:42 AM Stg if there was any serious leaving out key bit's of information we'd be reading about it.....
» 27/10/2010 7:20:11 PM vanna how much do you think you mean to the staff at the servo when you stop to get fuel o.....
» 27/10/2010 7:11:40 PM Pelican I've made the point previously that if we have to have something like CSA we shoul.....
» 27/10/2010 11:52:48 AM McReal while we have public institutions and any public/community life there will always b.....
» 27/10/2010 7:55:23 AM grim "my remark was over the top. I wrote in irritation." Thanks, it seemed out.....
» 26/10/2010 6:44:03 PM One of the dangers is the assumption that secularism can really work. It very unlikely to .....
» 26/10/2010 4:28:14 PM vanna I'd not want to live in a street full or nightclub's, pub's, mechanical workshops (m.....
» 26/10/2010 8:06:01 AM "Perhaps the pendulum has (in some areas) swung too far. Tough." Grim you may n.....
» 25/10/2010 8:20:45 PM Yabby "Anyone can run a bit of a pantry at home and simply buy regular items when the.....
» 25/10/2010 8:12:13 PM dane you might have a look at http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2009/08/women-of-apollo-pro.....
» 25/10/2010 6:46:15 PM vanna "Well I certainly don’t believe in prostitution or agree with it." ".....
» 25/10/2010 6:03:00 PM If government's want to use national security (or cabinet secrecy and the like) as excuses.....
» 25/10/2010 7:40:17 AM vanna that would be the same media which sacks women when they are not considered young en.....
» 25/10/2010 6:22:46 AM David I think that it's nice that Samsung is compiling a list of people that he things are.....
» 24/10/2010 7:38:04 AM Grim, no major arguments with those points although I'm still not convinced that handouts .....
» 22/10/2010 8:03:13 PM GAJ, "I too was tired on returning from a days work..after preparing and serving a me.....
» 22/10/2010 5:16:48 PM samsung you really do get threatened by any moves to cut back on the gender wars or critic.....
» 22/10/2010 11:52:10 AM GAJ "Statistics of shared home responsibilities indicate that working women still bea.....
» 21/10/2010 7:51:56 PM No political bias in the dig at Abbott of course. That game becomes so easy to play. We .....
» 18/10/2010 6:56:04 PM Rudy is trying to get that point acknowledged so that the emotional loading which goes wit.....
» 18/10/2010 2:11:20 PM think than move, a defense of sperm has been mounted on OLO in other threads. Apparently g.....
» 17/10/2010 11:28:45 AM Dan I've read the pieces you suggested and looked at the referenced verses and nothing in .....
» 15/10/2010 4:27:41 PM Rhian I don't have the link to the best resource I've seen but there is some good material.....
» 15/10/2010 12:20:10 PM The headline of the article showed little resemblance to the content. I'd expected to see .....
» 14/10/2010 8:32:22 AM 579, are you serious? Is it all a parody of an elderly extremist religious type or do you.....
» 14/10/2010 7:22:28 AM pelican "If you look for feminazis you will find them but mostly they will be in your.....
» 13/10/2010 2:59:50 PM jayb "I think you have just proved the point that women don't want to hear the truth .....
» 13/10/2010 10:43:12 AM pelican "Most women do not believe that 'all men are rapists' but an Ad that targets .....
» 13/10/2010 10:19:19 AM The thing that was to be avoided was any mention of selected political forces at work whic.....
» 12/10/2010 4:05:10 PM runner you spend way to much time thinking about porn. Perhaps they got messed up enough i.....
» 11/10/2010 3:50:45 PM Briar Rose well put. I struggle with the idea that with so many men involved none were co.....
» 8/10/2010 3:43:33 PM grateful the attempt to use einstein to explain cleqar contradictions may well work in clo.....
» 8/10/2010 10:14:18 AM Suzie I made it quite clear in my post that I was refering to situations where someone was.....
» 8/10/2010 8:27:07 AM The reaction to Kerry Ann's comments seems like political correctness. It's become so im.....
» 7/10/2010 9:49:24 PM James well said. I'm not so confident that manager running a company with an eye to their.....
» 7/10/2010 12:39:20 PM jinny, "Do you mean that I am making the vile attacks?" - not, not you. I was re.....
» 6/10/2010 7:23:33 PM jinny, I'd not be real comfortable with my choices if I challenged you over perceived doub.....
» 6/10/2010 12:07:53 PM What we should have on police are high quality video camera's recording from the time any .....
» 5/10/2010 4:21:09 PM 579 that is genuinely nasty. It's already pretty much agreed that it was not a good choice.....
» 5/10/2010 12:53:21 PM jinny I'm drifting off topic but it might be useful. "Is it wrong for me to express .....
» 4/10/2010 6:09:37 PM jinny perhaps you should read my comments and your own a bit more carefully. You seem ver.....
» 4/10/2010 6:00:04 PM I found an interesting piece on MTR at http://unbelief.org/articles/melinda-tankard-reist/.....
» 4/10/2010 5:02:00 PM JamesH posted a link earlier to an interesting blog which makes a valuable read as a count.....
» 4/10/2010 8:38:59 AM jinny "Do not judge someone you do not know." - that's part of what I'm talking .....
» 4/10/2010 7:02:09 AM jinny "I notice in this country people don't like sticking their noses into other pri.....
» 30/09/2010 10:49:17 AM I called 000 several months ago about something that was not yet life threatening but whic.....
» 30/09/2010 7:14:41 AM Should any of them die - not by my preferences. Do I want the government to divert more o.....
» 30/09/2010 6:44:42 AM jinny your telling others not to judge and you tell Pirot "You have no idea of my cir.....
» 29/09/2010 8:41:24 PM "A woman is at just as great a risk of sexual assault from a man who stands up as she.....
» 26/09/2010 7:51:00 PM Might not be quite here yet but it'd close http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/melbourne-bea.....
» 24/09/2010 4:15:43 PM honestly "of a marketing campaign selling sex to men" - really? MTR seems to th.....
» 21/09/2010 4:56:21 PM grateful "Muslims are able to respond with reason and a challenge to the accusers to .....
» 16/09/2010 3:07:30 PM runner, from the article "The ban on skimpy clothes will apply between 6.15 and 8.15.....
» 16/09/2010 7:52:10 AM I gat as far as "There are numerous indications that Muslims are among the most pacif.....
» 13/09/2010 6:16:46 PM Johnny "you forgot to mention that human females are the only primates to always have.....
» 13/09/2010 12:34:13 PM In our culture breasts are treated as sexual objects. Ad's don't sexualise them, they are .....
» 13/09/2010 12:17:45 PM bigmal would you care to clarify the meaning of "given over to violence". Off h.....
» 11/09/2010 4:05:47 PM It seems to me that that if people of faith want to be upset by insults to their holy book.....
» 7/09/2010 6:47:47 PM The impression I'm getting from the various deals which have been brokered is that we have.....
» 6/09/2010 9:53:26 PM The thing that continues to stick out for me is that there are a lot of things where jail .....
» 6/09/2010 9:39:15 PM Philo that's the part where you end up doing what the rest of us do. Using your brain and .....
» 6/09/2010 7:15:54 PM sonofgloin,how are you on mixed race marriage? Many of those same concerns applied to kid.....
» 6/09/2010 4:40:08 PM "No wonder he supports the adoption of kids into perverted homes." No runner I'.....
» 5/09/2010 8:03:32 PM "Suppose a man has a stubborn, rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother,.....
» 5/09/2010 1:41:48 PM David G at what point do you decide that you have reached the right balance between nature.....
» 5/09/2010 8:10:41 AM John I'd still like you to explain why Abbott is singled out and other politicians ignored.....
» 4/09/2010 8:28:27 PM If some christains think "that children do indeed have a born right to a mother and f.....
» 2/09/2010 7:47:22 PM John I agree that the focus on selected deaths does not stack up. Your post though looks l.....
» 27/08/2010 1:03:33 PM Suzie I have my doubts that CSA actually achieves very much (if anything) in financial ter.....
» 26/08/2010 8:31:18 PM nairbe, well said. One of the points that Antiseptic opens with is very emotive. A numbe.....
» 25/08/2010 5:34:12 PM "Until the Parliament otherwise provides" http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/ct.....
» 23/08/2010 2:14:16 PM Ludwig, 'Not wanting to be represented by any of the nominated candidates does not indicat.....
» 23/08/2010 11:09:28 AM I like the idea of one option always being "No candidate" A statement that a vo.....
» 23/08/2010 9:24:22 AM belly I might be misunderstanding you but you appear to be attacking the conservative side.....
» 22/08/2010 5:56:29 PM examinator I'd been thinking about a post you made regarding your local member http://foru.....
» 20/08/2010 5:02:22 PM "Gratuitously criticising GetUp - an independent, grass-roots community advocacy orga.....
» 20/08/2010 7:43:31 AM I'd be interested to know how many of the "bible believing" christians who see t.....
» 18/08/2010 6:18:34 PM Amicus the point has already been made about the difference between the first and second G.....
» 18/08/2010 1:20:45 PM I do agree with some of the point's made early in the article around the point "The t.....
» 14/08/2010 6:42:51 PM Belly attitudes towards road works might be improved if the limit's were applied when peop.....
» 12/08/2010 10:03:51 AM Pynchme see http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=3848#95170 R0bert.....
» 11/08/2010 6:57:22 PM Holly not often but I suspect that you mostly cross when the little man is red because of .....
» 11/08/2010 9:52:25 AM Graham, I've not been following this closely but just got back to a skim of most of what I.....
» 5/08/2010 5:34:03 PM sleepy lizard "whereby people think they voted for him" Technically only the pe.....
» 3/08/2010 10:57:18 PM Foxy Julia turned down requests for extra debates earlier in the campaign. Labor's interes.....
» 3/08/2010 6:29:07 PM Belly of course there is nothing cynical about all that is there? A genuine request for a.....
» 2/08/2010 8:04:32 PM A case that comes to mind of a male politician being subjected to public scrutiny over his.....
» 2/08/2010 10:41:25 AM Poirot and Severin, the popular media is where most of the election is played out. Many .....
» 2/08/2010 9:21:33 AM Belly where did I say Julia started it? It's been standard far for both sides for far too .....
» 2/08/2010 8:11:13 AM I watched an interview with Julia Gillard on the Today Show this morning where Julia was t.....
» 29/07/2010 6:46:46 PM "no doubt you would prefer the alternative (ie sleep with the first man that comes al.....
» 29/07/2010 6:05:55 AM Richie roughly put "Number 2's happen" R0bert.....
» 28/07/2010 4:25:56 PM Richie when Severin stay's firmly affixed to the earth it's because of my law's not your g.....
» 27/07/2010 6:26:17 AM We are unique, whilst I agree that a lot of christains are fairly normal and decent people.....
» 25/07/2010 11:46:21 AM I wonder if they are not game to run with serious vision because that provides to much amm.....
» 25/07/2010 9:15:58 AM "The government claims it is “protecting” black Australian children from “abuse” and .....
» 25/07/2010 7:44:52 AM Philo. "For you as an atheist I suggest you look rather at the culture of women under.....
» 24/07/2010 7:55:22 PM "The fact that some boys have strong sexual urges towards other boys is no different .....
» 21/07/2010 6:36:15 PM vanna do you have any idea how annoying your obsessive focus on academics is? Anybody who .....
» 20/07/2010 9:40:01 PM The Blue Cross, firstly can I make it really clear that I'm not defending what I'm going t.....
» 20/07/2010 6:37:37 PM Forest "anonymous posters not having any reputation apart from what they say on this .....
» 20/07/2010 5:42:03 PM Holly, "Basically I have no interest in your favourite tea" Then why do you fe.....
» 18/07/2010 7:07:46 PM benq, I've been appreciating the point that you have been making regarding fundamentalism......
» 18/07/2010 6:40:05 PM David "is disgusting and insulting and an abomination to our Creator" If your c.....
» 18/07/2010 6:21:29 PM The socialisation aspect reminded me of an advertisement currently running on TripleM for .....
» 18/07/2010 3:02:23 PM Hasbeen I used to do a lot of hiking around Mt Barney and a Yowie burger at Rathdowney was.....
» 18/07/2010 9:00:27 AM I'll join in with others in thanking you Hasbeen for this thread. For me, my lathe in the.....
» 16/07/2010 4:19:08 PM "Personally, I'm not particularly keen on most 'leaders' I've encountered, but I unde.....
» 13/07/2010 4:57:25 PM Jennifer google can be quite useful, it even helps with the search terms http://www.immi......
» 12/07/2010 8:03:03 PM briar rose, when if ever could a party dispense with a leader who they considered was not .....
» 12/07/2010 7:48:15 PM Part 2 Are their ways we could be providing training and or employment to people waiting .....
» 12/07/2010 7:46:59 PM I'm with Poirot on this. It is an issue though which does not seem to go away (or if it d.....
» 12/07/2010 5:32:30 PM briar rose given what appears to be a widely held view that Rudd was unlikely to win the e.....
» 11/07/2010 7:36:39 PM Aka, "I must admit that I seem to be stuck with the idea that a union between two peo.....
» 11/07/2010 4:18:23 PM Severin, you are reading things into my posts that are just not there. "It is not he.....
» 11/07/2010 2:48:29 PM "You want to restrict climbers on the Rock, and minimise damage? Make it obligatory f.....
» 11/07/2010 2:35:08 PM Cornflower well summed up thanks. Severin that's twice in this thread that you have attac.....
» 9/07/2010 7:27:48 AM Belly "Some references seem to be for me" I looked and could not find them, any.....
» 8/07/2010 8:08:06 PM Pynchme, "but rape isn't an acceptable form of punishment" - agreed, my point wa.....
» 8/07/2010 6:54:33 PM Ditto to Otokonoko's post. Julie, if you want to be taken seriously start offering an alt.....
» 7/07/2010 6:29:45 PM runner you can go look for yourself, to give you a start http://www.danniellemiller.com.au.....
» 7/07/2010 4:48:32 PM pelican thanks for your comments. It's appreciated. It's not an interpretation I'd choose .....
» 6/07/2010 9:37:54 PM DHemphill, in some way's the tribunals are far better, as you say they are less constraine.....
» 6/07/2010 8:37:09 PM "Your suggestion that there is any symmetry in encouraging (not forcing) boys to stud.....
» 6/07/2010 6:49:20 PM I think I've said my piece regarding Pynchme's comments about men, almost ready to move on.....
» 6/07/2010 6:29:22 PM Agreed. The sport is a contact sport, there are times that accidents will happen but when .....
» 5/07/2010 7:00:07 PM Cornflower thanks. Grim, I'd not actually noticed your challenge but having read it I do.....
» 5/07/2010 6:41:34 PM "BTW: Should car enthusiast magazines be forced to show cheap second hand family seda.....
» 5/07/2010 11:18:12 AM Severin ". I am disappointed that R0bert cannot see that feminists are just as divers.....
» 5/07/2010 7:56:37 AM Pynche, "Feminist material is not negative, much less "overwhelmingly" abou.....
» 4/07/2010 11:08:52 PM "That would be something like the women in Afghanistan or elsewhere who raise boys to.....
» 4/07/2010 6:02:11 PM Grim it depends on what you want to believe. It can become a pointless round of point scor.....
» 4/07/2010 7:50:57 AM I can't see the lib's going for a change of leadership at this point. As I understand it G.....
» 4/07/2010 7:39:00 AM The analogy with church's misses the churches long term hang up's about the human body. Ot.....
» 3/07/2010 9:50:10 AM Pynchme how about some specific comment on your own recent negative comments about males a.....
» 2/07/2010 4:12:52 PM "As regards a "shed", every school and university on this planet has been b.....
» 2/07/2010 4:08:26 PM "I have no reason to spend any more time on this thread." That about sum's it u.....
» 1/07/2010 6:44:43 PM "and is akin to expecting American negroes to iterate the accomplishments of plantati.....
» 1/07/2010 4:30:34 PM vanna, "So now there is no academic employed in an Australian university who has writ.....
» 1/07/2010 12:33:33 PM Keith do you really think that "A faithless upbringing will not produce the civility .....
» 1/07/2010 6:09:25 AM Pynchme I'd be more inclined to agree if I saw the same sorts's of criticism of the mother.....
» 30/06/2010 12:19:31 PM pelican I assume that MRA refers to Mens Rights Agency a not for profit organisation predo.....
» 29/06/2010 10:50:42 PM It seems all of our elected representatives from the last 15 years get a caning for not st.....
» 29/06/2010 10:24:50 PM "then they would be rightly condemned by the Church" David you know full well t.....
» 29/06/2010 7:06:22 PM "And plainly, by Severin's logic, if your partner doesn't share in the yard work and .....
» 28/06/2010 6:42:47 PM Billy We can suggest to friends leaving because of discontent that they think about what.....
» 28/06/2010 5:07:33 PM As I read it the author is suggesting that if society was more caring the desire for eutha.....
» 27/06/2010 4:44:23 PM Tonny "Why is everyone attacking the guys that express they've had bad experiences wi.....
» 27/06/2010 10:31:18 AM Billy again the question. Why is you attitude any better (or more justifiable) than the at.....
» 22/06/2010 5:17:11 PM The author's misrepresentation of the current situation for those who choose to end their .....
» 22/06/2010 6:42:01 AM Billy "telling me is I need to acknowledge and change so I don't poison my next relat.....
» 21/06/2010 9:14:09 PM CJ, pelican well said. A marriage bust up can be a rough time. It can be tough to do the .....
» 21/06/2010 6:38:33 PM I spotted a flyer for another resource today http://livingwell.org.au/ "LivingWell .....
» 21/06/2010 7:38:44 AM Billy I started a thread on the general discussion area recently on Men's Sheds and other .....
» 20/06/2010 9:16:53 PM billy why not blame the men who abuse spouses and the men who don't do the right thing by .....
» 20/06/2010 5:35:38 PM vanna "You are quite free to look back through my posts to find a single negative com.....
» 20/06/2010 5:04:08 PM Cornflower that's for that link and making a point of those comments. A good piece. I've.....
» 20/06/2010 4:51:24 PM benk, thanks. It's useful to have to compose a retort before sending it, much easy than ve.....
» 20/06/2010 4:13:29 PM vanna, "You found it almost impossible to find a single positive comment made by univ.....
» 19/06/2010 11:29:55 AM dane, "I'd put money on it that you are one of these men who run around doing two job.....
» 19/06/2010 10:46:18 AM dane some more light reading http://www.graduatingengineer.com/articles/19980315/Women-En.....
» 19/06/2010 8:41:19 AM vanna why so negative? Pelican made a friendly joke in response to an earlier joke by Grim.....
» 19/06/2010 8:00:04 AM Hasbeen I wish you all the best through this. You are probably spot on about pit crews, I.....
» 18/06/2010 8:30:37 PM Hasbeen after the reading I've been doing this week my BS threshold is probably at an all .....
» 18/06/2010 6:51:42 PM Hasbeen did you read the article? If so what bothers you so much? Some men are in real c.....
» 18/06/2010 6:08:35 PM Severin that's an excellent piece. I'd been pondering comments by Michael Flood in one o.....
» 18/06/2010 5:30:13 PM dane, ditto to the previous comments by pelican and Suzie. Given the traditional roles a.....
» 18/06/2010 1:51:26 PM pelican, Pynchme and Suzie thank's for the additional links. I will try and look through .....
» 17/06/2010 10:17:46 PM Cornflower I've submitted an opening post for a discussion on initiatives to help men. I d.....
» 17/06/2010 10:13:24 PM Some material I found on Men's Sheds and comments by Cornflower got me thinking that it mi.....
» 17/06/2010 9:36:07 PM "There was no debate or consultation about the GST (the never ever GST). Nor was the.....
» 17/06/2010 8:30:12 PM vanna I've not determined if the author's of an article I found are feminist, pro-feminist.....
» 17/06/2010 7:35:02 PM David I think most of us have seen enough of runner's views over the years to discount any.....
» 17/06/2010 4:02:15 PM pelican we have drifted off topic again :) "there is across the board negativity abo.....
» 17/06/2010 10:01:55 AM I've found the other link I'd misplaced which does have some positive things to say about .....
» 16/06/2010 9:58:47 PM fundamentalism a/ Strong and consistent belief in and following of the teachings of a fait.....
» 16/06/2010 8:19:29 PM I've been trying to find a couple of references to answer vanna's request and have been su.....
» 16/06/2010 4:21:01 PM The thing that stuck out to me about the video 4referenced earlier is that the current ver.....
» 15/06/2010 5:38:36 PM Sorry Forest but you are behind the times. Capt'n Bligh found out that black cockatoo's, f.....
» 15/06/2010 4:33:55 PM "with nightly moaning about the 'Due-Jidishery' casting a vote on yet another thug an.....
» 15/06/2010 4:04:11 PM pelican I've not seen any indisputable references but I've not seen anything to leave me p.....
» 15/06/2010 2:04:38 PM Suzie thanks. Pelican it occurred to me that there has been some big progress on same sex.....
» 15/06/2010 7:43:56 AM "I simply think we need to harden the F### up!" Like everything else there is a.....
» 14/06/2010 6:53:15 PM Severin I don't want to spread this across yet more thread's (CJ has already asked about t.....
» 14/06/2010 6:35:33 PM CJ it's off topic but I'd been frustrated by Suzie's (who's views I generally respect) cho.....
» 14/06/2010 12:29:29 PM Suzie have a better look at the nature of those posts from benq and how unfair they were. .....
» 14/06/2010 12:20:30 PM Severin I don't think it's a double standard on my part. Benq seemed to have spent the ent.....
» 13/06/2010 5:20:55 PM Belly I agree with the previous points. I don't think any us own a thread but it is legiti.....
» 13/06/2010 5:17:56 PM Suzie this is off topic but those gender wars will stay with us while point scoring agains.....
» 11/06/2010 4:28:01 PM "Given that it all hinges on dodgy science" and ethically why is a claim like th.....
» 11/06/2010 10:03:38 AM The author mentions the money the previous government spent on advertising work choices (a.....
» 11/06/2010 9:00:50 AM Graham a fascinating read so far. It may take a while to get through the whole thing. If t.....
» 10/06/2010 8:14:28 AM proxy, Your "argument" carries its own rebuttal. Reverend Haggard was in a hetro.....
» 9/06/2010 6:51:55 PM benk I doubt that severin cares at all about the long length skirt etc, she used those wor.....
» 9/06/2010 5:11:55 PM What's missed here is that the major political parties generally give some sense of direct.....
» 9/06/2010 1:37:37 PM pelican the pawing aspect is very clear and simple. There is however a wide spectrum betwe.....
» 9/06/2010 9:50:56 AM benk, my point was that I suspect that people are talking at cross purposes. Sometimes del.....
» 8/06/2010 2:55:47 PM What seems to be lacking from what has once again become a polarised debate is that it's n.....
» 8/06/2010 1:49:23 PM dwg "A Burqa/Burkha covers the face ...hence illegal to wear it in Banks, Courts and .....
» 4/06/2010 3:53:05 PM benq I really don't think you are in the least interested. Rather running distraction to a.....
» 4/06/2010 6:16:27 AM benq it's pretty much impossible to prove bias to outsiders if they don't accept first han.....
» 3/06/2010 9:13:06 PM Thankfully I've got a job where I can start early. Occasionally some odd looks from people.....
» 3/06/2010 9:02:48 PM Pat I think that it goes further than just the proportion of clients in different roles. I.....
» 3/06/2010 5:49:54 PM "Should people in consenting adult incestuous relationships or in bestial relationshi.....
» 3/06/2010 6:08:26 AM Benq the logic is the same. You refuse to conceed the possibility that CSA could be biased.....
» 2/06/2010 4:24:40 PM benq you have come in with such an unfair load of assumptions about other posters and such.....
» 2/06/2010 6:32:47 AM benq, "Several people here have openly stated "their" stake. They have had .....
» 1/06/2010 9:35:44 AM benq just in case there is any confusion. Do you have a stake in this issue which would h.....
» 31/05/2010 4:54:35 PM sonofgloin "The other Labor states are managing just fine, as is WA." Qld would.....
» 29/05/2010 8:25:46 AM benq the comments you make in post http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion.....
» 28/05/2010 7:02:20 PM benq the CSA (and the beliefs behind it) are a big factor in hindering people from moving .....
» 28/05/2010 5:10:46 PM benq, are you in a position to judge if CSA show's gender bias in their dealings with pare.....
» 28/05/2010 12:23:35 PM Another male but one who is the prime carer. I'm strongly of the view that CSA does far mo.....
» 27/05/2010 12:34:59 PM Suzeonline "It hasn't worked well with alcohol or tobacco has it?" The question.....
» 26/05/2010 10:20:59 PM Proxy get over it. Would you rather have homosexual's try to be "normal" which t.....
» 24/05/2010 6:40:12 PM "Yes, if it is a means to improving the greater community good by removing an incompe.....
» 24/05/2010 4:25:37 PM Posted by Foxy http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=3664#88260 "Y.....
» 23/05/2010 7:23:24 PM A few thoughts. - I communicate regularly on OLO, by email, by phone, by text messages etc.....
» 23/05/2010 8:17:13 AM Antiseptic how far do you take all that? I get the logic that if segregated change/toilet.....
» 21/05/2010 7:46:56 AM I think that's the closest I've come to agreeing with one Melinda's articles. The script d.....
» 21/05/2010 6:47:03 AM Belly, this has nothing to do with "PC Political correctness". It's about the in.....
» 20/05/2010 8:23:10 PM Why is it that almost all of those "really" concerned about Raunch culture seem .....
» 20/05/2010 8:14:06 PM Belly, "I ask contributors to ROberts thread to think on this. 4 people on the stage .....
» 18/05/2010 9:40:32 PM Foxy my impression is that it's probably proposed with the best of good intentions, that w.....
» 18/05/2010 11:44:01 AM Foxy I'm not trying to start a new thread (or divert this one) but perky is not everything.....
» 18/05/2010 8:47:58 AM Belly I don't work in a mine or construction site. I don't operate machinery. I'm quite .....
» 17/05/2010 8:13:35 PM Pericles, correct visitors who either return a positive result or refuse to cooperate can .....
» 17/05/2010 8:11:40 PM Foxy "They can go topless anywhere." - yeah but women do that one so much better.....
» 17/05/2010 5:12:43 PM I read a proposed drug and alcohol policy today which raised concerns and questions. Befor.....
» 15/05/2010 9:30:30 AM Belly I've not heard muslims describe it in terms of ownership. The comments I've heard .....
» 9/05/2010 6:31:57 PM Severin the same thing that stops me from recommending a lot of other posts for deletion. .....
» 9/05/2010 4:10:32 PM Pynchme I've seen plenty of comments by Antiseptic which disgust me but your claim was tha.....
» 9/05/2010 1:39:55 PM Pynchme those comments by Antiseptic were vile and add nothing to the debate however I don.....
» 9/05/2010 1:31:03 PM sonofgloin as a bystander I applaud that last post. OLO would be a far better place if mor.....
» 9/05/2010 12:41:09 PM "Agree completely with both Pynchme and Antiseptic." I hope that your head does.....
» 9/05/2010 11:27:07 AM "but the weighing up of rewards and disadvantages still points to a power differentia.....
» 9/05/2010 9:34:27 AM rehctub weight/unit the principle is pretty much the same. The boss get's to make the deci.....
» 8/05/2010 6:49:03 PM "We sell steel for X$ per metre. Yet, it takes the same amount of time to cut and sel.....
» 8/05/2010 2:04:55 PM "how people in general are enslaved by the dominant masculine discourse" And th.....
» 7/05/2010 1:54:17 PM I can't see that calling it a conspiracy makes some of the false assumptions about male po.....
» 6/05/2010 7:02:09 PM I tend to the anti-smacking side of the debate but I found the article overly one sided. I.....
» 4/05/2010 7:02:24 AM I watched the film Surrogates yesterday. Some interesting commentary on a similar topic. F.....
» 1/05/2010 10:59:23 AM "on these big issues the people being pilloried are always telling the truth" A.....
» 22/04/2010 6:54:43 AM rehctub, I'd like to see more detail on what Abbott is proposing. Was it a comment to get .....
» 17/04/2010 3:48:29 PM I really hope this thread does not get diverted into yet another family law/gender debate .....
» 15/04/2010 6:55:27 PM Who get's to define boring? I'm at my happiest and most interested doing things that many.....
» 12/04/2010 8:36:16 PM benk, "There is no mystery, we just weren’t aware of his views about incest." I.....
» 12/04/2010 4:51:39 PM Proxy again off topic - feel free to start another thread. For your reference you might lo.....
» 9/04/2010 2:21:07 PM "is there any point where evidence would be so overwhelming, where people with any de.....
» 9/04/2010 2:15:49 PM I use Firefox and stopped the pop-up by disabling Java script in the Tools/Options menu. O.....
» 9/04/2010 10:33:33 AM Suzie, "Were these paedophiles born with that deviation, or was it 'learned' when the.....
» 8/04/2010 4:04:03 PM mjpb, "but does that extend to paedophilia?" - again I have not saved the link b.....
» 8/04/2010 11:53:17 AM mjpb, have you seen any material on how long priests (monk's, nun's etc) have typically be.....
» 8/04/2010 8:27:53 AM Suzie I'm not so convinced that all started as child abusers. More likely it's a mixed bag.....
» 1/04/2010 8:14:21 AM The emo version seem's to be this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7CBJr0GReI We shoul.....
» 30/03/2010 6:33:48 PM Benk, "Perhaps this indicates a need to review levels of child support payable.".....
» 30/03/2010 3:58:02 PM "Over 130,000 children per year are being maintained by Australian taxpayers because .....
» 29/03/2010 7:11:39 AM Richie, I'd be surprised if the author has had the opportunity to audit the books, from wh.....
» 27/03/2010 8:14:21 AM My summary - if the case is as described then the man involved should never have unsuperv.....
» 23/03/2010 4:41:44 PM Houellebecq, do you really think that it's about affirmation or is it general preference t.....
» 23/03/2010 9:27:08 AM Becky why would you think it was you? ;) As Foxy pointed out elsewhere your joke is getti.....
» 23/03/2010 9:17:56 AM What is this - bash R0bert day? R0bert.....
» 22/03/2010 5:08:22 PM Foxy thanks. When I read one of the causes I kept thinking of a certain poster, I doubt th.....
» 22/03/2010 6:19:56 AM "back to moral relativism when it suites you" - because it works so much better .....
» 21/03/2010 9:47:26 AM Severin, you asked for this topic. You raised the point about male status and I've pointed.....
» 21/03/2010 9:00:38 AM Severin this may be yet another topic but I think that the generalisation about white men .....
» 20/03/2010 4:34:52 PM King Hazza "show me a healthy person with everything working out in their lives, unti.....
» 20/03/2010 4:24:51 PM Severin it depends how confident in making the call about bullying vs a mutual conflict an.....
» 20/03/2010 8:53:26 AM Severin "When forced to take action often both participants (bully and victim) are pu.....
» 20/03/2010 7:57:03 AM Severin, I do have some trepidation about where the new thread could go but it could be us.....
» 20/03/2010 6:58:01 AM Belly I've heard some terrible stories of bullying and wondered what it must be like for s.....
» 19/03/2010 6:25:49 PM Severin I've thought about your challenge to discuss male bullying and think that there co.....
» 19/03/2010 6:22:55 PM Severin challenged me on a different thread to discuss male bullying. She made the point t.....
» 19/03/2010 3:56:41 PM woulfe, thanks. I probably snapped more than I should have at Severin, generally I respect.....
» 19/03/2010 12:05:34 PM Severin if I'm trouble for sticking up for Abbott then consider yourself in trouble for ch.....
» 18/03/2010 7:00:50 PM Ngarmada, I've responded here because your foul attempts to label CJ as a racist annoy me .....
» 18/03/2010 4:47:27 PM woulfe if Abbott had been making a speech or had tried to blame gay's for a variety of soc.....
» 18/03/2010 1:55:33 PM I did not have to dig far to find a range of articles on whaling and it's place in our his.....
» 18/03/2010 12:35:31 PM "the difference between latent and blatant (racism), is the exceeding dishonesty of t.....
» 18/03/2010 10:16:25 AM Severin sorry I should have clarified that the latter parts of that post were a response t.....
» 18/03/2010 9:41:11 AM Severin, I wonder how much having spent time in institutional single sex living arrangemen.....
» 17/03/2010 8:57:20 PM pelican nicely said. Ngarmada, "to effectively scaremonger the public by potentially.....
» 17/03/2010 5:25:35 PM "Do you regard promiscuity as something to be encouraged? If so, why?" When I w.....
» 17/03/2010 6:24:44 AM Suzie, a leopard never changes it's spots but human beings can and do. I know my own views.....
» 16/03/2010 8:03:49 PM Ngarmada, plenty of potential for skepticism. What I don't like is the politically motivat.....
» 16/03/2010 5:20:13 PM I'm not an Abbott fan but I'm also no fan of the way Tony Abbott's opponents are overstati.....
» 15/03/2010 2:29:52 PM Severin, for me personally the 50/50 rule makes no legal difference but I suspect that the.....
» 15/03/2010 8:55:10 AM Severin I detest homework. I've found some info at a site whose agenda's I'm not across. .....
» 15/03/2010 8:22:01 AM My understanding of what's proposed (have I got this right or am I missing key aspects of .....
» 14/03/2010 3:59:45 PM whistler I'd like to add my thanks for the response. I'm rather tied up with other tasks t.....
» 14/03/2010 7:26:33 AM In other forms of bullying the victim is not always present nor does attempting to ignore .....
» 12/03/2010 7:28:54 PM "OK ITS A WHISTLER FLAME..i get it now its..NOT A QUESTION ABOUT HOW IT WORKS..or wo.....
» 12/03/2010 4:17:04 PM Severin "What I would really like to know is more general - how you feel about the cu.....
» 11/03/2010 8:57:04 PM Foxy only if he promises not to say that the site you linked to is main stream feminism an.....
» 11/03/2010 5:51:50 PM Now we need a site which identifies all those who post on sites like the one MTR describes.....
» 11/03/2010 5:11:31 PM Foxy, Severin, "Do you think it's possible that we're looking at all this from a diff.....
» 10/03/2010 8:47:06 PM Severin, my preference has always been for shared care arrangements. In our case it became.....
» 10/03/2010 5:55:38 PM Foxy thanks for the links. I think that's the site that whistler may have linked to prev.....
» 9/03/2010 7:03:07 PM On the Women's Vote thread Pelican asked whistler some questions about how a women's legis.....
» 9/03/2010 6:39:43 PM Severin I do believe that adults generally should and do know better than children on most.....
» 9/03/2010 7:19:15 AM Suzie I appear to have a lot less confidence in the impartiality and competence of relatio.....
» 8/03/2010 4:54:47 PM Part 2 Barbara has been careful with her words but once again the villains when identifie.....
» 8/03/2010 4:51:00 PM Suzie - "*There has been ANY allegations/convictions of inappropriate behaviour or ag.....
» 6/03/2010 7:40:22 AM I have a green frog that shows up in my letter box from time to time. It hangs around in t.....
» 4/03/2010 7:25:54 PM Doug did you read the article from the link I posted? You could start with the follow on .....
» 4/03/2010 1:36:15 PM Severin I assume that you are being sarcastic with your apology rather than a genuine apol.....
» 4/03/2010 11:14:27 AM I'm finding interesting that none of those who claim divine authority for an anti-abortion.....
» 3/03/2010 7:38:55 PM JP and others questioning the basis for morals/values from those who don't try to base the.....
» 2/03/2010 9:20:53 PM Doug like some others I've found this thread somewhat confronting but at the same time I g.....
» 2/03/2010 6:39:02 PM I don't recall ever hitting the Post button on a post intended to enrage - I have written .....
» 2/03/2010 6:07:23 PM Houellebecq and Stev Brian claims to have been good friends with a friend of one of the wo.....
» 2/03/2010 4:02:22 PM Us poor unbelievers certainly do it so much tougher than believers when it comes to issues.....
» 2/03/2010 10:51:07 AM All that terrible socialisation telling boy's how bad girls are. I remember an example tha.....
» 1/03/2010 10:56:24 PM I've only just got to this article and I am somewhat perplexed by the strength of the atta.....
» 1/03/2010 9:54:03 PM Pynchme, I think Houellebecq enjoy's that too much to let it die completely although he ma.....
» 1/03/2010 8:34:01 PM From the article linked to by Pynchme "A common insult that boys hurl at each other .....
» 1/03/2010 9:01:07 AM Severin "There is no denying female violence from any of the female posters here".....
» 28/02/2010 7:29:29 PM Severin I pick Hugh Jackman. This post carries an abbreviated long winded disclaimer whi.....
» 28/02/2010 7:21:54 PM Cornflower "If you could wave your magic wand, what would you have instead?" Fo.....
» 28/02/2010 8:07:20 AM Pynchme, I've never minimised male violence, that's dishonest spin you and others use agai.....
» 27/02/2010 10:37:47 AM Focusing on male violence is a smoke screen that isn't offering any information at all abo.....
» 27/02/2010 9:15:05 AM "r0bert is never abusive himself." not quite, sometimes I fire off a post before.....
» 26/02/2010 12:52:29 PM "I don't think it's necessary to attempt to prove single moms are lazy biatches to co.....
» 25/02/2010 6:50:00 PM I'd rather see OLO more welcoming to those who want discussion more than combat. I don't k.....
» 25/02/2010 6:37:12 AM benk - very well said. R0bert.....
» 17/02/2010 9:24:15 PM Desmond I'd happily put murder, child abuse, rape, violent robbery etc well ahead of someo.....
» 16/02/2010 6:46:50 AM Hanrahan, others have already asked but you seem to have missed it. Why the exclusive fo.....
» 11/02/2010 4:51:04 PM Foxy the high country of the Sierra's including Yosemite. I've only been there in the fall.....
» 11/02/2010 4:32:45 PM Severin the silence is not as deafening as you might think. I've made my views on Formersn.....
» 11/02/2010 6:41:51 AM sharkfin a lot of dads will be the same, some will just respond to the ongoing attacks dif.....
» 9/02/2010 7:22:43 AM sharkfin "Because society INSTINCTIVELY knows they are not endowed with the same abil.....
» 5/02/2010 7:00:21 AM Spock I'd make a change "Do I rate the sexual faithfulness of someone more highly if .....
» 3/02/2010 6:54:30 AM Spok "will spend the rest of their lives knowing they didn't want to or couldn’t then.....
» 2/02/2010 9:38:42 PM Spok "Society is a mess! It isn't working" - compared to what? There is plenty o.....
» 29/01/2010 4:16:26 PM Antiseptic good suggestions on how to reduce some of the causes of conflict. I'm a strong .....
» 24/01/2010 8:21:57 PM pelican I don't think any of the regular male posters are claiming that "there are qu.....
» 15/01/2010 10:03:44 AM I'm not a fan of Clinton and have been disgusted by the spin around the Peace Prize for Ob.....
» 12/01/2010 1:56:56 PM Leigh, I've been around situations on trains where I've wanted to speak up but all things .....
» 29/12/2009 12:27:19 PM It's the time of year for celebrations, rebranding and remessaging are nothing new. It rea.....
» 18/12/2009 6:17:37 PM rstuart I know it's Wikipedia but the page on Kyoto gives a couple of examples which seem .....
» 14/12/2009 6:40:39 PM "Why is violence and bigotry in Australia so impossible to curtail?" One reason.....
» 9/12/2009 8:23:22 PM "Find another discipline where a comparable number of older scientists is signing pet.....
» 9/12/2009 9:30:39 AM Another way of thinking about the perceived generational issue could be that older scienti.....
» 7/12/2009 12:19:54 PM "And if they err on the side of caution, then they should be totally aligned with as .....
» 7/12/2009 11:35:19 AM A couple of points - there is a difference between a sceptic and someone who has rejected.....
» 6/12/2009 9:50:03 AM CJ a visit to see my parents - which is somewhat overdue :( Some quality time working in .....
» 6/12/2009 9:32:15 AM I've previously put up the idea of a daily word limit (in hindsight that probably should b.....
» 5/12/2009 8:02:23 PM Cornflower I don't agree that the thread was about image for CJ. The things CJ has related.....
» 4/12/2009 6:37:25 AM Suzie and other spot on about formersnag. I don't think that you should have to agree wit.....
» 3/12/2009 5:26:54 PM CJ I don't get why you want seperate campaigns rather than opening up existing ones to spe.....
» 2/12/2009 8:47:42 PM For my take on it I predict that White Ribbon Day will be back again next year, and that t.....
» 1/12/2009 6:11:46 PM Aka and TheMissus thank you so much for your posts. Both have expressed parts of the issue.....
» 1/12/2009 5:32:54 PM Poirot, "One would think that being counted out in the first round is the best outcom.....
» 1/12/2009 5:25:23 PM Pynchme again many of us have been calling for year to have the focus on gender taken out .....
» 1/12/2009 5:23:14 PM Suzie a fun list but most are about choice. - Car mechanics tell you the truth. Sometimes .....
» 1/12/2009 1:00:08 PM The libs now have their Mark Latham equivalent although that approach did not seem to go s.....
» 30/11/2009 6:07:23 PM Belly I suspect that TheMissus had her tongue in her cheek as she posted that. A friendly .....
» 30/11/2009 5:20:14 PM The Australian Institute of Criminology has some summary stats on assault at http://www.ai.....
» 30/11/2009 12:45:29 PM All sorts of things can work for me but the most accessable in my normal week is tinkering.....
» 30/11/2009 12:37:47 PM CJ I was attacked over a claim that Hasbeen dismissed violence against women in the post p.....
» 28/11/2009 10:36:21 AM Pynchme, " that straight after Hasbeen's comment indicating complete denial of violen.....
» 28/11/2009 8:33:50 AM pelican "It would be encouraging if some of the men on OLO who strongly voice support.....
» 27/11/2009 5:11:44 PM "Remember there’s also peak oil, peak soil, peak fresh water, globally disruptive pol.....
» 27/11/2009 4:54:05 PM CJ I doubt that it's worth us debating who's life experience has skewed their thinking on .....
» 26/11/2009 9:37:14 PM And as I was reading page 7 the add at the top of the page was an add for the my oath webs.....
» 25/11/2009 7:09:25 PM I am finding the attempts to silence the critics very concerning. http://www.theaustralian.....
» 21/11/2009 8:17:24 AM Cornflower leaving aside the issue of gay marriage I think that there are plenty of indica.....
» 20/11/2009 6:52:40 AM Pynchme, most of what it demonstrated is how far some and especially Michael Flood go to d.....
» 18/11/2009 5:25:41 PM rehctub, do you have links to more information about this? I don't know any detail so it's.....
» 18/11/2009 4:19:23 PM Dave based on what you have described here I'm assuming that you were seperated at the tim.....
» 17/11/2009 8:25:34 PM phanto from what I've seen of the topic it's a mixture. Rapists tend to have a more negtiv.....
» 17/11/2009 6:28:35 PM The add on costs don't help either. A retired couple I know are in the process of moving t.....
» 16/11/2009 11:17:00 PM Suzie lots of men have stayed in unhappy, unfaithful or abusive relationships rather than .....
» 16/11/2009 10:57:38 PM From the first of Herman's links "Furthermore, although some same-sex marriageactivis.....
» 16/11/2009 10:15:59 PM Suzie my impression was that Labor opposed the reforms at the time and if they are rolling.....
» 16/11/2009 2:36:18 PM Mostly I liked the article but a number of bit's leave a nagging concern Like others I th.....
» 14/11/2009 7:13:03 PM Philo what do you call an adult paedophile who has sex with a child of the opposite gender.....
» 14/11/2009 12:40:54 PM Dave your post read as an attack on those who disagree with the author of this thread and .....
» 14/11/2009 12:32:21 PM Cornflower if your main concern is about changes to existing legislation alter the meaning.....
» 14/11/2009 10:56:49 AM "Marriage is recorded by the State to keep descendants for citizenship purposes.".....
» 13/11/2009 4:52:54 PM I often wonder why picks the teaser for articles. "men who hold misogynist and sexi.....
» 12/11/2009 6:25:32 PM People have some choice over who they marry, at least those involved in inter-racial marri.....
» 12/11/2009 5:44:50 PM Peter I'd start with a look around the National Child Protection Clearinghouse - http://ww.....
» 11/11/2009 5:42:17 PM "but you wont get much assistance from many on this Forum " - not when it's abou.....
» 11/11/2009 9:12:13 AM I've not found the list but a bit more time devoted to searching should turn up a list of .....
» 10/11/2009 6:56:15 PM To sum up - there are problems in the world - a lot of children get some access to porn an.....
» 10/11/2009 5:32:56 PM "I am amazed none of these blinkered people have advocated stoning for adultery".....
» 8/11/2009 7:58:46 PM My own impression is that Graham, Susan and any others involved in running the site do a v.....
» 6/11/2009 9:00:39 AM Foxy I don't like the piecemeal approach to civil liberties. Recognising same sex marriage.....
» 6/11/2009 7:24:35 AM Foxy I think the debate should be over what involvement the government/community should ha.....
» 3/11/2009 9:14:32 PM Foxy what do either of the major parties stand for now days? The libs have been fairly cl.....
» 3/11/2009 8:55:49 PM "I'd much rather the intellectual effluent was exposed like an open sewer, rather tha.....
» 3/11/2009 8:44:19 PM For the most part I think that the issue of anonymity is a furfey on a site such as this. .....
» 3/11/2009 6:34:43 PM Belly I was thinking of both Howard and Rudd as "leaders" with a reputation for .....
» 3/11/2009 5:47:41 PM "Anyway the protection of anonymity works both ways. People can now say stuff about t.....
» 2/11/2009 8:25:30 AM Belly there are certainly some who I think are destructive. I do get very suspicious when .....
» 1/11/2009 8:40:49 PM " I offer as evidence of a lost, dysfunctional opposition this. On Friday a very big .....
» 30/10/2009 11:18:01 AM It's not quite as simple as the article or some posters may want to make it out to be. The.....
» 22/10/2009 7:35:01 AM "Do you know how it feels to be married to someone who knew from the start they were .....
» 20/10/2009 7:28:14 AM CJ I don't have the full or official list but I'll try and put down those extra items I re.....
» 16/10/2009 8:13:20 AM mikk I don't much like corporal punishment but the langauage you use is deliberately loade.....
» 14/10/2009 7:51:08 AM one under god I have my doubts about including longer term policy costs which the $56.4 tr.....
» 13/10/2009 10:19:01 PM Arjay the figures I could find are much lower. Mostly around the 11 trillion but I've not .....
» 13/10/2009 7:40:02 AM The point that nominations for the award closed within a couple of weeks of Obama becoming.....
» 9/10/2009 9:02:03 AM Richie, you have made a claim repeatedly about testing with your senses. "When vou .....
» 9/10/2009 7:27:13 AM Suzie it does not look much like unflagging faith in the book. Richie has failed to addres.....
» 7/10/2009 7:19:34 AM Richie my beef is around a couple of factors. - Some not only want to personally believe .....
» 6/10/2009 10:19:18 PM "Since when did I tell you to use your belief system to prove any thing" your at.....
» 6/10/2009 8:07:57 PM "I have never observed anything to disprove the parts of the bible that I can test th.....
» 6/10/2009 6:08:19 PM Graham you might try this couple (and they might know of others), http://www.thelifechange.....
» 22/09/2009 8:46:48 PM I find the inclusion of unwanted sexual advances by peers into discussion of sexual assaul.....
» 16/09/2009 10:27:00 PM Businesses need to make money. Some will treat staff badly to try and achieve that, others.....
» 9/09/2009 10:16:08 PM runner "The gospel however is very offensive to those trying to justify themselves wi.....
» 7/09/2009 8:24:08 PM Spot on Pelican. Glorfindel "and unself-interested " does not necessarily apply.....
» 7/09/2009 4:38:20 PM Legal Eagle, thanks for your article. My personal exposure to lawyers has been in two area.....
» 4/09/2009 10:00:05 AM Crackcup perhaps you could answer the questions I raised in my first post on this thread. .....
» 3/09/2009 9:11:35 AM "the current laws prohibiting the smacking of children and the use of corporal punish.....
» 1/09/2009 4:05:12 PM "What about when men get 'creeped out' by women talking about marriage on the first d.....
» 31/08/2009 8:02:27 PM Nina I don't know if you follow other OLO threads or not but a discussion elsewhere has hi.....
» 31/08/2009 5:56:27 PM "but following the display of bias, contempt for evidence and Academic methods, combi.....
» 31/08/2009 12:49:49 PM Houellebecq, I don't recall casting the debate into good feminist's vs bad feminist's alth.....
» 29/08/2009 8:27:17 AM Antonios I'd suggest you drop the topic. You are so far in the wrong in this that trying t.....
» 28/08/2009 12:51:29 PM Antonios I'm surprised that you are game to stick your head up around here at the moment. .....
» 27/08/2009 10:23:20 PM Pied Piper I'd seen a couple of the posts early in the evening but had not taken it all in.....
» 26/08/2009 10:39:31 PM Fractelle, it's not counter intuitive if you think that for some porn provides a release f.....
» 26/08/2009 1:18:25 PM Fractelle, I don't get the appeal of abusive and or violent porn. Likewise the over the to.....
» 25/08/2009 9:12:01 PM The Womp, thanks. I'd like to see who the various voices are and the context of the claims.....
» 25/08/2009 10:11:28 AM "If I was a man I would resent being cast in that negative light " - sure do. It.....
» 24/08/2009 9:20:17 PM The Womp, I'm not misquoting Freedom lovers, I'm directly quoting the author who attribute.....
» 24/08/2009 7:09:30 PM A number of posters do seem to be missing a point the author makes early in the article &q.....
» 24/08/2009 6:16:40 AM Bronwyn, I'd not picked up on the original. My gut feel on people staying together for th.....
» 22/08/2009 10:48:47 AM WTF? can you put forward a post which proves that there are no problems with any specific .....
» 21/08/2009 6:32:41 PM Dave when you are fighting for you son watch out that the fight does not do more harm than.....
» 21/08/2009 1:08:07 PM Pied Piper, no walks of shame. I've been mildly tipsy a few times but never drunk and I've.....
» 21/08/2009 12:03:25 PM runner as long as suzeonline's current partner is not a vile self righteous twat it's unli.....
» 21/08/2009 11:06:27 AM Pynchme my pleasure. I found it interesting especially the focus on seperating the spiking.....
» 20/08/2009 9:46:59 PM suzeonline, very well said. Dave I've not been through what you have been through but hav.....
» 20/08/2009 9:38:48 PM Formersnag, sorry I'd missed your post. I doubt that it works like that. More likely that .....
» 20/08/2009 8:05:26 PM SJF, I don't want you self harming. Would not it have been so much easier to do what Hou.....
» 20/08/2009 11:11:42 AM A follow on from Houellebecq's post re the prevelance of "drink spiking with illicit .....
» 20/08/2009 8:49:22 AM Belly, this one is an extreme case including plenty of the mistakes of the past but have a.....
» 19/08/2009 7:17:13 PM I just dug up the video http://media.smh.com.au/hillary-clintons-angry-outburst-674395.htm.....
» 19/08/2009 6:23:51 PM "If you don’t believe the lack of power impacts on women’s lives" I believe it t.....
» 19/08/2009 4:38:56 PM SHF, thanks I think. Now maybe Houellebecq can get over his theory. I completely disagree.....
» 18/08/2009 11:43:58 PM Pied Piper I know marriage can be really bad but you are just a tad over the top to call t.....
» 18/08/2009 3:10:17 PM Pied Piper, my understanding is that DV covers post relationship violence as well. I've no.....
» 18/08/2009 8:29:55 AM grim, thanks for your post to this thread. It opened the topic right up. Much of this get.....
» 17/08/2009 8:21:42 PM Antonios "physical abuser always is the strongest one the man" That's simply no.....
» 17/08/2009 6:44:04 PM Foxy lovely post but I do disagree with one point "both are equally likely to kill ea.....
» 17/08/2009 6:14:54 PM Pied Piper I'd hate words being treated as the equivalent of physical violence. Words do h.....
» 17/08/2009 4:42:56 PM "YOU are the one who seems to be stuck in this paradigm that feminists are trying to .....
» 17/08/2009 4:27:34 PM James a 16 year old who sexually assaults an 11 year old is not a "poor bloke". .....
» 17/08/2009 10:56:50 AM Houellebecq, how about one of your excellent summaries of the discussion to follow? We've .....
» 17/08/2009 9:31:49 AM Possibly an adiction. A chance to talk about topics which few amongst those I know in my .....
» 17/08/2009 8:22:04 AM SJF, thanks for that response. Appreciated. I don't really want to lighten up to tollerat.....
» 14/08/2009 5:38:47 PM Shadow minister, sorry but they are banned as well. It's the standard uniform of board sho.....
» 14/08/2009 10:20:01 AM Ludwig I posted this over on one of the other threads but it might be relevent here as wel.....
» 14/08/2009 7:11:03 AM Pied Piper I'm enjoying your writing, thanks. All I'll second seekers point about Antisep.....
» 13/08/2009 9:24:14 PM Some news items floating around today about a french muslim convert being banned from wear.....
» 13/08/2009 8:58:34 PM eyeinthesky, there are a bunch of reasons things are reported differently and some will be.....
» 13/08/2009 6:57:35 PM "The meaning of white privilege shifts and changes depending on economic class and ge.....
» 13/08/2009 9:42:17 AM rehctub initially it was not the radio station which asked the question. They provided the.....
» 12/08/2009 6:27:50 PM SJF no silent treatment. I'd quoted one of your posts elsewhere (http://forum.onlineopinio.....
» 12/08/2009 1:06:47 PM "Often, men get angry. They don’t like to be put down. There is no forgiving or colla.....
» 12/08/2009 7:42:52 AM Antonios our species has already done massive harm to this planet (which we depend on to l.....
» 11/08/2009 11:07:13 PM eyeinthesky try http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9151#145730 R0bert.....
» 11/08/2009 10:55:58 PM Seeker the choices made by the radio station and it's staff are not changed by this. It's .....
» 11/08/2009 7:10:44 PM Well my ponderings about the ACA interview were way off the mark. Two aunties and a cousin.....
» 11/08/2009 6:16:43 PM Cotter both Formersnag and ChazP are focussed on the gender of those involved rather than .....
» 11/08/2009 1:32:00 PM I think that I've made my point regarding the abusive comments being a two way street. Peo.....
» 11/08/2009 9:41:39 AM Pied Piper I'm impressed. R0bert.....
» 11/08/2009 8:36:36 AM ACA have been advertising that they will have the family involved in this on the show toni.....
» 11/08/2009 8:12:25 AM Pied Piper I don't want to turn my involvement in this into a marathon. I've made my point.....
» 10/08/2009 8:07:16 PM CJ the direct answer - of recent posters attacking feminists Formersnag is in a whole othe.....
» 10/08/2009 7:01:25 PM Fractelle, I've noticed Antiseptic doing that (no check on the percentage) but I've also n.....
» 10/08/2009 5:40:51 PM Has a post been deleted? I thought I saw one here earlier which I can't locate now. Eclip.....
» 10/08/2009 8:37:20 AM CJ I don't want to get into a protracted debate over this, as someone who generally values.....
» 9/08/2009 8:42:30 AM CJ we get that you don't like Antiseptic. That's pretty obvious. You might have a think ab.....
» 7/08/2009 3:36:23 PM Pied Piper the way I read it a child can be smacked at the time of the behaviour to stop i.....
» 6/08/2009 10:53:34 PM Protagoras, nice slide show but I wish you'd drop the digs at fathers. The fathers who aba.....
» 6/08/2009 10:25:27 PM MaryE I've not found the exact text but there are plenty of descriptions of it around whic.....
» 6/08/2009 6:45:23 PM Meanwhile over on another thread we have SJF (who I consider to be a somewhat militant fem.....
» 6/08/2009 4:35:52 PM The article raises some valid points but overall looks like an excuse to attack multicultu.....
» 6/08/2009 4:10:20 PM runner the work I've referenced is by someone with some history of publishing unpopular fi.....
» 6/08/2009 9:38:02 AM Antiseptic, I don't see that that should make any difference. Sticking a child on a lie de.....
» 6/08/2009 8:42:50 AM runner, do you have evidence that shows that those doing violence on the streets come from.....
» 5/08/2009 7:11:14 PM So much potential for this thread to get really nasty. Whilst I've often not liked Stephe.....
» 5/08/2009 6:46:47 PM Fractelle, beautifully put. I have known a few women who thought that the kid were their b.....
» 5/08/2009 4:47:42 PM Formersnag, I've not worked how much much of what you say to take at face value. Are your .....
» 4/08/2009 12:39:35 PM Fractelle the current approach to child support makes it very difficult for those with a l.....
» 4/08/2009 9:57:37 AM Antiseptic, agreed however I think the make fathers pay sentiment goes way beyond the prac.....
» 3/08/2009 11:46:54 AM benk I think that ChazP has enough history on this topic to take the post at face value. N.....
» 3/08/2009 10:47:37 AM For those wondering at ChazP's approach to fathers involvement in childrens lives have a l.....
» 2/08/2009 11:53:40 AM It occurs to me that the whole topic is a symptom of making judgements about people based .....
» 1/08/2009 8:47:14 AM "Considering that religion or belief, for anyone who professes either, is one of the .....
» 31/07/2009 3:42:13 PM Formersnag, you said elsewhere that you carefully mirror your opponents (or something to t.....
» 30/07/2009 6:29:57 PM I'll leave the insurance aspect of this alone as I'm not in a position to comment. If the.....
» 30/07/2009 7:17:14 AM CJ, I agree with most of your post but do think that "the most extreme are invariably.....
» 30/07/2009 7:04:41 AM Formersnag, definately a "glass is almost empty approach". I was pleasantly surp.....
» 29/07/2009 12:51:52 PM An interesting piece. I remain undecided about the Bill of rights approach to human rights.....
» 28/07/2009 7:52:48 PM eyeinthesky, I don't think you need to ignore such comments to avoid being a gender warrio.....
» 28/07/2009 5:32:29 PM Chaz it's quite easy to develop a minds eye picture of those we disagree with based on our.....
» 27/07/2009 2:18:12 PM Formersnag, I'd suggest a look around http://www.mediaradar.org/ There is plenty of DV re.....
» 26/07/2009 8:22:50 PM eyeinthesky, perhaps I took "however modern day feminists are not as interested in fu.....
» 26/07/2009 5:18:29 PM Formersnag, eyeinthesky, agreed that there are thousands out there who think like Chazp an.....
» 26/07/2009 5:06:12 PM Formersnag, I've not seen anything which supports the claim "domestic violence is rar.....
» 24/07/2009 12:31:35 PM "The growing international consensus on human rights stresses the right of women and .....
» 24/07/2009 11:48:58 AM Formersnag we appear to have very different views on feminism. Whilst I've got a strong di.....
» 24/07/2009 9:03:10 AM Antiseptic I do share your frustration that the moderates are conspicuous by their absense.....
» 24/07/2009 8:42:05 AM "To some it means belief in the spiritual dimentions of reality; to others it means b.....
» 23/07/2009 10:26:36 PM eyeinthesky, thanks for telling some of your's and your daughters story. I've been wonderi.....
» 23/07/2009 6:56:43 PM Peter I've not read my way through all the posts on this thread so what I say may already .....
» 21/07/2009 7:06:08 PM vanna, I'm still trying to work out what you hope to achieve here. Do you enjoy the confli.....
» 21/07/2009 6:13:22 PM My understanding of the cover up for muslim women was that it was a statement about the in.....
» 21/07/2009 5:24:25 PM I take the view that intepretation of religious teachings should not be considered by the .....
» 21/07/2009 8:59:01 AM Antiseptic this is old ground for us but you still seem to lump all feminists into the sam.....
» 15/07/2009 7:26:20 PM Fractelle, I've got no doubt that many businesses will normally act in their own interests.....
» 14/07/2009 5:24:36 PM If Colin find the depiction of gays in Bruno a concern because it might incite homophobia .....
» 14/07/2009 9:42:02 AM Fractelle, I'm not close enough to this to have a well informed opinion (and I suspect tha.....
» 13/07/2009 6:53:51 PM Shal, "I bet those people you know in WA aren't as enamoured of workchoices now that .....
» 12/07/2009 7:57:36 PM Chaz you are so tied up in the mothers rights intepretation of what's happening that you a.....
» 11/07/2009 5:36:02 PM Chaz I've not seen any reason to think I'm that rare. I was involved with one of the mens .....
» 10/07/2009 11:22:07 PM Chaz my impressions of the legal system when it comes to family law is similar to what you.....
» 10/07/2009 3:29:41 PM Curmudgeon "If we want to cut emissions in urban living the solution is well known. W.....
» 9/07/2009 8:19:12 AM SJF, what's the problem. You were on sentry duty and had the gender war opening salvo cove.....
» 8/07/2009 11:39:39 AM odo agreed that some AGW advocates are extremists and overly defensive about legitimate qu.....
» 29/06/2009 1:27:14 PM Pelican I agree that there is a big difference between leaking and whistleblowing but stru.....
» 26/06/2009 7:58:28 AM "That crime is refusal to let an elected government govern." Belly did you oppo.....
» 22/06/2009 7:07:43 AM Rusty very well said. R0bert.....
» 21/06/2009 6:40:24 PM CJ if it's as described then at the least manslaughter charges against those directly invo.....
» 21/06/2009 6:14:08 PM Antiseptic I have the impression that you give almost no credit to the role of feminists w.....
» 20/06/2009 4:31:10 PM CJ " so passionately defends a couple of this forum's most prolific woman-haters".....
» 19/06/2009 8:01:39 AM I had a snoop at Tim Murray's blog page https://candobetter.org/tim Most of the population.....
» 18/06/2009 9:12:12 AM There was much that I liked but I disagreed with the overly simplistic assumption that it'.....
» 15/06/2009 8:52:01 AM Pynchme, I don't have current knowledge of this. When I was going through the mill DV alle.....
» 12/06/2009 1:39:26 PM It gets even better when you go to the next room and find 15 people who insist that it's h.....
» 11/06/2009 6:34:41 PM "Australians from the dominant Anglo-Celtic culture expect new Australians from other.....
» 9/06/2009 2:17:21 PM Jewely I can't see a reason to think that men would necessarily do better. Managers may .....
» 9/06/2009 1:34:28 PM Pynchme, I think you are spot on about the type of person it takes to get into some roles......
» 9/06/2009 9:37:37 AM Olive as for the possibility that the bones have already been discovered we will probably .....
» 4/06/2009 1:21:14 PM Ginx, I I've put up enough references to the originals toi makie it clear if you were will.....
» 3/06/2009 7:06:38 AM Belly professional footballers get paid a lot more at an early age than most people get at.....
» 2/06/2009 9:25:40 PM Ginx not sarcasism, rather a genuine attempt to understand how your rejection of calls for.....
» 2/06/2009 7:15:54 AM Ginx perhaps then we have both misunderstood the others position re online behaviour. I'm .....
» 31/05/2009 12:57:00 PM Jewely thanks for the response. Have I misunderstood you? I've been pondering your commen.....
» 31/05/2009 8:42:27 AM "All females should protect all females." http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thre.....
» 29/05/2009 4:35:13 PM "R0bert finds the idea "grubby", but this may be because of the circle-jerk.....
» 29/05/2009 2:44:40 PM The article seemed to contain a lot of spin, misdirection and double standards. A couple .....
» 28/05/2009 10:41:42 PM Grim I'll take your question seriously. I don't like the descriptions of the incident tha.....
» 27/05/2009 8:56:46 AM sharkfin there are aspects of this which are very grey. I don't consider the circumstances.....
» 26/05/2009 6:24:02 PM Ginx "OLO is not-IS NOT:- currently a forum that is female friendly. I made a comment.....
» 25/05/2009 7:43:34 PM Is anybody else left wondering how much harm is done to society and genuine victims by con.....
» 25/05/2009 10:49:10 AM Jewely, you've mentioned "males in groups" a few times. Can I suggest that a big.....
» 20/05/2009 3:41:25 PM Rob, it's not a "culture" that I like. It does seem to debase people. One of the.....
» 20/05/2009 12:57:35 PM Hasbeen that's not been my experience so far. My exposure to the High School system has be.....
» 17/05/2009 3:11:16 PM Foxy feel free not to reply if you really think that this is done but the parting shot war.....
» 15/05/2009 4:52:02 PM As I read comments on this I'm doing an exercise of translating them to a different contex.....
» 14/05/2009 9:16:18 PM It's interesting that a retired football player looses his current job for a consentual se.....
» 11/05/2009 9:39:23 PM Antonios I'm assuming that your post over on the marriage thread was intended for this one.....
» 11/05/2009 9:24:41 PM Cornflower, I might be wrong but I got the impression that Ginx was suggesting that some m.....
» 11/05/2009 4:12:54 PM Fickle Pickle, the topic of anonimity vs real names has been covered numerous times on var.....
» 10/05/2009 6:50:46 PM Pericles I'm not specifically against Paid parental leave other than a general objection t.....
» 10/05/2009 5:58:46 PM For those citing other countries which do have paid maternity leave as a reason for us to .....
» 10/05/2009 5:26:43 PM "The history of marriage, in the western world, is overwhelmingly characterised by th.....
» 9/05/2009 11:44:48 AM Hey Belly, glad to see that your absence was technology related. I could live without it .....
» 9/05/2009 10:04:31 AM I think for paid parental leave to be a viable option we would need to restructure the who.....
» 9/05/2009 9:27:53 AM I'm intrigued in how many of the responses seem to be along the lines of "the net's a.....
» 8/05/2009 4:29:58 PM The article at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8898 includes some thought.....
» 8/05/2009 3:22:02 PM Susan thanks for an interesting piece. Much of what you have said mirrors my thinking on t.....
» 8/05/2009 8:30:26 AM Ginx Foxy has asked for people to moderate their behaviour because the behaviour impacts o.....
» 4/05/2009 10:37:51 PM I suspect that not only is there such a thing as "being just a little bit racist".....
» 1/05/2009 7:04:06 AM rehctub, thats one side of it. The other side is how many people face that same problem wh.....
» 19/04/2009 5:52:56 PM Pelican I agree with rehclub re the GST. It was part of the party platform in the leadup t.....
» 18/04/2009 7:27:15 AM rough I got to know my girlfriend on my daily commute on the train. A group of us would si.....
» 3/04/2009 3:36:13 PM Hiram Caton is described as an evolutionist on the "TruthInScience" website (whi.....
» 2/04/2009 11:20:29 PM Cornflower, I don't recall ever reading any feminist comment that I interpreted as indicat.....
» 2/04/2009 10:57:14 PM Interesting discussion. I've trying to work out where I fit in this debate. - I'm very c.....
» 2/04/2009 10:29:07 PM George the allegry is not perfect but it fitted well enough. I don't know african cultures.....
» 2/04/2009 4:12:18 PM mrs pierno, the pope does not limit his actions and call's just to followers of the faith .....
» 2/04/2009 8:05:47 AM Cornflower I don't recall ever being told that "all men are abusers". I've got s.....
» 1/04/2009 9:43:54 PM George it's rather hard to use what's not available. Opposition to the distribution of co.....
» 1/04/2009 12:36:38 PM The impression I get from Andrew's piece is that the Pope is taking an extreme stance beca.....
» 31/03/2009 6:30:57 PM "If history (certainly that of the Howard years) is any guide, it is not of itself a .....
» 30/03/2009 4:53:10 PM It seems tp me that it should be possible for concerns about the activities of Fitzgibbon .....
» 30/03/2009 4:38:12 PM So if I've got the points made so far correct - It costs taxpayer less for subsequent sup.....
» 24/03/2009 2:53:49 PM "I would rather a faithful woman in the kitchen with an apron cooking for her man a m.....
» 23/03/2009 6:20:33 PM Houellebecq, "There is NO reason a male should have to 'find out' the reasons their p.....
» 20/03/2009 11:51:29 AM Unless SA is quite different to other places in Australia I think Mog is playing gender ga.....
» 20/03/2009 7:49:51 AM Yabby well said (except that I'd cut lot's of slack on judging character, most of us strug.....
» 17/03/2009 11:29:51 PM Peace "When we look at the way Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi behave.....
» 16/03/2009 8:34:40 AM "IF they fail, we cut off their head at the end of term." But who decides if th.....
» 11/03/2009 11:06:32 AM whistler, have you tried submitting an article outlining what seperate legislatures would .....
» 9/03/2009 2:35:18 PM SJF "At the very least, the parameters of the ‘maternity’ leave debate must be widene.....
» 9/03/2009 12:39:50 PM "best ignored were it not for the undercurrent of menace and bullying" "Th.....
» 6/03/2009 12:47:53 PM The author does make some good points. The way incidents are reported makes a difference -.....
» 3/03/2009 12:06:31 PM There are a variety of lists around which detail contradictions in the bible and there are.....
» 28/02/2009 2:50:59 PM As a fun twist the producers could bring in the woman from "You are What you Eat".....
» 10/02/2009 6:44:06 PM Foxy increased borrowings means more interest repayments which means less money long term .....
» 10/02/2009 12:39:34 PM Assuming that we could find sane definitions to "above the poverty line" my gut .....
» 8/02/2009 10:01:54 PM I recall the guist but not the specifics of a comment which was made to me some time back .....
» 7/02/2009 7:58:41 PM Foxy I suspect that in the short term it will hurt Turnbull and the Libs in the polls. I'm.....
» 29/01/2009 11:33:15 PM I've just found this article. Interesting that at least there is acknowledgement for the i.....
» 28/01/2009 3:47:09 PM SJF, whilst you might find it useful to try and undermine those with different views to yo.....
» 24/01/2009 4:22:02 PM David is all bothered by Lowery (a fellow christain's comment) against a group that David .....
» 24/01/2009 3:00:14 PM My initial reaction to the wording was strong disapointment. That was in part influenced .....
» 20/01/2009 10:10:17 PM I find the implied sexism of the piece interesting. Mothers and children are the subject .....
» 19/01/2009 7:22:14 PM I'd suggest that the issue is not so much about value, rather priority. That which is clo.....
» 18/01/2009 10:28:41 AM Pynchme, a conspiracy would be hard to prove. On the other hand I assume that for a writer.....
» 16/01/2009 7:56:02 PM Pynchme, if a writer is misleading by ommitting relevant data then the way to deal with it.....
» 16/01/2009 7:34:33 PM "But of course.. had the author of the book believed in the Lord Jesus HimSELF.. rath.....
» 12/01/2009 8:43:34 AM Pynchme, if I saw someone responding to a similar piece by a feminist writer by citing an .....
» 12/01/2009 8:22:29 AM jpw2040, thanks for that link. Some of the other material which links off it is very good......
» 11/01/2009 9:04:43 PM Romany, I'd missed that earlier post. I disagree with any attempts to destroy the personal.....
» 11/01/2009 3:53:01 PM Perhaps overpopulation is in the "Too Hard Basket". I've not gone and looked at .....
» 11/01/2009 7:51:24 AM Pynchme,, "What particular aspect of the article did you expect a comment about? That.....
» 9/01/2009 4:11:33 PM I'm one who had not gone back and read the original speach. I'd not considered the possibi.....
» 9/01/2009 10:28:28 AM "If the biology of male and female sexuality is complementary, there must be an ultim.....
» 9/01/2009 9:17:47 AM Pynchme, the quote you provided is very ugly but it's interesting that you have ignored in.....
» 31/12/2008 6:16:05 PM An interesting piece but I'm still chucking over the idea that the US party represented by.....
» 30/12/2008 12:49:45 PM Part 2 2.4/ I don't think any of the men here are claiming that women physically injure m.....
» 30/12/2008 12:49:15 PM Pynchme, I've stayed out of this thread for some time as it seems for the most part to hav.....
» 27/12/2008 8:29:13 AM Imagine the belief such a drug would bring to homophobes stuck between their own denied se.....
» 27/12/2008 7:57:39 AM StG I'm not sure if this is where Sylvia is heading but what I got out of the opening post.....
» 20/12/2008 10:27:39 AM Usual Suspect, I was thinking of the supporters of the status quo of DV campaigns. Those w.....
» 19/12/2008 7:52:13 AM Pynchme a disturbing video but it also demonstrates some of what I and others are concerne.....
» 18/12/2008 6:17:57 AM Belly have you noticed that you keep refering just to mothers. They still do the majority .....
» 16/12/2008 7:30:07 PM SJF, thanks for the response. I don't think that this is about "constantly bringing.....
» 15/12/2008 9:20:37 PM I think that there are two different issues which get mixed up in this debate. One is the .....
» 15/12/2008 12:37:49 PM http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/CP-Empirical.htm Over to the pro-canners to provide a range.....
» 14/12/2008 9:40:36 PM Thanks to those who've had some fun with the accusations leveled against me. I'm getting s.....
» 14/12/2008 9:11:50 PM David, "but it is not my position to point to the supposed sins of Christians here &q.....
» 14/12/2008 2:47:32 PM My description of the violence in the film "The physical violence which was depicted .....
» 14/12/2008 2:29:29 PM He's been chasing christians here for so long trying with all thats in him to catch them o.....
» 13/12/2008 1:49:35 PM Gibo I'll withhold further comment on your's and runners posts for the time being to see i.....
» 13/12/2008 7:38:37 AM David I've put links to the comments at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discu.....
» 12/12/2008 11:48:19 PM A simple question someone may be able to answer - does Metro Tasmania run any religious ad.....
» 12/12/2008 3:51:00 PM It must be a strange school, at my son's school they wear uniforms to school. Even in the .....
» 12/12/2008 3:25:51 PM David, "You can be pretty sure I'd say that the impetus from this level of scrutiny o.....
» 12/12/2008 8:54:29 AM "I suppose if this was a cartoon he would have also been charged. I'm taking all my F.....
» 12/12/2008 7:41:17 AM David add you dear beloved brother Gibo to the previous question. He chimed in with his wh.....
» 11/12/2008 8:09:04 PM Gibo just before I add you to the list to ask David about. Are you supporting runners vi.....
» 11/12/2008 7:45:03 PM David, I draw your attention to a recent post by your dear brother runner http://forum.onl.....
» 11/12/2008 7:28:05 PM "It makes me wonder how many of the champions of porn on OLO are into this sick mater.....
» 10/12/2008 1:07:55 PM Steel Man you might be missing out on some of the fun of this. Our lists tell something of.....
» 10/12/2008 11:29:01 AM I'll assume that language is no issue as well. my girlfriend Robert A. Heinlein - sorry t.....
» 10/12/2008 7:32:20 AM "Theres some very poor understanding of homosexuality here. " That was a very a.....
» 9/12/2008 8:31:20 AM David, "recovered former believers" - perhaps you could reflect on how that comm.....
» 9/12/2008 6:47:11 AM Fractelle, my apologies for blaming you for TurnRightThenLeft's appauling thinging. How co.....
» 8/12/2008 10:48:14 PM OUG, perhaps you should have checked more than one link and one part of that link. If ques.....
» 8/12/2008 10:12:59 PM Steel, "The more public the discussion, the more someone advocating male concerns is .....
» 8/12/2008 9:48:55 PM StG, I've not explored other sites in any depth but one thing that sticks out from what I'.....
» 8/12/2008 9:35:28 PM Fratelle, I think that you are in big trouble for even considering pointed vegetables or o.....
» 8/12/2008 5:01:48 PM UOG, The original topic was about abiogenesis which is different to evolution (but a neces.....
» 8/12/2008 4:14:55 PM Antiseptic, "It is true that some anti-feminist views are extreme as well, which can'.....
» 8/12/2008 3:02:00 PM UOG, the age of the earth is derived from geneologies which provide a list from Adam & Eve.....
» 8/12/2008 2:48:06 PM Antiseptic "One need only read some of the output of SJF hear on OLO to gain an under.....
» 7/12/2008 1:14:03 PM pelican, I doubt that there are any easy answers to your questions. The point I'd draw the.....
» 7/12/2008 12:50:18 PM I finally got around to watching the Sex and the City movie last night. I enjoyed it but I.....
» 6/12/2008 8:54:16 PM Romany I've got the impression from previous reading on the topic that it's a mix of selec.....
» 5/12/2008 11:40:41 AM "Who chooses what needs to be done.. how far from the law it can go, on whom it may b.....
» 5/12/2008 6:41:11 AM I can routinely think of exceptions where I'd probably be willing to override one set of p.....
» 4/12/2008 1:02:43 PM "Women are six times as likely as men to have been assaulted by a partner or ex-partn.....
» 3/12/2008 6:55:44 AM DVD if it makes you feel better Q How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? .....
» 2/12/2008 5:08:39 PM I've spent a bit of time thinking about a response to the question as asked. I've also tri.....
» 1/12/2008 2:51:10 PM Austin "Clinton's attack of 1998 was in retaliation to the first four attacks on the .....
» 30/11/2008 6:01:01 PM 1. Why are there no women Islamic leaders? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto h.....
» 29/11/2008 7:06:59 AM Romany, your posts have been greatly appreciated. I've now realised why I've received so m.....
» 28/11/2008 2:21:07 PM "There are those who wait for the fanatics to take power...and then whine and wring t.....
» 28/11/2008 1:38:59 PM Austin, "As for invading Iraq, we all know that the WMD excuse was a fit-up but the 9.....
» 28/11/2008 12:21:04 PM Yep gender bagging is all one sided. Thats why blond jokes are only about blond men, why.....
» 28/11/2008 6:49:41 AM David, what a load of pathetic self serving rubbish. Some muslims choose to interpret the.....
» 26/11/2008 6:32:33 PM " don't like the existence of supposed holy books which curse me because of my faith .....
» 26/11/2008 7:07:52 AM Seeker, I don't want more compusory government intervention. They have a habbit of turning.....
» 25/11/2008 1:23:36 PM "It seems a bit of a trap to me.. when we look back with modern science and try to sq.....
» 25/11/2008 6:36:38 AM "The existence of God is not even a question anywhere else." - India with it's 7.....
» 23/11/2008 9:33:19 AM OUG has realised that there is a part of the chain of events needed to have life without t.....
» 21/11/2008 9:13:37 AM "Ya'da thunk that there would be SOME kind of hint... a sign... a fleece.. a somethin.....
» 21/11/2008 6:36:33 AM "Now.. we should only be examining probability within that one closed system.. our so.....
» 20/11/2008 8:49:52 PM Now I'm worried that I'm becoming like Boazy (trolling UTube and finding clips - no mossie.....
» 20/11/2008 7:55:50 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBV-cXVWFw&feature=related There is room for a lot of mon.....
» 20/11/2008 12:33:00 PM I've got a basic knowledge of electronics. I understand the basics of how my TV at home wo.....
» 20/11/2008 10:47:11 AM Foxy I have mixed views on the known at birth issue. Part of me thinks people should know .....
» 20/11/2008 7:31:03 AM I wonder how difficult it would be to set up a different experiment - Take a number of f.....
» 18/11/2008 9:06:08 PM pelican if we discount the theories of beginnings associated with evolution the idea of a .....
» 17/11/2008 10:11:03 PM http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theology/ejournal/aejt_2/Ford.htm http://news.csu.edu......
» 17/11/2008 4:09:08 PM Foxy, "It would help to ease the current situation where the statistics tell us that .....
» 17/11/2008 12:43:37 PM StG compulsory testing at birth might have some advantages but it also reeks of yet more g.....
» 15/11/2008 3:23:36 PM The only mumbo-jumbo I've thoroughly fallen for was christianity. It to is curable. I hav.....
» 14/11/2008 12:59:28 PM "For the priests who abuse children, the church openly admits it is an error (sinning.....
» 12/11/2008 9:47:55 PM I liked the article as well. It ignored the reported rising levels use of sex workers by w.....
» 11/11/2008 6:16:46 AM David, the root cause is probably people very much like yourself but with extremist Hindu .....
» 10/11/2008 11:40:20 AM Antiseptic, I'd not be confident in the suitability of shared parenting if the level of an.....
» 9/11/2008 10:09:43 PM socratease, you are apparently bothered by posts which are not strictly on topic yet you a.....
» 9/11/2008 9:08:08 PM I scanned a range of sites to try and gain a broader impression of what is happening. My .....
» 9/11/2008 8:28:03 PM Are we using commercial marshallow holders or should I bring some sticks from the garden. .....
» 7/11/2008 12:14:38 PM Marilyn the meeting people bit is tough. I met my girlfriend on the train and we knew each.....
» 7/11/2008 10:31:56 AM Antiseptic, I suspect that finding the balance between respect for boundaries and working .....
» 7/11/2008 8:32:41 AM Marilyn, unless there s something really glaring about your profile it's not necessarily d.....
» 7/11/2008 7:37:46 AM Antiseptic, I'd like to know how the wellbeing of the parents varies across the different .....
» 7/11/2008 7:03:08 AM David says "Personal criticism I find unnacceptable is this kind " Yet I don't .....
» 6/11/2008 2:53:55 PM It's interesting that on a thread about truth Richie 10 in the 6th post on the thread says.....
» 6/11/2008 1:51:39 PM Graham, my experience is part of a broader change in a lot of values but OLO forms a large.....
» 6/11/2008 1:21:03 PM CJ "actually working against the best interests of the country, people or environment.....
» 6/11/2008 11:18:28 AM "training on the subject from really on-fire for Jesus, Holy Spirit-filled pentecosta.....
» 5/11/2008 9:50:50 PM Fractelle, if you enjoy talks from the Unitarian's (I've never been to one of their talks).....
» 5/11/2008 9:11:27 PM Marilyn thanks for a thoughtful piece. I've used internet dating in the past. It can be a .....
» 4/11/2008 8:45:58 PM "I suspect youre one of the children who sat under an evolution school teacher...and .....
» 4/11/2008 7:27:12 PM "According to Powell, the “really right answer” to such claims about Obama is: “What .....
» 4/11/2008 6:36:18 PM Jesus also had something to say about what to do with salt that's lost it's saltiness. R0.....
» 4/11/2008 12:20:10 PM David, I can see the forest and the tree's. The problem seems to be that you see a tree an.....
» 4/11/2008 8:16:16 AM Gibo there is plenty of evidence which indicates the Genesis account to be historically an.....
» 3/11/2008 5:52:17 PM "But it saddens me that most women seem to desire a deeper relationship than a one ni.....
» 3/11/2008 5:47:41 PM Human Interest "I think Gibo had no intention of open debate, there has been the usua.....
» 31/10/2008 12:28:51 PM "The problem is not 'DISliking'..it's the opposite :) " And I've quoted the app.....
» 30/10/2008 2:49:13 PM david f there has been similar work carried out in the USA tied to differing internet upta.....
» 30/10/2008 9:21:54 AM Sympneology, I'm in agreement with what I read in your posts. The issue comes when some t.....
» 29/10/2008 10:46:10 PM Gibo, not just the Genesis account but there is some worthwhile reading for fundies at htt.....
» 29/10/2008 10:17:59 PM Sally you have made very specific allegations about Antiseptics actions at http://forum.on.....
» 29/10/2008 9:49:27 PM I've been following the discussion between SJF and Antiseptic. I've tried to answer thei.....
» 29/10/2008 8:51:32 PM The article makes a lot of good points but seems to miss on others. The central theme &qu.....
» 29/10/2008 9:03:04 AM Sally you are misquoting Graham. "Graham merely said a post existed and he deleted it.....
» 28/10/2008 8:58:06 PM Sally, no attempt was made to hide the source of the article. I don't often quote from men.....
» 28/10/2008 1:54:47 PM I don't know Antiseptics case details but some coverage of alleged CSA breaches of their r.....
» 27/10/2008 9:11:49 AM Gibo - which version of the Genesis account do you mean? Do you mean that account as reco.....
» 24/10/2008 3:49:16 PM Graham, not being party to what does not get past the editorial gates I may be misreading .....
» 23/10/2008 8:40:22 AM On a lighter note there has been some coverage in the media this morning of an alternative.....
» 22/10/2008 2:23:47 PM Celivia the link I refered to was in the post at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread......
» 21/10/2008 6:30:12 PM One of the things that is most aparent from watching fundies of various persuaions is that.....
» 21/10/2008 12:34:08 PM Romany, beautifully put. R0bert.....
» 21/10/2008 9:33:36 AM "but you have confused 'myth' generated and multiplied by certain individuals with my.....
» 20/10/2008 8:08:39 PM "Just so, it is illogical, unreasonable and irrational to call people 'Christians' wh.....
» 20/10/2008 3:04:10 PM Fractelle, thanks for your valuable opening post. Differing pressures but the same issue. .....
» 20/10/2008 11:46:24 AM Graham, thanks. That gives a better coverage of his position. Turnbull seems to be critici.....
» 20/10/2008 10:20:58 AM Part 2 Are there things we could do better? I doubt that there is one single answer and c.....
» 20/10/2008 10:18:00 AM Graham, I read the article you linked to quite differently to the way I've interpreted you.....
» 20/10/2008 8:38:58 AM Antiseptic " this thread and the CSA Privacy one have shown pretty clearly some of th.....
» 20/10/2008 8:26:48 AM Forest I think Graham has answered the question briefly in the past regarding identifying .....
» 18/10/2008 6:35:58 AM Romany spelling tips appreciated. If it helps understand the tactics being used to attack.....
» 17/10/2008 6:20:24 PM Romany and Fractelle, I'm not sure if you've looked in yet but if you have not done so can.....
» 17/10/2008 2:04:12 PM Anonymum, if you are really serious about a genuine discussion to help kids then please st.....
» 17/10/2008 6:13:13 AM Othello Cat, where do you get the 4 years from? "Essentially the mummy can get four y.....
» 17/10/2008 5:48:49 AM Woops a correction to my last post - I meant to be thanking Anansi and Celivia, I was thin.....
» 16/10/2008 8:54:54 PM Anansi and Romany thank you both for your input. I'm very encouraged by your stance. At t.....
» 16/10/2008 8:05:53 PM Anansi, if you want to cut a diamond you have to cut it at the right place :) . I've playe.....
» 16/10/2008 6:42:27 PM Romany, I might e pre-judging them too harshly (or being defeatist) but past experience wi.....
» 16/10/2008 7:39:54 AM Anonymum, if you spent a lot less time on your hate sites and actually looked at what most.....
» 15/10/2008 9:24:43 PM Anonymum, what you believe about the motives and actions of the fathers groups will be inf.....
» 15/10/2008 8:58:25 PM Paul, I found a version of the Mossad story at http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ar.....
» 15/10/2008 7:53:14 PM Celivia, very well said. Please excuse me if I've misunderstood you but you do know that y.....
» 15/10/2008 7:25:03 PM Fratelle "who question the reality of extreme domestic violence" I don't questi.....
» 15/10/2008 8:12:33 AM Romany, thanks for the reply. We do never know what it's like in someone elses skin. R0be.....
» 14/10/2008 10:38:45 PM Anansi "Robert actually ended up the primary carer of his children" - no thanks .....
» 14/10/2008 7:16:35 PM Romany, thanks for sharing your experience. It's hard to comprehend what you have been thr.....
» 13/10/2008 8:09:06 PM no privacy, thanks but obviously not calming on everybody. I probably should not have both.....
» 13/10/2008 2:51:11 PM samsung, no need to clear up any confusion. Antiseptic and I are both well aware that you .....
» 13/10/2008 12:07:50 PM I'm adding my vote to those not wanting a forced gender marker. Perhaps the ability to add.....
» 13/10/2008 11:55:00 AM Antiseptic, "I see no reason for my ex to know anything at all of my affairs, for all.....
» 13/10/2008 11:15:58 AM Sally, I'm not privy to the back end workings of OLO but my guess is that a deleted post w.....
» 13/10/2008 10:57:49 AM "It is NOT UP TO MEN to define and decide what constitutes the female experience of v.....
» 12/10/2008 8:27:54 AM It seems unlikely that Graham would state that he had removed a post which has been quoted.....
» 12/10/2008 7:51:23 AM Romany excellent summing up. Thanks. Antiseptic, I agreed with most of what you said in t.....
» 11/10/2008 7:08:46 AM Pynchme, in part that last post was a response to you not knowing why mens groups "se.....
» 9/10/2008 6:33:19 PM Pynchme, "rather than trying to counter violence against men by seeking to establish .....
» 9/10/2008 8:35:24 AM Antiseptic, you might find that there was a lot less angst if you put less effort into res.....
» 8/10/2008 8:04:49 PM JW thanks for the clarification. I'm still wondering about the plural aspect of your comme.....
» 8/10/2008 6:43:25 PM Fractelle, I'm not completely unbiased when it comes to Usual Suspect and Antiseptic so I .....
» 8/10/2008 12:16:24 PM Antiseptic, I'd rather stay out of guesses about peoples real names and genders etc. I've .....
» 7/10/2008 9:14:13 PM Fractelle, thanks for that material. Also thanks for the willingness to listen that you an.....
» 7/10/2008 6:47:15 PM samsung, all I'm trying to do is see if JW abides by the standards he or she demands of ot.....
» 7/10/2008 12:40:05 PM samsung, the original allegation was plural. A suggestion that more than one was involved......
» 6/10/2008 6:29:30 PM Again JW I'm asking which of the small number of posters who had already commented on this.....
» 6/10/2008 6:21:12 PM http://www.theage.com.au/national/brumby-to-probe-hensons-school-visit-20081004-4txt.html .....
» 6/10/2008 6:06:34 PM Usual Suspect I hope that you don't quit. It is frustrating at times, I'm really finding t.....
» 6/10/2008 10:23:13 AM Fractelle, thanks. This is far better than anything I could find at the time but I don't t.....
» 6/10/2008 9:31:40 AM StG, I found it all rather dissapointed. Gibo missed out on flying saucers, asian invasion.....
» 6/10/2008 8:25:24 AM Fractelle, thanks. I hope this is not just about validation, I hope I've learn a lot since.....
» 4/10/2008 7:06:55 AM Part 2 Campaigns don't necessarily have to be gender neutral as long as the other message.....
» 4/10/2008 6:55:07 AM What do I want. A time when a male with an abusive spouse can seek help from police or ot.....
» 3/10/2008 9:18:12 AM Fractelle, the title is relevant because the thread was opened in response to the lengths .....
» 2/10/2008 2:18:16 PM Antiseptic, if you define Domestic Violence as violence by men against women in a spousal .....
» 1/10/2008 7:52:43 PM Perhaps JW would provide the evidence to support the serious allegation she made against o.....
» 1/10/2008 8:13:53 AM SallyG I notice that you are not overly bothered by JW's opening false allegations against.....
» 1/10/2008 7:59:22 AM Pynchme, Flood seems to go for just the negative aspects of the mens groups. If there are .....
» 30/09/2008 12:46:37 PM Veronika I came across a paper by Michael Flood which covers some of the thinking around d.....
» 30/09/2008 9:43:34 AM Steel Pynchme is discussing the issues politely with me and at least giving some reasons w.....
» 29/09/2008 9:02:49 PM Pynchme, when I talk about DV I'm talking about all abusive behaviour in a domestic situat.....
» 28/09/2008 9:11:11 PM Anansi, for the most part those arguing for violence by women against men to be addressed .....
» 28/09/2008 8:47:11 PM The issue of evidence vs belief is an interesting one. My experience is that many followe.....
» 28/09/2008 8:19:49 PM JW the fact that some people cheat the system and try and hide behind privacy does not mea.....
» 27/09/2008 10:43:38 AM Passy, interesting question. I hope I've understood what you are raising with Fractelle pr.....
» 27/09/2008 8:31:58 AM James, there is an element of truth in that but it misses some of the dynamic. "I gu.....
» 27/09/2008 7:47:46 AM Part 2 I was looking for numbers/rates relevant to Australia and found a PHD paper at htt.....
» 27/09/2008 7:25:28 AM Anansi, my experience was not particularly horrendous other than it highlights part of the.....
» 26/09/2008 3:48:48 PM SJF, thanks for the clarification. Just to clarify, I think that the needs of both men a.....
» 25/09/2008 6:08:39 PM Bronwyn, have you considered which posters alias is an anogram of Crap Ploy? An excellent .....
» 25/09/2008 6:00:13 PM JW perhaps you should have a look at your own sexist assumptions. I'm the full time carer.....
» 24/09/2008 8:26:42 PM Fractelle, whilst I have concerns about some brands of feminism I'm most definately one of.....
» 24/09/2008 7:56:12 PM Part 2 I suspect the issue would go away if paternalists and feminists stopped focussing .....
» 24/09/2008 7:48:28 PM Pynchme, I don't think CTS is perfect but I've not seen any indication that there is anyth.....
» 24/09/2008 3:26:37 PM gw, as a former believer I've had some experience at this. I doubt that there was one sing.....
» 23/09/2008 9:15:05 PM In case anybody is interested in the issues around CTS the material I refered to earlier i.....
» 23/09/2008 8:58:18 PM SJF, play semantics if you like and then pretend that others are choosing to misunderstand.....
» 23/09/2008 6:43:35 PM Forrest I've appreciated your comments on this thread. My mind baulks at the idea that Bus.....
» 23/09/2008 6:13:41 PM "Howard would never have 'addmitted' to the fact you couldnt live on a single pension.....
» 23/09/2008 1:29:44 PM Pynchme, I've read some of Floods work on CTS. There is a paper at the RADAR site by eithe.....
» 23/09/2008 1:01:03 PM Fractelle, as Usual Suspect has pointed out my comments need to be viewed in the context o.....
» 22/09/2008 7:19:13 PM no privacy, what type of reassessment is involved? Have you confirmed that it is specifica.....
» 22/09/2008 2:40:24 PM SJF, we could go on for a long time putting our perceptions of that issue - could be inter.....
» 22/09/2008 9:44:46 AM The lack of privacy is one of my pet hates with that mob as well. I think that you can wit.....
» 21/09/2008 4:55:51 PM Steel, "men will continue to have no sympathy for women " I completely disagree.....
» 21/09/2008 9:13:46 AM mog "decision-makers are never around to see" That is in my view a significant .....
» 21/09/2008 7:38:50 AM Pynchme, why is it so necessary for you to ignore the same controlling behaviours when the.....
» 20/09/2008 9:26:57 PM Pynchme there is no intent to bury the issue of violence against women. I'll take you up .....
» 20/09/2008 7:02:54 AM Anansi, I suspect that it's more to do with the preconceptions of the reader than their ge.....
» 20/09/2008 6:30:51 AM PALEIF, if you listen to Rudd's comments he specifies that he is not refering to that case.....
» 19/09/2008 1:27:48 PM SJF, "I meant to say that his writing has an undercurrent that men are enslaved by a .....
» 18/09/2008 8:38:45 PM Kevin Rudd made an absolute statement today regarding violence against women - a clip of t.....
» 18/09/2008 1:24:24 PM Usual Suspect I'll leave most of you comments to Romany for you two to soft out but do wan.....
» 17/09/2008 9:29:57 PM I was going to follow in Col's footsteps and say that I don't know enough to really commen.....
» 17/09/2008 8:51:54 PM Romany, you are most welcome. I hope that I've explained it clearly enough. I have to ad.....
» 17/09/2008 9:51:03 AM Romany, I've read a fair bit of Floods stuff and he has most definately not given me the i.....
» 16/09/2008 6:40:44 PM Romany, my "To often" was in relation to SJF's earlier comment ending in the bit.....
» 15/09/2008 10:52:30 PM I did a search looking for the key words in conjunction with repeal and didn't find anythi.....
» 15/09/2008 12:24:02 PM SJF, " is not exactly a female paradise. " You are playing a strawman argument .....
» 15/09/2008 8:34:28 AM Romany, I get somewhat frustrated that comments which there is some dispute about by Farre.....
» 15/09/2008 8:17:47 AM Celivia, my concerns with that comment may be about the phrasing. I hope I've addressed th.....
» 13/09/2008 7:46:27 AM David, interesting link. I do think that the issues are very different. If the pub was reg.....
» 13/09/2008 7:10:01 AM Part 2 Mens rights groups were about the only place a male could go for help if it became.....
» 13/09/2008 7:07:22 AM Pynchme, it does not really help to be referecing gender warriors like Liz and Dr Flood. F.....
» 11/09/2008 6:37:11 PM I baulked at Stevens criteria for picking teams as well, I tried to imagine the equivalent.....
» 11/09/2008 5:30:54 PM David, "now trying to claim they are mocking the evangelists" It was blatently .....
» 11/09/2008 4:52:39 PM StG, I'd consider it one of those longshots of research science which has a fair chance of.....
» 10/09/2008 10:30:52 PM "addicted to denial and illusion," Now who does that sound like?.....
» 10/09/2008 6:43:47 PM billie, I was hoping that the article was written because the "trad workplace" d.....
» 10/09/2008 10:20:46 AM There have been some concerns about the bed linen. "NOTE: Guests must bring their ow.....
» 10/09/2008 8:37:14 AM I've had one of the cheapo electric leaf blowers for years. It only gets used a few time a.....
» 9/09/2008 6:58:18 PM Pynchme, some expansion may be in order. I'm probably off topic but that happens. My pref.....
» 9/09/2008 6:39:51 PM Veronika, they are probably "non profit" by the legal definitions. The real prof.....
» 8/09/2008 10:04:05 PM How would this read with a slightly different context and a rewording "The particula.....
» 8/09/2008 9:49:58 PM SJF, great comments by the way. Sorry I'd not responded to your comments earlier but I had.....
» 8/09/2008 6:19:58 PM HRS, I'm of the view that the answer does not lie in numbers but in being the type of soci.....
» 8/09/2008 12:53:55 PM http://www.greghunt.org/Pages/article.aspx?ID=799 "Groups as diverse as the Bass Val.....
» 7/09/2008 8:48:10 PM HRS "although the term “get over it” is used to silence any dissent" Well it ap.....
» 7/09/2008 8:37:48 PM Pynchme "and both parents are responsible for maintenance - either in time caring for.....
» 6/09/2008 9:14:13 AM I forgot to point out in an earlier post that unless there are a lot more transgender peop.....
» 6/09/2008 8:53:44 AM Whilst there is much about this that I agree with I think it oversimplified issues. The c.....
» 5/09/2008 6:15:02 PM David has said ad nauseum "Can you show where Jesus by example or teaching can be use.....
» 4/09/2008 7:30:58 PM "Robert.. please spend less energy trying to 'trip' people ane more on how to 'walk' .....
» 3/09/2008 7:57:57 PM I'll second Celivia's list. Another option may be to have a user profile setting which al.....
» 3/09/2008 1:13:09 PM Where did that title come from. The article seemed to say little about cutting male power,.....
» 3/09/2008 12:48:25 PM "The only overt Church discipline to be meeted out is to those who still claim to be .....
» 3/09/2008 8:41:52 AM David, once again you have not answered the question's. You opened the thread attacking o.....
» 2/09/2008 10:23:52 PM CJ, I'm well used to the disappearing act and have ensured that breathing continues. Still.....
» 2/09/2008 2:20:02 PM Fractelle, I wondered about that point as well. I suspect that there will be a small numbe.....
» 1/09/2008 5:46:56 PM My experience has some similarities and some differences to Antiseptic's. The activities I.....
» 1/09/2008 1:34:31 PM Just a renminder for David that there are unanswered questions quite relevant to the topic.....
» 31/08/2008 10:39:52 PM Justice for Kids, I had a look at the Kids in Distress web site. Whilst they talk the ta.....
» 28/08/2008 3:49:19 PM I heard an interview with someone from a breast feeding advocacy group this morning. The w.....
» 27/08/2008 6:26:00 PM David has also completely failed to address the question of churches pressuring people eng.....
» 27/08/2008 8:26:07 AM There is a fair bit in the newspaper this week about a catholic parish church which has be.....
» 26/08/2008 8:16:59 PM "In the state I live in, 85% of deaths of babies under one occur in households which .....
» 26/08/2008 10:27:34 AM ChildAdvocate, spot on. It would also help if the courts had some kind of informal review.....
» 26/08/2008 8:56:37 AM R0bert watched quietly from the sidelines as Forest was unindated by XX's. Possibly glad t.....
» 25/08/2008 6:43:27 PM dickie, I'm not absolutely sure that they will get it right. Thats sometimes hard to tell .....
» 25/08/2008 6:06:45 PM A paper on "Responding to children and young people's disclosures of abuse" http.....
» 25/08/2008 12:02:04 PM David, "For Christians? hmm if one's church is strict on it.. you can join a differen.....
» 24/08/2008 9:18:29 PM I post an acknowledgement that I was mocking a certain well known troll but deny any invol.....
» 24/08/2008 9:12:48 PM PALEIF I'm up in the hills on that one too. I think we both know that we have some fundame.....
» 24/08/2008 7:34:29 PM dickie, I saw early on that Heifer does do gift animal programs but I've not seen anything.....
» 24/08/2008 6:54:41 PM Romany, welcome back. Sorry about my welcome back embrace going so badly astray, must have.....
» 22/08/2008 3:52:24 PM I trump Sancho's poor opening gambit with an even more partition UTube video whilst claimi.....
» 22/08/2008 12:59:26 PM I saw an brief article recently on a motor vehicle insurance cover which is kilometer base.....
» 21/08/2008 10:10:27 PM PALEIF, I'd not have any great opposition to a panel as long as they were not too close to.....
» 21/08/2008 9:41:51 PM David, I think you are being less than truthful about the way some churches treat marriage.....
» 21/08/2008 4:03:43 PM David, just to be clear - you are saying that Australian law overrides "I tell you th.....
» 21/08/2008 9:05:29 AM PALEIF, " said three times now I only came to read the last few comments and the titl.....
» 21/08/2008 7:02:32 AM jasonb, I'm trying to sort through the spin. This looks like they are extending the defini.....
» 21/08/2008 6:52:37 AM Nicky, you might be attacking the wrong program. The charity implementing this program doe.....
» 20/08/2008 5:53:26 PM PALEIF, there are two main types of posts I recall recommending for deletion. 1/ Stuff tha.....
» 19/08/2008 9:03:05 PM Nicky, I've still not seen anything credible that says that the program Bill and Melinda a.....
» 19/08/2008 8:48:24 PM "Suggestions on actions which may result in a fairer system for all are welcome.' 1/.....
» 19/08/2008 8:30:53 PM Steel "Many women like the traditional male to take care of them in the traditional m.....
» 19/08/2008 12:15:56 PM CJ, I know that you are having fun baiting Poncan but that last comment seemed to be in ve.....
» 19/08/2008 8:08:20 AM PALEIF, welcome back. I'm not certain on the live export angle. When the thread was first .....
» 18/08/2008 9:30:03 PM Some advanced search facilities would be a great addition to the site. I was just looking.....
» 18/08/2008 8:58:18 PM Fractelle said "I don't find women realistically portrayed in either women's magazine.....
» 18/08/2008 8:14:44 PM rstuart, before you go further down the track of those old issues you might want to look a.....
» 18/08/2008 1:10:03 PM Has anybody seen any evidence which shows that live transport of animals is involved in th.....
» 17/08/2008 8:36:28 PM Thinking about shallow marriages I have to wonder how many shallow marriages result from r.....
» 17/08/2008 2:26:25 PM Steel I think I brought the term "broad church" into the discussion (borrowing f.....
» 16/08/2008 1:59:02 PM Forrest, "Let but such formato-chromo browbeating be accompanied by the slightest bre.....
» 16/08/2008 8:26:05 AM Fractelle, whilst I've often wished for some more options I'm often grateful that they are.....
» 15/08/2008 9:46:21 PM DD, nasty stuff. As you appear to be having some trouble with meaning I'll provide some li.....
» 14/08/2008 8:22:07 PM "If you have done nothing wrong, why do you have anything to fear." Simply beca.....
» 14/08/2008 2:53:08 PM Samsung, I didn't use that phrasing but in my initial post on this thread I asked the ques.....
» 13/08/2008 9:59:50 PM Steel, to some extent moderates of anything are not well represented politically. Where we.....
» 13/08/2008 8:41:59 PM Foxy, spot on. Steel, you are forgetting that many feminists don't try and impose their .....
» 13/08/2008 6:44:04 PM SJF, "Your crusade seems to be more about exposing feminists who distort, rather than.....
» 13/08/2008 5:34:40 PM Philo some doctors do issue medical clearances for risky activities - diving medicals bein.....
» 13/08/2008 11:54:31 AM I hope I'm not feeding the troll :) Seriously, whilst there is some validity to the point.....
» 13/08/2008 11:43:09 AM Antiseptic thanks I'd not noticed that. I thought it was three posts in the general sectio.....
» 13/08/2008 10:09:54 AM Brian, as someone who does not live in the USA but has a fondness for it the level of hate.....
» 13/08/2008 8:12:08 AM jason, how did you get 4 posts on one thread in a short period? Is there a trick? Back to.....
» 11/08/2008 6:06:06 PM Spikey perhaps some background reading will help you understand the reaction to PolyBoaz w.....
» 11/08/2008 1:48:03 PM SJF, "the exchange with R0bert WAS fruitless " - hope not. I'm having a think ab.....
» 10/08/2008 5:45:48 PM Fester if I was a doctor or involved in an organisation tasked with that responsibility an.....
» 10/08/2008 3:25:21 PM pelican, I've apparently used some very poor phrasing. When I said "I think you are .....
» 10/08/2008 9:22:02 AM Is there a middle ground for this where there is a legal and controlled supply chain but n.....
» 10/08/2008 8:33:01 AM steven, I found food for thought in your post but it's also very obvious that the nature o.....
» 10/08/2008 7:49:21 AM jasonb I suspect that more most of us were not even thinking in terms of gay rights on thi.....
» 9/08/2008 2:01:31 PM SJF, for the record - loved that last post. Some food for thought in it, you've expanded o.....
» 9/08/2008 1:18:40 PM SJF, I referenced your own false claims and showed them to be just that. You've never show.....
» 9/08/2008 10:46:22 AM Don't we each answer this question whenever we spend money on anything beyond the basics o.....
» 9/08/2008 9:32:52 AM Usual Suspect thanks. I bite more than I'd like to. One good thing that may come out of th.....
» 8/08/2008 10:01:27 AM Divorce Doctor, it's not just the Buttercups who win these. I know of enough cases of wome.....
» 8/08/2008 8:15:07 AM My guess is the impact will be larger on the relationship opportunities of those who've al.....
» 7/08/2008 8:54:47 PM Spikey, I think that you have misunderstood me. When I'm talking about symptoms of the ti.....
» 7/08/2008 4:24:13 PM "If you don't approve of any law, you are quite entitled to try to change the law.&qu.....
» 7/08/2008 1:59:47 PM pelican, I think part of the issue is that we tend to notice the negatives in stuff we dis.....
» 7/08/2008 12:59:10 PM Were the abuse issues associated with orphanages symptoms of the times or unresolvable iss.....
» 7/08/2008 11:44:20 AM Google Earth is possibly a bigger risk to privacy except that most images are currently lo.....
» 7/08/2008 7:32:26 AM dott, that was not a personal attack. The comments which you had already made on this thre.....
» 6/08/2008 12:34:35 PM samsung, thats not how I saw my original comments to philips. I had genuinely expected bet.....
» 6/08/2008 11:53:34 AM RobP, I completely agree about the alaiases and the message part but do think when someone.....
» 6/08/2008 11:02:50 AM Usual Suspect it is fun to be able to put the odd link to some of Boazy's more telling com.....
» 6/08/2008 9:18:20 AM "Sooner or later, the females on these gender threads are given little choice but to .....
» 6/08/2008 7:31:15 AM philips, you should seek some help for those abusive traits. Totally uncalled for but afte.....
» 5/08/2008 10:50:15 PM dott, I don't see it as clouding the issue, rather illistrating the point. Alcohol when mi.....
» 5/08/2008 7:02:53 PM dott, I've just had a small glass of wine. I do that a couple of nights a week. I've never.....
» 5/08/2008 6:07:49 PM philips that was a very sad response. It does not speak well of you. It's not a simple iss.....
» 5/08/2008 6:02:56 PM Stephen thanks for a thoughtful piece. I was listening to coverage on missing persons on .....
» 5/08/2008 1:07:25 PM Justice for Kids, PA is not as bad as some other forms of abuse but it is a serious abuse .....
» 5/08/2008 6:17:50 AM TammyJo "why do people change their contributer name on OLO" - If you'd posted s.....
» 3/08/2008 2:09:59 PM I've just put a suggestion for a "Developing Authors" tab on the relevance of OL.....
» 3/08/2008 2:07:27 PM A thought on the comments about the "quality" of articles. Perhaps yet another .....
» 3/08/2008 1:50:57 PM SUNITA, are you rejecting just the S in PAS or the whole thing? Do you deny that some pare.....
» 1/08/2008 12:45:51 PM SUNITA, Antiseptics choice to use an alias is legitimate on this forum as is your choice t.....
» 31/07/2008 7:23:40 PM Ludwig, Graham published the results of some research a while ago regarding OLO usage. One.....
» 30/07/2008 2:59:11 PM ChildAdvocate and partTimeParent thanks for the summary of the PA vs PAS issue. I'd not be.....
» 30/07/2008 12:55:00 PM "Does anyone think that nudism and godliness match. " perhaps the better questi.....
» 29/07/2008 10:21:50 PM CJ who's been hanging around outside your bedroom window counting how often that you are s.....
» 29/07/2008 8:42:03 PM tapp I would be interested in reading an article explaining what some of the constitutiona.....
» 29/07/2008 7:17:10 PM Yvonne, thanks that was very well put. ChildAdvocate that is a distressing story. It must.....
» 29/07/2008 6:55:49 PM lilya, you did not spark a religious conflict, that ones an ongoing brushfire which spring.....
» 29/07/2008 5:54:10 PM tapp, I gather from your response that you don't consider yourself in the group who ".....
» 29/07/2008 2:18:48 PM The claim "that PAS did not exist and has never existed" is either someone focus.....
» 29/07/2008 8:47:57 AM Belly, Foxy, Col and Antiseptic well said. I find those who come here mostly to instruct .....
» 28/07/2008 6:33:49 PM CJ, there is great value in the opportunity not just to exchange useful information but al.....
» 28/07/2008 3:15:47 PM Steel man, I'd be concerned that someone who is already refusing to accept the end of a re.....
» 26/07/2008 5:38:44 PM Fractelle, thanks for the links. I'd seen stuff on them before but did not realise how big.....
» 26/07/2008 8:38:53 AM Antiseptic, I don't know if you noticed but yvonne commented on how they have been used an.....
» 26/07/2008 7:25:39 AM - It's been shown from the bible that the christain god does not place any special value o.....
» 25/07/2008 6:24:20 PM Gibo, you are off topic with that attack on your fellow christain. How about starting a n.....
» 25/07/2008 4:55:34 PM lilya, sorry I'd missed your last post when I put mine up. You've answered my questions so.....
» 25/07/2008 4:48:38 PM Thinking about mjpb's comments about how the celebacy thing was brought in got me thinking.....
» 25/07/2008 4:42:05 PM lilya, I'm struggling to think what advice to give. If he is entering the property illegal.....
» 24/07/2008 7:32:13 PM HRS, I'd assumed that you knew how they worked. What I don't understand is why yuou play t.....
» 24/07/2008 7:15:00 PM Cotter, "I referred to the refusal to engage with the issue, the distractions and dis.....
» 24/07/2008 12:36:04 PM Usual Suspect, I agree with the points in your earlier post but think the pouint has been .....
» 24/07/2008 9:07:06 AM For those who may not have followed the links I posted yesterday the last of them was cove.....
» 23/07/2008 9:08:44 PM Costello is also one who made a big show of attending (and speaking at) the Hillsong confe.....
» 23/07/2008 8:57:29 PM Nicky, the thing thats difficult without a genuinely independant coverage with article lik.....
» 23/07/2008 8:03:34 PM HRS, so many questions. You really don't need to pretend that you need all this info for a.....
» 23/07/2008 3:14:42 PM RobP and rstuart, thanks for the heads up on that. I'd not paid much attention to polycarp.....
» 23/07/2008 2:01:06 PM It's just occurred to me that I'd not been annoyed by David (Boazy) for some time. Checked.....
» 23/07/2008 12:33:48 PM I had a look at HRS's iefinternational site. A very one sided advocacy site. They are agai.....
» 23/07/2008 11:37:14 AM "I would like to see proof that women – or anyone – actually votes Greens one, Libera.....
» 23/07/2008 9:21:26 AM I listed some info I located on this project last night but ddn't make much in the way of .....
» 22/07/2008 8:20:52 PM Lactose Intollerance http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/lactose.html "All human r.....
» 22/07/2008 7:49:45 PM PART 2 OF 2 I then respond pointing out the hypocracy in JFK using the very tactics she cr.....
» 22/07/2008 7:46:28 PM "Good on you fellows who managed to completely bully anyone who had a contrary view t.....
» 22/07/2008 12:40:05 PM "For male and female condoms, failure rates fall as users' experience grows." ht.....
» 22/07/2008 9:35:08 AM HRS, I've never read anything from Fractille to suggest that she is personally promiscuous.....
» 22/07/2008 8:43:23 AM Foxy, my recollection is that Paul said something like the following. My paraphrasing It'.....
» 21/07/2008 7:41:58 PM When I read articles like this I'm left wondering why (apart from my own values) I should .....
» 21/07/2008 11:53:42 AM JFK says the following "your 'tactics'- discredit and devalue the message and messeng.....
» 21/07/2008 8:35:20 AM Athanasius, your comments would be valid if the church and it's members did not seek to in.....
» 20/07/2008 9:58:25 PM HRS, in a former career I worked in an ocupation which required me to do potentially very .....
» 20/07/2008 12:07:33 PM HRS, I'd agree that condoms don't provide absolute protection. They can fail and if used t.....
» 19/07/2008 9:46:21 PM 1/ Eliminate the hazard. - That will be interesting. What do you do - reversable vasectomi.....
» 19/07/2008 8:17:59 AM Polycarp, I can't speak for Pericles, CJ or TRTL but in my case there is a big difference .....
» 19/07/2008 7:47:31 AM Sam, can I suggest a reread of JFK's post. Her attacks on you are in my view unfair but li.....
» 18/07/2008 3:38:22 PM I guess is that the lives of those who post on this sites are probably for the most part a.....
» 17/07/2008 7:48:25 PM ChildAdvocate, I've not come across the trend you describe but can imagine it as the swing.....
» 17/07/2008 9:47:03 AM GP, "in a very real way atheists can never be hypocrites." Wrong again, athiests.....
» 17/07/2008 8:50:44 AM Most of this article is couched in gender neutral language (except for the bit on who perp.....
» 14/07/2008 8:21:32 PM I found it interesting that legitimate concerns about governments abusing power over ordin.....
» 14/07/2008 8:04:49 PM "Cant say I know of a committed christian ... who runs around with no clothes on?&quo.....
» 14/07/2008 5:47:15 PM Foxy, I grew up on a farm near the mountains and a skinny dip in a cool mountain stream on.....
» 14/07/2008 2:05:42 PM Lititia, the bible does not mention abortion by name but does describe a procedure which s.....
» 13/07/2008 11:16:33 AM My impression is that it gives pollies more power. If at some stage it suits (an important.....
» 13/07/2008 10:13:39 AM Usual Suspect sorry I'd missed your post earlier in the week. I may be misreading your con.....
» 13/07/2008 8:37:44 AM "I only got onto it through following a link of RObert's. It's his fault; I'll blame .....
» 11/07/2008 5:17:32 PM GP can you please explain how the choice of which god (if any) is any more absolute than t.....
» 11/07/2008 2:40:32 PM Belly, those are worthwhile what if's but there are others. - What if the reaction to F.....
» 10/07/2008 9:12:30 AM runner, thanks I needed the laugh. You found an author capable of the same kind of extreme.....
» 10/07/2008 8:19:47 AM Antiseptic thanks for the quote. I'd heard it before but didn't recall it until I saw your.....
» 9/07/2008 6:13:28 PM runner, "The porn does not make them less susceptible to lust but more." You ha.....
» 9/07/2008 1:19:38 PM A follow on from my earlier post. As I pointed out child abuse and neglect happens in all .....
» 9/07/2008 12:08:28 PM Rob I agree with pretty much all that you have written but I do struggle with the way you .....
» 9/07/2008 10:58:43 AM Gibo, you have suprised me with that response. An interesting question and perhaps a good .....
» 9/07/2008 10:11:58 AM Part 2 of 2 Typing errors - I'm with the crowd who don't seem to be able to sucessfully p.....
» 9/07/2008 10:11:03 AM Bronywn, totally agree about the professional title thing. There are probably places out t.....
» 9/07/2008 9:08:55 AM "we are the happiest of church goers" - if true that does not say much for the r.....
» 9/07/2008 8:34:13 AM bushbasher "you cannot tell me which reading of God's compass is correct, why should .....
» 8/07/2008 1:07:51 PM Or perhaps "Anyway...when youre thinking AOG church think all-consuming giant global.....
» 8/07/2008 11:08:18 AM David that whole post seemed to be an ad hominem attack on those who disagree with the con.....
» 8/07/2008 11:00:04 AM Yvonne, "Or of children being portrayed as victims of both" Usual Suspect ".....
» 7/07/2008 7:04:58 PM The article skips a key point in the whole issue which has been covered plenty of times be.....
» 7/07/2008 4:55:41 PM It will be interesting to follow this particular topic. The little of it I've heard so far.....
» 7/07/2008 4:45:57 PM David I think I've already expressed my views on spin and I've seen enough of Melinda's wo.....
» 7/07/2008 1:56:57 PM mjpb, " suspect Christianity often doesn't get a fair deal because atheists see thing.....
» 7/07/2008 1:49:28 PM Usual Suspect, it may be bias I've got a lot of respect for Yvonne built up over a long pe.....
» 7/07/2008 1:19:54 PM jc2, have you ever applied thge breaks in a car as you see yourself heading into an inters.....
» 6/07/2008 6:57:01 PM yvonne, excellent post. Things may be changing but my experience on OLO suggests that a lo.....
» 6/07/2008 5:07:03 PM trade, I'm strongly opposed to others deciding how big someone elses glass should be. I th.....
» 5/07/2008 6:55:07 PM Spikey, "I seem to be agreeing with Clive Hamilton's Australia Institute a lot at th.....
» 5/07/2008 2:07:01 PM Bronywn, we are probably already arguing in circles and I hope that we are both misunderst.....
» 5/07/2008 12:32:53 PM runner, so you don't think that those who preach absolutes should stick by vwhat they prea.....
» 5/07/2008 8:22:59 AM yvonne, very well said. I find it difficult to cut through the spin regarding the post ab.....
» 5/07/2008 7:28:54 AM "not all men are as blind to the gender inequality inherent in this debate as you app.....
» 4/07/2008 6:13:16 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Self "Against the ruling of the governing.....
» 4/07/2008 2:16:57 PM mjpb, we are getting off topic but I doubt this is worth a seperate thread. There are ple.....
» 4/07/2008 12:07:44 PM Cameron R, my reading of the criticism of Clive was not "has been pilloried for his d.....
» 4/07/2008 11:20:10 AM mjpb, you obviously don't know how to interpret snippets of information which you come acr.....
» 4/07/2008 10:48:27 AM Nicky, I don't think reporting is a lot of use while public perceptions about DV are as th.....
» 4/07/2008 8:49:30 AM I'm trying to picture how this debate will play out amongst some in the muslim community. .....
» 3/07/2008 2:32:07 PM I'm in the group that as a layman watching the debate thinks there is enough evidence for .....
» 3/07/2008 7:53:28 AM Nicky, I'm not certain just what I did. I think I threatened to stop the car and keep the .....
» 2/07/2008 6:38:34 PM Foxy, my pleasure. It is available online but the price is a lot more than I paid http://w.....
» 2/07/2008 2:38:30 PM passy made the comment "But it hones our ability to argue against them." - spot .....
» 2/07/2008 10:07:23 AM Foxy the point Usual Suspect makes is a good one. A lot of people know that women hit men .....
» 2/07/2008 9:42:41 AM "Id like to see a commission into just what the .. church gets up to here in Australi.....
» 1/07/2008 3:30:48 PM mjpb, that most recent post was an attempt to get those who seem to be seeing the issue in.....
» 1/07/2008 1:43:10 PM Perhaps a good touch point for us all on the issue of the special protection for the event.....
» 1/07/2008 12:59:37 PM "Clearly, it would be ludicrous for ETU to hold out hope for better treatment at the .....
» 1/07/2008 11:12:56 AM If only someone would pass laws things which caused annoyance to me. Oh what fun I could .....
» 30/06/2008 8:22:25 PM yvonne you can do far better than that last post. Unless I've completely missed your point.....
» 30/06/2008 5:36:37 PM Country Gal, I pretty much agreed with the last post except for the following "inequa.....
» 30/06/2008 12:46:40 PM trade, this could be a glass half full/half empty debate. In the case of polygamy - when .....
» 30/06/2008 11:00:59 AM "You wont find committed Jesus' followers, despite their human weaknesses, slamming p.....
» 29/06/2008 5:39:01 PM pelican, you ask "I would ask why a father would suddenly raise doubts over his pater.....
» 27/06/2008 12:18:41 PM Pelican, "I believe that anyone can ask for a DNA test under the law" Asking fo.....
» 27/06/2008 11:29:50 AM Gibo, "this is SUPPOSED to be the prime internet site in all of the country for intel.....
» 27/06/2008 10:12:49 AM Countryboy, it's important for Gibo and some of the other religious types to believe that .....
» 25/06/2008 12:31:09 PM I suspect that there will be other significant reasons for the following but I do wonder w.....
» 24/06/2008 7:05:08 PM Col, I've found the discussion very interesting and thought provoking. When I spoke of tho.....
» 23/06/2008 10:17:38 PM I'm finding myself after starting this thread largely sitting on the sidelines following t.....
» 23/06/2008 11:16:56 AM Foxy you've missed the historical significance of David's post. - He has made a post whi.....
» 22/06/2008 9:08:29 PM Dvaid, a rare thing for me to think but well said. R0bert.....
» 21/06/2008 8:33:56 AM "EQUALITY OF OUTCOME may require INEQUALITY OF ASSISTANCE" that's almost a certa.....
» 18/06/2008 2:31:19 PM I'm personally in the working towards equality of opportunity camp. The points Bronywn rai.....
» 17/06/2008 9:27:44 PM On the Hanson/Henson thread Bronywn made the following comment "I actually believe .....
» 16/06/2008 9:59:17 PM Bronywn if I understand it correctly Ginx is trying to talk about how the debates were con.....
» 16/06/2008 7:19:48 PM I'd hate to have to try and defend myslef against allegations about something from that fa.....
» 16/06/2008 7:05:03 PM Bronywn and Paul are you interested in taking up the outcome/opportunity discussion on a n.....
» 16/06/2008 6:42:30 PM runner claims "Share with us the ignorant blinded ones the benefits of displaying the.....
» 15/06/2008 10:55:25 AM pelican, I'm not wishing to revisit the original topic here either but rather discuss the .....
» 14/06/2008 6:00:51 PM I had the impression at the time that the government was making extroardinary demands on t.....
» 14/06/2008 5:16:49 PM pelican, I'd like to take a light hearted look following reflection on a point you made wh.....
» 14/06/2008 1:17:48 PM Usual Suspect "There is a certain group within OLO (with quite a high opinion of them.....
» 13/06/2008 12:29:54 PM Ginx, as I mentioned in another post there have been nasties on both sides of this debate......
» 13/06/2008 10:26:20 AM Usual Suspect, why oh why did you ask David about MIUAUG? It's a pet theme of his in which.....
» 12/06/2008 8:01:40 PM pelican, "How can we resolve these issues fairly and equitably" I doubt that wi.....
» 12/06/2008 6:07:57 PM Steel whilst I stayed out of "the gang" on the other thread huffnpuff's post her.....
» 12/06/2008 10:10:28 AM "Art is a dark underworld... full of evil spirit influences...drugs, booze, sexual pe.....
» 12/06/2008 9:48:08 AM Ginx, I'd missed the point where you said you are leaving. Best wishes as you take a break.....
» 11/06/2008 3:38:03 PM Vanilla, I am going to miss you very much. You've been an inspiration and encouragement in.....
» 11/06/2008 2:21:28 PM Steel, some of the fiercest opposition comes from paternalists. Those who cherish the old .....
» 11/06/2008 1:24:28 PM Foxy, "Does anyone question a man - whether he can still be masculine if he stands up.....
» 9/06/2008 8:24:42 PM I wonder if runner has ever seen the sculpture of David? There used to be a copy on displa.....
» 9/06/2008 10:44:21 AM I've been thinking about the fact that Hetty has been identified as the person who made th.....
» 9/06/2008 7:38:51 AM Aslison, thanks for those excellent posts. R0bert.....
» 8/06/2008 6:49:36 PM I'm of the view that starting a thread does not imply control over what others can post an.....
» 8/06/2008 4:33:23 PM "The 'mild' Henson material has been classified as child pornography elsewhere, and t.....
» 6/06/2008 3:40:46 PM I've been considering the idea of balance between life choices and risk in relation to thi.....
» 6/06/2008 2:25:31 PM steel the questions don't appear to be here yet. I'm waiting to see what Barbara wanted to.....
» 5/06/2008 10:12:56 PM Nate23, I find that particular aspect deeply flawed. Imagine the outcry if couples who wer.....
» 5/06/2008 12:06:50 PM trade whilst I agree for the most part with that last post the comment was made early in t.....
» 4/06/2008 11:49:16 PM Ross, thanks for a thoughtful article. You have portrayed the mix of feelings that issues .....
» 4/06/2008 11:05:47 PM Barbara, I've submitted a new thread request to follow up on your post. The requested titl.....
» 4/06/2008 11:00:46 PM Barbara (BB1) posted some off topic points on another thread relating to child sexual abus.....
» 3/06/2008 8:07:08 PM Vanilla, I took your comment as being tongue in cheek. You are one of my favourite feminin.....
» 2/06/2008 7:35:53 PM Gibo, you are absolutely correct. The threat is imminent. Time to round up a whole bunch .....
» 2/06/2008 7:03:09 PM Pelican, interesting thread. Both feminine and feminism cover very wide ranges. The extre.....
» 28/05/2008 11:07:22 PM Steven, love to see it especially for some of the more extreme groups (the kind of group w.....
» 28/05/2008 10:29:02 PM Romany, I suspect that it's largely about bragging rights for the wednesday night prayer g.....
» 28/05/2008 12:40:11 PM CJ Morgan, I think that there is a significant difference between the christain headcoveri.....
» 27/05/2008 7:48:39 PM It's interesting to see the example of "make it up as you go bible following" on.....
» 26/05/2008 3:45:33 PM Fractelle, point taken. For those wondering why at least one of our resident fundies seem.....
» 26/05/2008 2:55:32 PM Jolanda, I'm quite capable of thinking outside extremes. You made the post couched in abso.....
» 26/05/2008 10:47:57 AM Jolanda, "Adults should do everything in their power to protect the children from ped.....
» 26/05/2008 8:39:24 AM Fractelle, not many of them take it very literally when the pain rests with them rather th.....
» 26/05/2008 8:32:13 AM Paul.L asks "Are you suggesting that naked pictures of children on a pedophiles comp.....
» 24/05/2008 4:05:11 PM Vanilla I'm not familiar with his work or the pieces in this exhibition so I can't comment.....
» 24/05/2008 3:53:41 PM Fractelle, wonderfully said. I've got a grin from ear to ear. R0bert.....
» 23/05/2008 10:26:40 AM Now you are all being really really unfair to David. His group wear slate coloured clothes.....
» 22/05/2008 8:46:43 PM Romany "Meanwhile, back at the ranch...another pertinent post has crept in, inserted .....
» 21/05/2008 9:19:13 AM Romany, I thought the Mister Potato Head thing was a good idea but then a sack of spuds co.....
» 20/05/2008 7:25:19 PM yvonne, I'm in agreement with all of that last post except some reservations around ".....
» 19/05/2008 11:13:09 PM TurnRightThenLeft, thanks for your comments. It is very destructive to have a partner wh.....
» 19/05/2008 10:19:25 PM Romany, I was going to leave this one alone - your question was directed at other women. I.....
» 19/05/2008 7:36:12 PM Haralambos, there seems little point in yet another debate about this. If you are genuine.....
» 18/05/2008 11:34:43 PM Joe, the figures will depend on who you believe. If you look at the material I posted earl.....
» 18/05/2008 7:41:15 PM Tina, whilst the tone of the site and some of the material is too strident and possibly la.....
» 17/05/2008 9:24:56 PM Joe, has anybody claimed that more men are hospitalised than women? Not that I've noticed .....
» 15/05/2008 8:40:06 PM "I detest mockery and ridicule so please leave Troy alone." Starting a thread e.....
» 15/05/2008 8:31:13 PM fractelle please don't misunderstand my position. I'm not blaming all women or only women .....
» 14/05/2008 9:30:28 PM "I'm at a loss to understand why divorced single mothers have been so castigated over.....
» 13/05/2008 10:01:53 PM yvonne, very well said. R0bert.....
» 12/05/2008 9:00:29 PM The one group the scheme is supposed to help are sometimes the worst hurt by it. Kids gro.....
» 12/05/2008 6:43:38 PM Antonios I've taken the effort to outline some of the reasons why I'm not convinced that p.....
» 11/05/2008 11:11:51 AM Antonios, "Why do you put first the money and after the mother and child?" I've.....
» 9/05/2008 7:04:11 PM Antonios the proposal in the article is for more than "before the birth and immediate.....
» 7/05/2008 9:17:38 PM Philo, I agree in part with your comment "Much of the depression / guilt industry ope.....
» 7/05/2008 8:33:39 PM Usual Suspect and Seeker, thanks for your great posts. Seeker it's especially welcome to h.....
» 7/05/2008 8:19:32 PM mjpb' "Mainly the difference in perception probably hinges on what we consider reliab.....
» 7/05/2008 8:05:52 PM Antonios rather than talk off topic on another thread about this I'll take the discussion .....
» 7/05/2008 2:27:07 PM "that countless minds in the past could not have possibly been clever enough to under.....
» 7/05/2008 11:14:09 AM http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/CTS4.pdf The Conflict Tactics Scales and Its Critics: An E.....
» 6/05/2008 10:04:49 PM Antonios, I've commented on the maternity leave thing on other threads. I remain undecided.....
» 6/05/2008 6:39:20 PM TurnRightThenLeft, very well summed up in both posts. I agree with the first part of Anne.....
» 6/05/2008 6:02:55 PM Antonios perhaps just a phrasing issue but I found your generalisations to be very unfair .....
» 6/05/2008 5:59:33 PM "My approach is to use the same levels of deception and faking" Yeah I'd notice.....
» 6/05/2008 2:31:51 PM Usual Suspect, thanks for the last post. It summed up much of what I wanted to write. The .....
» 6/05/2008 2:20:49 PM mjpb, I'm taking the view that there is enough evidence around for me to take note both th.....
» 5/05/2008 3:49:30 PM yvonne, a number of the studies I referenced early on are relevant http://www.ajph.org/cg.....
» 5/05/2008 3:48:01 PM David, perhaps you should read the material which you insisted everybody else read. Some.....
» 5/05/2008 7:12:56 AM David, I can see some parallel's betwenn you and Cato but much of the rest of what you hav.....
» 4/05/2008 9:52:25 PM yvonne, "It is women who are admitted to hospitals with physical injuries through DV......
» 4/05/2008 8:51:47 PM ASymeonakis, your post suggests that you don't really understand the diversity in the so c.....
» 4/05/2008 7:17:07 PM David, thinking back to one of your earier comments in relation to more recent discussions.....
» 4/05/2008 7:19:19 AM Welcome back SJF. I'm happy to continue to refer to research undertaken using CTS because .....
» 3/05/2008 7:52:00 AM David, when others put your kids down because of something which your kids were born with .....
» 2/05/2008 11:40:39 AM Ho Hum, "Meanwhile has anyone ever noticed that a mans fist is much much larger than .....
» 2/05/2008 11:04:22 AM Excellent article. Unfortunately it did not comment on the prevelance of mutual DV (where .....
» 1/05/2008 10:26:19 PM "you avoided the question" - was my answer to subtle for you David. OK if I had.....
» 1/05/2008 5:53:23 PM I've enjoyed this as well but find myself with some trepidation that the camel toe thing w.....
» 1/05/2008 3:26:36 PM Gibo another false accusation on your part "Youre with Belly and Robert. Laying traps.....
» 1/05/2008 2:38:27 PM Country Gal, welcome back. Sorry I've not gotten around to responding to your comment on a.....
» 1/05/2008 2:07:54 PM Others have already made the point but I'll go there anyway. Drop the sexism and let famil.....
» 1/05/2008 9:02:07 AM David, I would never in a million years want my son, and I have one, to 'choose' to become.....
» 1/05/2008 8:29:22 AM Fractelle, I consider both David and Gibo serial pests and next time there is a discussion.....
» 30/04/2008 8:44:14 PM David, the "obvious to all" bit will beat you almost every time. In regard to y.....
» 30/04/2008 3:33:45 PM "It seems that when there is an obvious detrimental movement in society, ..." T.....
» 30/04/2008 2:24:20 PM "I see Labor is letting the gay rights thing out of the box according to the SMH. &qu.....
» 30/04/2008 2:16:23 PM partTimeParent, I mostly agreed with the points in your last post but do want to comment o.....
» 30/04/2008 10:00:17 AM David glad that you've finally found a book which fits you social values "from the vi.....
» 29/04/2008 7:20:47 PM "So, why not simply turn away from sin, come back to the living God, revealed in Jesu.....
» 29/04/2008 1:17:19 PM So when the libs do really silly things it's the fault of the little (possibly invisble) p.....
» 29/04/2008 10:26:33 AM Gibo, talking about invisible powers and claiming that a group is oppressed because you fe.....
» 29/04/2008 7:43:13 AM Belly, whilst it's Gibo's dishonest (and or unsubstantiated) claims that I've been address.....
» 28/04/2008 5:32:35 PM Vanilla, "Jeez. Firstly, R0bert, I didn't ignore your post." - you've lost me, d.....
» 28/04/2008 7:33:44 AM "Those chickens in Glen Innes were sacrificed to satan. Theres a vast difference.&quo.....
» 26/04/2008 8:24:55 PM For those wondering why christains might not have a lot of cause to be concerned about the.....
» 26/04/2008 8:18:20 PM Vanilla, speaking from my own experience not all parents who smack do it in temper. My rec.....
» 26/04/2008 2:13:05 PM "In absolute terms, the simplest is a pole tax, everyone pays so much for the privile.....
» 26/04/2008 12:03:59 PM Invisible oppression, stalls around town - yep thats got to be far worse than being killed.....
» 26/04/2008 11:19:01 AM Romany, there is but it's just a subset of a general law that says the more obese a person.....
» 26/04/2008 11:10:53 AM CJ Morgan has pretty much summed it up for me. Speedo's (and their ilk) do seem to be an i.....
» 25/04/2008 6:06:20 PM I heard on the radio today that men account for 67% of all road fatalities (not sure what .....
» 25/04/2008 5:54:07 PM CJ Morgan, it's obvious that if christains are being persecuted that there has been a mass.....
» 25/04/2008 8:57:34 AM The thing is Gibo that you don't get to decide just how and what everybody else will think.....
» 24/04/2008 11:59:43 AM "Well, how about we get back to the thread. Its about Inept Governments." ".....
» 24/04/2008 8:49:54 AM PALEIF, I'm mostly staying out of this discussion but I suspect that the comment Belly was.....
» 24/04/2008 8:26:13 AM "Stop picking on the christians" - see Gibo again your analysis is wrong. I give.....
» 23/04/2008 7:27:03 PM Gibo if you want to keep the thread on a particular topic then you will have to stick to i.....
» 23/04/2008 1:41:46 PM mjpb, I'd been trying to locate the material. Your question prompted a renewed search and .....
» 23/04/2008 1:11:19 PM Yeah Gibo I'd noticed how much you cared about gods word being the TRUTH after I posted so.....
» 23/04/2008 11:14:16 AM "We do need one, or the kids will one day say "You can't force me to do that, I .....
» 23/04/2008 10:21:11 AM "Ive been living in a state of mild apprehension the last year or two. I tried to ana.....
» 22/04/2008 9:18:46 PM So most agree that the answer to the question which opened the thread is a resounding NO. .....
» 22/04/2008 7:39:38 PM David what's the plan? Get the non-thiests to accept that terms like good and bad are rele.....
» 22/04/2008 7:29:48 PM Heduanna, good causes using distorted stats or misleading representations is one of my pet.....
» 22/04/2008 7:11:42 PM StG agreed that people have different tollerance levels. .05's not an ideal solution, it's.....
» 22/04/2008 11:14:58 AM David, I've not yet managed to track down the underlying research papers yet :( Murray St.....
» 22/04/2008 10:25:20 AM Pynchme, when the violent porn images you refer to are sold on the front of Tshirts in dep.....
» 21/04/2008 10:53:33 PM Foxy, do you know the context of "the health of Aboriginal women has so deteriorated .....
» 21/04/2008 9:27:46 PM StG, I'd rather see restrictions placed on those who have shown that they cause trouble fo.....
» 21/04/2008 8:15:36 PM First apologies to all who don't like bible verses being quoted on OLO. I think in the con.....
» 21/04/2008 7:41:34 PM Pelican well put. Romany I suspect that you are right about what this will become but to .....
» 21/04/2008 6:41:49 PM Fractelle, very well said. Steel, whilst some of the same pressures exist for men I'm not.....
» 20/04/2008 9:12:49 AM Vanilla, I've not followed up either article elsewhere but on the basis of what's bee writ.....
» 20/04/2008 8:32:38 AM Steel, I don't think we've got equal pressure in that department yet (although it's growin.....
» 20/04/2008 7:57:58 AM KatieO "You are trampling all over the freedom of expression that the UNHRC was set u.....
» 19/04/2008 4:04:16 PM "There seems to be a terrible weakness in the youth on this site that they always hav.....
» 19/04/2008 12:24:06 PM Gibo you could have a look at Deuteronomy 5:20 and then come back and tell us all that you.....
» 17/04/2008 3:56:15 PM "I for one wont allow fundamentalist religious crackpots to dominate society, now tha.....
» 17/04/2008 2:25:52 PM The problem with knowing about this is that there are some letter I'd want to write (respo.....
» 17/04/2008 1:47:45 PM "If bible believing Christians who are generally peace loving people " runners c.....
» 17/04/2008 10:30:23 AM Fractelle, "If there is a hell, I have no doubt that there is a special place for HYP.....
» 17/04/2008 10:24:02 AM Boazy, you know full well that churches treat chaplaincy and RE programs as outreach oppor.....
» 16/04/2008 8:35:58 PM On the access to public documents issue "decisions based on the “public interest” sho.....
» 16/04/2008 7:24:01 PM Great article. At the same time I do wonder about the balance or freedom and responsibilit.....
» 15/04/2008 6:23:45 PM pelican, "In my experience, some trade unions tend to become too focussed on politics.....
» 15/04/2008 11:01:15 AM "Those of us not in the industry nor in masturbation fantasy land, and therefore with.....
» 14/04/2008 9:58:56 PM I'd like water usage rules that allowed me make more effective use of the water available .....
» 14/04/2008 7:24:21 PM TammyJo, great intro. I tend to think that the divider between lies and white lies is whe.....
» 13/04/2008 11:55:47 AM Ginx, I'm in complete agreement with your conclusions. Combined with my beliefs in person.....
» 11/04/2008 6:36:00 PM freediver, PALEIF has clearly stated in the past that they don't think pushing vegan habit.....
» 11/04/2008 10:41:24 AM Now Boazy you are telling porkies again. "The person practicing such and such behavi.....
» 10/04/2008 11:14:28 AM Fractelle, "The hetero male contingent on OLO claim that porn is all harmless fun.&qu.....
» 9/04/2008 9:50:05 PM James I did some chasing around about that comment. I've not found anything that I can def.....
» 9/04/2008 8:49:10 PM Ginx, "This is a comparison to being asked to say;- copulate with a dog?" No I'.....
» 8/04/2008 6:12:17 PM Col, the more I think about it the more this debate looks like a mini-version of the abort.....
» 8/04/2008 1:37:17 PM Ginx, " have talked to more than one wife who was distressed at being asked to emulat.....
» 8/04/2008 12:19:35 PM Ginx, Col and I have both posted links to research which shows that with increased interne.....
» 8/04/2008 8:26:32 AM Jon, I don't think the author is calling for censorship but rather a community statement t.....
» 7/04/2008 9:04:16 PM Gibo says "Its a small mind that pushes aside life experience testimonies to look for.....
» 7/04/2008 8:17:46 PM Part 2 6. Regulation of production sites to ensure the greatest level of safety for parti.....
» 7/04/2008 8:17:14 PM Pynchme, 1. Stop. As a man just decide that you are no longer going to relish images that.....
» 7/04/2008 7:00:27 PM Those feminists who have sympathy for the attempts by religious extremists to limit what o.....
» 7/04/2008 1:18:02 PM Vanilla, very well said. SJF, I'm trying to work out if it's worth continuing our discuss.....
» 7/04/2008 12:14:21 PM Fractelle, "At no point have I suggested banning porn - on this or any other thread.&.....
» 6/04/2008 12:05:38 PM Fractelle, one of the reasons people who've had involvement would be the naked prejudice s.....
» 6/04/2008 8:14:00 AM pelican, there are a lot of things in the world that I'd not aspire for my son to be invol.....
» 5/04/2008 10:01:17 PM SJF, read the line again. I did not claim to represent your views on Islam, I pointed out .....
» 5/04/2008 3:05:04 PM "Its an extremely destructive influence with growing boys, that will lead many later .....
» 4/04/2008 7:05:38 PM Posted by Gibo recently on this discussion "Ive never, ever, ever, seen anything as a.....
» 4/04/2008 4:36:57 PM Gibo - "The more the porn increases the more the rapes and the abuse will increase al.....
» 4/04/2008 10:58:26 AM Gibo start this discussion with the following comment "I wrote to John Howards gover.....
» 4/04/2008 7:54:22 AM Lev good summary. I found the follwoing interesting "Further analyses revealed that .....
» 3/04/2008 10:49:25 PM phonsie, in some circumstances it may degrade relationships between men and women (or mayb.....
» 3/04/2008 7:26:32 PM Foxy, I'm generally in agreement with what they have written. Family breakdown appears to .....
» 3/04/2008 12:30:25 PM Romany, I know the feeling of having seen the material but not being able to lay hands on .....
» 2/04/2008 8:25:23 PM I've just tracked down a link to Todd Kendall's paper on "Pornography, Rape and the I.....
» 2/04/2008 8:18:57 PM Gibo, the link to australian research has already been discussed. Particularly telling is.....
» 2/04/2008 7:58:13 PM Foxy, thanks for sharing that. It does take courage to share personal stuff on a public fo.....
» 1/04/2008 7:12:06 PM Thanks to all for the great input so far. Foxy I'd agree that Bob Ellis's world is not my.....
» 1/04/2008 12:55:50 PM mjpb, I don't really have an argument on this, rather I'm trying to find what others know .....
» 31/03/2008 8:39:23 PM A sub topic which started on the "Spiritual or Religious or Both?" thread got my.....
» 30/03/2008 6:25:56 PM I've been thinking through this some more. I'd still not like to see a ban but do see the .....
» 29/03/2008 11:36:30 AM Gibo - "But dont urinate on my life knowledge." You seem fairly happy to do thi.....
» 29/03/2008 11:18:53 AM Wendy, given what Graham has said about us discussing our posting history I won't take up .....
» 28/03/2008 4:36:32 PM Whitty, I don't think SJF is a extreme as HRS but I suspect about as incapable of seeing t.....
» 26/03/2008 8:15:01 PM "All others who came before Him were thieves and robbers and all who have come since .....
» 26/03/2008 6:31:29 PM Fractelle, you've made your final post but left a parting shot at me on the way out. No ne.....
» 26/03/2008 7:57:49 AM Wendy, thanks. I'll be very pleased to leave that stuff behind and if I've wronged you ple.....
» 25/03/2008 9:47:14 PM Now I'm worried, I've been involved with both the open bretho's and the Church of Christ i.....
» 25/03/2008 9:13:42 PM Wendy, sorry about the delay in responding. I've been thinking about your question and how.....
» 25/03/2008 8:44:43 PM Fractelle, can I try and rewrite of the comment which prompted my post "And the mora.....
» 24/03/2008 7:31:06 PM Fractelle, I think that you are being rather unfair to the christain church holding up Jer.....
» 24/03/2008 9:09:37 AM Part 2 It's always useful to look at the arguments used and see how well they fit in othe.....
» 24/03/2008 9:05:01 AM The thread's moved on a lot from the last time I'd noticed it. PALEIF I'm largely in agre.....
» 22/03/2008 9:06:51 PM A few comments. I've attempted to provide some explaination about one of the factors that .....
» 22/03/2008 8:36:57 PM Vanilla, no additional demographics to add to what I posted on that thread. I posted it be.....
» 21/03/2008 2:18:31 PM I've been thinking about the situation described earlier by PALEIF and it may be correct t.....
» 21/03/2008 11:10:47 AM Vanilla, you are correct but the question is in part about why male homosexuality evokes s.....
» 21/03/2008 10:13:10 AM I agree with most of what PALEIF has written in that last post but make the point that 80/.....
» 21/03/2008 8:29:25 AM TammyJo, it appears to be well established scientifically but that presents a significant .....
» 21/03/2008 8:02:16 AM HRS "being insane and all that" - I don't think I've ever made that suggestion. .....
» 19/03/2008 9:18:49 PM HRS, sorry but I've had a bit of trouble finding the place where you retracted your claim .....
» 19/03/2008 12:24:11 PM "what’s your “beef” with drawing decent lines across morality by the use of censorshi.....
» 19/03/2008 9:27:40 AM Boazy, I read the start of the article and decidied that I had better things to do with my.....
» 18/03/2008 7:27:59 PM As I pointed out on another recent porn related thread research recently released by Murra.....
» 18/03/2008 6:43:11 PM Philo, thank you for being upfront about the nature of Gibo's beliefs. I'm pleasantly sur.....
» 18/03/2008 6:30:43 PM Elka, " It was around 40 *women* who were raped on bike tracks in Brisbane last year......
» 18/03/2008 8:04:53 AM Boazy, TurnRightThenLeft's challenge was not calling for a general condemnation of christi.....
» 17/03/2008 11:25:25 PM Vanilla, I'm late to this thread. Reading through the posts a number of yours stood out in.....
» 17/03/2008 12:57:35 PM SJF, I didn't mention unhappiness in my post to you. Is that a genuine mistake on your par.....
» 17/03/2008 8:51:58 AM SJF, "Oppressed people make just as many choices as non-oppressed people. It’s just t.....
» 15/03/2008 2:19:05 PM Romany, "It's a discussion for crissake, not a war in which each sides seeks to point.....
» 15/03/2008 6:47:48 AM "Amazing how many folks are 'attacking' we believers.. all we do is give opinions, an.....
» 13/03/2008 10:33:51 PM SJF, (continued) The point is so that people read the whole story, no questions about con.....
» 13/03/2008 5:50:09 PM SJF, I’ll admit to undermining feminist rhetoric when it is 'rhetoric' rather than honestl.....
» 12/03/2008 10:24:07 PM Boazy "Why should believing in the Creator stifle scientific enquiry" - have you.....
» 12/03/2008 8:33:51 PM Vanilla, thanks, Bronwyn, I think that you have underestimated the complexities that shap.....
» 12/03/2008 8:09:58 AM Danielle, I'm uncertain of the answers to your questions. The material I found which sugge.....
» 11/03/2008 6:55:11 PM Vanilla, I liked that one as well. It is encouraging. It combined with other stats provide.....
» 11/03/2008 5:59:52 PM Lev, dispite the seriousness of the issue there is a funny side to this. Religious fundies.....
» 10/03/2008 9:53:06 PM Vanilla, my pleasure. Some more if you are interested http://neweconomist.blogs.com/new_.....
» 10/03/2008 6:34:39 PM Whitty, well said. Jack the Lad, It's fairly obvious that CJ Morgan is not muslim or fond.....
» 10/03/2008 4:02:37 PM runner, how much porn do you think that clergy in the 1950's had access to? At a guess it .....
» 10/03/2008 12:39:53 PM Interestingly recent research has shown that a significant predictor of adults with tendan.....
» 9/03/2008 3:01:09 PM Vanilla, re "total wealth possession women as a group now exceeds mens." I doub.....
» 7/03/2008 8:32:41 PM - women do more than twice as many hours of unpaid domestic work than men, provide the mos.....
» 7/03/2008 6:13:54 PM TurnRightThenLeft, thanks for the response. I'm not aware of any serious attempts to clai.....
» 5/03/2008 7:53:56 PM I should point out that I the excert I referenced in the previous post appears to have bee.....
» 5/03/2008 6:30:06 PM The Conflict Tactics Scales and Its Critics: and New Data on Evaluation Validity and Reli.....
» 5/03/2008 7:21:15 AM Boazy, perhaps I read to much into your comment. If so sorry. My intention has never been .....
» 5/03/2008 6:42:55 AM systemfailure, I'm in complete agreement that 50/50 shared custody is not appropriate in a.....
» 4/03/2008 11:04:48 PM Boazy, I'm uncomfortable with the label you attached to my ex. Whilst she has been violent.....
» 4/03/2008 8:37:44 PM Vanilla, I've been through some tough times with some of this stuff but when I've seen wha.....
» 4/03/2008 6:50:35 PM A theist was taking a walk through the woods. He said to himself: "What majestic tre.....
» 3/03/2008 4:49:35 PM evolution "and because your a man, it doesn't mean you can just dump a human life ont.....
» 3/03/2008 2:58:17 PM TurnRighThenLeft, I'd be happy to take this to a new thread if you want to discuss it at l.....
» 3/03/2008 12:38:24 PM ChristianChild - "I mean, if I am wrong, what have I lost?" You have lost some .....
» 3/03/2008 10:47:16 AM TurnRightThenLeft. "I was willing to listen to HRS until he point blank refused to ac.....
» 3/03/2008 8:03:34 AM evolution, there is nothing even remotely "fair" about the system. It penalises .....
» 2/03/2008 2:41:10 PM I've not worked out the monies involved, I can expect some more sillt assessments in the n.....
» 2/03/2008 2:30:26 PM Foxy, my friend you will be missed greatly. Your presence on the forum has been a delight......
» 1/03/2008 12:09:16 PM Vanilla, for the record Boazy does a great job of reminding me why the fundamentalist chri.....
» 1/03/2008 8:33:24 AM individual, if it's any comfort most religious types will share the same fate as non-belie.....
» 29/02/2008 7:42:43 PM No I don't but I used to. Why - The lack of any credible evidence that is consistant wit.....
» 28/02/2008 7:41:04 PM Maybe we could try a variation on Philo's advice on the Total Christ thread http://forum.o.....
» 28/02/2008 2:20:00 PM Foxy my friend you seem to have copped a hammering on this one (and from some who I though.....
» 28/02/2008 11:42:46 AM When I think about this it seems that there are two groups of predators stalking each othe.....
» 27/02/2008 7:01:22 PM Belly, I object to conscription and Jury Duty is conscription but at the same time it's th.....
» 27/02/2008 6:16:27 PM Chade, unfortunately the link to the interview is broken. The link you provided did give e.....
» 25/02/2008 8:26:30 PM Graham, thanks for clearing that up. TurnRightThenLeft, I can't answer your question but.....
» 25/02/2008 12:40:52 PM I'm in agreement with most of what has been posted so far. To an extent even with Reality .....
» 25/02/2008 12:07:24 PM Now I'm confused. I'd been under the impression that the PALEIF account was operated prima.....
» 24/02/2008 5:27:10 PM CJ Morgan, I disagree with you over the legitimacy of our most prolific poster being able .....
» 24/02/2008 4:14:48 PM Extracts from the site rules are shown below The last item I've included covers cooperati.....
» 24/02/2008 7:10:12 AM I think PALEIF has made the case against the use of identifying information far better tha.....
» 23/02/2008 8:28:13 PM Before I start I would like to point out that when I refer to PALEIF I'm not refering to t.....
» 23/02/2008 12:28:57 PM Taryn, maybe the difference between you and I is that you have the confidence that I'm not.....
» 23/02/2008 9:33:09 AM Graham, count me out. I've already had one other poster attempt to take a conflict on sit.....
» 23/02/2008 9:00:00 AM TurnRightThenLeft, how about Earthquakes? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.as.....
» 22/02/2008 6:58:30 PM "If our system respect and protect our right to express our opinion, our thoughts, ou.....
» 21/02/2008 10:31:44 PM Reading through the posts I gained the impression that GI_Jane has sympathy for the idea t.....
» 21/02/2008 2:55:46 PM "He came back and (predictably) avoided the actual question, but after beating around.....
» 19/02/2008 12:38:43 PM "1/ When so called Christians engage in cruelty and wars of territorial expansion and.....
» 18/02/2008 10:10:32 AM Boazy, if it's the case that the teachings of islam support child abuse and the teachings .....
» 17/02/2008 9:10:15 PM Faxy having said that it's probably appropriate to point out that a desire not to air the .....
» 17/02/2008 7:40:13 PM Foxy, there is a part of this tied up in the actions of a small number of people from a sp.....
» 17/02/2008 4:03:40 PM TurnRightThenLeft, will number one be my personal all time favourite? That the god who cr.....
» 16/02/2008 3:54:58 PM Gibo, if you are still reading I suspect that when you say keep it simple you mean somethi.....
» 16/02/2008 3:39:31 PM Romany, I'll have to live in the hope that there are enough women out there with an advers.....
» 15/02/2008 7:05:49 PM This will be interesting. Here is one of Gibo's beliefs that may have some basis in fact. .....
» 15/02/2008 6:22:44 PM Why all the focus on Jam Jars when a much more critical duty remains? Who will kill (or re.....
» 15/02/2008 1:42:16 PM Boazy, NEW IMPROVED VERSION "Understanding..and tolerance of all things which are no.....
» 15/02/2008 1:00:51 PM Gibo, it's no manipulation to ask you to produce evidence for an allegation that you have .....
» 15/02/2008 10:24:06 AM Foxy, you are more than welcome. Whilst I may not always agree with you I very much apprec.....
» 14/02/2008 6:10:22 PM "simply full of generous human warmth and love" Boazy you seem to love "yo.....
» 13/02/2008 9:33:28 PM Gibo, I don't think that you would be able to find anything substantial to back your claim.....
» 13/02/2008 6:23:43 PM Yabby, "I think it is hard to deny, that Hillary got to where she is, due to being ma.....
» 13/02/2008 5:42:54 PM Gibo, I've not noticed much evidence of you being bagged due to people misreading what you.....
» 12/02/2008 10:26:32 PM Boazy said "I think you lack the basic understanding of what Jesus stood for." .....
» 12/02/2008 7:06:07 PM wassup, the brisbane bike path attacks were/are a relatively large number of attacks (38+).....
» 12/02/2008 9:26:29 AM wassup, the question originally put forward is probably not directly being answered becaus.....
» 11/02/2008 6:30:44 PM TurnRightThenLeft, the grand master of the OLO anti-multiculturalist squad has according t.....
» 10/02/2008 8:30:59 PM Foxy, "It has just occurred to me - why do we react to anything this man has to say&q.....
» 10/02/2008 12:58:50 PM Gibo, I'm not much into government intervention but I can see your point. If it is shown .....
» 10/02/2008 10:01:02 AM "on whether they thought porn might have changed the hearts of the guys" Gibo p.....
» 8/02/2008 6:32:35 PM Gibo, you seem determined to promote the idea that the world is going downhill making clai.....
» 6/02/2008 7:25:47 PM Scratch that point in my last post where I held out a faint hope that the current permier .....
» 6/02/2008 5:51:50 PM http://portal.nationalforum.com.au/about.asp "The National Forum, publisher of this .....
» 6/02/2008 11:56:20 AM Vanilla, your my hero. That was very well put. R0bert.....
» 5/02/2008 8:28:52 PM CJ a bit more than the odd coffee and back in the era when Deyo was popular far to many co.....
» 5/02/2008 7:03:32 PM Gibo "Why dont you guys get into Stan Deyo's "THE COSMIC CONSPIRACY". Its a.....
» 4/02/2008 10:17:26 PM Gibo, "Havent you noticed the world is morally falling to pieces." No I haven't.....
» 4/02/2008 4:38:56 PM PALEIF - "what ever they are up to it 'wont' be to favour the public" You are p.....
» 4/02/2008 11:53:26 AM Quick everybody, grap your pitchforks and run up to the sheep pastures. Boazy says that wo.....
» 2/02/2008 2:16:32 PM huffnpuff, have you seen the site for the "Inquiry into Children in Institutional Car.....
» 2/02/2008 1:55:12 PM PALEIF, I assume that the same issue that you mention about support for the gay community .....
» 2/02/2008 8:58:46 AM Occam, "It is of no concern whether stories are true or false. The value is in the me.....
» 2/02/2008 8:52:20 AM PALEIF, I've got no desire to get back into another fight with you. That benefits nobody. .....
» 1/02/2008 7:44:40 PM "that He sends His Spirit to hundreds of millions of christian believers and that The.....
» 1/02/2008 6:56:51 PM Vanilla, I'm sorry to hear that PALEIF's attack got to you so intensly. Nothing either of.....
» 1/02/2008 1:23:03 PM As I think about this article and the arguments around it I'm reminded of a scene from Lif.....
» 1/02/2008 10:15:41 AM Gibo, an interesting question. A brief browse of the web suggest that the evidence for the.....
» 1/02/2008 10:00:53 AM People Against Live Exports & Intensive Farming, it's likely that none of us know how to m.....
» 31/01/2008 7:52:19 PM I saw a news item tonight on research which it is hoped will help minimise the memory loss.....
» 31/01/2008 10:06:34 AM Foxy thanks. The link still did not work but the Google search criteria did. The site seem.....
» 30/01/2008 9:17:55 PM I've finally gotten around to reading Audrey's excellent piece. Finished my read with damp.....
» 30/01/2008 8:14:40 PM There was an item on the news tonight regarding a review being undertaken in Queensland in.....
» 30/01/2008 7:22:15 PM Foxy, that link does not work. Is there a typo? R0bert.....
» 30/01/2008 6:40:05 PM Belly, you gave one of the reasons for your question in that last post "After father .....
» 30/01/2008 6:58:23 AM galah some references (not sure about the originating stats though) returned from http://w.....
» 29/01/2008 6:17:44 PM The issue of punishment may be a side issue (depends on how much you believe in the detere.....
» 28/01/2008 9:08:48 PM I've been thinking about Gibo's idilyic 1950's vision (pre mainstream porn) and pondering .....
» 28/01/2008 11:38:59 AM Vanilla, I've seen far worse dummy spits so don't fret to much. The report takes quite a .....
» 26/01/2008 7:04:03 AM Vanilla, thanks for starting this thread and the link to the article. I'm still making my .....
» 25/01/2008 10:14:19 AM TurnRightThenLeft, beautifully put. HRS, your obsession with Audrey's banner from her blo.....
» 25/01/2008 8:48:52 AM TurnRightThenLeft Whilst I agree with most of the comments posted regarding HRS's posting.....
» 19/01/2008 6:57:39 PM runner I've not thought of an analogy that really fits. About the closest I can come up wi.....
» 18/01/2008 7:46:24 AM Romany, loved this bit "But I am still, believe it or not, mulling this whole thing o.....
» 17/01/2008 8:33:36 PM runner, how thrilled will you be for an offspring suffering through an STD or unplanned pr.....
» 16/01/2008 12:41:45 PM Romany, good topic. I read the post you refered to in a different context. That the film .....
» 15/01/2008 5:43:33 PM For Christains already here.. and those embracing that faith.. there are 2 groups and thus.....
» 15/01/2008 5:35:48 PM HRS, "and no maligning of men or boys." - maybe not but there has been an enormo.....
» 14/01/2008 6:19:49 PM Romany, your point about the physical differences and the probable intent of the laws is v.....
» 13/01/2008 8:43:16 AM It's interesting that consent in this context seems to be treated much more seriously than.....
» 11/01/2008 9:05:11 PM Interesting thread. Part of the discussion has concerned the value of stepping in or leav.....
» 11/01/2008 8:36:31 PM I've been away for a while and hope I've caught up on recent posts. J Bennet accepts that.....
» 4/01/2008 9:51:38 PM TurnRightThenLeft, I've not left in disgust but rather it seems that we are back to arguin.....
» 4/01/2008 10:00:53 AM HRS, I'm left wondering where you live. You've mentioned on a number of occasions previous.....
» 1/01/2008 12:48:53 PM Frank, it's been quoted elsewhere that the kirpan is carried in part for defensive purpose.....
» 28/12/2007 7:52:12 PM I went to a church service on christmas eve (someone I care a lot about does believe) and .....
» 21/12/2007 2:28:24 PM stickman, I've not studied the work of the individuals in any real detail and am not tryin.....
» 21/12/2007 10:54:10 AM I was struck by a phrase at the end of the article "One searches in vain in the comp.....
» 20/12/2007 8:05:43 AM philo, strangely enough I've not noticed your contributions on the issue of children being.....
» 19/12/2007 9:33:12 PM sintch, the Courier Mail has been known to be incorrect in it's reporting from time to tim.....
» 19/12/2007 9:15:32 PM "Surely the men who rape children and perpetrate violence against women are more dese.....
» 19/12/2007 6:35:23 PM For the couriermails write up on the shooting http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,.....
» 19/12/2007 2:29:32 PM I don't remember the words used in the election promise regarding tax cuts but I'm fairly .....
» 19/12/2007 2:11:34 PM "like saying that Leftism is a consequence of closet Fascist tendencies" I've n.....
» 19/12/2007 12:00:57 PM In case the point was not clearly made in my previous post http://soapbox.unimelb.edu.au/.....
» 19/12/2007 10:06:52 AM Yes John Howard has been much more careful in his use of language http://www.smh.com.au/a.....
» 17/12/2007 4:59:27 PM J Bennett " I don't want to waste time if you are too young or stupid or naive or bra.....
» 13/12/2007 9:03:22 PM J Bennett, "It is great to see you thinking for yourself for the relevance of Philos .....
» 13/12/2007 7:49:59 AM jpw2040, I'm undecided if I've failed to make my point adequately or if we just see the wo.....
» 13/12/2007 6:26:20 AM Romany, as requested A range of material from The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.....
» 12/12/2007 11:47:06 PM I still don't see a basis for making an exception to the law on the basis of a religious b.....
» 12/12/2007 6:26:30 PM J Bennett, so you don't have any evidence that gay parenting is harmfull to kids. You assu.....
» 12/12/2007 6:20:10 PM jpw2040, I considered the disussion to be more about where we would like the law to go tha.....
» 11/12/2007 9:37:08 PM Foxy, we clearly have some bits that don't work as well as they might in a perfect word, b.....
» 11/12/2007 5:29:10 PM "So why are we having problems with immigrants?" Foxy are you really sure that .....
» 11/12/2007 1:35:04 PM jpw2040, sorry but I disagree with you about Philo being off topic. While I strongly disag.....
» 11/12/2007 12:11:52 PM "If homosexuals want marriage then let them prove they of themselves can procreate an.....
» 10/12/2007 8:23:39 AM J Bennett where is the evidence that children are more at risk in the care of homosexuals .....
» 10/12/2007 8:19:03 AM pmark see 1 Timothy 6:5 R0bert.....
» 7/12/2007 6:37:41 PM CJ, perhaps the thread should have been titled "Freedom of Religion the ongoing madne.....
» 6/12/2007 12:23:15 PM I find it interesting that the oft repeated claim that the ALP ran a positive campaign and.....
» 6/12/2007 8:25:28 AM The shame of it - I almost agree with runner. Those who choose to give their hard earned .....
» 6/12/2007 7:56:27 AM Where does the idea that a minority party (or independant) holding the balance of power is.....
» 5/12/2007 8:20:04 PM mjpb, thanks for the comments. I found Jack the Lad's choice to involve CJ's partner in hi.....
» 4/12/2007 12:45:46 PM Jack the Lad what a witty attack attack on CJ - offering to show his wife how a real man d.....
» 4/12/2007 12:13:20 PM Foxy, first congrats on showing the courage to fess up to the struggle when one set of val.....
» 4/12/2007 11:27:21 AM dozer, drifting off topic again but my impression has been that the radical feminists are .....
» 4/12/2007 9:27:14 AM A lot of effort seems to be being expended on claiming children are at risk if same sex ma.....
» 3/12/2007 6:52:48 PM Foxy, I've been thinking about this some more. It occurs to me that the coalition made the.....
» 3/12/2007 10:12:45 AM dozer, thanks for the comments to HRS. His simplistic and obsessive attitude about feminis.....
» 2/12/2007 8:29:40 PM mjpb, Jack the Lad has already declared himself to be athiest. I listed what I found in t.....
» 1/12/2007 2:59:47 PM Great idea Julie (he says not entirely honestly), then Labor can blame the libs for them n.....
» 1/12/2007 2:48:16 PM Jack the Lad, I posted a bunch of links to material on the causes of homophobia recently h.....
» 30/11/2007 7:32:55 PM mjpb, I'll be more than happy to defend christains when I see them being unfairly attacked.....
» 30/11/2007 1:18:06 PM mjpb, just which posters do you think are "homosexual activists"? I've had some.....
» 29/11/2007 8:20:59 PM A powerful article - thanks for the link. As for the homework, what a great idea if it's .....
» 29/11/2007 7:38:09 PM Romany, sorry about the delay. I've been focussing my posting efforts elsewhere recently. .....
» 29/11/2007 6:36:06 PM paedophile's linked to which group? - http://www.toowoombapressreleases.com/?id=123450 .....
» 29/11/2007 5:42:49 PM Belly, I don't know wnough of Julie Bishop but really don't have much confidence that Bren.....
» 29/11/2007 8:11:04 AM Country Gal, it's interesting that we hear very little about the second half of Deut 17:17.....
» 29/11/2007 7:56:16 AM jpw2040, I'm trying to work out how if the numbers are really that low and the uptake of t.....
» 28/11/2007 6:19:05 PM "No one is addressing the philosophical point either (except Bothersome who just deni.....
» 27/11/2007 10:18:45 PM jpw2040, I think that you have missed the context of mjpb's post. The comment was I thin.....
» 27/11/2007 8:54:59 PM botheration, Boazy appears unable to accept that it is possible to have a meaningfull mora.....
» 27/11/2007 3:55:41 PM "The major problem with you secular lot is you don't 'seeeee' the implications of you.....
» 27/11/2007 12:40:56 PM Foxy I don't have a detailed answer on the legal issues. From what I have read on the topi.....
» 27/11/2007 12:29:25 PM Philo, you may not be aware of it but plenty of children have as a functional parent someo.....
» 27/11/2007 10:09:15 AM TurnRightThenLeft, regarding your comment from the election. I had a similar thought but t.....
» 26/11/2007 8:01:56 PM "Follows up with a right cross " I can show you one which says a king must NOT h.....
» 26/11/2007 7:35:55 PM Iluvatar, I'm not here to pick on religious beliefs. Religion has played a role in human h.....
» 26/11/2007 9:21:38 AM Belly I've been in the workforce for many years and the only people who have ever threaten.....
» 26/11/2007 7:42:49 AM Boazy, I recall that when I was growing up it was quite common to hear derogatory comments.....
» 25/11/2007 2:06:30 PM Boazy, I'd suggest that you take the little story about children you presented in defence .....
» 25/11/2007 1:34:21 PM Boazy "If such were the case, I would feel intensly 'imposed' on" You may feel .....
» 24/11/2007 1:48:36 PM Forrest - there was me thinking I'd slipped under the radar. I'll have to have a little c.....
» 24/11/2007 1:13:09 PM jERICHOFORCE, very little twisted logic. Freedom of religion like all other freedoms has b.....
» 23/11/2007 5:51:43 PM freediver, "You mean like "thou shalt not kill" and all that bothersome hig.....
» 23/11/2007 12:51:28 PM Merry, I've not read through all the posts yet so may have missed part's of the discussion.....
» 23/11/2007 10:29:30 AM Angela84, I did not read the whole thing but the page you refered to looked political rath.....
» 23/11/2007 8:26:27 AM Angela, Boazy demonstrates the problem quite successfully. People who don't choose a deity.....
» 23/11/2007 8:03:53 AM Romany I might be in trouble then - I liked it so much I used it at http://forum.onlineopi.....
» 22/11/2007 12:06:07 PM In regard to the religious parts the bible does have an example with some relevance to thi.....
» 22/11/2007 7:57:15 AM Jack the Lad "Also, they could blackmail Labour or Liberal for that casting vote whil.....
» 21/11/2007 12:49:23 PM I was stuck in an unusually queue at Wollies last night and browsed the covers of the rack.....
» 21/11/2007 9:17:43 AM Does anybody know how many former journo's or on air TV presenters are running for which p.....
» 21/11/2007 8:21:42 AM Foxy, "Especially when you carry (religious) baggage with you - as I admit I do.".....
» 21/11/2007 8:01:41 AM Foxy, I tend to see the debate as more about making safe, clean mechanism's available to t.....
» 20/11/2007 3:37:35 PM Belly, "Maybe contract management paid on results not throw away millions just result.....
» 20/11/2007 11:00:02 AM Jack the Lad "Those are for us to find out if you ever gained the balance of power.&q.....
» 20/11/2007 10:41:57 AM HRS, if you've never seen a woman with a black eye then you are indeed fortunate. I don't .....
» 20/11/2007 8:45:00 AM Country Gal, very well said. R0bert.....
» 19/11/2007 9:26:20 PM Johnj, there is often interesting material linked out of a DV advocacy site at http://www......
» 19/11/2007 8:50:59 PM Foxy, do you prefer Kathy or Foxy? I'm sorry to hear about the junk at work. That sounds v.....
» 19/11/2007 5:51:03 PM Foxy what's with the off topic moving target? That's not your normal style. I disagree wi.....
» 19/11/2007 9:55:58 AM CJ Morgan, not sure if you noticed it but some time ago I posted links to research from th.....
» 18/11/2007 8:30:19 PM I'd been wondering how many lives have been for ever turned from christ by the efforts of .....
» 18/11/2007 8:19:46 PM I've been trying to work out if Leigh's post from the other day is worth responding to. Un.....
» 18/11/2007 7:35:51 PM A power thing in some situations - courtesy in others. I'm in the habit of opening or hol.....
» 16/11/2007 1:52:31 PM Evolution, one of the points from the article I referenced in my original post was the fol.....
» 16/11/2007 7:43:15 AM Ditch, I think the term is "confirmation bias". We all tend to notice the things.....
» 15/11/2007 8:44:29 PM evolution as I understand it current uses are for very small amounts of antimatter with sh.....
» 15/11/2007 7:35:53 PM David, no I have not. One of the good things is that I have a choice, no one tries to forc.....
» 15/11/2007 7:04:56 PM An interesting article. As for homosexual bleating, not a patch on the volume of religion .....
» 15/11/2007 6:26:22 PM TurnRightTurnLeft, I'll second CJ's post. Thanks. I've been wondering what definition of .....
» 14/11/2007 2:05:35 PM Stg, "who has personality, charisma and an atitude to set fire to people and get 'em .....
» 14/11/2007 11:37:02 AM Demos, I'm not expecting to get asked about CERN's programs. European based so other than .....
» 13/11/2007 8:10:48 PM Foxy, I don't like much of what I've seen of him but suspect that he would do a good job. .....
» 13/11/2007 2:36:05 PM I came across a CERN overview on antimatter research and it's got me thinking about priori.....
» 13/11/2007 1:26:51 PM Boazy, so we can expect to never again see you commenting that some thug (or group of thug.....
» 12/11/2007 9:25:10 AM "show me a man, however great who does not have weakness or points to criticize.".....
» 10/11/2007 9:22:35 PM Boazy says - "it is difficult to fault the Lord Jesus. I mean.. in terms of violence .....
» 9/11/2007 10:08:53 AM Boazy, it's unlikely that you will change that kind of portrayal. You can possibly make a .....
» 8/11/2007 9:26:18 PM Lugwig, Bronwyn, thanks to you both for your efforts to bring some balance to this discuss.....
» 5/11/2007 11:47:35 AM runner, "Just look at how many took an oath on the Word of God after being elected la.....
» 5/11/2007 8:40:11 AM James 5:12 "But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth o.....
» 31/10/2007 7:47:20 AM Botheration, yes they are bothersome but just imagine how bothered god would be by their a.....
» 26/10/2007 8:05:02 AM PALEIF, a choice to not use a real name on this site is not about honesty or dishonesty fo.....
» 25/10/2007 5:36:03 PM How about a total word limit rather than a set number of posts with a word limit per post......
» 25/10/2007 12:34:57 PM TurnRightThenLeft, just in case you missed it the site is a satirical spoof of some sectio.....
» 25/10/2007 7:48:30 AM No Pericles Gibo is for real. I've even tracked down his churches website (although Gibo i.....
» 24/10/2007 8:06:09 AM "everyone wants to complexify simple subjects with lots of talk" or it could be.....
» 23/10/2007 11:42:15 AM Pericles, I've occasionally when visiting a friends place read parts of a book that discus.....
» 22/10/2007 9:07:42 PM Bronwyn, "is different when you are a member of the group under discussion." - i.....
» 22/10/2007 11:07:47 AM Bek, if runner's post needs some interpretation here is my take on what he/she is saying. .....
» 22/10/2007 8:38:10 AM Romany, very well said. R0bert.....
» 20/10/2007 9:57:38 AM BD, I'm not trying to argue the merits or otherwise of the leave, rather to ensure that wh.....
» 19/10/2007 12:29:11 PM Back to the point I've made previously re industrial agreements. A document was circulat.....
» 18/10/2007 7:01:42 PM Late this afternoon I went to an information session at my son's school and men were outnu.....
» 18/10/2007 1:15:35 PM Country Gal, at the out of hours care my son attends there is no obvious gender divide on .....
» 17/10/2007 7:44:27 PM I'd agree that not many people would willingly take responsibility for the consequences of.....
» 17/10/2007 3:29:07 PM A proposed answer to the quandry. Those who like graffiti and think that it serves a valu.....
» 17/10/2007 2:12:52 PM This is probably not what you meant in the original question but my view is that if the id.....
» 17/10/2007 7:54:23 AM TurnRightThenLeft, " There is nothing more frustrating than the feeling that regardle.....
» 10/10/2007 9:06:54 PM Gibo, "There has always been evil and misery this is known but not so many people inv.....
» 9/10/2007 8:28:26 PM SPANKY, a breakthrough for you! See the post at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.a.....
» 9/10/2007 5:03:40 PM Johnny, now I'm embarassed. I followed the last link and then went to the Landover Baptist.....
» 8/10/2007 8:10:03 AM I've been both christian and agnostic. Frankly for me life is much better without the chri.....
» 6/10/2007 9:33:29 PM "If you have the gay problem you can get rid of it by going to The Lord." - Oh t.....
» 6/10/2007 9:10:40 PM PALEIF, I agree with the last part of your post and I like opening doors for others (both .....
» 6/10/2007 3:38:44 PM Ditch, you are missing all the fun. We have Gibo telling us that homosexuality and masturb.....
» 6/10/2007 8:17:20 AM SPANKY, "The only point I really feel sorry about, is a gay person coming out of the .....
» 6/10/2007 7:54:27 AM PALEIF, "Robert when children mainly live with one parent it is for a reason. It is a.....
» 5/10/2007 6:31:36 PM Gibo, the piece was not from a friend but rather someone writing an article I found intere.....
» 5/10/2007 10:05:04 AM Gibo, I've responded to your question about suicide rates resulting from CSA on the thread.....
» 5/10/2007 9:04:26 AM Gibo, that is very hard to do. CSA can't/won't release usefull figures. I spent some time.....
» 4/10/2007 7:49:07 AM James, "It's about being honest with those who you want to vote for you." - a re.....
» 3/10/2007 8:45:40 AM rehctub, similar deal when there is a natural disaster. The uninsured person whose home bu.....
» 3/10/2007 8:35:25 AM PALEIF, staying a bit off track but the residency issues are heavily tied in with the chil.....
» 2/10/2007 6:48:36 PM PALEIF, I agree with the first part of your post. Discussion of the issue of parents movi.....
» 2/10/2007 10:50:21 AM "Today the PM refused to rule out quitting politics if he wins his seat of Bennelong .....
» 2/10/2007 10:32:31 AM Fellow Human, welcome back. I've realised that I've been falling behind in my duties. R.....
» 27/09/2007 9:43:44 AM Celivia, sorry I've been away for a while. As I understand it FTB and other child related.....
» 22/09/2007 11:14:00 AM rehctub, the equality part depends on how far you push it. We have EBA preperations under .....
» 21/09/2007 8:27:35 PM SPANKY, no need to feel stupid for that. Abbreviations are popular because they are easier.....
» 21/09/2007 8:22:19 PM rehctub, no simple answers but men who want to avoid that fate need to stack the odds diff.....
» 21/09/2007 3:20:47 PM SPANKY, OLO is On Line Opinion (an abreviation for this site) Have a great weekend all. .....
» 21/09/2007 1:59:45 PM SPANKY, no I don't know any of them - just their OLO presence. R0bert.....
» 20/09/2007 9:45:10 PM Celivia, your wish is granted. Firstly before discussing the levels of payment I'll use t.....
» 20/09/2007 2:02:53 PM Taryn, I'll try a response but don't wish to be drawn back into another series of useless .....
» 20/09/2007 1:11:11 PM Graham, I'd like to clarify a point from the last part of your post. I'm not particularly.....
» 20/09/2007 9:01:02 AM SPANKY, thanks. I'll try and avoid commenting on those attacks aimed at me - I think I've .....
» 20/09/2007 8:38:48 AM Gibo, your comment "My belief is that soon NASA is going to slow to a halt and then b.....
» 19/09/2007 9:49:39 PM Gibo, we won't know what the future outcomes will be. We can take some guesses but we can .....
» 19/09/2007 11:25:29 AM chindia, I've used Lite & Easy previously along with a number of my friends. We all had su.....
» 19/09/2007 11:11:13 AM Gibo, very few of us devote everything that could be devoted to causes such as hunger, dis.....
» 18/09/2007 7:47:04 PM Gibo, NASA and similar programs in other countries are an expense that sometimes it seems .....
» 17/09/2007 1:39:52 PM PALE, can you make up your mind please. In one post you have made it clear that PALE has c.....
» 16/09/2007 8:48:52 PM PALE plenty in that post but the only way for this to stop is for us of us to actually sto.....
» 16/09/2007 1:44:18 PM All, I've responded to PALE on her thread. I'm of the view that pretty much everything tha.....
» 16/09/2007 1:14:05 PM PALE, I'm not sure how to respond to your post at the moment without risking stirring up t.....
» 15/09/2007 2:31:12 PM PALE, I don't see anything In Graham's post that suggests that he thinks I'm the one using.....
» 14/09/2007 3:00:11 PM Procne, I'm of the view that while either men or women are fighting for their side and wil.....
» 14/09/2007 1:41:09 PM TurnRightThenLeft, re your post at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion.....
» 14/09/2007 11:37:45 AM I don't spend much time with the corporate crowd so maybe the comment that really stuck ou.....
» 14/09/2007 11:10:21 AM Taryn "Sure pale have members- Hundreds in fact. Do they post on OLO No but they want.....
» 14/09/2007 9:31:38 AM Just where in the article were men blamed for this? I'm always keen to take on authors who.....
» 14/09/2007 8:40:51 AM Antje (assuming that is who is posting). I think that you have misunderstood my intentions.....
» 13/09/2007 9:26:22 PM Belly, it is awesome when we can hold differeing opinions without thinking less of the oth.....
» 13/09/2007 9:09:57 PM Mick, "If you are seeking some honest people trying to live an honest faith, you will.....
» 13/09/2007 3:18:49 PM Ginx, well said on the tip thread. I've chosen to mostly stay out of there as the name s.....
» 13/09/2007 9:55:16 AM It appears that questions have been answered at least in part on another thread. "Ho.....
» 13/09/2007 8:19:23 AM Whoever is posting as PALE has again posted regarding an imagined romance between myself a.....
» 12/09/2007 9:48:42 PM The individual posting as PALE has again failed to identify themselves. I don't want furth.....
» 12/09/2007 10:20:11 AM Boazy, I agree with your central premise but once again you have neglected to consider the.....
» 12/09/2007 9:10:38 AM yvonne, very well put - thank you. I'd been trying to find a phrasing to make similar poi.....
» 12/09/2007 8:53:19 AM Spanky, my initial idea for the "Carpark" was if things get a bit heated or off .....
» 11/09/2007 3:09:00 PM I put a sign on my letter box some years ago (after finding real mail being pushed into th.....
» 11/09/2007 8:01:02 AM Belly, thanks. Your input is appreciated. I'm still getting chuckles over the suggestion m.....
» 10/09/2007 10:29:29 PM Ginx, no need to be sorry. The reason for calling this a carpark is that it's a space wher.....
» 10/09/2007 9:35:42 PM ybgirp, I hardly need concern myself with threats of retribution from gods who can not be .....
» 10/09/2007 8:59:55 PM I'd like to see the definitions which the claims the article makes are based on. - Are w.....
» 10/09/2007 6:00:02 PM Boazy, I'm assuming that the "Our" in your title refers to those trying to live .....
» 10/09/2007 1:22:41 PM Antje, I tried to make sense of your question but have not managed to do so. Perhaps a rep.....
» 9/09/2007 6:35:54 PM Pericles, "an agnostic is one who believes that the existence of God is not provable.....
» 9/09/2007 6:00:45 PM Belly, I don't share your view that many posters are posting as PALE. There was one case w.....
» 9/09/2007 7:56:02 AM Graham - I personally don't think the multiple identity thing is much of an issue, I point.....
» 8/09/2007 4:17:22 PM Taryn, yet another point in one of your posts that I'd not addressed earlier. "Rober.....
» 8/09/2007 12:49:01 PM Taryn, you and Antje both seem to overestimate the effectiveness of Antje attempts at abus.....
» 7/09/2007 9:17:15 PM Sorry if this is dragging on too much for some of you but for some perverse reason I'm fin.....
» 7/09/2007 9:04:07 PM Comments have been made regarding a breach of Forum rules in what I presume is the Beautif.....
» 7/09/2007 12:32:57 PM Antje, you seem rather distressed that I could have interpreted "My names is David an.....
» 6/09/2007 9:19:26 PM TarynW, the custody issue is a different thread but it seems that you are OK with the idea.....
» 6/09/2007 7:48:59 PM Boazy, I've never struck one quite that bad. Some women get that way because they are spo.....
» 6/09/2007 5:53:27 PM I've started this thread not as PALE suggests "opening up your school boy thread rubb.....
» 6/09/2007 2:58:09 PM PALE given some of your post was on topic I'll make a responnse to that. I moved less tha.....
» 5/09/2007 8:21:24 AM Rather than respond to David from PALE's post here I've requested a new thread to take it .....
» 5/09/2007 8:19:14 AM Not wishing to further abuse other threads with this discussion I'm taking it outside. I .....
» 5/09/2007 7:57:35 AM Boazy, "your counter arguments against me would be based on seeking to correct my und.....
» 4/09/2007 2:45:13 PM CJ Morgan, your comment prompted me to see what showed in Google. A couple of basic serche.....
» 4/09/2007 12:06:42 PM Stephen, thanks. Positive suggestions that would seem to be achievable. R0bert.....
» 4/09/2007 11:06:12 AM PALE, strange as it may seem it is possible for men and women to be friends without romanc.....
» 4/09/2007 9:26:55 AM Bugsy, CJ Morgan, amen to that. R0bert.....
» 3/09/2007 7:55:10 PM Oh PALE, how very schoolyardish of you. You are upset with me and V.Amberlee appears to b.....
» 3/09/2007 1:14:49 PM PALE, still off topic but Boazy has been so prolific in his bash a mossie threads that I d.....
» 3/09/2007 10:44:30 AM PALE, no attack on your organisation. It's your choice to use the organisations name as yo.....
» 3/09/2007 10:34:16 AM What do you call the non-belief in other peoples gods? Are you an athiest if you don't be.....
» 2/09/2007 6:33:07 PM MLK, agreed. And yes the claims about stepfathers have been used to attack the exclusion o.....
» 2/09/2007 5:45:58 PM CJ Morgan, in order to help you with your obvious lack of understanding of the rules of po.....
» 1/09/2007 6:53:46 AM Yabby, it's more than just "by law". When they villify others and try and crea.....
» 29/08/2007 7:32:34 PM Another paper now removed from the site had an interesting table. I’ve posted stats from i.....
» 29/08/2007 6:55:07 PM MLK "In most countries statistics indicate that step-parents are much more likely to.....
» 27/08/2007 10:16:06 PM We've got a live one on this topic - http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=.....
» 27/08/2007 1:59:36 PM "If the gospel is about truth how come students are expected to decide for themselves.....
» 26/08/2007 10:03:45 PM I've been looking for the Straus article I mentioned earlier (not found yet) but did find .....
» 26/08/2007 6:19:18 PM MLK, welcome back. As you can see you were missed :) I'll try and get hold of a copy of ‘.....
» 24/08/2007 5:54:04 PM Country Gal, I agree with most of your comments to HRS. I grew up on a farm and my mother.....
» 24/08/2007 10:37:49 AM V.Amberlee, good point. I still continue to be astounded at the inability of some to see t.....
» 23/08/2007 8:39:55 PM Country Gal, re your proposal from Wednesday, 22 August 2007 1:25:27 PM. On the surface it.....
» 23/08/2007 6:23:43 PM SPANKY, I considered a version of the post without swearing but it just did not do the job.....
» 23/08/2007 6:07:06 PM StG, fair call except my comments were in regard to the likely validity of the story not t.....
» 23/08/2007 3:14:26 PM If the story is incorrect I'll be happy to hear it. I could not find any rebuttals other t.....
» 23/08/2007 12:10:53 PM I recently received an email about two houses and the impact that our preconceptions can h.....
» 22/08/2007 9:13:10 PM Well I've decided to discriminate against this thread by not posting on it. Oh bugger tha.....
» 22/08/2007 8:26:16 PM MLK, now to the other issue - why would inside the home be different to outside. I've not.....
» 22/08/2007 7:06:10 PM Maybe that's the wrong questions as well. Will it be OK for Rudd as PM to get so plastered.....
» 22/08/2007 5:57:19 PM MLK thanks both for reading the material I referenced and providing the link you did. I'.....
» 22/08/2007 11:09:01 AM PALE, so choosing to move and taking the kids away from a parent who has been involved in .....
» 22/08/2007 8:11:32 AM PALE, I was going to write a terse response to your post but I might wait for bit and see .....
» 21/08/2007 8:01:58 PM Ash, good luck with that. Overcoming those kind of perceptions is a long slow road. On a .....
» 21/08/2007 7:56:33 PM Country Gal, the stuff I've seen does not go into reasons. I made the point because of the.....
» 20/08/2007 4:42:51 PM RobbyH, "It's usually the male who uses violence and mostly they get away with it as .....
» 20/08/2007 12:13:48 PM I was so pleased when I read the summary comments but the article seemed to be something d.....
» 20/08/2007 7:55:25 AM Goddess, if you are not talking censorship then have fun. If it's Laws then like most talk.....
» 19/08/2007 5:29:27 PM Not sure which talkback host you are refering to but we are in very difficult territory if.....
» 19/08/2007 2:41:39 PM Goddess, spot on (apart from the bit where I don't know the social habits of cave people)......
» 18/08/2007 3:24:03 PM V.Amberlee, I read Forrest's mention of you as an acknowlegment of you and his short term .....
» 18/08/2007 11:38:08 AM PALE, assuming that the other parent has tried to be actively involved in the childrens li.....
» 17/08/2007 8:16:58 PM mjpb, I've posted previously regarding claims by Hitler about his "faith". http:.....
» 17/08/2007 6:42:11 PM ena, while I largely agree with you it's not quite as simple as "If I lose it and att.....
» 17/08/2007 5:49:35 PM V.Amberlee this will be off topic but did you know you get a mention elsewhere on the site.....
» 16/08/2007 7:57:05 PM I've been thinking about the title and my own last post when I effectively provided suppor.....
» 16/08/2007 7:22:42 PM Seeing 666 scattered around the place would suggest to me that someone has heard about it .....
» 16/08/2007 6:36:36 PM " would say that even if one poor little boy or girl is prevented from being sexually.....
» 16/08/2007 6:03:54 PM Romany, "We, as a society, have to start holding bullies down and Warrigal is the onl.....
» 16/08/2007 1:03:21 PM PALE, unfortunately there don't seem to be any easy answers. We end up having to work towa.....
» 15/08/2007 7:59:26 PM MLK, thanks for the clarification. I was surprised by your comments but if I've understood.....
» 15/08/2007 6:55:56 PM neilium, please don't misunderstand my position. I'm pro equality feminism. I don't believ.....
» 15/08/2007 10:53:12 AM http://www.fact.on.ca/Info/dom/heady99.htm "Our first hypothesis is that men are sig.....
» 14/08/2007 10:09:32 PM MLK we do part ways on aspects of your last couple of posts. Your belief that women remain.....
» 14/08/2007 9:57:48 PM V.Amberlee, now I'm all embarrased. Sorry if I gave a scary bark. I have one son who is 10.....
» 13/08/2007 1:06:00 PM CJ Morgan, good luck in your attempt to get Boazy to understand that Jesus supposedly bein.....
» 13/08/2007 12:56:38 PM V.Amberlee, sorry I didn't respond to your post from Friday earlier. It's been a very busy.....
» 13/08/2007 9:31:43 AM HRS, I've got zero risk of contracting a disease from a prostitute but I have been stolen .....
» 12/08/2007 6:36:57 PM Funny thing about prostitutes, I don't have to lock my house at night to stop one ebtering.....
» 9/08/2007 11:04:00 PM Scrapnmafia, I've not been involved with a mens group for a while but I had the impression.....
» 9/08/2007 9:23:04 PM V.Amberlee, glad that you are enjoying yourself. What part of the east coast? I've not spe.....
» 9/08/2007 2:05:36 PM I've been thinking about the implications of unknown donor vs near relative as the parent .....
» 8/08/2007 3:53:44 PM Forrest, I used the delete button on the second post with a note about why. I need a tally.....
» 8/08/2007 3:04:33 PM Seeing as part of the topic is on second guessing how CJ Morgans mind works I'll take a pu.....
» 8/08/2007 7:49:09 AM CJ Morgan, the evidence you refer to be would be rather inconvenient for Boazy so it's bet.....
» 7/08/2007 1:30:05 PM I do wonder how much of Boazzy's intent is about concern for the well being of kids growin.....
» 7/08/2007 12:22:02 PM "And author’s like Kathy Lette have to be studied, to find out why feminist write boo.....
» 7/08/2007 9:16:54 AM V.Amberlee, I hope they don't remove it. Stay and join in the discussion. Agreed that ther.....
» 7/08/2007 9:00:42 AM PALE, try a rewrite - here I'll give it a go to help. "Paying towards your kids is n.....
» 6/08/2007 3:52:19 PM Country Gal, and I'm thinking more in terms of the city than the country. To long since I'.....
» 6/08/2007 8:42:49 AM PALE, "For goodness sake you cant tell people where to live Robert." No PALE I d.....
» 5/08/2007 10:37:28 PM Country Gal, I'm assuming that you mean locations which are so far apart that dropping kid.....
» 5/08/2007 3:22:57 PM Don't you hate that. The second part of the first line of my previous post should have rea.....
» 5/08/2007 3:20:57 PM V.Amberlee, welcome. I do hope you will be joining in discussions on the site and using it.....
» 5/08/2007 11:11:54 AM CJ Morgan, we may get that article if we can track down a christain organisation doing a s.....
» 5/08/2007 8:16:19 AM "IT WOULD BE THE SAME concerns if the party involved were Hindu, Christian, or Calath.....
» 4/08/2007 8:38:02 AM HRS, thats a really weak strawman argument. Very few feminists have tried to use the logic.....
» 3/08/2007 12:56:11 PM HRS - "Office of Women (which is an Office that has no males in it)." - are you .....
» 1/08/2007 6:14:29 PM yvonne, thank you very well said. Did you read the intro page to the site. Their was ano.....
» 1/08/2007 5:57:22 PM HRS, "how many of those males are aboriginal, research how many are there on drug rel.....
» 31/07/2007 8:49:51 PM HRS, we are drifting off topic again. Clearly some feminists do what you suggest but to cl.....
» 31/07/2007 7:28:16 PM Maggies willingness to consider other points of view is expressed on her website "WH.....
» 31/07/2007 6:25:18 PM StG, as many victims of DV will testify it's not always as simple as walking away. There a.....
» 30/07/2007 6:31:49 PM HRS, I think I've been more heavy handed in that last post than I would prefer to be. Righ.....
» 30/07/2007 6:09:26 PM StG "Obviously domestic violence is wrong. We all know it." - unfortunately we d.....
» 30/07/2007 10:58:36 AM DEMOS, when you can be seen as the guilty one if you defend yourself it's not about who is.....
» 29/07/2007 9:43:47 PM HRS, "That would be femcrime, and the author could be thrown out of feminism." -.....
» 29/07/2007 6:57:30 PM I've just seen yet another Commonwealth Bank advertisement which shows a man being hit by .....
» 29/07/2007 6:02:44 PM Oliver, Pericles don't you guys get it yet! When it's BD's god involved then the things th.....
» 28/07/2007 4:07:10 PM BD, I forgot to address a point from your post that always fascinates me. "It just s.....
» 28/07/2007 12:03:54 PM BD, I've not got any interest in doing a bible study on your terms. Your arguments sideste.....
» 27/07/2007 7:11:43 PM MLK, thanks for the links. The US article was very good. It reinforces the point made earl.....
» 26/07/2007 3:51:48 PM Rhian, very well said. All to often we appear blind to the failings of the "side".....
» 26/07/2007 2:56:41 PM Philo that is yet another approach to isolating the violence in the bible from the modern .....
» 26/07/2007 8:05:04 AM BD, perhaps it would be easier for us all to work together to root out the extremists if y.....
» 25/07/2007 9:01:39 PM MLK, I'm not sure if I expressed myself unclearly or if you have misread my post. I choose.....
» 25/07/2007 3:11:59 PM There seem to be two main approaches we can take to the article. 1/ It's just an excuse to.....
» 24/07/2007 10:11:36 PM Lev, I've not read all the way through the Japanese study but the other two were very inte.....
» 24/07/2007 7:22:54 PM vivy, well said. We should be taking into account the gender of perpetrators but also the .....
» 23/07/2007 7:55:52 PM This is an issue where degree's seem to be significant. When does nagging cross over from .....
» 23/07/2007 6:00:49 PM Cornflower well said. The author sees hard core pawn as a cause rather than an effect. Ar.....
» 22/07/2007 9:02:05 PM Some links http://family.jrank.org/pages/1194/Nagging-Complaining-Effects-Complaining-on-.....
» 20/07/2007 8:00:21 AM PALE, well said. By the time you can actually get a divorce it seems that most people are .....
» 19/07/2007 12:04:58 AM HasBeen, "if he tries to charge us, for our own water, in our own systems, he will fi.....
» 18/07/2007 3:32:05 PM I'm wondering what liability governments (or their departments) accept when they claim own.....
» 17/07/2007 1:53:17 PM Aime, a two horse race for the ministerial leather but there are other players trying for .....
» 16/07/2007 9:40:35 PM Kyle Aaron, very funny posts - thanks. I'm wondering if the US will follow suit and charg.....
» 16/07/2007 9:15:41 PM yvonne, thanks and well said. I recall the large number of adds I used to get via email so.....
» 15/07/2007 10:08:12 PM Romany, interest based outings and activities do seem like a much better approach than meg.....
» 14/07/2007 12:42:08 PM Firstly I think the Democrats need to work out what they want their role in the parliment .....
» 12/07/2007 6:17:07 PM One development in RSVP's services which I think is a step in the right direction is the e.....
» 11/07/2007 10:40:20 PM Romany, your post was not taken that way. I read you expressing a viewpoint and not direct.....
» 11/07/2007 9:43:49 PM Belly, I've searched and not found out who describes you in those colourfull terms. Was th.....
» 11/07/2007 9:15:45 PM I've had a browse back through some of the authors other articles on OLO to see if my impr.....
» 11/07/2007 8:32:23 PM Belly, there is a significant difference between close contact and no contact. I've not ob.....
» 9/07/2007 9:24:28 PM Oliver, that's old territory for BD and I. Probably a pointless response, we've been over .....
» 9/07/2007 9:09:53 PM Whilst I think to many of us place too much importance on physical appearance it is a real.....
» 9/07/2007 6:00:01 PM Belly, I know that most are not as bad as the ETU was in the 80's. True my main examples .....
» 9/07/2007 10:18:51 AM BD, I notice you again narrowed the field to Jesus. I assume that you won't accept example.....
» 9/07/2007 8:43:34 AM Belly. I am currently a union member - basically paying protection money. I'm informed tha.....
» 8/07/2007 5:43:45 PM I wonder what the legals are regarding conflict of interest when Union officials are membe.....
» 5/07/2007 10:05:58 PM MLK, "I don’t buy the fashionable gender-political rhetoric " - I don't see it a.....
» 5/07/2007 6:28:49 AM Thanks Debbie, Mellanie and other sex workers providing some reality to the discussion. T.....
» 4/07/2007 9:35:53 PM HRS, you forget Amanda Vanstone. Clearly an example of men voting based on her looks (I mi.....
» 3/07/2007 3:55:13 PM There are plenty of ways of putting an opponent off their game, kicking them in the privat.....
» 2/07/2007 8:03:50 PM Looking around at other articles on this topic a couple of points came up - The techniqu.....
» 30/06/2007 8:45:37 AM George, not "anti-religious" rather as balanced as we can make it. That will be .....
» 29/06/2007 5:41:39 PM TurnRightThenLeft "The thing is - the government can only step in in extreme circumst.....
» 29/06/2007 3:47:49 PM Billy I did touch on conditions but admittedly was not thinking of the risks of assault. I.....
» 29/06/2007 1:25:55 PM billy - you and others ask why the rest of society is not fighting to get those jobs. Some.....
» 28/06/2007 9:14:25 AM David, maybe the problem is not the lack of ability to measure but the objectivity of thos.....
» 26/06/2007 5:55:51 PM Liz, I can accept the idea that some of the problem of sexual abuse may be from miners but.....
» 26/06/2007 5:26:14 PM runner, an interesting perspective on the debate. I've not read any posts which I would in.....
» 26/06/2007 12:07:53 PM I found the wording of "put an end to the abusive practice of sexual exploitation of .....
» 26/06/2007 8:39:31 AM BD, as you said "May I also remind you that I am no more selective than a lawyer who .....
» 25/06/2007 5:52:16 PM I recently came across some material supposedly put together from comments by sex workers .....
» 22/06/2007 9:10:29 PM Pericles, safe travels. R0bert.....
» 21/06/2007 7:37:50 PM Belly' "An understanding of workchoices and its true impacts now and the future if un.....
» 21/06/2007 7:23:05 PM Belly unfortunately true. I guess I'm not optimistic of substantial change anytime soon (a.....
» 21/06/2007 6:54:51 PM Funny thing about the lying rodent is that most of us appear to feel fairly safe to say ba.....
» 20/06/2007 8:40:21 AM Belly, "And the kids he loves will learn to forget him" I don't know what resea.....
» 19/06/2007 8:55:59 PM I suspect that the perception of arrogance on the part of Howard and his ministers is a si.....
» 19/06/2007 8:05:30 PM Part 2 iv. Do children maintain contact on a regular basis with both their parents and oth.....
» 19/06/2007 7:57:56 PM Ian, the students at your college have been busy using this site. It's generating some int.....
» 19/06/2007 7:27:39 PM Communicat, agreed. Sorry if I've misread your earlier posts. I'm somewhat over the public.....
» 19/06/2007 12:56:59 PM The point about people minimising their income to reduce child support liability has had m.....
» 18/06/2007 5:45:07 PM Communicat, "One of the difficulties is the irresponsible group (and I have no idea h.....
» 18/06/2007 3:42:24 PM Scrapnmafia, I'm not convinced that significant gender bias does not exist in CSA but do a.....
» 18/06/2007 10:20:05 AM BD, in answer to your question - probably. The writings of your nearest and dearest about .....
» 18/06/2007 9:26:02 AM Spanky, scale back your question to the life of us mortals. Ever spent money that could h.....
» 18/06/2007 8:25:13 AM I don't believe that the scheme is "fair" for anybody. Least of all the kids it .....
» 13/06/2007 10:56:48 AM Off topic but Liz's claim regarding men being the initiators of seperation requires correc.....
» 11/06/2007 7:36:40 PM sajo, "I would like to assume that any elected member of parliament is able to make d.....
» 11/06/2007 7:12:26 PM Against - Australia faces little obvious threat of a broad scale missile attack. - Deve.....
» 5/06/2007 7:23:41 PM Sancho: "I am happy to support (or make) any statement which increases suspicion or h.....
» 5/06/2007 9:50:35 AM Mick, goodthief, thanks for your responses. I clearly take a different view to Mick on som.....
» 4/06/2007 9:53:57 PM TurnRightThenLeft, it's all right we can blame the drought on the increase in fundy religi.....
» 4/06/2007 8:27:44 PM CJ Morgan, "At least he's not blaming it on the Q'uran and/or Muslims... yet." -.....
» 4/06/2007 8:15:10 PM Interesting to see such different perspectives on the USA. I've been there twice now and m.....
» 3/06/2007 9:35:39 PM Celivia, I don't think that there is a secret agenda. Most anti-choice christains have p.....
» 2/06/2007 5:11:53 PM Pericles, if I may speak in my defence. I'm not the only one who has noticed some rather b.....
» 2/06/2007 5:03:46 PM Daniel what I saw looks like you are using a strawman to push your POV. Following what a.....
» 1/06/2007 1:23:00 PM Daniel, the basic difference here seems to be the difference in understanding of when a fe.....
» 1/06/2007 9:28:14 AM Celivia, its been set up by "Answers in Genesis" http://www.smh.com.au/articles.....
» 1/06/2007 8:52:17 AM "I show you verse after verse of hate mongering in the Quran, and you write these off.....
» 31/05/2007 7:00:10 PM BD, last time I checked your faith made me a target of divine wrath because I do not happe.....
» 31/05/2007 1:34:14 PM Aime, in the school situations more money for resourcing behavioural facilities can make a.....
» 31/05/2007 12:42:09 PM Celivia, thanks for the link to the Flat Earth Society. I don't think that one is serious .....
» 31/05/2007 12:10:00 PM Aime, "Perhaps if corporal was re-introduced to schools under certain conditions, it .....
» 31/05/2007 8:31:03 AM Young Dan - a suggestion. Calm down a bit, take some time a write out your concerns more c.....
» 30/05/2007 8:37:13 PM Aime, one concern I would have is that once you go down that track it is but a very short .....
» 30/05/2007 4:01:42 PM Time for some detailed and exhaustive research on this guy (well a quick run with Google)......
» 30/05/2007 1:56:35 PM Peter, treat it as nailing my colours to the wall - given the rest of the content of the p.....
» 29/05/2007 9:09:46 PM runners comment reminded me of the longstanding attacks on Ammanda Vanstone regarding her .....
» 29/05/2007 8:53:38 PM BD - "Please don't ask me again about God in the Old Testament and the Jesus of the N.....
» 29/05/2007 7:44:03 PM Has anybody else seen the John Safron show where he conducts a man in the street quiz rega.....
» 29/05/2007 7:00:52 PM Celivia, "They should know by now that a ban on abortions is ineffective. " - pu.....
» 29/05/2007 1:54:44 PM trade, lighten up and enjoy the fact that the author has challenged the cry of "sexis.....
» 29/05/2007 10:16:14 AM Celivia, I've been thinking about your question to the anti-choicers. None seem to have ha.....
» 29/05/2007 7:12:14 AM Pericles, "why should we be scared of people like this, and what they might say?".....
» 28/05/2007 8:36:35 AM BD - "1/ I choose to see the evil in the 'fundamenal documentary foundation' of Isla.....
» 27/05/2007 9:21:48 PM thinks4self, it's not just the schools themselves but ancillary services. Government fundi.....
» 27/05/2007 8:46:01 PM BD, "You need to learn to separate 'getting me' from 'truth'. " or better still.....
» 27/05/2007 8:29:19 AM Liz, at least she is providing some basis for her views. You continue to make claims that .....
» 25/05/2007 8:59:05 PM BD, I watched the clip (complete with dramatic music in the background). I'll assume that .....
» 25/05/2007 7:18:44 PM freediver - "and probably introduce irrational funding decisions." Sorry too la.....
» 25/05/2007 8:08:21 AM Liz you are rather fond of saying that things that things which are all to often true are .....
» 24/05/2007 10:43:31 PM yvonne, I appear to have misunderstood your intent in making that comment. There is a st.....
» 24/05/2007 8:12:56 AM yvonne, "Any man who does not want the risk of paying for the upkeep of an unwanted o.....
» 23/05/2007 12:49:07 PM "Democrat senator Andrew Murray has gone further in a bill proposing that only ad cam.....
» 22/05/2007 9:34:39 PM Celivia, I take your point about risk but I think we differ on our perceptions of the leve.....
» 22/05/2007 12:55:35 PM chainsmoker, in the light of public disclosure (and an election year) they have stopped th.....
» 21/05/2007 7:05:31 PM I suppose people unable to get medical treatment that they need to stay alive will be plea.....
» 21/05/2007 3:53:43 PM Celivia, I liked the first of that two part post but disagree with much of the second. I'.....
» 21/05/2007 12:10:05 PM It's interesting to see how pollies consider listening to a slightly different set of grou.....
» 20/05/2007 2:57:13 PM goodthief, no offence taken, your approach to discussion is a refreshing change from what .....
» 19/05/2007 7:03:35 AM Spanky, it's not much in the media here. Much bigger issues facing the country lately. I a.....
» 19/05/2007 6:04:43 AM Liz, I'm trying to work out if you are deliberatly lying or just believe the propaganda. I.....
» 18/05/2007 5:24:42 PM SPANKY "I notice many people keep roos as pets" - where did you see that. Probab.....
» 18/05/2007 10:37:54 AM alanpoi, well said. I strongly favor a move to better use of food sources which fit better.....
» 18/05/2007 9:36:35 AM A simple solution to contentious government funded programs. Make the funding for them op.....
» 17/05/2007 10:01:20 PM goodthief, "I don't think sex is the solution to all the awful woes that afflict peop.....
» 17/05/2007 8:24:16 PM Liz, this is drifting further off topic but "Dads that shared parenting during marria.....
» 17/05/2007 2:00:10 PM BD, you really do make this difficult :( . When you bought your pear tree why did you cho.....
» 17/05/2007 8:30:47 AM sharkfin, you seem to be pushing the line that women get left holding the baby by men that.....
» 16/05/2007 9:33:38 PM HRS, I'm surprised you missed what might be a significant finding of the results given you.....
» 16/05/2007 5:59:14 PM Celivia, there does seem to be some confusion about that. You will notice that the first s.....
» 16/05/2007 1:02:57 PM I've been pondering the central premise of the article. The government probably would not .....
» 16/05/2007 12:30:10 PM This is all getting so confusing. I'll try and summarise BD's points as I see them - By .....
» 15/05/2007 10:08:00 PM Men can't win on this one. On the one hand we have "After that, women started to bec.....
» 15/05/2007 7:39:08 PM The issue of self interest may be a factor, the risks associated with dobbing another but .....
» 15/05/2007 6:59:12 PM Celivia, "Why would the Pope have threatened politicians in the first place? There mu.....
» 15/05/2007 8:43:51 AM Oliver, " Cost of living is another factor. Someone living in Amidale does have to pa.....
» 14/05/2007 1:57:36 PM Yabby "Dickie, men dislike condoms for much the same reasons as you girls dislike sho.....
» 14/05/2007 1:42:21 PM Celivia, "Abbott is not the only politician tainted by fundamentalist Christian “mora.....
» 14/05/2007 9:16:31 AM Pericles, well written. BD, "I've raised the alarm over Islam sufficiently so as not.....
» 13/05/2007 9:33:42 PM Dickie, yet more blaming men for everything. Are you trying to gives JamesH ammunition? &.....
» 13/05/2007 8:29:11 PM rainer, I don't understand your complaint. Would you prefer the rants of the religious f.....
» 13/05/2007 9:28:57 AM Dickie, "During the eighties, my research revealed 73% of estranged fathers failed to.....
» 11/05/2007 9:21:08 PM Whilst I agreed with Jocelynne's main points I found myself annoyed by aspects of her word.....
» 11/05/2007 5:43:37 PM Country Gal, I'd be trying to remember the number that went with RU all afternoon ;(. I'.....
» 11/05/2007 1:05:17 PM Country Gal, that gets a lot trickier where his powers give him discression. As minister h.....
» 11/05/2007 12:35:39 PM Realist, "How is it different from an ad on tv? the only thing is it is more interper.....
» 11/05/2007 11:52:58 AM I've put a request to start a new general thread in regarding what I perceive as a conflic.....
» 11/05/2007 11:31:20 AM Comments by the Pope on a Latin American visit regarding politicians and abortion leave me.....
» 11/05/2007 10:28:12 AM palimpsest, thanks - the points you make are worth remembering. There is hope for the fut.....
» 11/05/2007 9:43:13 AM BD, "If '1' is your choice, then let me introduce you to your prophets Neitzche, Sar.....
» 10/05/2007 6:14:07 PM Rebekka, which ABS study are you refering to? The ones I've seen suggest a close correlati.....
» 10/05/2007 11:58:42 AM And the Oxymorons begin "noble self, Boazy" ;) R0bert.....
» 10/05/2007 8:18:58 AM pegasus, I was thinking the other day that I'd like to see independant coverage of the maj.....
» 10/05/2007 8:01:28 AM I've not been in the situation you are in so I can't speak from experience on that. The .....
» 8/05/2007 10:26:25 PM Rebekka, "We should be encouraging SHARED responsiblity for these things through good.....
» 8/05/2007 7:10:21 PM I'd prefer to see more use of food sources which fit this land. I'd rather see us keep a.....
» 8/05/2007 1:58:49 PM To those opposed to the idea of the bill Can you please explain your objection to the ide.....
» 3/05/2007 6:59:23 PM What seems to have been missed in this debate is the element of truth in the comments - po.....
» 3/05/2007 6:56:01 PM Daniel06, thanks for your comments. I'm still at the stage of trying to work out what is.....
» 2/05/2007 9:57:10 PM Ronnie, "Whatever, we do we cannot risk introducing more people to addiction." -.....
» 2/05/2007 1:49:05 PM Ronnie, "Prohibition is a method; whereas minimising harm is an outcome. To be truly .....
» 1/05/2007 8:52:49 PM Declaration of interest - I've never used illicit drugs, never smoked and drink very light.....
» 1/05/2007 6:34:38 PM Peppy - have you no shame. Comparing the mighty 42 with a measly 13 1/2, sad. TurnRightTh.....
» 1/05/2007 3:51:53 PM Bugsy, there is a view that BD does not think that the bibles demands for behaviour have c.....
» 1/05/2007 3:37:26 PM Those seem more like goals than meaning. Is meaning always necessary? Is "42" a.....
» 30/04/2007 2:11:32 PM Alanpoi, " to have a war you need at least 2 armies, a patch of dirt to fight over,so.....
» 27/04/2007 9:32:58 AM BD, "I also point to certain religious elements as being equally dangerous, because o.....
» 26/04/2007 10:37:23 PM jmAD, thanks for letting us know. R0bert.....
» 26/04/2007 7:38:16 PM ronnie, "marriage we must never "walk away" without exploring every way of .....
» 26/04/2007 7:11:17 PM Ronnie, "Parents who are firm and fair and only smack when absolutely necessary –not .....
» 26/04/2007 10:08:03 AM Rainer, I found it - the posted link was missing a "p". http://survival-interna.....
» 26/04/2007 9:08:55 AM Rainer, I'm not sure what happened but I got a file not found error at the link you posted.....
» 25/04/2007 9:54:42 PM Celivia, I still don't see any good reasons for singling smacking out. Pretty much every a.....
» 22/04/2007 10:10:02 PM Henery, there are exceptions but in most cases I have some choice about who gets my money......
» 22/04/2007 7:35:22 AM Johnny Rotten, maybe you are missing the point. My ex had no responsibity to discipline me.....
» 22/04/2007 7:00:10 AM aqvarivs, can you expand on that please. Not sure if it's the Sunday morning slowness but .....
» 20/04/2007 1:49:56 PM Celivia, attitudes to this probably depend on how bad you perceive smacking to be. I'm som.....
» 19/04/2007 10:08:27 PM Celivia, I think a part of the frustration with the Nanny State thing comes from the bit t.....
» 19/04/2007 12:39:05 PM I've posted this on the Nanny state article as well but the Courier Mail had a relevant ar.....
» 19/04/2007 12:37:08 PM An article in the Courier mail today with some bearing on the topic. http://www.news.com......
» 18/04/2007 9:02:45 PM Celivia, I'm not close enough to it to know how the screening works but have gathered some.....
» 17/04/2007 7:31:57 PM JH, much clearer thanks. I don't consider corporal punishment as necessarily inflicting bo.....
» 16/04/2007 8:46:14 PM JHH, I'd be interested to see the independant research backing your statement "usuall.....
» 16/04/2007 7:50:19 PM Fickle Pickle, you said "There is no difference between the money I give as taxes an.....
» 15/04/2007 8:05:54 PM Celivia, Rainier, good points. I've not done the double checks but my recollection is that.....
» 14/04/2007 9:24:36 PM Rob, have you read Patricia Pearsons book "When She Was Bad"? Patricia covers t.....
» 14/04/2007 9:17:25 PM Rainer, thanks for the info. Similar to what I'd seen previously through the Abused Child .....
» 13/04/2007 10:09:53 PM Bronywn, I agree that we are all impacted by the way some individuals are portrayed, not b.....
» 12/04/2007 8:58:31 PM Mirko, I liked most of what you had to say. The basic premise is a good one (and applies t.....
» 12/04/2007 7:19:22 PM My recollections of canings at school are of punishments handed out at the wrong time, the.....
» 10/04/2007 7:33:22 PM Bronywn, I'm largly in agreement with your last post but suspect that your comment "T.....
» 9/04/2007 2:21:54 PM Based on the account David gives us of his welcome the thread might better have been title.....
» 5/04/2007 8:38:34 PM BD, I didn't suggest that extremists set the agenda (although when moderates don't speak u.....
» 5/04/2007 8:16:22 PM yvonne, very well put. R0bert.....
» 3/04/2007 9:49:14 AM Bill's article is I hope a set of massive exagerations. From what I've seen I doubt that H.....
» 1/04/2007 8:44:21 PM Rob513264, it probably depends which part of feminism you are comparing with which part of.....
» 28/03/2007 8:22:53 PM Given our state governments track record my confidence in the integrity of the treatment s.....
» 26/03/2007 8:54:09 PM Celivia, just to clarify I am very opposed to penalties due to a failure to prove an alleg.....
» 25/03/2007 10:32:02 PM Leamick, welcome to the thread. Do you have any comment on the views put forward so far a.....
» 25/03/2007 8:00:52 PM Celivia, thanks for the info on the source of the article. I rarely post links to fathers/.....
» 24/03/2007 6:08:19 PM OnlyOne, I'm not sure if it's relevent to your views about Ronnie or not but I think that .....
» 24/03/2007 2:04:43 PM aqvarivs, "None of the men I know are interested in any women who behaves like that. .....
» 23/03/2007 2:26:51 PM Ronnie, you made the comment to Celivia, "A direct comparison of the pain is offensiv.....
» 22/03/2007 8:25:39 AM aqvarivs, well said. The tone of the post left me wondering if the daughters are chastise.....
» 21/03/2007 9:44:54 PM chainsmoker, good post. I'm still trying to make sense of why the choices of some indicate.....
» 21/03/2007 8:24:51 PM Max, I'm struggling to work out how to respond to the debate you have become embroiled in......
» 21/03/2007 7:58:44 PM Ronnie, thanks for the apology. I do agree with a lot of your last two posts. I'm still of.....
» 20/03/2007 8:18:54 PM Ronnie, "Both are bad, both happen - a comparison of the two is inflammatory and unhe.....
» 19/03/2007 6:15:42 PM For the record I'll post the orignal comment from the Newsworthy Rape thread which got me .....
» 19/03/2007 9:39:40 AM Interestingly I found myself with a Labor recommendation. From what I could find it was on.....
» 19/03/2007 9:18:23 AM Max, I don't enjoy this process much - you seem to be in a very difficult place but your f.....
» 17/03/2007 7:45:20 AM Celivia, welcome back. I've pondered the original topic a bit in light of Lizzy's comment.....
» 16/03/2007 6:01:58 PM onlyone, Lizzy - I'm trying to get my head around where your argument has come from. From .....
» 15/03/2007 9:06:55 PM Max, on the add issue it was my impression from what I'd read that it was taken off the ai.....
» 15/03/2007 8:14:49 PM When I've considered this issue the treatment of jurors seems like a significant factor. F.....
» 14/03/2007 9:48:55 PM James there are area's of male behaviour which are being freed up as well. It's much easie.....
» 14/03/2007 8:03:39 PM I was intrigued by the comment "At the swearing-in of the new parliament in 2004, fu.....
» 14/03/2007 12:50:33 PM There was an interesting piece in the Courier Mail yesterday which I've not been able to l.....
» 14/03/2007 7:58:07 AM Man at home, Sharkfin seemed to be attepting genuine comment in the post rather than just .....
» 13/03/2007 7:10:27 PM I've not done the stay at home dad thing (other than for specific days) but my experience .....
» 12/03/2007 8:43:49 AM Maxximo, I disagree with the views expressed in the last post but don't condem. I disagree.....
» 7/03/2007 12:20:58 PM Many of the suggestions Mary makes are good but maybe we would make more progress by stopp.....
» 6/03/2007 1:29:05 PM I found the following comments interesting in a thread supposedly lamenting "playing .....
» 6/03/2007 8:58:23 AM The point that Julie makes about the pain suffered by rape victims not being believed (as .....
» 1/03/2007 8:29:24 PM Maxximo, if you are allowed to go public with this I'd wait until you've worked past that .....
» 1/03/2007 1:24:44 PM Once again a basic failure to differentiate acts between consenting adults and acts with a.....
» 27/02/2007 9:09:27 PM Lizzie, sorry about the delay in response to your comments - I've been having a think abou.....
» 27/02/2007 7:52:27 PM Maxximo, I've gained the impression that the staunchest defenders of the kind of bias whic.....
» 26/02/2007 8:27:48 PM I'll second TurnRightThenLeft's recent post. For those accusing OLO of biased censorship .....
» 26/02/2007 3:20:26 PM Celivia, maybe rather than disqualifying somebody it would reduce their priority on any wa.....
» 25/02/2007 5:01:36 PM One part of this issue has been playing on my mind all afternoon. What are the options re.....
» 25/02/2007 7:57:25 AM Maxximo, thanks for telling your story. Can I suggest that you get a referal to see a psy.....
» 23/02/2007 9:14:54 PM YngNLuvnIt, from what I've seen of your posts you do seem to support personal choice and f.....
» 23/02/2007 9:06:51 AM If the authors comments are true then the situation he describes represent a sad state of .....
» 22/02/2007 8:51:09 PM Celivia, thanks again for a thoughtfull post. I wish a few of the anti-feminist crowd you .....
» 22/02/2007 1:16:41 PM So Bazz how do you treat handicapped (everybody else read different) people? Are you with.....
» 22/02/2007 1:04:17 PM cornflower, nicely done. The timer can be very frustrating when you realise that you may h.....
» 21/02/2007 7:10:39 PM Cornflower, you missed the joke but that did not mean that it was not there. If you had pa.....
» 21/02/2007 6:44:33 PM Is Mise, agreed for an actual attack but not for the fear of attack (and there is a middle.....
» 21/02/2007 8:25:56 AM onlyone, hopefully you will have a better reception here. There are other issues with a s.....
» 20/02/2007 6:50:29 PM Romany, I hope you are feeling better. Don't forget those who read but don't post, there w.....
» 20/02/2007 11:54:19 AM ybgirp, I found your post rather sad. Whilst I see your point about not wanting to help t.....
» 20/02/2007 11:05:12 AM Is Mise "Can you tell me if there is any way that a slightly built woman can protect .....
» 20/02/2007 10:38:40 AM onlyone, thanks for putting a human face to this issue. Your post sent shivers through me .....
» 20/02/2007 8:43:01 AM Celivia, thanks and very well said. I'm nervous about the idea of punishments for false a.....
» 19/02/2007 10:44:01 AM I find it a significant concern when a paper on a topic starts out with an acknowledgement.....
» 18/02/2007 8:44:46 PM It's probably drifting off topic but I found a Family Court document that might be of inte.....
» 18/02/2007 7:23:15 PM Sharkfin - "The fact that there have been no massacres since gun laws were introduced.....
» 18/02/2007 7:17:03 PM Rob, I'm not sure what has happened to the law but a document on the ALRC website is worth.....
» 16/02/2007 1:16:16 PM Ronnie, to clarify a point you made "One more thing RObert. I may have read you wrong.....
» 15/02/2007 10:49:26 PM Rob the stuff I've seen suggests that around 30%+ of those who get paternity testing done .....
» 15/02/2007 10:36:43 PM The Medicare office in the Brisbane CBD has the forms which made it easy for me to get one.....
» 15/02/2007 9:47:05 PM I find it interesting that no one appears to have picked up on what to me is a central poi.....
» 15/02/2007 4:00:58 PM Celivia, thanks for your words of support. Somehow ronnie and I seem to have got stuck in .....
» 15/02/2007 8:40:27 AM James, do you recall the section in the last couple of pages of The Myth of Male Power whe.....
» 14/02/2007 7:22:15 PM ronnie, a much more reasonable post that the one on the "Newsworthy Rape" thread.....
» 14/02/2007 3:50:17 PM Belly, the problem is the difficulty in differentiating between lack of evidence and a fal.....
» 13/02/2007 9:31:55 PM Maximus, you charmer you, trying to win the discussion with charm and witt. I agree with .....
» 13/02/2007 8:42:51 PM spendocrat, sorry I missed your post yesterday. I agree that you can't effectively compare.....
» 13/02/2007 6:23:27 PM I've only skimmed the following documents so far but all seem to be interesting (even if p.....
» 13/02/2007 3:10:47 PM Celivia, William Farrell quotes a US air force study which found a rate of at least 60%. 2.....
» 13/02/2007 1:03:04 PM TurnRightThenLeft, I was interested in one of your earlier comments "Actually, I'm m.....
» 13/02/2007 11:51:29 AM Jolanda, do you have opportunity to shop elsewhere? If so ask the butcher if they have non.....
» 13/02/2007 9:46:43 AM Lizzie4, good point. I've thought of the discussion as a take up of the subthread on the.....
» 12/02/2007 10:37:43 PM aqvarivs, I'm not sure if you are talking about the proportion of false claims or the impa.....
» 12/02/2007 3:20:09 PM Lizzie, I tend to think that would have the reverse effect. I doubt that many believe that.....
» 12/02/2007 10:15:43 AM Part 2 or the excert "But when Grover returned from jail, his own son was afraid to .....
» 12/02/2007 9:05:36 AM Rhys, as another former christian I've found that the idea of a parents love as a comparis.....
» 12/02/2007 8:25:37 AM The issue of the impact of false allegations of rape on the accussed is an important one b.....
» 12/02/2007 8:11:49 AM One of the article discussion threads has developed a sub thread around the impact of a fa.....
» 11/02/2007 8:35:43 PM BD, "Perhaps we are trying to understand 1st century imagery through 21st century eye.....
» 11/02/2007 8:29:03 PM aqvarivs, I loved the closing comments of that article - thanks. "Warren Farrell, ma.....
» 11/02/2007 6:21:03 PM Romany, I hope your right but find it unlikely. BTW as far I'm aware Ronnie is male - some.....
» 11/02/2007 6:03:17 PM aqvarivs, I'm working my way through "The Myth of Male Power" at the moment. The.....
» 10/02/2007 7:46:55 AM ronnie, you are getting rather tiresome with your pathetic attacks. I have continued to tr.....
» 10/02/2007 7:33:35 AM "This is not at all like the example of Mohammed slicing and dicing the camel thieves.....
» 10/02/2007 7:22:01 AM coach, "Accept Jesus and you are saved NOW and for Eternity – Don’t and you will b.....
» 9/02/2007 3:59:04 PM BD, "I simply point out that the 'initiator' in those verses you supplied is God, not.....
» 9/02/2007 1:44:00 PM Ronnie, I'm hoping that you have misunderstood my point. "So, for Wollstonecraft , t.....
» 9/02/2007 9:45:02 AM seether, I've not been the victim of either but I'm also not convinced that a false accusa.....
» 8/02/2007 8:58:02 PM aqvarivs, even if you take out 42% it seems unlikely that men gat raped in the general com.....
» 8/02/2007 2:54:51 PM And what is god's loving plan for those who see things a bit differently A sampling I pre.....
» 8/02/2007 1:46:53 PM spendocrat, sorry about that. Sometimes I'd like to see some of those posts kept up so oth.....
» 8/02/2007 12:48:51 PM JSP1488, as it seems important to you my skin tones are somewhat pale and I'm rather proud.....
» 8/02/2007 10:09:43 AM billie, I've learned to assume that when when someone says what a load of rubish something.....
» 8/02/2007 9:57:49 AM Ronnie, "She goes on to point out that women have been coerced into behaving in a par.....
» 8/02/2007 9:09:21 AM ena very well put. R0bert.....
» 7/02/2007 10:28:42 PM "only groups which intend to constitute a new government by force should be outlawed......
» 7/02/2007 8:18:30 PM "What we strongly object is that you impose your nonsense on the rest of humanity.&qu.....
» 7/02/2007 10:26:34 AM incubi, from what I've seen the short term results look better for the religious schools b.....
» 6/02/2007 11:53:34 PM "A moral code which elevates individual rights and worships abstract notions above th.....
» 6/02/2007 3:15:16 PM James, "Bettina Arndt wrote an article that in Australia the men who are least likely.....
» 6/02/2007 10:04:51 AM ena, can I suggest that you have a read of William Farrells book "The Myth of Male Po.....
» 5/02/2007 4:11:49 PM runner, "for God to have His rightful place in this nation " amen to that but I .....
» 30/01/2007 8:56:08 AM Trade, Romany does have a point. You went for a personal attack rather than discussing the.....
» 28/01/2007 9:35:49 PM Petal, "And I'm sure there were countless other, similar, examples" - I doubt th.....
» 28/01/2007 1:48:38 PM I finally got around to reading this article and the expected round of posts. I like Cir.....
» 27/01/2007 5:02:44 PM David, "In Australia we do not give citizens a financial advantage over non-citizens,.....
» 25/01/2007 7:51:05 AM Belly, firstly you will find the posting rules vary between the article and general pages......
» 24/01/2007 9:36:06 PM James good point. I did the Google search and many of the most interesting pieces were pay.....
» 24/01/2007 7:54:15 PM ybgirp, do you know of any way of stopping faith and politics mixing? I'd prefer to have a.....
» 24/01/2007 3:40:25 PM mickijo, any group which can raise the funds and necessary number of supporters to registe.....
» 23/01/2007 10:19:22 PM Celivia, is this the one you wanted http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=4.....
» 23/01/2007 9:01:41 PM Celiva, "We, women and homosexuals are very good at multitasking, after all ;+)".....
» 23/01/2007 7:03:28 PM dozer, very well said in that second last post. I was pleased to read Cristy's perspective.....
» 23/01/2007 2:00:09 PM Country Gal "We dont live in a State where it is acceptable to force an individual to.....
» 23/01/2007 9:26:38 AM I'm going to be interested to see who the republicans put up. My impression is that they h.....
» 22/01/2007 8:55:32 PM James, I think that you do Ena an injustice. I've been involved in discussions with her fo.....
» 19/01/2007 10:37:33 AM Leigh, I do think that there is still an issue for many aboriginal people in getting past .....
» 19/01/2007 8:42:40 AM Rainer, in my view equality is more about the opportunities rather than the outcomes. Even.....
» 18/01/2007 9:49:50 PM Cristy, if I've misunderstoof you then it is unintentional. Your article seems to suggest .....
» 18/01/2007 9:27:44 PM James whilst a corrupt system does not excuse violence I suspect that a fairer family law .....
» 18/01/2007 1:39:42 PM Country Girl good suggestion, one I've pondered at times but lacked the confidence in my w.....
» 17/01/2007 7:04:43 PM James I'd not seen that article previously but I have posted links to a summary of the par.....
» 17/01/2007 12:20:42 PM Audrey, "those that don't have any interest can be nothing but bad fathers" - I'.....
» 16/01/2007 11:20:21 PM Philo, your not going to try that wasting sperm thing again are you? If so we could try .....
» 16/01/2007 11:08:53 PM audrey, good comments. I've been pondering the article and trying to see if I've misunder.....
» 16/01/2007 8:32:29 AM I suspect that a lot of people see the symptoms of a desire not to be imposed on by those .....
» 15/01/2007 10:11:40 AM IAIN, "or sexual activity that does not put sperm where it will find the ova" - .....
» 13/01/2007 7:48:39 PM snout, you mentioned root causes of homopobia. I've often wondered how much of it has to d.....
» 12/01/2007 5:36:22 PM "likely red-necks and likely supporters of the child abusers howard et al, whose only.....
» 11/01/2007 10:11:02 PM Snout, no sorry I don't. I think it was on SBS on a weeknight but am not sure. I've had a .....
» 11/01/2007 8:17:36 PM grn, are you nit picking (they have to strap bombs to themselves) or are you willing to ac.....
» 11/01/2007 7:03:51 PM Col, Wildcat you make a good point that it should not matter why someone acts outside the .....
» 11/01/2007 9:28:20 AM Leigh, given yours and others concern about homosexuals it should be very important to you.....
» 10/01/2007 2:23:02 PM Audrey, thanks for the feedback. My proposal was intended as a staring point for discussio.....
» 9/01/2007 3:27:56 PM SCOTTY, whats the issue for you? A dislike for homosexual sex or a dislike of children bei.....
» 8/01/2007 2:23:25 PM And now for something completely different! Back to the topic. I'm working on the assumpt.....
» 7/01/2007 9:31:08 AM Celivia, just in case there is any confusion on the issue I don't have the impression that.....
» 5/01/2007 11:45:12 PM Celivia, who were you addressing the question at? "There is nothing wrong with remo.....
» 5/01/2007 2:08:07 PM Celivia, I've not managed to find the sites either. The SHM article refering to Wayne's us.....
» 5/01/2007 10:14:14 AM Fred, possibly off topic but you've mentioned the issue of pen names a couple of times in .....
» 5/01/2007 6:08:36 AM All, I think it's great if Enoch describes the earth as a sphere. What is even more intere.....
» 5/01/2007 6:00:42 AM I saw the add again. The bank was The Commonwealth Bank. I also noticed that sitting behi.....
» 3/01/2007 2:14:03 PM All, if the book of Enoch does include a description of the shape of the earth it reinforc.....
» 3/01/2007 10:38:04 AM Spotted another add this morning depicting violence against a male by a women. The violenc.....
» 3/01/2007 9:50:08 AM RobbyH - can I suggest that you take the off topic discussion out to the general forums. Y.....
» 2/01/2007 8:48:31 PM West, ID is definately not science, I think I stated that. In the school system RE is abou.....
» 2/01/2007 7:12:57 PM Inner-Sydney based transsexual, indigent outcast progeny of merchant family, thanks for th.....
» 2/01/2007 6:43:45 PM West, the point Philo makes about FE and ID being very different issues is correct. FE i.....
» 23/12/2006 8:01:26 AM "Most people who hold that family values such as respect, dignity, faithfulness, love.....
» 22/12/2006 6:02:28 PM aqvarivs, I agree that social change has been complex just as the reasons behind historica.....
» 22/12/2006 2:25:17 PM Steel can you point me at the research backing "The more greedy and selfish you are t.....
» 22/12/2006 8:21:24 AM aqvarivs, I've not been to Cambodia so my views on the issues there are shaped by what I'v.....
» 21/12/2006 8:50:09 AM aqvarivs, "I thought Feminism was organized activity on behalf of woman's rights and .....
» 20/12/2006 2:43:34 PM BD, "People ARE equal.. we know this, but CULTURE is the keystone to understanding ho.....
» 20/12/2006 8:07:48 AM Bd, "I don't know how we could ever be 'ONE faith'.... but you know what we can be ? .....
» 19/12/2006 5:03:14 PM BD, I'm not thinking in terms of the event as such but rather your intention to form a tea.....
» 19/12/2006 2:54:24 PM BD, "Finally, I totally do appreciate that my posts must seem a bit surreal :)" .....
» 19/12/2006 12:42:25 PM Happy Bullet, if you've not seen it you might also be interested in the comments from the .....
» 19/12/2006 8:18:05 AM Ronnie, just in case you are still following this. I've just had a re-read back through s.....
» 18/12/2006 9:50:01 AM Now look what I've done :( BD, West it was a joke, settle down. Rainer, I don't want to.....
» 17/12/2006 5:46:22 PM A brief on the partner violence aspects of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Develo.....
» 17/12/2006 10:14:48 AM BD, "and I'm trying to build a little team who are as passionate as I am, so.. never .....
» 17/12/2006 9:38:46 AM Ludwig, it's that messiah complex cutting in. Beatty thinks he is Jesus. As is typical of.....
» 16/12/2006 6:15:15 PM A good summary of this issue by Murray Straus http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/ID41E2.pdf DO.....
» 16/12/2006 9:55:48 AM BD, actually it was more about the absolute failure of the "head" of the church .....
» 16/12/2006 9:46:16 AM ronnie, I dn't know if you are reading or not. In my view namecalling is on a very differ.....
» 14/12/2006 3:03:33 PM Ronnie, I was making an observation about your comment regarding the debate on WRD and you.....
» 14/12/2006 11:06:54 AM James, a recurring theme. I referenced an article earlier in the discussion by Gelles - ht.....
» 14/12/2006 8:29:47 AM YngNLuvnIt - "Can anyone please give me an example of a secular democratic nation tha.....
» 13/12/2006 11:42:06 PM Happy, I think you are losing some of the value of your posts with the name calling. You h.....
» 12/12/2006 10:25:26 PM BD, did Brown comment on Pauline's sex life? If so then your comments might be legit in a .....
» 12/12/2006 10:20:22 PM HRS, I totally agree with you regarding this article, my comments were in regard to what I.....
» 12/12/2006 1:23:21 PM HRS, from what I've seen on the WRD website they are not as unbalanced as that. They do gi.....
» 11/12/2006 10:27:02 PM ronnie, thanks for the supportive words in that. To keep my response a little bit on trac.....
» 11/12/2006 9:57:10 PM holyshadow, my impression at the time was that Pauline was culturalist rather than racist......
» 11/12/2006 9:43:59 PM ronnie, "I don’t understand why men like those above would object to WRD or why certa.....
» 11/12/2006 1:35:05 PM holyshadow, the point of divergence is "I am well all aware state and federal Goverme.....
» 11/12/2006 1:16:24 PM camo, "Irfan also likes to distance female genital mutilation from Islam, but can he .....
» 10/12/2006 5:52:53 PM holyshadow, I agree with your sentiments as long as you are not just reserving the judgeme.....
» 10/12/2006 12:18:48 PM Aziliz, I'm not currently paying (by mutual agreement), at the moment my ex is being fairl.....
» 10/12/2006 12:03:14 PM ronnie, I had not paid much attention to Leigh's comment and no I don't agree with what ap.....
» 9/12/2006 7:52:51 PM Fellow_Human, "Costello failed the leadership testing: he was waiting to be 'given' t.....
» 9/12/2006 2:15:46 PM Antj - what was that all about? Please past a link to the post you are refering to where .....
» 8/12/2006 7:19:03 PM snout, thanks and well put. The discussion has been very educational and thought provoking.....
» 8/12/2006 7:14:16 PM BrainDrain, I'm not too bothered by opinionated's views of me. I get more bothered by ronn.....
» 8/12/2006 7:06:00 PM Abu Rashid, you are missing a key part of BD's logic. People who may see themselves as ch.....
» 8/12/2006 2:28:35 PM ronnie, "The wreckage because of men’s violence to women is more than you’ll ever kno.....
» 7/12/2006 9:10:18 PM ronnie, if that article was what you consider a "sensible and reasonable approach &qu.....
» 7/12/2006 8:42:21 PM I thought it was time for a re-read of the article as the debate seems to have got bogged .....
» 7/12/2006 6:11:03 PM holyshadow "can be a genetic orientation and it can be a preference,". I've not .....
» 7/12/2006 2:52:42 PM Celivia, "How did you come to the conclusion that childhood molestation influences se.....
» 7/12/2006 8:04:11 AM "Now..don't even begin to try to tell me that by sharing truth I'm not loving. ".....
» 6/12/2006 12:07:45 PM ronnie - "RObert that is a biased reading " Possibly but I can honestly say tha.....
» 6/12/2006 11:24:06 AM snout and holyshadow - thanks to both of you for sharing the stuff that has been shared re.....
» 5/12/2006 6:24:32 PM ena, "The tenor of many of these posts doesn't make me feel like it'd be safe to expr.....
» 5/12/2006 9:15:40 AM ronnie, good points in that last post. BD, "crystal clear that to come here is to jo.....
» 5/12/2006 8:30:42 AM ronnie "Maybe that some men’s groups attract disgruntled divorcees looking for paybac.....
» 4/12/2006 1:58:40 PM ybgirp, check out TrippleM's web site and link to The Cage (breakfast shows). They are run.....
» 4/12/2006 12:40:29 PM Yet another attack on aussie dress taste and freedom by what is obviously an extremist gro.....
» 2/12/2006 10:12:33 AM Looking at this from outside (I've never voted Labor) Howard has done a lot of stuff I det.....
» 2/12/2006 9:45:37 AM Rhian, the issue of church attitudes raises a mixed bag of issues. I agree churches should.....
» 1/12/2006 6:30:42 PM HRS, "This article is one of the most discriminatory articles ever published in Austr.....
» 1/12/2006 2:29:10 PM HRS, "There is a danger that the government will start forcing people to go to a Fami.....
» 1/12/2006 10:05:46 AM HRS, "I have known a number of feminists, but I have never known an equality feminist.....
» 30/11/2006 12:30:54 PM Ronnie, you write in apparent support of an article that shows a very one sided view of DV.....
» 30/11/2006 12:08:32 PM HRS, independant would be one where those doing (or paying for) the research don't have so.....
» 29/11/2006 7:07:42 PM sparticusss, welcome back. The stripe one the white ribbon is a good approach, it was sug.....
» 29/11/2006 3:41:03 PM Anthony, "That's like arguing that campaigns to treat breast cancer are somehow defic.....
» 29/11/2006 2:51:12 PM Graham, the fact that something occurs naturally does not mean that this one is natural no.....
» 29/11/2006 1:41:58 PM HRS, it would be interesting to see some independant research on that topic. From my own .....
» 29/11/2006 10:02:10 AM I have little hope that the FRC's will make any kind of real difference while the underlyi.....
» 29/11/2006 8:27:03 AM Sniggid, sorry but I spent to long around the christain church to believe that particular .....
» 28/11/2006 9:28:15 PM BD, unnatural - I'm fairly sure that you are not the one to be deciding what is natural an.....
» 28/11/2006 9:14:00 PM ronnie, "Leigh you didn't notice that after the woman slaps the male which is usually.....
» 28/11/2006 4:01:12 PM holyshadow, "Can you prove that gay couples have a passing parade of sexual partners?.....
» 28/11/2006 3:07:52 PM Benjamin, "It never ceases to amaze me how these messages are always aimed at the mai.....
» 28/11/2006 1:33:06 PM Snout good point. Let me add that other example of hatefull bigotry which appeared on this.....
» 28/11/2006 8:53:21 AM Belly, "How can I convince those who have never voted Labor to hear my storey?" .....
» 27/11/2006 6:19:24 PM Happy, I read your link so now it's your turn to read mine. I've included an extract from.....
» 27/11/2006 5:31:23 PM Happy Bullet, thanks for the links. I've not worked through much from those links yet but .....
» 27/11/2006 1:01:25 PM It seems that the "needs of the child" concept has become one of those issues wh.....
» 27/11/2006 11:55:03 AM Viviane, the one sided approach to DV taken by the organisers of WRD amd various other cam.....
» 27/11/2006 10:58:00 AM From the link posted by happy "Amnesty International calls on the Council of Europe.....
» 25/11/2006 5:53:00 AM Sylvia, don't forget to add the minister as a new resident. Actually the ones who concern.....
» 24/11/2006 6:28:23 PM Snout, you are probably correct about the safety factor in which case a really clear and s.....
» 24/11/2006 5:32:05 PM Forrest I'll waive my concern about management of the recycling if laws are put in place t.....
» 24/11/2006 2:54:15 PM hamlet, not sure why you directed the comment about prison for debt at me - the post where.....
» 23/11/2006 5:38:49 PM Sylvia, I generally support recyling water with one reservation. It's easy to imagine the .....
» 23/11/2006 6:26:19 AM Rob, if your stomach can cope follow the links to the other books. I did not go far but on.....
» 22/11/2006 9:08:13 PM CJ Morgan, I don't know if any actual contact is involved. Likewise the stuff I've seen do.....
» 22/11/2006 8:12:51 PM BrainDrain, my next ones not a one worder either. Sorry about that. - Personal responsib.....
» 22/11/2006 7:37:08 PM Divorce Doctor, nothing PC about "upskirt" that I know of. It's a term used by s.....
» 22/11/2006 7:15:40 PM Kwv, http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=5150#62551 when you referenced s.....
» 22/11/2006 1:15:35 PM BrainDrain, I was looking for something more than Freedom because all to often when people.....
» 22/11/2006 9:28:45 AM Celivia, thanks for that link. The site does much better than most in their acknowledgemen.....
» 22/11/2006 7:59:21 AM Divorce Doctor, maybe you should take some time and have a look at my posts on issues such.....
» 21/11/2006 9:13:22 PM Rainer, good points. There must be a balance in there somewhere between the Bah Humbug thi.....
» 21/11/2006 7:07:22 PM I'll go for a live and let live. That in expecting freedom for your own beliefs and choice.....
» 21/11/2006 1:46:41 PM Divorce Doctor, I've not seen the details on that so may be way off the mark but it's like.....
» 21/11/2006 1:11:52 PM Yuyutsu, this is probably going off topic but!! It would seem that what you suggest then .....
» 21/11/2006 8:56:29 AM Yuyutsu, "no one can be cheated unless they have hidden the truth from others, and in.....
» 21/11/2006 8:12:57 AM Kwv, for your info (in case you don't know it) you can copy a link to a specific post by h.....
» 20/11/2006 3:30:17 PM Celivia, I've had three different marriage counsellors say that my ex hitting me was not a.....
» 19/11/2006 7:54:34 PM Rob, I think the idea would be more effective if it does not look like a protest against w.....
» 17/11/2006 6:42:00 PM I'm going to be away for a couple of days so thanks to those who have given feedback so fa.....
» 17/11/2006 6:36:47 PM I'm not convinced that race is the issue for BD. If it is so then it's burried below where.....
» 17/11/2006 9:24:49 AM West I've been considering starting a thread to discuss the line between freedom of religi.....
» 16/11/2006 8:12:58 PM Sanco, here is one male who is driven by a variety of things. The satisfaction of a job we.....
» 16/11/2006 11:53:30 AM Rob, well said. Any thoughts on the use of an extra ribbon as a means to draw some attenti.....
» 16/11/2006 8:46:54 AM Chris, "Perhaps we should be asking, what is wrong with men? Why do men rape? Why do.....
» 15/11/2006 8:54:42 PM Antje, "NO idea who Cally Is. Nor any member. If your really interested why dont you .....
» 15/11/2006 8:41:39 PM I've been trying to work out how I want to deal with White Ribon Day. On the one hand I'm.....
» 15/11/2006 8:26:32 PM HandofGod, much as it pains me I've got to agree with BD in his comments. (sob, sob, sob)......
» 15/11/2006 7:55:51 AM BD, Love sounds great until we look a bit more closely at what you mean by it. Your commen.....
» 14/11/2006 9:41:18 PM cally, have a look at Nicky's history. Not a prolific poster but with a first post at &quo.....
» 14/11/2006 9:31:27 AM Maybe it's our determination to cling to the last vestages of body taboo's that are the pr.....
» 14/11/2006 8:23:07 AM Antje, why must everything come back to an "anti PALE" stance? I'm still working.....
» 13/11/2006 10:05:12 AM Barbera, you had me liking the balance of the the article until I came to "run by men.....
» 13/11/2006 7:56:09 AM Antje, I've never changed my OLO alias so anything I know about changing alias's is what I.....
» 11/11/2006 4:48:53 PM Rex it was interesting that nobody tried to argue against the point of Sylvia's topic. BD .....
» 11/11/2006 4:42:48 PM PF and Yabby thanks for the comments. I neither have the power or interest to police other.....
» 11/11/2006 9:07:18 AM BD, "Hmmm now is this 'his' fault or hers :) ? " - maybe it does not have to be .....
» 11/11/2006 8:54:42 AM Antj, are you suggesting that someone else has been using two id's at the same time? If .....
» 10/11/2006 3:52:43 PM jenny, thanks and good luck in looking for better solutions. I'm saddened that you are mo.....
» 10/11/2006 3:37:43 PM Jecarey2603, I wonder if crime rates amongst recruits might be a meaningful measure of the.....
» 10/11/2006 8:48:47 AM Some thoughts one this. - Most of us make choices regarding aspects of our behaviour acco.....
» 10/11/2006 7:58:01 AM Jenny, I asked the question and wondered if it might be becuase of the very aggressive man.....
» 9/11/2006 1:27:25 PM Another aspect of this issue is the crossover with other "conditions" all of whi.....
» 7/11/2006 8:07:39 PM Maximus, good evening to you too. Have I misunderstood your original post? Dr Bob commente.....
» 7/11/2006 6:37:27 PM maximus, psychologist's can't prescribe medication. They work with thinking patterns, and .....
» 7/11/2006 6:26:10 PM obozo, time for some retraction. The matter still has to come to court but your claims th.....
» 7/11/2006 12:18:48 PM happy, "Perjorative responses attacking the credibility of these men merely serve to .....
» 7/11/2006 8:23:04 AM Happy, "The issue is that while mothers and fathers can and do abuse children, the ov.....
» 6/11/2006 8:04:44 AM James, at least we now know where those stats which don't detail the collection methods an.....
» 6/11/2006 5:54:07 AM fallen angel, you may be right about conditions in the third world - most of us here are n.....
» 5/11/2006 9:42:31 PM For those wondering just how "love your neighbour" works in practice please see .....
» 5/11/2006 9:21:05 AM Antje, this thread has been an interesting experiment so far. I think I'm learning and hop.....
» 4/11/2006 2:58:59 PM It seems that some of the central issues facing kids in schools are - Stress - Being ov.....
» 3/11/2006 6:25:27 PM dozer, " but a common response to being in a losing position on this forum seems to b.....
» 3/11/2006 12:27:38 PM Graham, maybe we need a button that draws your attention to a discussion instead of recomm.....
» 3/11/2006 10:31:51 AM Graham, start at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=5052#60430 (The publ.....
» 2/11/2006 9:09:00 PM Antje, I've not done much more with this recently - life has been rather hectic. The butt.....
» 1/11/2006 8:15:09 PM Part 2 of 2 - more of the summary The first two results run counter to conventional wisdo.....
» 1/11/2006 8:14:05 PM Booster, "If there are statistics showing that women are responsible for anywhere n.....
» 1/11/2006 7:39:07 PM mjpb, you may be correct about the make up of the audience at Junior Graham's do but I've .....
» 31/10/2006 8:53:09 PM "Now watch the posts pour in justifying male violence and employ name calling in the .....
» 31/10/2006 8:32:52 PM Kipp, let me join mjpb in offering my best wishes for your upcoming public ceremony. I hop.....
» 31/10/2006 8:19:07 PM Wayfarer, "I heard that from a very reliable source, also Scout is Robert" I mi.....
» 31/10/2006 7:54:04 PM Part 2 of 2 mjpb, Christmas and Easter but also a variety of other public celebrations. .....
» 31/10/2006 7:50:45 PM mjpb, "When was the last time you had to dodge someone on the street to avoid a tract.....
» 30/10/2006 7:40:15 PM I think that part of the constitution has already been well and truly breached with the fu.....
» 30/10/2006 7:27:27 PM Wayfarer, "This is the most poular thread on a political forum..can you believe it?&q.....
» 30/10/2006 7:15:36 PM mjpb, I've not seen a single post on OLO (or any other type of communication) where a gay .....
» 28/10/2006 1:47:50 PM Antje, as a bystander to the discussions between yourself, Yabby and PF you seem to be fai.....
» 28/10/2006 10:34:12 AM CJ Morgan, I've struggled a bit since making that post wondering if there is any chance I'.....
» 28/10/2006 8:02:35 AM Snout, "The question by the Queensland school involving getting kids to imagine thems.....
» 27/10/2006 7:05:16 PM Laurie, don't be too shocked this is the same BD who wrote "Ok.. I book your 9 yr o.....
» 27/10/2006 6:38:58 PM "The fury that was sparked when a Sheik criticised the former is in sharp contrast to.....
» 27/10/2006 1:07:54 PM Cornflower, "Generally adults insist that if they are treated with respect and unders.....
» 27/10/2006 12:25:49 PM mjpb, what is ROFL? If the comparison is unfair it's probably unfair to the gay couple ra.....
» 27/10/2006 11:24:32 AM Antje,"You all know the others were using bodgies as well." - I've not seen any .....
» 27/10/2006 10:58:26 AM Wayne, well put. It's a sad portrayal of males suggested that they have the ethical and mo.....
» 27/10/2006 9:52:02 AM BD, "One problem is that if a fundy couple moves in next door, and I'm teaching my c.....
» 26/10/2006 9:38:39 PM Cornflower - "What about some gender and age equity?" I hope not, young kids d.....
» 26/10/2006 8:32:19 PM BD, it gets worse. I saw one intolerant type recently posted the following on another thre.....
» 26/10/2006 6:35:03 PM Celivia, "I am seriously thinking of taking a break from OLO discussions" - plea.....
» 26/10/2006 11:28:09 AM Rex, the discrimination can be worse than just a lack of policing. Qld with no legal CO be.....
» 25/10/2006 1:38:20 PM Are other organised religions permitted to place their material in the same places? My gue.....
» 25/10/2006 11:01:26 AM Maximus, thanks for that but don't get too excited. I do think that the problem lies mostl.....
» 25/10/2006 10:24:10 AM I'll "third" the comments from PF and Celiva regarding safety, the level of pers.....
» 24/10/2006 12:21:49 PM Wildcat " Public transport is not a pleasurable experience in any way, shape or form......
» 24/10/2006 11:44:10 AM BD, "Am I alone in this ? *worried look* :) " thats called entrapment David. Try.....
» 24/10/2006 10:52:52 AM Noos, nothing I read there suggests that someone has to have concrete evidence to put the .....
» 24/10/2006 9:16:44 AM Graham, I support the use of a real name in your records (and enough identifying info to c.....
» 23/10/2006 6:01:45 PM Rob, think back to what you have read of the introduction of mixed bathing and the various.....
» 23/10/2006 5:44:29 PM Steve Maddon, Yabby thanks for your efforts in rebutting the claims of HL. On the one han.....
» 23/10/2006 4:45:39 PM Viviane, "Yawn .... most of the contributors to this 'debate' have merely perpetrate.....
» 23/10/2006 1:41:25 PM Noos, interesting. - "May give victim exclusive use of certain shared property, suc.....
» 23/10/2006 12:56:49 PM Celivia, it looks like we have very similar views on much of this. I'm trying to stay out .....
» 23/10/2006 10:45:52 AM Part 2 - The issue of protection for individuals or organisations is a difficult one for.....
» 23/10/2006 10:43:52 AM Celivia, nicely summed up on the changing your mind post. All - there has been some inter.....
» 19/10/2006 9:49:19 PM Col wonderfully put. A marriage holding together but loveless and conflict ridden is not a.....
» 19/10/2006 6:06:46 PM Celiva, "That way, the most popular, last discussed and most recent comments will alw.....
» 18/10/2006 7:22:00 PM Cotter, "that those who quibble about who is worse - men or women - miss the point&qu.....
» 18/10/2006 1:01:47 PM RW, "And this implies that, being the common denominator - year after year after year.....
» 18/10/2006 12:44:38 PM ena, "I don't know if 90% of abusers are female, but one thing I do know, 100% of the.....
» 18/10/2006 8:30:24 AM Aziliz, "You are forcing abortions on women. You said so yourself in an earlier post .....
» 17/10/2006 8:13:15 PM Aziliz, "Women also have a 'biological clock' that goes off earlier than men's--if th.....
» 17/10/2006 10:22:52 AM Geoff, makes an important point when he says the following "I do not wish to receive.....
» 17/10/2006 9:42:51 AM An interesting summary of what may be one side of feminism. What the author appears to f.....
» 17/10/2006 8:27:30 AM Some of the issues around legal costs are a consequence of poor processes in the courts. .....
» 16/10/2006 10:21:23 PM BD, I won't slap you - and I hope that you have some real pants on, I don't think that the.....
» 16/10/2006 2:44:26 PM mjpb, whilst HL might have made the comment the rest of HL's posts suggest that HL has alr.....
» 15/10/2006 7:01:54 PM Benny, I went and looked at the posts by "Farmers Against PALE". As far as I can.....
» 15/10/2006 6:30:57 PM Benny, there is to much that I don't know to want to dig back into that stuff. I will say.....
» 15/10/2006 4:39:08 PM Pt 2 Benny, my suggestion when dealing with the stalkers is to remember the large number o.....
» 15/10/2006 4:36:02 PM OZGIRL, I missed that last post of yours when you put it up. If you are still reading the .....
» 15/10/2006 4:10:21 PM Aziliz, again laregely in agreement and I suspect that the bits where I don't agree are mo.....
» 14/10/2006 6:53:39 PM Rex well said. R0bert.....
» 14/10/2006 6:52:00 PM Aziliz, a thought provoking list. The only one I can see being an issue (more for single m.....
» 14/10/2006 2:16:46 PM Hawaiilawyer, why do you continue to portray what is probably an extreme fringe of pornogr.....
» 14/10/2006 12:14:23 PM Aziliz, I'd guessed you were having a play. Thanks, we need more of that :). I've missed .....
» 14/10/2006 11:43:27 AM Aziliz, I was thinking another guy round the house might be useful for similar reasons. S.....
» 14/10/2006 7:44:56 AM Benny, good idea to try and get some discussion going again on animal welfare. Good luck i.....
» 14/10/2006 7:21:52 AM Philo, I'm hoping this has some kind of tenuous connection to Graham's topic "We ough.....
» 13/10/2006 2:27:24 PM Pisces, if this is about dual identities then "http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thre.....
» 13/10/2006 10:52:50 AM BD, "The SA were using that as a platform to promote gay and lesbian issues ! ie. Dev.....
» 12/10/2006 9:00:17 PM Nae. Especially for primary age children. I can see some value in kids getting used to o.....
» 12/10/2006 6:43:38 PM Graham, "So it's the corporate's fault? No fault in the individuals who respond to th.....
» 12/10/2006 12:25:18 PM Graham, in my view the same issue face parents in regard to fast and or junk food advertis.....
» 12/10/2006 10:07:17 AM Pericles, good points but I'm seeing the debate a bit differently. I've not noticed suppor.....
» 12/10/2006 8:52:18 AM BD, "parental love is by nature equal" - I think that there is plenty of evidenc.....
» 11/10/2006 7:26:08 PM Celivia, I'm not confident enough in knowing the facts to get into the ethics of that part.....
» 11/10/2006 2:07:38 PM OZGIRL, nicely said. There are issues which need addressing but trying to turn it into a g.....
» 11/10/2006 6:19:16 AM TarynW, this is pointless. I've told you the detail of Wendy's minor insult to me (more to.....
» 10/10/2006 8:36:07 PM taurun29, "the fact she put her child up for adoption makes difference in my book&quo.....
» 10/10/2006 8:07:30 PM Celivia, I think my crime has been to give Graham the benefit of the doubt both in the chu.....
» 10/10/2006 6:54:15 PM Pisces, well said. TarynW believe what you want. You have got so much else wrong that I .....
» 10/10/2006 12:14:10 PM FH, welcome to the discussion. taurus29, something I missed out in my earlier response. W.....
» 10/10/2006 11:24:53 AM taurus29, I tend to think that the retribution approach is tied in with a significant prop.....
» 10/10/2006 9:19:24 AM Rob513264, good point. It got me thinking about BD's argument that the bible while not for.....
» 9/10/2006 9:05:43 PM Aliliz - try turning it around "It‘s difficult when an abusive partner leaves and it.....
» 9/10/2006 8:34:44 PM taurus29, I have a few main concerns with the use of an eye for an eye approach. - Our l.....
» 9/10/2006 8:08:30 PM TarynW, "Wendy said to tell you that she attacked nobody.". Is that supposed to .....
» 9/10/2006 7:02:49 PM Aziliz, "There are still a lot of women who want to stay at home to raise children bu.....
» 9/10/2006 3:54:35 PM Rizz, the impression I gained from comments made by Hetty during a television interview se.....
» 9/10/2006 10:13:36 AM BD, yet another swipe at "Make it up as you go morailty" while ignoring how much.....
» 8/10/2006 8:58:19 PM Wayne, I've seen stuff that suggests the actual cost of a shuttle flight is much higher - .....
» 8/10/2006 8:33:32 PM Hawaiilawyer, "We are unalterably opposed to the presentation of the female body bei.....
» 8/10/2006 8:18:32 PM Jolanda, "They brought them up, they can deal with them." some merit in that but.....
» 8/10/2006 7:39:47 PM TarynW, I can only go on what I've seen of the management of the site over several years a.....
» 8/10/2006 6:37:53 PM Aziliz, the questions you ask are ones which should be taken seriously. They are big issue.....
» 7/10/2006 6:56:52 AM As is often the case I have mixed views on this topic. The most pressing reason I can see.....
» 7/10/2006 6:42:38 AM Antje Struthmann, I didn't see the post which got Wendy banned so I can't comment on that .....
» 6/10/2006 10:46:49 PM Some of the comments about porn and the stereotypes involved are worth considering. One o.....
» 6/10/2006 10:17:55 PM Aziliz, I'm not trying to offend you so if it's coming across that way sorry. I don't thin.....
» 5/10/2006 12:34:16 PM Aziliz, I don't regard my views on this subject as being biased. I don't think the C$A sys.....
» 4/10/2006 3:18:10 PM BD, no current plans in that direction but then it might be nice at times to have another .....
» 4/10/2006 12:05:12 PM Fellow_Human, I doubt that BD has much sense of shared kinship with the mormons who are th.....
» 4/10/2006 8:15:46 AM Aziliz, you go to pains to point out how little non custodial fathers pay as a means of di.....
» 3/10/2006 8:47:29 PM Scrapnmafia, I've never been fully in the non-custodial camp and am currently in the prime.....
» 3/10/2006 7:13:13 PM BD, thanks for a partly honest response to the issue. I don't think that you are being pa.....
» 3/10/2006 9:48:37 AM BD, it would be interesting to see if any research has been done on the willingness to use.....
» 3/10/2006 6:30:21 AM I'd like to see a realistic study into the entire cost to society of the so called Child S.....
» 29/09/2006 12:40:24 PM Another article on OLO http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4845 on the benefi.....
» 28/09/2006 9:46:04 PM Rex "Did that make me a prospective predator?" if you read the article it's even.....
» 28/09/2006 5:30:49 PM OZGIRL, welcome back. Deborah it's started. I'm not sure wether we should use a seperate .....
» 27/09/2006 8:20:18 PM HedgePig unfortunately maximus just likes being nasty. He prefers to express himself in ex.....
» 26/09/2006 2:14:34 PM JamesH, "Feminists only are only interested in child abuse as long as it can be used .....
» 26/09/2006 12:06:56 AM Graham, it will be interesting to see if the Democrats come up with anything workable on t.....
» 25/09/2006 9:48:06 PM Graham, good questions. I think that terrorism would have still been an issue if Iraq had.....
» 25/09/2006 9:38:05 AM TurnRightThenLeft, the article seemed to me to be pushing an agenda where men accused of c.....
» 25/09/2006 9:22:32 AM Snout, I've been thinking about your comment "The suggestion that prospective visitor.....
» 25/09/2006 8:14:22 AM pigfarmer, can you put some more info on the milk stuff on the animal welfare thread pleas.....
» 24/09/2006 10:28:28 AM ena, Barbera appears to be advocating for the assumption that a "male" accused o.....
» 24/09/2006 10:10:01 AM BD, another attempt to claim that your faith has the answers regarding morals/ethics etc w.....
» 22/09/2006 3:57:34 PM The law does seem to get it wrong in some of those extreme cases. Anybody who is a genuine.....
» 22/09/2006 8:00:03 AM Some thoughts on the bushfire comments - Its true that fire is a necessary and normal par.....
» 21/09/2006 10:04:53 PM JAmesH, DV stats and handling is one area where men are getting an amazingly bad rap despi.....
» 21/09/2006 9:55:38 PM I've had feedback from GrahamY and he is happy for me to try a thread where personal discu.....
» 21/09/2006 8:32:02 AM OZGIRL, I'll take up the off topic comments in the general area later when I get more time.....
» 20/09/2006 9:28:04 PM OZGIRL, firstly I don't know where I sold you out. If it seems that way it was unintention.....
» 20/09/2006 7:16:12 PM PALE - is that you Wendy? If you read through what has been written recently some are sug.....
» 20/09/2006 7:03:38 PM snout, thanks for putting an alternate viewpoint. Any suggestions on how we can keep it i.....
» 20/09/2006 11:54:10 AM I've put a question to the site admin about a thread devoted to the personal messages betw.....
» 20/09/2006 8:55:43 AM Wendy, I'm hoping that we are talking about all farmed animals when we discuss standards f.....
» 19/09/2006 8:40:50 PM Maximus, I hope that you are right. It would be great if we are moving past the period whe.....
» 19/09/2006 8:36:51 PM Wendy, I'm trying to stay off to the side of the fight part of this debate and glean what .....
» 19/09/2006 7:53:54 PM Yabby, that looks like a good option. If I'm understanding it correctly the standard has t.....
» 19/09/2006 7:47:32 PM trade said "Once you see how hard the batlle is and how difficult it is to challenge .....
» 19/09/2006 7:41:12 PM alphafemale, good points. I especially like the idea of better informing people of the les.....
» 19/09/2006 11:28:44 AM Waleed, a good article thanks. It as you probably expected it has fallen on the deaf ears .....
» 18/09/2006 8:12:05 PM Deborah58, I was hoping that I'd hedged my comments enough on that but maybe not. Part of .....
» 18/09/2006 2:14:10 PM Wendy, I agree that many churches have involved themselves in politics. It is also fair to.....
» 18/09/2006 12:06:17 PM Celivia, Scout nicely said. It's better if the churches use their influence within their c.....
» 18/09/2006 11:56:52 AM Scout, "So what can you do next time you catch fish? Take some ice and icy water with.....
» 18/09/2006 11:36:42 AM alchemist, annecdotal evidence I've heard agrees with your comments. My former neighbours .....
» 18/09/2006 8:59:14 AM randwick, I suspect that the place where discipline starts to go wrong is when we allow it.....
» 17/09/2006 8:38:10 PM Opinionated2, mostly agreed. I tend to think that litigation is part of the problem rather.....
» 17/09/2006 8:12:23 PM Celivia, good points. I'd like to see a lot more ability for people to determine up front .....
» 17/09/2006 7:50:00 PM Some of you may have seen the comment "but then males have always been the level head.....
» 17/09/2006 7:29:18 PM BD, thanks for the comments. I really do want to keep debate over smacking over on your th.....
» 17/09/2006 7:19:47 PM Part 2 of 2 I asked a very good friend about parental involvement in the classroom and he.....
» 17/09/2006 7:18:55 PM kathee, first you have my sympathy for the place you are in. I've been doing some researc.....
» 16/09/2006 11:49:30 AM OZGIRL, you are correct we don't need to expain ourselves but at the same time I tend to t.....
» 16/09/2006 10:59:27 AM Scout something I found interesting in the link was the claims by the industry "Meat.....
» 16/09/2006 9:32:22 AM Scout, agreed that living by the values we want our children to learn is somewhere near th.....
» 16/09/2006 8:21:02 AM OZGIRL, "You are a sweetie," - why shucks (he says blushing a bit). Can I comme.....
» 16/09/2006 8:09:27 AM Snout, great stuff. Item 1 on your list has been a struggle for me in dealing with family .....
» 16/09/2006 7:32:18 AM Kathryn Pollard, are you talking about issues primarily within the indiginous population o.....
» 15/09/2006 7:58:21 PM OZGIRL, sorry I had not noticed your post here. I don't share your view that most break u.....
» 15/09/2006 6:24:46 PM OZGIRL, "Robert... when did you change your name to Celivia?:)" It's still me. .....
» 15/09/2006 5:56:28 PM Another key item that should be in the toolbox is support between significant adults (pare.....
» 15/09/2006 2:21:59 PM TurnRightThenLeft, there are some portrayals where I laugh and think "yeah sometimes&.....
» 15/09/2006 9:35:39 AM Scout, my girlfriend loves Bunnings as well and one of my best friends gets picked on by o.....
» 14/09/2006 9:30:52 PM Nope the author has totally missed the point. BUNNINGS Now try and fit that word in wit.....
» 14/09/2006 9:17:56 PM OZGIRL, are you sure Celivia was specifically having a go at you? Celivia correct me if I'.....
» 14/09/2006 6:16:41 PM Snout, Scout and others I'll agree that the lines can be hard to define. I listed some par.....
» 14/09/2006 6:00:50 PM snout thanks, I suspect that not only age but also temperment and as Randwick points out g.....
» 14/09/2006 3:13:13 PM Some of the comments comming out of Davids smacking thread have lead me to think that a di.....
» 14/09/2006 12:12:10 PM Scout I need to disagree with you on "People who hit do so because they lack basic co.....
» 13/09/2006 3:29:55 PM Nayeefa, your point is made. Thanks for your attempt to discuss these issues. If you are .....
» 12/09/2006 8:47:01 PM I difficult topic. I'm in the "To smack" camp rather than the "To SMACK&q.....
» 12/09/2006 2:19:03 PM Rex it might also cut down on a lot of consequential crime. The thefts required to pay for.....
» 12/09/2006 2:12:05 PM mjpb, "Re: your judgement of the God of the Bible. If you even accept the Bible as .....
» 11/09/2006 9:05:22 PM OZGIRL, if you jump off a cliff one of the possible consequences is death. It might be har.....
» 11/09/2006 7:32:59 PM Scout, my pleasure and thanks for your posts. I hope that input from a former insider help.....
» 11/09/2006 7:14:40 PM Wildcat, in my understanding an agnostic is someone who realises that they don't know ever.....
» 11/09/2006 6:40:54 PM OZGIRL, I've not seen amything that leaves me to believe that many in any recent australia.....
» 10/09/2006 3:41:25 PM Scout some interesting points. On your comment "The church divides people not only am.....
» 10/09/2006 2:38:03 PM "McConvill, Rouge, Leigh and others should learn one thing - when and if they are eve.....
» 8/09/2006 3:32:47 PM Wendy, please re-read my post. I was trying to give my take on the position that a lot of.....
» 8/09/2006 3:18:58 PM Marilyn I'm trying to work out if you think that you are really any different from the wor.....
» 8/09/2006 12:46:49 PM Wendy, I think that you may have misunderstood Graham. I didn't read any sign of support i.....
» 8/09/2006 12:22:14 PM mjpb, from what I've read on the topic Albert Einstein struggled in his later years becaus.....
» 7/09/2006 7:40:56 PM OZGIRL, I posted too soon. If your in NSW the WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue S.....
» 7/09/2006 7:36:54 PM OZGIRL, some useful looking links at http://www.fauna-rescue-qld.org.au/links.html and som.....
» 7/09/2006 4:47:24 PM Alphafemale, Scout, Wendy, OZGIRL thank you all for opening your lives up on this thread. .....
» 7/09/2006 4:16:09 PM BD, for once your approach of challenging the teaching in the Koran and the life of Mohamm.....
» 7/09/2006 12:31:34 PM coach, you might want to check with BD regarding just how "equal" women are in c.....
» 7/09/2006 12:09:25 AM trade there is a fantasy series about a torturer and in the series they refer to their vic.....
» 6/09/2006 10:58:27 PM OZGIRL, I think QLD has just introduced a all state phone number for wildlife rescue's (of.....
» 6/09/2006 7:19:14 PM shorbe, "If people actually had to work at an individual and small community level, u.....
» 6/09/2006 4:52:25 PM Doug, some of the issues are different here in Australia. Rather than states grabbing for .....
» 6/09/2006 4:06:50 PM ybgirp, don't loose hope. It is possible to get healed, I've been there and so have some o.....
» 6/09/2006 1:35:09 PM Laurie, good points. When I spend time at my sons school most of the kids are great. I su.....
» 6/09/2006 11:59:33 AM maximus, "Put it this way - if you get a thorn in your foot, which hurts like billy-.....
» 6/09/2006 8:45:11 AM obozo - first post "Great piece, now watch the GB descend. " not exactly hatred .....
» 5/09/2006 11:45:40 PM alphafemale, that wasn't a hissy fit - rather paointing out the realities of your life. I .....
» 5/09/2006 10:18:42 PM obozo, maybe you should have a read of the article and subsequent posts. I've not noticed .....
» 5/09/2006 8:29:28 PM Wendy, I do my shopping at Wollies at Birkdale (formerly Action/formerly Bi-Lo). Currentl.....
» 5/09/2006 7:49:29 PM snout, I'll second Scout's comments. Your posts are an inspiration. Scout, the nasty part.....
» 5/09/2006 7:45:44 PM Gamble, AlphaFemale could spend the rest of her life studying what the various beliefs in .....
» 5/09/2006 7:05:52 PM Wendy do you know much about "free range". I generally buy them but heard some t.....
» 5/09/2006 6:36:02 PM Graham interesting point. I'd not thought of it in terms of physical pain. I think some of.....
» 5/09/2006 12:57:19 PM alphafemale, in answer to your question. Yes I'd tick such a box but be very nervous is a.....
» 5/09/2006 8:13:05 AM Seeker I don't tend to trust revolutions, they seem to have a habit of replacing one tyran.....
» 4/09/2006 11:22:01 PM Seeker, shared care should be the default position but it's not the sum of the answer. -.....
» 4/09/2006 8:52:25 PM Maximus, just asssuming for the moment that you are correct that it is a goal of left lean.....
» 4/09/2006 2:51:37 PM For lovers of wildlife I've just heard the sad news that Steve Irwin was killed today. ht.....
» 3/09/2006 9:23:17 PM BD, glad to see that you've finally got a place to do this stuff. If you get a chance I'd.....
» 3/09/2006 9:03:31 PM alphafemale, thanks. Relationship breakdown is a really tough process for anybody who was .....
» 3/09/2006 7:12:24 PM alphafemale, shared parenting is a very specific type of residency. Not a general term to .....
» 3/09/2006 4:08:36 PM Scout, "some kind of obscure reference of women as animals" I'm guessing that yo.....
» 3/09/2006 12:21:36 PM Scout well said. I've held the view for some time that the misrepresentation of child sexu.....
» 3/09/2006 10:44:56 AM BennySampson, did you read vetmans post? If so are you also supporting wholesale violence.....
» 3/09/2006 8:50:50 AM JamesH, interesting link thanks. Id's like parenting time before seperation, best interes.....
» 3/09/2006 8:31:13 AM dougmrich, thanks for your info. In Australia this stuff is run at a federal level. The st.....
» 3/09/2006 8:28:41 AM Celivia, welcome. I'm glad to hear that you and your friends have managed to avoid putting.....
» 2/09/2006 7:23:41 PM mickijo, that is a massive shift. When I was a kid I knew that adults did not have to co.....
» 2/09/2006 7:16:45 PM Maximus, thanks for the response. It is nice to know that someone agrees with me on that i.....
» 2/09/2006 11:58:01 AM Ludwig, some of my favourite authors did much of their writing in the 50's and 60's. When .....
» 2/09/2006 10:13:46 AM Scout, I'm surprised as well. I had hoped to get something going where we could discuss c.....
» 2/09/2006 8:55:53 AM OZGIRL, your heading is one that is very topical for me at the moment. I started to write.....
» 1/09/2006 8:09:52 PM JamesH where is it happening on this forum? I don't think any posts have been censored ye.....
» 1/09/2006 7:36:05 PM I was just listening to the ABC news and they played what is reported to be a crucial piec.....
» 1/09/2006 7:13:30 PM Scout, I appreciate the approach you seem to be taking on this. There will be better ways.....
» 1/09/2006 6:29:34 PM Scout, thanks. The links do work. The discussion topic does not seem to have attracted any.....
» 1/09/2006 1:13:04 PM Yourjust jealous, so you deny the gospel as preached in most evangelical churches. You are.....
» 31/08/2006 8:11:43 PM BD, "The RRT2001 actually PROTECTS the display of symbols of any kind as long as they.....
» 31/08/2006 5:22:10 PM Ludwig, I was interested in your comment "For example, if we were all taxed more, the.....
» 31/08/2006 4:47:38 PM Lorese, it's also interesting that BD and others have the arrogance to reject the claims o.....
» 31/08/2006 4:37:32 PM Celivia, interesting question. I can't answer for the christains but I can toss in my own .....
» 31/08/2006 9:20:20 AM Evan, I've had a similar response to my former life as a christain from some of the poster.....
» 31/08/2006 7:50:54 AM Good points all. Whilst I take a more optimistic view of the authors intents and agenda's .....
» 30/08/2006 10:49:05 AM I mostly liked the article and appreciated the attention to the wider aspects of this issu.....
» 30/08/2006 10:10:41 AM BD, interesting points. Is the Shepperton issue the one about music classes? It would be .....
» 30/08/2006 9:15:08 AM tao, I've never done well at understanding what Sell's is on about when it comes to his re.....
» 30/08/2006 8:23:34 AM Scout "when manly men can't cope with a job AND domestic chores as well." - damn.....
» 29/08/2006 7:32:27 PM I'd like to get some discussion going on ways to address some of the issues associated wit.....
» 29/08/2006 12:59:01 PM YngNLuvnIt, you could also say that Jesus never explicitly nullified the OT law commanding.....
» 29/08/2006 12:40:49 PM "Every position has been argued on the basis of human values, not religious teaching......
» 27/08/2006 1:13:18 PM Perseus, "But that also raises an interesting question of the cost of storm water dis.....
» 27/08/2006 8:32:46 AM tao, I think you are way off the mark if you are seriously thinking about complaining to S.....
» 25/08/2006 9:30:45 AM runner, "I have not got time to answer every bible text quoted by those who don't bel.....
» 24/08/2006 3:13:19 PM John I Flemming, a quick search on google came up with the following quotes (plenty more o.....
» 24/08/2006 1:54:26 PM Highwave, you could do a search of the web and have a read of extracts of some of Hitlers .....
» 23/08/2006 6:50:45 PM runner, as a check does your "bible believing" include Exodus 2:18-27, Exodus 21.....
» 23/08/2006 6:25:43 PM Rhian, thanks for the response. I am wondering what is left when the items you refer to ar.....
» 23/08/2006 6:13:24 PM OZGIRL, I think thats what the recently introduced general tab is for. I just checked and .....
» 23/08/2006 12:27:52 PM runner, "myself and other bible believing Christians" That bible believing thin.....
» 23/08/2006 12:11:19 PM Sells, "This makes it very difficult pastorally since many people still believe in th.....
» 22/08/2006 10:43:20 AM OZGIRL, thanks for the response. I may be a bit paranoid on that issue because of the trai.....
» 22/08/2006 10:16:33 AM Scout, excellent post. R0bert.....
» 21/08/2006 6:01:21 PM I'm kind of amused by the idea that the mainstream media can be regarded as exercising qua.....
» 21/08/2006 11:46:40 AM Philo, "The raising and nurturing of children is not a secret womans issue; It is a w.....
» 21/08/2006 11:28:27 AM JamesH there are feminist writers challenging some of the problems as well. I've reference.....
» 21/08/2006 10:01:17 AM Sell's how do you reconcile that approach with the section on the sheep and the goats I po.....
» 17/08/2006 8:48:00 PM Great article Gecko, "As a male I know all about the cringe I instinctively feel whe.....
» 17/08/2006 8:34:43 PM Celivia, if it is real I hope we can't hear the cries and screams of those who persist in .....
» 17/08/2006 8:16:46 PM Wendy, I believe that the choice to carry to term or not belongs with the woman who would .....
» 17/08/2006 5:54:39 PM CARNIFEX the bit about the woman having all the say about the kids is not feminism (althou.....
» 17/08/2006 7:55:43 AM Wendy, "You know several women have told you guys that before on this post so why d.....
» 16/08/2006 7:57:03 PM Celivia, I wish you'd posted that link over on the Catholic/gay thread. Zero sperm count -.....
» 16/08/2006 6:43:46 PM ISbtiopomf, "after the militant lobbying of dysfunctional and angry men shouted about.....
» 16/08/2006 10:44:00 AM TurnRightThenLeft, well said. coach - did the author suggest that he was muslim? If so I .....
» 15/08/2006 6:29:26 PM Celivia " there should be a way out for men as well, ot by having a say in the woman.....
» 15/08/2006 8:33:05 AM wibble, from the perspective of a secular "righty" - well said. R0bert.....
» 9/08/2006 9:36:29 PM boxgum - you missed the point "The positive connection between “religious observance .....
» 8/08/2006 3:58:31 PM Alchemist "They probably stood outside the churches and asked them as they came out&q.....
» 8/08/2006 12:34:59 PM Scout try reading the article as a "conservative secularist" :( we appear to be .....
» 6/08/2006 8:41:14 AM Wendy, there would be almost nothing left in society if we were to ban everything which wa.....
» 4/08/2006 5:29:13 PM OZGIRL, thanks for the reply and good points. I do have a different opinion on the financi.....
» 4/08/2006 12:15:10 PM Is Mise, I'm not convinced that any of us really understand the individual motivations of .....
» 4/08/2006 8:14:00 AM "laws and principles of good neighbourliness" - and central to that is to keep y.....
» 3/08/2006 11:25:49 PM OZGIRL, off topic but a combination of points you made in that last post is concerning (or.....
» 3/08/2006 9:06:47 AM Mark I've used this analogy previously but I think it is a good one. Much of the turmoil .....
» 2/08/2006 9:26:24 PM Nice try Maximus. I'd prefer to think that I am comfortable enough with my manhood and my .....
» 2/08/2006 5:55:28 PM Maximus, thats one approach and I see some value in it. I much prefer those authors who co.....
» 1/08/2006 11:20:50 PM Martin I liked some of the questions you raised in that last post. I am fairly confident .....
» 1/08/2006 1:08:53 PM Scout another great post. Thank you. R0bert.....
» 1/08/2006 1:06:15 PM RC "Similarly, 'happy' rapists and murderers, 'happy' animal torturers and speeding .....
» 1/08/2006 7:58:29 AM Arjay - have I misunderstood your point? You seem to be suggesting that medically supporte.....
» 31/07/2006 7:51:44 PM Glen, you might look at the other part of the issue - that Laurie, Ena, Reason and I all a.....
» 31/07/2006 11:02:59 AM Laurie very nicely put. R0bert.....
» 31/07/2006 7:45:27 AM saint, the bit that scared me with Philo's example is the possibility that his friend is l.....
» 28/07/2006 10:48:16 AM Celivia, you don't need to read the violent version to kids. They publish special children.....
» 27/07/2006 1:57:47 PM GlenWriter, there is another alternative - one which will have times which don't work well.....
» 26/07/2006 2:52:54 PM GlenWriter what is the bit that you don't like about Ena's comment? What she proposes (i.....
» 26/07/2006 7:45:50 AM Martin - you missed a significant part of the equation. But all things being equal e.g. h.....
» 25/07/2006 1:09:17 PM Maximus, read the article through to the end, you stopped too early (or read and ignored t.....
» 24/07/2006 7:34:23 PM Spider what a pathetic racist post. The jews, palestinians, lebanese and others caught up.....
» 24/07/2006 6:47:57 PM Martin, you are very welcome to argue your case. I hope I've never done or said anything t.....
» 24/07/2006 6:16:01 PM Kwv, I might have missed it but I don't recall anybody actually defending the show. Most h.....
» 23/07/2006 11:50:26 AM Scout I've not demonstrated proficiency at spotting leg pullers on these threads. Philo mi.....
» 23/07/2006 8:48:30 AM Mark you do a good job of showing one side of the picture. ena has already acknowledged th.....
» 22/07/2006 7:01:21 PM To all - some really interesting posts here. Scout if you start that religion let me know .....
» 21/07/2006 9:16:56 PM Reality Check I agree with what I take as concern regarding both the items you mentioned. .....
» 21/07/2006 2:56:50 PM philo, if the christain churches recognised that they are social clubs with a common inter.....
» 21/07/2006 11:40:07 AM last word - good point about the faith based schools but please remember that muslims are .....
» 21/07/2006 7:55:32 AM Kevin22 that was a rather sad little piece. Why is it so necessary to see the conflict as.....
» 20/07/2006 6:33:33 PM saint to the best of my knowledge neither Scout or I would classify as gay or activists an.....
» 20/07/2006 1:05:46 PM Scout thanks but the credit should really go to Philo for introducing such a comic spin to.....
» 19/07/2006 7:13:43 PM Maximus, thanks for the look into your world - like Scout I have to wonder which is the re.....
» 19/07/2006 4:02:29 PM Celivia, the statistical difference between gay and hetero sperm wastage are kind of stagg.....
» 19/07/2006 12:59:21 PM philo, interesting points raised in "During my years of work with breeding and poll.....
» 19/07/2006 9:02:32 AM billie - "this society has certain expectations of a white protestant man that reaffi.....
» 18/07/2006 4:01:25 PM coach "To throw an example here: – miracles. Unexplainable, outside science comprehen.....
» 18/07/2006 2:41:35 PM Celivia, I doubt that it is actually 100%. One of the difficulties for the gay bashers is .....
» 18/07/2006 12:37:25 PM Scout nicely put. I've done some more pondering on the differences between believers in f.....
» 18/07/2006 10:40:26 AM Scout, have I missed something else? The only personal insult I noticed from maximus direc.....
» 17/07/2006 8:00:42 PM Scout, I'm completely in agreement with the second part of the post and other than a diffe.....
» 16/07/2006 12:58:57 PM w nice post but I see the conclusion put by you in the last paragraph in a different light.....
» 15/07/2006 9:46:24 PM coach - If someone you knew believed that Jesus will protect him or her if they jumped fro.....
» 15/07/2006 9:32:12 PM Part 2 of 2 To put it another way - if I was sharing a flat with somebody and they chose .....
» 15/07/2006 9:31:13 PM maximus, I'm working on it. Succeed occasionally but it has not been one of my better pers.....
» 14/07/2006 5:27:21 PM Maximus, I don't see it that way. The approach I take is one that I'm comfortable with, fo.....
» 14/07/2006 5:12:58 PM runner, "No one forces anyone to go to this church or any other church. Could you ima.....
» 14/07/2006 12:37:00 PM philo, "Therefore it is important that extremists of the minority group be removed fr.....
» 13/07/2006 10:59:38 PM Maximus, I am struggling in this particular discussion and somewhat hurt that Scout is so .....
» 13/07/2006 5:17:54 PM ena, I particularly liked your last post. For those arguing against choice on the grounds.....
» 13/07/2006 1:00:00 PM Scout, "I am upset because the male posters here apparently believe that women are re.....
» 12/07/2006 10:48:36 PM Irfan, good article. I have a different perspective on Iraq but appreciate what you have t.....
» 12/07/2006 10:15:56 PM Scout, we seem to be going round in circles on this issue. You appear to be reading some k.....
» 12/07/2006 7:39:52 PM runner, "I can personally see a clear link between promiscurity being championed and .....
» 12/07/2006 2:54:49 PM One significant failing in the existing system is the lack of a meaningful complaints depa.....
» 12/07/2006 11:58:29 AM Scout have you had a look at a clip of the incident? Your analysis of the situation is ver.....
» 11/07/2006 6:07:41 PM tao, you may be being a bit two generalised in the comment "Which is why it is just a.....
» 11/07/2006 10:40:57 AM Scout, I may have missed it but I have not seen anything in the posts which support that p.....
» 11/07/2006 9:49:04 AM partTimeParent - James while you make some very good points I think you miss the focus of .....
» 11/07/2006 9:14:42 AM rainer, again good work. coach, yes the boy who kept crying wolf did get eaten but my rec.....
» 10/07/2006 8:48:37 AM rainer, well said. coach, I deliberately keep the brush broad. Islamic fundamentalism app.....
» 9/07/2006 4:52:32 PM Scout if the restraint was genuine then I agree completely. I've not seen the incident and.....
» 9/07/2006 4:28:55 PM Hamlet - it would be interesting to see how well those contracts stand up. My general unde.....
» 9/07/2006 1:00:27 PM As I said on one of the other threads I missed this furor at the time but am somewhat bemu.....
» 8/07/2006 9:23:34 PM I missed the initial furor about the incident - I had not turned into a hippy in the outba.....
» 8/07/2006 8:44:58 PM coach, I had a look at the link you provided. Assuming that the translation is accurate th.....
» 22/06/2006 8:54:51 AM coach, clearly there is a war between extremist muslims and the rest of us (including mode.....
» 21/06/2006 8:29:04 AM Pedant, thanks for another great post (and a good summary in the Mums off bums thread as w.....
» 21/06/2006 7:59:00 AM BD, "The debate about Islam is not about 'Muslims'. Just as the debate about Christia.....
» 20/06/2006 7:24:02 PM coach, I thought that was the case but it was to good to pass up. Freudian slip maybe :) .....
» 20/06/2006 5:49:06 PM Pericles, thats a rough tactic bringing your elderly grey haired mother into the debate. D.....
» 20/06/2006 1:59:29 PM dee, sorry if I've misunderstood your intent. I might be suffering from overload of the ch.....
» 20/06/2006 7:44:57 AM coach, "Ultimately, we all want to live in harmony, safety, and peace. But unfortunat.....
» 19/06/2006 9:00:52 PM dee, Irfan's comment was in regard to this site. I think that he is being grossly unfair t.....
» 19/06/2006 9:34:19 AM Irfan, "I respect the fact that OLO forum moderators allows your comments here (thoug.....
» 17/06/2006 5:43:29 PM Hamlet, very well put. I'd being trying to think of appropriate wording for an answer to t.....
» 16/06/2006 7:56:53 PM Wendy, good point. I tend to have mixed views about this issue. - I am very strongly oppo.....
» 16/06/2006 7:05:27 PM Pedant, now you have got me confused - "obviously children are sometimes the result o.....
» 16/06/2006 12:29:33 PM Gassan, good article. I did find myself cringing at "But the idea of equalising bet.....
» 16/06/2006 11:10:21 AM philo and Priscillian - your discussion about marriage and Paul got me wondering. 1 Corint.....
» 16/06/2006 10:38:21 AM pedant, thanks. More flexible working conditions would help along with some sanity in star.....
» 15/06/2006 1:11:55 PM I get nervous when the government starts "easing me out" of something. I would.....
» 15/06/2006 11:37:30 AM Jane, I don't much like the Mardi Gras, the ads on public toilet walls nor do I personally.....
» 15/06/2006 7:50:58 AM It's so easy to be polarised on this kind of topic - single mums are long suffering saints.....
» 14/06/2006 2:50:22 PM Alan, "As I said before, hetero and homo sexual people have exactly the same rights w.....
» 14/06/2006 8:20:33 AM Angela, nice post. Self interest is something worth keeping in mind when we consider the i.....
» 9/06/2006 2:47:38 PM Davo, isn't almost everything which we did not grow up with "weird"? Some of it.....
» 9/06/2006 1:17:30 PM Bredan, nice post. In the absence of an answer to "Ask any of them to detail exactly .....
» 8/06/2006 7:41:59 AM redneck, I've always been horrified by the violence in "What a Wonderful World" .....
» 7/06/2006 5:30:12 PM I've often wondered how those who focus on the procreation aspect of marriage deal with th.....
» 6/06/2006 10:02:26 PM Philo, there is an well known answer to your question. Find out for yourself. There is.....
» 6/06/2006 12:16:44 PM Romany, agreed. My comments were an attempt to address one side of what I took to be a leg.....
» 6/06/2006 9:39:16 AM My impression based on my reading of the article was not of a state using sharia law but r.....
» 5/06/2006 9:34:00 PM Stephen, thanks for a great and surprising article. Romany, you make some good points an.....
» 3/06/2006 6:16:37 PM Col, my pleasure. I appreciate the perspective that you bring to these debates. My views i.....
» 2/06/2006 5:36:00 PM The issue leaves me with mixed feelings. It is easy to sit back at no cost to ourselves an.....
» 2/06/2006 3:54:32 PM Col, nicely put. R0bert.....
» 31/05/2006 6:29:07 PM I have a lot of sympathy and a preference for the use of the same laws for all of us. Wh.....
» 31/05/2006 8:49:34 AM Anth, the views attributed to Kirby in the paternity fraud case certainly leave me very co.....
» 30/05/2006 4:36:14 PM Mirko uses recent examples from near the summit of Mount Everest and concludes with the fo.....
» 30/05/2006 10:33:43 AM Bernie, great article. I saw part of the show about the gangs in California jails (extende.....
» 30/05/2006 8:14:34 AM guy faulk, didn't George W have a prefered candidate knocked back/withdraw recently? I've .....
» 29/05/2006 9:41:19 PM guy faulk, doesn't our current system result in political appointments anyway? It seems fr.....
» 29/05/2006 5:59:18 PM Sly it is not reasonable to discuss the need for a particular government to go in isolatio.....
» 29/05/2006 1:37:47 PM YngNLuvnIt, "As was rightly pointed out, do we honestly believe that African Catholic.....
» 28/05/2006 6:22:49 PM Stalker, apology accepted. I agree that it is probably worth while to try and equip some p.....
» 27/05/2006 12:41:09 PM Marilyn one of your posts implied a lack of acceptance to our ways by some migrants, my co.....
» 27/05/2006 12:18:54 PM Stalker, I'd be interested to see where I made that comment? I've checked and it was not m.....
» 26/05/2006 3:11:50 PM BD that is distressing when we find ourselves in a level of agreement - stop it. Seriousl.....
» 25/05/2006 10:01:27 PM Johnh, that's been tried before but numbat loves those adjectives (in between telling us h.....
» 25/05/2006 8:24:24 PM o sung wu and alchemist, thanks for you both for your answers. Pretty much what I expected.....
» 25/05/2006 6:02:12 PM o sung wu, if Bernie was reasonably compliant and generally kept to himself what is your t.....
» 25/05/2006 2:45:33 PM Narcissist, is the tent embassy still active? I was in Canberra over Easter and it looked .....
» 25/05/2006 11:25:25 AM stormont - sole voice of reason? Justice Kirby has been reported as being opposed to a fi.....
» 24/05/2006 8:14:40 AM Leigh, Keith, arjay are you seriously suggesting that putting in the hard yards of study (.....
» 22/05/2006 9:18:57 PM BD, thank you for your admission of error and retraction. If that was unprompted (Kaiser's.....
» 22/05/2006 2:32:33 PM Leigh, it may be that our collective tolerance of "the different" is one of the .....
» 22/05/2006 12:46:01 PM Interesting that one bit of the definition "the voluntary union for life" seems .....
» 19/05/2006 12:27:38 PM BD, "He (or she)....who is without sin.... may cast the first stone" It seems t.....
» 19/05/2006 10:06:53 AM kilos, no argument with your observations about the lack of consistancy the Qld "just.....
» 17/05/2006 10:13:55 PM kilos, I gather from your comments that you are the author of the piece. Any comment on t.....
» 17/05/2006 8:27:10 AM Tristan, "Would those on welfare be made to work for welfare 8 hours a week?" .....
» 16/05/2006 1:48:57 PM seeker, I suspect that your "irony" was a bit close to actual attitudes held by .....
» 16/05/2006 9:31:04 AM Sells, I’ll try and help out here. Is there a God? – probably not and most certainly not .....
» 15/05/2006 8:30:28 PM Stalker, there is nothing in the article which suggests any sense of remorse for the harm .....
» 15/05/2006 6:07:28 PM Tristan, the hypenated writing is hard to read, I'm not sure what that is about. I put up.....
» 14/05/2006 7:35:09 PM Col thanks again. Patty same to you, I'm enjoying your posts on this issue. They seem to .....
» 14/05/2006 7:25:27 PM Col, thanks but it's not one I'm particularly proud of. I try to avoid letting this stuf.....
» 14/05/2006 8:10:01 AM Yabby, very well put. R0bert.....
» 14/05/2006 8:02:35 AM BD - "In conclusion, I believe we need a 3rd evangelical awakening, not a humanist re.....
» 12/05/2006 5:44:36 PM Tristan, "Conservatives, however, wouldn't know anything about compassion or decency......
» 12/05/2006 12:54:17 PM Leigh, I'm surprised that you were not touched by the authors obvious concern for the vict.....
» 12/05/2006 8:46:10 AM King Canute, thanks for your excellent contributions to this debate. Your answer to BD's c.....
» 11/05/2006 4:02:30 PM Tristan, as I have previously pointed out the current tax systems does not fit with ".....
» 11/05/2006 8:03:23 AM BD, "Choose a 'value' which u feel is currently being or already "lost" wh.....
» 10/05/2006 7:24:14 PM Scout, feel free to quibble. We learn from each other that way. It was not my intention to.....
» 10/05/2006 7:07:03 PM Scout, I'm hoping that you have misunderstood my intent. Not particularly worried about ga.....
» 10/05/2006 10:27:24 AM Remco, nicely said. I hold the view that "Green" political parties don't represe.....
» 10/05/2006 8:10:29 AM coach, I think Yabby has covered the no proof argument well. It boils down to the idea tha.....
» 9/05/2006 10:00:58 PM hellothere, that works well although there is a part of me that now wants to change ".....
» 9/05/2006 6:43:30 PM Pericles, thanks. I've been wondering lately if it might be of use to have a new regulator.....
» 9/05/2006 6:08:10 PM Col, thanks for your comments. I'd really like some engagement from "the Left".....
» 9/05/2006 9:54:11 AM Scout, it might be that I did not go far enough in my post and say why I was thankfull for.....
» 8/05/2006 6:20:36 PM Tristan, I don't see that there is "distributional justice" in the income based .....
» 8/05/2006 4:27:20 PM Tristan, much of the debate around just societies/income redistribution etc seems to be ba.....
» 8/05/2006 10:40:15 AM coach, are you just giving your general support to those "christian values" or a.....
» 6/05/2006 3:32:51 PM Rex, thanks for that post and the associated link. R0bert.....
» 5/05/2006 6:32:52 PM One suggestion to reduce the number of people growing up in "welfare dependent homes&.....
» 3/05/2006 6:30:46 PM BD, once again using the weakest pretext to push your beliefs. Move on. 'Social Healing t.....
» 3/05/2006 6:02:06 PM Does anybody know if the survey mentioned in the article looked at what types of car trave.....
» 3/05/2006 12:17:23 PM I continue to have mixed views on this topic. - The long term storage/disposal of Nuclear.....
» 30/04/2006 4:15:14 PM BD, I might as well join those who have found your pondering of how those of us who don't .....
» 28/04/2006 8:42:12 AM seeker, thanks for the link to the article. One which was worth reading. Your first parag.....
» 26/04/2006 8:24:39 PM MikeM, in answer to your question. There have been plenty of links posed by various contri.....
» 25/04/2006 7:12:02 PM Hamlet the bias of the author is blatently obvious right from the start. Section 1 opens .....
» 24/04/2006 6:03:43 PM BD, "Solutions to Violence" would be nice but I suspect that what is more import.....
» 24/04/2006 8:17:39 AM Hamlet, sorry I forgot to respond to your post last night (I was in shock at finding a pos.....
» 23/04/2006 5:44:20 PM BD - I don't get to say this often so I'll grab the opportunity "Nice post". On.....
» 22/04/2006 9:02:00 PM seeker, I'm not to concerned if Liz and I have very different perspectives on the issues. .....
» 21/04/2006 7:54:17 AM Liz, I'd be interested in hearing your views on the champions of the mothers groups. The t.....
» 20/04/2006 5:26:40 PM Maximus, thats not the first time I've heard a view along those lines. I've never seen the.....
» 20/04/2006 1:05:56 PM Liz, Sue Price has never struck me as anti-female or as seeking a world dominated by men. .....
» 19/04/2006 6:33:30 PM SILLE, that may vary from lawyer to lawyer. In my own case my solicitor appeared to look f.....
» 19/04/2006 6:13:42 PM seeker, the bit that I did not get to yesterday in my post is the role that the way we con.....
» 19/04/2006 12:05:52 PM I share a level of scepticism about the likelyhood of the centers making a real difference.....
» 19/04/2006 11:02:06 AM Scout, I found the article interesting. I really did not like the first half - but the lat.....
» 18/04/2006 10:12:29 AM seeker, agreed. Some good women do stand up and fight against these injustices - Sue Price.....
» 18/04/2006 9:20:46 AM Scout, hi I'm back from an excellent holiday. The last paragraph of your most recent post .....
» 8/04/2006 9:25:12 PM Maximus, my nature is not very warrior focussed. Some by orientation and some by choice. T.....
» 8/04/2006 9:04:41 PM BD, definately good to have a team as long as you use the right person in the right role. .....
» 7/04/2006 8:13:52 AM scout, thanks for your comments. Reasoned polite discussion is possible, it's just that so.....
» 6/04/2006 8:32:34 AM Seeker "It is clear from these that you believe that one’s immediate family is fair g.....
» 4/04/2006 4:41:59 PM realist, I saw some more regarding the particular allegations over lunch and part of the c.....
» 4/04/2006 1:31:52 PM Perseus, I've never checked myself (the Paul Hogan test) but to outward appearances Nichol.....
» 3/04/2006 9:53:07 PM Kay, feel free to disagree - disagreement is a part of these threads and I have mixed view.....
» 3/04/2006 3:43:43 PM I've been pondering aspects of this issue over the weekend. I noticed in the paper on the .....
» 3/04/2006 1:17:08 PM BrianT - it is hard to see a reasonable case against "fears" needing to be reaso.....
» 2/04/2006 4:30:17 PM Scout, sorry about the flood of posts - as you might have guessed this particular topic is.....
» 2/04/2006 7:08:45 AM wobbles, thank you for the honesty and courage shown in that last post. Many who would hav.....
» 1/04/2006 5:53:28 PM rancitis, I'd forgotton that post. It was not intended as an attack on your post, rather a.....
» 31/03/2006 11:57:06 AM Part 2 of 2 - The next most risky living situation for kids after living with a single pa.....
» 31/03/2006 11:52:33 AM Scout, thanks. I’ll attempt to address the points you raised. I think the difference in b.....
» 30/03/2006 5:37:16 PM numbat, first up it is not my koran. I'm clearly agnostic. My interest in this topic is a .....
» 30/03/2006 3:08:21 PM numbat - "Having said that I will counter lies, distortions and falsehoods from Chris.....
» 30/03/2006 1:49:52 PM Fellow_Human, Scout, wibble thank you all for your attempts to bring some balance to these.....
» 30/03/2006 11:46:49 AM Scout, my intro line was directed at the article not at your post. After submitting my pos.....
» 30/03/2006 11:19:12 AM What an appalling load of rubbish. Even the most basic look at stats on substantiated chi.....
» 29/03/2006 7:58:03 AM Irfan it is fairly obvious that extremist muslims are not the only ones spoiling for a fig.....
» 28/03/2006 10:21:27 PM fida mae, time for the other part of your post. I agree that if legitimate independant res.....
» 28/03/2006 10:42:19 AM Irfan, thanks once again for putting the POV of moderate Islam so well. As you might have .....
» 28/03/2006 10:33:39 AM Scout Irfan has a fresh article up speaking quite clearly in support of freedom of religio.....
» 28/03/2006 8:22:51 AM redneck the lack of serious expressions of public outrage by western muslims over the idea.....
» 27/03/2006 6:37:56 PM fida mae, sorry about the delay in responding - I missed the updates somehow. "so I d.....
» 27/03/2006 8:18:43 AM redneck, I think wibble is saying it a lot better than I am. I have mixed feeling about t.....
» 26/03/2006 10:49:17 PM redneck, I'm willing to up the number from a few hundred to a justifiable number - the few.....
» 25/03/2006 4:03:31 PM rancitas, "However, in respect to the claim that bloggers (Rancitas especially) base .....
» 25/03/2006 3:39:08 PM Abu Famir, it might be an artifact of selective reporting but most of the complaint I have.....
» 24/03/2006 8:09:20 AM Mike M - I'm not sure that dobadan first mentioned Hitler. I know I tossed in a comment .....
» 23/03/2006 8:08:10 PM mangotreeone1, whilst I agree with much of your post I suspect that the general intent of .....
» 23/03/2006 4:00:13 PM BD "I don't see much value in the linking of particular crime to ethnic groups, I se.....
» 23/03/2006 3:44:48 PM No mind readers here so we'll never know what went through the minds of the passers by at .....
» 22/03/2006 10:10:44 PM redneck, would you then ban everybody who rode a motorbike (or even everybody who liked Ha.....
» 22/03/2006 2:51:25 PM Scout, I rather suspect that she is just exercising her freedom to insult. It may be that .....
» 22/03/2006 10:50:30 AM fide mae, changing the context of the discussion does not really address the issue. Coach .....
» 21/03/2006 8:56:50 PM BD, "On you though, it suprises me that you seem so defensive of womens independance .....
» 21/03/2006 1:30:38 PM fida mae, agreed that Father is analogy in terms of understanding of the christain God b.....
» 21/03/2006 8:28:40 AM I saw part of a traffic warning message last night "One third of traffic accidents ha.....
» 20/03/2006 7:40:02 PM LittleAgreeableBuddy, "However, it could've been stated in connection with Eph 5:22.....
» 20/03/2006 6:46:58 PM When you stuff up undoing what you have done gives ammunition to the enemy - fair call but.....
» 20/03/2006 6:05:21 PM One one level what the author says makes a lot of sense but another level I'm left wonderi.....
» 18/03/2006 8:03:48 AM coach, we are well off topic here other than the exercise of free speech. Your drowning a.....
» 17/03/2006 3:42:00 PM realist, numbat is hiding behind the "Christian's aren't perfect, just forgiven".....
» 16/03/2006 8:07:11 PM Irfan, I think that you have misjudged most of the muslim bashing brigade on that one - I .....
» 16/03/2006 7:47:26 PM trade, true for some but there are also some really good women out there who behave as adu.....
» 16/03/2006 8:46:55 AM coach, which part of my summary of the christian "sin and judgement" thing was i.....
» 15/03/2006 3:04:10 PM fide mae, "You would need to show that this situation has changed, else all charities.....
» 15/03/2006 9:52:44 AM Rena, I'm not sure if it's possible to have free speech without saying potentially offensi.....
» 14/03/2006 8:48:27 PM coach, thanks for the answer. I had the impression that you supported government restricti.....
» 13/03/2006 8:58:24 PM pagan numbat (used in the sense of someone who follows a false god rather than as a genera.....
» 13/03/2006 3:23:37 PM coach, interesting that you demand that others answer your questions when you don't make a.....
» 11/03/2006 12:49:54 PM Seeker, quite an open and reflective post. Attempts at balance for me are a mix of my own .....
» 10/03/2006 9:33:19 PM Te, not sure how serious you were but I'll take your post at face value. Remember that se.....
» 10/03/2006 5:46:34 PM coach, you've finally proven the wrongness of Islam compared to your faith. Just a quick s.....
» 10/03/2006 5:22:41 PM Faustino, thanks an excellent post which summed it up very well. R0bert.....
» 10/03/2006 8:21:21 AM Scout, thanks for your input - it's appreciated again. seeker, have I been wrong in assum.....
» 10/03/2006 8:03:05 AM SHONGA, I'm not talking about bribing, I'm talking about withholding something that shou.....
» 9/03/2006 8:27:56 PM I liked the fact that the author understands just how muddy some of the issues within a re.....
» 8/03/2006 10:38:47 PM coach, can't see any relation to your answer to question 1 and the question. I'm trying to.....
» 8/03/2006 11:52:35 AM Scout, you may be correct in that assessment. I've tended to see Seeker as being more focu.....
» 8/03/2006 9:00:31 AM GZ_Tan, hope you enjoyed the classes, time seemed to pass quickly. "Social benefit r.....
» 7/03/2006 5:37:15 PM Sarah10, what is your issue? You seem very angry at men in general. Your earlier post was .....
» 7/03/2006 3:29:45 PM fide mae, I suspect that most of the christains posting on this site have a different view.....
» 6/03/2006 5:41:19 PM Kevin, you make a good point with "But, in our current system, while defence counse.....
» 6/03/2006 3:42:27 PM numbat, firstly thanks for the tone of the post and the obvious concern. Posts like that m.....
» 6/03/2006 2:37:14 PM INDOGIRL, what country are you in? Here in Australia we have financlail support systems .....
» 6/03/2006 1:15:08 PM tulbey, much of the problem with DV stats is that most of the time the collection methods .....
» 6/03/2006 12:37:52 PM coach, you wrote "God does not tolerate evil but He allows it to exist by His Grace .....
» 5/03/2006 4:23:08 PM terry and son, not sure if I've understood your post correctly but a couple of key points .....
» 5/03/2006 2:42:32 PM redneck, "I am off the Hell with RObert. It should be fun. David will get to sit on.....
» 5/03/2006 9:36:04 AM Scout, I clearly didn't read the same context into "flashed" as you did hence th.....
» 5/03/2006 7:10:05 AM Scout here I go off topic even further. I suspect that you are doing some of what BD is do.....
» 4/03/2006 4:15:46 PM mickijo, I'm not claiming knowledge of how it is applied in practice (I think I made that .....
» 4/03/2006 3:41:34 PM rancitas, to misquote a line from a film you may have enjoyed "He's not the devil in.....
» 4/03/2006 1:07:54 PM BD, - "Jesus said “If a man so much as LOOKS at a woman with lust in his heart, he ha.....
» 3/03/2006 12:18:29 PM coach - "Well if you understood the first thing about Christianity you would know tha.....
» 3/03/2006 8:05:32 AM Schmuck, loved that last point you made. On the broarder topic it probably is a circle. A.....
» 3/03/2006 7:52:43 AM BD, you appear to have missed the bit where those savage criticism's by Jesus were directe.....
» 2/03/2006 5:52:01 PM Should this really be an issue of "personal shariah law" or one of getting the g.....
» 28/02/2006 12:45:43 PM Reading the article a couple of things stuck out. - In our society the "value based o.....
» 28/02/2006 8:30:56 AM BD, I agreed with pretty much everything said in that last post although not with your ear.....
» 28/02/2006 8:00:27 AM BD "It does not change the natural inclination for highly driven minorities to advan.....
» 24/02/2006 6:45:33 PM I've only just got around to reading the article and I was thrilled. The voice of what I h.....
» 24/02/2006 6:29:28 PM Realist, I wondered after reading your post if your were being tongue in cheek but it look.....
» 24/02/2006 12:26:32 PM BD, feeling like a post so I thought I'd have a look at your list. 1/ Calls to prayer fro.....
» 23/02/2006 7:50:25 AM st_alk, sorry I missed the welcome in my post. Also sorry if I have misunderstood what you.....
» 22/02/2006 10:21:55 PM st_alk, are athiesm or agnosticism false? Is the christian evangelical gospel false? If yo.....
» 22/02/2006 5:25:54 PM Themistocles, can you please post the assumptions and maths you are using to support your .....
» 22/02/2006 3:54:01 PM A change of government might also have some fun shutting down some of the informal ALP bra.....
» 21/02/2006 8:24:07 PM Leigh, I don't know the "truth" on that one either but a quick search of the web.....
» 20/02/2006 6:00:32 PM David, I agree with the use of a source which looks at the whole topic rather than just fo.....
» 20/02/2006 2:51:04 PM PK, I suspect that the difference here is that posts don't appear to get censored on the b.....
» 19/02/2006 11:10:25 AM GZ Tan, thanks for the insights in the earlier post regarding your position. If you are no.....
» 18/02/2006 8:39:28 PM odsoc, Fellow_Human is muslim and the target of an amazing amount of attack by a group of .....
» 18/02/2006 10:27:10 AM Hamlet, I think that you have misunderstood my post. I differentiate between the current .....
» 18/02/2006 9:28:32 AM BD, "Others may simply feel the need to point out inconsistencies between the tone of.....
» 17/02/2006 5:34:24 PM "Our tax system raises revenue according to individuals’ capacity to pay." - tha.....
» 16/02/2006 8:35:58 PM coach, don't get to excited. In hindsight my attempt to reach deep into the lala land of .....
» 16/02/2006 3:29:12 PM Fellow Human - woops I guessing that you missed the joke. Sorry if I offended or distresse.....
» 15/02/2006 6:29:48 PM Scout, I think I've stumbled onto a massive hoax and we have been had. FH is apparently n.....
» 15/02/2006 5:52:49 PM shiney, nice post. I did want to clear up what appears to be a misconception. Nothing in.....
» 15/02/2006 6:48:36 AM BD, thanks for coming in with some correction to coaches claims. We might get further aro.....
» 14/02/2006 8:13:30 PM KAEP, your posts sound like a declaration of war or something. I've been on the wrong end .....
» 13/02/2006 7:45:53 PM Wow there are some touching posts here so far. Thanks to those who are opening up about yo.....
» 13/02/2006 5:38:11 PM Scout, I think some comments on ID (Internet Dating) bear relevance to the topic. ID is n.....
» 13/02/2006 1:02:20 PM So coach what you appear to be suggesting is that there is really no possibility of meanin.....
» 11/02/2006 9:27:08 PM GZ Tan - "It's an insideous force that warrants a collectiveness in the verdict - Mus.....
» 11/02/2006 12:13:17 PM This article (as well as a discussion I had a couple of nights ago)got me thinking about m.....
» 10/02/2006 7:32:35 PM GZ Tan as you suggested on another thread I should judge you by the strength of your analy.....
» 10/02/2006 6:07:03 PM numbat, "How can we trust or believe any pagan moslem - read their book. Now ALL! isl.....
» 10/02/2006 3:35:43 PM Shonga, where did Col say that the Golf/Iraq war was legal. I've found a spot where he poi.....
» 10/02/2006 10:42:58 AM Scout, thanks. Sometimes not as scathing as I would like to be and at the same time more s.....
» 10/02/2006 10:27:40 AM GZ Tan, I have not read it recently but Fellow Human does have a Blog which appears to be .....
» 9/02/2006 4:01:53 PM GZ Tan, are you making a special effort to demonstrate your ignorance? If so it is succeed.....
» 9/02/2006 12:47:30 PM Martin, perhaps if you understood the difference between recognising and admitting to the .....
» 8/02/2006 2:11:23 PM GZ Tan, you might note (as an item of humour) that the media did not publish images of all.....
» 7/02/2006 11:16:41 AM Salam, I think that you have missed the mark on this one. Ridicule of extremist behaviour .....
» 7/02/2006 7:58:24 AM aj20, "if the man is leaving the sole responsibility of the child with the mother she.....
» 6/02/2006 7:00:15 PM dobbadan, "This website tells of the multiple atrocities done by Muslims all over and.....
» 6/02/2006 1:50:52 PM Mirko, I liked your article very much. The concept of loyalty is to seldom talked about. I.....
» 6/02/2006 1:21:42 PM Irfan, thanks for such an honest and helpful article. Really good stuff. Maybe this is a p.....
» 5/02/2006 7:55:57 PM maelorin, I agree that both parties have to co-operate to make shared parenting work as we.....
» 5/02/2006 6:01:16 PM Genesis, not sure if you are aware of this but mental illness is not an all or nothing thi.....
» 5/02/2006 5:42:56 PM GlenWriter, "What will be the result: a sham where the children grow up to hate both .....
» 3/02/2006 3:28:42 PM fide mae, probably off topic but relevant to some extent. I do have some concern with to .....
» 3/02/2006 12:44:14 PM Love the article and the concepts behind it. I have to admit to a very high level of scep.....
» 2/02/2006 8:51:21 PM aj20, maybe you have not noticed the label "deadbeat dads" floating around. The.....
» 2/02/2006 6:11:44 PM Aziliz, I find the circular logic employed facinating. The following is my paraphrasing of.....
» 2/02/2006 1:38:58 PM aj20, why are you raising your child alone? Your choice or the fathers? Is the father wil.....
» 1/02/2006 2:23:48 PM numbat, no offence taken. There is really not a lot of space for taking offence on these t.....
» 1/02/2006 10:55:48 AM Syed, your central argument is probably correct however the tone of the article does not s.....
» 1/02/2006 8:10:47 AM numbat, thanks for the effort you put into the detailed point by point rebuttal of my prev.....
» 31/01/2006 8:50:17 PM Jolanda, not sure I'm up to writing the condensed version but I'll have a go at some impre.....
» 31/01/2006 1:37:15 PM Pericles, Scout, nice posts. coach, still thinking about the value and content of any res.....
» 30/01/2006 9:49:03 PM meredeth, first some assumptions - Islam comes in different strengths and approaches. - .....
» 30/01/2006 8:39:07 PM Aziliz, thanks. Great posts. You've expressed the freedom that comes from getting out from.....
» 30/01/2006 7:39:55 PM Coyote, I very much disagreed with what appeared to be a very sexist post. "Wise Wom.....
» 30/01/2006 7:32:45 PM Jolanda, have you had a read of the article Merideth has been posting links to? Whilst as.....
» 30/01/2006 12:54:28 PM rainer, thanks for the response. My concerns relating to Itfan's recent articles and posti.....
» 29/01/2006 9:18:12 PM edi, so far you have not given me any reason for contempt of your posts, I disagree with m.....
» 29/01/2006 5:17:05 PM Axiliz, I think that you have misunderstood me fairly dramatically (or I have done some ve.....
» 29/01/2006 1:35:06 PM I'm left wondering if other posters were reading the same article to the one I read (as an.....
» 29/01/2006 12:44:51 PM Andrew, two posts a day and 350 word limits can be a pain. Cheer up though there are plent.....
» 29/01/2006 9:30:20 AM I'v finally gotten around to trawling through all the posts on this thread. Summing up wha.....
» 28/01/2006 2:58:30 PM Rainer, thanks for posting the quote from Salam and the statement regards Irfan's public c.....
» 28/01/2006 2:44:21 PM tubley, what works best for you might not work as well for others. My dinner preperations .....
» 28/01/2006 10:36:28 AM Rainer, I agree that institutions are quite capable of many of the same flaws as individua.....
» 28/01/2006 9:45:34 AM Friedrich, I think what Jolanda meant is that she does not look so obviously ethnic that s.....
» 28/01/2006 8:36:03 AM BD, I'm struggling to find where I mentioned "Why does God Allow" and followed w.....
» 27/01/2006 8:03:42 AM The Big Fish, I suspect that the answer lies somewhere in the middle. The underlying issu.....
» 26/01/2006 5:59:34 PM Rainer, I really would not want some of those who post here being able to track me down or.....
» 26/01/2006 5:47:40 PM BD, I noticed a distinct change of subject in the post you addressed to me this morning. I.....
» 26/01/2006 2:26:37 PM Hamlet, I liked your list. A fairly good summary of stuff many of us value about this coun.....
» 26/01/2006 12:17:11 PM Scout, I agree with your comment about gross generalisations but there may be an element o.....
» 26/01/2006 12:13:23 AM BD, I too will put forward the case on which my life stands when I respond to claims about.....
» 25/01/2006 5:41:25 PM numbat, if I've offended you as a non participant in coaches denigration of non christians.....
» 24/01/2006 10:08:43 PM Hi Kay, good point, SuziQ's post was a great one. In my haste to differ on the companionsh.....
» 24/01/2006 9:34:08 PM Hamlet, I'm guessing that your last post is mostly in good humour and from what I know of .....
» 24/01/2006 9:23:55 PM Martin Ibn Warriq, how dare I? If you don't want people expressing views about christianit.....
» 24/01/2006 4:07:21 PM coach, true that I never really new Jesus or God. If Jesus lived he is long dead and the c.....
» 24/01/2006 12:12:46 PM SuziQ, I saw an article recently in which it was claimed that at least some research shows.....
» 23/01/2006 6:49:57 PM Thor, I'll agree that giris seems to go to far in dismissing concerns about the behaviour .....
» 23/01/2006 1:32:48 PM Pt 2 of 2 coach Life without your God can be rather good when you consider the alternative.....
» 23/01/2006 1:31:41 PM coach, any thoughts on the content of Mark's article? I liked it but suspect the message i.....
» 23/01/2006 11:54:15 AM Scout, a great post. The labels don't work well, as you correctly point out some of the cu.....
» 23/01/2006 7:34:17 AM Steel, some thoughts/comments on your last post. Concepts such as economic rationalism co.....
» 22/01/2006 10:29:57 AM Scout, "There are a minority of men at the top who are just as determined to keep the.....
» 22/01/2006 10:04:24 AM Scout, I was interested in your comment "is conservative or radical" as descript.....
» 22/01/2006 9:10:16 AM Media portrayal of any issue is double edged. It both responds too and shapes public attit.....
» 14/01/2006 7:33:57 AM BD - "The point Remy has been making seems to have been lost so far on most posters, .....
» 13/01/2006 8:17:24 PM Kephren, C$A is a revised version of the initials of the so called "Child Support Age.....
» 13/01/2006 1:02:45 PM SHONGA, I have seen the income statements of seperated parents of a school age child from .....
» 12/01/2006 6:51:11 PM Steve thanks for your input. I guess that aspect of this thread has drifted a bit from the.....
» 12/01/2006 2:28:46 PM Col, a mixture of personal experience, observation and reflection. I've managed to retain .....
» 11/01/2006 7:05:47 PM Salam, nice article. You seem to have been spared input so far from the few who use these .....
» 11/01/2006 3:37:44 PM BD, once again in your haste to turn yet another thread into a muslim bashing exercise you.....
» 11/01/2006 2:12:41 PM Not only are single parents paid more for the number of children, they are also paid more .....
» 11/01/2006 12:50:59 PM Keith, nicely put. R0bert.....
» 11/01/2006 12:39:02 PM Nayeefa, I'm not sure if I've understood your argument fully but the impression I get is t.....
» 8/01/2006 10:20:42 AM Jolanda, I suspect that it is more about not wanting their communities to be tarred with b.....
» 8/01/2006 7:14:49 AM Arjay, again a good post. How much of this debate has been tied up with the difference be.....
» 6/01/2006 8:06:10 AM uneed2bcurious, 1.5 Settled somewhere where there is employment opportunities (not often.....
» 5/01/2006 5:52:52 PM Taimor, removing racial profiling might help but I doubt it, I suspect that it would be se.....
» 5/01/2006 2:15:37 PM Mr.P.Pig, thanks for the response. Agreed that the article lacks detail, I assumed that th.....
» 5/01/2006 7:57:13 AM Mr.P.Pig, thanks for the updated link. It was an interesting read and clarified some of th.....
» 4/01/2006 3:43:08 PM Mr.P.Pig, merideth, lots of ridicule but what exactly are your problems with "we ne.....
» 4/01/2006 1:49:40 PM Mirko, I very much agree with the central ideas of the article, now comes the "but&qu.....
» 4/01/2006 6:20:51 AM Mr.P.Pig, the link goes to a suspended account - I guess that was not your plan. merideth.....
» 3/01/2006 9:17:11 PM merideth, sorry my suggestion to Irfan that those who are concerned about the behaviour of.....
» 3/01/2006 1:23:52 PM Linda, maybe you could start paying a bit more attention to the choices some of your ".....
» 3/01/2006 7:39:47 AM Scout, my degree is in IT, not a particularly political arena but I suspect my views hurt .....
» 2/01/2006 9:06:50 AM Mr.P.Pig, don't take it as a no, rather take it that your experience, mindset etc have not.....
» 2/01/2006 8:41:31 AM Linda, how much extra tax have your tried to pay? Simple question. If the answer is ".....
» 1/01/2006 9:04:56 PM Hamlet, my confidence in the great things about this country is not so fragile that it onl.....
» 1/01/2006 8:03:42 AM Col, slight disagreement with the following "Since, in the matter of abortion, one w.....
» 31/12/2005 8:47:19 PM teamworktom, that need not be all bad. Some of the abstract stuff is the stuff that makes .....
» 31/12/2005 7:55:21 PM Mr P Pig, I expect my answer will be more vague and waffly than your would prefer. I have .....
» 31/12/2005 8:06:01 AM Some thoughts on probation issue. - I have the impression that the "Lebanese" .....
» 31/12/2005 7:52:45 AM hasbeen, Col, excellent posts. I still have not seen anybody admitting to paying more tax.....
» 30/12/2005 5:42:13 PM slasher, sush!! they are keeping that part (along with a few other similar initiatives) qu.....
» 30/12/2005 1:03:22 PM Anybody got any idea how many people pay additional tax above and beyond what is assessed?.....
» 29/12/2005 10:08:11 PM slasher, this may be off topic but I'm kind of interested in what you mean by "public.....
» 29/12/2005 9:54:35 PM slasher, good points. I had heard similar previously but had not seen the detail. Kay, th.....
» 29/12/2005 3:32:48 PM coach, I saw that episode of 60 minutes. Most of the quotes were from a visiting US preach.....
» 29/12/2005 2:34:08 PM coach, first up congratulations on one of your best posts. I liked the fact that it includ.....
» 29/12/2005 12:33:16 PM Irfan, on reflection I missed a group which I was probably thinking of as belonging to the.....
» 28/12/2005 8:08:53 PM markdmark, "So If I didn't vote for the Liberals, why should I respect or adhere to t.....
» 28/12/2005 1:25:18 PM Glenwriter, where in the world does "free" anything exist if free means to do as.....
» 28/12/2005 12:41:42 PM Pericles, I'm interested in the idea's around 'It is nonsense to then use "but I'm .....
» 28/12/2005 9:05:18 AM Irfan, I recall very few posts which have been supportive of racial purity agenda's. A num.....
» 27/12/2005 7:16:15 PM Friedrich, I'm in agreement (based on my understanding of the consequences) that the drug .....
» 27/12/2005 9:52:35 AM Arjay, thanks. Very much in agreement that the extreme ends of this debate make it that mu.....
» 27/12/2005 8:46:21 AM Scout, great post. On topic, in my view balanced (benefit/risk etc), an attempt to look at.....
» 26/12/2005 6:30:35 PM Kay, giving a child access to the pill is not condoning the sex act (provided what you are.....
» 23/12/2005 7:12:04 PM BD, I'm guessing that the mayor thinks he is honoring his version of "Almighty God&qu.....
» 23/12/2005 9:14:58 AM Irfan, you are a brave fellow. Embarking on the cultural outrage of wearing a Wallabies' j.....
» 23/12/2005 8:09:39 AM BD, I appreciated the approach taken in that last post. More of that and this place will b.....
» 22/12/2005 9:54:57 PM Rainer, I'm not going straight to your question. To easy for it to become a score counting.....
» 22/12/2005 4:09:33 PM What a sad view of Australia. Racist backwater, pigsty etc. At first read this article see.....
» 22/12/2005 8:00:00 AM BD, a racial purity approach is "is a bit misguided" where as asking if someone .....
» 21/12/2005 10:09:44 PM DFXK, good post. Being raised a Queensland farm boy I have tended to have a preference for.....
» 21/12/2005 2:46:12 PM coach, it is very unlikely that you are awakening anybody to any danger. The approach take.....
» 21/12/2005 11:47:50 AM Irfan, well said. How was the holiday? Waleed, I hope you are correct in your assessment .....
» 20/12/2005 3:59:12 PM Love the idea of a world free of religion but not sure I want to live in one where authori.....
» 20/12/2005 12:17:20 PM Scout, thanks. Sometimes seems like an episode of "Get Smart" around here. Battl.....
» 20/12/2005 12:00:07 PM DavidJS, another great post. I'm assuming in the last section when you talk about "co.....
» 20/12/2005 7:52:30 AM redneck, unless I've missed something I'm 100% in agreement with your last post (are you O.....
» 19/12/2005 9:48:29 AM DavidJS, great post. R0bert.....
» 19/12/2005 7:55:01 AM BD, reasonable response. You might consider the impact that calls for physical non police .....
» 18/12/2005 8:38:31 PM BD, who were the supremacists you refered to in "Or, mentioned the deliberate attemp.....
» 18/12/2005 7:16:04 PM redneck, judging by your posts I have had a pretty sheltered life too, something I think I.....
» 18/12/2005 6:25:29 AM Kay, did you see the article in yesterdays (Saturdays) Courier Mail by Madonna King. She w.....
» 17/12/2005 10:41:30 PM Jolanda, I agree with most of what you've said in the recent post. I think though that it .....
» 17/12/2005 9:26:33 AM Jolanda, kind of agree with you but am uncertain which direction your are coming from. If.....
» 16/12/2005 10:00:31 AM Kay, thanks. I'll plead guily to getting verbally aggressive / defensive here at times. Th.....
» 16/12/2005 8:23:36 AM DavidJS, a contract but a very dodgy one. No redress for gross breaches of contract etc. I.....
» 15/12/2005 7:31:54 PM Fellow_Human, I'm glad you enjoyed the quote. I'm not sure if it's his or taken from somew.....
» 15/12/2005 11:50:37 AM The posts were reading so well till I got to the one posted at 11:01:40 AM Who won't inte.....
» 15/12/2005 8:37:31 AM Justin thanks for your comments. Not sure if I'm more distressed by Friedrick's desire to .....
» 14/12/2005 9:17:58 PM FRIEDRICH, interesting idea. I'm not sure that they would be to keen to accept me, no midl.....
» 14/12/2005 8:31:37 PM pedant, this seems so trivial compared to the other stuff happening here but again "I.....
» 14/12/2005 5:47:54 PM Fellow_Human, you have given me some laughs today. Wisely suggesting I'm wasting my effort.....
» 14/12/2005 7:55:11 AM FRIEDRICH, why are you unable to differentiate between a part of a group and the whole gro.....
» 14/12/2005 6:13:36 AM Kay, once again well said. The balance was just not there. Quite frankly much of the arti.....
» 13/12/2005 7:45:41 PM There have been a number of posts suggesting that muslims/middle eastern people have contr.....
» 13/12/2005 7:05:20 PM It's interesting to see a thread on such a difficult subject stay so civil and on topic. T.....
» 13/12/2005 11:27:45 AM merideth, I'm not going to waste any more posts defending my choice to believe that FH has.....
» 13/12/2005 6:21:34 AM Redneck, I suspect one of the reasons that it is treated as a moral absolute is that polic.....
» 12/12/2005 5:35:42 PM meredith, you continue to make the assumption that because I saw FH's comment in a differe.....
» 12/12/2005 2:22:14 PM Scout, excellent post. All posters interested in solutions/cooperation etc. I found a gr.....
» 12/12/2005 12:58:08 PM Scout, clearly a point of disagreement here. Irfan raised the idea of tabloid journalism.....
» 12/12/2005 9:51:22 AM Irfan - "Muslim voters are just as concerned about ensuring governments act to protec.....
» 11/12/2005 10:17:35 PM Irfan, I'm going to try and draw you back into the discussion. If you look through my post.....
» 11/12/2005 4:21:52 PM Irfan, I'm kind of in agreement with you re the gangs thing being a police issue but also .....
» 10/12/2005 8:52:32 PM Kay, nicely said. R0bert.....
» 9/12/2005 8:39:31 PM Scout, Pedant thanks for your comments. Scout just in case there is any confusion my use .....
» 9/12/2005 6:56:31 PM Fellow_Human - happy birthday my friend. I'd be happy to have you as a neighbour but might.....
» 9/12/2005 2:52:56 PM coach what do you mean by moderate imams? FH's definition or yours. I'm guessing your vers.....
» 9/12/2005 10:01:24 AM Pedant, it appears that I have incorrectly read your meaning. I'm assuming that the paragr.....
» 9/12/2005 8:26:18 AM BD, so why don't the kind of excuses you use for your version of God apply to the muslims?.....
» 8/12/2005 6:13:51 PM Graham, can I add to Shonga's last point. It would be great to have a means to make detail.....
» 8/12/2005 5:59:59 PM Pedant, please try reading my post again. At no stage have I suggested that it is OK for a.....
» 7/12/2005 10:04:06 PM Maximus, I'm not certain that the same child support issue applies in Australia. I recall .....
» 7/12/2005 9:14:11 PM BD, thanks for the detailed response and also for the tone of your post on the "When .....
» 7/12/2005 5:43:26 PM Dianne/Scout (which do you prefer online?) Totally agree. Thanks. I'm probably a bit over .....
» 6/12/2005 9:31:08 PM Scout, Suze, this is probably me just being overly sensitive to gender issues - if so plea.....
» 6/12/2005 9:15:48 PM Mr P Pig, apology accepted thanks. Sorry I missed the jocular aspect - I've made jokes eno.....
» 6/12/2005 6:19:58 PM BD, how about writing an article for publication here dealing with some of these issues so.....
» 6/12/2005 3:46:18 PM coach, when he gets control of his own family/house/church/followers such that they actual.....
» 6/12/2005 2:30:01 PM tennyson, I think you will find if you look at many of the posts here that the complaint i.....
» 5/12/2005 9:16:26 PM Part 2 of 2 A significant proportion of the posters to this thread believe strongly in a .....
» 5/12/2005 8:18:18 PM merideth, firstly my apologies for the offence my post appears to have caused you. I did p.....
» 5/12/2005 11:44:38 AM BD, welcome back. Nice post. Not sure I want the pastoral role. Maybe you could line me up.....
» 4/12/2005 9:33:45 PM Kay, whats that about? I heard a brief snippet on the radio on a similar line but have not.....
» 4/12/2005 9:15:35 PM Eugene, your point would be valid if the tax system had something to do with willingness t.....
» 4/12/2005 8:52:33 PM Redneck, Space Cadet and R0bert all agreeing on something - thats kind of scary :) Rednec.....
» 4/12/2005 7:18:37 PM Mr P Pig, I'm probably wasting keystrokes - it looks as though you read what you want to r.....
» 4/12/2005 9:43:35 AM What a read, so much good stuff both in Graham's article and in most of the posts that fol.....
» 3/12/2005 8:20:59 PM Worker mobility? Maybe a more viable option for some of us if we could transport entitleme.....
» 3/12/2005 7:35:54 PM denk, thanks for an awesome post. Beautifully described. The other bit that continues to o.....
» 3/12/2005 7:17:52 PM Mr P. Pig - thanks for the detailed response. I'm not sure I'll get to address every point.....
» 1/12/2005 7:03:32 PM Mr P. Pig you might want to go back and read the original article again (or should I say r.....
» 1/12/2005 2:59:03 PM enaj, have you considered (or are you willing to) consider the possibility that this is mo.....
» 30/11/2005 9:05:40 PM Scout, I'm going to have to sit on the other side of the debate from you if the religion i.....
» 30/11/2005 12:58:31 PM Hamlet, Maximus can I request that you lighten up a bit on Kay. If you have a read through.....
» 30/11/2005 6:06:28 AM An aspect of this issue which those who want to get tough with Singapore might consider. .....
» 29/11/2005 6:42:00 PM enaj, I guessing that you and I are focussing one different ends of the article. Much of t.....
» 29/11/2005 12:06:08 PM Hamlet, a beautiful post - thanks. I understand where you are coming from, I had some simi.....
» 28/11/2005 10:15:09 PM redneck, there is another aspect to those crime rates which is worth considering - environ.....
» 28/11/2005 9:54:11 PM Reading the article and some of the posts it ocurs to me that I can think of plenty of mov.....
» 28/11/2005 9:13:06 PM OK I'm getting lost here. Just what has the battle over "my scripture is more barbar.....
» 28/11/2005 11:31:34 AM Hamlet, can I add to the view that staying there longer does not put you in a better posit.....
» 27/11/2005 7:19:52 AM BD, your faith in my strenght of character is unfortunately slightly inflated. On one occa.....
» 26/11/2005 8:53:55 AM Hamlet, I feel for you. I am wondering why you stay? Kids, gender biased family law, sense.....
» 25/11/2005 10:15:37 PM Waleed, a great article. I agree with most of it. At the same time I find myself cringing .....
» 25/11/2005 9:15:58 PM Philo, your post had little to do with the issues I raised but I guess we all do that at t.....
» 25/11/2005 5:50:08 PM I'm going to stir the pot a bit. Reading some recent posts opened up a new line of thought.....
» 25/11/2005 11:30:51 AM Philo, up until the "sadist bigot" bit I very much liked your reply. Kind of int.....
» 24/11/2005 10:15:26 AM Philo, I can't answer on behalf of Scout or the moderate muslim community but I can toss m.....
» 23/11/2005 8:30:12 PM Salam, your points have merit and I don't know your other writing (as is probably the case.....
» 23/11/2005 10:55:29 AM FH, once again I have not explained myself clearly (a bit much of that lately :( ) I'd mis.....
» 22/11/2005 7:34:41 PM davo, noticing a difference in eyes or skin colour is not racism. Refusing to share your t.....
» 22/11/2005 6:23:22 PM Scout, sorry if it came across as a lecture - not really intended that way. I get pretty f.....
» 21/11/2005 9:09:29 PM Scout, I don't see this issue in the black and white terms suggested by "going over t.....
» 21/11/2005 12:18:48 PM Bashir, thanks. Kind of reminds me of some of the writing Kim Stanley Robinson has done ab.....
» 21/11/2005 10:13:26 AM mahatma, it appears that either you have misunderstood my intent or (unthinkable) BD and f.....
» 20/11/2005 8:30:16 PM Fellow Human Interesting Blog, thanks. I think the following is relevant to this thread. .....
» 20/11/2005 8:17:00 AM Kay, good luck with Heidi - I'm glad to see something really positive happening. BD - exc.....
» 18/11/2005 12:25:47 PM Realist, I liked that last post. For the others you seem to be missing the point. I can u.....
» 17/11/2005 2:42:54 PM Arjay, a bit off topic but you could up the welfare figure by a significant proportion of .....
» 17/11/2005 9:32:27 AM Fellow Human, you might find that a part of the answer as to why some christians hate Isla.....
» 10/11/2005 7:08:11 PM Di, can we try an experiment please? You say sorry to the timkins who you made a comment a.....
» 10/11/2005 8:24:25 AM Aaron, I agree with a lot of your points but my watching of this matter has given some dif.....
» 9/11/2005 9:10:50 AM redneck, maybe you could check with some of your US based namesakes about governments remo.....
» 5/11/2005 7:39:47 AM Col, loved the statement "I do care about abortion because it represents a focal poin.....
» 4/11/2005 12:16:20 PM ummyasmin, thanks for the reply. I had not realised how much many groups have some adheran.....
» 2/11/2005 10:03:37 PM ummyasmin, fair point but enaj is not trying to force touching on anyone - rather saying t.....
» 2/11/2005 3:56:30 PM Jose, quoting "the natural function of" is a risky call. It is so open to contex.....
» 28/10/2005 11:58:48 AM Nice post Reason......
» 28/10/2005 9:50:58 AM unlabeled, it is not really true that "every single Australian's right to practice th.....
» 25/10/2005 8:13:00 PM Col, I don't want to be a distraction from your main area of discussion but I'm going to d.....
» 23/10/2005 6:38:48 PM Col, mostly agreed. Society does have a role to play in the issue though. The manner in .....
» 21/10/2005 8:52:46 PM enaj, thanks for the answer. As I've previously mentioned I'm sitting on the fence to some.....
» 21/10/2005 3:23:20 PM enaj, I'm broadly in agreement with the comments in your last post but would like to put f.....
» 21/10/2005 10:53:11 AM Philo, I doubt that the clothing idea would work. It looks to me as though the terrorists .....
» 18/10/2005 4:33:04 PM enaj, off topic (again) but you had better watch out. I remember some posts where David_JS.....
» 18/10/2005 11:47:30 AM DLC, I really could not care about the hijab but enforcing school uniforms is not the same.....
» 15/10/2005 8:18:34 AM Timkins, I'm very much in agreement that there are a number of issues where the portrayal .....
» 14/10/2005 9:11:04 PM Timkins, this is off topic but I think worth addressing. I've seen a number of comments re.....
» 14/10/2005 12:45:10 PM Newsroo, you may have misunderstood what I was suggesting (or I may be misunderstanding yo.....
» 13/10/2005 12:31:49 PM Newsroo, interesting points regarding the problems will the pill. I'm not real convinced t.....
» 15/09/2005 2:39:50 PM Kenny, I agree with your comments about the fossil layer but suspect that you've missed th.....
» 15/09/2005 7:49:36 AM Timkins, well said. Kay, I doubt that your husband's ex has to be especially smart to use.....
» 14/09/2005 3:44:29 PM BD, thanks for the open response. That bit "I still struggle with the idea of women h.....
» 14/09/2005 11:15:08 AM BD, I have not spent much time on the historical roots of "Feminism". Maybe it d.....
» 13/09/2005 11:22:05 PM Rainer, great post. From my view of things Bob Quinn would prefer to lead a small oppositi.....
» 12/09/2005 7:53:28 PM The following comments are my impressions of the current child support system (including C.....
» 12/09/2005 7:32:29 PM enaj, I'm in agreement with your point that both men and women are human and have failings.....
» 10/09/2005 9:49:34 PM Timkins, agreed that there is a serious side to that kind of stupidity. The worry is that .....
» 9/09/2005 7:18:35 PM Kay, she is certainly doing her bit to try and bring about a backlash isn't she. It was al.....
» 9/09/2005 8:26:12 AM BD I noticed your post quoting the quran in another thread - "Men are the protectors .....
» 9/09/2005 8:00:49 AM sage, I don't see much stopping people discussing immigration around these forums. The pro.....
» 8/09/2005 1:39:40 PM Good article. It seems to me that the proposed approach is not to different to suggesting .....
» 8/09/2005 6:22:12 AM Timkins, thanks for the reply. Glad you've finally stated an opposition to all discriminat.....
» 7/09/2005 2:36:32 PM Timkins just as an exercise please ignore those who do the wrong thing and answer the ques.....
» 7/09/2005 11:39:15 AM Q: What do you call a fundamentalist agnostic A: An athiest R0bert.....
» 6/09/2005 3:46:31 PM enaj, great post. R0bert.....
» 6/09/2005 12:18:32 PM There is another aspect to this issue which does not seem to get any airing. I'm intereste.....
» 5/09/2005 2:38:25 PM Q: How many agnostics does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. I can't see any light .....
» 5/09/2005 1:53:03 PM Timkins, I'll have a go (how I treat the topic). Sorry to those of you who know what you a.....
» 2/09/2005 3:23:59 PM it's not easy, I'm happy to do a bit of extrapolation and suggest that the description app.....
» 1/09/2005 10:34:28 AM Good article. I'd like to expand on the comment about building more walking and cycling t.....
» 1/09/2005 8:39:43 AM rebelrebel, thanks for the thoughtful reply. I have no problem with disagreeing with some.....
» 31/08/2005 3:19:28 PM rebelrebel may I assume that what you mean by "the broader agenda that PC language wa.....
» 31/08/2005 12:36:50 PM BD, yes there are some women who use PMS etc as an excuse to avoid responsibility for thei.....
» 31/08/2005 7:54:41 AM spendocrat, can't say that I'd noticed the left overall being unwilling to "just la.....
» 30/08/2005 4:36:12 PM Deuc, we clearly have some different perspectives on some of the issues mentioned (as I ha.....
» 30/08/2005 7:51:13 AM Deuc, I think both checklists have items that are true some of the time and false in other.....
» 28/08/2005 10:07:16 AM Trinity, I'm was hoping that if we got some clear agreement about the basic's of what I th.....
» 26/08/2005 3:59:46 PM Timkins, what is your view in regard to the kind of issues Trinity and Laurie are talking .....
» 26/08/2005 3:31:12 PM Col, I like your most recent post. The tricky bit seems to be finding a workable means of .....
» 25/08/2005 4:00:58 PM Trinity, moving on from the marriage is easy. Moving on from the web of excessive child su.....
» 25/08/2005 3:03:56 PM Laurie, it would be nice to see some research looking at hourly rates for men and women br.....
» 25/08/2005 1:21:03 PM Pericles, nice post. The previous cycle of retaliation was never going to be stopped by ye.....
» 24/08/2005 11:08:58 AM numbat, I'm not one of the wealthy (by Australian standards) but I don't see a problem wit.....
» 23/08/2005 4:36:20 PM enaj, I don't want to see like I'm disputing what you say - I really am seeking clarificat.....
» 23/08/2005 2:34:22 PM enaj, I'm pretty much in agreement with your post but did wonder about "women still e.....
» 19/08/2005 3:39:09 PM DavidJS, still trying to work out how to forward that gay agenda and I presume looking for.....
» 18/08/2005 7:03:22 PM plerdsus, I was quoting the article with a purpose of pointing how silly the assertion was.....
» 18/08/2005 2:40:41 PM "Labor’s strategy abides by the old gentleman’s agreements - the unwritte.....
» 16/08/2005 7:01:16 PM meredith, there is an approach used by some regarding discrimination (of various sorts) wh.....
» 15/08/2005 10:20:04 AM Col, brilliant post. Thanks. R0bert.....
» 14/08/2005 6:49:39 PM Kay, I think B_D has said elsewhere that his wife is asian which is probably what is being.....
» 12/08/2005 2:50:57 PM I came across an interesting comment in a book called "Arctic Dreams" by Barry L.....
» 12/08/2005 1:55:10 PM kenny, "B_D has used this thread to try and tell everybody his faith is true and ev.....
» 11/08/2005 2:11:45 PM Leigh, nicely said. I think that the serious programs (news/current affairs) on the ABC .....
» 9/08/2005 4:01:12 PM Col, pretty much in agreement with you but I am hoping that you have misunderstood Sell's......
» 9/08/2005 11:23:12 AM garra, sorry if my post appeared to imply that your downshifting was done at the expense o.....
» 5/08/2005 9:06:27 PM Di, still struggling with the square boob's thing ;). You are absolutely spot on in your o.....
» 5/08/2005 7:23:08 PM Bosk, not much choice for me in the school stakes but that is another thread. I raised the.....
» 5/08/2005 6:59:07 PM Trinity, probably staying off topic however that wouldn't be a first for me. I suspect tha.....
» 5/08/2005 12:17:59 PM Graham, thanks again for providing such a great forum and on the hands off approach you ta.....
» 5/08/2005 11:42:54 AM Interestingly, nobody has picked up on the issue of "piggyback riders" and there.....
» 4/08/2005 7:26:00 PM Once again I find myself agreeing with both sides of the debate. I've been forced to allo.....
» 3/08/2005 1:08:56 PM Timkins, I think men get the better end of the deal on that one. Most of the material you .....
» 2/08/2005 6:39:18 PM BOAZ_David, do you acept that evangelical christians are a minority in this country? Do y.....
» 2/08/2005 12:19:05 PM Alchemist, I seem to remember hearing somewhere that there have been people in this countr.....
» 1/08/2005 10:16:28 PM BOAZ_David, I've had a read of the referenced link. If true it is scary stuff but looks mo.....
» 1/08/2005 6:45:29 PM Timkins, lighten up buddy. I don't think Anomie was attacking anybody and your attack is u.....
» 1/08/2005 11:32:52 AM Xena, garra it appears to me that there are two main positions for opposing multiculturali.....
» 1/08/2005 10:05:52 AM BOAZ_David, have a look at your response to references to your own foundation document and.....
» 30/07/2005 7:16:32 PM kalweb, thanks for the kind words. I'd been a bit concerned about the most recent post - t.....
» 30/07/2005 8:27:28 AM Tracy, to be fair I have not read this particular study yet. Thanks for the link supplied .....
» 30/07/2005 7:38:22 AM Sels, I'm an art student only in terms of doing some evening classes for fun. I had a loo.....
» 29/07/2005 4:25:47 PM Tracy, perhaps the question you should be asking yourself is "Would a discussion pa.....
» 28/07/2005 9:00:27 PM There are points John makes that I find hard to refute. At the same time I don't see how .....
» 28/07/2005 7:07:40 AM It appears that a number of claims have been made by Professor Fraser which don't appear t.....
» 27/07/2005 10:55:10 PM Sell's I hope I don't find anything else pressing to add to this discussion before tomorro.....
» 27/07/2005 9:59:47 PM Sells, I suspect a significant proportion of "christians" in Australia would not.....
» 26/07/2005 1:32:05 PM Trade, speaking as one of those blank, blank types who watched 60 minutes sometimes I have.....
» 26/07/2005 12:22:46 PM Dudley, apology accepted. Agreed that I should not speak for you - doing so was a very s.....
» 25/07/2005 6:40:25 PM Dudley, you've managed to read some interesting things into my posts (or lack thereof). Yo.....
» 25/07/2005 6:10:44 PM Sells, we are unlikely to get agreement on this but hopefully we can have some fun anyway......
» 23/07/2005 7:52:18 PM Di, I took the Safari suit comment as a friendly play on our earlier discussions. Those th.....
» 23/07/2005 9:27:29 AM Xena, I'm sitting on the fence on this. In regard to butting in on the internal affairs of.....
» 23/07/2005 9:09:25 AM Johann, interesting post. You have made some very good points. You've phrased some aspects.....
» 21/07/2005 9:04:50 PM Xena, I know this stays off the prime topic but I don't see any part of the debate as abso.....
» 21/07/2005 8:34:12 PM Deuc, awesome summary. I'm with you on this both ways. Nobody should have to explain them.....
» 21/07/2005 8:19:51 PM Di, a rubber safari suit sounds pretty uncomfortable. There was a study reported on some.....
» 21/07/2005 7:51:38 PM Something significant has changed since the Australia Card was proposed. Many of us are no.....
» 19/07/2005 6:19:51 PM Trinity I am more scared by "We will never evolve as an intelligent species until we.....
» 18/07/2005 8:29:44 PM Col, the definition of performance can miss the mark at times. Short term targets can be a.....
» 18/07/2005 8:06:24 PM I'm more concerned with the kind of publishing which is designed to make people feel bad a.....
» 18/07/2005 7:39:57 PM redneck, if the others don't want to talk to you I'll drop back in. Firstly Boaz made a p.....
» 14/07/2005 6:48:57 PM garra, another great post. Reading through most of the recent posts I'm somewhat astounde.....
» 14/07/2005 6:24:46 PM BOAZ_David, are you one of those christians caught up in the idea of been blessed when you.....
» 14/07/2005 6:00:11 PM garra, thanks for the enlightening and moving reading. I'm touched. CEO performance pays......
» 13/07/2005 8:13:29 AM BOAZ_David, I don't really care a lot about the discussion over scriptures. Deliberately t.....
» 12/07/2005 3:19:19 PM Fellow_Human, ever seen a retailer running down the competition? The ones who focus on tha.....
» 12/07/2005 9:35:36 AM Col, from a theory basis I'm in agreement with you. From a pragmatic perspective I think i.....
» 11/07/2005 6:35:33 PM redneck, how far are we heading off topic here but there does seem to be relevance as well.....
» 9/07/2005 4:23:44 PM redneck, are you really a redneck? You come across like parody of what the left thinks tho.....
» 9/07/2005 3:54:01 PM YngNLuvnIt, I had a futile hope that in respect for the dead and injured of London that we.....
» 8/07/2005 6:59:19 PM col, completely in agreement. Racism is wrong whoever does it. Chek, thanks for your comm.....
» 8/07/2005 3:18:49 PM YngNLuvnlt, your post is probably better suited to the to the article http://www.onlineopi.....
» 8/07/2005 12:34:37 PM Irfan, great article. The issues that lie behind terrorism are complex. These actions se.....
» 8/07/2005 7:48:19 AM garra, thanks for the kind words. I suspect that in the end we both strive for many of the.....
» 7/07/2005 2:16:53 PM Chek, I'll concede that there is a difference between calling someone a racist and suggest.....
» 7/07/2005 7:55:35 AM Ambo, can you have a look at the Qld Health definition of DV I posted earlier to and relat.....
» 6/07/2005 5:00:01 PM Chek, some interesting responses coming through on this. I think I have a fairly high leve.....
» 6/07/2005 8:00:23 AM Chek, you might consider the possibility that what you consider racism may be a reaction t.....
» 5/07/2005 9:56:14 PM Still no references provided to any studies which support the idea that men do the overwhe.....
» 5/07/2005 8:39:58 AM Boaz, - David you missed the point again. It's not about being "nice" to everybo.....
» 4/07/2005 12:50:44 PM JustDan, very nicely written thanks. Personally I'm not to keen on encouraging the ".....
» 4/07/2005 7:53:11 AM Boaz, I'm not disputing the legitimacy of the need to "understand culture and history.....
» 3/07/2005 11:08:26 AM Boaz_David. Even Handed, my context regardless of formal definitions is an attempt to use .....
» 2/07/2005 9:02:55 AM For those trying to bring even handed comment to this thread - JustDan, garra, Fellow_Huma.....
» 1/07/2005 3:41:33 PM Jolanda, I saw the add you refered to last night. Perhaps the worst part is the comment .....
» 30/06/2005 7:33:43 PM Pericles, I'm not quite sure what you are getting at. It seems as if you don't think the d.....
» 30/06/2005 12:53:59 PM Jolanda, I had not seen that one. I did see one recently from The Abused Child Trust done.....
» 30/06/2005 12:20:24 PM In case nobody has noticed there has still been no attempt to provide details of research .....
» 29/06/2005 12:21:19 PM Sylvia, just in case you were not aware of it there is a pump storage hydro system at Wive.....
» 29/06/2005 7:51:22 AM aniko, thanks for your great posts. There is a question I have raised on a number of occas.....
» 28/06/2005 1:23:15 PM Helen, thoughtful and relevant article - thanks. I'm not confident that always telling th.....
» 28/06/2005 10:03:13 AM Alchemist, you miss the bit that according to most god centered faiths only those who beli.....
» 27/06/2005 11:40:04 AM Feenix, great post. There are also some gender bigots who are so focussed on better outc.....
» 25/06/2005 6:40:37 PM Ringtail, just in case it has been missed I don't believe that any posters are justifying .....
» 24/06/2005 3:34:17 PM Kevin, it may just be that Liberal's such as Petro are exactly what the party needs to bre.....
» 24/06/2005 10:12:20 AM Snuffkin, you must be watching a different news broadcast to me. It is true that such murd.....
» 24/06/2005 9:46:15 AM garra, 'conformational bias' is what you get when you inadvertently 'conform' to to the ch.....
» 23/06/2005 11:41:35 AM trade215, again I'm pretty much in agreement with your view on the abuse of the concept of.....
» 22/06/2005 5:59:09 PM Garra, it is just possible that I am a victim of "conformational bias". I'm fair.....
» 22/06/2005 2:28:38 PM trade215, good post. I'm don't completely agree with your view about custody and ownership.....
» 22/06/2005 11:27:06 AM Ringtail, I'm going to head into some murky unsubstantiated waters waith this post and att.....
» 21/06/2005 5:41:34 PM sparticusss, I hope the situation is not that bad for "the average husband". M.....
» 21/06/2005 12:03:31 PM Niki, how did I miss this article. Great work. We all need to take responsibility for the.....
» 21/06/2005 8:02:52 AM Tired, I'd like to add my complete agreement to Silversurfers most recent post. We were d.....
» 20/06/2005 7:48:02 PM Ringtail, I’ve had a read of the articles you referred to in an earlier post. No significa.....
» 20/06/2005 11:05:29 AM Ringtail, I'm scaring myself by doing multiple posts containing hyperlinks. In regards to .....
» 20/06/2005 10:37:29 AM Cotter, you ask about mens groups talking about the hip-pocket. Maybe you are missing the .....
» 19/06/2005 9:12:24 AM garra, you might also want to consider the woman who shot husband and kids in NSW a few mo.....
» 16/06/2005 6:10:15 PM Timkins, I largely agree with your comments in the recent post. There are certainly some g.....
» 15/06/2005 6:37:57 PM Ringtail, thanks for your kind words. I hope I am not about to blow it :( . Before I proce.....
» 15/06/2005 3:16:22 PM kalalli, though provoking response about "tribal" support for sports etc. You ra.....
» 10/06/2005 12:07:50 PM Ros, I am hoping that the blatent nature of this particular combination of definition and .....
» 10/06/2005 9:04:08 AM katrina, I appreciate your point about the lack of focus on non-physical DV and at the sam.....
» 9/06/2005 7:54:46 AM chris_b, another perspective you might want to consider is the total lack of attention pai.....
» 8/06/2005 2:35:30 PM Top article Michael. How many genuine victims of DV suffer unnecessarily because of the re.....
» 8/06/2005 11:27:12 AM Di, the boots should look better on you than the safari suit on me. Always cute. I agree .....
» 7/06/2005 10:31:04 AM Kay, why the attack on Timkins? He is talking about real people too. The ones who want to .....
» 7/06/2005 9:55:31 AM Fiona, nice list. Unfortunately with a 350 word limit and only two posts per day per topic.....
» 3/06/2005 3:43:40 PM Geoffrey, Sylvia, as you both appear to display a strong knowledge in this area are either.....
» 1/06/2005 10:04:58 PM Enaj, thanks for yet another thoughtful answer. Whilst I hold a different view on the aspe.....
» 1/06/2005 10:14:41 AM Rainier, as you are struggling to find an appropriate response please permit me to make a .....
» 1/06/2005 8:12:06 AM kartiya, apparently quite a lot from the segments (but in most of the footage I saw the wo.....
» 31/05/2005 6:41:00 PM Good article Greg. As an outsider I have certainly been concerned by the apparent stifling.....
» 31/05/2005 6:31:47 PM trade, interesting post. I have commented on double standards re the "mens work".....
» 30/05/2005 6:15:13 PM enaj, this might be heading off topic a bit but your comments are relevant. Please note t.....
» 30/05/2005 5:57:43 PM I'd like to know how much voluntary income tax the author and others of like mind pay. I'.....
» 30/05/2005 1:39:15 PM Timkins, interesting post. I'm not sure what you are proposing in your posts on other thre.....
» 29/05/2005 7:42:36 PM BOAZ_David, if I got the tone of that post wrong please accept my apologies. I think I got.....
» 29/05/2005 6:41:34 PM BOAZ_David, "We may soon see more evidence of the destructive intrusion of atheist v.....
» 28/05/2005 10:13:28 AM Ringtail, I given some more thought to my answer in your straw pole. I love being a dad b.....
» 27/05/2005 2:59:33 PM Ringtail straw pole 1. Of those of you who are fathers do you regret it? No I don't reg.....
» 26/05/2005 12:49:51 PM Sells, an alternative view regarding the state of the world is that the type of issues ref.....
» 26/05/2005 11:47:29 AM Sylvia, I would very much like to see a significant reduction in all types of child suppor.....
» 26/05/2005 9:52:00 AM Ringtail, if it's any consolation my son fractured both arms jumping off play equipment so.....
» 26/05/2005 9:34:34 AM Ringtail, thanks for the kind words. I'm a strong believer in trying to build understandin.....
» 25/05/2005 11:55:59 AM BOAZ_David, are you suggesting that you base opinions about a whole racial/cultural group .....
» 24/05/2005 6:39:06 PM Timkins, I have not heard of a movement away from the term feminist by those who support t.....
» 24/05/2005 11:48:10 AM silversurfer, 100% with you on the first couple of points. The idea of the strength of a m.....
» 24/05/2005 11:18:44 AM Col, much as I detest the tendency so prevalent for personal responsibility to be passed o.....
» 23/05/2005 8:22:05 PM Di, any fashion challenge here is self imposed rather than directed from outside. Now for.....
» 23/05/2005 7:50:40 PM klw, unfortunately some of the debate does get nasty at times but please try and look past.....
» 22/05/2005 6:49:38 PM Di, I might struggle in the clothing taste department from time to time but I think you ar.....
» 21/05/2005 10:03:36 PM Timkins, I'm largely in agreement with your comments from your last post. You might note t.....
» 21/05/2005 3:39:16 PM Ringtail, the only place I see private dress standards being relevant to the workplace is .....
» 20/05/2005 9:04:48 PM Reality Check, the difference between a "greeny" calling for an end to atmospher.....
» 20/05/2005 7:48:26 PM Ringtail, I'm working on it but despite having great legs I don't think I am at risk of th.....
» 20/05/2005 2:53:02 PM Ringtail - nicely said. Not sure that a lot of us know how to sex it up a bit :( , especia.....
» 17/05/2005 4:42:08 PM Lubs, we clearly have different views of the responsibility of someone "acting under .....
» 17/05/2005 4:08:15 PM mitt, any backing for your comment "as well as the large number of men who do not li.....
» 17/05/2005 1:40:28 PM A very one sided look at some of the issues in balancing parenting and careers. Maggie, t.....
» 17/05/2005 11:17:59 AM Angela, I am hesitant to respond to this because there is a risk of looking like I am &quo.....
» 17/05/2005 10:38:51 AM garra, very nicely said. There is some good stuff in the article but other bits which sme.....
» 15/05/2005 9:13:55 PM Timkins, dispite the pain that I am going thru I still have not given up hope in two paren.....
» 15/05/2005 8:38:14 PM Lubs try family lawyers. And my knowledge is first hand. Major damage done to my son and m.....
» 14/05/2005 7:41:10 PM Timkins, being a part time single dad myself I have some interest in the topic. I have not.....
» 14/05/2005 7:23:41 PM I would side with the view that the fundamental wrongness of what a lot of lawyers do for .....
» 14/05/2005 7:14:46 AM Bosk, I'll second Ringtail's comments. Great post. Fiona, I've been trying to think of a .....
» 13/05/2005 7:23:34 PM I have a challenge for the Federal ALP politicians and all others who think that they will.....
» 13/05/2005 4:02:19 PM Timkins, there are a number of reasons why I would like to see an artificial womb develope.....
» 13/05/2005 3:41:44 PM kthrex, why is this a religious question? I am not familiar with the case other than what .....
» 13/05/2005 8:08:08 AM Ironer, I would like to think that if there is an afterlife that is run on a saner basis t.....
» 12/05/2005 8:31:20 PM silversurfer, nicely written......
» 12/05/2005 2:58:23 PM enaj, I'll be surprised if you get much complaint from Timkins. Guys who want the "li.....
» 12/05/2005 11:16:19 AM Timkins, the other side of the coin is very valid (as per your alternative phrasing). Than.....
» 11/05/2005 6:46:51 PM Timkins, I really think you miss the point of Daniel's articles. I agree that they miss so.....
» 11/05/2005 3:27:51 PM I can see this being a repeat of previous discussions. The author does raise a point which.....
» 11/05/2005 8:25:08 AM Ken, it looks to me that you and Rob Moodie are not saying radically different things. You.....
» 11/05/2005 7:56:24 AM guss, part of this might be an attempt to change the perception some have of welfare away .....
» 10/05/2005 2:42:12 PM daggett, I am guessing that the individuals you refered to are on a bit more that $80k. T.....
» 10/05/2005 1:31:52 PM Aslan, what Fiona is probably doing is establishing a personal "Boundary". Doing.....
» 10/05/2005 12:39:04 PM Mollydukes, thanks for your most recent post on this topic. Your earlier one left me with .....
» 9/05/2005 2:08:25 PM I supect that the author understates the "lefts" opposition to improving the tax.....
» 9/05/2005 11:31:10 AM It seems to me that the central point of the article reflects back on "The Boy who Cr.....
» 9/05/2005 10:44:05 AM Boaz_David, yep I have listened to a fair bit of Campolo's stuff, read some books, seen h.....
» 9/05/2005 9:21:24 AM Pericles, your comments make a lot of sense. I probably use the differentiation between mo.....
» 9/05/2005 9:03:01 AM A very interesting article. As others have said, it is refreshing and some good idea's. I .....
» 6/05/2005 7:37:57 AM I tend to distinguish between morals and ethics. Morals equates to much for me with sexual.....
» 5/05/2005 7:13:51 PM tus, very well put......
» 4/05/2005 3:10:41 PM Timkins, love your idea about identification of the advertising company behind adds. Elsp.....
» 4/05/2005 1:59:28 PM I tend to think the shift away from ethics in the younger generation might also be a refle.....
» 4/05/2005 8:36:02 AM Wandi, I tend to agree with the idea of abolishing state funerals and many of the other pe.....
» 3/05/2005 11:00:59 PM Awesome article, it touched on a lot of very real issues. I have rearranged my hours to su.....
» 3/05/2005 10:42:23 PM Question for those opposing a state funeral for Joh. Should Teflon Pete get one? As an e.....
» 3/05/2005 2:35:35 PM tus "Blaming The Pope and Catholic Church for AIDS deaths is saying that African peo.....
» 2/05/2005 8:59:12 PM Arjay, Terge, I'm completely in agreement that we have to much government and taxation. A .....
» 2/05/2005 8:50:20 PM Penekiko, count me in on the largely agreeing with what the author has to say. R0bert.....
» 29/04/2005 6:40:13 PM I'm not sure I want a quickie degree for a profession but would be happy to have a wider r.....
» 29/04/2005 6:25:19 PM I've got a male neighbour who sings a lot (mostly in Greek). I love it. Most times I've s.....
» 29/04/2005 4:30:37 PM A number of people have put in posts expressing general opposition to tax/government etc. .....
» 28/04/2005 4:17:50 PM the usual suspect, good post. I had missed the meaning of the C part of ABC in earlier pos.....
» 28/04/2005 2:05:57 PM bozzie, the usual suspect - does this have to be an either or? It seems to me that the mai.....
» 27/04/2005 7:12:09 PM Some futher thoughts on an alternate approach to taxation. My general thinking so far is .....
» 26/04/2005 1:08:11 PM Dinhaan, are you suggesting opposition to the use of contraception which does not involve .....
» 26/04/2005 12:28:30 PM Some bits that appear to have been missed in this discussion so far. - Is the pursuit of .....
» 20/04/2005 11:03:37 PM Dr Flood, I have not had opportunity to follow the reference yet (nor to digest most of th.....
» 20/04/2005 4:02:46 PM Ringtail, I'm probably wasting keystrokes but I will try again. I am not making any attemp.....
» 15/04/2005 4:36:07 PM ringtail, I'm saddened that you have chosen to resort to personal abuse rather than debate.....
» 14/04/2005 2:24:03 PM garra, you appear to be reading a lot into the post that is not there. Earlier posts have .....
» 14/04/2005 1:04:41 PM Di, your comments "men are the overwhelming majority of perpetuators of abuse and vio.....
» 14/04/2005 11:58:41 AM The difference between the stay at home parent in the intact family and the stay at home s.....
» 14/04/2005 11:43:08 AM I read this as an argument for progressive levels of GST/sales tax/etc based on perceived .....
» 10/04/2005 9:52:33 PM happy, have you bothered to look at the "abused child trust" web site or the &qu.....
» 8/04/2005 8:46:30 PM Timkins, it is kind of interesting how focussed some people are on ignoring the plight of .....
» 7/04/2005 11:30:26 AM garra, sorry to hear that you have had your life impacted by DV. It is an horrific thing f.....
» 6/04/2005 7:44:04 PM happy, the issue of DV is off topic. The impact on male self image from being portrayed as.....
» 6/04/2005 3:39:05 PM rmbp, criticising those who argue against access to abortion for others then choose to hav.....
» 6/04/2005 2:49:44 PM Mollydukes, your comments while not directly on topic provided an insight into comments ma.....
» 6/04/2005 11:31:11 AM numbat, if I understand your comment correctly "In Australia the standards are or sho.....
» 6/04/2005 9:36:52 AM Ringtail, I agree that employers are likley to be a stumbling block in this but also suspe.....
» 5/04/2005 3:22:05 PM Daniel, great article. I really believe that a lot of these issues need significant work .....
» 5/04/2005 1:10:00 PM Numbat, the article looked like a reasonable attempt to explore at one of the factors whic.....
» 5/04/2005 12:18:17 PM Ringtail, thanks for your comments. Sorry to hear that you have suffered from an abusive .....
» 5/04/2005 11:08:24 AM BOAZ_David, "Show me a secular non Christian person who has NEVER gone against their.....
» 4/04/2005 3:42:11 PM Tim, I agree with almost everything but do wonder why single women are included on the pri.....
» 4/04/2005 2:36:43 PM Timkins, buddy I don't know the authors background or world view but taking the article on.....
» 4/04/2005 11:54:32 AM enaj, very nicely put. BOAZ_David, does your theory still hold is the "little lady&.....
» 4/04/2005 10:05:57 AM happy, there have been studies done across the western world over a number of years which .....
» 4/04/2005 9:40:36 AM Parts of the idea are great - similar concepts in Robert Heinlein's "For Us the Livin.....
» 3/04/2005 11:39:21 AM Ambo, Mark, you might be missing the bit that there are a lot of guys who have not been th.....
» 1/04/2005 7:52:26 PM Arjay, while I kind of agree with most of your post your generalisation about people in th.....
» 29/03/2005 8:23:24 AM BOAZ_David, "Culture Theft". The idea that easter is based on an old pagan festi.....
» 24/03/2005 1:32:09 PM Gerrit, thanks for taking my comment in the intended spirit. I agree with the view that we.....
» 23/03/2005 3:48:11 PM I find myself stuck in the middle on the business of government subsidisation of recreatio.....
» 23/03/2005 9:15:06 AM Deuc, thanks for your comments. A bit more nitpicking/looking at the other side. Sorry to .....
» 22/03/2005 3:50:35 PM Timkins, I think you might be being too hard on Daniel. Whilst we may not agree with some .....
» 22/03/2005 12:02:44 PM Gerrit, lighten up please. The author may or may not have the issue of citizenship correct.....
» 21/03/2005 9:23:59 PM isabelberners, count me in on opposition to forced abortion. If you have spent time on the.....
» 21/03/2005 2:12:26 PM Cadiz, a lot of the issues you raise might be better addressed by a sliding scale of allow.....
» 21/03/2005 9:42:31 AM maracas, here is one "righty" who thinks what is being done by the US in Guantan.....
» 21/03/2005 9:17:37 AM Fiona, you might try reading the post again. No one should be paid to look after their ow.....
» 20/03/2005 8:09:58 PM Di, I don't know what Andyman intended with the reference to "a theft of genetic mate.....
» 20/03/2005 7:51:43 PM BOAZ_DAvid, one of the problems with religous experience being a guide to reality is that .....
» 19/03/2005 7:28:30 PM Penekiko, might be that most of us have some first hand knowledge of sex (or would like to.....
» 19/03/2005 2:35:45 PM mscobina, if I've misunderstood you sorry :(. Deuc, clearly 2,3 & 4 ignore the views of t.....
» 18/03/2005 8:21:18 PM David, if you look around a bit you might notice that the strong attacks get targetted aga.....
» 18/03/2005 3:39:20 PM Deuc, some good points there (I don't agree with everything but that is part of the fun o.....
» 18/03/2005 2:48:36 PM Daniel, lots of good points. Most of us still have a bit to learn about dress sense. I'm.....
» 18/03/2005 11:52:56 AM What is with the obsession some of you have with finding out Timkins real name? How about .....
» 16/03/2005 9:29:20 PM mscobina, perhaps your arguments have gone over my head. Typing them slowly probably does .....
» 16/03/2005 1:04:36 PM I have not followed this thread very closely but from what I have seen it is somewhat iron.....
» 16/03/2005 12:13:03 PM Deuc, we probably have crossover from the other current thread on abortion. The starting.....
» 15/03/2005 6:34:34 PM mscobina, there are two perspectives your post could come from. Pro-Lifer who has pras.....
» 15/03/2005 11:53:39 AM Andyman, more likely that you will be ignored. I am not aware of any post by a "pr.....
» 14/03/2005 3:27:30 PM DavidJS, you raise a valid point in your question about "murder". I suspect th.....
» 14/03/2005 12:12:14 PM Another factor which is rarely acknowledged as a deterent to union membership is the ties .....
» 14/03/2005 9:29:40 AM Tracy A - very well put. The trend towards 'metrosexualising' men may well have a signifi.....
» 11/03/2005 9:12:07 PM maelorin, most of us campaigning for change in family law recognise that there are cases.....
» 11/03/2005 2:19:09 PM The concept of pre-emptive restriction to lessen the risk of a crime occuring is an old on.....
» 11/03/2005 1:00:09 PM Tracy, you make a major issue of wanting Timkins to publish under his own name. As I ha.....
» 10/03/2005 4:54:12 PM ruby, I did not read the article as "male bashing" either. In fairness though i.....
» 10/03/2005 2:43:51 PM numbat, I live in QLD and work for a GOC. I think Teflon Pete could hold his own with any .....
» 10/03/2005 1:09:32 PM Kym, I found myself nodding in agreement. Probably didn't change my opinion at all (but th.....
» 10/03/2005 12:50:05 PM Sandra, thanks for such a fun article. Whilst in some respects I fall into the target dem.....
» 10/03/2005 12:26:34 PM Boaz_david, this sounds like old ground and probably is but I think that it is quite relev.....
» 9/03/2005 3:09:38 PM DavidJS, >> Why should feminists worry about men with their nose out of joint? Cl.....
» 9/03/2005 12:57:38 PM ozaware, First I am assuming that Morgan is a he (sorry if I've got that wrong but the sem.....
» 9/03/2005 12:20:04 PM >> Young women are looking for it and young men need to come to the commitment party.....
» 7/03/2005 10:21:28 PM A complex issue no doubt. Why do we pay sportspeople and other entertainers more than sci.....
» 7/03/2005 9:58:44 PM Rose, your "no answers" honesty is really opening the doors to those who think t.....
» 7/03/2005 10:17:54 AM morgan, as previously noted I have not suggested that calling someone "nigger" .....
» 7/03/2005 9:41:10 AM kaetien, given that the discussion is not focussed on pregnancies resulting from rape I .....
» 4/03/2005 10:28:37 PM Lots of generalisations abound regarding the reasons Australians are getting further and f.....
» 4/03/2005 4:58:52 PM ozaware, Col >> Yet I think you're being a bit hard on RObert. Perhaps we misunders.....
» 4/03/2005 2:47:46 PM Audrey, you say "If a zygote with no brain stem, brain, organs,etc has more rights th.....
» 3/03/2005 11:02:30 PM What happened to those who agree with the Authors viewpoint? Where are the explanations of.....
» 3/03/2005 3:14:02 PM Jenn, is it reasonable to conclude from your comments that you are one of those who suppor.....
» 3/03/2005 1:02:38 PM One simple step which would help the "take up" of existing public transport opti.....
» 3/03/2005 12:42:52 PM Anne, can you clarify your views on the role/rights of the father of the child in determin.....
» 3/03/2005 12:19:19 PM Peter, well written. As someone who is concerned about the potential impact of groups li.....
» 1/03/2005 4:51:12 PM oceangrrl I acknowledge that racial attacks are not a routine part of my day. I will neve.....
» 1/03/2005 2:12:39 PM David, I think I will make this my last post on this topic - I'm not of the view we are ad.....
» 1/03/2005 1:55:31 PM Stephen Hagan makes the following comment in his article >> Obviously this academic.....
» 28/02/2005 4:15:48 PM David, so we are agreed that the christian god does not have a meaningful role in the chri.....
» 28/02/2005 3:20:53 PM There is a lot of debate regarding man made or natural in the climate change arena. The im.....
» 28/02/2005 10:18:02 AM OK I got a bit lost in regard to what Jackui was trying to say. I don't personally see a .....
» 28/02/2005 9:51:37 AM David, sorry I've been out of the thread for a few days. I think you missed my central poi.....
» 22/02/2005 11:19:37 PM BOAZ_DAVID, I risk heading off topic even more here. Sorry to innocent bystanders if I do .....
» 21/02/2005 5:00:21 PM BOAZ_DAVID - re your comments >The 2 principles are 1/ Love God, 2/ Love your neighbou.....
» 17/02/2005 4:30:24 PM I just had a read of a number of Ted's articles. The arguments present a quandry we all sh.....
» 17/02/2005 3:40:22 PM May I assume that Russ Grayson is of the view that the media should also accept some respo.....
» 16/02/2005 9:15:55 PM I suspect that Leadership stability is only a part of the picture. If the Democrats really.....
» 16/02/2005 4:55:08 PM grace, numbat and others suggesting that critical thinking will show that Howard, Bush are.....
» 16/02/2005 3:23:46 PM jcl - thanks for your comments. I agree with them. When I referred to the sharing of pho.....
» 15/02/2005 5:10:09 PM It is really hard to make an honest call about the actions of those who have chased Dennis.....
» 20/01/2005 1:42:23 PM Why is control over your body more important than control over aspects of your life? Carr.....
» 20/01/2005 1:01:28 PM I favour the free speech model where the opportunity to use free speech is similar but get.....
» 20/01/2005 12:06:20 PM I know the following is simplistic and fails to address the complexities of the situation .....
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