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» 5/11/2011 7:32:30 PM Simple Belly- when Pakistan and India developed nukes, war ceased. It became too much a ri.....
» 5/11/2011 7:26:08 PM Make no mistake, Rudd is better than Gillard, as much as Turnbull is better than Abbot; Th.....
» 5/11/2011 7:23:57 PM Hume it truly amazes me how silly you are willing to go to TRY to make a strawman. Even t.....
» 5/11/2011 7:05:25 PM "What cannot be denied however is that since deregulation, air travel in real terms h.....
» 5/11/2011 10:02:53 AM Yabby are you comparing an emotional (or pain) response, to repetitive compulsive cognitiv.....
» 5/11/2011 9:44:59 AM No YAbby, I don't want "something for nothing" as I was paying for my FFs and ti.....
» 4/11/2011 10:36:49 PM "No need to Bazz, we don't hold referdums on most Govt decisions." Obviously the.....
» 4/11/2011 10:22:33 PM Poirot, Mollydukes, Yabby; what exactly is your point? Would it be better to play along w.....
» 4/11/2011 5:07:11 PM Yabby; "Democracy still rules, last time I checked." I don't recall a referendu.....
» 4/11/2011 4:51:38 PM Mollydukes, I hardly care if people are weak-willed or not; All I'm doing is debunking a m.....
» 4/11/2011 9:43:56 AM Speak for yourself Brian- I'm a self-employed, non-gambling, non-smoking, low-drinking ind.....
» 4/11/2011 9:39:31 AM So, if Iran invades Israel, and Pakistan decides to help (who? The Shias or the Jews?)- wh.....
» 4/11/2011 9:23:40 AM What a mind-numbingly ridiculous article; So, "leadership" is simply pig-headed.....
» 4/11/2011 9:05:16 AM Interesting, I was thinking this article mentioning politicians weighing the public good a.....
» 3/11/2011 7:51:58 PM Simple- legalize euthanasia, but on condition that -it may only be practiced by a certifi.....
» 3/11/2011 7:40:00 PM Kevin Rudd would be good for the Labor party for the simple reason that Gillard is a compl.....
» 3/11/2011 7:38:44 PM "CEOs are paid high wages, as they are people who have to make tough decisions, ".....
» 3/11/2011 3:09:16 PM HArdly Yabby- he could have rejected his pay rise, not threatened to cut jobs, or simply n.....
» 3/11/2011 2:49:28 PM Peter your hyperbole is becoming more inane every time. So now you are saying that IF any.....
» 2/11/2011 5:53:46 PM Going back onto the actual topic, it would be prudent to point out that "Human Rights.....
» 2/11/2011 5:44:30 PM Actually Peter you didn't address why the specific 'excuses' were bad, you just started a .....
» 2/11/2011 5:19:11 PM You know, that by feigning pretend sympathy in an issue solely on the grounds of whether y.....
» 2/11/2011 5:15:17 PM Very much Individual- simple fact of the matter is our knowledge is just the sum of what w.....
» 2/11/2011 2:27:07 PM No Yabby, they're really not; Joyce was perfectly free to act in many other ways, but chos.....
» 2/11/2011 2:18:13 PM "But these are nonsense arguments" A pity Peter, I was hoping you would explain .....
» 2/11/2011 2:07:04 PM Well, if memory serves me correctly we justified ourselves initially because we believed n.....
» 2/11/2011 9:01:35 AM This thread is already solved- because nobody can agree on what a right is, and most perce.....
» 2/11/2011 8:43:52 AM Its official- nobody making the "Asian wages" scare cam actually substantiate ho.....
» 2/11/2011 8:38:09 AM It seems I am indeed Individual- if only I listened to everyone that warned me about subli.....
» 2/11/2011 8:35:19 AM Going beyond the superficial of mere prejudice is the fact that every group of people pref.....
» 1/11/2011 5:16:58 PM If you want leadership, campaign to have binding Citizen initiated referenda incorporated .....
» 1/11/2011 5:13:02 PM So, ABC/SBS is a communist conspiracy because on Q&A and Talking Heads, they might regard .....
» 1/11/2011 5:00:39 PM How, pray tell, will Qantas go 'offshore'? By virtue of the fact that it would even land .....
» 1/11/2011 4:53:11 PM "the likes of Hugh Jackman get paid tens of millions just for making a movie, whether.....
» 1/11/2011 4:40:59 PM The school chaplaincy issue is well-raised; and makes me wonder why our legal eagles who d.....
» 1/11/2011 1:02:47 PM 579- it very much IS political, because Qantas would show the life-cycle of a formerly pub.....
» 1/11/2011 8:14:28 AM I'm curious- what exactly is the 'propaganda' in question, if we can have some specific ex.....
» 1/11/2011 8:09:52 AM One involves deciding to do business with someone or not. The other involves agreeing to .....
» 31/10/2011 11:02:12 AM "The owners have agreed to it, so get over it" I don't recall the previous owner.....
» 31/10/2011 10:58:46 AM I think it would an excellent and perfectly fair option to extend 'occupation' to holding .....
» 31/10/2011 10:53:45 AM Abbot's only "strategy" is the same as any other Liberal or Labor leader- whinge.....
» 30/10/2011 2:06:01 PM Everything I'm prepared to do without I already AM doing without. And I should point out t.....
» 28/10/2011 11:59:00 PM "two tough, highly intelligent people" No. They're really not. Unless providing .....
» 28/10/2011 12:52:26 PM Well it's a basic fact that if public good were actually a priority- then the census of th.....
» 28/10/2011 9:22:51 AM Of course, you should always ask these areas with skill shortages if they actually WANT to.....
» 28/10/2011 9:20:59 AM Unfortunately Saltpetre these implications of the supposed 'benefits' of church interferen.....
» 28/10/2011 9:04:18 AM Hasbeen Believe it or not I'm not some muppet who can only think in binary about Liberal .....
» 27/10/2011 6:02:17 PM Senior Victorian- by all means tell us why Tony Abbot is anything but a bad man? He is the.....
» 27/10/2011 12:57:06 PM Raycom you are wrong. Something that lives inside of another body and feeds intravenously .....
» 27/10/2011 9:56:45 AM The fact is, Abbott is simply unelectable. His is the most repugnant politician in Austral.....
» 27/10/2011 9:26:23 AM Of course, if the public were allowed to initiate binding referendums on issues, the gover.....
» 26/10/2011 8:26:59 PM Indeed Formersnag, I was aware of the religious groups lobbying that way in Switzerland to.....
» 26/10/2011 4:31:21 PM Raising standards of living in the third world as Pelican said is a good place to start; f.....
» 26/10/2011 3:44:01 PM Which part is silly Pericles? You can't expect all countries to share our ideas of when '.....
» 26/10/2011 3:35:48 PM When one of the first paragraphs tries to imply a Hitler policy into the separation of chu.....
» 26/10/2011 11:47:11 AM Good point Formersnag, a back-door access for such people via a country we have more open .....
» 26/10/2011 11:44:04 AM Sam; In the first case, the legality is perfectly sound, and it boils down to how well vot.....
» 26/10/2011 9:49:00 AM The problem with the rights of an adult Pelican is that again falls apart when in a foreig.....
» 26/10/2011 9:45:09 AM But Belly- how would OWG actually take advantage of any of that? What would they actually .....
» 26/10/2011 9:39:49 AM I always thought it funny that our most popular sporting event is one where the 'athletes'.....
» 26/10/2011 9:37:36 AM Well Belly I would definitely remove school zones on major roads and simply demand they be.....
» 25/10/2011 4:18:52 PM Who controls trade? Nobody. Countries can regulate it and facilitate it and try to impose .....
» 25/10/2011 4:07:30 PM A rubbish article of the most delusional and egocentric nature; I would go so far as to ma.....
» 25/10/2011 3:55:10 PM Not really Pelican- 14 is a dubious age to classify as a 'kid', and we are not 'entitled t.....
» 23/10/2011 7:58:22 PM Alternatively Belly you give far too much credit to risks that have little chance of gaini.....
» 23/10/2011 7:50:58 PM Antisceptic; I actually think Marijuana should be legalized. However, Indonesia disagrees .....
» 23/10/2011 3:19:19 PM I love this incredibly bigoted notion by Australians that Bali, an Indonesian nation that .....
» 22/10/2011 12:27:21 AM One family controls North Korea because they promoted themselves as head of the communist .....
» 21/10/2011 3:53:13 PM Not really Belly- again, those Empires struggled to continue existing and ultimately colla.....
» 21/10/2011 3:44:26 PM Good riddance to him too. It's ironic that of all the supposedly 'rogue leaders' around t.....
» 21/10/2011 3:41:49 PM Sadly for Marylin, this article actually proves that we actually have plenty of legal grou.....
» 21/10/2011 3:23:15 PM Poirot I'm curious, you seem to be making this a convenient issue that when a country from.....
» 21/10/2011 8:52:49 AM It's simple enough- stop voting for parties where the candidates have been of recent past,.....
» 21/10/2011 8:46:12 AM I agree exactly with Blue Cross; And personally, the fact that our "Republican".....
» 21/10/2011 8:39:26 AM Actually even the English Empire wasn't running half the world by a long shot- and simply .....
» 21/10/2011 8:28:20 AM Dreamon, actually I DO know how the child's brain develops; And most of the adult developm.....
» 21/10/2011 8:25:40 AM Sadly this article is absolute rubbish and full of outright lies; "US, most European.....
» 20/10/2011 4:28:59 PM Obviously, a world government would never be able to happen, for the simple fact that the .....
» 20/10/2011 4:14:30 PM I think it demonstrates why there should be NO European Court; It's really not the busines.....
» 20/10/2011 4:08:07 PM That's why I read papers (the Herald in particular as it has the least rubbish); because i.....
» 20/10/2011 4:04:22 PM By strictest definition, the concepts are not compatible, as democracy means 'public rule'.....
» 13/10/2011 10:33:01 AM [Deleted for abuse.].....
» 13/10/2011 10:31:04 AM Is anyone else becoming highly dubious that every time America/NATO attacks or sabotages a.....
» 13/10/2011 10:17:08 AM I agree with R0bert; if working is a 'choice' so is subsidizing the people who don't work......
» 13/10/2011 10:04:16 AM That's no substitute for CIR BAYGON; Your system restricts the 'case-making' to only poli.....
» 13/10/2011 9:54:57 AM I'm struggling to understand what the issue is- why do you have a problem if women would r.....
» 13/10/2011 9:49:47 AM Sorry Dreamon but 14 year olds are in fact old enough to know better; and these messages .....
» 12/10/2011 4:55:02 PM I personally think it sends a much better message to not conduct any prisoner swap at all;.....
» 12/10/2011 4:47:56 PM Quite so Loudmouth; The irony of this discussion is that most self-labelled Communist cou.....
» 12/10/2011 4:33:51 PM Well, as far as accountability, aside from the ideas Pericles mentioned, the ad-campaign r.....
» 12/10/2011 11:26:04 AM No Brian, that is by far the absolute worst idea I have ever heard in my entire life. NOB.....
» 11/10/2011 11:06:44 PM Problem also is that our greatest problem is attracting politicians with even the remotest.....
» 11/10/2011 6:14:43 PM Not this rubbish again. There are already strong standards that ban most of the porn liste.....
» 11/10/2011 6:02:56 PM I like Pericles' idea: I think a good addition would be to change advertising laws so that.....
» 11/10/2011 12:01:48 PM Here's a better idea- limit sedition to; -advocacy or conspiracy to commit acts of violenc.....
» 11/10/2011 11:56:15 AM Pakistan's stance toward Bin Laden has proven once and for all what kind of country they R.....
» 11/10/2011 9:35:31 AM I would actually agree that Australians are probably one of the whiniest people in the wor.....
» 11/10/2011 9:30:06 AM It's alarming that Australian's aren't up in arms about this. Assange is easily more impo.....
» 11/10/2011 8:59:24 AM It's a simple issue: I would ask all straight people- would YOU be offended if YOU were no.....
» 11/10/2011 8:58:04 AM So, if we pay our politicians more, all the less-capable politicians will suddenly want to.....
» 9/10/2011 4:34:19 PM According to the Herald the young man was flaunting his Cannabis in the faces of numerous .....
» 9/10/2011 10:13:40 AM Why you'd even bother worrying about what happens if the NBN is completed I can't guess- t.....
» 9/10/2011 10:06:51 AM Rehctub- you seem to be looking at this situation entirely the wrong way. You are viewing.....
» 6/10/2011 8:34:11 PM Stevenlmeyer said "The best way to fight Islamic terrorism is to free outselves from .....
» 5/10/2011 1:30:39 PM Is this a rhetorical question? Could Australian members of parliament do better than their.....
» 5/10/2011 8:41:39 AM Unfortunately as far as Australia is concerned, if we were to increase our pay rates for p.....
» 4/10/2011 6:02:34 PM We're faced with a dull choice: 1- Gillard- a complete incompetent who clearly hardly unde.....
» 4/10/2011 5:51:10 PM Hmmm, ups and downs with this article- and I might add I am not actually a supporter of ma.....
» 15/09/2011 6:37:29 PM Instead of privatizing Telstra, the government should have dissolved that crap company, as.....
» 14/09/2011 9:10:34 PM Indeed Pelican- though to be honest I think the improbability that Keating or Rudd would g.....
» 14/09/2011 10:36:55 AM Well it's not hard to see WHY our latest politicians have the least amount of respect; Gil.....
» 14/09/2011 10:15:34 AM If anyone REALLY wanted to know what the majority wanted- they'd just hold a referendum on.....
» 13/09/2011 9:22:25 AM Absolute Rubbish article "the communities would hardly notice them" The people i.....
» 13/09/2011 9:08:30 AM We definitely should NOT be so tolerant of cults at all. Any organized religious/spiritua.....
» 13/09/2011 9:03:55 AM Formersnag- definitely an important point Grim; I would probably disagree with cutting ou.....
» 13/09/2011 9:00:07 AM What Loudmouth said. In never ceases to amaze me how people so casually whitewash Hicks' a.....
» 12/09/2011 10:22:29 AM Individual- sadly that's a pointless exercise- you've had Formersnag cite some Aboriginal .....
» 11/09/2011 10:27:50 PM Sadly 911 is by far the single most opportunistically hijacked tragedy in the history of t.....
» 11/09/2011 10:09:24 PM Formersnag, you are definitely correct in what you say about the Indigenous opinions you m.....
» 11/09/2011 12:31:49 PM Individual I would say playing ostrich has never ended in a positive result; And I woul.....
» 11/09/2011 10:29:37 AM I hope this post will end the need for this off-topic attempt to bash Aborigines; 1- the .....
» 10/09/2011 2:19:09 PM "Such questions would eliminate many Australians from having the right to live here; .....
» 10/09/2011 10:32:15 AM Quite fair Kaktuz- though we wouldn't even need to do so on that basis; a few simple quest.....
» 9/09/2011 10:22:46 PM "the chance to show their benevolence to individuals and families who generally will .....
» 9/09/2011 11:41:21 AM Privatizing assets- especially water- is not 'left wing' you moron. And it worked so well .....
» 8/09/2011 11:03:51 AM Well I can guarantee that there is plenty of Gay Porn out in the world, and I definitely d.....
» 8/09/2011 11:01:41 AM Or we remedy the refugee convention to be able to more strongly deport anyone who poses a .....
» 7/09/2011 1:46:42 PM Pelican- I would endorse if the government or courts could initially establish which armie.....
» 7/09/2011 11:11:13 AM Simple situation We stop Islamic terrorists by staying out of Islamic countries, avoiding.....
» 7/09/2011 11:03:05 AM Keep dreaming. Everybody knows that the only reason Labor got enough support to beat the .....
» 7/09/2011 10:54:50 AM Stupid article, finished perfectly by the most gob-smackingly stupid line; "As our a.....
» 7/09/2011 10:14:47 AM Well my answers to those Pelican are 1- for our government to need to pass a referendum t.....
» 6/09/2011 10:39:41 PM imajulianutter Why not have a referendum on this issue too? Of course, that would raise i.....
» 6/09/2011 10:31:37 PM A rather obtuse attempt to imply that denying someone the right to make money from free sp.....
» 5/09/2011 12:25:53 AM Donkeygod, you have misread my post; Just because people don't come here with the explici.....
» 4/09/2011 2:25:03 PM I thought this would be a funny quote, by a moron journalist "Mike Carlton" that.....
» 4/09/2011 1:27:18 PM It is definitely eye opening that "Democratic" Australia's actual highest office.....
» 2/09/2011 8:14:28 PM I would disagree on one point Luciferase, that our (otherwise) social demographic were mov.....
» 2/09/2011 8:02:02 PM Sadly Belly as Tony Abbot did actually conspire with one of the independents to let the re.....
» 2/09/2011 1:27:36 PM We can be as 'mean spirited' as we want- we do not owe the relinquishment of parts of our .....
» 2/09/2011 1:12:35 PM Alternatively, Donkeygod- Australians simply don't like Islamist extremists. It would expl.....
» 1/09/2011 6:30:44 PM Apparently this convoluted mess was the easier solution than an initial character assessme.....
» 1/09/2011 10:36:34 AM Interesting headline 'a DAD does matter to a child'- what about a 'mum'? It is sad that s.....
» 1/09/2011 10:35:05 AM I'm almost convinced that this Malaysian solution scheme is a deliberately flawed attempt .....
» 1/09/2011 10:30:00 AM Oh please, we're the "silly country" through and through- we went from leading w.....
» 31/08/2011 5:55:57 PM Or you could simply abolish parliament, and make each ministerial office (environment, sci.....
» 29/08/2011 11:01:26 AM Here's a bright idea- why don't you actually ask the locals what they want (referendum), i.....
» 28/08/2011 6:40:23 PM Problem is, we actually have plenty of people that sincerely do not care- even consider it.....
» 27/08/2011 10:20:07 AM Hasbeen- good point; But there are many potential answers that actually connected to the v.....
» 26/08/2011 1:28:29 PM We make plenty of patents and inventors- sadly our governments are too busy sending $1000 .....
» 26/08/2011 1:22:32 PM "I admit that she started her Pageant life later than some, but she would tell you he.....
» 26/08/2011 1:13:59 PM Compassion is much needed in society- yet sadly only seems to be directed at the 'squeaky .....
» 26/08/2011 1:10:34 PM A better idea is to abolish the parliament, and have the senators elected per electorate i.....
» 25/08/2011 7:03:46 PM A 'conscience vote' by a bunch of people who are either hardcore religious, or trying not .....
» 25/08/2011 6:59:35 PM Pageant Mum- your daughter is 15; which is essentially a young adult (children potentially.....
» 25/08/2011 6:29:58 PM Or alternatively Alan, seeing that- as you said- we have plenty of space in this continent.....
» 24/08/2011 12:15:14 PM Suzie- believe me, it is easier said than done. That would depend on if the child actually.....
» 23/08/2011 10:16:20 PM "Force development" Basically, in societies where local residents have no actual.....
» 23/08/2011 10:09:38 PM Amicus- considering that I elaborated why the situations can make a negative impact on chi.....
» 23/08/2011 3:21:06 PM How child pageantry isn't already listed as both a form of child abuse, but also a form of.....
» 23/08/2011 3:09:06 PM An excellent article by Tony Recsei, simply pointing out studies that specifically discred.....
» 21/08/2011 6:43:32 PM I should actually point out that I myself have actually been mauled by a dog when I was a .....
» 21/08/2011 6:09:39 PM Thankyou Pelican and Neutral. Brian- The bottom line with 'marriage' is that regardless o.....
» 20/08/2011 4:19:45 PM Not this rubbish again. Pitbulls- the vast majority of subspecies, are not remotely aggre.....
» 20/08/2011 4:06:00 PM Those are very good points Fred- I recall a previous case where an alleged mobster alleged.....
» 19/08/2011 1:18:38 AM So we have gathered, according to people against sending them to Malaysia, that if an unac.....
» 18/08/2011 10:59:00 AM As the refugees have no trouble living in Malaysia for extended periods before jumping the.....
» 18/08/2011 10:27:21 AM No answers to my questions; Apparently, according to all these bitter divorcees, mothers a.....
» 17/08/2011 10:36:57 AM You know, you could probably compare the religiousness, the divorce/marriage culture, and .....
» 17/08/2011 10:29:48 AM Well the only system that does it differently is Germany- and there aren't any substantial.....
» 17/08/2011 12:29:48 AM Formersnag- three of your examples citing evidence that a 'divorce culture' causes riots a.....
» 16/08/2011 11:07:21 AM Do you know what I find really disturbing? Someone committed a simultaneous terrorist bom.....
» 16/08/2011 11:04:04 AM OF course! The secularism, marital practices and tolerance of people for being gay is what.....
» 16/08/2011 10:53:03 AM Indeed me and most of the people I know do whatever we can to get out of jury duty- especi.....
» 15/08/2011 4:43:54 PM Sadly our system of education is rubbish; Hardly any of our subjects help us in the real w.....
» 15/08/2011 4:30:25 PM Hume "Your post comprises only misrepresentation, etc, etc, so there is nothing for m.....
» 15/08/2011 3:13:30 PM So now we get reports from the Herald and Telegraph about how the Jury suffered in Mark St.....
» 15/08/2011 9:25:13 AM "Sounds like more of your misrepresentations. Who is making that latter argument? &qu.....
» 14/08/2011 10:45:23 AM You know, what I don't get is, that someone posts a comment online under an anonymous alia.....
» 14/08/2011 10:34:39 AM So Pericles, when someone makes several hundred rants, and -absolutely all of them are sca.....
» 14/08/2011 9:46:36 AM Ah Hume, the old "in-a-democracy-people-vote-to-rape-others" analogy; When it is.....
» 14/08/2011 9:39:28 AM Thankyou antisceptic, that is good to know. Out of curiosity, if a597's batteries can onl.....
» 12/08/2011 12:49:55 PM Democracy *IS* nothing but a system where the public rule. And that is fine. After all, w.....
» 12/08/2011 12:35:50 PM Technically we had identical riots in Redfern and in Macquarie Fields- the only difference.....
» 12/08/2011 12:31:15 PM Bazz- I don't remember the statistics, though I could dig out my last electricity bill- bu.....
» 11/08/2011 9:18:27 AM Yes but you are assuming that a low attendance due to apathy is actually a bad thing compa.....
» 11/08/2011 8:57:12 AM Firstly You differentiate buildings where base-load power is a necessity (hospitals and ai.....
» 10/08/2011 6:49:41 PM An error in this story "Refugees don't know where the boats will be taking them".....
» 10/08/2011 6:41:38 PM You heard me Pericles- 'barely factor' Considering every single post of his complains abou.....
» 10/08/2011 5:47:54 PM This is quite amusing; You can tell who takes this issue seriously and who is just stickin.....
» 10/08/2011 5:40:04 PM Formersnag- I agree that voting should not be compulsory- but personally I wouldn't even g.....
» 10/08/2011 5:31:47 PM Indeed- if the government does end up cutting the rebate and going back on its promise, I .....
» 9/08/2011 6:21:48 PM So I ask again- if the Greens have now decided not to make a stink over a policy aiming to.....
» 9/08/2011 6:19:10 PM Though I personally think a refugee "swap" is a stupid idea- I would definitely .....
» 9/08/2011 6:13:59 PM Strange you ask that Hasbeen- I have both Solar energy AND solar hot water built into my h.....
» 9/08/2011 9:09:42 AM Yes Shadow- disconnecting from the mains is the whole point people purchase renewable sour.....
» 8/08/2011 5:58:17 PM Sorry to burst your bubble, but anti-Islamic vigilantes simply attack Muslims and mosques......
» 8/08/2011 5:44:05 PM Sadly, whatever happened, the result was the Democrats sided with the government in sellin.....
» 8/08/2011 5:40:07 PM "If the Greens are so opposed to shipping children to Malaysia, they why are they not.....
» 8/08/2011 4:55:47 PM Actually living in a remote area- alone or among a commune- very much IS the only way to c.....
» 8/08/2011 4:47:42 PM My god, the phony outrage by people against whichever party their favorite one is against .....
» 8/08/2011 4:44:11 PM Shadow Minister Simple answer is solar and wind power obviously does not provide base load.....
» 7/08/2011 9:33:38 AM "The democratic principles are wrong, because they imply "cratia", ruling o.....
» 6/08/2011 5:27:07 PM Ammonite- that is correct that intending terrorists would not even bother trying to risk t.....
» 6/08/2011 10:05:38 AM Ammonite- the short answer is I think most voters- in some way or another, are hostile spe.....
» 5/08/2011 9:59:33 PM You do realize that the message this policy DOES send to asylum seekers heading for Austra.....
» 5/08/2011 9:39:34 PM Thankyou Ammonite. Generally yes, you are quite right in that sense about American choice.....
» 5/08/2011 9:08:19 AM "Surely this is Pauline rising. Posted by GlenC" And even THAT didn't happen. A.....
» 5/08/2011 9:00:41 AM I wouldn't go so far Rex- there is a risk that if you watch the ABC you could be brainwash.....
» 5/08/2011 8:53:37 AM Yes ammonite, they are higher regulated than us (although partly because American consumer.....
» 4/08/2011 5:45:01 PM Oh please! Australians took the GST bending over, we'll take the Carbon Tax bending over t.....
» 4/08/2011 5:40:25 PM So you think that if a person gets a university education, they are in fact brainwashed by.....
» 4/08/2011 5:27:17 PM I would expand on the 'left/right' debate and how issues and entities drift further and fu.....
» 4/08/2011 10:43:52 AM Or better yet, instead of assuming there are even two 'sides' of an argument at all, you c.....
» 4/08/2011 10:40:56 AM Indeed Rex I'm struggling to figure out if the ABC is supposed to be 'left wing' or 'right.....
» 3/08/2011 2:47:02 PM What did I tell you people? The only people that perceive an unacceptable 'bias' are loon.....
» 3/08/2011 2:37:22 PM I really can't believe Labor thought the Malaysian solution was a good idea at all- and ma.....
» 2/08/2011 6:05:37 PM Not at all Shadow. As a Solar panel has no moving parts, there is simply nothing TO maint.....
» 2/08/2011 2:28:57 PM "Commercially competitive power"? Talk about missing the point; The appeal of .....
» 2/08/2011 2:26:18 PM Let's face it people: When you lean to an extreme end of a political spectrum, it's easier.....
» 30/07/2011 12:48:57 PM That is also quite true Jay of Melbourne; even for someone from Somalia to get to Europe r.....
» 30/07/2011 11:20:42 AM Extending to what Senior Victorian said; Regarding social cohesion and relationship of the.....
» 30/07/2011 10:59:27 AM This thread is by far the loopiest I have ever seen. Now we are implying that someone mas.....
» 27/07/2011 11:38:40 AM I normally don't post in topics when I would merely agree, but this is too important to no.....
» 25/07/2011 10:58:36 AM What seems to be overlooked is that this killing seems to be the result of a man who got v.....
» 25/07/2011 10:50:18 AM We could probably avoid a repeat of terrorism, funnily enough, by leaving these countries .....
» 22/07/2011 1:01:18 PM If anything, the fact that there is still so much strife in the country after 11 years of .....
» 22/07/2011 12:57:55 PM As far as reaching the bottom goes, the Australian's only competition in that area is the .....
» 21/07/2011 1:35:34 PM I would say its a lot more than just the youth vote; Considering that Gillard running Lab.....
» 21/07/2011 1:28:18 PM Exactly what Shadow Minister said- down to the most minute detail. She's simply an awful l.....
» 20/07/2011 11:49:37 PM I will have to apologize for adding this in but this thread is rather pointless; An ".....
» 18/07/2011 10:11:06 PM Well, it seems that the huge attraction towards the Greens (and Democrats) is they seemed .....
» 16/07/2011 12:44:55 PM Reforms 1- CIR and Direct Democracy; as it is clear that politicians are more concerned w.....
» 14/07/2011 7:12:37 PM Noisy Scrub Bird- to be quite frank I think the main reason for the staunch opposition is .....
» 14/07/2011 4:22:45 PM It's sad that people are basing the entire idea of 'green power' on the impact to the Gree.....
» 14/07/2011 1:51:21 AM Seeing as hemp -is a weed and has little trouble propogating -can handle growing in extrem.....
» 12/07/2011 6:36:09 PM I agree entirely with Pericles; Personally, the only thing that endears me to the Greens .....
» 12/07/2011 6:29:13 PM Noisy Scrub and Rstuart; Good that you asked, and I will probably have the answer; Simpl.....
» 11/07/2011 10:36:15 PM Quite so, Noisy Scrub bird; This SHOULD be an extremely simple issue for most people; Sadl.....
» 11/07/2011 10:51:47 AM The fact of the matter is we haven't had a single government, state or federal, that was f.....
» 11/07/2011 10:47:21 AM "We are all descendants from boat people, including our Indegenous Australians, so wh.....
» 11/07/2011 10:38:23 AM Antisceptic that is actually unlikely Governments such as those we have now would NEVER, .....
» 11/07/2011 10:31:07 AM Now you are trying to imply what "democracy" is by referring to monarchical syst.....
» 10/07/2011 3:09:09 PM Its a possibility Grim, but it is something that parties will try to get on top of in othe.....
» 10/07/2011 11:14:42 AM And to everyone else, unfortunately, a "None of the Above" vote will not work ei.....
» 10/07/2011 11:05:41 AM Csteele- I thought you'd jump up and down about the American System- Worse outcome? Let m.....
» 10/07/2011 10:49:17 AM It still remains that it would remain the same for any entity controlling the same assets .....
» 9/07/2011 10:22:45 AM But the fact is, infrastructure is *rightfully* the property of the sum of its users (the .....
» 8/07/2011 6:08:03 PM That's sad Csteele- The fact that you think I'm trying to be sneaky is actually your own .....
» 8/07/2011 5:59:46 PM Actually my question was how does any body owning infrastructure compete? I pointed out t.....
» 8/07/2011 3:55:01 PM Funny thing is Csteele, I actually answered that other forum post directly, and your only .....
» 8/07/2011 3:32:32 PM All-, I could reply, but your own post full of talk of despots and slavery helps my standi.....
» 8/07/2011 10:12:54 AM Alas csteele you still don't really get it. Forcing people to go to the voting stations e.....
» 7/07/2011 8:12:42 PM All, I'm not sure if you're trying to make a joke or if you are being serious. When a pri.....
» 7/07/2011 8:07:29 PM Csteele you are still talking a complete load of rubbish; Giving people the choice not to.....
» 6/07/2011 10:09:37 AM "It should be noted though that Australia did not give unrestricted voting rights to .....
» 6/07/2011 9:58:48 AM "You could never gain such a contract ; and even if you were able too , your some of .....
» 5/07/2011 10:43:48 AM The only partnership governments should be having with private businesses is consultation .....
» 5/07/2011 10:28:08 AM It's not a "right" to be forced to vote for a party you don't support- the fact .....
» 3/07/2011 4:12:22 PM It's nice to see an extremist Islamist lobby group make bare-faced lies to further its cau.....
» 3/07/2011 4:06:45 PM " "If I could be pursuaded that those who didn't vote, wouldn't complain and whi.....
» 1/07/2011 11:56:09 AM Phil; "Those commentators who assert that other countries are running fine without it.....
» 1/07/2011 11:43:45 AM I think the best comparison would be this; We are comparing; -an incompetent dud (Gillard).....
» 29/06/2011 11:51:52 AM What strikes me as funny is how so many people associate all kinds of bizarre attributes t.....
» 29/06/2011 11:43:15 AM I should also point out that Canada, New Zealand, and virtually every single country on th.....
» 29/06/2011 9:55:04 AM I most definitely support optional voting; if people don't care about what's happening, th.....
» 29/06/2011 9:46:39 AM Yuk- how sad that this is the selection we are supposed to be choosing our preferred leade.....
» 28/06/2011 10:16:33 AM Pathetic article; the author lists supposed reasons why people are against our latest refu.....
» 28/06/2011 10:06:29 AM No surprise in the Netherlands- ever since that Islamist murdered Theo Van Gogh the Dutch .....
» 28/06/2011 9:51:33 AM Dan makes an excellent point about shop rents; and I'm amazed that nothing has been done a.....
» 28/06/2011 9:45:54 AM I'd even advocate NSW splitting into a few states (Sydney, Woolongong, Blue Mtns, Central .....
» 26/06/2011 3:49:26 PM Do you know what bores me? Seeing a debate that has gone on for the past 10 years, repeat.....
» 26/06/2011 3:30:46 PM Of course, I'd rather non-binding plebescites were scrapped and replaced with binding refe.....
» 25/06/2011 4:01:24 PM stevenlmeyer, no problem; To answer your question- I really don't think it would at all, .....
» 24/06/2011 7:59:33 PM Wait- we are discussing how the drastic alteration of the largest multinational cooperativ.....
» 24/06/2011 9:24:33 AM (cont) Conscience votes, on the other hand, are a horrible, horrible blight on Australia; .....
» 24/06/2011 9:20:50 AM A referendum/plebescite on policy is what Australia (let alone democracy) SHOULD be about,.....
» 23/06/2011 9:14:13 AM So let me get this straight- if you have a hard life, and go through hardship to achieve y.....
» 22/06/2011 11:41:07 AM What Pericles said; Newspapers only have potential for deeper expert analysis- but because.....
» 22/06/2011 11:32:04 AM My god are we still bulls*hitting this old cliche? The "People wouldn't be so mean to.....
» 20/06/2011 10:31:24 AM Just scrap the Jury System and be done with it; It's a violation of MY rights to be conscr.....
» 16/06/2011 12:44:34 PM Are you telling us that a business-lobbyist who writes for the Australian- was just making.....
» 16/06/2011 12:38:44 PM Let me guess- an employee of the Liberal party is upset that parties other than the libera.....
» 16/06/2011 12:36:53 PM "Australia's leaders need to stop playing absurd political games and focus on how to .....
» 16/06/2011 12:32:15 PM Sorry I'm late; In short, a rubbish article trying to convey that the "world" i.....
» 15/06/2011 11:25:01 AM Julia Gillard is an empty-headed moron who clearly, more than any past PM, merely reads ou.....
» 13/06/2011 11:34:38 AM Thank goodness for your article Peter- FINALLY someone who has separated sensible power ge.....
» 12/06/2011 11:59:30 AM Sadly I see our country slipping down the same path as Americans are where so many people .....
» 12/06/2011 11:48:16 AM You know, I could probably explain the threshhold most meat-eaters hold in that they have .....
» 12/06/2011 11:40:45 AM Quite frankly my compassion only extends to the sane and civilized arrivals who actually w.....
» 10/06/2011 11:33:36 PM Pericles; That is basically what it boils down to. For Geert to be able to project success.....
» 10/06/2011 4:31:16 PM Ammonite; you do of course realize that almost every single refugee we receive actually st.....
» 10/06/2011 11:25:22 AM I think it's actually a cunning strategy to dissuade asylum seekers abroad; They read the .....
» 10/06/2011 11:15:07 AM My answer to this asylum seeker's situation is simple- if he is either a potential danger,.....
» 9/06/2011 9:48:19 AM Indeed Pericles I was explaining that context to Shockadelic who can't tell a person with .....
» 9/06/2011 9:39:28 AM I am quite certain they are not subsidized Belly- and memory serves me correctly it was La.....
» 8/06/2011 10:08:04 PM Well, it only has about 5 major policy areas, and opposing privatization, the nanny state .....
» 8/06/2011 10:03:05 PM No tears out of me I'm afraid; I'm quite happy that the government has stopped worming out.....
» 8/06/2011 9:53:11 PM Again, shockadellic that is itself an outright fairytale based on nothing more than ignora.....
» 8/06/2011 9:14:02 AM That backflip is good news for me- thankyou Barry for finally seeing the light (even thoug.....
» 7/06/2011 7:32:56 PM Shockadellic this is by far the dumbest stereotype I have yet read; "Atheists heart M.....
» 7/06/2011 9:27:12 AM Alas, here I was hoping I would get Pericles' thoughts on my analogy of the legalities of .....
» 6/06/2011 11:12:24 AM You can usually split environmentally-conscious people into two categories; 1- people who .....
» 5/06/2011 8:46:23 PM Pericles, that was what I was talking about: Fitna's insinuations are directed at the rel.....
» 5/06/2011 2:11:25 PM Ways to improve it 1- CIR 2- Redraw government roles (parliament and executive governmen.....
» 5/06/2011 2:05:58 PM I absolutely oppose any law that makes religious defamation a crime or implies it as a hat.....
» 5/06/2011 1:58:59 PM Poirot- that STILL doesn't change this situation I am quoting from my last post: "It .....
» 3/06/2011 6:23:39 PM Poirot- in response to your point about the Afghan campaign against Russia, I can say for .....
» 3/06/2011 2:14:54 PM Shadow- simple answer to your first question is that Gillard simply reads out what her par.....
» 1/06/2011 7:18:23 PM I agree with Custard and Loudmouth- what about the Afghan, Pakistani and Indian courts? I.....
» 1/06/2011 5:17:08 PM Pelican, problem is these are still made irrelevant as; 1- Hicks WAS a combatant (tracing.....
» 1/06/2011 3:21:34 PM On the 'due process' issue- there is another problem; WE did not charge him. Our act was.....
» 1/06/2011 1:15:34 PM You know, I am entirely convinced that the only reason Hicks gets support was because his .....
» 29/05/2011 5:13:45 PM You actually posted additional questions in that thread? Seems you did; No problem 1,2- .....
» 29/05/2011 4:39:38 PM Peter In response to your customized ad hominem attacks "How do you like it?" Ac.....
» 28/05/2011 9:15:52 AM Quite frankly, planking is by far the most moronic hill-billy activity ever invented- desi.....
» 28/05/2011 9:08:40 AM Oh- having said that, I'm still happy Labor got the boot- all in all they were far worse i.....
» 28/05/2011 9:02:43 AM Oops- smile Hume, you just fell into my trap - "I will respond to your argument when .....
» 26/05/2011 4:36:25 PM And now for the even stupider questions you felt the need to ask a second time: 1- Becaus.....
» 26/05/2011 4:17:36 PM Oh dear Peter "demolish" lets run through these "demolishing" argument.....
» 25/05/2011 4:43:33 PM Not that I ever expected that blubbering lout to be any better, but Barry has proved every.....
» 25/05/2011 4:38:31 PM Oh what a vicious cycle; Women reject men, men turn to porn as a last resort, porn demean.....
» 25/05/2011 4:36:14 PM It's quite sad indeed how fast Barry O Farrel decided to run with Labor's backflip on the .....
» 25/05/2011 4:30:59 PM Sorry I'm late back- been very busy. Peter Hume it's not nice to lie- or try to make a na.....
» 22/05/2011 1:32:24 PM Wow- Peter Hume and Cheryl have both tried to imply off-topic fascism in most of their ans.....
» 21/05/2011 9:03:04 PM For what would be the 48th time I've had to repeat these ideas in threads on this site whe.....
» 21/05/2011 12:38:17 PM Indeed Saltpeter- if anything her reply proves that I was exactly right. Checking; -unsubs.....
» 21/05/2011 10:04:33 AM Quite agree Squeers and Grim; But lets face it, by now after learning enough about his st.....
» 20/05/2011 10:45:07 PM Indeed Aime- her posts are so repetitive and off-topic I'm almost convinced that she actua.....
» 20/05/2011 5:38:35 PM Not much for me to say; -Some member of a lobbyist group composed mostly of libertarian a.....
» 20/05/2011 5:25:27 PM The problem with this article is that it assumes people are going to be absorbing their en.....
» 19/05/2011 4:24:10 PM "By the same principle, does that make Barack Obama a 'combatant' and therefore a leg.....
» 18/05/2011 5:05:40 PM There's really no point asking whether it is legal to kill the chief of the enemy forces i.....
» 18/05/2011 4:58:03 PM Sorry Custard but climbing the bridge or unfurling a banner alone were actually mentioned .....
» 17/05/2011 6:58:08 PM Posted by Quantumleap: Why? Simply because no amount of grievance, no matter how legitima.....
» 17/05/2011 4:34:56 PM 1- They're calling for Shariah family courts 2- No they shouldn't be permitted (or any ot.....
» 17/05/2011 4:32:45 PM Let's see Custard- making threatening displays in the middle of an infrastructural choke-p.....
» 16/05/2011 4:20:22 PM Why are there so many people who think that anyone who feels this behaviour is unacceptabl.....
» 15/05/2011 11:23:28 AM I agree Shadow- I propose that there be more measures to ensure that 1- any protest physi.....
» 15/05/2011 11:08:46 AM Indeed Otokonoko, there's nothing short of a treasure trove of silliness in Bruce's rant. .....
» 12/05/2011 7:03:15 PM I get tired of these "boat vs plane" arguments. I would imagine that the simple .....
» 12/05/2011 4:20:42 PM Shadow- few things Salt water is in no short supply- however unless you apply materials t.....
» 7/05/2011 10:28:24 AM "I don't have all the answers either, but a few good steps would be large education c.....
» 6/05/2011 9:53:45 AM On the note of what makes religious education different from sex education, metal work, PE.....
» 4/05/2011 5:24:52 PM Let's see what has happened to this thread: -A vast majority supporting religion not being.....
» 4/05/2011 4:59:52 PM "It's like claiming that the Amish are typical of all christians or that all jews hol.....
» 4/05/2011 4:20:57 PM That is absolutely correct Rhian; personally I am happy with the arrangement of government.....
» 4/05/2011 12:48:36 PM My attitude is if a person who comes here feels more strongly about secular values than re.....
» 4/05/2011 12:31:53 PM Face it gentlemen, some people think "getting out" = "letting the conservat.....
» 4/05/2011 10:48:56 AM Quite an interesting read- an abundant inexpensive and less volatile nuclear power source .....
» 4/05/2011 10:41:28 AM What a funny article; Atheists are "forcing" Christianity out of schools by sto.....
» 4/05/2011 10:27:46 AM MWPOYNTER, that would be an issue with the respective government funding them (as there is.....
» 3/05/2011 7:52:24 PM On the note of these "green groups" (read all NGOs) receiving funds is because t.....
» 3/05/2011 10:42:49 AM I actually think it's a message to reinforce to the world that America is at war with terr.....
» 3/05/2011 10:35:12 AM Well it's inevitable that terrorists will resort to reprisal attacks- and terrorism will c.....
» 3/05/2011 10:31:39 AM Mark, excellent article, unfortunately many of the poster's replies are childish to the po.....
» 3/05/2011 10:10:46 AM Nothing to say here- except that a person who states "We may be literally not breedin.....
» 3/05/2011 10:05:57 AM I agree with the principle that I'd rather pay more tax for a more broadly subisidized soc.....
» 3/05/2011 9:56:27 AM What a load of garbage; Out of curiosity Asher Judah, should the government also ignore l.....
» 2/05/2011 9:00:00 PM StG your reading ability is just as bad as your ability to maintain any subtelty or reason.....
» 1/05/2011 4:06:45 PM I am proud to say I completely avoided the entire spectacle. I decided to refrain from the.....
» 1/05/2011 4:04:00 PM I love this discussion StG "What you gonna do if we can't; gas us in chambers?" .....
» 1/05/2011 9:48:43 AM Quantum- As I was actually averaging when I said he was making an exaggerated case in some.....
» 30/04/2011 1:41:58 PM My only gripe with Mr Condell is he weaves up higher stakes of the loony subjects he talks.....
» 29/04/2011 10:19:38 AM "If the Immigration Minister gets his way in parliament, any asylum seeker convicted .....
» 27/04/2011 5:26:07 PM Formersnag that is very nice of you but you will be happy to know I am not a socialist at .....
» 27/04/2011 10:50:32 AM Well I would be very happy if the King of Syria were arrested and democracy installed; To.....
» 27/04/2011 10:48:51 AM Well we can vote more anti-war candidates into federal parliament next election, that is a.....
» 27/04/2011 10:45:49 AM Sorry, but there is a HUGE gap between 'exclusive claim to specific values' and 'universal.....
» 27/04/2011 10:35:25 AM Thought so Csteele- it's ok to avoid answering my points because they're too hard for you .....
» 26/04/2011 7:39:44 PM Suzie- I quite agree. Though there is undeniably a problematic demographic within the Mus.....
» 26/04/2011 10:29:39 AM No Csteele there is no trickery, just you perceiving there is. You say people are hostile.....
» 25/04/2011 7:25:52 PM Suzie I'm not a Christian so whatever their God wants is completely irrelevant to me- in f.....
» 25/04/2011 4:34:45 PM Suzie- I don't consider it a mistake to let Vietnamese people into Australia; Vietnam is a.....
» 25/04/2011 4:23:59 PM Jewely- you do realize I'm not a Christian? In fact, you could hardly call Australia a Chr.....
» 24/04/2011 11:11:11 AM What Belly said; Why do people keep pretending that aversion to Islamic fundamentalists i.....
» 23/04/2011 3:45:45 PM Csteele- problem is the Afghan and Iraq wars would have still occurred no thanks to our in.....
» 23/04/2011 9:51:19 AM You clearly are confused csteele, because you simply can't even think pragmatically about .....
» 22/04/2011 10:14:47 PM Csteel- obviously the answer is to: -Nationalize the detention sector -Withdraw our milita.....
» 22/04/2011 6:18:59 PM "These people have had their applications REJECTED! That is why they are upset. ".....
» 22/04/2011 3:13:54 PM It's ironic that the asylum seekers who had their visa applications rejected decided to pr.....
» 22/04/2011 3:07:18 PM Yep- repeated the same "anti pops don't have arguments (minus the ones I carefully av.....
» 21/04/2011 10:22:15 PM My thoughts on population I've said before: Though I can't help but notice Cheryl always i.....
» 19/04/2011 10:39:48 AM Cheryl- extremes are repealed by giving convincing arguments why they should, if in fact t.....
» 18/04/2011 4:49:03 PM Cheryl- 1) my post said I do not endorse any form of financial incentive OR disincentive .....
» 18/04/2011 2:39:09 PM The rights, ideally, should go to the people of the electorate to vote on if they so choos.....
» 18/04/2011 2:33:52 PM I'm enjoying how the negatives insist that only methods of fascism can be employed in this.....
» 18/04/2011 2:18:51 PM I'm amused by the ignorant statement "we shouldn't be paying for research that goes n.....
» 17/04/2011 12:19:17 PM Actually Squeers economic prosperity does not require growth of a workforce- merely sustai.....
» 17/04/2011 11:49:51 AM True SonofGloin and Bugsy: I only wonder if any of the people complaining about this fund.....
» 17/04/2011 8:37:33 AM Squeers I would be very much appreciative if you could actually explain how a larger popul.....
» 17/04/2011 8:24:00 AM Quite frankly I am perfectly satisfied to pay both wages and a very substantial amount tow.....
» 16/04/2011 4:02:03 PM Cudmugeon, some good points, but these also come at costs; I wouldn't really rate New Yor.....
» 15/04/2011 4:31:58 PM On the note of Population density in Europe and Singapore- I should point out that Singapo.....
» 15/04/2011 1:35:06 PM There's nothing to say about this debate but this: The Australian government does not actu.....
» 15/04/2011 1:29:22 PM Sarnian beat me to it; Of course Ross Eliot, a person whose (personal) prosperity is based.....
» 14/04/2011 10:20:44 AM Squeers, I have simply one thing to say to answer your point. The fact that the governmen.....
» 7/04/2011 5:29:13 PM An interesting article, though I would personally have liked more data- such as the amount.....
» 7/04/2011 4:06:40 PM Jewely- that is also possible- but I think so long as there is quality advice given by cou.....
» 6/04/2011 9:19:33 PM Jewely, a fair point you make: "I think us humans look back with the whole ‘if we on.....
» 6/04/2011 4:44:59 PM Gillard is at her best when pretending to endorse unpopular policies from the backbench to.....
» 6/04/2011 4:42:39 PM That's not surprising- lots of women need to abort a baby they don't want to due to risk o.....
» 6/04/2011 11:20:41 AM NO. We are most definitely no Brothers of a backward Islamist nation like Palestine and sh.....
» 6/04/2011 11:11:17 AM Sorry I'm late: SpinDoc- are you actually implying that the BBC is a worse news/info outl.....
» 3/04/2011 8:41:44 AM Skip the Murdoch rubbish, and channels 7,9,10; you've filtered down the gutter journalism .....
» 1/04/2011 8:35:55 AM What I would like to know is why a clearly dwindling demographic gets so much input into g.....
» 1/04/2011 8:26:13 AM About time an anti-privatization pollie was in charge of the party (and so many crooked pr.....
» 30/03/2011 10:58:28 AM Indeed Ludwig and Klaas, you point out even further flaws of our system. Personally, anoth.....
» 28/03/2011 10:07:37 PM Ludwig is absolutely right: Optional Voter preferencing is the most democratic form of vot.....
» 24/03/2011 2:12:48 PM "NSW Christians are flexing their muscles, but is it all posing or will it lift mount.....
» 24/03/2011 10:00:31 AM Miacat: "In any case, a person granted asylum does not need a security clearance; tha.....
» 23/03/2011 10:53:19 PM Sadly it seems the issues raised in my other thread of how this most recent refugee debate.....
» 23/03/2011 4:42:17 PM Sorry, but we SHOULD have every right to decide who comes into this country, and most defi.....
» 23/03/2011 4:25:32 PM "Indies and greens and other minor parties all want to dabble in the politics of what.....
» 22/03/2011 8:04:40 PM Rotten, but not-so-bad? lets see: -Lane Cove Tunnel, drastic speed limit reduction, and s.....
» 22/03/2011 7:55:13 PM Interestingly (or more specifically, sadly) there is indeed no law that I could find that .....
» 20/03/2011 8:43:52 PM Unfortunately Lexi that is not very reassuring. Mr Bowen's rather less-than-direct addres.....
» 20/03/2011 2:24:57 PM To be honest Shadow that may well be what excuse they might make- I've been poking around .....
» 20/03/2011 10:26:59 AM Been reading the paper over the past few days about Asylum seekers in Christmas island bur.....
» 18/03/2011 9:19:57 AM Considering recent attempts to apply a "surprise sex" charge that is able to ope.....
» 18/03/2011 9:12:55 AM Indeed Bazz, but why doesn't that explain how The Chaser and Qanda keep getting away with .....
» 17/03/2011 9:07:48 AM "Should donations to political parties be banned and all elections publically funded?.....
» 16/03/2011 12:19:54 PM The problem with so many of these people in the thread is that they actually demand news s.....
» 16/03/2011 12:10:34 PM By the way I agree with Sarnian, and David F. Ban all donations, ensure that a VERY strict.....
» 16/03/2011 9:56:54 AM Strange rpg- I could swear that you yourself are exploiting the disaster to silence hindis.....
» 16/03/2011 9:38:06 AM Another major step would be to separate the parliament from the executive. That is, the ac.....
» 16/03/2011 9:28:52 AM What if the Majority support Julian Assange? And considering he is pro freedom of speech/f.....
» 15/03/2011 10:47:52 PM You people do realize that in event of invasion all able-bodied persons of voting age are .....
» 15/03/2011 10:43:33 PM VERY well said Otokonoko, I quite agree. In this political age, subsequent generations are.....
» 14/03/2011 9:46:30 PM "Non-scourge, non-whore parties? Any party that has sufficient ideological electoral .....
» 14/03/2011 9:28:53 PM Snore. NON DD- Bureaucrats again- circular arguments indeed. Peter, the fact you go so fa.....
» 14/03/2011 9:16:35 PM 1. I’m not running an “all resources public” argument Oh my Peter, now you're backtracking.....
» 13/03/2011 6:29:14 PM Indeed Chris- and I actually think it's specifically because most of our media outlets are.....
» 13/03/2011 6:14:16 PM A fair point David Palmer, which is probably why, if possible, it would be worth a quick g.....
» 13/03/2011 9:50:50 AM "Regardless of ideological alignment and populism, minor parties will remain a scourg.....
» 13/03/2011 9:37:25 AM Chris, face it, RPG is one of those people who believe there is a great secret war between.....
» 13/03/2011 9:24:57 AM cont And no, you have provided NO calculations at all. What you HAVE done is bored me wit.....
» 13/03/2011 9:06:34 AM Point by point: Firstly, no, the all-resources-public IS an absurd projection you simply W.....
» 12/03/2011 8:50:40 AM A fantastic article Brian Holden, and an issue sadly longing in modern Australia. My atti.....
» 12/03/2011 8:20:54 AM I think as an opposition party the Greens would be a lot better than either of the majors,.....
» 11/03/2011 11:44:22 PM Actually Peter I *have* answered your arguments, I simply have yet to entertain your absur.....
» 11/03/2011 5:58:41 PM "They are also against hunting which is clearly a racist stance." Um, could you .....
» 11/03/2011 4:43:45 PM On continued note: -Matches- may instigate a small fire if exposed to a flammable surface .....
» 11/03/2011 9:15:57 AM Chris you're pretty much right- the cultural/societal differences between Australians and .....
» 11/03/2011 8:57:20 AM "Left or Right"? I'm glad you asked that question Rache because I've been wonder.....
» 10/03/2011 6:00:33 PM Yup, "physical" incapacity should not impede firearm ownership, but anybody who .....
» 10/03/2011 8:38:36 AM Considering neither candidates see remotely eye-to-eye, in the Greens eyes (being on the f.....
» 9/03/2011 9:42:52 PM Also, in the event the USA and China went to war, one would be asked if they realistically.....
» 9/03/2011 9:48:01 AM Rely on our own strengths and act independently- thus we get to avoid the mess of particip.....
» 9/03/2011 9:30:32 AM Quite a good article: I particularly like the idea of having schools that teach both Engli.....
» 9/03/2011 9:19:26 AM I think it boils down to the simple probability that Julia and co have NO IDEA WHAT THEY A.....
» 8/03/2011 7:20:35 PM Direct Democracy: As Voters are affected by market prices and trade capacity as consequenc.....
» 7/03/2011 7:50:17 PM So Arjay, would this equation hold true that: If 911 = fake inside operation, then fundame.....
» 7/03/2011 7:47:07 PM 0- Peter how convenient that you ignored the point where direct democracy ties back into t.....
» 6/03/2011 3:11:18 PM Furthermore, being a Nazi implied virtually anyone who was German and willing to serve und.....
» 6/03/2011 12:22:30 PM David f and Pelican What you say is quite solid. Though it raises further questions: The .....
» 6/03/2011 8:14:34 AM To compare public/private infreastructure services. 1- So, if private services are volunt.....
» 6/03/2011 7:56:38 AM Poor Peter, I sometimes feel bad leaving you to construct these tangents. For the first h.....
» 5/03/2011 4:38:55 PM "It is true that government provides services with the money. But it is not true that.....
» 5/03/2011 11:17:44 AM - and let's not forget Bradley Manning, who is now being subjected to what Hicks has been:.....
» 5/03/2011 11:07:21 AM While all you lots are quibbling about how 'compassionate' we should or should not be over.....
» 5/03/2011 10:32:00 AM David Jennings you do realize some of the people in this thread who criticized the origina.....
» 5/03/2011 10:30:22 AM "In those days government itself was privately owned, so this only takes us back to t.....
» 2/03/2011 2:15:54 PM "Don't bother to respond" to you RPG? certainly, as you would rather not have yo.....
» 2/03/2011 8:28:12 AM "Rather than promoting the benefits of cultural diversity, mainstream media represent.....
» 2/03/2011 8:17:43 AM RPG- nice job at not answering my question: It is actually a perfectly valid analogy- one .....
» 1/03/2011 7:40:18 PM Excellent article- although I sadly doubt Egypt's, and likely Libya's fate will befall tha.....
» 1/03/2011 7:31:01 PM I can't say I disagree with James Page: So long as the leak is of something of relevance .....
» 1/03/2011 7:11:31 PM Let me get this straight- we are comparing a medieval system where land and people were ow.....
» 27/02/2011 11:43:00 PM StG you still haven't answered my question- how do you expect a democracy to be able to fu.....
» 27/02/2011 11:40:50 PM He'll be a marginalized fool with a few dozen marginalized acolytes happy to act on his wo.....
» 27/02/2011 11:34:44 PM For CIR simple- if people were in fact in a position to say what they wanted with policy, .....
» 26/02/2011 9:36:34 PM The US are definitely not friends with Zimbabwe, Cuba or Libya: though I can imagine even .....
» 26/02/2011 9:20:29 PM Except Doug, the obvious shortcoming of our system that due to the lack of CIR or other ex.....
» 26/02/2011 6:26:32 PM No arguments there Loudmouth- those are indeed positive interventions that should harm the.....
» 26/02/2011 3:50:22 PM A few corrections- Sailors aren't exactly able to reach Afghanistan to shoot at anyone, w.....
» 26/02/2011 3:41:40 PM StG, do tell how you expect a democratic country to operate properly when we don't have a .....
» 26/02/2011 3:38:55 PM I'm not wanting to jump down the USA's back THAT much Loudmouth, and I am perfectly happy .....
» 26/02/2011 3:24:43 PM Peter Hume, you want to know what the funny thing is? "Hazza’s tack is to try to den.....
» 26/02/2011 9:22:53 AM Rhian "I also think that people coming here by boat are usually trying to escape extr.....
» 25/02/2011 6:40:22 PM What I found interesting was the USA's incredibly slow pace of endorsing the pro-democracy.....
» 25/02/2011 6:36:49 PM Rhian, I have explicitly stated my only concern is of people with mindsets incompatible wi.....
» 25/02/2011 9:56:13 AM All I can hope is that the Swedish courts reject it (I doubt the British government has th.....
» 25/02/2011 9:55:23 AM Rhian- willingness to catch a boat and risk dangers could just as strongly imply the huge .....
» 25/02/2011 9:48:37 AM And that goes onto the next point of why our roads need to be modified: Zero traffic ligh.....
» 25/02/2011 9:06:50 AM Loudmouth, short answer is Peter is probably a libertarian and anything down to having to .....
» 24/02/2011 3:00:07 PM I wouldn't really bother Garum- Some people have absolutely convinced themselves that oppo.....
» 24/02/2011 1:54:09 PM "to my mind elitist, contrary in interests to the vast majority and a better friend t.....
» 24/02/2011 1:50:21 PM So, according to you John, because a former Nazi joined the Liberal Party, we are not allo.....
» 24/02/2011 12:21:04 PM Ironically, the people of the USA stand to benefit most from Wikileaks- the only people wh.....
» 24/02/2011 12:11:07 PM I do dearly hate it when people try to pretend the issue is about something else. I can a.....
» 24/02/2011 11:57:04 AM Lets see: 1- because both anonymous internet postings, and discussions where lobbyists mus.....
» 24/02/2011 11:52:39 AM Peter I don't suppose you have been paying attention to the content matter discussed so fa.....
» 22/02/2011 9:40:39 PM Call me presumptuous but I doubt some of you, judging by your odd, ridiculous rants, have .....
» 22/02/2011 3:43:38 PM Sorry- was later at night- the two digit remainder would be parliament, and the "but .....
» 22/02/2011 9:53:29 AM Excellent article! Considering that many school students actually do have to witness or d.....
» 22/02/2011 9:45:59 AM I must say this is actually quite a good article that does actually jump into the deeper e.....
» 21/02/2011 11:57:57 PM "Even if voting were compulsory, it only requires a little over six million to get a .....
» 21/02/2011 9:12:40 PM Good points Loudmouth......
» 21/02/2011 6:23:28 PM Loudmouth- considering the only boost to indigenous rights as gaining recognition as citiz.....
» 21/02/2011 3:42:08 PM I disagree with this notion per-se, but for a different reason. What if someone were fleei.....
» 21/02/2011 3:28:32 PM Loudmouth: Your first point about womens' sufferage is quite good, but I may have a potent.....
» 21/02/2011 12:22:37 PM No problem with any of these with me Pericles, If the public decides they want to risk sho.....
» 21/02/2011 12:05:44 PM "That's cool, King Hazza, do you want to apply the same discriminatory processes to A.....
» 21/02/2011 10:03:54 AM Problem with banning substances is that it strengthens mafia riches and consumer base of d.....
» 21/02/2011 10:00:26 AM Usual rubbish. And why do you keep insisting YOUR values that WE aren't living up to are &.....
» 20/02/2011 9:10:42 PM Loudmouth- my version, which I am sure corresponds to most people's definition: A system o.....
» 20/02/2011 10:04:58 AM A Democratic Alternative to "Democracy (ie the system of government WE use)" How.....
» 19/02/2011 12:06:01 PM Well, I was trying to say "percieved (by her and similar-feeling persons) cultural in.....
» 18/02/2011 11:15:55 PM Another piece of simplistic drivel. Allow me to correct it in a 20th of the space: -Pauli.....
» 18/02/2011 11:00:39 PM Similar story to mine Wheels- I once passed a fenced-up roadside school zone exactly like .....
» 18/02/2011 6:54:55 PM Loudmouth- simple answer from me, I see euthanasia as a basic human right that we all may .....
» 18/02/2011 6:49:41 PM 579, I'm sorry to say but simply making your posts more dramatic and mentioning death a lo.....
» 18/02/2011 8:36:57 AM Wheels, that's too bad, but not surprising unfortunately- we seem to operate under an asto.....
» 18/02/2011 8:18:51 AM Hmm, it's strange that a topic about online commentators carrying prejudices about public .....
» 17/02/2011 5:49:36 PM Clownfish "One very good reason, King Hazza: you can get water from the tap pretty mu.....
» 17/02/2011 5:47:48 PM This is one of the many articles about it http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news.....
» 17/02/2011 5:35:14 PM No problem Loudmouth "* How do you distinguish between 'assisted suicide' and murder.....
» 17/02/2011 9:40:46 AM As I hear it Loudmouth, "euthanasia" is nothing but assisted suicide at request .....
» 17/02/2011 9:30:20 AM That would be the dynamic indeed Loudmouth- old dictatorships getting pro-democracy uprisi.....
» 17/02/2011 9:17:31 AM Basically Clownfish; The principles of stimulating the immune system with diluted pathogen.....
» 16/02/2011 4:13:02 PM True to a reasonable extent Clownfish "Vaccination basically works by exposing the i.....
» 16/02/2011 3:56:23 PM I disagree with the US/Anti-US dynamic Loudmouth. A lot of people are assuming (or trying .....
» 15/02/2011 9:24:05 PM I think I should point out that particularly in Sydney, where even the flimsiest more east.....
» 15/02/2011 9:03:32 PM Clownfish (and Ho Hum) It doesn't change the fact that this source backs up my claim that .....
» 15/02/2011 9:01:23 PM Indeed Loudmouth- or to put it in another light, the more refined a democracy becomes (and.....
» 15/02/2011 11:11:38 AM Except that they don't Clownfish- many do in fact set different potencies and reduced dilu.....
» 15/02/2011 10:25:57 AM I hope so too Loudmouth- especially in Iran (though I can tell you, the Chinese public are.....
» 15/02/2011 9:56:17 AM You just can't win in public housing- either you are the low-class type that people accuse.....
» 15/02/2011 9:43:44 AM Actually I have been checking the NSW RTA crash statistics and they indicate the majority .....
» 15/02/2011 9:27:14 AM Clownfish- so? Hanneman lived during the 19th century where absolutely no medical knowledg.....
» 15/02/2011 9:12:14 AM No chance of that Loudmouth- given that the Chinese people can't exactly vote, and are wel.....
» 14/02/2011 8:20:02 PM But what you fail to realize 579 is that, just as Mr Leyonhjelm and Pericles have pointed .....
» 14/02/2011 8:07:36 PM Actually Clownfish you will find that dilution too is variable and not always set to the 3.....
» 14/02/2011 7:28:07 PM Partly correct Arjay, though not as simple an issue. It's not so much a system of control .....
» 14/02/2011 12:16:30 PM Excellent article David, though I fear Pericles is absolutely correct as to the reasons wh.....
» 14/02/2011 12:02:06 PM All I will say in this thread is that despite my greatest expectations that the Labor part.....
» 14/02/2011 10:32:06 AM Simple Arjay, they don't. It is arguable that people who are trying to protect their gove.....
» 14/02/2011 9:29:22 AM Sorry Clownfish it is you who is unable to read properly: "When you dilute something .....
» 13/02/2011 6:20:38 PM More likely Loudmouth, is that this is actually an attempt by the aliens to make people re.....
» 13/02/2011 1:57:24 PM Of course Rhys it is pointless trying to get people lacking the faculties of abstract thou.....
» 13/02/2011 1:43:26 PM Actually Clownfish the explanation I gave is exactly what homeopathy actually is- and this.....
» 12/02/2011 8:46:54 AM Indeed, more leaks sites are a good thing. But do, pray tell, what kind of information 'd.....
» 12/02/2011 12:46:34 AM Now that I have established how the nature of process of the leaks are both possible and l.....
» 12/02/2011 12:39:03 AM Arjay- why would they be leaked? For intelligence and inside-infomation to the likes of to.....
» 12/02/2011 12:26:24 AM I stand by that rejecting refugees or even sending them back to a place they will likely f.....
» 12/02/2011 12:16:44 AM Interesting Clownfish you assume I'm a homeopathy advocate when I largely explained the cl.....
» 11/02/2011 12:32:19 PM I also stand by the fact that Wikileaks is hands down the best thing to happen to democrac.....
» 11/02/2011 12:16:36 PM Ok, let me be the only person who actually knows what homeopathy actually is to help expla.....
» 11/02/2011 12:07:12 PM The sad part is Republic or not, we'd still be subject to these boring Royal Wedding news .....
» 11/02/2011 12:02:15 PM The problem is I still don't actually see where the specific crimes are, as trading with a.....
» 10/02/2011 3:07:54 PM "I didn't "single them out". They did that themselves, with their farcical .....
» 10/02/2011 8:44:54 AM A better way would merely to require a referendum passed by a majority of Australian voter.....
» 9/02/2011 10:51:40 PM Pericles you conveniently avoided addressing any of my points. The 'we all do it' is a pe.....
» 9/02/2011 1:12:38 PM Actually Pericles I have no rose-colored tint at all: It's a matter that people have a ros.....
» 8/02/2011 11:44:14 PM Hasbeen- I had no idea the entire Swiss nation works for the bank! That's news. And for th.....
» 8/02/2011 9:28:55 AM Pericles you could go all kinds of directions with what a major bank in a country does. An.....
» 8/02/2011 9:05:07 AM "Who can tell when it is right to die?" The patient- end of story. And that incl.....
» 8/02/2011 8:56:21 AM agreed Belly- I'd like to see more of it happen across the world; I imagine it would be th.....
» 7/02/2011 10:26:44 PM Would you like to know what the funniest moral to this story is Arjay? When you are a nat.....
» 4/02/2011 4:30:55 PM Sorry Boaz- you just aborted your own argument by tying it to the great Marxist/secularist.....
» 4/02/2011 9:07:39 AM "Australian Identity" People like to keep telling each other it's "mateship.....
» 4/02/2011 8:49:39 AM Further declarations (due to large posts about immigration/population). Drop all 'knowled.....
» 3/02/2011 3:26:04 PM "God don't wish that upon us Hazza, the oil companies will buy up all the Canola farm.....
» 3/02/2011 3:19:28 PM Good point Pericles- no arguments there......
» 2/02/2011 12:20:13 PM 1- Introduce Citizens Initiated REferenda and change the constitution to require other pol.....
» 2/02/2011 12:15:30 PM A good point Pericles, though I don't quite agree: - ">>In a nutshell.. the thi.....
» 1/02/2011 10:41:06 PM I hate to say it Boaz, but Pericles pointing out the presence of an actual domestic parlia.....
» 1/02/2011 10:32:47 PM To be fair Belly, the amount we're paying for oil it's hard NOT to complain; Perhaps, ano.....
» 1/02/2011 9:30:35 AM Simple answer- UN human rights law is not binding, and domestic laws (more likely tailored.....
» 1/02/2011 9:25:35 AM You'd actually be surprised at how many substances a car actually CAN run on perfectly wel.....
» 31/01/2011 8:06:52 PM Basically, three pages to say "you need a house to live in (and sometimes, do busines.....
» 30/01/2011 9:11:00 AM Rehctub, this statement rings very true: "We don't know if TA will make a good PM, wh.....
» 28/01/2011 6:28:04 PM Indeed Ozandy- even without speculating on America's real motives for invading Iraq, the b.....
» 28/01/2011 6:19:58 PM Suzieonlnie, indeed I don't! I suppose I should disclose my bias as a secular, conservativ.....
» 28/01/2011 8:50:05 AM Indeed, an inquiry is long overdue: But to think, the only reason we were convinced to go.....
» 27/01/2011 11:44:42 PM Tony Abbot is without a doubt Australia's worst ever opposition leader: He's a moron who c.....
» 27/01/2011 9:02:47 AM Absolutely lame, pathetic woeful and disingenous article- complete with a retarded poem/ve.....
» 7/12/2010 6:24:47 PM It's a really simple matter balancing personal privacy with public policy being actually p.....
» 7/12/2010 3:49:41 PM My apologies David F you are correct, (I had mistakenly assumed she was vice President and.....
» 7/12/2010 3:45:38 PM [Deleted for arguing specific moderation decision on the thread.].....
» 7/12/2010 8:43:24 AM Damn straight Wikileaks strengthens democracy. How else is a democracy supposed to functio.....
» 7/12/2010 8:38:00 AM Explain 579, how is information about the conduct of a public owned entity by the voting p.....
» 7/12/2010 8:34:58 AM "the privacy of many countries has been compromised"! How? "A list of stra.....
» 7/12/2010 8:20:21 AM Of course, there would be a few morons who don't like these leaks, for a myriad of reasons.....
» 7/12/2010 8:03:12 AM [Deleted for aggression.].....
» 6/12/2010 6:10:50 PM Wait, since when has whistleblowing EVER been actually 'protected' under Australian Law? .....
» 6/12/2010 6:09:05 PM I agree Thinker, Julian Assange is without a doubt probably the greatest contributor to We.....
» 6/12/2010 5:54:51 PM VERY well said Jennifer; this debacle is a disgrace to my country. Ironically, this affai.....
» 6/12/2010 1:19:42 PM Cornflower "Shouldn't we be talking about the empowerment that comes from casting awa.....
» 5/12/2010 9:19:24 AM Well there are a lot of factors inhibiting Aboriginal integration: Near history- perhaps e.....
» 4/12/2010 4:28:42 PM "my patience is very low" THAT is what you assume is "implying threats to u.....
» 4/12/2010 2:49:05 PM Algore and Loudmouth, I am telling you, that right as we speak, Scotland has its OWN parli.....
» 4/12/2010 11:13:59 AM Very well Graham; I will behave myself in future. AlGore Boaz "Hell will freeze over.....
» 3/12/2010 11:22:21 PM Loudmouth, you've sadly walked straight into my trap- instead of realizing you walked into.....
» 3/12/2010 1:53:08 PM Sad but true, Blue Cross; The only development I've seen is that in urban areas we carbon-.....
» 3/12/2010 1:50:24 PM Yes Joe (and RPG who clearly suffers a reading impediment) a REQUEST. Not "ban"......
» 3/12/2010 1:26:06 PM I was thinking the exact same thing Blue Cross- they are more than welcome to shoulder tha.....
» 3/12/2010 11:44:42 AM Nope- it's still a "where the bloody hell are you" ad that underlies our genuine.....
» 3/12/2010 11:33:18 AM My god the pettiness of the other posters is mind boggling. I don't think a referendum wil.....
» 3/12/2010 9:35:15 AM I would agree it IS an indictment on our society if people are only drawn to issues that a.....
» 3/12/2010 9:29:41 AM So Peter I presumed that the OPENING comment filled you with such disgust and rage that yo.....
» 3/12/2010 9:09:32 AM Indeed Pericles, although I must agree with Talisman that this horrid piece of work is pro.....
» 2/12/2010 10:05:26 AM It very much IS a case of religious vs secular rights, which makes me think secular and re.....
» 2/12/2010 10:00:39 AM I tell you one thing that is truly eye-opening- with the US government's stance of trying .....
» 1/12/2010 11:37:03 AM Actually Pericles I would disagree with (that mentioned comment) about it not being seriou.....
» 1/12/2010 11:20:07 AM I imagine (I hope) there very least we can expect the same in NSW. The liberal Party under.....
» 30/11/2010 6:32:36 PM That is quite likely Rawmustard- that governments have since learned that they can take ad.....
» 30/11/2010 2:32:46 PM Well I think Wikileaks is probably one of the single most important entitites in the world.....
» 29/11/2010 9:02:46 PM In other words, ever since more people are actually educated, and know what ACTUALLY cause.....
» 29/11/2010 2:45:12 PM There is a lot at play for both the Greens and the Coalition; One is the risk that either .....
» 27/11/2010 10:24:46 AM Young children don't actually understand morals at early mental developmental stages, thei.....
» 23/11/2010 6:38:10 PM An abstract thinking course would be by far the best thing a school could teach. Sadly in .....
» 23/11/2010 10:28:08 AM I'm curious Boazy, this issue would, more than anything, show a clear splinter between two.....
» 23/11/2010 10:16:24 AM Lets not forget the bureaucracy and politics in schools that would affect what gets taught.....
» 22/11/2010 7:39:23 PM My mistake- in this case Haddad is actually part of a Christian group- otherwise I really .....
» 22/11/2010 7:34:18 PM Instead of a second layer of MORAL BRAINWASHING (at the discretion of contemporary PR poli.....
» 18/11/2010 4:58:03 PM Quite some fair points ozbib, though I still disagree......
» 18/11/2010 8:25:53 AM A fair case ozbib- the question is treaty or no, should nations have the liberty to bar no.....
» 17/11/2010 9:02:02 AM This is why we need either CIR, to abolish or recraft the states, and reform the structure.....
» 16/11/2010 4:47:19 PM It is not a false dichotomy- regardless of circumstance, the physical presence felt by any.....
» 16/11/2010 3:07:55 PM Well if our population is the problem (and for our major cities it most definitely is) the.....
» 16/11/2010 9:38:10 AM The Catholic lobby is a strange thing- it viciously works to undermine Australians' rights.....
» 16/11/2010 9:15:32 AM Ffred, our own laws state it is illegal to enter our country unpermitted regardless of rea.....
» 16/11/2010 9:07:51 AM If that's the case Niarbe we should have a referendum on the issue- in fact, we should hav.....
» 15/11/2010 9:04:07 AM except that changing laws to suit modern demands is a perfectly normal function, and the h.....
» 15/11/2010 8:56:51 AM Dreamon, I don't think there would be as big international consequence as people in Austra.....
» 14/11/2010 5:23:08 PM Indeed Lexi, so far I'm impressed that we, and most others in the topic are getting into s.....
» 14/11/2010 5:19:41 PM Nairbe I'm not playing down anti-terror laws at all; I'm merely pointing out that they are.....
» 14/11/2010 9:17:10 AM Well "we" didn't actually agree at all; one politician did so without asking, an.....
» 13/11/2010 7:09:36 PM "There is no difference between that situation and the current situation in our regio.....
» 13/11/2010 6:55:30 PM I can only recommend bringing this up to an authority (perhaps emailing the dept of immigr.....
» 13/11/2010 11:45:32 AM Why do people cling to the naive assumption that a "conscience vote" will solve .....
» 13/11/2010 11:23:50 AM It's disapointing to see some people have so little grasp on policy-by-policy logic in fav.....
» 12/11/2010 9:51:12 PM Pericles, I believe if someone had a parent or grandparent who was a direct witness to the.....
» 12/11/2010 12:05:52 PM Except that the cause had nothing to do with nor have any substantial likelyhood of differ.....
» 12/11/2010 11:41:27 AM Central to democracy is the people should be allowed to vote on what laws they want the co.....
» 12/11/2010 11:31:29 AM India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Yemen, various West African countries, Uganda, Russia, the Phili.....
» 12/11/2010 10:46:21 AM Pelican that would make sense to a logical person with the bigger , more complicated pictu.....
» 12/11/2010 10:42:45 AM It truly is heartwarming to see some people swoop on criminal tragedies to push their sepa.....
» 11/11/2010 11:00:14 PM Sadly Gore, disregarding human rights laws may provide a direct combative advantage in ter.....
» 11/11/2010 3:03:34 PM Thankyou Amanda for bringing this to our attention- I am alarmed I had never heard of this.....
» 11/11/2010 2:45:45 PM Algore- that won't work either- there is no finite isolated supply of terrorists that we c.....
» 11/11/2010 10:10:16 AM Fast forward to today, there are signs that: There is still very little law and order (all.....
» 8/11/2010 9:27:24 PM Indeed Pericles, I think the old saying "You cannot know England from what only Engla.....
» 7/11/2010 12:11:34 PM No problem Alan, I'm sure you'd have no qualms putting the law to QLD referendum then if y.....
» 5/11/2010 7:09:00 PM Interesting point Diver Dan- though it wasn't actually me who asked- merely disassociating.....
» 5/11/2010 9:37:13 AM Actually Chris there may be a good chance that leaving Afghanistan would actually take pre.....
» 5/11/2010 9:23:16 AM Sorry, this article is garbage; "Competition" should not, ever, EVER mention in .....
» 5/11/2010 9:11:08 AM Shadow, I imagine that blackmail by preferenced parties may well be the driving force behi.....
» 5/11/2010 8:55:42 AM "Bank profits do indeed benefit the community. Apart from the taxes they pay" -w.....
» 4/11/2010 11:27:28 PM Pericles I'm glad you struggled to find the actual point the site was trying to make- beca.....
» 4/11/2010 11:24:39 PM It's sad to see the vultures circling a situation as horrible as this, hoping, of all thin.....
» 4/11/2010 11:22:53 PM Sorry, but throwing an object at someone as a projectile, in aggression, is a form of assa.....
» 4/11/2010 3:50:34 PM Everyone it wouldn't make a difference what the ABC did (although like any channel, they'd.....
» 4/11/2010 12:46:40 PM Unfortunately it is a mixture of media and of society itself that is to blame; the portray.....
» 4/11/2010 12:32:44 PM I was about to post but I feel Farid, Riz and Loudmouth beat me to it. You will notice th.....
» 4/11/2010 12:13:22 PM GilbertHolmes I agree entirely. EQ- not quite; costs are tied to resource maintenance, se.....
» 4/11/2010 8:58:51 AM A fair article John; though I myself am staunchly for nationalizing infrastructure, I am s.....
» 4/11/2010 8:49:59 AM Good ideas Rusty- quite frankly those should have been the obvious standard, and would at .....
» 3/11/2010 10:22:08 PM SHRODE "Were the first convict settlers ever treated as badly?" Actually botheri.....
» 3/11/2010 10:10:44 PM Don't forget that our system of 'representatives'; 1- Are only elected by the largest part.....
» 3/11/2010 9:42:31 AM This article is written by a 17 year old school kid, and it shows. It almost looks like an.....
» 3/11/2010 9:10:19 AM You know, when the majority of the people who support population stability would most like.....
» 3/11/2010 8:59:36 AM Rpg that says a lot, thankyou for your time......
» 2/11/2010 12:39:16 PM "Let's see how sanctions do against Iran." For doing what though? They have not .....
» 1/11/2010 9:34:31 PM And what makes you think the government are going to do that though? That is the point in .....
» 1/11/2010 8:52:26 PM HerbieTheBeagle, sure, in fact, we shouldn't have wasted our time on a referendum on Indig.....
» 1/11/2010 8:47:58 PM Oh well doe RPG- your research skills are amazing. It's just too bad that your chronology .....
» 1/11/2010 6:47:38 PM I wouldn't trust the Parliament to make the right choice either- put it to referendum and .....
» 1/11/2010 6:46:32 PM Interesting article and comments: But in my opinion, the only way for our cities to becom.....
» 1/11/2010 6:28:12 PM Woulfe, I would agree on the right in principle; But to make it actually happen, it's eit.....
» 1/11/2010 6:25:30 PM Don't tell me- Peter Sellick refuses to believe in human congnitive autonomy because right.....
» 1/11/2010 6:23:48 PM The mention of Libya is funny, because I recall that Libya- a massive supporter of terrori.....
» 1/11/2010 6:18:21 PM Arjay, regardless of 911 the predicament of nationals serving the Taliban or Al Queda abro.....
» 31/10/2010 9:27:05 AM Rpg we cannot overlay ANY "Western Ideals" on these people AT ALL unless they wa.....
» 30/10/2010 10:39:36 AM Retrospective laws are a controversial issue (although in this case I think it would have .....
» 30/10/2010 8:14:58 AM Again, missing the point; "WE" didn't deny him a fair trial- another country he .....
» 29/10/2010 5:05:13 PM Rpg who's the "ranter" here? What makes you think I'm a lefty peacenik? Where i.....
» 29/10/2010 12:40:43 PM "Which domestic attack?" How about 911, London Bombings, both Bali attacks, and .....
» 29/10/2010 9:55:21 AM I think "leftist propaganda" was enough to know that Sarnian was right. If our .....
» 29/10/2010 9:45:02 AM Again, the confusion; "We" didn't do anything to Hicks- another country did- WE .....
» 29/10/2010 9:38:51 AM Well said Pericles......
» 28/10/2010 9:18:48 PM I sadly suspected the David Hicks issue would deteriorate to this. This whole discussion o.....
» 28/10/2010 9:05:34 PM Or better still, we could scrap the PM, GG, Parliament, and have the executive branch comp.....
» 28/10/2010 1:03:57 PM Basically, we are talking about someone who by admission of his own letters was a brainwas.....
» 28/10/2010 12:51:23 PM I agree Flo- the GG is a superfluous waste of money......
» 28/10/2010 12:50:44 PM It would have been interesting; I would have thought originally that Costello would have b.....
» 27/10/2010 5:15:21 PM Quite true Thinker.....
» 27/10/2010 9:35:23 AM I could vouch that the ratio of Australian travelers who actually show respect to the cult.....
» 27/10/2010 9:21:56 AM "The issues both Kristina and Sandra raised at the time were highly intelligent along.....
» 25/10/2010 10:13:16 PM I'd imagine Wikileaks and similar sites are the reason WHY they want a filter. It all depe.....
» 25/10/2010 9:24:06 PM On another note about "without religion, a person/society collapses" As it seems.....
» 25/10/2010 3:41:39 PM I'm personally happy stopping politicians and religious lobbyists having the power to forc.....
» 25/10/2010 3:38:24 PM This made me spit my coffee "She is no-one's puppet. ....sides uncompromisingly with .....
» 25/10/2010 3:23:50 PM That is indeed a good point Shadow- both ends of the overall fiberoptic channel would both.....
» 25/10/2010 3:21:29 PM Boaz you just gave me a very good reason to fear the conservative Christian movement; So .....
» 24/10/2010 3:45:33 PM Actually Belly we would sit outside convenient stereotypes that people could normally appl.....
» 24/10/2010 11:54:27 AM Oh you got me Proxy- I'm really one of those Shariah apologists, as you can clearly tell b.....
» 24/10/2010 9:40:44 AM Well it would take quite a bit of screwing to get a fibre-optic system to go faulty- as fi.....
» 24/10/2010 9:35:27 AM The problem with the right to knock on my door to advertise a religion is that it violates.....
» 24/10/2010 9:30:37 AM Agreed again Belly, took the words straight from my mouth, this is rather unusual! There'.....
» 23/10/2010 10:33:30 PM It seems the only way to live and let live is between separate independent countries with .....
» 23/10/2010 10:23:34 PM I don't see why not, to be honest; as I said, if the NBN plan is merely to replace the fib.....
» 23/10/2010 12:02:20 PM [Removed as referred to deleted post.].....
» 23/10/2010 11:38:51 AM A fair point Belly......
» 22/10/2010 11:10:31 PM Well Yuyutsu, generally your internet currently runs via your phone line, which would like.....
» 22/10/2010 11:02:04 PM Interesting, with most posts indeed making making frank points and raising issues that, re.....
» 22/10/2010 5:02:47 PM Indeed, I am sorry to disappoint you for 1; But for 2, my answer is simply no in most asp.....
» 22/10/2010 1:40:39 PM Technically I could answer 2; When you change a copper cable to a fibreoptic, the only ch.....
» 22/10/2010 9:17:05 AM I actually would be inclined to agree with you Individual. My point was directed at the o.....
» 22/10/2010 9:10:44 AM Wallaby, that might actually work. For the best result however, there is CIR- that way th.....
» 21/10/2010 1:05:16 PM If you were on an expensive yacht or a dinky fishing boat, and it started to leak, you wou.....
» 21/10/2010 12:58:17 PM In short; -Slow-news time (despite a LOT happening in the world during these) -News groups.....
» 21/10/2010 12:55:19 PM Wait, so Australia's laws DO in fact state that we are within our rights and responsibilit.....
» 21/10/2010 12:42:29 PM One problem- whose to say the government wouldn't be able to demand the private company ho.....
» 21/10/2010 9:44:19 AM Formersnag- again, no 'leadership' required or warranted, the best chance of improving the.....
» 20/10/2010 8:32:40 AM It's amazing- some politician makes an empty speech to win voters and introduces a languag.....
» 20/10/2010 8:18:48 AM 1- No, that is unnacceptable and petty. If you are satisfied with people leaving blank bal.....
» 20/10/2010 7:57:39 AM Yuyutsu; I would imagine that the way it works is that your phone is forcibly disconnected.....
» 19/10/2010 6:15:34 PM "That's about the sanest comment I've seen on this thread." Thankyou lentaubman,.....
» 19/10/2010 6:12:32 PM Formoersnag- no, branch-stacking majors to keep out the pesky minors you don't personally .....
» 19/10/2010 1:53:55 PM I agree lentaubman; Modernization and assistance in another country (one that might not b.....
» 19/10/2010 1:36:19 PM Formersnag, none of this has anything to do with voter preferences (that is, preferencing .....
» 19/10/2010 1:27:46 PM Sorry people, but free market principles only work when there is competition independent o.....
» 18/10/2010 10:11:42 PM Formersnag, if you FORCE people to vote for a party, you do not have democracy. Worse, co.....
» 18/10/2010 2:33:28 PM Indeed Think than Move, Robert also beat me in saying that even in a successful fertilizat.....
» 18/10/2010 1:57:40 PM So let me get this straight, your version of "none of the above" would only mean.....
» 18/10/2010 1:38:12 PM Hmmm, still torn; Personally, a government monopoly is most definitely better than a priv.....
» 18/10/2010 1:28:25 PM Richie 10, I am trying to find Shadow Minister's endorsement for "lawlessness" t.....
» 18/10/2010 1:16:04 PM Don't bother Wobbles- if it were so easy for others to realize that the Bible makes pinko .....
» 17/10/2010 10:22:40 PM It implies to me from both sources that Agenda 21 is nothing more than a UN proposition to.....
» 17/10/2010 10:06:56 PM Rawmustard, my point is that all the examples of a government 'duping' the public into goi.....
» 16/10/2010 10:39:37 PM Thankyou Peter- I would add to you next question about difference of ethics that it would .....
» 16/10/2010 6:54:56 PM Sorry but this is outright disgusting: "“Children”, as writer Bob Ellis put it, “who.....
» 16/10/2010 5:54:56 PM Beelz -I think Peter's point about the Kings was that when Westminster (and many other par.....
» 16/10/2010 5:31:05 PM Peter, on the point of democracy I would argue that an absence of democratic input is to b.....
» 16/10/2010 5:20:39 PM A good planner thinking about improving the lives and efficiency of getting around, gettin.....
» 16/10/2010 5:08:39 PM Well put Niarbe......
» 15/10/2010 2:52:28 PM Oh, and when I say "at the discretion of high bodies"- I meant that any high bod.....
» 15/10/2010 1:16:37 PM Goes without Saying Blue Cross that none of the models put forward (that is, likely to end.....
» 15/10/2010 10:11:36 AM A simpler approach would be to introduce CIR and re-organize political powers to be second.....
» 15/10/2010 9:19:42 AM Strangely enough, if the Republicans cast a model that ensured some kind of Direct Democra.....
» 15/10/2010 9:04:58 AM Thankyou Peter Hume for also knowing the real reason Westminster is structured the way it .....
» 15/10/2010 8:51:48 AM My response to yours Beelzebub is basically an endorsement of human nature as a factor- th.....
» 14/10/2010 12:22:39 AM Beelzebub- I think I have an idea of what you are implying when you brought up the Singapo.....
» 13/10/2010 10:02:45 AM The body of wise men who are unelected raises many questions- how do they, specifically, i.....
» 12/10/2010 11:50:52 PM Actually Beelzebub that was precisely what I assumed you were implying- a body of "ex.....
» 12/10/2010 12:11:34 AM Niarbe- the nature of both parties jumping into the neo-liberalist mindset over the years .....
» 12/10/2010 12:00:55 AM Thankyou Grim Beelzebub "I'm not sure; the only phrase that comes to mind is a Counc.....
» 11/10/2010 9:32:54 AM Beezelbub you may need to get a pair of reading glasses and check our two points again, be.....
» 11/10/2010 9:21:38 AM I'm sorry Belly and Niarbe, could you explain to me, in practice, how a party that is acti.....
» 10/10/2010 5:24:57 PM Let's see, over the time this mob have been running NSW; -They have flogged off- or attem.....
» 10/10/2010 5:07:15 PM I think also that I would have to reject outright any model that has a president that is a.....
» 10/10/2010 5:00:13 PM Thankyou Jinny- it is actually a relief to have someone who can view our culture subjectiv.....
» 9/10/2010 2:12:51 PM Jinny you are quite right; Sadly over the past couple of decades our lives have become mo.....
» 8/10/2010 2:18:50 PM I think that's enough for me; The whole bottom line of the issue of personal decision is .....
» 8/10/2010 9:04:40 AM Belly it IS an opinion on the idea- if you incarcerate someone at 20 for 20 years, they wi.....
» 8/10/2010 12:10:36 AM Sorry Jolly but catching you out on such blatantly ignorant and unfounded presumptions, (n.....
» 7/10/2010 6:32:52 PM Damn, here I was hoping for a good opportunity to thrash the severely low quality of this .....
» 7/10/2010 6:16:42 PM Well it seems the Death Penalty DOES dissuade crime- it's just that poverty ensures people.....
» 7/10/2010 12:54:29 PM Thinker, again, you keep simplifying the issue as what WE should do to combat DRUGS, not w.....
» 7/10/2010 9:56:10 AM HFR, nothing to add to your post, I simply agree so much I felt the need to repeat it. &q.....
» 7/10/2010 9:54:03 AM That in itself raises several issues Belly; First is the users themselves, and the qualit.....
» 6/10/2010 11:26:39 PM Indeed thinker; With the drug trade I ultimately think it needs to be legalized to combat .....
» 6/10/2010 11:53:49 AM Jolly you're a moron; -First, I'm not a monarchist, retard. I'm a republican for the sole .....
» 5/10/2010 9:49:19 PM Sadly Jolly the likes of Turnbull and Keating are just as much a reason we are not a repub.....
» 5/10/2010 5:57:19 PM Show me a model and I will give a thumbs up or down. GET such a good model into the debate.....
» 5/10/2010 5:43:04 PM Fair enough Thinker, I'll try to elaborate the issue; First drugs- it seems that prohibit.....
» 5/10/2010 5:20:22 PM A fair point Joe, and that would need to be clarified; It would be appropriate to require.....
» 5/10/2010 11:20:31 AM "Thinker", are you STILL assuming that we're talking about drug-consumption, or .....
» 5/10/2010 7:48:17 AM As far as I'm aware all 9 members had a roughly similar amount of heroin strapped to their.....
» 5/10/2010 7:40:42 AM Actually Loudmouth I feel that's for the patient to decide; In other words, the requiremen.....
» 4/10/2010 8:13:10 PM Thinker you are not living up to your name, because you can't tell the difference between;.....
» 4/10/2010 8:00:24 PM "that people who did NOT express a desire to desire, quite explicitly, were not to be.....
» 4/10/2010 3:31:45 PM Pfft- I don't see how this is a conspiracy- governments try to hack each other's systems a.....
» 4/10/2010 3:27:35 PM Well Indonesia is free to not care- and have the capacity to ignore us. But it seems they .....
» 4/10/2010 3:25:11 PM Actually Loudmouth those guidelines are very good; Personally, my law; 1- a euthanizatio.....
» 4/10/2010 9:56:38 AM "Re your response to Merv, we can all play that logic-game: are YOU suggesting that i.....
» 4/10/2010 9:31:36 AM I imagine anything resulting in the AFP withholding information from Indonesia instead of .....
» 2/10/2010 9:11:20 PM Indeed Trashcanman I believe everyone here, and definitely myself included, share your nai.....
» 2/10/2010 9:04:58 PM Forgive my presumptions Belly, but from my perspective that is the only differentiation Sc.....
» 2/10/2010 2:56:21 PM For me, I'd first insist we try to maximize our use of renewables first, and ask the nucle.....
» 2/10/2010 2:40:30 PM I will resist putting forward another 'more democracy/CIR' lecture; But the nanny state (.....
» 2/10/2010 2:38:13 PM Fantastic posts Hasbeen, I agree with your proposals......
» 2/10/2010 2:35:58 PM No Belly, you got it wrong about my argument about the other guy. My point is there is abs.....
» 2/10/2010 10:48:41 AM Nice try at applying a latte-sipper slur Clown- Wally would be proud of you. But explain .....
» 2/10/2010 10:40:57 AM Sorry rehctub but the city and all other businesses should not be held hostage to people h.....
» 2/10/2010 10:30:40 AM It just comes to show how powerful media stories are at emotional manipulation simply by c.....
» 2/10/2010 1:15:15 AM Nope- public-owned fully taxpayer subsidized "free" transport is vastly more ben.....
» 2/10/2010 1:03:05 AM Clownfish, you weren't here for the other Euthanasia thread were you? Your arguments and p.....
» 1/10/2010 6:07:23 PM I'm so sorry Cornflower, being formerly part of the army separates someone from society an.....
» 1/10/2010 5:55:26 PM Those people we 'gave up' were perfectly happy to kill somebody else in Australia for mone.....
» 1/10/2010 10:28:52 AM Here Wally (can I call you Wally?), I fixed your quote for you; "No matter how you in.....
» 1/10/2010 10:04:16 AM And I'm still not getting the supposed "grey area" of being a mule; Apparently t.....
» 1/10/2010 9:37:47 AM Well put Joe.....
» 30/09/2010 10:31:18 PM Not to mention Rehctub, the message it sends to dishonest Australians were the AFP to have.....
» 30/09/2010 5:59:12 PM "Do I want the government to divert more of this countries resources to trying to sto.....
» 30/09/2010 1:37:34 AM Firstly people, stop feeding the troll (not mentioning any names). The reason is because t.....
» 30/09/2010 1:15:46 AM Hasbeen- not politicians, but whichever local rep this matter would be referred to (it's a.....
» 29/09/2010 2:05:28 PM But that's the problem- we only SEE poor loiterers doing nothing, and only HEAR stories ab.....
» 29/09/2010 1:57:57 PM That's an interesting point Jinny and I must admit I'm unsure of how to answer it. Becaus.....
» 29/09/2010 1:35:04 PM A very interesting point Gerrit, have bookmarked your page. I believe if you have in fact .....
» 29/09/2010 1:31:04 PM That may be a relief for the broader community, though the local community deserves the ri.....
» 29/09/2010 1:14:44 PM No pity from me at all, sorry to say; I am personally opposed to the death penalty for th.....
» 29/09/2010 1:07:01 PM I absolutely agree Jinny the way us people in Australia are regulated is pathetic. I reall.....
» 29/09/2010 1:03:49 PM A very good article; And quite frankly, we, Australia, should pull out simply because we'.....
» 29/09/2010 1:00:22 PM I also agree with Leigh completely......
» 29/09/2010 12:58:48 PM The ONLY reason some Newspapers hate blogger anonymity is simply because it means their co.....
» 29/09/2010 12:43:57 PM Very True rexw, good points.....
» 29/09/2010 12:43:15 PM A fair point about media Pat but my point is that most often Aboriginal people appear in m.....
» 28/09/2010 6:49:49 PM But these regrowth forests would first require the clearing of an existing forest space to.....
» 28/09/2010 6:46:19 PM Problem Pat is that this is the ONLY news story we ever see about Aboriginal people beyond.....
» 28/09/2010 8:31:25 AM Yes our relationship with the USA has become abusive to the point one would have to be a s.....
» 28/09/2010 8:11:31 AM Thankyou Rehctub "we should all have acess to fast broard band, so, why bother wastin.....
» 28/09/2010 7:55:06 AM Question- why did such a 'lie' about Gunns not intending to log native forests not get thr.....
» 27/09/2010 11:47:40 AM Too right Mikk "And if I remember rightly they failed in that too. If they had a vali.....
» 26/09/2010 7:48:05 PM actually Yabby there is another reason Bin Laden hates the Sauds- you should look it up. H.....
» 26/09/2010 12:03:43 AM Indeed Loudmouth- though I imagine euthanasia would actually be an easier field to differe.....
» 25/09/2010 11:58:08 PM "Yes there is Hazza, in the minds of some Salafist extremists there is. You refuse to.....
» 25/09/2010 9:04:07 PM There is no 'global Jihad' Yabby, this is the problem. You keep equating any act of hostil.....
» 25/09/2010 7:08:29 PM Loudmouth; "* Yes to suicide (including, say, self-adminstered morphine pumps), yes t.....
» 25/09/2010 7:00:20 PM Sigh, "Referendums are expensive...and we can ill afford that at this time, or any t.....
» 25/09/2010 6:44:45 PM "They were seemingly upset that 3 Palestians had been jailed by Switzerland." My.....
» 24/09/2010 10:29:51 AM Indeed Foxy, and this is something most people clearly overlook when watching the news; I.....
» 24/09/2010 10:20:13 AM Pericles, indeed the people would be more inclined than politicians to jump on such polici.....
» 24/09/2010 10:06:59 AM But Yabby, so far evidence points that people are only motivated enough to: -Kill themsel.....
» 24/09/2010 9:52:57 AM This is why I insist that the debate has long since finished; Most people clearly support.....
» 23/09/2010 7:38:57 PM Fantastic idea Rehctub: How? Just like what everyone else said- whenever initiated by pet.....
» 23/09/2010 7:13:01 PM Well, considering that whenever "Aboriginal" comes up in the media, it is usuall.....
» 23/09/2010 10:59:54 AM As do I Belly. But quite frankly I just don't see any good in staying, especially that wou.....
» 23/09/2010 10:47:11 AM "I feel uncomfortable about the determination 'quality of life'. Who determines this?.....
» 23/09/2010 12:36:26 AM Loudmouth- for incapability to speak, I would consider an expressed will with a witness pr.....
» 23/09/2010 12:35:18 AM "Thus occupied, they have little time to think about their planned global jihad.".....
» 22/09/2010 10:24:35 AM Loudmouth- you are absolutely correct, and I must apologize that I didn't clarify before; .....
» 22/09/2010 10:17:44 AM Yabby, Reid, again, was attacking America, from an American Airlines plane- bad example on.....
» 21/09/2010 3:06:55 PM Loudmouth I am positive I had this discussion before on this site and painstakingly elabor.....
» 21/09/2010 12:05:38 PM It IS a null point because every single country has an alternate fuel and infrastructure a.....
» 20/09/2010 7:26:19 PM Well atheism is definitely on a steep increase in the West, and quite frankly, that's good.....
» 20/09/2010 7:11:12 PM What Bugsy said; Also, there is absolutely no 'money being created out of nothing' by gove.....
» 20/09/2010 6:59:27 PM Quite frankly the DEBATE is over- every point has been covered to the finest detail in var.....
» 20/09/2010 6:56:44 PM "Catholicaphobia" Basically, if that applies to people who: -Find many of their .....
» 20/09/2010 9:31:11 AM Yabby, your point about ratio of fuel dependencies IS irrelevant because in a fuel crisis .....
» 19/09/2010 10:12:21 PM Yabby, seeing all fuel technologies are new, I don't exactly see how the percentage of use.....
» 19/09/2010 4:41:43 PM Ludwig and Sense- very good idea, I would definitely support that (and having an actual re.....
» 19/09/2010 4:40:35 PM Yabby, there's coconut oil vehicles- look it up. It actually provides a perfect substitute.....
» 19/09/2010 10:06:43 AM My only gripe is that it means instead of missing an extra day of work, we have a holiday .....
» 19/09/2010 10:03:05 AM Forget it Yabby, if you're too lazy or incapable to have found out, using the same wikiped.....
» 19/09/2010 12:57:24 AM Personally Belly this is WHY I think it is better to separate; We put ourselves in a posi.....
» 19/09/2010 12:49:20 AM Belly, you and Yabby are insisting that 1- Muslims are lining up to get revenge on a coun.....
» 18/09/2010 1:02:16 AM Raw Mustard, generally I quite agree; With such technology available (in fact, arguably ev.....
» 18/09/2010 12:53:01 AM Yabby, this is it, you really demonstrate how little you actually understand the situation.....
» 18/09/2010 12:52:46 AM Apparently not Individual- according to some complaints to the newspapers (though admitted.....
» 17/09/2010 7:20:59 PM Is this article a joke? Quite frankly, it's such dross that I am amazed that somebody actu.....
» 17/09/2010 7:00:03 PM Very true Sense- I feel that the Senate is the one clear part of our governmental arrangem.....
» 17/09/2010 6:59:49 PM Ok Yabby, ignore the clear relationship between the US and Israel's active presence in the.....
» 16/09/2010 6:29:24 PM Simple, maybe because France has reevaluated the importance or role of the union as an org.....
» 16/09/2010 4:48:54 PM I'm afraid that's not convincing Piorot- as far as I'm concerned, if these people are not .....
» 16/09/2010 4:37:20 PM No thanks Yabby, because despite having reference of this book you have not been able to d.....
» 16/09/2010 10:23:57 AM Hasbeen, are you reading the same thread as us, because so far most of the posts advocate .....
» 16/09/2010 10:18:52 AM No Belly, we tell them here that this is our country and tough S417 if they don't like it,.....
» 16/09/2010 9:59:42 AM No Poirot, I'd say it has more to do with the amount of 'freedom' the rest of the French p.....
» 16/09/2010 9:36:35 AM I think this thread has run its course- excellent points by the likes of James H and Sowat.....
» 15/09/2010 10:11:04 AM It's rather where I'm going with this point Belly; After the Danish Cartoons, the Minaret.....
» 15/09/2010 9:57:17 AM Fantastic Article! "What Australia urgently needs, as former diplomat Bruce Haigh has.....
» 15/09/2010 9:47:12 AM Sorry, but the Roma they're targeting are NOT French citizens and are illegally squatting .....
» 14/09/2010 2:58:41 PM Ok back up for a second, Belly you seem to be reading too far into the implications of my .....
» 14/09/2010 2:15:29 PM Simple- tough luck for the idiot that crapped, meanwhile the person who bashed him will be.....
» 14/09/2010 2:04:30 PM Thankyou Sense and Grim. Having a more direct degree of accountability of the people over .....
» 13/09/2010 10:10:06 PM Wrong Yabby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States#Cold_War_......
» 13/09/2010 9:57:55 PM "Do you guys want an elected President? (I do.)" I do also- selection by politic.....
» 13/09/2010 9:45:36 PM I would agree to an extent what you are saying Belly but the problem is the parameters in .....
» 13/09/2010 6:21:00 PM My point is it still doesn't matter; The past 60 years have proven that hatred for infide.....
» 13/09/2010 5:54:33 PM I must say MC I agree entirely, and you have covered the topic exceptionally well. Not to.....
» 13/09/2010 1:22:34 PM Yabby, you do realize that all of the terrorist attacks we have recieved ourselves were to.....
» 13/09/2010 1:18:21 PM "I ask why did the Republican Bill Hayden become a Monarchist after he became GG?&quo.....
» 13/09/2010 10:32:52 AM I would seriously doubt there IS a real shift to World Government; Even the EU comes quit.....
» 13/09/2010 10:25:23 AM So WHAT if they 'celebrate it as a win'? What afterwards? Nothing. They decide they CAN re.....
» 12/09/2010 10:24:29 PM But isn't that a bit of a superficial observation? "Republicans" and "Monar.....
» 12/09/2010 10:18:02 PM Um Yabby, I'm not sure somebody told you about this but the group that attacked Bali was a.....
» 12/09/2010 6:33:20 PM Quite true guys; And I should repeat my stance that I don't believe for a second that the.....
» 12/09/2010 6:22:23 PM But the problem is that the symbolism doesn't actually substantiate to anything in politic.....
» 12/09/2010 10:32:08 AM Agree entirely Belly and lentaubman, and I believe that we would better nurture peace and .....
» 12/09/2010 10:21:40 AM Sorry, but I can't really endorse this model- that would be TWO ceremonial figureheads suc.....
» 12/09/2010 10:14:57 AM Problem inkblot is that most religions contain some rather abhorrent teachings, and the gr.....
» 12/09/2010 10:07:52 AM Foxy, problem with these impositions on Free-Speech is that there comes a point where the .....
» 12/09/2010 9:50:54 AM Considerably True MC, although a few things to consider: (Mainly in the element of Bribery.....
» 11/09/2010 10:10:52 AM Mindless cruelty fantastic thread and fantastic points! I might reinforce the concept tha.....
» 11/09/2010 10:00:21 AM Fantastic Article Glen, I quite agree. If we are supposed to be a secular nation this acti.....
» 11/09/2010 9:51:23 AM I for one do not want to unite humanity at all, which is why I support these actions (most.....
» 9/09/2010 4:34:10 PM What worries me is that there is a lot of "we" mentioned in this thread. There a.....
» 9/09/2010 4:23:36 PM "If you plonk children down in front of a TV for five years, without any parental gui.....
» 9/09/2010 12:42:32 AM Well I imagine that the cartoon fiasco would have made quite a few fundies think twice abo.....
» 8/09/2010 12:10:19 PM Malcolm King article + Sentimental drivel based on ignorance =nothing to see here folks, n.....
» 7/09/2010 11:45:29 PM True Ludwig- keep in mind that different Greens members would have different attitudes reg.....
» 7/09/2010 4:29:21 PM Ludwig, because somebody 'cares' about population, doesn't mean it's because of overcrowdi.....
» 6/09/2010 5:59:39 PM Well I must admit those proposals, for just ONE sitting member, are pretty darn good and d.....
» 6/09/2010 5:44:34 PM Interesting replies, and I'm beginning to see the arguments that are weighing the burqa is.....
» 6/09/2010 3:38:02 PM A quick question before this thread starts going on for 20 pages with no new development, .....
» 6/09/2010 3:31:18 PM Ok, could someone fill me in on where all of this 'integrity', 'conviction' and 'environme.....
» 2/09/2010 1:39:34 PM Ozandy- so you know it's called neoliberal because they're being liberal towards companies.....
» 2/09/2010 1:31:14 PM Very good points you guys- especially hope you're right Flo.....
» 1/09/2010 8:07:23 PM Well, my point is we're one of the only democratic western countries that are incapable of.....
» 1/09/2010 11:13:44 AM This article is rubbish and it refuses to see the elephant in the room: That is, that ove.....
» 1/09/2010 10:39:10 AM Into the leadup of the election, I have been hearing the usual countless parrot-lines abou.....
» 30/08/2010 2:21:13 PM A big issue in Australia like racism deserves a painstaking analysis to determine the caus.....
» 27/08/2010 9:49:27 PM VERY well observed MindlessCruelty; 1- true on the interests behind pushing for carbon po.....
» 27/08/2010 10:12:08 AM Not going to bother reading the comments, it all comes down to this: Opposition to 'boat p.....
» 27/08/2010 10:03:33 AM Agree with the points on principle- but the risk of killing the wrong guy isn't worth it. .....
» 27/08/2010 10:01:40 AM It would only take off if more businesses embraced teleconferencing and telecommunications.....
» 27/08/2010 10:00:46 AM My guess is America will try to get Israel to do it for them- otherwise they'd probably wi.....
» 27/08/2010 9:17:35 AM Very true Mindless Cruelty; I was being rather tongue-in-cheek about 'fixing'. And the int.....
» 27/08/2010 9:10:10 AM And out of curiosity, which countries?.....
» 26/08/2010 10:06:50 AM Mindless Cruelty- I was referring specifically to Iraq and Afghanistan; hundreds of thousa.....
» 26/08/2010 9:56:06 AM Agree entirely Sarnain and CJ.....
» 25/08/2010 6:55:05 PM I'm quite impressed with what you guys have brought to the table so far! I'd reinforce th.....
» 25/08/2010 6:22:22 PM Agreed Pericles. It also seems that I'm having a hard time explaining the problem. Feder.....
» 25/08/2010 11:26:23 AM Problem with that idea Sarnian is that it would be an easily corruptible process: For exam.....
» 24/08/2010 10:42:35 PM Very well said Pericles. I can only answer this part: "If this is what the best democ.....
» 24/08/2010 8:17:06 PM Well Pericles is absolutely correct- the concept "Global Citizen" as an actual l.....
» 24/08/2010 2:38:42 PM What would have been an interesting discussion but never really got off the ground because.....
» 24/08/2010 2:32:02 PM Cornflower, you do of course realize that Greens have no compulsory election policy, and t.....
» 23/08/2010 7:59:14 PM So is there any practical hypothesis of WHY compulsory voting is better than NON? Nothing .....
» 23/08/2010 2:19:41 PM I think there isn't much for me to say, as everyone else summed the situation up nicely. .....
» 21/08/2010 11:41:10 PM Well said Pericles: To the author I wanted to focus on this point: "Another claim a.....
» 21/08/2010 9:43:48 AM Let's say I am way less than impressed about the need to offset our skilled migration inta.....
» 20/08/2010 10:15:49 AM Too right guys, I agree completely. I most definitely will take on that stance- the only .....
» 20/08/2010 10:09:37 AM I disagree Gloin- some people were to sincerely feel Labor reflects their beliefs (how I d.....
» 20/08/2010 10:06:35 AM This article IS rubbish. Could Greg have given a moment to elaborate on his ambiguous mess.....
» 19/08/2010 9:38:57 AM I agree Ludwig. I personally find the 'first past the post' system to be very UN_democrat.....
» 19/08/2010 9:27:23 AM This thread has expired into the usual low-quality Muslim discussion- goodbye anyone that .....
» 19/08/2010 9:25:48 AM Too right Blue Cross, agree completely......
» 18/08/2010 8:24:17 PM Hmmm, you make some very good points and observations Houellebecq, I can't really argue wi.....
» 17/08/2010 9:38:56 PM Shadow- That's only if the government is dumb enough to actually allow itself to be negoti.....
» 17/08/2010 7:03:36 PM Did I mention that, under a public system, the actual cost of a 43 billion dollar piece of.....
» 17/08/2010 4:11:31 PM Strange thing is Pericles, so many of these people making the NAY case are still trying to.....
» 17/08/2010 4:05:37 PM On the note of country towns- if they get access, this would be a VERY good thing. Imagine.....
» 17/08/2010 4:00:26 PM Just to do a quick rundown- what do posters (especially Christians) here think of Frank Br.....
» 17/08/2010 2:07:10 PM If Telstra had never been PRIVATIZED, we would most likely have had this service half a de.....
» 17/08/2010 1:56:11 PM Banjo and Rob- we should start a new separate Republic thread, because this is something I.....
» 16/08/2010 5:27:10 PM Foxy, very interesting observations, I would be interested to discuss many of the points: .....
» 16/08/2010 1:53:11 PM It will be interesting to compare the results of the ban in Europe as opposed to the refus.....
» 16/08/2010 1:44:52 PM Frank Brennan- the advocate thou shall not want. There's always something disturbing abou.....
» 16/08/2010 1:34:26 PM This would indeed be the perspective of the organizers and televisors; -although I imagine.....
» 15/08/2010 11:05:34 PM If a footy match were free, (and everyone agreed on it that it should be), then you would .....
» 14/08/2010 2:55:49 PM I agree here, with both the author's points about democratic shortcomings (especially cons.....
» 11/08/2010 9:53:04 AM Considering that only 64% of Australians are Christian (with 10% encompassing every religi.....
» 11/08/2010 9:33:50 AM Chris Per- this is what I'm talking about, and laws would have to guarantee that guns woul.....
» 10/08/2010 4:56:45 PM Cornflower- it's not that criminals will use licensed weapons, its that idiots could, and .....
» 9/08/2010 7:40:43 PM Mikk "Although I agree on limiting Australias population I do wonder how the rest of .....
» 9/08/2010 7:34:40 PM I do see your point Chris, and I'd agree that to insinuate corruption for an economy-prior.....
» 9/08/2010 2:21:37 PM Hasbeen- simple reason is I would need a lot of reassurances that if firearms were re-lega.....
» 9/08/2010 2:13:54 PM Problem there is Chris is that the instances we have seen so far show the government's int.....
» 9/08/2010 12:12:04 AM Very good links and points Gump; although I would say regrettably, constitutional issues d.....
» 8/08/2010 2:25:18 PM I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again: "Citizen cabinets"- just a nice PR.....
» 8/08/2010 2:21:41 PM Sounds like a rigged pseudo-democracy to me. If people wanted to keep governments on trac.....
» 8/08/2010 2:17:46 PM Oh the irony of the Liberals backflipping on this issue! Just for the record, I'm neutral .....
» 8/08/2010 2:05:31 PM "King Hazza">>NOT Introduced compulsory Super<< KH, I agree with you.....
» 8/08/2010 1:59:34 PM Pericles, I think Proxy was referring to "Shariah Law" in the recent allowance o.....
» 8/08/2010 10:31:19 AM I'm not coming back to this thread, but I thought you should know that Glen Beck is, like .....
» 8/08/2010 9:46:09 AM Chris Lewis- not such a Lefty myself but you make a fair demand in asking us what we shoul.....
» 6/08/2010 10:18:20 PM Sadly correct Severin- I did some looking around and found quite a few branches of the KKK.....
» 6/08/2010 1:53:45 PM Cornflower- I agree completely. To be honest, I think most of Liberals and LAbor have a ne.....
» 6/08/2010 1:48:01 PM Hehe- good one Hasbeen......
» 6/08/2010 1:47:07 PM "How many Islamic organisations in Australia fall into either of the above camps?&quo.....
» 6/08/2010 1:25:43 PM Agree Leigh "There is no evidence that Australians are particularly concerned about n.....
» 6/08/2010 1:18:13 PM I think some of us are missing the point of the issue- forget the right-ward shift (IF) in.....
» 6/08/2010 10:05:08 AM I would prefer a scale back of nuclear weapons not under threat of war (because as Kenny s.....
» 6/08/2010 9:58:55 AM Justin hands down your article is the best this site has ever recieved, and by far the mos.....
» 5/08/2010 4:42:42 PM Good arguments presented here so far by the against side, I would be interested to see if .....
» 4/08/2010 9:09:06 PM Runner, I ask how perverts would "make millions (assumably money)" out of intern.....
» 4/08/2010 9:04:08 PM Not to mention that the value of life also depends on the value of living, and the idea th.....
» 4/08/2010 7:41:02 PM A fair article Mick, all I would propose first; 1- start sending some researchers around a.....
» 4/08/2010 7:17:31 PM I think everyone holding out for a trotskyist pinko take-over or some flower-power era thr.....
» 4/08/2010 5:55:38 PM Nairbe, either which way you put it, the internet is definitely poised to help people beco.....
» 3/08/2010 3:58:55 PM Pelican, I should point out that pornography is not so easy to stumble upon by accident, m.....
» 2/08/2010 9:45:27 PM Cheers Severin- I personally treat any party that feels the need to intervene in what peop.....
» 2/08/2010 9:20:01 PM Indeed Severin and individual. The only criteria politicians should be measuring their pol.....
» 2/08/2010 5:09:30 PM Face it Shadow, if NSW are dumb enough to have voted for them about 4 times despite their .....
» 2/08/2010 5:06:29 PM I agree completely Greg Lees, I see nothing but an attempt by a corrupt immoral government.....
» 2/08/2010 4:14:55 PM We Are Unique- and given that our government(s) is probably the most privatization-happy a.....
» 1/08/2010 8:04:26 PM Correct Severin, hopefully this will put the thread back on track (with the rather dubious.....
» 1/08/2010 4:01:34 PM No chance of a Muslim takeover in the future Leigh, sorry to burst your bubble. As it is, .....
» 1/08/2010 10:07:44 AM Interesting and odd slant for an article that makes no point JKK And your question as to .....
» 1/08/2010 12:06:18 AM Not to mention Fester water privatization is only 'inevitable' if the politicians in charg.....
» 31/07/2010 10:33:21 PM Leigh, you're missing the point. The point is that there are simply too few Shariah-endea.....
» 31/07/2010 5:52:13 PM Seems that way Pelican- but as a considerable amount of people that vote pay absolutely no.....
» 31/07/2010 5:44:21 PM Leigh, just because most of us are content to attack Islam only in Islam-themed threads (o.....
» 30/07/2010 2:30:19 PM Agree Hasbeen and Ho-Hum, I feel nothing else needs to be said in this thread anymore, alt.....
» 30/07/2010 12:32:02 PM I wish I never wasted my time reading your garbage (as usual) article Sells. I'm only than.....
» 30/07/2010 12:18:38 PM Pericles, considering NSW Labor Politician's tendency to actually join Macquarie Bank exec.....
» 29/07/2010 7:20:16 PM I completely agree with you Rhian- preferencing is in my opinion a very good thing IF it i.....
» 29/07/2010 7:15:40 PM It's an interesting time we live in- politicians who flat out don't want to touch any issu.....
» 29/07/2010 7:08:46 PM I would be amazed, but unfortunately, not surprised, if many voters would not weigh this a.....
» 29/07/2010 2:42:57 PM "Citizen's assembly"- when a government wants to pretend to care about what the .....
» 29/07/2010 2:40:35 PM Pericles you leave out two very distinct possibilities: 1- that there would be a competent.....
» 29/07/2010 2:31:46 PM Agree Bernard and Manorina with everything you said. Something like this would be by mile.....
» 28/07/2010 9:00:58 PM Also I must insist we debate at a certain level of intelligence. That means no more ".....
» 28/07/2010 7:22:50 PM I agree entirely with Aaron- in fact he summed up my own attitudes pretty well. Anyway, p.....
» 27/07/2010 11:16:05 AM What annoys me about this article is that it insists that we have to sacrifice lifestyle f.....
» 27/07/2010 10:59:51 AM I'm actually not any of those Bush Bunny, you could ask anyone here with a brain and they .....
» 27/07/2010 10:47:55 AM Loudmouth it's very simple- you list every candidate, and rate them from best to worst (th.....
» 26/07/2010 5:49:27 PM Personally Loudmouth and Trashcan I'd just go straight for the jugular and vote a differen.....
» 26/07/2010 5:42:37 PM Fair enough Bush Bunny I will happily list my grievances; Firstly, Barns' question is neve.....
» 25/07/2010 8:34:23 PM Fair enough- but again, their other stances I mentioned are simply too much against my val.....
» 25/07/2010 10:26:27 AM Agreed Son......
» 24/07/2010 9:08:40 PM Sorry Philo, but despite their sound policy on government standards, Family First policies.....
» 24/07/2010 7:36:09 PM Taswegian, I don't even know why I'm bothering to answer you; But to answer both of your .....
» 24/07/2010 7:19:06 PM Otokono- agree, there must be a civics education course in Australian schools- it is boggl.....
» 24/07/2010 3:57:13 PM Makes me wonder if such people would even bother to vote at all if it were voluntary Sonof.....
» 24/07/2010 10:10:05 AM Which would imply Shadow that the notable difference of cost would be -Price/quantity need.....
» 24/07/2010 10:02:41 AM I suppose, Cornflower, that what you are trying to hint at is somebody voting for anybody .....
» 24/07/2010 9:59:36 AM Problem with condemning Israel too much (and for any reason OTHER than trying to frame Aus.....
» 23/07/2010 3:13:50 PM I think the concept of local candidates is stupid as far as parliament/government is conce.....
» 23/07/2010 3:10:50 PM Liked the point about the internal corruption and deceit that goes on in our country (espe.....
» 23/07/2010 3:06:06 PM "Solar systems use high quantities of fossil fuels and energy to produce. The raw mat.....
» 23/07/2010 9:57:33 AM My Greg, you should be studied in a laboratory. Over the past ten years you've evolved fr.....
» 22/07/2010 6:29:31 PM Keep in mind, that article places a LOT of assumption of people remaining stuck in 'celebr.....
» 22/07/2010 6:15:30 PM Worried Man I agree completely. Welcome to the forum!.....
» 22/07/2010 6:11:55 PM Not really examinator: I'm not suggesting 'preventing' anyone- if someone can be arsed en.....
» 22/07/2010 1:20:08 PM I agree that the immediate benefit would be that the majors would try to actually do somet.....
» 22/07/2010 10:18:30 AM I've said it before and I'll say it again- never in Australian history have our major cand.....
» 21/07/2010 5:53:37 PM My point is simple examinator- actually two simple points. People don't vote for only two .....
» 21/07/2010 5:36:21 PM Of course Pericles- to me, George only really seems to be advocating alternative, easier m.....
» 21/07/2010 12:04:31 AM For once I agree with George- whose only point he has been trying to convey is that we lac.....
» 20/07/2010 4:07:43 PM And more to the point Voci, the problems claimed to arise from voluntary voting are just a.....
» 20/07/2010 1:38:12 PM Spare me the rubbish, Formersnag. I don't like the Greens asylum policy either (which, in .....
» 20/07/2010 1:17:32 PM Heaven help me. "All that you would achieve is lesser public participation in politic.....
» 20/07/2010 10:46:48 AM Indeed I agree Klaas; though I would personally rank the two major parties as far-right on.....
» 19/07/2010 11:14:25 PM On the issue of the superficial assumption that a large percentage of conscripted voter pa.....
» 19/07/2010 11:03:12 PM On another note Klaas of the label 'centrist' these parties keep using. What exactly IS a.....
» 19/07/2010 3:19:56 PM Not remotely impressed at all with this very rubbish party indeed. The policy page is naug.....
» 19/07/2010 3:04:42 PM ABSOLUTELY YES. Voting must be voluntary, in every aspect (voluntary attendance, preferenc.....
» 4/07/2010 12:13:51 PM Sigh Fester, describe what part you don't get. Voluntary euthanasia is more specific than .....
» 4/07/2010 11:03:22 AM Indeed Severin- sadly most people are skipping past what DO the locals think, but the argu.....
» 4/07/2010 9:52:31 AM Thankyou Hasbeen for posting here- I breathe a sigh of relief now some common sense is in .....
» 4/07/2010 9:41:03 AM Agree Celivia- doctors should either offer a free counselor for suicidal people asking to .....
» 4/07/2010 9:35:06 AM Not to mention the substance of the reasons for being there (including to justify the fact.....
» 3/07/2010 9:47:19 PM Joe Hockey looks- and behaves- like the most crooked low-time dodgy used-car salesman that.....
» 3/07/2010 9:28:56 PM Correct Proxy I am against bringing Islamic perspectives into schools completely- as any s.....
» 3/07/2010 7:09:27 PM This thread is going into ridiculously off-topic loony-religious grounds, that have not pr.....
» 3/07/2010 7:07:17 PM It's amazing- the issue should be simple- what do the LOCALS think? If THEY say they don'.....
» 3/07/2010 7:02:23 PM Bull, Fester. The 'answers to your questions' WERE answered in agonizing detail in the oth.....
» 3/07/2010 6:51:24 PM "eat out of golden spoons"? Hardly. The spoons have always been the same. Same o.....
» 3/07/2010 11:06:13 AM So sad, just like other articles that involve Aborigines, the racists jump out quickly to .....
» 3/07/2010 11:05:01 AM Proxy, by refusing to address those rebukes, nor the posts we've made before of why we jus.....
» 3/07/2010 10:58:49 AM Small mind indeed Fester. "And I also think that ideas should survive on their own, n.....
» 3/07/2010 10:47:52 AM Except that some ethics do NOT stand up as actually helping anyone, just castigating peopl.....
» 2/07/2010 9:45:24 PM Gordo Pollo- not really. Following Glens defining criteria of ethics, if a religious perso.....
» 2/07/2010 10:31:20 AM I agree completely with the author, Glen Coulton. And I'm normally resistant to ethics in.....
» 2/07/2010 10:05:09 AM Wrong Fester; -Illogical to kill yourself before it gets really bad? Despite all the scen.....
» 2/07/2010 9:50:35 AM Celivia, agree, thankyou for sticking around! Proxy- read the thread, it's already answer.....
» 1/07/2010 9:31:39 PM Now for the old "you don't need bureaucracy to kill yourself" argument by clear .....
» 1/07/2010 9:18:43 PM Agree Ozandy, no matter which way one can cut it, all of the policies or stances I am stau.....
» 1/07/2010 9:14:53 PM VERY well said Shadow I cannot think of a better way to put it......
» 1/07/2010 9:13:17 PM Agree Arjay. Not to mention it SHOWS across the world and reduces the chance of peace. Of .....
» 1/07/2010 3:45:30 PM HONEST politicians would benefit from telling hard truths- dishonest ones who are in gover.....
» 1/07/2010 3:43:58 PM There is so many things wrong with the way we vote in this country I'd go WAY over word co.....
» 1/07/2010 3:32:53 PM Absolutely Chris and all- it most certainly does NOT matter much at all. Both will likely .....
» 1/07/2010 3:21:51 PM Celivia and David- again, I think we should wait out for the detractors to read the thread.....
» 1/07/2010 3:11:01 PM Well Custard it's only what you define as a "win" that it boils down to. Your v.....
» 30/06/2010 10:15:55 PM Agree Celivia! Proxy- and here comes the mention of immigration and multiculturalism- the.....
» 30/06/2010 10:40:43 AM To answer your question Rehctub- MAYBE- if they can make a case out of it (and there are m.....
» 30/06/2010 10:32:39 AM Well guys (Al and Stg), my answer is pretty simple: When a politician (more specifically a.....
» 30/06/2010 10:19:18 AM Let's try an experiment: A race actually! Who can be the first person to turn this thread .....
» 30/06/2010 10:13:43 AM Sadly Steph (if you're still watching), this is the natural evolution of the kind of thing.....
» 29/06/2010 6:18:49 PM You people take politician's speeches WAY to seriously. Nuff said......
» 29/06/2010 6:17:07 PM Fester, you still seem to fall way outside the debate again to the point it's almost as if.....
» 29/06/2010 6:04:45 PM Sadly another good thread and good issue by Arjay- now swamped under layers of indoctrinat.....
» 28/06/2010 9:42:20 PM That's a very good idea Loudmouth- I think that's precisely what needs to be done, conveye.....
» 28/06/2010 5:45:37 PM Stephanie, a very good point, sadly as you see these threads go, you will quickly realize .....
» 28/06/2010 11:45:04 AM Please, politicians failing to live up to even simple election promises and shuffling chai.....
» 28/06/2010 11:44:07 AM Pfft- it's not the supporters of Tony I'd worry about- as I doubt he has so much 'support'.....
» 28/06/2010 11:42:34 AM Glen.. beck. From Fox News. Nuff said, its rubbish......
» 28/06/2010 11:39:22 AM Sorry, I think the British government had a stupid idea. Public funding for SECULAR, PUBLI.....
» 28/06/2010 11:37:20 AM The DO SO Loudmouth- sheesh. It's almost like you're asking permission, or you need some i.....
» 28/06/2010 10:18:43 AM I agree Chris this article is rubbish. Putting aside the question about South African 'rac.....
» 28/06/2010 9:57:38 AM It might work Dicky and is definitely worth a try. Personally, I see only two other option.....
» 28/06/2010 9:52:24 AM Dreamon, for me, it's simply a matter that the big two parties keep: -giving themselves in.....
» 28/06/2010 12:44:47 AM The reason "we" are there is to score diplomatic points with the US, due to some.....
» 28/06/2010 12:27:34 AM Fester you have clearly missed the point entirely- AGAIN. We have already explained in si.....
» 27/06/2010 7:42:19 PM Ok, quick debunk: It's not so much deciding that one is better off dead alone than decidi.....
» 27/06/2010 7:06:51 PM Agree Pelican- and I would also add that the imposition of such labeling and demand upon o.....
» 26/06/2010 11:44:13 PM Sigh, face it guys, I think Rhys bit off more than he can chew putting this thread to us, .....
» 26/06/2010 10:42:24 AM Thankyou Celivia and I agree with that definition, and also with the methodology (which, I.....
» 26/06/2010 10:33:16 AM Fair enough Bugs but it is still a strong hypothetical. My point about Milk was that many .....
» 25/06/2010 10:23:02 PM Severin- I'm merely curious as to any alterations of standards you would make to the label.....
» 25/06/2010 9:48:37 PM Celivia and Severin- thanks, and I do plan to stick around- although I would answer a ques.....
» 25/06/2010 3:06:59 PM I imagine, lots, from all examples. Except North Korea- there will likely be no collapse o.....
» 25/06/2010 2:49:56 PM Severin- really? What particulars would you improve? ("may contain" being an obv.....
» 25/06/2010 2:24:51 PM Loudmouth, if you stopped living up to your namesake and actually listened once in a while.....
» 25/06/2010 11:04:37 AM Surely by now the stupid facade of Labor being a moderate center-left party has disappeare.....
» 25/06/2010 10:53:12 AM Severin, indeed the "culture of death" is a misconception (and most likely a del.....
» 25/06/2010 10:43:28 AM Forget it Shadow. You tried to insist a system that is already in existence was 'going' to.....
» 25/06/2010 12:30:57 AM Agree Bugsy and Pelican. You've summed up my concerns quite nicely......
» 25/06/2010 12:28:49 AM For US- Turkey is simply one of the few allies in a highly strategic part of the world (ne.....
» 25/06/2010 12:03:44 AM ...and going back to the other disturbed mindset of "the heartbeat must take full pri.....
» 24/06/2010 3:17:45 PM Custard, you DO realize the Labor Party only puts on a front to whichever various sub-grou.....
» 24/06/2010 3:11:51 PM VERY true that, David F......
» 24/06/2010 3:10:43 PM At least Richie10 is honest where he comes from (though doing nothing for his case)- as op.....
» 24/06/2010 3:08:07 PM Oh Shadow I was hoping you'd walk into this one- especially since Bugsy's source was provi.....
» 24/06/2010 12:55:23 AM Fair points Custard- though I may point out a typo that should say Americans get along wit.....
» 24/06/2010 12:49:01 AM Pretty much Bugsy, based on the criteria it laid out, the propositions of labelling it lai.....
» 23/06/2010 10:12:09 PM Bugsy- actually those specifications are quite satisfactory to me personally. The inclusio.....
» 23/06/2010 9:59:50 PM Sorry Shadow, you missed your opportunity. I'll stick around once more to see your answer .....
» 23/06/2010 4:32:53 PM What do you mean "what evidence" shadow? I gave it to you THREE TIMES. It's the .....
» 23/06/2010 9:37:34 AM Yes Shadow, "informed"- that article you posted (not the most neutral on the iss.....
» 22/06/2010 11:54:58 PM "Rhys Jones Are you being deliberately obtuse?" Of course he is stevenlmeyer, .....
» 22/06/2010 6:43:23 PM Shadow, again no. Wrong. Funnily enough, all the things you described are too, already in.....
» 22/06/2010 6:33:37 PM csteele, it would be arguable how well Israel's holding together of various annexed provin.....
» 22/06/2010 12:55:18 PM No problem Severin, I'm amazed that so many people are so vigorously trying to make a case.....
» 22/06/2010 10:27:39 AM Face it guys, your arguments are perfectly logical for a normal person, but you don't real.....
» 22/06/2010 10:17:53 AM Ironically on the note of US intervention csteele, if ever a conflict divided Turkey into .....
» 22/06/2010 10:03:09 AM Rubbish Shadow- we ALREADY incur the costs of product info labelling and the difference wa.....
» 22/06/2010 10:02:55 AM And to answer everyone's question, YES, I would like a comprehensive list of ingredients, .....
» 21/06/2010 2:09:40 PM Agree- no 'Trading' scheme at all. It's nothing but a gigantic con......
» 21/06/2010 2:09:00 PM "The law is simple, forcing the labeling will automatically incur a trade tariff on a.....
» 21/06/2010 1:52:41 PM Trust me, exercise isn't exactly healthy in urban environments, and non-urban places are h.....
» 21/06/2010 1:50:26 PM Sorry, but cities ARE going to have to start growing UP instead of OUTWARD- as much inconv.....
» 20/06/2010 10:21:08 PM In short, with absolutely no practical solutions being offered except expecting the existi.....
» 19/06/2010 8:06:58 PM I'm not sure Shakespeare has been particularly relevant to many people at all over the pas.....
» 17/06/2010 11:48:45 PM You know, an interesting thing about discussions about Turkey is that there is probably th.....
» 17/06/2010 11:37:28 PM I would sincerely appreciate an attempt to build a decent city out in the arid desert zone.....
» 17/06/2010 6:08:34 PM Indeed, although I'm just concerned that Lebanon and Turkey are both countries that are ba.....
» 16/06/2010 11:40:04 PM Although I don't believe any nation has the right to occupy another, no matter how much th.....
» 16/06/2010 11:15:21 PM In interesting point David G: What strikes me most about the US foreign relations is they .....
» 16/06/2010 3:30:55 PM For once Runner actually made a sound definition of a fundamentalist in each religion. Tho.....
» 16/06/2010 3:21:24 PM That's a good point Al. Another simple policy is if a riot breaks out, EVERYONE connected .....
» 16/06/2010 3:10:41 PM And for this the USA goverment and EU administration have none to blame but themselves for.....
» 15/06/2010 6:49:52 PM Oh come on Pericles, Christian values in NSW is so tied to Muslim Immigration! You surely .....
» 15/06/2010 6:45:40 PM That's fine for private economics, but for public assets, transport consumption, infrastru.....
» 15/06/2010 6:42:59 PM Interesting article CJ, and I agree. I'm amazed at Grattan's tasteless statements (which .....
» 15/06/2010 3:21:13 PM Indeed I am a hard man Cheryl. For me Personally, the author would have needed not his ex.....
» 15/06/2010 3:10:57 PM Another thing to keep in mind in cognitive ethics classes is that if you try to put it to .....
» 15/06/2010 3:03:07 PM Sorry Formersnag, to dissapoint, but I said I listen to EVERYBODY minus Liberal, Labor and.....
» 15/06/2010 12:06:57 PM "This is just a predictable bleat from an ALP senator who's aghast that voters are de.....
» 15/06/2010 12:02:57 PM Agree Phil and Pericles, I'm just not convinced that an effective and non-partisan ethics .....
» 15/06/2010 11:56:23 AM James, you walked right into this one "including floating the dollar, privatisation a.....
» 15/06/2010 11:43:39 AM With the 'brain drain' in recent history, we are DAMN lucky to have the scientist we have .....
» 15/06/2010 11:39:39 AM Sorry Custard, but my points are phrased clearly, and I actually have read every post. Fi.....
» 14/06/2010 1:52:32 PM Simple, indeed they have always been there- yet they never started taking over and governi.....
» 14/06/2010 11:04:32 AM Oh spare us the paternalistic colonialistic attitude custard, because that's all it is. WE.....
» 13/06/2010 11:21:12 PM Yes, I AM saying "cut and run". Leave the place and let the Taliban resume contr.....
» 13/06/2010 4:55:29 PM "That is of little difficulty, in practice... What is difficult is to remove the Warl.....
» 13/06/2010 10:28:19 AM Yep, thought so, many people here just want to think about what they can handle and don't .....
» 12/06/2010 4:16:54 PM It seems for people complaining about magic bullet solutions aren't doing so well either, .....
» 11/06/2010 9:32:06 PM CJ, I'm glad you are aware that every single cultural sub-group that neocons don't like AR.....
» 11/06/2010 9:29:25 PM That would indeed be very practical for handling the heroin trade and Afghani domestic ord.....
» 11/06/2010 4:32:41 PM I'm with Pericles- the overall consequences of invading Afghanistan were clearly for the w.....
» 11/06/2010 4:23:08 PM Thanks Sev and Pelican. Personally although I'm against the notion of UN or any similar b.....
» 11/06/2010 12:27:57 PM I think the past four decades have proven that the quality of life of the existing populat.....
» 11/06/2010 12:18:26 PM "The last major attempt in 2006 to attract foreigners used Lara Bingle to convince th.....
» 11/06/2010 11:59:31 AM 1-get rid of the poppy fields 2 Then, as far as I'm concerned, leave them to their own de.....
» 11/06/2010 11:55:34 AM Snore- Maddoff can stay where he is- the bigger culprits would do nicely spending the rest.....
» 11/06/2010 11:52:26 AM Well, having said I already opposed global governance I really don't see the point in expl.....
» 10/06/2010 6:56:49 PM Formersnag, the Greens would actually change a lot if they live up to their own policy pro.....
» 10/06/2010 6:40:29 PM Not really Al- their "self determination' principal is only being applied to West Pap.....
» 9/06/2010 7:46:46 PM Al I've been reading the Greens main policy page (finally got time away) and the closest t.....
» 9/06/2010 7:29:37 PM I disagree that direct-democracy is less suitable for our time Pericles, if anything it is.....
» 9/06/2010 11:20:10 AM I agree with everyone here; As for the abstractness of what a "pure" democracy i.....
» 8/06/2010 10:08:43 PM AlGore- to answer your question, no and no from me. I don't believe any socialists groups .....
» 7/06/2010 5:22:18 PM Snore, having actually been to a protest by Aboriginal people, and read the banners and li.....
» 6/06/2010 10:26:42 PM Yep- can't argue with that, your plan IS solid (too bad I'm NSW as you WOULD have my vote......
» 6/06/2010 5:16:46 PM Depends on your own model Al ;) Between coalition/major models and Greens models, I perso.....
» 6/06/2010 1:37:02 PM AlGore- honestly, there are going to be corporate lobbyists on either side of any debate- .....
» 6/06/2010 1:26:28 PM "and on the subject of lying and criminals. Memories are short. White australia is fo.....
» 5/06/2010 7:51:50 PM A few possibilities. 1- lobby international administrative bodies to reform so that they .....
» 5/06/2010 10:10:21 AM First of all I would like to thank Shadow for providing statistics and AlGoreisRich for pr.....
» 4/06/2010 12:10:40 PM I was about to raise a bunch of questions about the arguments people keep using, but I fee.....
» 1/06/2010 4:38:43 PM In regards to how protestors are going to behave, you can believe whatever you like Runner.....
» 1/06/2010 11:27:38 AM Expelling the Israeli diplomat in protest of Israeli ASSASSINS committing identity theft a.....
» 1/06/2010 11:20:47 AM I think splitting the state(s) is exactly what we need to do. I know I personally benefit.....
» 29/05/2010 7:03:13 PM I say we should ban him based on the views he expressed so far- and specifically cite his .....
» 29/05/2010 6:56:40 PM "How did discussion of voluntary euthanasia turn into forced death camps for the elde.....
» 28/05/2010 6:18:47 PM I'm not too thrilled about reaching so old an age and would also consider a 'way out' hand.....
» 28/05/2010 6:15:42 PM Simple, strict character rules for permission to take up residency- and mental, emotional .....
» 28/05/2010 10:25:10 AM Correct Suzie, and let's not forget all the cultures, inventions and religions that have e.....
» 28/05/2010 12:25:13 AM gundubuldany, if you're still reading this thread (and I hope you do because my advice at .....
» 28/05/2010 12:02:57 AM The simple truth is that Australia doesn't actually HAVE enemies as far as other nations a.....
» 27/05/2010 11:51:21 PM Well Belly, answering your original question, if Aliens landed and told us there is NO God.....
» 27/05/2010 11:44:02 PM Strangely, Europe had culture before they converted to Christianity and many places remain.....
» 26/05/2010 3:11:46 PM The sad part is, the "Two party" belief most people have that results in actuall.....
» 24/05/2010 4:39:05 PM What a waste of bytes this article is. Politicians must always be judged on their lies and.....
» 23/05/2010 10:45:15 AM Except, Peter, that it's impossible to make a 'poor copy' of a system BEFORE the person wh.....
» 21/05/2010 10:35:11 PM Thankyou IanVE4ME- I suspected something like that would be the case but I am very impress.....
» 21/05/2010 10:25:09 PM That's a very good observation Pericles about basing future predictions on existing 'known.....
» 21/05/2010 9:37:23 PM That's a very good theory Peter minus the fact that Democracy was invented by the Greeks r.....
» 20/05/2010 11:55:06 PM Proxy, this might come as a gigantic shock to you but secularists (going by the actual dic.....
» 20/05/2010 11:51:53 PM Again, this is down to caretakers also automatically doubling as euthanisers (now my fifth.....
» 20/05/2010 7:19:43 PM It seems you are quite right CJ- what amazes me though is how the flag debate ignites such.....
» 20/05/2010 10:43:59 AM I'd go for the community and easier access dreams myself- and these COULD be achieved if t.....
» 19/05/2010 11:17:01 AM Agree Pelican- although I must further add that there are so many ways Australian democrac.....
» 18/05/2010 6:21:47 PM Just a quick question, does anyone actually care which of the two candidates get in? And i.....
» 17/05/2010 5:57:18 PM Sigh- it's sad watching Australians agonizing SO much over two lousy candidates, when they.....
» 17/05/2010 10:44:48 AM Agree Pelican "Anonymity is vital on the web, there are nutters out there in the real.....
» 16/05/2010 5:20:32 PM Firstly, let me state that in my world, all building developments would only be done with .....
» 15/05/2010 11:11:22 PM "If anything like 80% of us want euthanasia legalized, have done so for years but sti.....
» 15/05/2010 11:02:28 PM Indeed Pelican, which reminds me of a very interesting study about job satisfaction taken .....
» 15/05/2010 11:12:10 AM Peter Hume is absolutely correct- the whole 'objectification' of prostitutes is BULL and I.....
» 15/05/2010 10:59:11 AM My apologies Andrew, missed the paraphrase of the other author (I'll see if I can re-edit .....
» 14/05/2010 12:15:15 PM A very interesting article Andrew, very interesting indeed. Not for the reason you hoped .....
» 14/05/2010 9:27:17 AM No Ozpen I am much more open minded, because I at least could give examples and solutions .....
» 14/05/2010 1:15:49 AM Yep, and my last word for Cheryl is that 'asinine comments' that supposedly fail to proper.....
» 13/05/2010 9:37:20 PM I agree completely Cherful. My ethical stance sits quite similarly. Ozpen- well, the full.....
» 13/05/2010 5:50:11 PM True Mac- but as people in most Western societies only acknowledged Womens' rights during .....
» 13/05/2010 10:41:05 AM I agree with Pericles' about monopoly gouging- and I can't help but feel that Australia is.....
» 13/05/2010 10:34:22 AM A very interesting read. On the note of the likelihood of democracies to jump into wars, .....
» 13/05/2010 10:21:12 AM Then only allow a specialist separate other than normal hospital carers, nurses and doctor.....
» 13/05/2010 1:51:25 AM "Same old same old. Typical strategy. Why not come up with a coherent argument about .....
» 12/05/2010 10:47:39 AM Oh another botchy article by Labor's smear and spin-doctor Malcolm King! Wait wait! Let me.....
» 12/05/2010 10:38:47 AM Pretty much McReal. It's funny actually. As Ozpen said himself (and proving me right), th.....
» 12/05/2010 12:32:18 AM "The socalled 80 percent popular support is not representative because the community .....
» 11/05/2010 10:32:59 PM Oxspen- please do elaborate on the thousands of involuntarily terminated patients, the dep.....
» 11/05/2010 5:50:40 PM Short answer David as to why the 20% have greater sway over the remaining 80%- swinging vo.....
» 11/05/2010 5:38:24 PM My only worry is that the government will choose some horrid designer like they do for all.....
» 11/05/2010 5:22:30 PM Snore- another childish 'project my petty prejudices on the subculture I don't like on a n.....
» 8/05/2010 11:57:18 PM Short answer individual, is we hopefully all elect a party that would at least allow full .....
» 8/05/2010 9:37:44 AM And I should add we're not even that much of democracy- we live under the Westminster syst.....
» 5/05/2010 11:16:18 AM David f you make a very good point. Perhaps a very simple but effective contribution to th.....
» 5/05/2010 11:09:37 AM This is rubbish- the ONLY reason people would by so much of this drug is because they're i.....
» 4/05/2010 11:50:15 AM Pelican- indeed it basically is from a self-interest rationale. I'm just not quite finding.....
» 3/05/2010 5:39:51 PM Indeed Pelican, I actually agree with you overall- but I think if we were to cut our migra.....
» 3/05/2010 1:51:20 PM Sad truth is- Sydney Brisbane and Melbourne are well over limits (the limit being taking u.....
» 3/05/2010 2:16:45 AM Well that's the cycle of a poorly thought out policy by slimy incompetent pollies in a nut.....
» 30/04/2010 4:34:20 PM Yep, as do One Nation- I have checked them both out (when I said I check all candidates, I.....
» 30/04/2010 11:51:40 AM A very interesting article Chris and well argued. What I think the problem is, as you sai.....
» 30/04/2010 9:53:21 AM Well, for me, the Bill of rights would at least recognize proper sovereignty of native-tit.....
» 28/04/2010 3:14:37 PM Glad you asked, Blue, I would love to elaborate. As of now, Cars ARE the primary transpor.....
» 28/04/2010 10:08:29 AM VERY good point- which is often missed. Firstly I think we need to convert MANY highway-s.....
» 27/04/2010 12:24:26 AM WAU, I wouldn't be so quick to presume myself or anyone else against NS to be in a positio.....
» 26/04/2010 6:36:42 PM Oh Stop CJ! I assure you there are plenty of poor young lads who need careful instruction .....
» 26/04/2010 4:53:40 PM Foxy, I just DID suggest a better alternative myself- replacing uniform NS with a dole/wel.....
» 26/04/2010 10:24:04 AM Okay guys, thanks for the laugh. I wasn't *entirely* sure you were all having me on, but .....
» 26/04/2010 9:12:50 AM But most young people HAVE self-discipline, self-esteem etc. So again, NS would be redunda.....
» 25/04/2010 10:40:03 PM Sorry WAU, that hardly justifies NS at all. So, people that don't need NS, who might have.....
» 25/04/2010 4:43:34 PM Speak for yourself Crackup and individual about the intent of naysayers, but I am FAR from.....
» 24/04/2010 9:49:31 PM Desmond has a good point. There are lots of 'rights' that may quickly prove to be faulty .....
» 24/04/2010 9:45:11 PM Sigh, Individual; "Can anyone (academic fruitcakes excepted) put up an argument again.....
» 23/04/2010 1:24:15 PM "Choice of work is a priviledge that simply no society can afford for everyone.".....
» 23/04/2010 8:59:31 AM Again Individual, I'm looking around but struggling to see very many of such people- as mo.....
» 22/04/2010 10:52:08 AM And as I imagine that the Australian government does reserve the legal right, under Austra.....
» 22/04/2010 10:16:21 AM It sounds good in theory Crackup but there is a considerable margin of error to prevent it.....
» 22/04/2010 8:55:22 AM No surprise- it was supposed to fail from the start. You see, Rudd's government knew they.....
» 22/04/2010 8:33:23 AM I don't like the idea of national service: (which I assume as either volunteer work, 'empl.....
» 21/04/2010 8:58:27 PM Indeed Shadow, it was the same point I made at the beginning which seems to have unfortuna.....
» 21/04/2010 7:40:28 PM Nothing more for me to say- I'm just enjoying how this goes at the moment!.....
» 20/04/2010 5:42:01 PM The problem is JayG, is that of the few articles posted on this site about the R18+ game d.....
» 20/04/2010 4:04:46 PM It's sad that there is a very good possibility that over 90% of Australians think that Ger.....
» 20/04/2010 10:51:24 AM Sorry I just can't stand the sneering one-eyed tone of this guy. "The fact that the .....
» 19/04/2010 10:40:51 AM Awesome, AWESOME article Shane! A breath of sanity into the general media-sphere debate ab.....
» 17/04/2010 12:35:17 AM The problem is Pelican that this issue simply can't be classified as a priority of blockin.....
» 16/04/2010 6:22:56 PM Too right Michael- I also take issue to the fact that the authorities that decide what we .....
» 14/04/2010 8:43:44 PM Indeed Klaas- dropping the Westminster system in favor of the (actually democratic) Swiss .....
» 14/04/2010 9:11:41 AM Indeed you're right Kenny; Basically, you will find that more backward voters and lobbyist.....
» 10/04/2010 6:38:40 PM TurnRight- are you serious? I think when somebody is convinced that people were all the d.....
» 10/04/2010 10:52:09 AM I wish Shadow- it would save us another fiasco like his last visit was. But as Severin sai.....
» 8/04/2010 8:13:30 PM I'll save my opinion for what areas government have right to weigh into, for later; For n.....
» 8/04/2010 7:50:48 PM CJ "Hazza - as I understand it, "failed" asylum seekers are deported. What'.....
» 8/04/2010 7:46:45 AM Very interesting, I never considered the concept that terrorist attacks are used to appeal.....
» 8/04/2010 7:28:18 AM Pretty much guys- removing traffic lights only works on quiet roads that have only two or .....
» 8/04/2010 7:22:42 AM Jardine- pretty simple actually- there can be no question that it is most definitely NOT e.....
» 8/04/2010 7:07:40 AM And be that as it may with the majority of genuine asylum seeker and being given residency.....
» 7/04/2010 2:17:52 PM I personally disagree with such a policy CJ. But I find it disingenuous for the Greens to .....
» 7/04/2010 11:12:05 AM Thankyou socratease and although I still believe that character tests are the fairest meth.....
» 7/04/2010 10:50:17 AM True Wobbles- and let's not forget the "success" stories like Lane Cove Road (an.....
» 6/04/2010 6:52:41 PM Foxy also keep in mind that there have been differences of integration in past arrivals du.....
» 6/04/2010 6:47:08 PM Very interesting Belly, and very eye opening (although I did have my suspicions of somethi.....
» 6/04/2010 10:31:38 AM And it's also a lie that they're even doing it for OUR sake. I think Bob Carr sufficiently.....
» 6/04/2010 10:02:11 AM Grim I'm disappointed how much you struggle to digest a simple concept about 'subjectivity.....
» 5/04/2010 9:40:31 AM Well Grim in my post to you earlier gauging "humanity" in, approximately, willin.....
» 4/04/2010 10:19:21 PM What I don't like about the tone often expressed in the article is how some writers here a.....
» 4/04/2010 9:29:36 AM Grim, I'm afraid to say you also fall neatly under my statement of the egocentricity of th.....
» 3/04/2010 9:05:27 AM Fair enough Brian, I think it would at least be appropriate to allow the UN to write us of.....
» 2/04/2010 11:08:46 AM I love the lazy term "we have to find a BETTER way"- better in which aspect? -Be.....
» 1/04/2010 8:10:02 AM You're quite right csteele- which is why I actually have a hard time picturing a heroic at.....
» 1/04/2010 8:00:55 AM Very good point Rusty......
» 31/03/2010 8:15:26 PM csteele- the logical answer to the quote you posted is to treat more kinds of attacks as c.....
» 31/03/2010 8:08:37 PM Some very good ideas. It would be interesting to see which one is tried first......
» 31/03/2010 7:00:58 PM Wars have NEVER been ethical in any shape or form- at best, there might have been a bit of.....
» 31/03/2010 6:46:17 PM It never WILL be an election promise, but it should by the right of Australians to change .....
» 31/03/2010 6:27:22 PM Yep- it's discrimination and should come under every bit of anti-discrimination legislatio.....
» 31/03/2010 6:21:51 PM I think another important option to consider is the opening/closing times of other venues......
» 31/03/2010 2:08:44 PM Exactly Shadow- it always seems to be those who know the least about technology and media .....
» 31/03/2010 2:04:11 PM Indeed rehctub, you make a good point. I'm actually surprised there has been little effort.....
» 30/03/2010 11:11:58 PM Well *I* can afford living with Solar power quite easily- in fact, I might actually be abl.....
» 30/03/2010 11:04:16 PM Urgh- another one of THESE people again. You know what Liz Hansley, you're absolutely cor.....
» 27/03/2010 12:47:15 AM That may not be too far off Blue Cross- although it's really not possible to say for sure .....
» 26/03/2010 10:21:06 PM Don't be so sure Rache: Firstly, your counter-claim article, aside from merely making a l.....
» 26/03/2010 9:30:45 AM Too right Leigh- I think anyone trying to hit people over the head with variations of the .....
» 26/03/2010 8:51:07 AM As an atheist I do NOT appreciate your trying to pander to theological guilt to advance yo.....
» 23/03/2010 10:15:39 PM continuing with the 'but they get burn down lol' line still? (unless of course Sydney airp.....
» 23/03/2010 10:21:01 AM Interesting Bazz I'm sure that won't stop Labor pushing for it anyway......
» 23/03/2010 10:20:03 AM I disagree examinator- again, it would reflect doctors still working despite being held li.....
» 23/03/2010 9:00:33 AM Oh please, both Obama and Bush have followed a rather consistent tune. And as far as I'm .....
» 23/03/2010 8:50:53 AM I think judges should be liable for any damage to the community caused by repeat offenders.....
» 22/03/2010 2:42:06 PM Hasbeen, if the best you can do is try to conjure up a spooky horror movie scenario about .....
» 21/03/2010 11:24:57 PM Agreed Arjay and Pericles: I actually see an interesting race forming here- technologicall.....
» 21/03/2010 11:13:43 PM Cheryl I'm unsure what the proof is supposed to be when both sides are only gauging future.....
» 21/03/2010 10:58:11 PM Hasbeen, let's recount: You can't pretend that by paying the electricity provider I am in .....
» 21/03/2010 4:16:43 PM Yes CJ you were definitely right about the 'debunkers': Not once was there an argument fr.....
» 21/03/2010 3:29:23 PM Yep- anyone with an ounce of understanding about computers and the internet (which exclude.....
» 21/03/2010 3:22:09 PM Too right about your last two posts Yabby: Hasbeen- I'm not sure if you're deliberately p.....
» 21/03/2010 3:11:59 PM Seconded CJ- I was wondering when the "Pro-Pops" debunked the "anti-pops&qu.....
» 20/03/2010 5:38:26 PM Robert- the point is somebody will have to search for them- actually LOOK for them- in the.....
» 20/03/2010 5:23:32 PM Rpg its pretty straight forward. -The jobs that would be lost I should add are ones that W.....
» 20/03/2010 9:24:43 AM Sorry Rapscallion, you shot yourself in the foot by trying to compare workplace bullying w.....
» 19/03/2010 11:52:00 PM Seconded maate- I don't recall anything ever being 'debunked' as much as whinged about and.....
» 19/03/2010 4:59:13 PM To think the introduction of a few simple democratic rights and the scaling back of a few .....
» 19/03/2010 4:42:39 PM Rpg 'Miracle' answer? They're in use in Europe and the USA already. Where are these gree.....
» 19/03/2010 12:41:02 AM Is it just me or am I detecting a kneejerk reaction of some bristling against the idea of .....
» 18/03/2010 10:19:25 AM Bout freakin time. If we had a good honest government, when the electric car gets introduc.....
» 18/03/2010 9:57:32 AM My guess Baygon that if that happened the Libs and Labor would agree to try whatever they .....
» 17/03/2010 8:03:13 AM CO2- care to give us a source for the "Democracy may need to be abandoned" quote.....
» 15/03/2010 9:27:17 AM Seems like another tabloid-esque article to woo the simpletons when other topics like hoon.....
» 15/03/2010 9:19:09 AM I actually thought you would be confused by my posts Belly- you seem to be the type of per.....
» 14/03/2010 6:03:03 PM That's awfully funny Belly because at least my opinions actually go into specifics, as opp.....
» 14/03/2010 9:39:17 AM Belly you've still yet to explain to me why Malcolm is so 'nice'- even in these days where.....
» 12/03/2010 2:01:30 PM Hehe- nice BAYGON. Still- I'll be putting even the shooters party a higher spot this next.....
» 12/03/2010 1:59:47 PM Thanks for the laugh Houellebecq. I can be proud enough to say that I've never oggled a na.....
» 12/03/2010 12:41:20 PM I read that to Candide- it's not the first time the NSW State Labor Party have tried to co.....
» 12/03/2010 12:36:24 PM Agree Hasbeen; For me personally- and maybe its because I'm more a fan of grassroots poli.....
» 12/03/2010 12:17:27 PM Nice one Houellebecq! I'm glad to see someone is taking this frightening new political mo.....
» 11/03/2010 10:21:30 PM I'm actually quite surprised how many people are making an issue out of the facebook page,.....
» 11/03/2010 9:55:15 AM Sorry Pelican, but aside from the fact that you often cannot locate the person to charge t.....
» 11/03/2010 9:27:08 AM If this forum has taught me anything whenever somebody makes a lazy generalized remark you.....
» 11/03/2010 9:04:19 AM Sigh- I just can't stand these "disturbing new "trends" on the internet art.....
» 10/03/2010 1:08:46 PM Not to mention BAYGON that the present system is heavily in the favor of corrupt majors an.....
» 10/03/2010 11:16:20 AM Indeed- we've both been repeating ourselves to no avail: You've been repeating the same v.....
» 10/03/2010 11:12:08 AM I'm starting to think a LOT of westerners really have no idea what "democracy" a.....
» 9/03/2010 9:25:55 PM On the note of our hugging of the coast, I'm going to make a very wild assumption by decla.....
» 9/03/2010 5:39:33 PM It's kind of a skewed question because we really aren't particularly democratic at all- as.....
» 8/03/2010 10:25:27 PM As far as population goes it's simply a matter for each town and city- or hypothetical fut.....
» 8/03/2010 8:59:08 AM Yes, a 'tactic' of proving that I actually did research by bringing up specific acts/attri.....
» 7/03/2010 8:28:52 AM "This country, will NEVER support greens policy's on extreme climate change wants. De.....
» 7/03/2010 8:25:41 AM Fair enough Grateful, although I was mostly focusing on terrorists acting against Western .....
» 5/03/2010 8:03:14 PM Keven Rudd, who: -recruited celebrities to get popularity- just to have them act as seat-w.....
» 5/03/2010 7:49:29 PM Sorry Belly? I keep track of policies or statements made on the news and I *DO* Google for.....
» 5/03/2010 11:13:35 AM Um, how is MY knowledge of Greens policies 'fuzzy' when I actually read them, Hasbeen? If.....
» 5/03/2010 8:54:29 AM Suzie- I think on the note of differentiation for many people between the IRA and Muslim T.....
» 5/03/2010 8:39:03 AM CJ Morgan I completely agree with you- and particularly think your take on the other comme.....
» 4/03/2010 8:39:11 PM That's strange, I always thought "the terrorists" (not sure which ones- they're .....
» 4/03/2010 8:18:19 PM The difference between you and me Belly is *I* actually substantiate my claims by specific.....
» 4/03/2010 5:02:05 PM No rational person would support an internet filter AT ALL. A quick rundown: -sites, foru.....
» 4/03/2010 4:35:46 PM Thanks Severin, your quotes of my point are perfectly satisfactory. And Hanranan- you wou.....
» 4/03/2010 9:03:21 AM Socratease why do you even bother debating with this guy? Runner, in his decade or so at t.....
» 4/03/2010 8:58:56 AM Belly when are you going to realize that no amount of repeating an empty rant consisting o.....
» 3/03/2010 6:23:29 PM Hanrahan I'd love to answer you but you will have to actually give me a specific statement.....
» 3/03/2010 9:24:21 AM Severin- I absolutely agree with everything you just said. And I definitely like the way y.....
» 3/03/2010 12:23:41 AM RobP- for me it's just the disillusionment of how apparent it was becoming that nobody in .....
» 2/03/2010 5:47:58 PM Severin I am very impressed with your actions regarding voting- I think I should try to do.....
» 2/03/2010 3:50:33 PM JP "For example, as an atheist you can state that rape is wrong. But the rapist can a.....
» 2/03/2010 3:33:36 PM I strongly disagree that the concerns of the cosmopolitan secular West-Turks about their r.....
» 2/03/2010 2:59:01 PM You people DO realize there actually ARE quite a few Australian political parties precisel.....
» 2/03/2010 2:36:46 PM Hmmm- I take it that my "actually read the policies" statement was quickly put i.....
» 2/03/2010 9:06:34 AM I think the lesson here is that he might not have cared about the environment THAT much. .....
» 2/03/2010 9:02:03 AM I think the Greens have a good shot at becoming an actual government if they put more effo.....
» 1/03/2010 3:58:13 PM "The truth is that Christianity and politics are strange bedfellows" Well I bloo.....
» 1/03/2010 3:45:06 PM You get all types, but I can only speak for myself when I say my concern towards religion .....
» 1/03/2010 3:33:25 PM I don't know about you SpinDoc but I imagine the Greens' recent advertisements opposing un.....
» 1/03/2010 9:31:05 AM As far as the other parties go, we just have to compare their definition of 'sustainable':.....
» 28/02/2010 11:10:04 PM Examinator- very good observation- I never thought of the implications of Israel trying to.....
» 28/02/2010 10:55:01 PM Too right Pelican; I think that's probably the positive about parties that try too hard to.....
» 28/02/2010 4:34:13 PM I think the predictions are pretty much correct. Sadly, the ONLY factor that will weigh in.....
» 28/02/2010 4:24:28 PM I agree with CJ on when assassination is "ok"- and even then I would probably on.....
» 26/02/2010 10:22:47 AM It makes me wonder if anyone who actually catches a plane endorses this security at all. .....
» 26/02/2010 10:15:00 AM This is exceptionally alarming! Can someone please, please, PLEASE get that worthless chi.....
» 26/02/2010 9:43:16 AM I think this article was so bad (despite, as BBoy said, a decent writer could have actuall.....
» 26/02/2010 9:27:55 AM I think the approach New Zealand took with the two Israeli agents was correct and we shoul.....
» 25/02/2010 11:26:32 PM Fair enough Foxy; Although on the side of curiosity and wanting to know the inner working.....
» 25/02/2010 9:14:25 AM To right Turnright! Nice one!.....
» 25/02/2010 9:12:28 AM Belly again you have failed to answer any of my questions, provide a redeemingly 'nice' at.....
» 24/02/2010 9:55:42 PM Foxy- actually according to an investigation reported in (I believe the Herald, back in 20.....
» 24/02/2010 9:23:27 PM "When BB wishes to inflict her restrictions on the freedoms of others, she ceases to .....
» 24/02/2010 10:26:20 AM "Maybe his crime for some is being the force that put the ALP on track to be the real.....
» 23/02/2010 9:33:12 PM I've read plenty of his own recent opinions and am not impressed with him- still holding a.....
» 23/02/2010 4:34:59 PM I agree- I don't buy the notion that any cost the Australian citizen is justified to rescu.....
» 23/02/2010 4:13:01 PM Foxy I don't think the context was that simple as far as war goes; As Australians get zero.....
» 23/02/2010 8:30:34 AM Bob Menzies was even worse. Remember that he was the PRIME Minister when he decided that p.....
» 23/02/2010 12:25:51 AM On the issue of water, there are plenty of options (besides continuing to suck up the Murr.....
» 23/02/2010 12:20:06 AM Cheers, Rstuart, I will keep that in mind. As for cynicism- make it double for me down in.....
» 22/02/2010 7:55:55 PM I am most definitely convinced that a country does NOT need an increasing population to pr.....
» 22/02/2010 7:12:55 PM Malcolm will always be to me a bigoted, paternalistic and ruthless scumbag who merely went.....
» 22/02/2010 6:59:04 PM Gump and Stuart- interesting points: But I'm not convinced the ETS is being paid back int.....
» 22/02/2010 8:11:52 AM I can only speak for myself- an atheist raised by atheists- that I probably hold myself to.....
» 21/02/2010 1:06:20 PM Fully agree Rehctub- I would also suggest penalties to guarantee inability to get around t.....
» 21/02/2010 12:44:01 PM I think we've already gone beyond the whole "market forces be damned" thing when.....
» 20/02/2010 3:55:17 PM I'd leave it to the discretion of every cluster of cities (as they are now almost touching.....
» 20/02/2010 3:50:23 PM Examinator- HARDLY. The pollution in the cities (let alone the suburbs where most of the h.....
» 20/02/2010 12:54:11 PM Rstuart you have the wrong idea about me- I am NOT a socialist or "left wing" pe.....
» 20/02/2010 9:54:39 AM Thankyou for the data- although I would like to point out that PVs can also be installed i.....
» 20/02/2010 9:06:10 AM I think rstuart is missing some rather important angle to Australia's ETS vs the European .....
» 19/02/2010 10:57:48 AM An excellent article Elizabeth. You're going to have a tough time though, trying to educa.....
» 19/02/2010 10:16:58 AM I agree with Jedi about this article being pretty hard to take seriously. And I too would .....
» 19/02/2010 10:06:48 AM Why are you guys even going on about this? You make it sound like the Rudd government intr.....
» 17/02/2010 12:24:22 PM We need a direct-election method of choosing EVERY person for EACH portfolio separately, c.....
» 17/02/2010 12:19:58 PM In short, people who hate the west are still perfectly greedy enough to be happy living we.....
» 17/02/2010 12:18:17 PM Another major consideration to consider, I just realized, is trying to explain to certain .....
» 16/02/2010 9:30:55 PM Beleive it or not Stiubhard, most gamers really do spend most of their time away from the .....
» 16/02/2010 6:29:27 PM I'm actually almost satisfied with our senate: I would definitely agree they WOULD be a b.....
» 16/02/2010 6:12:40 PM Good article Emma- what annoys me is the solution is ridiculously easy and practically fit.....
» 16/02/2010 6:04:42 PM What a nauseating article. Hey Barb, while we're at it we should also ban every R18+ film.....
» 15/02/2010 7:48:19 PM The strange and ironic thing about all of these insane nanny-state restrictions on Indigen.....
» 14/02/2010 7:44:03 AM Indeed Bushbred, it seems one may very well find lots of cases where an account is made ab.....
» 13/02/2010 1:31:45 PM Actually Bushbred, Bin Laden is the sworn enemy of the Saudi Royal family too after they s.....
» 12/02/2010 5:49:55 PM I'm not to convinced that the slogans and appealing to secterian interests IS quite so sub.....
» 12/02/2010 9:19:12 AM rstuart- I think the answer of the 360 of both party's policies is simply because Labor ar.....
» 12/02/2010 9:07:43 AM Well it's not surprising: The internet IS THE FIRST medium in which anyone can share their.....
» 11/02/2010 8:46:15 PM I agree with your article Sadanand, it raises some very good points- and personally I thin.....
» 10/02/2010 10:15:09 PM I'd like to add some more: "And can we convince politicians, eager for re-election or.....
» 10/02/2010 3:11:36 PM I'm sorry but this is a terrible idea: And coming from Maggie Hatcher does FAR from help. .....
» 10/02/2010 2:53:41 PM It's really sad that so few people are replying to this thread- it's probably one of the o.....
» 8/02/2010 10:51:01 AM Fantastic article Andrew you practically hit the nail on the head, although I would like t.....
» 6/02/2010 10:07:13 PM "Heaven help us if the vast majority accept such mediocrity without Labor being force.....
» 6/02/2010 9:50:37 PM Ok Grim, I'll explain it again even more simply: You have two possible situations: 1- a .....
» 4/02/2010 4:54:43 PM And *I'M* saying that a better system would be to implement BCIR and compulsory-for-govern.....
» 2/02/2010 3:14:49 PM Cheers Spinner And Philo, such a flag arguably does not exist, as there will always be so.....
» 2/02/2010 3:07:24 PM And don't forget bicycle helmets and a leash- just in case! ;).....
» 2/02/2010 8:26:03 AM Never fear Pelican, for I will also address these distressing figures also: For mountain-.....
» 2/02/2010 8:13:28 AM Um Grim, juries don't regulate governments and intervene in policies, and would have nothi.....
» 1/02/2010 11:32:40 PM Interesting point Melody- particularly regarding how Germany and Spain treat people as rat.....
» 1/02/2010 11:16:19 PM I should probably say that I'd probably be a Republican, however: Personally I have no ti.....
» 1/02/2010 10:58:20 PM Well if you ask me we couldn't go wrong with demanding all water-users be required to wear.....
» 1/02/2010 10:39:12 PM Sigh, I think it should be pretty obvious why evolutionists don't bother to debate creatio.....
» 1/02/2010 9:26:22 PM Thanks Pericles and I absolutely agree with you: "Which is why I believe that the who.....
» 1/02/2010 1:50:57 PM John, in the event of an Australian citizen being a security risk at home but being illega.....
» 1/02/2010 1:37:35 PM Green and Gold Kangaroo I could live with- I was shuddering specifically at the thought it.....
» 31/01/2010 10:50:14 PM Sigh, I don't think there's anything left to be said- except that almost everyone correctl.....
» 31/01/2010 9:22:23 PM Oh, and just for a bit of maths assistance, 100Mil is roughly a 60th of the present popula.....
» 31/01/2010 9:12:24 PM I think all of the questions of "what rights for whom" have been fairly well cov.....
» 31/01/2010 8:46:15 PM The problem is not so much encouraging the average Japanese citizen- who most likely is al.....
» 31/01/2010 8:41:40 PM I would like to add to Jane's issue of the clash between allowing dangerous refugees into .....
» 31/01/2010 8:26:01 PM I support a new Australian flag for the simple reason that it's not the only flag in the w.....
» 13/01/2010 10:38:27 PM If you do Foxy I'll probably have to follow as I think there's little left to analyze (esp.....
» 13/01/2010 5:08:14 PM Excellent posts Sock, I entirely agree. Our system of democracy (and by extension, the UK.....
» 13/01/2010 9:03:59 AM This is why my support for Rudd died off; This is nothing but a contemptible scandal. No.....
» 13/01/2010 8:40:09 AM Don't forget Sock that any wisdom is bogged down by compulsory voting, compulsory preferen.....
» 12/01/2010 6:59:19 PM Andrew and examinator have framed my thoughts perfectly. Throughout the article I just sh.....
» 12/01/2010 6:32:47 PM Indeed Pericles- I'm afraid my pigeon-holing is too narrow to accommodate, so far, only No.....
» 11/01/2010 10:52:10 PM I think the solution is not to try to secretly hassle our neighbours to take the asylum se.....
» 11/01/2010 10:37:33 PM The problem is convincing all of the people of the different EU countries- who clearly wan.....
» 11/01/2010 10:26:23 PM StG- as a matter of fact I have seen a few atheists who are anti abortion- however, they u.....
» 11/01/2010 9:58:58 AM Arguably it depends on the 'religion' too- you could ask that question to a secular person.....
» 11/01/2010 7:56:14 AM Shadow you beat me to it again. Nothing much else for me to say. And Herman, can I ask we.....
» 11/01/2010 7:47:55 AM "What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists such as Boazy/Herman is th.....
» 11/01/2010 7:35:03 AM I'm sure I already pointed this, but I'll point this out again- in the ENTIRE arguments es.....
» 11/01/2010 7:18:54 AM I must also stress an important factor in the cyclist/motorist road use issue, and that is.....
» 8/01/2010 8:39:44 AM Well as I said Suzie- we should analyze every road and determine whether it's suitable to .....
» 7/01/2010 11:00:11 PM The problem with Turnbull is he's more shallow and crooked than a degree of liberalist/con.....
» 7/01/2010 10:36:21 PM Indeed Examinator I think it's incredibly revolting of that man indeed and believe he SHOU.....
» 7/01/2010 10:31:54 PM Very interesting Examinator and Foxy, thanks for the heads up!.....
» 7/01/2010 10:28:05 PM On the note of difficulty of dealing with cyclists I actually agree stickman; the problem .....
» 7/01/2010 1:58:32 PM Exactly Ludwig- Rudd and Abbot's only interest regarding the climate are: 1- posing in fro.....
» 7/01/2010 1:54:05 PM The major problem with Youtube is that it's also too open for abuse through malicious trou.....
» 7/01/2010 1:31:43 PM But the question is, how did the Muslim scholars come across these Greek libraries and why.....
» 7/01/2010 10:11:11 AM This question simply asks- to what esteem do you place each of the political parties, and .....
» 6/01/2010 7:01:41 PM My answer to the proposition: -At Google's discretion- absolutely not. -An option so *I*.....
» 6/01/2010 6:54:41 PM I fully agree VK3AUU "Cities like Melbourne and Sydney to name a couple, have a milli.....
» 6/01/2010 6:45:50 PM "When Christians were burning witches and praying for deliverance from smallpox, the .....
» 6/01/2010 6:38:02 PM Dreamon- I think criteria should also include the mental/emotional state and compatability.....
» 6/01/2010 9:29:11 AM So much has already been said, so I think I'll just focus on the historical side of things.....
» 4/01/2010 9:05:46 AM Okay, I can't hold it in anymore. This topic has split into two TIERS of intelligences (th.....
» 4/01/2010 8:35:10 AM Sadly not much- and it's out of lazy publicity stunts than a will to actually do something.....
» 4/01/2010 8:25:54 AM Seconded CJ- it looks like an obvious case of having paid little attention oneself to Brow.....
» 3/01/2010 10:49:33 AM Agree completely Pelican- the puppet governments of the past would definitely not help (no.....
» 3/01/2010 10:45:24 AM No Belly I did not miss the point at all- Tony Abbot's policy will NOT actually offend man.....
» 2/01/2010 8:37:22 PM Foxy I doubt our refugee policy is going to damage our relations very much with most count.....
» 2/01/2010 1:32:38 PM You are right Foxy- it's just going to be an uphill battle as we're not quite the first pe.....
» 2/01/2010 9:31:09 AM Actually Foxy I personally am suspicious- as the Labor Party (and the Liberals) are both b.....
» 1/01/2010 8:03:41 PM Wrong Runner, you FAIL at logic- completely. As I'm one of the few people to have made a .....
» 1/01/2010 2:01:46 PM I think that's pretty much all it boils down to Foxy- sadly I'd have to answer your questi.....
» 1/01/2010 1:22:06 AM Ironically, Runner has probably outlined the reason why: Puritanical Islamists in past ce.....
» 31/12/2009 11:07:34 AM It seems that many Middle-Eastern Islamic upbringings and values are so distant to Western.....
» 31/12/2009 2:42:26 AM Indeed punkrose you make a compelling case. To be honest I actually am surprised you woul.....
» 30/12/2009 9:03:07 AM Sorry punkrose, I have to make a correction: "We get the government for whom the majo.....
» 30/12/2009 8:58:09 AM Nice rpg- repeating (minus the top question because you almost vaguely answered it): What.....
» 29/12/2009 11:18:08 PM Oh Peter me and many others soon to follow are going to have a field day with what you jus.....
» 29/12/2009 8:50:28 PM Sigh- can someone fill me in on what the specific problem is? I'm not sure I could stomach.....
» 29/12/2009 8:26:01 PM Gusi I assure you it's the government the entire country's taxes are bailing out- and most.....
» 28/12/2009 7:24:20 PM "Anyone who comes with in a bulls roar of Quadrant and the other bunch CIS and it dop.....
» 28/12/2009 2:08:32 PM Chris C- regarding Grim's statement it is quite possible- as these days plenty of governme.....
» 28/12/2009 1:51:26 PM Wow- I'm almost tempted to apologize to all of the authors I've made fun of in the past be.....
» 28/12/2009 1:28:42 PM Geoff's absolutely right. I very much want to know who I'm REALLY voting for- especially .....
» 28/12/2009 1:16:46 PM Pfft- the Vatican is merely jumping on the Climate Change Movement bandwagon to try to cou.....
» 26/12/2009 9:17:45 PM "If Bob Brown cared, even slightly, about the environment, then he would not, have &q.....
» 26/12/2009 1:11:04 PM Actually I'm proposing that a new system of voting and government offices be introduced, a.....
» 26/12/2009 10:34:09 AM I dunno Daggett- although BCIR would mostly fix the problem of accountability (and make no.....
» 25/12/2009 8:15:14 AM Thomas, I agree with you right up to the end for which I am forced to make only a single c.....
» 24/12/2009 8:54:51 PM I'd like to ask something- what exactly does the global government DO? That being, what af.....
» 24/12/2009 3:50:43 PM Nina's article should be handed out along with 'how to vote' cards. It also needs to be ma.....
» 24/12/2009 3:08:56 PM A fantastic article Greg Lees that should be viewed by every person who has at least the i.....
» 24/12/2009 2:28:34 PM Well, I could say something but I feel like I'd be recapping rstuart and CJ Morgan- but I .....
» 24/12/2009 2:04:03 PM Sorry Fred- I HAVE thought about the implications of a global democracy and have already s.....
» 20/12/2009 3:13:56 PM Actually examinator the flipside is that minors have LESS opportunity to actually VIEW ill.....
» 19/12/2009 1:23:18 PM Interesting Pelican; And by smokescreen Shadow refers to the broader censorship beyond il.....
» 19/12/2009 1:13:01 PM The problem jllortega with federalising more countries (in a democratic state, that is) is.....
» 19/12/2009 8:09:15 AM I might also add that I'm against the principal of the government making a porn filter to .....
» 18/12/2009 6:15:07 PM I think censoring the internet (through a bloody secret list even) is probably the biggest.....
» 18/12/2009 5:49:05 PM So, the premise that the public have no right to restrict access to their property to thos.....
» 18/12/2009 8:00:09 AM This article is so stupid I will try to elaborate the BASIC, OBVIOUS concepts in response .....
» 18/12/2009 7:16:53 AM It's rather more complicated than that Daviy- as the people of Australia, the USA and UK h.....
» 15/12/2009 8:20:00 AM The problem is simple: 1-The worthlessness of a single-party opposition; If representativ.....
» 15/12/2009 7:52:34 AM "You want to cut population but have no policies on how to do it. You're talking abou.....
» 13/12/2009 11:40:48 AM Ken said "It's so bad I suspected satire, but there was no clever twist" I was t.....
» 13/12/2009 10:18:15 AM Yuck- an absolutely horrible and pathetic article that DOES reek of cultural/national impe.....
» 13/12/2009 9:57:53 AM Nice one Rusty, I agree with that- nothing more needs to be said!.....
» 10/12/2009 10:32:09 PM Pelican- I agree completely- especially about the independents, whom we need more of very .....
» 8/12/2009 6:19:35 PM Houellebecq "Does anyone really, truly think the Greens could run the country? Seriou.....
» 8/12/2009 11:07:10 AM Pelican I'm afraid your brilliant post will fall on deaf ears- you will even see jaw-dropp.....
» 8/12/2009 10:45:35 AM I agree quite a lot with your proposals, Peter; Our government is a shambles- anachronist.....
» 8/12/2009 10:32:21 AM Sigh- not sure where to begin. "CIR is scary"- yes, because giving a handful of.....
» 27/11/2009 7:43:34 PM Keeping in mind it will be a cold day in Hell before I vote Liberals ever again.... - Is .....
» 27/11/2009 7:22:51 PM Yeah, the Catholic Church is absolutely crawling with illogical inconsistencies that to me.....
» 27/11/2009 10:29:27 AM I agree with Shadow- and the grounds for differentiating what constitutes an act of negati.....
» 24/11/2009 10:56:03 AM Pericles, all I can say is I can't really add anything more to what you said. Instead I ju.....
» 24/11/2009 9:22:43 AM Simple- the employees of middle-man companies will gradually get new jobs (which may inclu.....
» 24/11/2009 9:15:16 AM Sorry- but being sent overseas into foreign conflicts is precisely the reason we should NO.....
» 22/11/2009 7:23:13 PM Or better yet, we could introduce CIR so any nanny-state excesses can be stripped from the.....
» 22/11/2009 11:15:28 AM Next I believe you are overlooking a LOT of considerations; Firstly, we don't exactly liv.....
» 22/11/2009 7:40:11 AM Next- basically, in a democratic society (a real one where the public has real input)- if .....
» 20/11/2009 11:11:08 PM "That is why Australians must offer their various arguments in a liberal democracy to.....
» 20/11/2009 11:05:00 PM Didn't myself and many, many other people address this question like, five times each in t.....
» 20/11/2009 10:48:51 PM Jon J nailed the issue for me: "Who would you rather have in control of your destiny:.....
» 20/11/2009 10:22:10 PM I see where your coming from rstuart but his probability of re-offending is less predictab.....
» 20/11/2009 7:34:01 PM Rstuart; I think the frequency of offenses and the cases themselves need to be addressed a.....
» 20/11/2009 7:25:38 PM Aye JMCC, that makes sense. I agree. Especially that taxation should be handled solely by .....
» 20/11/2009 7:17:29 PM Pynchme- your case does indeed highlight a significant problem, although I can imagine it .....
» 20/11/2009 11:42:00 AM Pericles- good point, unfortunately; But on the note of a leader, it really boils down to .....
» 20/11/2009 11:34:42 AM Fair enough Gump; But for your convenience, I will now state that the "quoted".....
» 20/11/2009 8:24:35 AM I think all of Australian politics need a massive overhaul. Why just focus on the GG/mona.....
» 20/11/2009 8:17:36 AM Another pathetic, ignorant tirade by Rectub. Everything about it rubs off as a dumb kid ha.....
» 19/11/2009 8:02:25 PM Sense- not a bad proposal! -Absolutely 100% agree about scrapping the GG and making the P.....
» 19/11/2009 7:43:41 PM "Siding with the locals" means I generally support the concept of them being abl.....
» 19/11/2009 8:40:48 AM Oh, by the way Raebee- to answer your question, no, the article wasn't worth reading beyon.....
» 19/11/2009 8:37:22 AM Rectub- perhaps you need to go back to kindergarten and learn how to read- particularly th.....
» 18/11/2009 1:33:58 PM Indeed it seems strange to lie about deforestation numbers being 9000 Hectares a year when.....
» 18/11/2009 1:21:17 PM "Truth"now- I will provide a point-by-point contradiction to everything you said.....
» 18/11/2009 8:48:53 AM Bah- it's usually the Bills of Rights from Church groups that I fear mostly- hence why I'm.....
» 18/11/2009 8:30:28 AM Excellent news! And good on Obama for overturning the ban! Another advantage of Embryonic.....
» 17/11/2009 5:11:05 PM Well, if the question refers to the public being given the same power over government- if .....
» 17/11/2009 5:00:49 PM I'm loving this- absolutely LOVING it! So far, it's been about five, six pages? And so far.....
» 16/11/2009 7:10:48 PM Snore Herman, keep it up, you're doing great! netjunkie- absolutely provide easy informat.....
» 16/11/2009 12:38:07 PM "If we as a society actually put our faith in the rule of law" ie Australian law.....
» 16/11/2009 12:21:03 PM You know, normally when someone suggests 'leadership' in an issue like this, they really o.....
» 16/11/2009 12:10:01 PM Of all of the articles I've read, this is definitely among the lamest. Absolutely patheti.....
» 16/11/2009 11:53:03 AM Nice try Herman- all of the other examples they are complete individuals. The only post-bi.....
» 15/11/2009 6:29:15 PM Herman Yutic and netjunkie- the difference of being a part of someone else is simple. It i.....
» 15/11/2009 9:56:34 AM Thanks for proving me right Herman- until you try to answer any of the arguments put forwa.....
» 13/11/2009 10:13:25 PM Actually mikk they've lost wars and got conquered almost every time- including this time. .....
» 13/11/2009 10:11:07 PM Very well Herman- let's put it to the test- please share your thoughts on the following si.....
» 13/11/2009 10:02:28 PM Foxy, knowing our historical recollection of past Prime Ministers- and our contemporary co.....
» 13/11/2009 1:43:34 PM To be honest Shadow, I'm convinced that these people simply don't give a single hoot about.....
» 12/11/2009 8:21:02 PM Afraid so Foxy. You might be interested to read up some thoughts of former Independent po.....
» 12/11/2009 6:51:35 PM The reason I ask is because you keep differentiating "rape" and "consensual.....
» 11/11/2009 10:11:17 PM Won't happen Foxy- both major parties are filled to the rim of selfish, shady characters m.....
» 11/11/2009 7:14:39 PM The more the Liberals fight, the more chance a third party might actually overtake them. T.....
» 11/11/2009 6:54:37 PM Cornflower- I'm afraid the closest thing to "soul searching" in the Liberal Part.....
» 11/11/2009 6:50:04 PM See Shadow? I told you this would happen... Anyway, netjunkie are you suggesting that lif.....
» 11/11/2009 8:37:25 AM Examinator- Indeed I would tell you what's wrong with the definitions but I wouldn't know .....
» 11/11/2009 8:34:43 AM Well said. I seriously believe it should be stapled to the front page of every newspaper, .....
» 11/11/2009 8:25:17 AM Agree Bazz (stop private developers making housing development applications). Agree Yabby.....
» 11/11/2009 8:11:24 AM Suzieonline you have no idea how happy I am to read what you wrote- it's nice to know I'm .....
» 11/11/2009 8:02:58 AM Why not? It's no effort for a company to write "Maple flavoured Syrup" on their .....
» 10/11/2009 3:43:42 PM Excellent point Shadow Minister- sadly I think the people you were asking will casually pr.....
» 10/11/2009 3:41:31 PM Well, I personally percieve left/right as a spectrum of more/less dispersion of rights, ow.....
» 10/11/2009 3:33:43 PM Yuk- what is it with people FAWNING over these sleezebags simply because they make a few (.....
» 10/11/2009 3:17:45 PM "If voting were optional, you would have people not voting because of the weather, or.....
» 10/11/2009 7:13:02 AM Hear, hear, Suzie! An excellent point- I'd like to hear what the antis say about that- but.....
» 9/11/2009 6:06:43 PM In regards to the UN agreements, I think it's appropriate for all reasons that Australia, .....
» 9/11/2009 6:02:25 PM No problem Seano! From what I know, expats from English-speaking countries tend to be able.....
» 9/11/2009 6:00:14 PM I think I should add that the economic benefits of a large population are completely unfou.....
» 9/11/2009 5:47:31 PM I think if there are no cities that can take any immigrants (be it too crowded, heavy cons.....
» 9/11/2009 5:22:26 PM That's another major point Pericles- I'm rather dumbstruck by the notion that putting a lo.....
» 9/11/2009 1:22:19 PM Agree entirely with Pericles- THAT is what I would like to see put forward......
» 9/11/2009 1:18:51 PM Peter Hume, again, you aught to win a medal for "Biggest strawman-constructor of the .....
» 8/11/2009 10:28:30 PM Um, sorry to burst some bubbles but an unborn fetus IS part of the mother- it's attached t.....
» 8/11/2009 12:10:36 PM Peter Hume you just proposed several solutions that each require laws, "rights" .....
» 8/11/2009 11:44:10 AM Agree Herbert- personally I'm not to thrilled about a multimillion dollar referendum imply.....
» 8/11/2009 11:40:15 AM Ruining iconic delights by accurate labelling? Sorry Rectub but this conversation is gett.....
» 8/11/2009 11:26:40 AM Good points Pelican and David. And I actually think voting for the Greens WILL help- or a.....
» 7/11/2009 9:45:18 PM Nice going Peter, instead of answering my question (at all), even my hypothesis, you inste.....
» 7/11/2009 9:40:34 PM Well if nobody cares then it shouldn't be a big deal to honestly tell them, right? now tha.....
» 7/11/2009 11:39:24 AM New Zealand, Indonesia (esp Bali), Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, China (fit r.....
» 7/11/2009 11:35:43 AM I feel that we should, but not quite in a manner limited to a couple of Aboriginal guys as.....
» 7/11/2009 11:09:52 AM No, it's the same issue- honest labelling of content. Whether its transfats, mostly using .....
» 6/11/2009 10:21:28 PM Thanks netjunkie! I find it imperative that the criteria of what doctors can/cant do based.....
» 6/11/2009 9:56:30 PM I seriously hoped you would not make such an absurd statement "If some people don't c.....
» 6/11/2009 8:05:56 PM Personally I would LOVE a Bill of Rights- as soon as I see one that doesn't place the aver.....
» 6/11/2009 7:51:21 PM "We learned that if we are to have success in a future republican referendum then we .....
» 6/11/2009 7:24:49 PM Rouge I'm not actually pointing fingers- but the fact remains that the most democratic cou.....
» 6/11/2009 7:14:14 PM I'm not one that endorses population expansion at all- I agree with your suggestions......
» 5/11/2009 8:09:03 PM Fair enough David- good logic, but it's not really a necessary property of democracies, or.....
» 5/11/2009 6:55:19 PM Problem is Ludwig, we have like, TWO parties that care about population sustainability. Th.....
» 5/11/2009 6:47:42 PM Simple- most people don't excercise. And certainly there are lots of people don't care abo.....
» 5/11/2009 6:38:15 PM Problem with government/private contracting is that both groups mostly pay another (usuall.....
» 5/11/2009 6:18:00 PM Strange- Sweden and Switzerland, each probably more democratic than all of the war-mongeri.....
» 4/11/2009 3:28:13 PM My family are actually in the process of doing a cost-benefit analysis for solar installat.....
» 4/11/2009 3:23:32 PM Examinator, I must say that is absolutely disgusting behaviour done to you, and that your .....
» 4/11/2009 3:11:32 PM A few more points: -For traffic congestion- just increase the strictness of applying for a.....
» 4/11/2009 2:56:15 PM Agree David- but sadly I don't think morals will be enough to stop dodgy practices, and I .....
» 3/11/2009 4:15:36 PM Oh. My. God. This is by FAR the worst, saddest, most pathetic, emotionally-charged and wh.....
» 3/11/2009 3:43:33 PM Nice Shadow Minister- you totally dodged the entire home-installation option with a lame j.....
» 3/11/2009 8:12:07 AM Um, how exactly does our cost of living go UP if we install solar panels? Usually what ten.....
» 3/11/2009 8:04:15 AM Thanks Pynchme. It's sad that some people feel local businesses being held to standards o.....
» 3/11/2009 7:53:54 AM Yep- nothing more for me to say I complete agree!.....
» 2/11/2009 9:26:37 PM As far as I'm concerned, if ANYONE who is either terminally ill, suffering a disability th.....
» 2/11/2009 9:20:25 PM I hate to say but our cities should have been planned about 50 years ago. It's pretty obv.....
» 2/11/2009 8:49:10 PM I agree Pelican and Examinator; That's why I think it's important that councils should on.....
» 2/11/2009 8:39:40 PM Hmmm- you're right JL- I didn't think of all the implications: 1- Having prior abortions .....
» 1/11/2009 10:10:05 PM Extending from Yabby's post highlighting Rudd's "Reasons"; Personally: -I could.....
» 1/11/2009 9:39:25 PM Oh but let's be fair- we should have a law stating that sellers of foodstuffs must provide.....
» 30/10/2009 6:39:11 PM No problem JL, and I must say those ARE better solutions. Anyway, the 'rape victim' case .....
» 30/10/2009 4:20:51 PM Yes Cheryl, because if Peter Costello makes these predictions, they MUST be true! But I do.....
» 30/10/2009 11:27:38 AM Of course strayan- because actually trying to justify your beliefs to an actually-democrat.....
» 30/10/2009 11:24:40 AM I disagree- it's not fair on Australians to be held to such obligations because they repre.....
» 30/10/2009 11:11:12 AM Again, I don't see why it can't be decided on a municipality basis to what standards it do.....
» 30/10/2009 10:59:48 AM The Opposition policy on Assylum seekers is........ ......to complain about the government.....
» 30/10/2009 10:51:08 AM It's a media beatup- statistics show that overall child crime-rates are WAY DOWN, mostly f.....
» 30/10/2009 10:47:22 AM Seems THIS post disappeared as well. Anyway, rehctumb is again missing the point. Forcin.....
» 29/10/2009 10:18:10 AM JL Deland- no- wrong. -Bringing in authoritarian government practices? Nice try. Absolut.....
» 29/10/2009 10:11:00 AM Seems my post vanished into thin air. Pharmacists (people who are given a special privile.....
» 29/10/2009 9:55:46 AM Personally Banjo we WOULD sooner see different results if we woke up and voted for a diffe.....
» 29/10/2009 9:52:00 AM "Renewable generation and efficiency improvements both have diminishing returns for i.....
» 27/10/2009 12:05:06 AM I'll give you a hint- Male in his 20s. I also know better than to judge by age; Consider.....
» 26/10/2009 11:57:20 PM Good call Loudmouth, and I have indeed thought about the issue; I think a sound legal mea.....
» 26/10/2009 6:24:30 PM Let's face it- ALL of Labor, Liberal and the Nationals would push this idiocy on behalf of.....
» 26/10/2009 6:14:19 PM Damn straight Houellebecq you beat me to it. Adding to that: -The limited choice of indiv.....
» 26/10/2009 5:57:20 PM Pretty much Suzie; All political parties must be entitled to as much airtime as the rest f.....
» 26/10/2009 5:50:00 PM No Problem shadow; The advantages of current solar panels and (vertical-axis) Wind turbin.....
» 26/10/2009 1:01:45 PM Agree CJ- rehctub is missing the point entirely, when it's really quite simple. The same .....
» 26/10/2009 12:52:25 PM agree Missus; I think what Chris is vaguely implying we should do to buyers in China we s.....
» 26/10/2009 12:43:22 PM Euthanasia should be the right of anyone who has a debilitating illness/disablility and re.....
» 25/10/2009 5:08:44 PM David F and Examinator I agree completely. Consumer information in this country is patheti.....
» 25/10/2009 4:33:26 PM Personally I'm perfectly ok for our national day to be on the day Australia was founded- c.....
» 25/10/2009 1:15:28 PM I think it's fair to say that anyone who wants to shoot a roo MUST be required to get a hu.....
» 25/10/2009 1:06:42 PM Or better yet, how about BOTH- people should learn to live more responsibly (a standard th.....
» 25/10/2009 12:32:00 PM Something that most people forget is that there really IS no difference between executive .....
» 25/10/2009 12:26:55 PM I think we have a reasonably optimistic situation at present Fractelle- at least with thes.....
» 23/10/2009 7:51:16 PM Instead of discontinuing our baby bonus, changing our intake of refugees and unskilled imm.....
» 23/10/2009 7:40:09 PM CO2 trading- scam of the century......
» 23/10/2009 7:29:37 PM The old smug 'moderate our lifestyle' argument; Obviously ignoring; -Electric cars, with e.....
» 22/10/2009 4:10:47 PM And on a note- since when is an individual only focusing on one religion in particular, gr.....
» 21/10/2009 7:46:34 PM No Squeers- I never DID say you wanted to overturn democracy- I was just throwing a spanne.....
» 20/10/2009 9:39:38 PM Definitely no scripture- at least not compulsory scripture or 'guest speaker' scripture ev.....
» 20/10/2009 9:34:39 PM Squeers- apparently Sweden, classified year after year as being among the "Most Democ.....
» 20/10/2009 9:14:45 PM I agree Steven- religious vilification laws have no place in a supposedly free society- to.....
» 20/10/2009 9:09:06 PM WILLIE, Individual, Banjo and Ces- nice to see some other people who are making some pract.....
» 20/10/2009 12:53:47 PM Wow- the condescending anthropologists here would make Socrates drop his pants. The (ghoul.....
» 20/10/2009 12:40:17 PM Suzie- I believe it becomes a slippery slope when doctors- who are providing vital service.....
» 19/10/2009 7:05:44 PM Of course it shouldn't. All of the vital tenents to allow freedom of religion (as already.....
» 19/10/2009 7:05:22 PM Taswegian- excellent points. I also suggest a need to form contracts and trade deals with .....
» 19/10/2009 6:45:19 PM There's something that I find strange: Apparently providing medical facilities and practit.....
» 19/10/2009 6:22:07 PM Well, in my opinion the rights of Australians ARE broken, but quite frankly, Frank is NO f.....
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