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» 30/12/2011 9:07:36 AM Grim How many right wing libertarians does it take to change a light bulb? None. The bu.....
» 30/12/2011 8:55:33 AM Poirot - thank you for picking up on the essential meaning of my post. I'll leave others .....
» 30/12/2011 8:36:57 AM Thank you everyone - thought the debate needed a reminder that myths are based upon myths .....
» 29/12/2011 12:14:36 PM [Deleted for trying to discuss moderation decisions plus abuse. User suspended for good.].....
» 29/12/2011 11:30:37 AM Cont'd Reverend Charles Biggs stated: "The disciples of Mithra formed an organized c.....
» 29/12/2011 11:29:35 AM Cont'd (5) Chambers Encyclopedia says: "The most important of his many festivals .....
» 29/12/2011 11:28:13 AM (1) Mithra was born on December 25th as an offspring of the Sun. Next to the gods Ormuz.....
» 29/12/2011 11:25:15 AM Lego Here's what real Australians look like: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/big.....
» 10/11/2011 7:56:03 AM Pelican Comments as puerile as Individual's latest are why I no longer actively participa.....
» 24/10/2011 11:11:31 AM Squeers With three of each gender - when do you find the energy, let alone the time to wr.....
» 24/10/2011 9:36:42 AM Squeers I applaud your posts regarding the 'cultivation' of demand that is a part of unre.....
» 23/10/2011 6:56:25 AM McReal Like Einstein debating George W, or your good self attempting an intelligent discu.....
» 21/10/2011 2:56:28 PM Lexi The Prime Minister greeted Queen Elisabeth with the same level of respect as she doe.....
» 21/10/2011 11:19:44 AM Whether for good or ill leaders set the example (and leaders need to be aware of this). .....
» 19/10/2011 12:56:31 PM Contd " 5. Change the way bankers get paid. We need new laws preventing Wall Street .....
» 19/10/2011 12:55:25 PM Excellent article TRTL Deserves excerpt here: " 1. Break up the monopolies. The so-.....
» 16/10/2011 12:08:24 PM >> venture onto OLO and do what little I can to combat the forces of darkness --whic.....
» 15/10/2011 7:07:56 AM <<< Do you think that everybody under the age of 18 is just going to mysteriously.....
» 14/10/2011 8:42:04 AM You don't have to be religious to be against SSM - true, nor do you have to be religious t.....
» 14/10/2011 8:36:54 AM Houellebecq Doff's me cap I do. Some of your best work to date. ROFL - funny coz its tru.....
» 6/10/2011 11:54:41 AM Loudmouth You really did not answer my question. Bolt publishes lies, untruths, falsehood.....
» 6/10/2011 10:35:03 AM Loudmouth Could you please explain the difference to reporting based on facts and your cl.....
» 5/10/2011 2:16:44 PM Lexi I watched Insight as well and thought exactly the same regarding the young people wh.....
» 5/10/2011 9:04:06 AM Et tu, Poirot?.....
» 5/10/2011 8:40:57 AM Dear Robert So sweet of you to rush to the defence of OLO's CEO......
» 5/10/2011 7:24:26 AM GrahamY >> Lexi, you don't want to argue because you are wrong. << Heh heh h.....
» 4/10/2011 11:37:32 AM Poirot I'm betting you're a fan of William Golding - that, post-apocalypse, we'd revert t.....
» 4/10/2011 10:11:14 AM Anti Who's a naughty, naughty boy. Now you are making complete fabrications of what othe.....
» 3/10/2011 5:26:29 PM Poirot You ARE determined to disagree with anything I write aren't you? I stated: ".....
» 3/10/2011 3:10:58 PM Cont'd Or from Australia's own: " But what about forecasting Australia’s future ene.....
» 3/10/2011 3:08:48 PM Precisely, John The link to http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-a.....
» 3/10/2011 1:55:00 PM Poirot Not at all offended. I post to draw people out. :) It is you who have called me .....
» 3/10/2011 12:34:50 PM Poirot >> If every woman (or man) paid another person to do the domestic chores now.....
» 3/10/2011 12:08:11 PM Great post Pelican Have a question for you, does this ruling limit "free speech".....
» 3/10/2011 11:50:03 AM Poirot >> Every time a woman enters the "workforce" GDP goes up. <<.....
» 3/10/2011 10:50:15 AM By "helpless" I mean anyone who looks like they need help. For chrissakes; someo.....
» 3/10/2011 9:56:54 AM Pericles I too open doors and give up seats to the "the weak, helpless, young, disab.....
» 3/10/2011 9:54:06 AM JayB >> She is the boon of my bane. Old Scottish saying. The joy of my misery. <.....
» 3/10/2011 9:42:03 AM Anti Just had a scary thought, even with eliminating the "weak, helpless, young, dis.....
» 3/10/2011 9:36:04 AM Look to the source of your arguments John http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/ I prefer actua.....
» 3/10/2011 9:21:36 AM Had to look up "baning" in the dictionary. Found this: "Verb baning: Pre.....
» 3/10/2011 9:17:24 AM I agree with the point Anti is driving to. Strong healthy men should put themselves first.....
» 1/10/2011 12:27:07 PM Thank you John Reid For starting this discussion thread and by-passing all that troubleso.....
» 30/09/2011 1:04:47 PM "It is particularly a restriction on the freedom of all Australians to discusss multi.....
» 22/09/2011 8:46:01 AM Mollydukes Well said. To which I would add that those who place their perceived rights a.....
» 21/09/2011 10:04:19 AM Bonmot On other threads I have recommended that the savings of $ through on-shore process.....
» 21/09/2011 8:59:12 AM The continued promotion by both major political parties still focuses on a small issue whe.....
» 20/09/2011 2:51:01 PM Currently reading James Lee Burke's "The Tin Roof Blowdown" A crime novel set .....
» 20/09/2011 9:01:16 AM Lexi I think you have nailed the issue. We in the West only think of ourselves, we publi.....
» 19/09/2011 8:40:45 PM Squeers Your post made me think of "Life of Brian". http://www.youtube.com/wat.....
» 19/09/2011 7:32:07 PM Belly My last post was probably too cryptic. I'm not perfect, neither are you. I am sor.....
» 19/09/2011 7:01:19 PM Belly >> We are human, not perfect, each of us is sometimes right and sometimes wro.....
» 19/09/2011 6:08:52 PM Danielle The reason why gays and lesbians are discriminated against is because they are d.....
» 19/09/2011 11:06:59 AM Lexi Excellent points and affordable given the current cost of off-shore processing both .....
» 19/09/2011 9:39:53 AM Dear Poirot (and Squeers) I thought the same regarding the thread topic. That is exactly .....
» 19/09/2011 8:57:18 AM Loveday Please read my entire post in context. The victim's abuse started when he was an.....
» 19/09/2011 8:26:03 AM Lexi I am heart broken. I was honoured to count Morgan as a friend. Belly, you rush in w.....
» 18/09/2011 1:30:10 PM Good grief, Belly - I do consider some of the posters to OLO as trolls - however I have no.....
» 18/09/2011 12:27:58 PM Poirot I forgot to add that governments can easily ignore the majority view when it suits.....
» 18/09/2011 11:59:00 AM Poirot I believe that "acquiescing to the insular fears of an small island nation&qu.....
» 18/09/2011 11:37:11 AM Pelican, Poirot I can never understand those who turn all issues into basic black or whit.....
» 18/09/2011 11:27:26 AM Poirot Even when/if we vote out the Labor party, as it most assuredly deserves, we will s.....
» 18/09/2011 11:21:24 AM I have been an admirer of Lindsay Tanner since his days as a local pollie in Carlton, Melb.....
» 18/09/2011 11:13:38 AM Lexi Spot on. For all my misgivings about the lack of accountability displayed by the ch.....
» 17/09/2011 4:34:49 PM Lexi I cannot believe that J Gillard has proposed more draconian laws for asylums seekers.....
» 17/09/2011 5:57:05 AM And well said, Wobbles......
» 17/09/2011 5:36:33 AM csteele I lived in the USA during the early 80's (exchange student). Working as a waitres.....
» 15/09/2011 4:34:48 PM Poirot 2 reasons: 1. I disagreed with Squeers with his claim there is a worse ideology t.....
» 15/09/2011 9:14:06 AM Poirot I did not imagine Squeers' personal vitriol. But hey, I'm not the kind of person.....
» 15/09/2011 9:04:51 AM >> I also think people looking for porn have a right not to be assaulted by violent .....
» 14/09/2011 10:06:57 AM Poirot Until this tread I considered both you and Squeers among the more enlightened of O.....
» 14/09/2011 9:44:29 AM Good article, agree with Briar Rose that Western Culture is not the only purveyor and cons.....
» 14/09/2011 9:30:41 AM Just an observation; people are more outraged by a boy playing dress-ups in female clothin.....
» 14/09/2011 9:06:12 AM We have Philo claiming atheism means anti-god. Missing the point that one cannot be anti s.....
» 13/09/2011 5:50:17 PM Furthermore. There are atheists who are conservative, religious who are left-wing. Atheis.....
» 13/09/2011 5:43:16 PM Poirot >> there exist pressing problems of unsustainability and inequity in the wor.....
» 13/09/2011 1:50:05 PM David I found your post: http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=4683&pag.....
» 13/09/2011 12:52:38 PM IDEOLOGY: the body of doctrine, myth, symbol, etc., with reference to some political or cu.....
» 13/09/2011 12:52:17 PM Poirot >> Squeers is right...how many atheists are truly free thinkers? << I.....
» 13/09/2011 9:18:48 AM Grim Not so sure about your analogy, although I find many points with which to agree. To.....
» 12/09/2011 9:44:09 AM Steven 9/11 made an easy method of using fear to govern in Western culture - continuing t.....
» 12/09/2011 9:40:03 AM Philo Then what is the motivation for organisations like Doctors without Borders http://.....
» 12/09/2011 8:42:47 AM Pelican So true - always continuing to improve on excellence - yup an oxymoron if ever th.....
» 11/09/2011 4:27:54 PM Lexi ROFL Totally gobsmacked that Hasbeen can spell 'irony' AND use it in a sentence. ;.....
» 11/09/2011 2:30:00 PM On racism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4I8XzuXC6g&feature=related.....
» 11/09/2011 2:21:53 PM Good one Lexi. Multi-tasking the ability to get administrative tasks done by non-administ.....
» 11/09/2011 1:46:06 PM Poirot Thank you so much. Beginning to feel very misunderstood. While I don't expect ever.....
» 11/09/2011 1:03:01 PM I am always seeking and have found someone who also likes to question - everything. Hoping.....
» 11/09/2011 12:13:43 PM Paul1405 Yes I know. And agree. I am not making myself very clear when other atheists fe.....
» 11/09/2011 11:29:45 AM David I understanding your issues with 'spirituality' - a word that has been bastardised .....
» 11/09/2011 11:15:06 AM Pelican I have often thought that bureaucracy, both corporate and government, is a rich f.....
» 11/09/2011 10:32:09 AM David While I agree there is a time to speak out, I think you missed the point of my haik.....
» 10/09/2011 6:33:06 PM Hatred knows to shout wisdom's silence will win out now peace reigns, no doubt.....
» 10/09/2011 2:03:57 PM Dear Steven I opened the PDF, started to scroll through and went into complete post traum.....
» 10/09/2011 12:01:06 PM Steven When I was in the public service the words "Best Practice" use to make m.....
» 10/09/2011 11:05:43 AM King Hazza Such questions would eliminate many Australians from having the right to live .....
» 10/09/2011 10:11:21 AM Vanna You so clearly see children as commodities to be equally split that you have lost a.....
» 10/09/2011 10:07:13 AM SilverinCanberra >> While there is a clear problem with a 50 year old filming thems.....
» 10/09/2011 9:56:19 AM Woot Saints fan too. What other team would an atheist follow? And I am consistent, when .....
» 9/09/2011 3:47:35 PM Cont'd "The question is: why do humans remain so steadfast to their beliefs, sometim.....
» 9/09/2011 3:44:57 PM I have to wonder how and why faith can trump reason for many people. No amount of patient .....
» 9/09/2011 2:22:34 PM SilverinCanberra I like your reply to Suzeonline. I am sure that there a few people, just.....
» 9/09/2011 12:59:14 PM Thanks Pericles You saved me from having to do a background check. Why didn't the Christ.....
» 9/09/2011 10:59:44 AM >> If my daughter (or my son, for that matter, why didn't Ammonite mention him, I wo.....
» 9/09/2011 9:51:42 AM >> Look:) cant we all share a box of bananas and be done with it:) << Oh I wi.....
» 8/09/2011 4:46:35 PM Poirot I am fully aware of being a product of late 20th and early 21st century western id.....
» 8/09/2011 4:13:21 PM Pelican Do you think that atheists could be coerced by similar power seeking types who ha.....
» 8/09/2011 2:32:14 PM Right with you, Poirot. I found that "football" comment exceedingly offensive t.....
» 8/09/2011 1:04:45 PM Love your work Pelican......
» 8/09/2011 12:20:01 PM Anti Thank you for you clarification. Your post following on immediately after mine refer.....
» 8/09/2011 12:16:17 PM Poirot I will give you a full report after the convention. Unlike Squeers I do not believ.....
» 8/09/2011 11:50:16 AM Briar Rose I do believe that filming sex acts where ANYONE, male, female, Straight or Gay.....
» 8/09/2011 11:25:18 AM Anti Knee-jerk reaction? Much. My link is to one that claims Romance Novels are worse th.....
» 8/09/2011 11:00:44 AM Poirot I took umbrage at Squeers depiction of Dawkins & Co - and responded. I do believe .....
» 8/09/2011 10:44:30 AM Helen Much porn DOES create unrealistic expectations of the viewer. For example, R0bert t.....
» 8/09/2011 9:50:40 AM Otokonoko Thank you for your post. Like Paul1405, I have no problem with people believing.....
» 7/09/2011 5:54:34 PM Unlike religion, science does not claim to have all the answers. As a result it can contin.....
» 7/09/2011 10:22:26 AM Squeers For someone who claims not to read my posts, you have set very firm judgements ab.....
» 7/09/2011 10:05:22 AM Squeers You are right - of course there has been no debate - you have chosen not to read .....
» 7/09/2011 8:21:21 AM Squeers Thank you for taking the time in your oh-so-busy life to explain the basis for yo.....
» 7/09/2011 7:37:31 AM Apologies for being off-topic, however have to point out to Anti that black is the best ab.....
» 6/09/2011 3:46:58 PM Squeers OK, you don't want to elaborate. Could you at least tell a "belligerent, rud.....
» 6/09/2011 9:41:00 AM Squeers I don't have 'gurus' - earlier on this thread I stated quite unequivocally that I.....
» 6/09/2011 9:20:34 AM TBC Jesus and Muhammad would start preaching at each other and Buddha would tell us we ha.....
» 6/09/2011 8:44:40 AM Paul1405 >> Knowing what we know about this church and widespread evidence of child.....
» 5/09/2011 5:43:10 PM GY I do believe that those posters to whom you refer prove the validity of Julie McKay's .....
» 5/09/2011 5:16:00 PM TBC You are too kind. Belly is very much about gender and would probably hold a differen.....
» 5/09/2011 4:34:07 PM Well, I can't swallow that!.....
» 5/09/2011 4:32:36 PM Ooooh Philo Next you'll be all existential. Tell me who has been killed, gaoled, excluded.....
» 5/09/2011 4:27:38 PM Lexi >> What would men be without women, Scarce, - mighty scarce! << But we .....
» 5/09/2011 4:24:13 PM Lexi Your link to the ABS confirms my previous post regarding number of refugees to Austr.....
» 5/09/2011 4:00:04 PM Lexi Of course Gillard is two-faced. ALL women are two-faced conniving witches bent on wo.....
» 5/09/2011 3:26:49 PM Dear Squeers No, I don't read poetry. Except for the occasional haiku. So shoot me. I .....
» 5/09/2011 2:18:26 PM We all know that if one woman screws up - all women are at fault. OLO has taught me so......
» 5/09/2011 2:16:18 PM Woot Looks to me like Squeers is taking the: "if you don't already know, I'm not go.....
» 5/09/2011 2:12:57 PM >> If you don't know what those greater ills are, then you validate my argument.. &l.....
» 5/09/2011 1:44:51 PM The solution is simple, cost effective but neither Labor or the Libs will admit to it. As.....
» 5/09/2011 11:46:44 AM Squeers Of course I knew I was 'preaching to the choir', however, unlike you I believe th.....
» 5/09/2011 11:24:40 AM Squeers It is so-called moderate Christians who have achieved tax payer funding of their .....
» 5/09/2011 10:37:53 AM We need more sexy images, not less. Abso-bloody-lutely. How completely disingenuous, dis.....
» 1/09/2011 9:41:27 AM Belly I have NEVER stated that most Australians want the boats stopped. How dare you use.....
» 31/08/2011 9:40:01 AM Rodney Croome, where are you? Surely there are many other non-homophobic writers in Austra.....
» 31/08/2011 9:09:11 AM Cont'd "You can look down the federal front bench of both sides of Australian politi.....
» 31/08/2011 9:08:25 AM GY Unlike you I see the choice between the Labor Party and the Libs as a choice between b.....
» 30/08/2011 1:25:21 PM TBC Enid Blyton, life is NOT like "Noddy & Big Ears"? :(.....
» 30/08/2011 9:51:07 AM Pelican >> Our system of justice rests on a presumption of innocence not trials by .....
» 30/08/2011 9:27:21 AM Pelican The explanation lies within the amygdala - apparently an overly developed pair pr.....
» 30/08/2011 9:11:40 AM >> Apparently the Thomson issues were known before he was preselected, so why wasn't.....
» 30/08/2011 8:54:05 AM >> The term "marriage" is the sexual union, not the ceremony << ROF.....
» 28/08/2011 9:47:45 AM TBC When you're out past the black stump, Spell-check fails. Also I think Rehctub was sma.....
» 27/08/2011 8:26:37 AM Well stated Grim As Janis Joplin opined, "Freedom is another word for nothing left t.....
» 25/08/2011 9:50:37 AM I agree Pelican. Also, the issue is whether or not Thomson misappropriated funds from the.....
» 24/08/2011 4:34:18 PM Cont'd The other point of view (which is widely accepted by many scientists, hydrogeologi.....
» 24/08/2011 4:33:49 PM Many who post on OLO find facts difficult. For those I suggest Homo nihil facto. For exa.....
» 24/08/2011 3:50:22 PM Banjo Marriage is marriage whether a civil celebration or performed in a religious buildi.....
» 24/08/2011 8:32:48 AM Cont'd For myself, they (migraines) are a part of being me, like some people are genetica.....
» 24/08/2011 8:30:30 AM Anti Blood pressure may be a factor, however I have rarely suffered from high blood press.....
» 23/08/2011 4:51:34 PM SM I am a member of the Liberal Party and I have this fantastic bridge on Sydney Harbour .....
» 23/08/2011 11:46:06 AM Poirot The first it happened to me I was seventeen - I think now, too many long nights st.....
» 23/08/2011 11:33:07 AM I guess I should add what is happening in a migraine sufferer's brain. It is like some of .....
» 23/08/2011 11:20:30 AM Anti I am 100% certain that had I described these symptoms to you prior to your experienc.....
» 23/08/2011 10:26:26 AM I have suffered from this type of migraine since my teens. I know, from experience, they f.....
» 22/08/2011 9:45:29 AM Yeah, right. And all the 'born-to-rule' Liberals are as honest as... well, try South Austr.....
» 19/08/2011 4:42:51 PM Eclipse Now I sent an request to OLO for my email to be passed onto you. If course, I'll .....
» 19/08/2011 9:06:33 AM Robert Do you ever feel you are wasting your time here? Thought you'd enjoy the followin.....
» 18/08/2011 4:14:31 PM The actual word "marriage" is not a specifically or exclusively religious word o.....
» 18/08/2011 8:19:54 AM Eclipse Now Hoping you kept a copy of your post. Back to topic. BP is one of the few fo.....
» 18/08/2011 8:06:36 AM Below is a video clarifying the issue for those who think they are defending marriage by b.....
» 17/08/2011 7:14:53 PM Follow the logic... If same sex marriage is the slippery slope to the marriage of childre.....
» 17/08/2011 9:11:14 AM Dear Pelican OLO is becoming increasingly fraught for those of a progressive nature, with.....
» 17/08/2011 8:55:38 AM >> No Eclipsed, you don't get away with your snide denigration of others. << .....
» 16/08/2011 3:35:13 PM >> Maybe even the obsession with culture and ethnicity will fizzle when we all recog.....
» 16/08/2011 1:56:18 PM Dear Eclipse Now and Lexi Hope to meet with you on other threads. There is no point in at.....
» 16/08/2011 1:27:29 PM Belly I never mentioned "libel" in post my post to Antiseptic. Suggest you rere.....
» 16/08/2011 10:08:10 AM Dear Pelican One day people will not need to utilise such poor methods to be treated with.....
» 16/08/2011 9:45:55 AM >> Suggestion: blow it out ya bum! << Posted by Antiseptic, Tuesday, 16 August.....
» 15/08/2011 11:29:00 AM Spot the contradiction: >> Talk about closed minded. I have never called non-christ.....
» 15/08/2011 10:12:16 AM Pericles Methinks you have discovered the underwhelming truth. Long for a world, were su.....
» 15/08/2011 10:07:04 AM Last night I listened to ABC 774 on this very topic. The concerns were about a moral fram.....
» 14/08/2011 5:44:23 PM Eclipse Now I wish you the best on your working future. I agree that it is not difficult .....
» 14/08/2011 3:34:21 PM >> Positive ethical values such as the Golden Rule of 'Do unto others as you would h.....
» 14/08/2011 1:10:21 PM To all interested posters: The following website is an educational one sponsored by NOAA'.....
» 14/08/2011 11:33:40 AM For those who complain that RN is elitist and biased, there are always alternatives - comm.....
» 14/08/2011 9:51:21 AM << Are the conservatives suggesting it should be dumbed down for them? >> Ha .....
» 14/08/2011 9:36:41 AM Well said Squeers. No confusion for my niece and nephew, aged 11 and 13 respectively. The.....
» 13/08/2011 1:43:10 PM Philo Humans have provided succour, comfort and compassion for one another long before Ch.....
» 13/08/2011 12:49:28 PM This thread has become too silly to even consider further subscription to OLO. Formersnag.....
» 12/08/2011 1:48:23 PM Robert All it achieves is discriminating against non-Christians, whether we be religious .....
» 12/08/2011 11:09:34 AM Robert & Shadow Minister I do not get this opportunity often, with you both of you at onc.....
» 12/08/2011 9:17:20 AM Mollydukes >> He (Murdoch) may claim that he didn't know and he will fix what was a.....
» 12/08/2011 9:11:12 AM NSB >> it is not our right to tell others that they 'chose' the wrong person/party......
» 8/08/2011 5:08:13 PM mjpb I sorry to see that you are having difficulties with a couple of simple definitions......
» 8/08/2011 3:55:19 PM The difference between scepticism and denialism: 1. Sceptics are people who don’t take th.....
» 8/08/2011 2:29:25 PM Yes Belly, the Australian Government (irrespective of whether it is a Liberal or Labor one.....
» 8/08/2011 2:07:51 PM Shadow Minister and Belly both cannot understand why more people have been voting for the .....
» 8/08/2011 2:05:36 PM >> I'm sure that if the PM was to suddenly walk on water - the Opposition would stat.....
» 8/08/2011 9:57:22 AM >> When tolerance is diminished so too is irony. When the left are right, they like .....
» 7/08/2011 5:54:58 PM Philo I am talking about people who love each other. You are the one fixated on sex. Get .....
» 7/08/2011 2:23:10 PM Excellent points. What does not go into the atmosphere winds up in our oceans: "Whe.....
» 7/08/2011 1:49:37 PM Well said wallumi Facts are facts. The above has little to do with left or right politic.....
» 7/08/2011 8:45:03 AM Rob Canoe It has been a pleasure to chat with you. There are a number of active posters o.....
» 6/08/2011 11:13:39 AM My money is on the sperm. Cheers.....
» 6/08/2011 10:39:39 AM King Hazza Like I said on another thread I don't always agree with you. And this is one o.....
» 6/08/2011 10:30:33 AM Kerryanne We must be fair: Bullies have rights too. ;).....
» 6/08/2011 8:32:36 AM Poirot Don't you know that refugee babies are trained with Uzi's while still breastfeedin.....
» 6/08/2011 8:11:01 AM Belly For every Nile or Pell, Christians do have a Father Bob Maguire or Fr Bill Kennedy .....
» 6/08/2011 8:03:44 AM Poirot Apologies for appearing a bit harsh vis a vis Abbott/Nauru - I am well aware of yo.....
» 6/08/2011 7:43:42 AM Rob Canoe I agree we are gambling with our future. Economic failure will definitely occur.....
» 5/08/2011 6:20:09 PM Poirot >> It's hypocrisy of monumental proportions. << Agreed. However, wha.....
» 5/08/2011 6:12:59 PM Graham Y I source my information from creditable sites such as NASA, Science Journals and.....
» 5/08/2011 5:30:02 PM Cont'd "...Dessler, the A&M climatologist said that he doubted the research would sh.....
» 5/08/2011 5:22:11 PM The Heartland Institute has eagerly latched onto Roy Spencer's research into cloud formati.....
» 5/08/2011 12:38:06 PM VK3AUU My thought exactly. If the light fitting had fallen on her while she slept, then i.....
» 5/08/2011 12:22:50 PM Robert IRONY: The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies t.....
» 5/08/2011 10:18:03 AM Gawd. Mucho grande irony: Either Christian fundamentalists or feminists are to blame for.....
» 5/08/2011 10:13:53 AM King Hazza Just arrived at this thread after reading your highly entertaining and "f.....
» 5/08/2011 10:02:11 AM Eclipse Now I think you just eclipsed me by "that much". Your links to valid so.....
» 5/08/2011 9:47:19 AM Mollydukes Welcome to OLO. Your posts are very cogent and a wonderful read. Now I must d.....
» 5/08/2011 9:27:26 AM Philo Your religion and your interpretation of such, not all theologians agree with that .....
» 5/08/2011 9:20:39 AM Kerryanne That we cannot see each other only provides a facade for a limited time. Bullie.....
» 5/08/2011 9:15:31 AM This is a sorry little thread. Linking to genuine science sites, peopled by real climato.....
» 4/08/2011 5:44:00 PM KH >> America that has lower social welfare, higher business regulation (yes, highe.....
» 4/08/2011 4:57:32 PM Bazz That video clearly spells out where we are right now. Of course, you must understa.....
» 4/08/2011 3:56:19 PM Or one can go to direct sources such as NASA (explains climate as opposed to weather): ht.....
» 4/08/2011 2:50:56 PM TRTL >> I've found that I usually learn the most when I disagree with a commentator.....
» 4/08/2011 10:08:06 AM Pelican Well stated, as always. A random psychotic ruins the lives of many people and so.....
» 4/08/2011 9:36:59 AM Philo Lexi has not demanded that you turn gay, nor give up your beliefs, merely that you .....
» 3/08/2011 11:24:19 AM I remain amazed that Shadow Minister can tell one party from the other. You have to give h.....
» 3/08/2011 9:59:15 AM Dear Rob Always a pleasure to read your balanced and thoughtful posts. T'will take a grea.....
» 2/08/2011 3:54:20 PM ChazP I agree with what you say - I think we are talking at cross purposes here. I agree .....
» 2/08/2011 1:30:49 PM ChazP I can only state that you have selectively read my posts, which have been all about.....
» 2/08/2011 10:38:35 AM Robert I completely agree. I also concur that 50/50 is a good place to start - we need so.....
» 2/08/2011 9:58:41 AM Well said Bugsy: >> God doesn't make sense under close scrutiny of course, because .....
» 2/08/2011 9:38:54 AM Philo Your interpretation of the meaning of marriage is but one of many. In your case it .....
» 2/08/2011 9:19:54 AM Robert I am merely pointing out to you that a 50/50 ruling cannot work in all cases - suc.....
» 1/08/2011 1:12:39 PM Robert Thanks for your reply. Just a couple of points: 1. Expressing breast milk is not.....
» 1/08/2011 9:56:20 AM Is Mise The tragedy is that while gun registration does help reduce accidental shootings .....
» 1/08/2011 9:39:08 AM Robert What you have written sounds fine on paper - as do most good intentions. What do y.....
» 31/07/2011 10:49:36 AM Lexi Excellent thread. My thoughts have been succinctly presented by posters such as Sque.....
» 29/07/2011 5:58:28 PM Robert Completely agree. Really nice to agree on something. Philo makes no allowance for.....
» 29/07/2011 5:54:31 PM Chazp & Robert You may want to tune into Radio National's Background Briefing: 50-50 Par.....
» 27/07/2011 1:49:43 PM Belly >> to avoid all contact with Csteele and Ammonite << WTF? Apart from .....
» 27/07/2011 8:35:54 AM Darn, I missed the best bits, my only question is that Shadow Minister and Col Rouge are h.....
» 27/07/2011 7:57:07 AM Rob Canoe >> From our discussion I can not still conclude what we could do to rever.....
» 26/07/2011 11:57:18 AM Antiseptic, >> I know you're not real good at maths, but I shouldn't think you'd fi.....
» 26/07/2011 11:29:39 AM Antiseptic >> Whatever bullying you think you've seen, I can assure you I've exper.....
» 26/07/2011 11:18:09 AM csteele Forgotten Mighty Boosh - only on SBS and didn't manage to see all episodes, but o.....
» 26/07/2011 10:40:51 AM Yabby IS that the Gulf of Mexico BP? Or some other one that is actually environmentally r.....
» 26/07/2011 9:58:07 AM Agree that humour is often subjective. I know while I was living in the USA I began to fin.....
» 26/07/2011 9:47:06 AM I started drifting from Labor in the 1980's, while at uni and on a yearly income of less t.....
» 26/07/2011 9:25:07 AM Kerryanne >> The best thing i saw a few months ago was the boy who was being bullie.....
» 24/07/2011 9:47:31 AM Ludwig >> Definitely some immigration, but no onshore asylum seeking. An increased .....
» 23/07/2011 10:24:42 AM Kerryanne Excellent website. Deserves more promotion - will spend more time there when I .....
» 22/07/2011 2:20:10 PM The following makes sense of it all, trust me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WpzrtQwI0.....
» 22/07/2011 12:48:57 PM Dan S Slander? Nowhere have I slandered anyone, least of all you. What is it Dan, when .....
» 22/07/2011 9:28:51 AM Don't know what all the fuss is about. The cost of maternity leave wouldn't be a problem .....
» 22/07/2011 9:20:44 AM Kerryanne Vale to your friend Keith. CANARIES IN THE COAL MINES Not so long ago miners.....
» 21/07/2011 2:31:05 PM Lexi Excellent topic. When someone asked on another thread recently, "How much biod.....
» 21/07/2011 1:36:36 PM Ludwig I wasn't quite clear enough. I wrote: And (your favourite) we do stabilise our po.....
» 21/07/2011 10:57:05 AM Ludwig Using your logic, we would not have moved on from gas-lamps and kids down coal-min.....
» 21/07/2011 9:58:25 AM Ludwig: >>> Corporations or large companies, or small companies for that matter,.....
» 20/07/2011 11:07:09 AM Lexi >> This left her looking hopelessly out of her depth on the international stag.....
» 20/07/2011 10:05:27 AM It matters not what the Greens stand for, their goals or even contributions to the Austral.....
» 20/07/2011 8:01:51 AM Loved that link Morganzola. Like where did J Gillard's personality go after her swearing .....
» 19/07/2011 10:07:55 AM Loudmouth I agree planet Earth will be fine no matter what we do - it'll take our sun goi.....
» 19/07/2011 9:50:53 AM Oooooh, group hug everyone. Yep, hoping the real Belly will return to us, once the aliens.....
» 19/07/2011 9:40:42 AM Poirot I'm thinking that ChazP and Antiseptic are soul-mates. They just haven't realised .....
» 18/07/2011 4:06:25 PM Bugsy >> But I would never 'fervently want' to believe such a thing, that would ind.....
» 18/07/2011 2:50:30 PM Curmudgeon: >> Consumers have previously been mislead by the emphasis on wind as so.....
» 18/07/2011 2:00:34 PM Loudmouth You say: >> I'm more concerned about the disappearance of frogs from the.....
» 18/07/2011 12:12:26 PM Kernot failed to present a list of how much News Corporation (Murdoch) actually owns in Au.....
» 18/07/2011 11:57:58 AM Loudmouth Please check Bonmot's link. A point to consider is that climate change means ex.....
» 18/07/2011 11:31:19 AM Lexi >> It's only a discussion right? How has it disintegrated to such disrespect? .....
» 18/07/2011 11:14:24 AM No, wind power is not always there when we need it. Nor is solar. We need a range of diver.....
» 18/07/2011 10:39:27 AM Lexi Enjoyed your post very much - especially considering that this thread appears to be .....
» 18/07/2011 9:46:57 AM R0bert Interesting claim you make: >> Antiseptic I agree with the point that you m.....
» 18/07/2011 9:05:22 AM Apologies to those who were following this thread, I have not been able to post the inform.....
» 18/07/2011 8:57:54 AM SM Agree with Wobbles. It is just a symbol, like that one with a man nailed to a crucifix.....
» 15/07/2011 12:09:08 PM >> Australia is governed by a stable coalition of ALP, Green and Independent parliam.....
» 15/07/2011 10:06:49 AM Note to self don't ask a person's religion when leading into further points. Thanks to Po.....
» 15/07/2011 9:37:53 AM Poirot As I stated in my last post, the argument has not moved on at all. No matter what.....
» 14/07/2011 4:41:05 PM >> What a waste of a good toast: a toast is meant to be eaten, not to be viewed. <.....
» 14/07/2011 3:45:27 PM Yuyutsu Are you a Christian? If so you are more likely to see images of Jesus in a piece .....
» 14/07/2011 3:35:22 PM Rusty Um Thanks. I had forgotten what I'd written, I didn't realise that because I used .....
» 14/07/2011 3:17:19 PM Dear Chazp >> So these are the figures that are relied on by Male Supremacist grubs.....
» 14/07/2011 9:53:45 AM Pericles What Grim said. You brought up the claim about costing, when it was thrown back.....
» 14/07/2011 9:41:42 AM Cont'd In conclusion, I question whether you are genuinely concerned about the best welfa.....
» 14/07/2011 9:39:38 AM Nice try Robert. You may think you have been presenting some semblance of balance - but i.....
» 13/07/2011 3:44:10 PM Rubbish! "It is incorrect to imply that Australia risks going it alone on pricing ca.....
» 13/07/2011 3:39:39 PM Robert This is gonna be interesting........
» 13/07/2011 3:37:49 PM SM 1. People like Hasbeen are still in the 19th century as far as understanding science. .....
» 13/07/2011 12:50:32 PM Dear Lexi It is the pebbles that help guide us, and some turn out to be quite valuable. A.....
» 13/07/2011 10:03:40 AM Cont'd "Then in 1938, an English engineer named Guy Stewart Callendar took another l.....
» 13/07/2011 10:02:11 AM Hasbeen Increasing levels of CO2 explained: "Would it surprise you to know that the.....
» 13/07/2011 9:56:07 AM Australia will be left behind if it does not get on board with sustainable technologies. .....
» 13/07/2011 9:49:52 AM Cutting pollution is not a left-wing issue: "The Ross Garnaut-commissioned CSIRO’s r.....
» 13/07/2011 9:04:49 AM Pericles Not claiming the Greens are perfect, but they are streets ahead of the DLP, or o.....
» 13/07/2011 8:38:15 AM Its true, Abbott is about winning government no matter what. And I mean no matter; no cost.....
» 13/07/2011 8:27:16 AM Previously I asked: >> Those who are in favour of a two-party system, could you ple.....
» 13/07/2011 3:05:12 AM Individual Godwin's Law: You lose......
» 13/07/2011 2:59:06 AM Lexi You must know that I hold the utmost respect for you. And you know, from thoughtful .....
» 12/07/2011 5:20:46 PM Lexi No, not entirely. But I don't see how placing humans above nature has helped. Clearl.....
» 12/07/2011 4:53:04 PM Lexi I don't even know where to begin here. I am not judging Mexicans in particular, but .....
» 12/07/2011 4:22:41 PM Lexi Looking at the issue on a global basis, human culture has managed to destroy our env.....
» 12/07/2011 4:14:38 PM Cont'd “650 species in Tasmania are considered rare or threatened, many of these are foun.....
» 12/07/2011 4:13:27 PM How much biodiversity is enough? Without it we cannot sustain the human race and other sp.....
» 12/07/2011 1:31:58 PM I made a mistake in the following post: >> Antiseptic You hurt so much. I cannot t.....
» 12/07/2011 1:18:06 PM PS Loudmouth "I'm not Frank..." "I'm Ernest?" Hope so. Too many h.....
» 12/07/2011 1:14:05 PM Pericles Sorry to spoil your fun. But finding the nazi label extremely offensive. Loudmo.....
» 12/07/2011 1:07:32 PM 1. What Pelican said. 2. Disagreeing is not attacking. 3. Beating up people or children .....
» 12/07/2011 11:19:56 AM Pelican Have to take a break for now. Am questioning the effects of a monopoly of news di.....
» 12/07/2011 11:00:47 AM Rstuart Well said. The action taken on boat refugees has remained as "the end justi.....
» 12/07/2011 10:38:27 AM Can we establish a new term similar to that of Godwin's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.....
» 12/07/2011 10:30:48 AM Note to self, wait before posting. :D at you Loudmouth......
» 12/07/2011 10:16:46 AM >> Could it be that individuals crave a return to a womb-like state or that of a new.....
» 12/07/2011 10:01:24 AM Morganzola wrote: >> The system should be made more democratic, not less so. A majo.....
» 12/07/2011 9:53:00 AM Loudmouth Very interesting posts. Like Kartiya Jim, the best we can do is make a recognit.....
» 12/07/2011 9:30:30 AM Happy You can only make conjectures about other posters. True, Antiseptic is consistently.....
» 11/07/2011 11:50:24 AM Pericles >> Mind you, if they succeed with some of their more fiscally-destructive .....
» 11/07/2011 10:45:05 AM ozbib I have always found protestations of the Greens as being extreme left puzzling also.....
» 11/07/2011 10:33:00 AM kartiya jim I too live in the state of Victorian attitudes. Perhaps the Baillieu governme.....
» 11/07/2011 10:29:29 AM Poirot :D.....
» 11/07/2011 9:29:55 AM Briar Rose I agree that there has not been enough focus on abuse by women. However, it is.....
» 10/07/2011 2:47:30 PM Lexi The ruthless expediency of Murdoch was the catalyst for this topic. However, I am in.....
» 10/07/2011 2:39:36 PM Antiseptic You hurt so much. I cannot take away your pain, only you can heal yourself. .....
» 10/07/2011 11:44:18 AM Belly Because we disagree on the Greens policies you accuse me of being "close-minde.....
» 10/07/2011 10:59:00 AM Lexi A lot of this insanity began as you pointed out, when a corporation was granted stat.....
» 10/07/2011 9:10:40 AM Belly We may not always agree - but all is well if we can still talk to each other and no.....
» 10/07/2011 9:02:33 AM I hope that the link to Max Barry provided some relief from the verbal battery by such as .....
» 10/07/2011 8:45:31 AM Belly Your posts flowed like liquid prose, an enjoyable and passionate read until CLANG!,.....
» 9/07/2011 3:41:55 PM Much mischief is being enacted here, dogs are male and so are Smurfs except for one. Some .....
» 9/07/2011 3:37:16 PM Big business trusts its associations with the law, government and public complacency. &qu.....
» 9/07/2011 2:58:04 PM Belly If Kookaburra's spread bird-flu, I'd move to another planet. They're my favourite b.....
» 9/07/2011 2:49:49 PM Bonmot Thanks for the links to "The Conversation" a much needed dose of sanity .....
» 9/07/2011 1:28:13 PM Cont'd "That responsibility is sometimes murky even where violations of law are clea.....
» 9/07/2011 1:27:30 PM Lexi Your point: >> White-collar crime and corporate crime is generally regarded w.....
» 9/07/2011 1:18:12 PM SoG Need to clarify your argument. Are you saying because the British press has been dis.....
» 9/07/2011 1:14:45 PM Pelican << There is no recognition about the difference on biodiversity (essential .....
» 9/07/2011 12:05:03 PM Pelican Many thanks for your post. You raised the issue of government. Apart from open r.....
» 9/07/2011 9:28:36 AM Robert >> I note that none of the "fair minded women" have seen fit to ch.....
» 9/07/2011 9:10:08 AM Thanks Lexi. I have a similar background to both Morganzola and Cossomby, attended Sunday.....
» 9/07/2011 8:56:02 AM Belly I'm about as thin-skinned as you - think about that. Keep up with the trapping old.....
» 9/07/2011 8:22:43 AM Loudmouth Thanks for your good and unfortunately, not so common, sense. JoM Thoroughly.....
» 9/07/2011 8:12:19 AM Thanks everyone for your replies. I will attempt to do them justice. Spindoc Just didn't.....
» 8/07/2011 11:12:24 AM OUG >> ha ha..the buck dont stop but if you stop the buck$ they can be held to acco.....
» 8/07/2011 10:50:03 AM Spindoc Your opinions of the IPCC are very familiar. I posit that the executive staff of .....
» 8/07/2011 9:43:15 AM Lexi I find myself in agreement with Squeers AND George. Do you mean formal religion lik.....
» 8/07/2011 9:38:19 AM JoM Really? >>>Who brought up the subject of White Genocide? Not me.<<<.....
» 8/07/2011 9:27:19 AM Robert Please find a post where a single women has wished that men be more like women? Y.....
» 8/07/2011 8:49:33 AM Build another road and watch them come, build another road and watch them come, build anot.....
» 8/07/2011 8:36:08 AM News Of the World will close its doors. 200 people from printers to truck drivers, admini.....
» 7/07/2011 10:51:45 AM Robert >> "And finally (after how many years?), R0bert:" Actually it's n.....
» 7/07/2011 10:12:37 AM Ludwig >> Population stabilisation is an essential part of this. Nuclear power has .....
» 6/07/2011 2:27:42 PM Pressed the post it key too soon. >> Marriage is not a "right", it must b.....
» 6/07/2011 2:07:50 PM I have never been unfaithful in any of my serious long term relationships. There are many.....
» 6/07/2011 11:17:45 AM I have been searching for some commentary on female domestic violence that is not a thinly.....
» 6/07/2011 11:01:44 AM Belly The final paragraph in your link: "There are tensions brewing to the surface .....
» 6/07/2011 6:53:12 AM JoM As a heterosexual male married for 22 years to a woman(?), you claim same sex couples.....
» 6/07/2011 4:56:57 AM Saltpetre I agree with much of your last post and am having difficulty reconciling it wit.....
» 6/07/2011 4:47:34 AM Suzeonline >> what could they possibly have to gain by ignoring all these violent f.....
» 6/07/2011 4:40:49 AM Wobbles Far-right appears to be unable to hold up a mirror to itself. In addition to wha.....
» 6/07/2011 4:25:33 AM Saltpetre Obviously going around in circles here. You claim: >> My response: Gays.....
» 5/07/2011 5:19:52 PM Pelican >> But for a DV policy to work it has to be relevant and meaningful and it .....
» 5/07/2011 9:39:17 AM Also, the author failed to address the fact that bullying women are more likely to use psy.....
» 5/07/2011 9:34:15 AM >> We urgently need a far more holistic approach to the problems of domestic, intima.....
» 5/07/2011 9:21:57 AM Saltpetre If you are not homophobic, why such opposition to people who love each other fo.....
» 5/07/2011 8:58:39 AM You stole my thunder, happy. >> There are millions of fathers out there who love an.....
» 4/07/2011 1:36:20 PM Belly Your neighbour's leaving food out for dogs will attract a lot more than just Mynahs.....
» 4/07/2011 12:56:17 PM Belly "The information is contained in a Federal Parliament background note on boat .....
» 4/07/2011 12:45:44 PM SM Really? http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=12221&page=0#210788.....
» 4/07/2011 12:41:54 PM SM Then I expect you to put your hand up for building Australia's nuclear reactors in you.....
» 4/07/2011 11:25:07 AM Agnostic of Mittagong ROFL.....
» 4/07/2011 11:23:49 AM Shadyoasis Me too. Some on OLO actually argue that Australia is a "white" count.....
» 4/07/2011 11:18:21 AM Hestia I agree with your comment for the most part, but suspect your 'audience' is made u.....
» 4/07/2011 10:44:48 AM Aquarius Country Girl has explained all, most succinctly......
» 4/07/2011 10:23:01 AM Belly I must've misunderstood you from your complaints about your soil type, the fact tha.....
» 4/07/2011 9:57:54 AM I thought marriage was about love. Some humans actually love each other, truly, madly, dee.....
» 4/07/2011 9:46:12 AM Quantumleap Love your sense of humour, you should ask Col how he feels about homosexuals .....
» 3/07/2011 3:26:00 PM Beautifully expressed Lexi. And it is people like you who prevent OLO from being just a w.....
» 3/07/2011 12:42:44 PM Here: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s867068.htm No excuses for you......
» 3/07/2011 12:33:30 PM Belly Indigenous to your region means plants that are native to your region. There should.....
» 3/07/2011 11:51:40 AM Being told I am "sitting on a fortune" has never made me feel particularly power.....
» 3/07/2011 11:38:25 AM JoM It is not gays who are revolting. :D.....
» 3/07/2011 11:31:49 AM On same page with you Ludwig. Which was why my advice to Belly was to make his garden mor.....
» 3/07/2011 11:10:24 AM http://trendsupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/wordsworth-1.jpg.....
» 3/07/2011 10:17:32 AM Thanks Ludwig All of which means by planting indigenous flora creates an environment clos.....
» 3/07/2011 8:54:32 AM JamesH Anyone who feels the only way they can have power is by withholding sex has major .....
» 3/07/2011 8:37:27 AM Belly I posted the original link to the ANU, with the hope that you would read further. T.....
» 3/07/2011 7:06:36 AM Belly Inclined to agree with Ludwig here, which is why I suggested on planting FOR indige.....
» 3/07/2011 6:53:51 AM Danielle A couple of my neighbours regularly go walking with a German Shepherd, Labrador .....
» 3/07/2011 6:34:47 AM >> Women and men are demeaned by their servitude to capital. Oh, they supplicate bef.....
» 2/07/2011 1:47:29 PM Pelican >> It isn't only about penny pinching but about reducing waste and using le.....
» 2/07/2011 1:06:02 PM This is the culprit Belly http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200709/r186930_697232.jpg And the.....
» 2/07/2011 10:15:00 AM Hasbeen Brown leading Gillard by nose? NOT: Gay marriage; Gillard claims she does not s.....
» 2/07/2011 9:12:06 AM Poirot Excellent points vis a vis Greer and Paglia. I find Greer a more accessible read t.....
» 2/07/2011 7:35:22 AM Danielle Loving your suggestions. Love the idea of a goat - would save much work on my st.....
» 2/07/2011 7:01:49 AM Cont'd "“These people live on our frontiers and I can tell you, they don’t live part.....
» 2/07/2011 7:00:18 AM I haven't noticed any 'vegans' posting on any of the recent animal rights threads. Even .....
» 2/07/2011 6:47:46 AM Cont'd Ian I would recommend, if you have the time and patience, to read some of the post.....
» 2/07/2011 6:46:56 AM Ian Thank you for your active participation in this thread. I have written numerous posts.....
» 1/07/2011 4:54:12 PM Ooops misspelling should be 'rennet'......
» 1/07/2011 4:52:33 PM Forgot about rennert, but aren't there many alternative enzyme solutions that can be used .....
» 1/07/2011 1:45:00 PM Aquarius >> Are we that narrow minded or are we brain washed by our misguided relig.....
» 1/07/2011 12:06:41 PM Thanks King Hazza There is no hope for Australia. Where are the people who have both a m.....
» 1/07/2011 11:38:20 AM Kerryanne Apologies for making very poor joke. You do have a point about the new product.....
» 1/07/2011 11:01:28 AM Halal Vegemite? Does this mean the veggies might be stunned prior to.... Agreed "ha.....
» 1/07/2011 10:43:10 AM Robert >> an easy tactic for non-male people to get an easy advantage. << NO.....
» 30/06/2011 10:14:35 AM Dan S I am not your teacher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_variation http:.....
» 30/06/2011 10:05:32 AM Wish Carbon Tax would be called Pollution Tax - its not just about carbon......
» 30/06/2011 10:02:43 AM >> Invest in a cheap greenhouse << Must do so soon, have too much shade AND t.....
» 30/06/2011 9:43:59 AM Poirot Thanks for the heads-up on "To be and To Have". I know this is not a do.....
» 30/06/2011 9:31:05 AM Agree with Pelican about super profits tax, particularly considering we do not own much of.....
» 30/06/2011 9:23:01 AM Poirot I'm with you on this topic. We all have ourselves to blame for this fine mess. Fe.....
» 30/06/2011 9:08:52 AM Well done, Lexi. Dumb and dumber. One person is trying desperately to prove that whites a.....
» 29/06/2011 12:49:20 PM Belly I am very happy to hear about your little piece of paradise. We're more on the same.....
» 29/06/2011 12:24:59 PM Dear Dan Because all humans evolved from the same ancestors, which is why we are the same.....
» 29/06/2011 12:21:39 PM There, there Yabby, the nasty easterners will stop picking on you. Just go and count your .....
» 29/06/2011 12:18:11 PM Dear Tony While you are solving all the world's problems, please set up free adult litera.....
» 29/06/2011 12:12:57 PM Rainbow Lorikeets have been returning to the suburbs of Melbourne and are amazingly aggres.....
» 29/06/2011 11:32:50 AM Poirot >> as the main point seems to have been to get as many humans participating .....
» 29/06/2011 11:20:08 AM Dan S Sheeeeeesh! We have been over evolution and your creationism beliefs before - this.....
» 29/06/2011 7:02:39 AM Dan S If you like to believe that we all descended from Noah and this means you believe s.....
» 28/06/2011 3:05:57 PM stevenlmeyer Another excellent post. Agree completely. So what are we going to do? Capit.....
» 28/06/2011 2:11:10 PM a597 >> You can not assume the person in the burka is a female. << It is far.....
» 28/06/2011 1:55:05 PM Suzeonline Worked in an administrative position in an Aged Care Home for a while. My pay .....
» 28/06/2011 10:08:27 AM And this: "The bank bailouts of 2008 continue to bring the broad economy harm, all t.....
» 28/06/2011 10:04:21 AM Steven >> By bailing out the banks I have a feeling we've prolonged the agony and t.....
» 28/06/2011 9:19:04 AM SoG Don't make assumptions. Fracking would have to be one of the worst ways of releasing.....
» 27/06/2011 4:51:34 PM JoM >> You're getting all catty because you've been caught promoting genocide and I.....
» 27/06/2011 3:49:56 PM imajulianutter You are entitled to your opinion - and that is all it is......
» 27/06/2011 3:48:09 PM Jay of Melbourne I disagree with everything you have to say on the topic of refugees. You.....
» 27/06/2011 12:58:01 PM Lexi I certainly empathise with you. Where stunning has been permitted in both kosher and.....
» 27/06/2011 12:36:54 PM gypsy You and Jayb are confusing religion with culture. And confusing human beings with r.....
» 27/06/2011 11:53:33 AM Yeah Hasbeen If we all had "coffee coloured" skin.... there'd be less skin canc.....
» 27/06/2011 11:40:02 AM gypsy Thank you for your deep consideration of my post and your welcome to people of dive.....
» 27/06/2011 11:37:22 AM Thanks Squeers. Timing is everything and your perfectly reasonable post directly followed.....
» 27/06/2011 11:08:19 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4PBgtFHl58 Still relevant after how many years?.....
» 27/06/2011 11:03:13 AM gypsy Christians may make claim to certain values, however they cannot claim to have inve.....
» 27/06/2011 10:22:43 AM Aquarius I needed that. As one does on a Monday morning......
» 27/06/2011 10:21:02 AM Aquarius The Great Ocean Road is where I like to take visitors as well around my own regi.....
» 27/06/2011 10:05:40 AM Squeers While I agree with you, am taking issue about "gaudy" cards, one can bu.....
» 27/06/2011 9:00:56 AM Pelican Those cheese making series, had me salivating, cheese is a living vibrant food an.....
» 27/06/2011 8:49:50 AM Pelican I identified with everything in your last post, especially the cow manure :D I r.....
» 26/06/2011 11:47:39 AM Australia has huge gas resources and I have always considered using this resource as the o.....
» 25/06/2011 2:28:40 PM Kerryanne Thank you for that very helpful and informative post......
» 25/06/2011 2:27:12 PM Lexi I can confirm Poirot and Peter Hume, Human Planet is wonderful. Makes me wish I coul.....
» 25/06/2011 12:42:48 PM Individual You cannot understand that we are all a 'racial' mix - no matter how 'white' w.....
» 25/06/2011 7:51:44 AM Babies happily play together, without a concern or even noticing skin colour. Until older .....
» 24/06/2011 1:03:35 PM Grim ROFL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGOU0o9K89g.....
» 24/06/2011 12:52:45 PM Someone earlier suggested a conscience vote. If Abbott was sincere he'd support a conscie.....
» 24/06/2011 8:07:54 AM Country Gal You are threatening Vanna's worldview, without which he will be unable to fun.....
» 24/06/2011 8:02:56 AM Belly As a PM Kevin makes a great Foreign Minister, however his presence is preventing th.....
» 24/06/2011 7:57:29 AM Feeling I was born a century to early, my dream of being an astronaut will never be fulfil.....
» 24/06/2011 7:34:23 AM It think it is time that Kev was removed completely from the equation. A nice little diplo.....
» 24/06/2011 6:41:56 AM csteele We have only the information publicly to make an analysis. 1. The woman refused.....
» 23/06/2011 3:50:06 PM SM Are you in agreement with Abbott to hold a plebiscite on Carbon Tax? If so, do you be.....
» 23/06/2011 3:38:07 PM It is the health (lack of vitamin D) that concerns me more and is a significant health pro.....
» 23/06/2011 3:28:12 PM Country Gal Agree these advances are not overnight - but worthwhile, with genetic enginee.....
» 23/06/2011 2:04:29 PM What am I? My ancestry is Middle eastern (Jewish), Irish, Scottish and British. I was bo.....
» 23/06/2011 10:06:41 AM SM Missing the point as usual. Gillard is not the first pollie to go back on her exact wo.....
» 23/06/2011 9:27:05 AM Country Gal I forgot to add that the example of castration I gave was not meant as a deli.....
» 23/06/2011 9:16:13 AM Vanna My sister worked as an electronics technician for 20 years before switching careers.....
» 23/06/2011 9:08:34 AM SM Gillard was not exactly ruling out a carbon tax either. As Flo said, you are playing .....
» 23/06/2011 8:55:07 AM Belly Thanks for your understanding. I really loath the full face burqa, on so many leve.....
» 23/06/2011 8:43:35 AM Lexi Oh no! Not the Barbies! Er, no I wasn't thinking about Barbie dolls, maybe I spend.....
» 22/06/2011 5:29:27 PM Cheryl & Lexi Worth just going to the SBS website: http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/goback W.....
» 22/06/2011 5:22:36 PM Bugsy Dolls? Earwax? Out of? (I am probably going to be struck down by lightening just f.....
» 22/06/2011 4:59:06 PM Belly I have acknowledged that women are as much to blame for donning garments like the b.....
» 22/06/2011 4:07:09 PM Vanna My sister did a apprenticeship in electrical technology which included her regularl.....
» 22/06/2011 3:50:37 PM csteele Your suggestion is reasonable, I guess. But I can't help looking towards a world .....
» 22/06/2011 3:23:49 PM Country Gal As long as we continue to communicate and respect each other, we can hold dif.....
» 22/06/2011 3:16:20 PM L.B.Loveday I don't believe you. In fact if the SBS docu was about enforcing your prejudi.....
» 22/06/2011 3:05:07 PM csteele I heard about the same case as you did. As far as I understand law in Australia, .....
» 22/06/2011 9:39:23 AM L.B.Loveday Best to remain in blissful ignorance, eh?.....
» 22/06/2011 9:32:54 AM Gawd 'elp us. Monckton is on his way back. Leaves me speechless that Climate Change DENIE.....
» 22/06/2011 9:25:39 AM Country Gal Thank you! I felt like I was stuck in the mud with MY wheels spinning given .....
» 22/06/2011 9:10:16 AM Many thanks Robert & Morganzola. Tonti My comment was nothing more than sarcasm. How els.....
» 21/06/2011 3:39:11 PM Mr Windy I agree completely. Part of a pride or pack, animals cooperate, this can be exte.....
» 21/06/2011 2:26:59 PM Dear Cheryl I know time flies, but Julia has only had 1 year as PM, I know with Abbott's .....
» 21/06/2011 2:22:33 PM Bonmot :D I did go back and reread Col's response, I got distracted when I reached the w.....
» 21/06/2011 1:41:28 PM Bonmot You are preaching to the converted. I think you may be referring to some other pos.....
» 21/06/2011 11:20:06 AM The views expressed by the above poster are not necessarily those held by other regular co.....
» 21/06/2011 11:18:26 AM Yes we can choose who comes here, however we cannot choose those who are born here. :P.....
» 21/06/2011 11:11:55 AM csteele Thanks for the link, I went on to watch the lumberjack song (the complete sketch).....
» 21/06/2011 10:53:11 AM First of all I would like to thank everyone who has made a post on my little discussion th.....
» 21/06/2011 10:29:10 AM Poirot That poem deserves the 'light' of the OLO blog: "I met a traveller from an a.....
» 21/06/2011 10:04:47 AM Yabby Grow up. Your posting history is filled with assumptions and denigrations of people.....
» 20/06/2011 1:11:15 PM Yabby Disagreeing with you is not a personal insult. Like I said: play the ball not the .....
» 20/06/2011 9:17:16 AM Bazz Uppsala University Global Energy Group merely disagree with the extent of climate ch.....
» 20/06/2011 9:10:40 AM Poirot You are, of course correct, the crustacean does like to muddy the water. :P Yabb.....
» 20/06/2011 9:05:57 AM I again need to repeat myself, this discussion thread is not about any single person. Col.....
» 20/06/2011 8:39:16 AM Belly the only person here casting personal insults has been Yabby - your defense of him d.....
» 20/06/2011 8:11:55 AM Everyone ages. The disparaging comments about women appear rather hypocritical when one co.....
» 20/06/2011 8:03:50 AM RPG Thank you for demonstrating that debate on Climate Science has nothing to do with fac.....
» 20/06/2011 7:57:46 AM Belly I see Rudd as being more about personal vendetta than giving a damn about the wellb.....
» 20/06/2011 7:37:44 AM May I suggest a moratorium on Shadow Minister's threads until he is capable of presenting .....
» 19/06/2011 10:07:13 AM Excellent link, Bonmot. Unfortunately, I am enough of a pessimist to realise that such cl.....
» 19/06/2011 9:46:25 AM Cont'd A narcissist wins by having his/her victims questioning their own self-worth. Ther.....
» 19/06/2011 9:45:26 AM Discussion thread needs some reiteration. This discussion thread is about assisting anyon.....
» 18/06/2011 6:13:02 PM I'm going to look up countries which are female dominated from politics to business, from .....
» 18/06/2011 2:00:19 PM Robert & Shadow Minister I find BOTH parties to be complete and utter hypocrites......
» 18/06/2011 1:58:17 PM ChazP I know the difference - if you had actually read the posts on my thread, you would .....
» 18/06/2011 11:55:55 AM Col Rouge I can only thank you for the inestimable contributions you have made to this to.....
» 18/06/2011 11:53:11 AM Oooops, apologies ChazP, didn't paste link to article: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1.....
» 18/06/2011 11:34:33 AM For chrissakes Yabby. Strawman argument much? My slaughtering abilities remain with shoot.....
» 18/06/2011 11:27:32 AM Today is a particularly wet cold Saturday, I could be cleaning house.... nah too boring. P.....
» 18/06/2011 10:31:09 AM Poirot >> insecure people tend to cleave to that type and the narcissistic person o.....
» 18/06/2011 9:43:48 AM Good Grief. Is mise, to use a cliche "there are no bad dogs, just bad dog owners.&.....
» 18/06/2011 9:38:35 AM Poirot Point well taken. I do recall hearing that he is indeed a high functioning Aspberg.....
» 18/06/2011 9:32:22 AM King Hazza >> Tony Abbot IS a psychopath and a moron << And that's an oxymor.....
» 18/06/2011 9:19:28 AM Dear ChazP I don't wish to engage in a slanging match, but I have made a study of people .....
» 18/06/2011 9:02:26 AM Sheesh Belly & Yabby I have made valid and rational suggestions. Yes, I would like an end.....
» 18/06/2011 8:50:40 AM Cont'd "... Make sure you have something solid to contribute. Check and double check.....
» 18/06/2011 8:47:12 AM The recent posts have been very entertaining indeed. All I have presented is research ab.....
» 18/06/2011 8:29:42 AM Shadow Minister I want to be sure I understand you. If Labor was RECENTLY seeking donatio.....
» 17/06/2011 5:43:29 PM Belly Your link proves nothing. Whatever suggestion I or others have made such as reopen.....
» 17/06/2011 3:06:01 PM Yabby Very artful, making YOUR mistakes out to be mine. Kudos. However, you still haven'.....
» 17/06/2011 2:25:44 PM Yabby >> Most of it is based on a book called "Animal Liberation" by phil.....
» 17/06/2011 2:13:02 PM ChazP >> males report the violence they experience is mainly emotional and psycholo.....
» 17/06/2011 9:39:59 AM Poirot Exactly. Very well expressed, and I have, perhaps, been remiss in not acknowledgi.....
» 17/06/2011 8:17:00 AM Aaaah the wisdom of the cleavage; the font of sustenance. Surely the very embodiment of s.....
» 17/06/2011 8:11:29 AM Some further reading may be found at a number of websites, such as the following: http://.....
» 17/06/2011 8:07:12 AM I have been thinking about Amanda Griffin's post: >> Because these people are insec.....
» 16/06/2011 2:25:38 PM Has anyone pointed out to Shadow Minister that the invitation was sent out six (6) YEARS a.....
» 16/06/2011 11:46:51 AM We are venturing into nature versus nurture, although most anthropologists, psychiatrists .....
» 16/06/2011 10:47:44 AM Houllebecq You are free to choose those you admire, as am I. I could be describing many .....
» 16/06/2011 9:53:51 AM There are far better ways to achieve population balance than by the method you favour. Pr.....
» 16/06/2011 9:41:34 AM Boylesy Please come clean and call a spade a spade, in your case: Eugenics is still euge.....
» 16/06/2011 9:33:15 AM One reason braggarts do not wake up to themselves is the sycophant: "Sycophancy is a.....
» 16/06/2011 8:04:35 AM Totally agree with you Robert. However it is industries like Tobacco, Coal, Uranium, Oil .....
» 16/06/2011 7:48:34 AM Robert Very funny, but you are aware that Roxon is campaigning for plain packs of cigaret.....
» 16/06/2011 7:20:06 AM Belly When is it that we can tell if Abbott is telling the truth? When he makes off the c.....
» 16/06/2011 7:11:31 AM WTF was the topic about? Oh yeah, knives being sharpened for Julia Gillard. Like that nev.....
» 16/06/2011 6:57:06 AM Otokonoko The press only reports the more controversial statements from Greer and you wou.....
» 16/06/2011 6:50:59 AM Robert I am not challenging or bothering with you at all. At best you appear to be sittin.....
» 16/06/2011 6:17:28 AM Cont'd "3. The effects of confidence vs arrogance on relationships clearly mark the .....
» 16/06/2011 6:09:55 AM Thanks for the responses. I agree in self promotion for a job - I get to do that a lot wh.....
» 15/06/2011 5:52:09 PM Why do some people believe that constant boasting about themselves impresses others? I wa.....
» 15/06/2011 9:59:11 AM I would not be at all surprised if Labor does in fact do a back-flip - the pressure from t.....
» 15/06/2011 9:42:32 AM Squeers >> Let's face it, if we were members of a small community subsisting on lit.....
» 15/06/2011 9:29:55 AM At best I find Katter an entertaining diversion. I cannot listen to him for too long as hi.....
» 15/06/2011 9:25:26 AM Thanks to ChazP and Howard Beale for actually debating the issues. There is no easy solut.....
» 15/06/2011 9:11:48 AM The only thing in favour of the Labor government at present is the sheer ineptitude of the.....
» 15/06/2011 8:45:18 AM Pelican I agree with your points about admiring some people even though you may disagree .....
» 14/06/2011 4:18:00 PM Col Do try to keep up. The post to which you refer was posted at 2.36 PM, it took you un.....
» 14/06/2011 3:52:25 PM SM So good you have noticed that the first 2 posts by Col on your thread consisted of per.....
» 14/06/2011 3:05:40 PM Gawd Women must stop having children immediately......
» 14/06/2011 2:46:50 PM Thanks COL. We get it. You have a divine right to insult others, but should the 'favour'.....
» 14/06/2011 2:40:52 PM ChazP It was HER fault for marrying him......
» 14/06/2011 2:37:44 PM Aime Nicco's posts are always of a high standard. Population is but one of a raft of issu.....
» 14/06/2011 2:11:19 PM Lexi If life was a musical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQAR-nx4w88.....
» 14/06/2011 1:23:52 PM I find myself agreeing with Yabby. Must've entered an alternative universe. Asking human.....
» 14/06/2011 12:56:02 PM SM That's right. It is perfectly acceptable for Col to make personal comments to others .....
» 14/06/2011 12:40:34 PM Yup The fault is with the women. Best start working on the technology for men to have ba.....
» 14/06/2011 12:37:19 PM I think it was the Christians who invented the wheel. And sliced bread. The internet. O.....
» 14/06/2011 12:34:05 PM Lexi Germaine appeared in a brief cameo role with the Little Britain boys in their new co.....
» 14/06/2011 12:25:39 PM Tombee I agree with your analysis. However, waiting another 10 years before anyone does .....
» 14/06/2011 12:19:51 PM Lexi ROFL Your knives are very sharp today. An IQ of 170 wasted on running a beauty sal.....
» 14/06/2011 11:50:21 AM Sick of trying to debate with people who think constructive argument includes denigrating .....
» 13/06/2011 12:50:52 PM Poirot & Squeers Would just like to chime in at this point how much I have enjoyed your e.....
» 13/06/2011 12:06:57 PM Jeez Rob I dunno where I got the idea that a particular coterie of male posters never writ.....
» 13/06/2011 9:08:55 AM Katter is the gift that keeps on giving to journalists and comedians alike. Be interestin.....
» 13/06/2011 8:49:13 AM Clearly women are utterly useless at caring for children. We have the technology, lets e.....
» 13/06/2011 8:40:34 AM Belly People have been attacking Yabby because of his insulting attitude towards anyone w.....
» 12/06/2011 1:01:12 PM Kerryanne Power to you......
» 12/06/2011 11:54:13 AM Squeers The paradigm shift required to a sustainable human society is so great as to be a.....
» 12/06/2011 11:44:56 AM Kerryanne The more people who find out that feasibility studies were done well before the.....
» 12/06/2011 11:15:27 AM Squeers >>> and it's about time the scientists cane (sic) clean and distanced th.....
» 12/06/2011 8:52:20 AM Many believe a good solution would be the opening of new abattoirs in the North West: &qu.....
» 12/06/2011 8:46:01 AM Cont'd .... If we only stopped live export just to the 12 abattoirs shown on Four Corners.....
» 12/06/2011 8:45:40 AM Yes, Belly is right, Yabby is a sheep farmer - so should clearly understand the requiremen.....
» 12/06/2011 8:29:29 AM Banjo My ex used to stalk and threaten me, he has not done so for many years because he d.....
» 11/06/2011 4:12:49 PM Belly Even more worrying than the threats received by Glover, were those received by Aust.....
» 11/06/2011 2:51:08 PM Belly Now I feel awful. Was a little impatient with you due to some of your personal comm.....
» 11/06/2011 11:59:56 AM Belly Did you mean this article? http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/a-cli.....
» 11/06/2011 10:30:59 AM Poirot I can never get my head around the fact of those who proselytise the humility of t.....
» 11/06/2011 10:25:46 AM Yabs I do understand the whys and wherefores of feed-lotting - an often controversial iss.....
» 11/06/2011 9:20:28 AM Contd ".... Terry Coman says he wants to see livestock workers trained in all Austra.....
» 11/06/2011 9:19:40 AM Suzeonline Yabby no more speaks for all farmers, let alone those in the export trade, tha.....
» 10/06/2011 1:25:39 PM Ooops pressed post button prematurely. ;) Meant to point out that if Australians are see.....
» 10/06/2011 1:20:00 PM Inhumane treatment of humans and animals to produce a humane result. Yeah, that'll work......
» 10/06/2011 12:03:38 PM >> I think it's actually a cunning strategy to dissuade asylum seekers abroad; They .....
» 10/06/2011 11:13:23 AM Poirot Agreed. I heard a Federal Government minister (can't remember who) try to claim t.....
» 10/06/2011 9:41:44 AM Gawd, what was I thinking? Reopening abattoirs and improving standards of exporting live .....
» 10/06/2011 9:31:13 AM Given that women are still the primary caregivers of young children and I do not believe t.....
» 10/06/2011 9:19:57 AM And in Saudi Arabia, women are having to fight just to drive cars: "Saudi women plan.....
» 10/06/2011 9:06:06 AM csteele Agree entirely. We have lost sight of the reason we have governments, that is to .....
» 9/06/2011 2:48:25 PM Pelican I thought Shadow Minister was having a 'senior moment' and meant to write "t.....
» 9/06/2011 10:45:46 AM Belly I asked a very pertinent question as to the closure of abattoirs - which you are cl.....
» 9/06/2011 10:36:47 AM >> If war is the ultimate in insanity, then why would any women demand a right to pa.....
» 9/06/2011 9:41:05 AM >> And that vegans be unmasked for the acts of terrorism they produce against meat e.....
» 9/06/2011 9:23:40 AM Squeers, csteele, Poirot Thanks for keeping this thread as interesting as it is informati.....
» 9/06/2011 9:07:41 AM Pericles You have been awarded OLO's post of the year. Will pop it in the mail once I sto.....
» 8/06/2011 8:45:31 AM csteele, Otokonoko, Squeers, Pelican. I cannot add much to the points you have all made, .....
» 7/06/2011 9:36:58 AM I find myself in agreement with Banjo. Thought I'd start my post with that announcement -.....
» 7/06/2011 9:21:59 AM I agree with both Suze and R0bert's expression of the school yard tactics used in politics.....
» 7/06/2011 9:07:00 AM Csteele Apologies, I read the end of the your thread and felt I should respond to Squeers.....
» 7/06/2011 8:58:34 AM Squeers I lived in the USA many years ago. It is a land of contradictions, being both dam.....
» 7/06/2011 8:51:46 AM Otokonoko Thanks for heading the thread back on topic. Very informative and honest. A fre.....
» 6/06/2011 8:59:10 AM Poirot I shake my head when the 'cave' alternative is lobbed out whenever anyone mentions.....
» 5/06/2011 10:08:47 AM Danielle I see you are still determined to prove that torture is justified. You are entit.....
» 5/06/2011 9:52:17 AM Poirot It is a sad irony that we get statistics on every Australian soldier killed in the.....
» 4/06/2011 10:06:54 AM AJ Phillips Just an observation regarding: >> The day someone presents some demons.....
» 3/06/2011 9:34:13 AM StG (Pete) >> never asked for forgiveness from a food before << Too funny. .....
» 3/06/2011 9:12:49 AM Pelican >> Many like LEGO believe only those who oppose his views need atone for wr.....
» 2/06/2011 9:31:13 AM StG While I agree about excessive links, could you have used a better example? Custard's.....
» 2/06/2011 9:06:38 AM Dear Lexi Agree 100%. Part of the problem is the adversarial style of debate, which enco.....
» 1/06/2011 9:38:57 AM Stop Live Export. Anywhere. Nothing more need be said......
» 30/05/2011 4:52:40 PM Lexi I am sure you were pleased to hear that John Hewson has added his voice of dissent t.....
» 30/05/2011 2:08:53 PM Femi-nazi Prozac Pushers?!? ROFL.....
» 30/05/2011 2:04:16 PM There is a HUGE difference between Bush and Obama. I can watch and listen to Obama withou.....
» 30/05/2011 1:53:30 PM >> I'm just wary of exclusionary world-views. << Me too. For example; scienc.....
» 30/05/2011 8:53:58 AM Robert I'll take your word for the improve in readability. Until such equipment is mostl.....
» 30/05/2011 8:41:22 AM AJ Phillips From now on I will try to refer to myself as a "freethinker" as it .....
» 30/05/2011 8:34:07 AM Great. Another thread about what women should wear. Either they are banned from looking .....
» 30/05/2011 8:28:47 AM Squeers Enjoyed your links. Agreed science doesn't have all the answers and that it requi.....
» 29/05/2011 8:48:44 AM Otokonoko Thank you for your thoughtful and considerate posts. I imagine the upper echelo.....
» 29/05/2011 8:23:36 AM AJ Phillips I always read your posts, I don't have the patience to sift through the ".....
» 28/05/2011 12:29:59 PM Belly Why are you debating with someone as intelligent and thoughtful as Poirot? Do you e.....
» 28/05/2011 11:52:34 AM Dear Poirot Your children already have done things that would turn your hair white. BTW .....
» 28/05/2011 11:42:03 AM Poirot In addition, women competently took over the running of factories for the war effo.....
» 28/05/2011 11:19:09 AM Before I was even a twinkle in my parents' eyes, my dad was in the Air Force - much irony .....
» 28/05/2011 9:50:07 AM I never thought I even consider buying a Tablet Computer for reading. I so enjoy settling .....
» 27/05/2011 9:25:35 AM Well said Otokonoko & Pericles. >> 2) Those who do not know the Word (atheists) but.....
» 27/05/2011 9:21:11 AM Arjay For Chrissakes, anything can be photoshopped - so what? " Barack Obama was bo.....
» 26/05/2011 1:44:43 PM >> traffic at around 3pm with all those mothers on the road… something else to add t.....
» 26/05/2011 9:51:35 AM WineVQA Exactly. Nor do I understand why gays, lesbians or women would sign up with Repub.....
» 26/05/2011 9:42:02 AM Dan S It is one thing to read, another entirely to be able to APPLY that knowledge. You .....
» 26/05/2011 9:26:51 AM Davidf Exactly. Saltpetre Suggest you take time to read the prolific articles by Peter .....
» 25/05/2011 3:45:32 PM >> the same kind of charges were levelled against Bush Jr, against Clinton, against .....
» 25/05/2011 1:33:56 PM Philo plays the "if they did a bad thing, they weren't real Christians" card. P.....
» 25/05/2011 9:55:30 AM Jewely Another treasure of a post, including gems like: >> I’m horrified I survive.....
» 25/05/2011 9:18:34 AM Thanks Salty. However, Dan has been given this information over and over again. Do you t.....
» 25/05/2011 9:04:37 AM csteele Loved 'Breath' also. And have had an adrenalin fueled life well into my 30's also.....
» 25/05/2011 8:56:47 AM When Gillard (or insert name of any Labor pollie) changes an election promise - it is a da.....
» 25/05/2011 8:42:35 AM Wobbles Agreed. As for the history of porn, Karma Sutra, cave paintings, carvings on man.....
» 25/05/2011 8:28:49 AM ROFL, Grim And cute. Enjoying many of the contributions. Makes sense to me that if somet.....
» 24/05/2011 8:42:03 AM Dan S Thank you for saying you wish to discuss life's origins in civil terms. However, I.....
» 23/05/2011 2:49:38 PM OH Thank you for your clarification. I think......
» 23/05/2011 2:26:42 PM Graham I know that - out of a test sample of 264 people. I really thought you were trying.....
» 23/05/2011 2:16:43 PM The most profound catalyst for the world's "bridge" from ignorance to knowledge .....
» 23/05/2011 1:51:21 PM << Conversely one could link the invention of the wheel to the absence of the protes.....
» 23/05/2011 1:42:50 PM Aw, come on - some planking pics ARE very funny. Darwin's theory, as others have noted, .....
» 23/05/2011 1:21:19 PM Sex would never have had all the restrictions placed upon if not for religion. So I think .....
» 23/05/2011 12:31:36 PM Ogg The following video details how Christians explain away the failure of Harold Camping.....
» 23/05/2011 10:51:04 AM Is it just me? Or is OLO over-dosing on religious topics? Just a question, not trying to .....
» 23/05/2011 10:49:15 AM >> Atheists should respect the historical role that the Bible has played as the firs.....
» 23/05/2011 10:43:25 AM OMG! Houellebecq Gangs of girls raping hotel staff. Be afraid, very afraid......
» 23/05/2011 10:37:03 AM >> Our susceptibility to suggestion when we align ourselves with group-think allows .....
» 23/05/2011 10:26:27 AM According to this absurd topic, the brains of cetaceans, being larger than any human's mus.....
» 23/05/2011 10:13:59 AM SM >> Australia contributes a tiny portion of the world's emissions, and any saving.....
» 23/05/2011 12:16:56 AM Dan S Here's a link which explains the science of evolution in very clear terms. For exa.....
» 22/05/2011 5:07:40 PM Squeers I thought someone was rummaging around in my head. Couldn't have said better mys.....
» 22/05/2011 10:15:27 AM Steven >> IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMDATIONS FOR ISLA.....
» 22/05/2011 10:04:29 AM OK Salty, You've had your laugh at our expense. Next time you post something like: http:.....
» 22/05/2011 3:55:01 AM Yeah life would be better without the leftist, commie, bleeding heart nanny state. http:/.....
» 22/05/2011 3:43:46 AM Saltpetre Thanks for your apology - could have done without the accompanying lecture. Fo.....
» 21/05/2011 4:39:28 PM Saltpetre You just don't get it do you? Many people not just atheists, agnostics, other r.....
» 21/05/2011 12:40:20 PM MattWright, >> Because they're only doing that for the first 10 or 20Gigawatts and .....
» 21/05/2011 12:04:00 PM Dear Jewely Everything I know about the Rapture is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=.....
» 21/05/2011 9:42:28 AM Neutral Tell your son not to worry The Rapture is predicted on USA time - which means you.....
» 21/05/2011 8:53:38 AM Philo Please clarify for me. Do you mean the Western culture that has its basis in Judeo.....
» 21/05/2011 8:18:08 AM WTF is this thread about - Gays or Islam? If you want to cast aspersions on Muslims - sta.....
» 21/05/2011 8:07:33 AM A variety of compromises have been put forward on this and the SRI thread http://forum.onl.....
» 20/05/2011 12:23:09 PM Nicco Another clear erudite post. Thanks.....
» 19/05/2011 11:42:29 PM Danielle I understand the philosophical conundrum you have presented. My answer would hav.....
» 19/05/2011 11:29:47 PM Salpetre I will put this as clearly and concisely as I can. You made a generalisation th.....
» 19/05/2011 11:14:31 PM I would like the Julia we had BEFORE she became PM. She was warm, witty and concise, which.....
» 19/05/2011 11:01:51 PM @Runner >>>> The slaughter of innocents is a common theme in the bible, the Q.....
» 19/05/2011 3:31:39 PM Steven: >> A judge can sentence both parties to a dispute to be imprisoned until th.....
» 19/05/2011 3:25:00 PM Clownfish RE: Medibank ads I am soooooo sick of those teeth. BTW I agree that you have.....
» 19/05/2011 10:59:16 AM Belly I went back and read Aime's original post - if you think that's being rude and crud.....
» 19/05/2011 10:48:40 AM Don't worry Runner soon you will receive your reward for casting aspersions on all non-Chr.....
» 19/05/2011 10:38:56 AM Poirot Abundantly clear that ACCESS are violating the terms laid out for RE. Reading thr.....
» 19/05/2011 10:03:00 AM Grim & Pelican Imagine a world where public necessities were run for the benefit of the p.....
» 19/05/2011 9:38:09 AM Poirot This bit has me concerned as well, it is like a call to arms: "We are to be .....
» 19/05/2011 9:23:32 AM What bitey, Ho Hum and R0bert said. I don't hate things which aren't real. I abhor dogm.....
» 19/05/2011 9:05:21 AM Otokonoko I agree. To the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do-brigade: Those claiming that this is.....
» 19/05/2011 9:00:20 AM Pelican >> It would be worthy in this discussion to know just what is involved in S.....
» 19/05/2011 8:52:22 AM The torturee may recover physically - mentally they may never. I knew a young African from.....
» 18/05/2011 6:27:31 PM Atman Bin Laden is no victim. Nor the USA heroes. No one is looking righteous in the &.....
» 18/05/2011 4:55:44 PM Yabby Are you even on the same planet? Osama bin Laden was shot down unarmed in his home.....
» 18/05/2011 2:18:00 PM Yabby >> Bin Laden made it clear that he would not be taken alive, so those capturi.....
» 18/05/2011 2:09:50 PM Nickosjt OK. If RE is as harmless as you say and the in class teacher is able to monitor.....
» 18/05/2011 8:39:14 AM Sandpiper >> "The Bible isn't milk and honey" -true. It is "milk and.....
» 18/05/2011 8:21:33 AM Agree with your last post, Saltpetre. A structured transition to sustainable, clean(er) t.....
» 17/05/2011 1:24:09 PM I agree Rhys. My mother, who recently passed away from a slow debilitating illness, came f.....
» 17/05/2011 1:15:26 PM If Christianity is so great it can stand on its own like other organisations. It does not .....
» 17/05/2011 9:52:43 AM Oh Christ! Here we go again. 1. There are more religions than just Christianity. 2. The.....
» 17/05/2011 9:23:25 AM Saltpetre Please make up your mind either atheists deliberately disown a god in order to .....
» 16/05/2011 1:46:26 PM By the way Dan S Nowhere in the bible does it discuss the diversification of fauna and fl.....
» 16/05/2011 12:29:42 PM DSdM >> The diversification of fish into salt and fresh water varieties can be expl.....
» 16/05/2011 9:25:27 AM Pericles How does Saltpetre 'know' if s/he is dealing with an atheist, if they continue t.....
» 16/05/2011 9:14:37 AM Poirot At least we all agree with Steven on his revelation that: >> I’ve been thin.....
» 16/05/2011 8:42:56 AM Saltpetre I am happy to know that there are sincerely religious people who do empathize w.....
» 15/05/2011 9:30:24 AM Keith >> Abbott and the Liberals have an advantage because the liberals are not per.....
» 15/05/2011 9:08:36 AM SM If the man in question has a "personality disorder" then he needs help not p.....
» 14/05/2011 1:16:42 PM Well said Lexi >> Tony Abbott wants an election and he deserves to have one. The Li.....
» 14/05/2011 12:04:10 PM Steven No one's hands are clean in any of this. Yes, Mugabe IS corrupt and so is the IMF.....
» 14/05/2011 11:55:19 AM Poirot Well, I doubt Steven will read the link you thoughtfully provided - he needs to be.....
» 14/05/2011 9:17:43 AM D S M >> Genesis 7:22 Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died. <<.....
» 13/05/2011 9:13:27 AM Thanks Jewely As for Dug I did warn him he wouldn't get a straight answer from Dan - just.....
» 13/05/2011 8:33:18 AM Yuyutsu So the story you told about the little old lady wasn't just made to fit in with y.....
» 12/05/2011 4:02:36 PM >> I'll give you an example of compassion that is uninformed, Grim: You see an old .....
» 12/05/2011 10:27:01 AM Dug The story of Noah's Ark, like so many bible stories, is a gift which keeps on giving......
» 12/05/2011 9:09:26 AM Dug That Noah's Ark story is a beauty isn't it? I've always wondered about the plants. N.....
» 11/05/2011 2:46:50 PM From my initial reaction to the news of bin Laden's execution (see: http://forum.onlineopi.....
» 9/05/2011 3:41:12 PM >> And, ultimately, who can you trust? << Obviously not people who believe th.....
» 9/05/2011 8:41:14 AM Poirot Re: Colbert Report After moving from his segment spot on the Daily Show, Stephen .....
» 8/05/2011 11:51:23 AM Who'da thunk that a topic about moral conflict would result into a gender war about who wo.....
» 8/05/2011 11:20:13 AM Well said, Lexi. While the West continues its campaign of 'forcing' its version of 'democ.....
» 8/05/2011 9:10:18 AM Excellent Now that the issue of what to do with the minority of refugees, we can move on .....
» 6/05/2011 3:06:48 PM "Do unto others as you would would have others do unto you" AKA "The Golden.....
» 6/05/2011 1:57:42 PM Jewely << or if a prostitute would have a legal case against a slut for affecting b.....
» 6/05/2011 9:29:25 AM Pelican Spot on post, although I prefer to eat the eggs and keep the poo for the garden. .....
» 5/05/2011 9:49:14 AM We will never know all the facts. I believe that there was covert cooperation with person.....
» 4/05/2011 2:42:26 PM Saltpetre >> Using bible stories to convey mores and norms of acceptable behaviour .....
» 4/05/2011 2:19:47 PM Anthm1 Exaggeration of atheism? Much. And complete generalisation and fabrication of cla.....
» 4/05/2011 11:02:47 AM My visceral response to the death of Osama Bin Laden has found its place in the reptilian .....
» 3/05/2011 9:50:32 AM I have found the responses to this topic very intriguing - some of the responses I could'v.....
» 2/05/2011 4:57:29 PM Belly From what I understand Pakistan was involved in the build up to today's coup. The U.....
» 2/05/2011 4:25:53 PM Vanna You are in no position to speak on behalf of what feminists may or may not say - fe.....
» 2/05/2011 4:07:34 PM R0bert From what little I've heard it must have been something of a bloodbath in the comp.....
» 2/05/2011 4:02:43 PM H Looks like I hit your buttons, for all your claims of being pro-SSM, else why the ad-ho.....
» 2/05/2011 1:54:45 PM Osama Bin Laden is dead. And I am relieved. While I wish he could've been captured and br.....
» 2/05/2011 11:37:10 AM H >> In the end it's all this 'Gay Pride' which I have never been able to work out......
» 2/05/2011 10:49:58 AM Poirot Just have to comment, I too have been watching Human Planet - and discovering just.....
» 2/05/2011 9:29:48 AM H I am quite sure Suze is completely unfamiliar with your anatomy, usually one needs to b.....
» 2/05/2011 8:48:05 AM Suze I admire your persistence but facts are not Yabby's strong suit he lives in some kin.....
» 30/04/2011 9:42:14 AM Pelican I have to confess I got hooked into watching until the exchanging of vows - I was.....
» 30/04/2011 9:30:25 AM Ian Robinson is a member of the Rationalist Society of Australia. ON their website under .....
» 29/04/2011 2:29:51 PM It is very probable that a healthy sense of self without reliance on belief in a deity/rel.....
» 29/04/2011 2:11:17 PM Saltpetre Are you the same Saltpetre who claimed to be 'unfamiliar with womens' affairs'?.....
» 29/04/2011 2:06:21 PM Jewely Would you watch if, at the moment when the Minister (Priest?) asks the question, .....
» 29/04/2011 1:31:30 PM DM Did you read my post? I said: >> As Suze is a nurse, I posit she is way ahead o.....
» 29/04/2011 11:04:15 AM Jewely once again you nailed the issue. "It is not easy to define Aboriginal identit.....
» 29/04/2011 10:57:02 AM DM >> Obviously in a roundabout way and not biologically with their same sex partne.....
» 29/04/2011 10:51:47 AM Jewley >> James:”Could you imagine spending your whole life looking microscopically.....
» 29/04/2011 9:14:00 AM Lego & Ludwig Do I understand you? If we stop boat refugees, the world will not become o.....
» 29/04/2011 9:10:39 AM "Non-Resilience" in capitalism speak is equivalent to the white feather handed o.....
» 29/04/2011 8:59:28 AM Ian Robinson Using your logic and extrapolating to its conclusion; heterosexual marriages.....
» 28/04/2011 9:27:07 AM Well said Poirot. SM - as there is no such thing as perfection you will find both good a.....
» 28/04/2011 9:19:20 AM Thinker 2 My response was to watch the Chaser Team on ABC2 - now that has been vetoed. Au.....
» 28/04/2011 9:15:08 AM UOG Take a paper bag and place it over your mouth and breathe through your mouth evenly a.....
» 28/04/2011 8:45:42 AM SM You have asserted that child porn and paedophilia are instrinsically linked to only th.....
» 27/04/2011 2:05:33 PM Shadow Minister >> That the practices of senior labor fosters criminality of the so.....
» 27/04/2011 9:40:08 AM Excellent article, Scott. You'd think that universal values would be bleeding obvious.........
» 27/04/2011 9:00:03 AM Squeers Love "Springtime for Hitler" - thanks for the laugh. Tristan Ewans Yo.....
» 27/04/2011 8:39:20 AM Saltpetre Agree with many of the points you raise. Although am concerned about how seriou.....
» 27/04/2011 8:17:44 AM Saltpetre >> Though, to one not really familiar with women's affairs..... << .....
» 26/04/2011 5:35:10 PM Tristan >> qualities of patience, forgiveness, compassion << Are not the exc.....
» 26/04/2011 3:38:12 PM Are Christians really the source of Oz values? I don't suppose the Christmas and Oestre h.....
» 26/04/2011 10:02:48 AM I did say in the opening post for this thread that Vanna "would not be amused". .....
» 25/04/2011 4:14:16 PM Saltpetre Jumping in before Jewely, bit rude, but loved the honesty of your post - no bit.....
» 25/04/2011 3:39:27 PM Forrest Gumpp That sound you hear is my applause - diversionary tactics is your forte - i.....
» 24/04/2011 10:16:48 AM Christianity - not for the humble and modest......
» 23/04/2011 4:57:43 PM Belly I have been watching long enough to know that SM constantly disses the Labor Party .....
» 23/04/2011 3:35:59 PM Really FG? Shadow Minister gave no links to read just biased opinion. I guess the title &.....
» 23/04/2011 1:12:31 PM csteele Howard did not so much defuse a situation as side-step it. For example; children .....
» 23/04/2011 12:26:45 PM The title is insulting and the resultant posts a flame war. Reprehensible all......
» 23/04/2011 11:30:59 AM J W Suggest you actually check what NASA has to say about global climate before making cl.....
» 22/04/2011 10:29:21 AM Chrys Stevenson You have written what I have been thinking and clearly bears repeating: .....
» 22/04/2011 10:01:44 AM Shadow Minister Someone trashed my letterbox recently, must've been the Labor Party. How.....
» 22/04/2011 9:58:14 AM TBC I wish I didn't agree with you, but I do. All a tax does is raise revenue - we need a.....
» 21/04/2011 10:06:31 AM Well said Morganzola. If Christians want to take credit they must also acknowledge their .....
» 21/04/2011 10:03:44 AM csteele "home grown philosophy" was not meant to be an insult - it means that J.....
» 20/04/2011 1:50:16 PM Squeers >> Of course the puppets of the system think they are actuated by something.....
» 20/04/2011 1:47:01 PM csteele AS I read your first link, I pictured the Australian Flag draped thugs at Cronull.....
» 20/04/2011 11:09:44 AM Thanks Csteele I doubt Joe Bageant would've give a fart's chance in a hurricane about how.....
» 20/04/2011 9:42:24 AM Second rule of debate (which comes after be excellent to one another) is: Check your Sour.....
» 20/04/2011 9:22:50 AM Vanna will not be amused. (Apologies to Queen Victoria). :P.....
» 20/04/2011 9:05:12 AM >> logic is what forms valid arguments and the power to reason, we worship logic; we.....
» 20/04/2011 8:59:58 AM Squeers You are spot on. Wealth is not about dollars. But any hapless alien studying hum.....
» 20/04/2011 8:49:13 AM Jewely My sentiments exactly. Just like a couple who want vengeance on each other, using.....
» 19/04/2011 10:52:31 AM Pelican Agree. Someone who has lived their life here is responsible for their actions he.....
» 19/04/2011 10:48:24 AM The Blue Cross & Pelican Hope is knowing people like you are in this finite world of ours.....
» 19/04/2011 10:45:13 AM Individual I have provided clear evidence that your claims vis a vis Centrelink payments .....
» 19/04/2011 9:44:50 AM TBC I am not blind to the shortcomings of the Greens either. This malaise of democracy .....
» 19/04/2011 8:49:56 AM TBC Your summary of ALP dovetails with mine. Have been voting Green, they have made progr.....
» 19/04/2011 8:39:23 AM Individual Get your facts straight: Basic Age Pension for single person is: $335.45 per.....
» 17/04/2011 9:57:22 AM Well said Squeers & Poirot......
» 16/04/2011 4:07:18 PM ROFL Jewely Thanks that man is brilliant.....
» 16/04/2011 1:13:20 PM Poirot Pleased to hear ya. Gender doesn't define abilities. Jewely No, you go first. C.....
» 16/04/2011 12:15:40 PM Poirot Some of the best nurses I know are male. And some females really should go out and.....
» 16/04/2011 9:59:38 AM BBC evil feminist plot to create low self esteem in men - condom size. Has to be a feminis.....
» 16/04/2011 9:50:59 AM >> The problem is that you think it is your line to draw << Well said J. Thi.....
» 16/04/2011 9:43:40 AM Ludwig >>Crikey, science is so utterly interconnected with economics in a myriad wa.....
» 15/04/2011 8:47:05 AM Ross Elliot No matter how many times you say it, doesn't make it true. Everything is fin.....
» 15/04/2011 8:38:58 AM Well said TBC. Every creature contributes to the whole. :).....
» 15/04/2011 8:30:32 AM Whatever happens in the future, someone, somewhere will consider it to be god's will - irr.....
» 14/04/2011 12:39:11 PM Hear! Hear! Pelican. Like the de-sal plant in Victoria - just another way to privatise es.....
» 14/04/2011 9:33:44 AM Who makes the easier rape victim during war time? A civilian woman (or man)? Or A fully.....
» 13/04/2011 10:45:29 AM Jewley, I think Squeers is toying with us and remains in the het team - besides a good ima.....
» 13/04/2011 10:01:20 AM Ouch! Experience count for nothing?.....
» 13/04/2011 9:44:44 AM TBC, Squeers, Jewely Your humour has brightened my date - how about a 4 way?.....
» 13/04/2011 9:27:31 AM Jewely I'd leave my children with people who treat animals well, yet there are those who .....
» 13/04/2011 8:43:19 AM Runner's version of god ensures that heaven will be the emptiest place in the universe - R.....
» 12/04/2011 5:39:11 PM What an odd title for a discussion. NASA notices the sun, yup, in fact they noticed the s.....
» 12/04/2011 5:23:37 PM Well said Colinsett. Why do anti-choice people make an issue and such assumptions over po.....
» 12/04/2011 5:06:10 AM Here's some advice from Bill Bailey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXjjr7_-HpE.....
» 12/04/2011 4:42:52 AM Aleister Crowley In answer to your question: You can't keep one in a drawer, I think it .....
» 11/04/2011 6:09:48 PM Squeers I appreciate your 'telling it like it is' post. Most men don't hate women to the .....
» 11/04/2011 2:40:41 AM Yeah, the French are one of the most nuclear dependent countries, which begs the question,.....
» 4/04/2011 10:34:57 AM Welcome to OLO, Chance. Micheal Kirby's speech provided an excellent summary of the prote.....
» 25/03/2011 4:05:10 PM Lexi Have you ever read any Sheri S Tepper? Am currently reading her latest, "The Wa.....
» 25/03/2011 11:58:07 AM Yeah 'rational(?)-debate', those noisy uppity nudists have way too much influence in polit.....
» 25/03/2011 10:00:29 AM popnperish Thank you. >> first step in Australia is accepting a carbon tax with g.....
» 25/03/2011 9:10:30 AM Thank you Bonmont - the ranks of the reasonable and INFORMED contributor have been thinned.....
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