Gears of the Beast Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hello Aussies Does anyone know if gryphon_strike still posts here? Cheers I haven't seen him post in quite a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Gryph hasn't been around for a couple of years. I thought I had his number somewhere but seemed to have lost it :frown5:. Will try to follow up on that one; not sure if anyone has him on FB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Gryph hasn't been around for a couple of years. I thought I had his number somewhere but seemed to have lost it :frown5:. Will try to follow up on that one; not sure if anyone has him on FB? He's on FB. Unlike some I could mention, like YOU. :p I know he had some account issues during the password fail a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm not interested in these new-fangled trends and fads Stubby. Get off my lawn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm not interested in these new-fangled trends and fads Stubby. Get off my lawn! Because you're such a fossil, Pax. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Will Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Sorry to only come here to bitch about politics, but just for my own clarity...Abbott feels that ideally the courts will be a vehicle to further government policy, and the ABC will be a mechanism to cheer-lead government achievements? That doesn't sound at all questionable. Any project bringing $21 billion in investment can hardly be expected to comply with pesky "legal" requirements. The courts ought to be aware of that and rule accordingly. Presumably if they get confused there is someone in the Prime Minister's office who would be more than happy to tell them how they should decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yeesh, I had to listen to this Marriage Alliance radio ad at work that seemed to come on every half an hour. "Think about what rights you may lose, think about children will be taught in sex ed, think about the rights of your children..." fucking hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Pretty annoying outcome yesterday. Looks like we are still going to be discussing this issue in a few years' time, instead of just being done with it and moving on. I am also bemused at Abbott's backflip on a referendum/plebiscite. It wasn't that long ago (after the Irish decision) that he dismissed that idea out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warg Arry Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 So apparently a company is trying to trademark (I believe) the name Waltzing Matilda. Saw a post by Dick Smith about it. Here's a link to the article. It's a bit cheeky. Not even sure if TM the name means they can restrict the use of the actual song or educational venues to do with the song, it's history and place in Australian culture. Or claim money for anything more than the use of the name, with in the context of their business. I also realise copyright has a use by date. But surely there are circumstances where certain things are out of bounds? Where something is iconic enough to become public property and not something that can be claimed by a company and in turn make them money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Pretty annoying outcome yesterday. Looks like we are still going to be discussing this issue in a few years' time, instead of just being done with it and moving on. I am also bemused at Abbott's backflip on a referendum/plebiscite. It wasn't that long ago (after the Irish decision) that he dismissed that idea out of hand. I just don't want to live through the smear campaign that is now going to come as it becomes an electoral issue. I live in a conservative area with an mp that has backed marriage equality from the start. I know we'll be targetted (we were last election and it was less of an issue then) and I really hate to think what the kids are going to see or hear as a result now they are old enough to understand. But hey its all about protecting the children isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warg Arry Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 The whole argument seems to be. "Won't someone think of the Children!" I wish they would take their own advice. I want my kids to grow up in a world of acceptance and understanding. For themselves and everyone around them. I can only imagine this ad campaign will give rise to a large amount of negative judgmental discourse that will bleed in to school yards and inform innocent minds to skewed out looks. Sure free speech - double edge swords and all that. Still makes me sad. ETA just to be clear I think these are advertisements for the continuation of the denial of rights to citizens of this country and shouldn't be allowed. But the words "free speech" are being used to defend it. And while i appreciate the right to free speech (though the definition seems to be fluid) in this case I don't agree and it makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Will Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 There remains an absurd degree of cynicism in the anti gay marriage argument. As Penny Wong seems to be repeatedly pointing out, gay people can already adopt, they already raise children, any affect that gay parents might have on children is already occurring (setting aside for a moment that repeated studies show that there is no harm to children whatsoever from same sex parents). Gay marriage has literally no baring on the kind of "won't you think of the children" stupidity that is being levelled against it, and I'm sure that most of the levellers know that. I probably ought to stop being surprised by the degree of cynicism coming out of this government by now. I actually think the anti gay marriage ads should be allowed. I just think that people are entitled to express their distaste with the ads and that if the networks feel enough that either a) they don't want to run the ads because they find them objectionable, or b) they don't want to run the ads because they're likely to alienate a large whack of their viewers then their is nothing wrong with that. It certainly isn't a breach of anyone's right to free speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Our country is being run by troglodytes at present. I don't understand how people can argue against basic human rights / equality. But then again enslaved people were always treated as less than human too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 Who the fuck thought that Border Force shit in Melbourne was a good idea? I don't even..... :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Well you see, they are struggling in the polls and Australians are very scared of brown people, they think it's the well they can go back to time and time again. I actually think they are suffering from a form of the Romney delusion at this point and don't realise that it stopped working because they used it too blatantly and too often. Of course with an opposition scared to oppose any security related legislation in fear of being seen as weak I'm not sure the backlash will matter that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drunkard Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNegDAkUwAAEcol.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arya_underfoot Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNegDAkUwAAEcol.jpg I love the quote from Heydon at the top right. Hilarious!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNegDAkUwAAEcol.jpg Oh dear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 What's up Aussies? Been back back at work for a few days. The news is as depressing as ever and we are still run by a bunch of inhuman fuckwits - eg Bernardi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhangel Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 My favourite part of Abbott's announcement of the additional 12,000 refugee places was when he went ahead and gave himself a verbal pat on the back for being so generous. There are single towns in Germany that will be taking more than the entirety of our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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