The Winged Shadow Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Need to get a new stomach, clearly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Oh dear Red Oak, my stomach can't handle that awesome beer anymore! But I'll try anyway!There's always cider and perry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Cider can do the same thing sadly. I will soldier on for the greater good! Also fuck this weather with it's sudden downpours that thoroughly soak you in the tiny walk between the station and work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Naturally I will be attending. I do enjoy Red Oak's beers...though the crowd/atmosphere is kind of underwhelming (read: no attractive males for me to glance wistfully at). See you guys tomorrow! Oh and what did people make of the Brandis "right to be bigots" comment, and the reforms more generally? I'm not as alarmed as most of the left-leaning media, but the whole affair was a bit icky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The way it's reported it felt like he was saying "it's OK to be a bigot" which I think does reflect, if not his personal views, an acknowledgement that the Liberals do their fair share of pandering to that demographic. If it was a strictly legalistic argument that sounded like he actually disapproved of it, "as distasteful as it is, it's not illegal to be a bigot" I think he'd probably be on sounder footing. For all I know that's just a result of the way it's being reported, but everything else this week that's followed doesn't help that interpretation. Nor does the proposed amendment to 18C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Saying it isn't illegal to be a bigot is still strawmanning when 18C and D don't criminalise anything. and yeah, count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Maybe we need to start recruiting cute guys into the Sydney bwb? Have a 'bring along an attractive friend for Pax' night? :p My biggest problem with the reforms is not actually the law itself but the message it sends. It doesn't seem like it makes a huge difference either way if the law exists (it was hardly used often anyway) but the act of repealing it will certainly be taken by some as saying 'it's ok to say these things' rather than 'we don't think saying this stuff should be illegal' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Saying it isn't illegal to be a bigot is still strawmanning when 18C and D don't criminalise anything. and yeah, count me in.All true, I'm letting Friday afternoon district me from the fullness of the dickery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arya_underfoot Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 My biggest problem with the reforms is not actually the law itself but the message it sends. It doesn't seem like it makes a huge difference either way if the law exists (it was hardly used often anyway) but the act of repealing it will certainly be taken by some as saying 'it's ok to say these things' rather than 'we don't think saying this stuff should be illegal' I think it's terrible that the Libs would go out of their way to change something that is working adequately, as an act of "revenge" because one of their mates got slapped on the wrist for publishing some vile slander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinzy Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Maybe we need to start recruiting cute guys into the Sydney bwb? Have a 'bring along an attractive friend for Pax' night? :pAny Sydney bwbers have a friend who looks like Trent Cotchin? I'm sure Pax would appreciate that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Baha. Rinzy knows waaaaaaaaaaay too much about me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Any Sydney bwbers have a friend who looks like Trent Cotchin? I'm sure Pax would appreciate that :pWho?!.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Mmmm red oak, have a few pints of their pale ale for me :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantius Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 When I texted TWS at 9:50pm 'Are you guys still at Red Oak', I meant are you there or have you moved on to another drinking establishment? I never expected the response 'Nope we've all gone home'! There are standards to uphold in a BWB meet!!Sorry to have missed you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Ha ha despite the early finish I had a great night.We were talking about Anzac day weekend for the next meet. How does that work for everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I'll try not to fall down an escalator on the way to the next meet so we can go to Stonewall with Pax :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Sorry to have missed you guys. OTOH I now have employment and start work in two weeks , so I don't have to worry abut finances as much ( last four months were intersting) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Employment is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Can't disagree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 So, two things. WA senate re-election tomorrow. I'm going to a fancy dress tomorrow night as a generic Sons of Anarchy club member. Should I turn up at the booth in costume? Second thing - my new av is further proof that we are NOT trolling tourists about a certain species of predatory fauna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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