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If Phanatical joins the ALP and somehow manages to get the backing of the factions for a safe seat... An ALP tainted by Quah (one who freely admits that he wouldn't conform to a baseline policy platform) and a socially-conservative Liberal Party - what a choice that would be! Thankfully, it's...

Militant Islam invades school curriculum I guess that the comparison with Marx is to be expected from a neoconservative (the comparison makes sense when one looks at it solely from a view that considers the ways in which political writings have been abused, but that's about it as far as I'm...

The story behind the IR reforms - From bowser boy to IR reform

One key difference is that people are burning their own flag, or a flag that they have obtained legally. If they happen to steal a flag, then that will be considered a criminal act.

Re: attn ujuphleg Ah, it has been almost two weeks since I became one of the NCAP mods. So, no, you're not slow :p.

Re: attn ujuphleg quick quote in action, sportsgal edit: Below the quick reply box are two options, with the unchecked option asking if you want to quote the message that you are replying to (note that each post has its own quick reply button). If you check the box... Quickquote.

Not a problem. Yes, that's my stance.

To be perfectly honest, that in no way addressed any of my questions. By 'accounting' for a man's actions, I was referring to the notion that the headscarf 'protects' a woman from any unwanted attentions, that rather than press home the point that men should properly respect women and their...

Two presidents of the ALP (one current, one past) talk about party democracy - Crean must fight for pre-selection: Mundine Beazley stays out of Vic preselection battle

Whether they cause harm or not is open to interpretation. In an Australian context, they shouldn't cause much harm, although I do think that the oft-stated rationale behind the headscarf (that it's a 'preventative measure') is quite warped. That it's an expression of faith I cannot and will not...

So a man isn't the one at fault if he carries on after a woman has said no, benny? As for questioning such practices, we aren't going to get anywhere if we don't question each other.

I have never been able to understand the argument that seems to suggest that the headscarf acts in a way much like an anti-missile defense system - what is it about a piece of cloth that will keep a man with no sense of respect away? Why must it be up to the woman to 'account' for the actions of...

Re: Cultural Cringe? According to the head of the tourism body (yesterday on 702), the ads will not be shown in such areas given that most Yankee tourists tend to be from California and the north east.

Nope. One BSc down, two senior years of a BA to go.

ANTH2626 - Urban Anthropology HSTY2614 - Australian Social History 1919-1998 HSTY2625 - Culture and Society in Modern Britain ECOP1001 - Economics as a Social Science ANTH2655 - The Social Production of Space HSTY2304 - Imperialism, 1815-2000 HSTY2655 - Race Relations and Australian...

Islam (as with all others religions) is, for better or worse, nothing more than the sum of it's adherents and the way in which they interprete and practice the teachings of your prophet. Please, don't confuse the religion as a whole with the religious teachings, because there is a bit of a...

A simple bandaid solution - if a thread takes a turn for the worse (ie, if the thread's focus is shifted away from the stated issue to one discussing the notion of god), direct those members responsible for the shift to this thread. If the message doesn't get through, I suggest that everyone...

A majority of those terrorists known to the public consider themselves to be Muslims would be closer to the truth.

That's Abbott, not Howard. http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s1201238.htm --- Hotshot, there's no need for the capitalised text.

As the editorial in today's Aus states, a gaol sentence for such a crime tends to be quite rare, so I think that it would be fair to assume that he thought that he could bring the entire saga to a close without having to face a prison term of some length (that he had a plane ticket booked for...