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Zayd, this may just be me, but your entire argument seems to be based upon the notion that if we actively avoid the core issues, accept ingrained injustices and force the individual to account for the actions of others, then 'results' will just fall from the sky. Please, tell me, what is to be...

Don't push your luck.

If you are countering the 'argument' in one thread, I really don't see why you must try and address it within another thread at the same time. So yes, try and ignore comments within a second thread if it's going to lead to unnecessary duplication. If you cannot ignore the comments, then I...

... and he is just responding to your counter claims. As I said, try and keep it to the one thread.

Guys, there's no need for this discussion to span two threads.

Start caring, please.

The primary purpose of life is to live - be it for yourself, those around you or a constructed entity, it really doesn't matter provided that you are of the opinion that your life (or death) has meaning. Better yet, you could try and explain such a position yourself - this is a forum for...

Re: Jihad Against Danish Newspaper Loneshadow, please look into the notions of freedom of speech and political satire. As for the rest... Moderate your tone from this point on, please - as I said yesterday, the odd swear word is fine, but I'm not going to stand by and let members throw around...

Ah, when I said 'they cannot win' I meant that they cannot please anyone no matter what they do. I thought that that would have been quite clear given the preceding sentence. As for the rest... I stand by my last post, but I will clarify a particular point - the ALP needs to focus on the issues...

To me, it's rather primitive and not a useful notion within a developed liberal democratic society (one that is open to change, of course). We are capable of being resistant without having to resort to actual or threatened physical violence. That said, though the capability may be there, that...

I take it that you somehow missed however many criticisms concerned with Labor's apparent need to satisfy the desires of the latte classes at the supposed expense of what we now call John Howard's middle Australia? The ALP is seen by some as being too conservative, yet others see it as being...

A leader out of touch

*bump* Free speech on campus? Not for the right - Shouting Down Abbott *shakes head* I liked the bit that had the socialist alternative's education offer responding to Steve Cannane's question with a "well, it's an abstract issue..." (or something to that effect) when Cannane threw the issue...

Parting shot from axed top planner Given that these threads (#1, #2, #3) are all reasonably old and that the thread discussing desalination, though important, is quite narrow in its focus, I thought that a new thread would be a good idea. So... There are many issues that may be discussed...

RU486 producer seeks approval

Ah, do I really have to point out that this isn't the thread or the sub-forum for such a debate? If you'd like to carry on with the debate, feel free to take it to the News, Current Affairs and Politics sub-forum. In particular, the 'where do you stand?' thread would clearly be the best thread...

It's time that everyone took a step back and actually looked at what it is that they are posting. No matter how 'wrong' you may consider a certain point of view to be, there is nothing to be gained by loading your response with however many profanities and far too many lines of capitalised text...

Fair Pay Commission to focus on unemployed

Religion in its entirety isn't necessarily bad, especially when it offers many what I consider to be just another constructed form of meaning and direction. That said, intolerant, anachronistic, divisive and oppressive forms of religion and the ways in which they are practiced are harmful and...

But we aren't in the US, are we, and by and large most Christians who take the time to debate this issue seriously do not take the story literally, do they? As davin said, this is nothing more than a sideshow point. Surely there are other issues that are far more interesting?