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Well Frontline is one of the best units, and sadly enough it is probably completely accurate. My point was that you cannot accept what the press says on face value. You must analyse it critically. Possibly there may be only one true sentence in the entire report. Most of what they say is...

I can't believe somebody is defending PETA. They disgrace all greenies, and mankind. It doesn't seem to be about animal rights with them, but simply proving they are right. They break the law, and they are not so innocent to animals. In one case they fed pigs bacon so the animnals had to be put...

I didn't say that. I was referring to people who use America as an example of a great republic. I was merely pointing out how Australia at the moment is superior to America. I am not saying that if we become a republic we'll end up like that, I'm saying that is stupid to continually use as an...

I spent most of my time in IPT playing games or bludging on the net and now I'm in university, if that helps. It's not as daunting as it all seems.

It's the quality of your story that is important. If everything fist and you're happy with your story then don't bother adding in little extras because it will just interfere with the flow. The reason (I suppose) that there must be a 2000 word difference in limits is because a story is not like...

I didn't mind the first two Harry Potter films (I saw the first movie then decided to read the books). They at least seemed magical. The place is supposed to be this wondrous wizard world and yet in the last two movies, especially POA, it comes across as the some sort of depressing graveyard...

I remember discussing this in a Constitutional tutorial. It was pretty heated. Can't really remember what was said and I won't bother with my notes (because I don't know where they are), but one of the reasons the 1999 referendum failed, in my opinion has to do with the advocates of a republic...

How naive are you? You don't think the media isn't extrapolating and embellishing. Most war critics in the media are complete leftist pacifists (I'm not knocking the left mind), or else are hoping to sell a story. What a boring report it would be if the media reported that US Forces captured...

Terrible books? This thread idea has been done to death, but it's always fun (how sad) to name the utterly atrocious books suffered through. Anything by Jane Austen, and if anyone thinks Emma is tough try Persuasion that is the slowest, most boring book ever. Matthew Reilly, his writing...

Secularism isn't perfect, but it's the best we have. However, we must be careful not to push it too far. However, on the issue of religion, I will defend Christianity (in the sort of life-affirming, everyday, a fair of my friends are such wholesome people for practising it way), but am opposed...

Re: Does Australia have a culture? Culture is, when it is broken down, a form of stereotyping. Often stereotypes arise out of an outsiders perception of their culture. And Australia does have a culture. A culture is everything that seperates one socity from another. We have a unique form...

Somehow I don't think so, waf. What I heard on the radio (a couple of hours ago) is that no one is going to be forced to get the new cards, but you're going to need them to access things such as health, etc, that your old cards did. So, in effect, while they're not compulsory it's almost...

And, based upon what I know the majority of these people, it will probably be a sad day indeed when one of them (especially an ex-young Liberal) runs the country. The actual decent ones a person could respect probably do not stand a chance because of the very fact they are decent.

Half the population of NSW (or more) live outside Sydney. I think you'll find that this state government has been the most Sydneycentric government yet. If funds that were wasted in Sydney were spent on rural areas for basic commodities then you would probably witness an increased flux of people...

And what if you had the wrong man? What if you cut the hand off of, or killed, an innocent man? If Sharia law is so great why isn't everyone, especially all muslims, immigrating to the middle east?

No, the American govenment really did place Saddam in power after the first Gulf War. What I'm annoyed about is that now the sacndal is hitting home. Farmers are facing financial trouble because the scandal has been Australian wheat into repute and countries are not going to trade with us...

Well it is a very important issue that appears to have no resolution in sight. I don't see the whole non-white thing though.

What could be a decent start were if each country (or rather the rich or powerful countries) agreed to each donate a certain amount to Africa. And not necessarily money but actual food, etc. Given the great expanse of waste that occurs it would be feasible. Did anyone else see the stories about...

Apparently it's islam that's going to breed us out. You know it would be a cruel irony if Australia did become a muslim nation. Not only would one unbelievable backbencher have been right, but it'd be a case of throwing multiculturalism and acceptance back in the face of it's advocates...

I was going off more than one post. It was more a general impression.