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Muz said:
And what would happen if we did turbo?

Sounds a lot like a veiled threat.
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I’ll meet you half way here. If we ever met in person, the topic of politics and religion would be off the table. Otherwise I would not stick around.
 
Mr Cleansheets said:
Guys, there are a number of posts in the last day or so which have crossed the line.

We are a community on this forum and we can only continue to be a community while we share values - such as respect and tolerance. We don't have to share the same opinions but we must respect our fellow posters. Those who do not show respect and restraint are not welcome.

You have several hours to delete your own posts if you suspect you've crossed a line but if you don't, they will be deleted by mods and warnings or even bannings will follow.

This is clearly an inflammatory topic. If you can't discuss it with reason and restraint then do us all a favour by not posting at all.
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Deleted all but a couple of mine in this thread.
 
Robbos said:
Yes I tried to indulge him, get to know what he really thinks, then suddenly it was my fault, all on me, I was a communist, a Labour/Greens voter, I voted for Albo, I didn't feel for White farmers, very confusing
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What ironic about the white farmers is that it was not just white farmers that lost land. The war vets in Zim attacked anyone. I had uncles attacked and locked up for no reason. We had to conduct business underground for fear of reprisal. At election time, skin colour didn't matter, anyone who voted against ZANU was beaten up. It was simply dictatorship. England had its role by failing the Lancaster Agreement and then ignoring Zim.
 
Watched the 'news' tonight. Twenty minutes on Bondi. The only thing that could be considered news was the announcements of the national day of mourning tomorrow. Though I thought that was announced yesterday.

When does this blanket coverage with no real news become an intrusion on a community trying to grieve. The news should be there to report news - not wallow in others grief.

If there is news to report - report it. Otherwise let the community grieve in peace.
 
patjennings said:
Watched the 'news' tonight. Twenty minutes on Bondi. The only thing that could be considered news was the announcements of the national day of mourning tomorrow. Though I thought that was announced yesterday.

When does this blanket coverage with no real news become an intrusion on a community trying to grieve. The news should be there to report news - not wallow in others grief.

If there is news to report - report it. Otherwise let the community grieve in peace.
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Yeah the close ups of people in tears at funerals is verging on gratuitous.
 
What a broken society we live in... Attacking and killing another human purely because of their race, colour or religion is the perfect trick the devil has pulled to keep us all divided... And these posts cheering for or against the massacre are the saddest of the lot...

I don't even think it is hypocrisy anymore, just this blind rage that has consumed us all... I never thought I would live to see the day that people on the so called "progressive" left could/ would seek to justify indiscriminate slaughter based on wrongful perception and racism and "welfare commie fighters" defending the very people their idols fought to wipe off the face of the earth...
 
Speaking of statements, Ley's office official shot
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What lefties have failed to answer in their unabashed support for Hamas is what the fuck did they expect Israel to do when Hamas attacked the country on October 7, 2023 and took Israeli citizens hostage?

Seems Hamas sympathisers just expected Israel to sit back and take it and do nothing.
 
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This is something quite different.

ATM I'm involved in a national steering committee for a group called Campaign Against Pensioner Poverty.

Ostensibly, the retired section of the Aus Manufacturing Workers' Union, have done enough work to state that throughout Aus Institute stats 35% of Aged Pensioners live below the poverty line, which is 700 odd dollars per week.

Currently the aged pension is basic $540, up to $590 per week.

We are asking the Fed Albo Labor Govt to increase the aged pension to the poverty line. Initially we are asking for a $10 increase per day, then $20.

We have met Minister Tanya Plibersek. She acknowledged the veracity of our claims. She claimed they cannot afford it, which amounts to $20 billion, but we allude to AUKUS costing $380 billion! CAPP argues why should we have to justify $20 billion with the cost of AUKUS?

Currently aged pensions comprise 13% of the Fed budget.
Defence is currently 11-12%.
Education has dipped to 5 - 6% of the budget after being 8- 9%.

Tacitly, Tanya P suggested we see all the Labor backbenchers.

* We've just seen Senator Carol Brown and Minister Julie Collins in Tas, with more to come.

*CAPP in South Aus have had meetings with South Aus Fed MPs.

*Queensland CAPP have met the Labor Member for Blair.

What would I like you to do?

1.Join the Facebook group Campaign Against Pensioner Poverty.
2. Sign the online petition for CAPP.
3. I have heaps of paper petitions and I'm photographing heaps of activists, pressure group leaders, members of the public and politicians signing the CAPP petition. Then posting them on the CAPP FB page.

If you join the CAPP FB page, I'm a Mod, plus we have 2 Admins to let you in. I have no idea who you are or if you are member of G and FC? Unless I know you off forum.

Who is CAPP?
1. AMWU retired section.
2. National Retired Unionist Network Executive and the RUN mass membership.
3. Hobart Retired Unionists, plus other RUN branches soon to join around Aus.
4. A Fair Go For Pensioners (12 constituent groups in Victoria).
5. Aus Council of Trade Unions (1.8 million members).
 
Sharkman84 said:
What lefties have failed to answer in their unabashed support for Hamas is what the fuck did they expect Israel to do when Hamas attacked the country on October 7, 2023 and took Israeli citizens hostage?

Seems Hamas sympathisers just expected Israel to sit back and take it and do nothing.
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As explained previously young grasshopper there's a difference between retaliation and wholesale slaughter and destruction.

What IDF sympathisers fail to answer is whether they think 15000 children and 50000 others being killed is OK.

I can wait.
 
Muz said:
As explained previously young grasshopper there's a difference between retaliation and wholesale slaughter and destruction.

What IDF sympathisers fail to answer is whether they think 15000 children and 50000 others being killed is OK.

I can wait.
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So you think Israel should've just sat back and took it when attacked?

It was the single biggest loss of Jewish life since Hitler and the Nazis killed hundreds of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.
 
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