Oz Politik

[godfry n. glad]

Originally Posted by Adora

The sheer amount of stupidity that goes into people's heads about child-abuse is phenomenal. Parents of the world! It is not some stranger in a trenchcoat with a laptop you should be worried about! Get this through your head! Like all crimes, it is the people you know who you should be watching. Grrr.

Agreed. The same goes for violent crimes. If you are ever involved in a violent crime, the probablity is very strong that the other person will be a family member or familiar. This is one reason why keeping a handgun in the home for "self-protection" is foolish.

So, I'm sorry to hear that Bonsai Howard got reelected.

I have friends in Melbourne and on Tasmania who will be sorely disappointed.

And... If you don't mind, Adora, I'd like to take this opportunity to point out to my fellow Americans that having multiple parties and "coalition" governments does not ncessarily improve a nation's governance. Instead, it introduces the possibility of a small splinter party, representing some minority demand, having inordinate power in the process of governance and ability to impose their petty demand upon all others....

I've seen it happen elsewhere.

Hunker down and keep working to change the regime, Adora.

godfry

[Adora]

Update...

Okay, so my electorate is still actually undecided... It's definitely going to come down to preferences, and also even mail-votes. Last night on the news, it said the Labour candidate was only trailing by 200.

It'll be interesting, in a sense, if it goes to the Libs. Because the area I am in has been such a steady Labour electorate for so long, a little shake-up may not be that bad. Too bad it has to be like this, and I mean, Con Sciacca is an arsehole, but there are worse. We had one of the One Nation candidates running in our electorate. Really says something about the area, doesn't it? *gags*

[Godless Dave]

Let me be the first American to congratulate Australia on voting to become a US territory.

Two things:

1. Eventually you will have to drive on the right.
   
2. You can kiss your health insurance goodbye.