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Re: Land degradation in the Middle East
Reply #15 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:44pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:35pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:26pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:19pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:04pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 8:57pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 8:49pm:

helian, why did you lie?

Did I lie little Tallow?

Go and read the comments Darwin made about the effect of European civilisation on Australia. He recognised that the land would not sustain the clearing and deforestation for grazing. As he arrived in Summer he witnessed first hand what these practices exacerbated by lack of rainfall and tapping the meagre river systems would do to the land.

I read it and the question remains.

What did you read, little fella?

I read your lie, big dickhead.

What did you think of his comments about creating canals to irrigate farms and pasture? What about his belief in the extinction of Australian fauna through European activity from hunting and destruction of habitat? What about his warning that Australia could not sustain expansion of agriculture?

Don't you want to apologise to be rude first?

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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Land degradation in the Middle East Reply #16 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:47pm tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:44pm: Don't you want to apologise to be rude first? Didn't think you'd read "it".
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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4230	Re: Land degradation in the Middle East Reply #17 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:55pm NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:47pm: tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:44pm: Don't you want to apologise to be rude first? Didn't think you'd read "it". I've noticed that you don't think.
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Re: Land degradation in the Middle East
Reply #18 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:06pm

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:55pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:47pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:44pm:

Don't you want to apologise to be rude first?

Didn't think you'd read "it".

I've noticed that you don't think.

So what did you "think" of Darwin's comments?

What about Dame Nellie Melba's somewhat embarrassing plea to Europeans to donate money to help starving animals she saw out of her carriage window during a tour of rural Australia in the middle of a severe drought? Bit like the old Kaiser in Palestine, I reckon.

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Re: Land degradation in the Middle East
Reply #19 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:09pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:06pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:55pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:47pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 9:44pm:

Don't you want to apologise to be rude first?

Didn't think you'd read "it".

I've noticed that you don't think.

So what did you "think" of Darwin's comments?

What about Dame Nellie Melba's somewhat embarrassing plea to Europeans to donate money to help starving animals she saw out of her carriage window during a tour of rural Australia in the middle of a severe drought? Bit like the old Kaiser in Palestine, I reckon.

I'm waiting for apologies from you in regards of your rude and false remarks of personal nature.

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Grendel Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 28080 Gender:	Re: Land degradation in the Middle East Reply #20 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:16pm I think Darwin's comments are timely for his time... if not somewhat exaggerated at the time and limited.
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Reply #21 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:17pm

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:09pm:

I'm waiting for apologies from you in regards of your rude and false remarks of personal nature.

No you're not. What you want is to walk away from this thread with a sense of righteous indignation. Don't you think your hare-brained ideas about camel sh!t and assertions that Muslims are somehow more destructive on the environment than any other peoples are offensive? You spout any crap you like under your "free speech" platform then get offended when someone refers to you using a diminutive, to which you respond by calling me a big dickhead. If you're offended by that, you're too soft for life.

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Reply #22 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:20pm

Grendel wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:16pm:

I think Darwin's comments are timely for his time... if not somewhat exaggerated at the time and limited.

Could be. He did arrive in Australia in a depressed state and had visions of Australia being a lush and fertile continent. The aridity and barrenness of the rural areas he saw in the height of Summer shocked him.

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Reply #23 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:32pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:17pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:09pm:

I'm waiting for apologies from you in regards of your rude and false remarks of personal nature.

No you're not. What you want is to walk away from this thread with a sense of righteous indignation. Don't you think your hare-brained ideas about camel sh!t and assertions that Muslims are somehow more destructive on the environment than any other peoples are offensive? You spout any crap you like under your "free speech" platform then get offended when someone refers to you using a diminutive, to which you respond by calling me a big dickhead. If you're offended by that, you're too soft for life.

yes I am because you need to be disciplined to make it worthwhile to discuss anything with you. So choice is yours.

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NorthOfNorth Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 17258 Gender:	Re: Land degradation in the Middle East Reply #24 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:35pm tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:32pm: yes I am because you need to be disciplined to make it worthwhile to discuss anything with you. So choice is yours. Hmm, disciplined for free speech eh? Not so nice this "free speech" when you don't like it, eh fella?
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Reply #25 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:40pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:35pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:32pm:

yes I am because you need to be disciplined to make it worthwhile to discuss anything with you. So choice is yours.

Hmm, disciplined for free speech eh? Not so nice this "free speech" when you don't like it, eh fella?

It is obvious that you don't understand difference between disciplined thinking and prohibition of free thought just as you don't understand that Australia is not in the Middle East.

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Reply #26 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:55pm

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:40pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:35pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:32pm:

yes I am because you need to be disciplined to make it worthwhile to discuss anything with you. So choice is yours.

Hmm, disciplined for free speech eh? Not so nice this "free speech" when you don't like it, eh fella?

It is obvious that you don't understand difference between disciplined thinking and prohibition of free thought just as you don't understand that Australia is not in the Middle East.

Oh I understand the need for constraints on free speech just as easily as I recognise petulance and self pity.

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Reply #27 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 11:06pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:55pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:40pm:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:35pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 10:32pm:

yes I am because you need to be disciplined to make it worthwhile to discuss anything with you. So choice is yours.

Hmm, disciplined for free speech eh? Not so nice this "free speech" when you don't like it, eh fella?

It is obvious that you don't understand difference between disciplined thinking and prohibition of free thought just as you don't understand that Australia is not in the Middle East.

Oh I understand the need for constraints on free speech just as easily as I recognise petulance and self pity.

But you obviously don't know how to exesise the constraints when your own speech is concerned but I don't think that you are hypocritical for reasons that I stated above.

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Re: Land degradation in the Middle East
Reply #28 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 11:19pm

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 11:06pm:

But you obviously don't know how to exesise the constraints when your own speech is concerned but I don't think that you are hypocritical for reasons that I stated above.

That's restraint, fella... exercise restraint. Perhaps you should consider the mechanics of constraint yourself when you get the itch to make another hare-brained post.

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Re: Land degradation in the Middle East
Reply #29 - Feb 16^th, 2009 at 11:23pm

NorthOfNorth wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 11:19pm:

tallowood wrote on Feb 16^th, 2009 at 11:06pm:

But you obviously don't know how to exesise the constraints when your own speech is concerned but I don't think that you are hypocritical for reasons that I stated above.

That's restraint, fella... exercise restraint. Perhaps you should consider the mechanics of constraint yourself when you get the itch to make another hare-brained post.

My role is to discipline you pal so I use your own words to awaken yourself.
Now tell me, is Australia in the Middle East or not?

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