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Grey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5341 Gender:	Is Aunty moving too far right? Apr 15^th, 2011 at 4:32pm I can hardly believe my ears listening to 'Counterpoint' sometimes. These guys think keeping paedophiles out of a child care centre is running a nanny state. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/ http://suggest.getup.org.au/forums/60819-campaign-ideas/suggestions/1684971-petition-for-abc-to-return-to-its-charter
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Reply #1 - Apr 15^th, 2011 at 9:26pm

Grey wrote on Apr 15^th, 2011 at 4:32pm:

I can hardly believe my ears listening to 'Counterpoint' sometimes. These guys think keeping paedophiles out of a child care centre is running a nanny state.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/

http://suggest.getup.org.au/forums/60819-campaign-ideas/suggestions/1684971-petition-for-abc-to-return-to-its-charter

What a moronic petition. Your own composition?

If Abbott is ultra-conservative, who is an acceptable, respected conservative?

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Grey Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5341 Gender:	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #2 - Apr 15^th, 2011 at 9:52pm Quote: If Abbott is ultra-conservative, who is an acceptable, respected conservative? You can't think of one either Soren? No wait P J O'Rourke.
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Reply #3 - Apr 22^nd, 2011 at 10:52pm

Australian accused of spying for Hamas
By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker

Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:53pm AEST

An Australian man has been arrested in Israel and charged with working as a spy for Hamas.

Eyad Rashid Abu Arga is a Palestinian refugee who grew up on the Arabian Gulf but later moved to Australia and took out Australian citizenship.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/20/3197237.htm?section=justin

This is why I have turned away from the ABC as a news source - it is for lisping, sashaying Darlinghurst types and middle aged shrill women with silly red glasses and dyed hair.

This fvcker is no Australian. He is an Arab with an unknown place of birth who managed to get an AUstralian passport (to add to his Saudi and Jordanian one) under false pretences (there are thousands like him).

For the ABC to refer to anyone with an Australian passport as an Australian is tendentious, mendacious bullsh1t.

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Big Donger Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102047	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #4 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 10:48am Gee. That did it for you, eh?
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Reply #5 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 11:25am

Well what 'ave we got 'ere then 'aye? Someone with their Oz flag tucked too tight up ther bum crack I guess...

"This is why I have turned away from the ABC as a news source - it is for lisping,"

I must agree actually. The vocal contrivances of some of the readers is quite startling. Especially the attractive blonde who begins each paragraph with a roaring death rattle sucking of air down her gaping throat. But lisping.. I thinks perhaps you are making a deeper reference...

"sashaying Darlinghurst types"

Haven't been to D'hurst for yonks & I still watch a remnant of ABC News. Now I must say I have a cute walk - all my women tell me so. But sashaying? Nah. Not me. Again, there seems to be an element of personal concern in your presentation here. Is there something you feel you need to express about yourself? Go on. Be brave. We're here to help.

"and middle aged shrill women with silly red glasses and dyed hair."

I see. Then this is all about your mother then?

"This fvcker is no Australian. He is an Arab with an unknown place of birth"

Oh the angst. If you have never tried then you don't know. You ain't gonna get an Oz passport without a known P.O.B. Go on. Tell us what you really mean.

"who managed to get an AUstralian passport (to add to his Saudi and Jordanian one)"

This fair land has recognized dual citizenship for quite some time. Whatz yer problem? Are you suggetsing my US born kids should burn their Oz credentials?

"under false pretences (there are thousands like him)."

Better contact the Dept of Immigration right away if you have something to divulge. Or I suppose just stick around here. We need the giggles.

"For the ABC to refer to anyone with an Australian passport as an Australian is tendentious, mendacious bullsh1t."

Okay. Back on topic. It's all about the ABC then. But a few thoughts on being Australian.. always a good topic between pulls at the pokies. Allow me to summarize how I read your thoughts... To be Australian one must:

drape their body in what was once a fine flag, trailing it on the ground behind them.
be deathly afraid of anything that is different.
refuse to consider that times / places / people / customs change & evolve. Oh yeah, I agree. There are plenty of other cultures that stuff up on this one.
give credence to the spite of a redhead english born former purveyor of fish while denying the veracity of anyone of Middle Eastern origins.

cheers Mate.

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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #6 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:00pm Big Donger wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 10:48am: Gee. That did it for you, eh? Oh yes. It's the small, but numerous little distortions that add up to real harm. They disable plain, frank discussion, which is precisely what they are calculated to do.
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Reply #7 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:05pm

Earle Qaeda wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 11:25am:

Well what 'ave we got 'ere then 'aye? Someone with their Oz flag tucked too tight up ther bum crack I guess...

"This is why I have turned away from the ABC as a news source - it is for lisping,"

I must agree actually. The vocal contrivances of some of the readers is quite startling. Especially the attractive blonde who begins each paragraph with a roaring death rattle sucking of air down her gaping throat. But lisping.. I thinks perhaps you are making a deeper reference...

"sashaying Darlinghurst types"

Haven't been to D'hurst for yonks & I still watch a remnant of ABC News. Now I must say I have a cute walk - all my women tell me so. But sashaying? Nah. Not me. Again, there seems to be an element of personal concern in your presentation here. Is there something you feel you need to express about yourself? Go on. Be brave. We're here to help.

"and middle aged shrill women with silly red glasses and dyed hair."

I see. Then this is all about your mother then?

"This fvcker is no Australian. He is an Arab with an unknown place of birth"

Oh the angst. If you have never tried then you don't know. You ain't gonna get an Oz passport without a known P.O.B. Go on. Tell us what you really mean.

"who managed to get an AUstralian passport (to add to his Saudi and Jordanian one)"

This fair land has recognized dual citizenship for quite some time. Whatz yer problem? Are you suggetsing my US born kids should burn their Oz credentials?

"under false pretences (there are thousands like him)."

Better contact the Dept of Immigration right away if you have something to divulge. Or I suppose just stick around here. We need the giggles.

"For the ABC to refer to anyone with an Australian passport as an Australian is tendentious, mendacious bullsh1t."

Okay. Back on topic. It's all about the ABC then. But a few thoughts on being Australian.. always a good topic between pulls at the pokies. Allow me to summarize how I read your thoughts... To be Australian one must:

drape their body in what was once a fine flag, trailing it on the ground behind them.
be deathly afraid of anything that is different.
refuse to consider that times / places / people / customs change & evolve. Oh yeah, I agree. There are plenty of other cultures that stuff up on this one.
give credence to the spite of a redhead english born former purveyor of fish while denying the veracity of anyone of Middle Eastern origins.

cheers Mate.

That's an awful lot of waffle in search of a coherent point. To help you focus:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1298419401/49#49

But you may well be so cloth-eared that you do not hear the difference between an 'Australian' and an 'Australian national'.

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Reply #8 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:27pm

Soren wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:00pm:

Big Donger wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 10:48am:

Gee. That did it for you, eh?

Oh yes. It's the small, but numerous little distortions that add up to real harm. They disable plain, frank discussion, which is precisely what they are calculated to do.

True, but have you tried calling Alan? You can't get a word in.

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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #9 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:34pm I though Mohammed was the last person Alan spoke to (as in 'Alan's at the um.. bar', the cry one hears from the sons of Alan).
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Big Donger Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102047	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #10 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:36pm Unless you're flattering him.
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Reply #11 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:38pm

Earle Qaeda wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 11:25am:

"This fvcker is no Australian. He is an Arab with an unknown place of birth"

Oh the angst. If you have never tried then you don't know. You ain't gonna get an Oz passport without a known P.O.B. Go on. Tell us what you really mean.

This bastard probably has a British passport, lives in central London but I wouldn't call him English or even British. Would you?

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Big Donger Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102047	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #12 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:38pm Soren wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:34pm: I though Mohammed was the last person Alan spoke to (as in 'Alan's at the um.. bar', the cry one hears from the sons of Alan). Oh, Alan's everywhere. I think he has a few things to say about the ABC too.
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #13 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:40pm He may be everywhere but he ain't speaking to nobody no more. It was Mohammed or nobody.
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Big Donger Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 102047	Re: Is Aunty moving too far right? Reply #14 - Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:42pm Soren wrote on Apr 23^rd, 2011 at 3:38pm: This bastard probably has a British passport but I wouldn't call him English or even British. Would you? Definately not. Your Englishman likes to wear a nice tweed jacket or a suit and bowler hat. How could these so-called journalists not know that?
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