Freedom of speech and protest

[wayneL]

Qantas will be suffering the ignomious and financially disastrous consequences of me boycotting their airline too </tongueincheek>

....not because I am against gay marriage, but because I am against social agendas from such a business.

I rather think Marg should have kept her mouth shut, unless she had honed her argument and subtle logical fallacy to the extend the shrillest of the left have.

A lamb to the slaughter.

But the left continue to mire themselves in the Orewllian double standards and doubletalk that critically thinking folks instantly recognise as poisonous hypocritical intolerance cultural vandalism.

Bring on the ideological civil war when the moderate majority finally assert themself.

May Joyce, Aly, andcthecrest of the pompous, purulent Deprogressives, sink into the stinking abyss of their own making.

 

[SirRumpole]

....not because I am against gay marriage, but because I am against social agendas from such a business.

Believe it or not I agree completely. I dislike being dragged into a social engineering agenda simply because I give my custom to a particular business.

If a Qantas passenger declines to wear their badge or whatever, is a gay steward going to "accidentally" spill coffee in their lap ? This is the question a lot of passengers will be asking.

If Alan Joyce wants to conduct a personal campaign, that's up to him, but I don't think he should be dragging shareholders or customers into a battle that they don't necessarily want to engage in.

 

[Tisme]

Believe it or not I agree completely. I dislike being dragged into a social engineering agenda simply because I give my custom to a particular business.

If a Qantas passenger declines to wear their badge or whatever, is a gay steward going to "accidentally" spill coffee in their lap ? This is the question a lot of passengers will be asking.

If Alan Joyce wants to conduct a personal campaign, that's up to him, but I don't think he should be dragging shareholders or customers into a battle that they don't necessarily want to engage in.

Unfortunately many adults do think like children and interpret lack of overt resistance as implicit support.

 

[SirRumpole]

Unfortunately many adults do think like children and interpret lack of overt resistance as implicit support.

Yes, Hilary Clinton found that out.

 

[McLovin]

Believe it or not I agree completely. I dislike being dragged into a social engineering agenda simply because I give my custom to a particular business.

Then don't give them your custom...

 

[SirRumpole]

Then don't give them your custom...

I may or may not, but I wonder if the majority of Qantas shareholders approve of a policy that may turn customers off.

 

[McLovin]

I may or may not, but I wonder if the majority of Qantas shareholders approve of a policy that may turn customers off.

Considering every other corporate of size in Australia seems to be on board with gay marriage I doubt Qantas is losing sleep over whether it will affect their p&l.

The bigger issue is the droop on the Skybed.

 

[Ves]

Considering every other corporate of size in Australia seems to be on board with gay marriage I doubt Qantas is losing sleep over whether it will affect their p&l.

The bigger issue is the droop on the Skybed.

Surely there's a votocrat poll that says otherwise mate?

 

[McLovin]

Surely there's a votocrat poll that says otherwise mate?

Yes. Some polls indicate 99.2% of people don't support gay marriage on Votocrap.

 

[SirRumpole]

Yes. Some polls indicate 99.2% of people don't support gay marriage on Votocrap.

So have a plebiscite and find out for real.

 

[Tink]

They don't want a plebiscite, they want to sack or 'ban for life', anyone that doesn't agree with them.

 

[SirRumpole]

If the ABC publicly supported gay marriage they would be called leftist ratbags and would be threatened with funding cuts.

 

[Tink]

I also meant to add -- The reason, imv, Margaret came forward was because of Alan Joyce banning that man for life.

 

[sptrawler]

I hate talking on issues like this, but why does the media have free rein to decide what is the correct outcome?
Why do reporters have free rein , to peddle their agenda, while suppressing others?
Where the hell is management? probably supping wine and wondering why the masses are pi$$ed off.

 

[sptrawler]

I also meant to add -- The reason, imv, Margaret came forward was because of Alan Joyce banning that man for life.

The problem Margret Court has, she has taken on the media at large, they obviously are full of people with a strong social conscience.
Supported by a high capitalist salary, hope the conflict works out well for them. lol
May end up as a watershed moment.IMO
The general public is getting well and truly fed up with the media.
Chanel 10 is an example, the project, I have 10 shares(sadly) and I don't watch it.lol
Why the hell would you?

 

[Tink]

Margaret Court Arena is there because of her tennis achievements.

The law of this land is Marriage between one man and one woman.
We do have unions which are exactly the same, for same sex couples, as do many other countries.
Switzerland, Germany etc have the same as we do.

She is entitled to her view, as are others.

As a democracy and a country that is supposed to have freedom of speech, we should still be allowed to say what we think. imv.

 

[PZ99]

Happily, Alan Joyce has similar rights to Margaret Court when it comes to freedom of speech

 

[Tink]

And he uses the Qantas flag as his own private business.

We won't be using Qantas.

 

[PZ99]

In that case I guess you won't be doing business with any of these companies then?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...k=e9bbac719df9f4e81c3347abd9650d30-1496265582

 

[McLovin]

The problem Margret Court has

...is she's as bat **** crazy as any other religious nut...