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Tink said:
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Never have Voltaire's words been so pertinent””a grand censorship is being engineered through political correctness.
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"criticize" don't just mean pointing out (or making up) the negative while ignoring any positive. Fair and Balance, as the world's greatest media corporation will tell you.
 
Free speech back on agenda

Liberal senators are backing plans for new legislation to protect free speech in a move to launch public hearings into Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, reviving a contentious reform that divided Tony Abbott’s government more than two years ago.

West Australian Liberal senator Dean Smith is pushing for a parliamentary inquiry to thrash out the changes in the wake of growing calls for change from some of the crossbenchers who will share the balance of power in the upper house.

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and the Liberal Democratic Party are joining Family First in reviving the campaign against Section 18C, which makes it an offence to “offend, insult, humiliate or *intimidate” someone on the grounds of their race, colour or ethnic origin.

The crossbench moves suggest that the reform would gain support from eight of the 11 crossbench senators including David Leyonhjelm from the LDP, Bob Day from Family First, Derryn Hinch from Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and the four senators from One Nation.

Senator Smith welcomed those moves yesterday and said a first step should be to launch a parliamentary inquiry that could hear all sides of the argument.

Victorian Liberal James Paterson said the support from the crossbench meant there was an opportunity to get changes made.

“That means there is a very good chance a bill to fix 18C could pass the parliament if the government takes it up, as I will be advocating for it to,” he said.

Labor and the Greens have warned against changing the law on the grounds that it would leave ethnic groups exposed to attack, while the issue divides the *Coalition in the wake of the decision to abandon reform in 2014 even though Mr Abbott pledged to repeal 18C.

Mr Hinch has publicly called for the issue to be tackled while One Nation senator-elect Malcolm Roberts said public debate needed more open speech.

“What tends to happen is we address the messenger rather than the message. This issue is not discussed instead because people are afraid of speaking up,” he said.

Senator Leyonhjelm said he would introduce a bill to remove Section 18C.

“If you want to take offence, that’s your choice. You have the choice of choosing another feeling,” he said on ABC’s Insiders program. “Offence is always taken, not given.’’

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/fed...a/news-story/a970ae1b4e2e29b8192df07e234b8e35
 
Tink said:
Free speech back on agenda



Labor and the Greens have warned against changing the law on the grounds that it would leave ethnic groups exposed to attack, .....
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I wonder why these article rarely declare who specifically says these things, while the Libs always get a name thrown into personify their claim.

Labor is like the 19th century born Great Aunt who who shutdown family conversations in the name of Victorian era conservatism and probity. The Greens are Great Aunt's poodle.
 
This is good thing, i think many nations may see what happens in Australia but this could be a sign of things to come in terms of free speech over politically correct.
 

Ah what a very, very special person we have in the Honourable Senator Leyonhielm. I wonder how he might take some pretty pointed very funny comments about his good self? Like to see
Check it out. Edgiest 3 minutes you'll in a long time.


 
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Funny as.

I also found myself fixated on the woman's hands behind the chatterers and her keyboard method.
 

Consider the difference netween these two statements:

1/-Climate fantastists are loons

2/ basilio is a loon.

Notice anything?
 
wayneL said:
Consider the difference netween these two statements:

1/-Climate fantastists are loons

2/ basilio is a loon.

Notice anything?
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Don't tell me! Let me guess!

The second statement is offensive to self-respecting loons.

Edit: my response was intended to be taken in a hypothetical context and should not be mistaken for agreement with the veracity (or lack thereof) of the two hypothetical statements.
 
luutzu said:
Not winning the scientific argument there Sifu?
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The inclusion of a specific ASFer in the scenario may have had an unfortunately diversive side effect.

Did you truly fail to recognise the distinction between those two statements and their relevance to the clip posted by basilio?
 
cynic said:
The inclusion of a specific ASFer in the scenario may have had an unfortunately diversive side effect.

Did you truly fail to recognise the distinction between those two statements and their relevance to the clip posted by basilio?
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Yep purely hypothetical, notwithstanding.... Oh never mind.

Grasshopper, surely you do not miss this so very obvious point?

Or was that an amateur attempt to deflect it?
 
cynic said:
The inclusion of a specific ASFer in the scenario may have had an unfortunately diversive side effect.

Did you truly fail to recognise the distinction between those two statements and their relevance to the clip posted by basilio?
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Again, what's with the multi sy la bles cynic? Keep it presidential dude.

I don't follow all your denials so haven't a clue what you and Sifu were on except the usual somewhat-smart mouth defending the dumbest of position (adapted from John Oliver).
 
Goodness gracious, how fallacious!

One shouldn't draw conclusions non existent data grasshopper. This could be what the universe wants you to learn in this incarnation
 
wayneL said:
Goodness gracious, how fallacious!

One shouldn't draw conclusions non existent data grasshopper. This could be what the universe wants you to learn in this incarnation
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Two Climate Deniers standing in a lift.
One farted and the other one sniffs.
They both shrugged because lift smells sometimes.

 
Are there really people who deny that we have a climate?
 
wayneL said:
Are there really people who deny that we have a climate?
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Well actually there are.

I mean, there are people who reckon that all the waste and pollution, the deforestation, the damming and polluting of water sources... no effect whatsoever on the earth and its climate.
 
wayneL said:
Consider the difference netween these two statements:

1/-Climate fantastists are loons

2/ basilio is a loon.

Notice anything?
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I notice poor form from a so called "Moderator" of aussiestockforums who has always championed the phase "play the ball not the man" when the argument is not going your way. Practice what you preach.
 
Macquack said:
I notice poor form from a so called "Moderator" of aussiestockforums who has always championed the phase "play the ball not the man" when the argument is not going your way. Practice what you preach.
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The question was rhetorical quacker, to illustrate a point... A bit subtle for you I guess.
 
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