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I have no doubt that both you and I are somewhat to considerably acquainted with the damage addiction can do and we've both lost people close to us and/or family and/or seen relationships ruined and homes wrecked because of it.

I've also got no doubt we're on the same page on a lot of stuff and are perhaps even similarly horrified at the irresponsible and typically accountability shunning hubris that seems to go hand in hand with those who have embraced totalitarian / freedom hating left-ardian philosophy.

"Do-gooder"s who actually and obviously are not.

It seems to me that those types seem to want the whole world to be forced to toe a line they happen to agree with but rarely want any kind of accountability for themselves. What is more, their idea of charity typically involves the forced taking and using of Other People's Money.

In short, stealing from others in order to finance their own attempts to attain feel-goodery and/or "being-needed".

... and similar forms of Hubris.

Oh, and who was it calling for a world wide police Force the other month ?

Yet I bet that same person wouldn't want suitable authorities investigating and supervising their so called "half way house for the doomed at 12 years old".

Which brings us to the other "H" word that totalitarian minded freedom hating left-ards are so worthy of.

Hypocrisy.

Anyhoo, as apparently a kid who used to frequent a so called half-way house for "doomed at 12yo kids" has died, then one would hope that suitable authorities are now looking into just how that half-way house is being run and what needs to be put in place to hopefully prevent any further deaths, yes ?

Do you think our resident "waa, we need a world wide police force" barely closeted totalitarian will be requesting some official sort of help and advice (etc) in that regard though ?

... or do you think it they will do the usual left-ardian thing and try and pass on blame while considering themselves and their way to be beyond reproach let alone any kind of accountability ?

Like, could you imagine the hue and cry that kind of person would "waa" if it were the other way around and it was LSCP and me who were running a "halfway house" or "drop in centre" or "help line", etc, etc, etc, for other people's kids ?

Which reminds me ...

At least LSCP has a current WWC and doesn't think kids are doomed at 12 years old.

regarDS
 
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I have no doubt that both you and I are somewhat to considerably acquainted with the damage addiction can do and we've both lost people close to us and/or family and/or seen relationships ruined and homes wrecked because of it.

I've also got no doubt we're on the same page on a lot of stuff and are perhaps even similarly horrified at the irresponsible and typically accountability shunning hubris that seems to go hand in hand with those who have embraced totalitarian / freedom hating left-ardian philosophy.



We actually are.

I am like the pro abortion version of you in a lot of ways.

As you know, I was a doomed 12 year old, in fact I was doomed from the start. I am an addict. I come from a long line of addicted welfare sucking loons. And it both embarrasses and saddens me deeply that my beautiful son was, for a short time, the collateral damage that comes with having to endure an addicted mother and father. It was a violent, dishonest and shame filled life, which resulted in a complete loss of self worth and a belief in nothing. How can you be rehabilitated when that is your normal and that is all you have ever known?

A version of your God saved me, the Roman Catholic version, which is why I have the utmost respect for all faith, that is not extreme.

A roof, a bed, clean clothes and a meal is not what turns your life around and saves you from yourself. Having someone believe in you, having someone role model decency, and empower you is what can change the direction of a retches life.

It is that sort of simplistic thinking that adds to the problem. "I fed you! I clothed you! I gave you a bed! Why are you still broken?! Why are you not fixed?!"

I believe that with the right support, it takes 10 years to undo a toxic childhood.
 

We actually are.

I am like the pro abortion version of you in a lot of ways.

As you know, I was a doomed 12 year old, in fact I was doomed from the start. I am an addict. I come from a long line of addicted welfare sucking loons. And it both embarrasses and saddens me deeply that my beautiful son was, for a short time, the collateral damage that comes with having to endure an addicted mother and father. It was a violent, dishonest and shame filled life, which resulted in a complete loss of self worth and a belief in nothing. How can you be rehabilitated when that is your normal and that is all you have ever known?

A version of your God saved me, the Roman Catholic version, which is why I have the utmost respect for all faith, that is not extreme.

A roof, a bed, clean clothes and a meal is not what turns your life around and saves you from yourself. Having someone believe in you, having someone role model decency, and empower you is what can change the direction of a retches life.

It is that sort of simplistic thinking that adds to the problem. "I fed you! I clothed you! I gave you a bed! Why are you still broken?! Why are you not fixed?!"

I believe that with the right support, it takes 10 years to undo a toxic childhood.

Amen.

One day I too perhaps will share more ... but not today.

"Today I ..." will merely repeat that, thanks to addiction, LSCP's own brother and his wife made orphans of their own two daughters who where then thankfully adopted by another branch of LSCP's family (though, for a while she was preparing to take over responsibility ... but thankfully for everyone concerned, it didn't need to come to that and the girls were much better placed).

The youtube "Psalm 23" was me sharing/singing @ LSCP's brother's funeral.

Today I ..." will also merely repeat that I've suffered loss in the form of friends whose bodies and minds have been done over by their addiction who have decided to end their time on earth / in their body.

Deem "their life, their choice" included. "Song for Franz" ala "Miss you" is about one of them.

In addition to that, yas may as well deem a goodly portion of ye olde saying "homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto" applicable to the empiricist that is I.

That said though, my empiricism never has seen me experiment in the direction of either E. or H. ... panadine forte and my observation of now deceased and liver failed friends told me all I need to know about the latter, and the "Ooops, I did it again" head shaved young lass, all I need to know about the former.

I prefer to drive my body rather than let it drive me. Which is prolly why both LSCP and I can easily go without illcohol for months at a time and not miss it in even the slightest.

Our lives, our choice, and all that.

Anyhoo, enough of the serious stuff.

I called LSCP "my little harvey norman" the other night after carefully shaving all the bits she likes me to keep stubbled.

She said "huh, why did you call me that ?"

Can you guess my repy ?

Yup, it was "absolutely no interest for 36 months !"

:D :D :D

regarDS
 
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"today i ..." was captivated by the extra bit of guff that was included with my tax return.

Twas a list of how my tax dollars had been allocated.

Apparently over a third of it went to "welfare" of which over a third of that was for "Aged".

About 1/4 of it went to "health" ... dunno if this actually includes all the medicare theft though.

Pretty sad about how little went to Defence and how much went to "General Public Service" though, particularly in relation to "public order and safety", which was even below "foreign affairs and economic aid".

What wasn't clear was where the likes of the bloated socialist animal that is the ABC and SBS was listed under.

Welfare ?

Industry assistance ?

Other purposes ?

Which ever it is, I want my money back !

[adit] The "amen" in prior post was mainly to teh bit of Tralalalalala's I bolded.

regarDS
 
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"today i ..." was captivated by the extra bit of guff that was included with my tax return.

Twas a list of how my tax dollars had been allocated.

Apparently over a third of it went to "welfare" of which over a third of that was for "Aged".

About 1/4 of it went to "health" ... dunno if this actually includes all the medicare theft though.

Pretty sad about how little went to Defence and how much went to "General Public Service" though, particularly in relation to "public order and safety", which was even below "foreign affairs and economic aid".

What wasn't clear was where the likes of the bloated socialist animal that is the ABC and SBS was listed under.

Welfare ?

Industry assistance ?

Other purposes ?

Which ever it is, I want my money back !

[adit] The "amen" in prior post was mainly to teh bit of Tralalalalala's I bolded.

regarDS

The funding for public broadcasters constitutes about 45% of the recreation and culture category.
 
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:confused: what is wrong with the ABC? Do people actually like watching ads? Do people like using shitty catch up websites? Do people like watching promos filled with hyperbole?
 
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lol. cheers Con.

well, in protest I decided to watch some tubes rather than iView tonight. :D



I then invested some of my return on a new toy and converted my custom freeboard into a very lowriding wide-trucked flexi longboard.

regarDS
 
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Because they're totalitarian green-nazi leftards who hate God.

Duh.

I'm probably forgetting something.

haters of freedom and individualism, lovers of Big Intrusive Government, and wastrels who are hopelessly addicted to spending other people's money, for starters. :D

Anyhoo, some more youtubes

(intro ... I'm sure if you're interested you'll find the rest)

this one about choice and charity is probably apt for this thread at the moment ...


regarDS
 
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Kindness seems to bite, hit a nerve?

Of course he does, he is just a common average selfish person, they are everywhere, and clearly off his meds at the moment.
God has gone missing:), meds missing.

He is essentially a gossip, inflaming, because he is a bit dim, never quite gets the point,.....
thus I don't judge him too harshly, I put him in the simple bin

For anyone interested in helping.
Fostering children is encouraged.
The Department of Human Services in Victoria, requirements for children aged 12/13+
-do they have accommodation, a roof over their heads and a bed
-are they clothed
-are they fed, 3 meals a day minimum
-a responsible adult in the household

There is no funding for neglected kids over a certain age,
DHS has such low funding they cannot even protect babies properly.

All these years I have just laughed Derspatz rants and idiocy off, thinking he is probably partly a made up posturing persona with an agenda to just keep on keeping on annoying as much as possible.

But it is time to despatch you to ignore I have no time for this rubbish, even scrolling past it wastes time.
And as I said, if the edit function was possible I would delete the post.



And thank you @Mizzeerie ,
best post I have seen in ages, made me laugh:)...and smile at your great attitude.
Thanks for sharing:)
Side note: first time i have been on a bike in years heh.
 
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:confused: what is wrong with the ABC?

From here: http://joannenova.com.au/2014/11/fact-checking-the-abc-the-big-lie-about-the-worlds-scientists/

"The ABC bias is now so obvious, everyone with an open mind and an Internet connection knows that the ABC report the parts that suit, and hide the rest. They even edit the words of skeptics to produce sentences that were never actually spoken. But what I saw last night was a flagrantly wrong statement, counter to the truth, reported as if it were so above question it did not even need explanation, qualification or substantiation. It’s time to squeeze the ABC for accuracy.

One of the Big-Myths in this debate is that the opinions of “climate scientists” equals the opinion of “scientists in general”. All over Australia last night hundreds of thousands of Australians heard this statement as narration in the main news bulletin:


“World’s scientists reckon the climates never felt anything like them in close to a million years…” – 4:40mins ABC News report Nov 3, 2014


Ignoring the point that the sentence is grammatically incoherent, it is misleading and demonstrably false. The “World’s Scientists” don’t reckon anything, they have never been surveyed, have not voted for a spokesperson, and inasmuch as anyone could estimate the “world’s scientists” opinions, actual surveys show that skeptics would outnumber and outrank the believers.


The fact is (and any genuine reporter would find this out easily) almost half of meteorologists — fergoodnesssake — are skeptics, survey after survey shows that two-thirds of geoscientists and engineers are skeptics, and most readers of skeptical blogs have hard science degrees. If we had to name a list of skeptics versus believers, the skeptics number 31,000, yet there is no list of named scientists who believe that comes close — let alone a list of 300,000 which would imply some truth to the statement that the science is settled, and the world’s scientists agree.


A tiny percentage of total scientists would call themselves “climate scientists”. They have never been able to convince the tens of thousands of other scientists with their bizarre theory about a trace gas being the dominant driver of our climate. Around the world climate scientists say one thing, but tens of thousands of physicists, engineers, mathematicians, chemists, and medical science leaders disagree. Skeptical scientists have won Nobel Prizes in Physics* (and we don’t count “Peace” as a prize in science) and they’ve walked on the Moon, flown around it, and returned to Earth. Unskeptical scientists have wasted billions of dollars, predicted warming that didn’t happen, asked for desalination plants that were not needed, and told everyone to stop the storms by building windmills.


Only 62 scientists reviewed the chapter that mattered in the IPCC Assessment Report 4, and presumably the numbers wouldn’t be that different in the latest report. The ABC’s careless attitude to reporting accurately portrays the opinions of a few scientists (who have a bad record of predictions) as if they represent the opinions of an entire profession numbering in the order of 10 million. The ABC staff are reporting what they would liketo be true.


Science is not a set of discrete subjects with separate rules

The same laws of logic, reason and physics and the same limits of statistics apply to every sub-branch. If one tiny group of scientists has a theory they should be able to convince the rest. If they can’t explain and verify their theory with nuclear physicists or geologists and atmospheric chemists there is something wrong with the theory. The ABC’s Catalyst program, supposedly produced by a “science unit”, made the same mistake a few weeks ago.


The ABC has become a naked propaganda unit for big-government. It is beyond saving. The sloppy research standards and the culture of gullibility regarding government and official press releases are endemic. Sell if off for the good of the nation. (We can pay off some big-government debt.)


In the meantime, for entertainment, people can write to the ABC asking them to provide substantiation of their statements that the “world’s scientists” believe the IPCC pronouncements. If they name scientific associations, ask them whether that association actually surveyed its members. Almost none of them do. Members of the largest and most influential associations have risen up in protest at the official declarations produced by “committees of six” self-appointed association fellows. See the American Physical Society, The Royal Society, American Chemical Society, and Aust Geological Society.


If we have to have a public broadcaster (and I don’t see why we do) they can start again with people who meet the low bar of being able to speak in accurate English, with defined terms, and who can substantiate every statement or issue a correction and apology."


regarDS
 
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So you don't like the ABC because it is has made few mistakes in the news department.... Well no one is perfect and yes I get that our tax dollars are paying for it and most people want our money spent wisely...... but come on the ABC does a lot more that just the news, they ( and SBS) are the only Aussie network to really give comedy a good hard crack, they make more scripted shows than the commercial networks.... Which is a really good thing in my mind. OK I know that this forum is dedicated to a reality TV show, but any Aussie who watches TV will tell you that there is an over saturation of Reality TV. Good on The ABC for not following the tread of the commercial networks.

And just to lay all my cards out on the table I don't watch the ABC news bulletins at all really, I do source some of my news from their online service, which is pretty good... Easy to use and no click baiting headlines to be seen.
I would be heartbroken if the ABC were to be sold off or shut down, actually one of my fave show have been cancelled thanks to the governments budgets cuts..... Which actually makes this statement so bloody funny....

The ABC has become a naked propaganda unit for big-governmen

I really don't think that The ABC should be sold off just because a few mistakes get made every now and then, we are all human and no one is perfect.
 
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