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Indeed. Freedom of the individual is all good and well until that individual's freedom ultimately results in him seeking costly medical assistance from the state. The state has an obligation to its citizens to minimise expenditure, and so by enacting legislation which saves the state money...

337? God knows what they could have thrown in there with all of that. There was probably no need for that many amendments either, rather just throwing in a ton of minor readjustments to keep Labor scrambling long enough for the thirty-five minutes to expire in order to keep the real nasties...

Would you revert to agnosticism if I was able to kill any emergent god?

But wearing underwear actually gives you a reason to remove your pants, enabling you to go "hey I have Astro Boy undies, would you like to see?" And once the pants are off what reason is there for putting back on? It's something that can't be done with boxers, I mean, I don't think I would be...

There's an underwear sale going down at David Jones, ending on sunday. I think I'll go and replenish my underpants stores. My current rotation is two pairs of undies with four pairs of boxers. I'm not big on what sort of boxers I wear, I just get the chekcered patterns from coles. I realised...

Executive powers- to be exercised relentlessly in the face of any displeasing number of religious doctrinal threads- invested in the moderator.

Executive powers, to be exercised relentlessly in the face of any displeasing number of religious doctrinal threads.

Kevin Rudd and Christian Socialism? It's just that the build-up of trashy threads, and the creation of more trashy threads (I winced seeing the 'why I believe in God but have no religion' thread). Some people treat this place like their blog. My proposal is just for the sake of...

I'm sorry, the starting post was a bit emotional. But you have to understand how saddening it is to get home from work at two in the morning to find that the most recent addition to your favourite politics forum is a 'why I believe in God but do not have a religion' thread. I have no qualms in...

NCAP has endured the cringe-worthy theological arguments of the religiously convicted for far too long. Fellow secularists, if you have any love left for NCAP you will join me in the cry for the creation of a new forum, the Spirituality and Theology forum, in order to give the lesser folk a...

I admire and respect John Howard as a leader. He is a strong Prime Minister and has the interest of the nation at heart. I am personally impressed by his dedication to economic liberalism, even when faced with majority community opposition. I often disagree however with what Howard regards to...

Oh, boo and lament. The ALP has an election to win, and it isn't going to do it by deviating too greatly from the Government on the issue of terrorism. (Even if the dissent of a cabinet minister is telling of the legislation's draconian nature).

Can you cite any? Calling them fascist is extreme, but any apparent benefits are are ambiguous at best. The Government has nothing more than its unsubstantiated 'fairer, higher wages and greater productivity' mantra. All Andrews can refer too when being grilled is the Government's record, which...

The things you have to do to apear tough on terrorism. Kimbo's doing well I reckon. Did ya see the photograph of him in The Weekend Australian?

About time too. Hopefully widespread food shortage will inspire the peasants into uprising and finally put an end to that corrupt regime.

The last paragraph is particularly interesting. Will dedicated unionists really be prepared to risk time in the slammer in order to advance their cause? It seems as though that will be their only course of action as the social fallout resulting from the reform implementation will most probably...

I find it quite unbelieveable myself. I'm dissapointed, I had a USSR artillery personnel overcoat lined up for it and everything. Not to worry, as sufficient retribution my friends and I will donate all our textbooks and un-returned library books to Airds High (a poor, rundown western suburbs...

Don't be too concerned. I have been banned from my formal for distributing information leaflets on IR reform, among other harmless acts. It all depends on the political leaning of the school administration.

I just had this weird vision of Berber Camels storming Buckingham Palace, complete with scimitars drawn and bugles blowing.

The problem with Japan's nation-wide english program is that all their listening tapes are done by Americans, leaving Japanese with fucked up american accents. Get to the seaborne sex bit.