tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post4225376086886772130..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: Haul him through the courts? Would not spitting on him to put out a fire do instead?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-12695454112933131992016-10-28T08:07:36.036+11:002016-10-28T08:07:36.036+11:00It's a standard routine DW, but if you went up...It's a standard routine DW, but if you went up to the loon and called him a fuckwit or a twat, he'd be entirely likely to take offence, and do a Joe Biden out the back ... because that's the nature of fuckwittery ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-33776118905914917792016-10-27T23:30:53.205+11:002016-10-27T23:30:53.205+11:00Good to learn, also, that softcock Waterson does h...Good to learn, also, that softcock Waterson does have a backdown point, because it just so happens that <a href="https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/laws-interfere-freedom-speech-0" rel="nofollow">the ALRC</a> has mooted bringing Australia's racial discrimination laws into alignment with international practice, and better fulfilment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_All_Forms_of_Racial_Discrimination#Prohibition_of_incitement" rel="nofollow">intent of the relevant convention</a>, by offering out the prospect of jailtime for the hardcore. But one almost would never know that more general discussion was on the agenda, without the Oz's <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/law-reform-commission-wants-section-18c-of-race-act-reviewed/news-story/587fe0ec545e32b540b99dc44780d82a" rel="nofollow">compleat reporting</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-50265688656710508552016-10-27T20:39:44.468+11:002016-10-27T20:39:44.468+11:00Waterson... wotawanka.
There! I said it.Waterson... wotawanka.<br /><br />There! I said it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-62575976294615373842016-10-27T19:54:37.028+11:002016-10-27T19:54:37.028+11:00The Oz's incredibly rude commercial editor beg...The Oz's incredibly rude commercial editor begs for an extended BDS campaign? Otay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-63053032460937924582016-10-27T19:34:37.439+11:002016-10-27T19:34:37.439+11:00Hi Dorothy,
"People may give offence, but no...Hi Dorothy,<br /><br />"People may give offence, but no one is obliged to take it"<br /><br />Which sage advice, I am sure this twat (no offence intended) gave to the Dog Botherer when Kenny got all hot and bothered about The Chaser.<br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-89479885605104813862016-10-27T18:44:53.010+11:002016-10-27T18:44:53.010+11:00Haven't heard of this Waterson fellow but I as...Haven't heard of this Waterson fellow but I assume they're running out of people at Reptile Land to launch a defence of Bill Leak. I agree that Commercial Editor is an incongruous title to hold in a money-losing enterprise. I'm happy to accept Ms Pond's assessment that he's a fuckwit.<br /><br />I did like his staunch defence of freedom of expression. Could he tell me if that also applied to powerless people? I remember when Duncan Storrar asked a question grabbing nation-wide attention on Q and A. It was quite simple question along the lines of if the government wanted to stimulate the economy, why not give a rise to him as a pensioner instead of to wealthy businesses? He would have spent 100% of it on goods and services boosting the economy. It certainly puzzled the government members of the panel, and a few more.<br /><br />Within a day, all Murdoch papers were at work running a smear into Storrar's past life. It probably wasn't illegal apart from privacy issues. All the same, one does wonder if this is a credible response to an organisation proclaiming loudly for free speech. It doesn't seem like much a commitment to free expression.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-15179654349560847862016-10-27T17:23:27.410+11:002016-10-27T17:23:27.410+11:00"To be required to provide an explanation, or..."To be required to provide an explanation, or worse an apology, for your opinion ..."<br /><br />Waterson is just continuing the reptile tactic of changing the subject - like Bolter, he's pretending that the problem is what he said, not how he said it. The Bolter got done over by 18C because he willfully lied, period. Waterson, in the midst of his rant has this to say:<br /><br />"I have been to Wilcannia, Halls Creek and other, worse, places, and seen tiny aboriginal children wandering the streets in the middle of the night whose parents would seem unaware of their existence, let alone their names."<br /><br />He doesn't seem to think that it's a part of his intentional insults. But it is a somewhat exaggerated 'exposition' in words, not sleazy pictures of what Leak's cartoon illustrated. So is it, or is it not, 18C material ?<br /><br />You can hold the most offensive views in the world, so long as you limit yourself to facts and remain approximately courteous. GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-68204324017154125942016-10-27T16:58:44.555+11:002016-10-27T16:58:44.555+11:00He uses slip-ons to enlarge a few things, like fin...He uses slip-ons to enlarge a few things, like fingers and ...GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-5441344389020503222016-10-27T15:51:46.495+11:002016-10-27T15:51:46.495+11:00Oh come on, the Donald's middle finger isn'...Oh come on, the Donald's middle finger isn't that big!Mercurialnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-10484620919178110702016-10-27T14:01:20.700+11:002016-10-27T14:01:20.700+11:00Oh the bravery!
Oh the wit!
Oh the selflessness of...Oh the bravery!<br />Oh the wit!<br />Oh the selflessness of the martyr willing to launch himself into the breach of 18C!<br />Give this man the Order of Lenin!<br /><br />Except that he provided the escape hatch of "it is not meant to be taken seriously by lizard Oz readers".<br /><br />Which, of course, it is. <br />Only it isn't, as News Corp lawyers will certainly argue (because Waterson won't waste HIS money on lawyers. That's what the boss is for).<br /><br />A fool, a craven and, possibly, a sot.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com