tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post949195900049284701..comments2024-03-28T22:51:37.034+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which nattering 'Ned', the Oz editorialist, meretricious Merritt and a beefing Angus jostle for attention ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-82798800300797855722017-09-08T15:50:45.187+10:002017-09-08T15:50:45.187+10:00Isn't the Dogbotherer one of, if not the main,...Isn't the Dogbotherer one of, if not the main, reptile (Australian) editorial writer ? That would sure explain a lot.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-39517499731923458722017-09-08T10:34:29.699+10:002017-09-08T10:34:29.699+10:00And if the Oz's editorialist thinks the High C...And if the Oz's editorialist thinks the High Court "kept faith with most Australians' wishes" they are seriously deluded. The High Court has no emotion; no faith and no beliefs. It makes decisions based on the interpretation of laws which, whether well or badly drafted by the government of the day, it must uphold.<br /><br />Always thought the Oz editorialist was a wanker. Maybe a group wank?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-26151929455045356472017-09-08T09:52:49.263+10:002017-09-08T09:52:49.263+10:00Angus Taylor said: "The owner of Masterpiece...Angus Taylor said: "<i>The owner of Masterpiece Cakes, a Colorado baker, was taken to court and<b> lost his business</b> for declining to bake a cake </i>..."<br /><br />Now I don't know what the words "lost his business" mean to you, but it's a perpetual wonder to me how these people can claim "<i>religious freedom</i>" when all they want to do is subvert their own religion. In this case Taylor wants to 'religiously' disobey the 9th Commandment (Exodus 20:16) - the one that says "<b>You shall not bear false witness</b> against thy neighbour".<br /><br />Of course, Taylor could claim that in no sense is anybody in the USA his "neighbour" and thus he is religiously free to lie through his teeth about things 'over there', and good luck to him for sticking to his position.<br /><br />However, just for the record: "[Jack] <i>Phillips stopped making wedding cakes after the court decision, and the couple, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, are now celebrating anniversaries instead of nuptials</i>."<br />See it here: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/14/colorado-gay-wedding-cake-case/<br /><br />In short, Masterpiece Cakes is atill alive and trading, and the matter is still before the courts. Well lied, Angus, you have upheld the religious freedom of your kind.<br /><br />Though what I really liked was when he said "<i>Parents and schools have been prohibited from controlling their children's ex education</i> ..." [Vishnitz Orthodox Hewish school in London, and Steve Toutloukis in Ontario] and then goes on to say "<i>It's true some of these cases <b>did not depend on the legislation of same-sex marriage</b></i> ..."<br /><br />Lots of "truthful accuracy" in Angus's life.<br />GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com