In which the pond would boycott beer and the reptiles, if it hadn't already given up on them ...

The pond has decided to boycott Lloydie this day ...

Sorry, but anyone who can come up with such a stupid splash, invoking the Croc, surely has earned a boycott.

The pond's IQ is routinely under attack by the reptiles - attending to Lloydie's Croc is simply not worth the risk to the few remaining cells, and so the boycott ...

Meanwhile, Malware has decided to boycott the views of some leading Australian businesses, or so the front page of the lizard Oz this day suggests ...

Well "stares down" is not quite the same as a boycott, but it shows a certain passive-aggressive spirit ... always much admired by the reptiles of Oz ...

Now whenever the reptiles lead off with a tree killer edition front page distraction, there's always an accompanying comment, and it fell to Glena Korporaal to draw the short straw this day, and lead the cluck clucking and the tut-tutting ...

Plebiscite dead, homophobes and bigots on the right still in control of the debate, the onion muncher's legacy alive and well, what else to do?

Naturally that noble warrior, the mutton Dutton was featured at the top of the commentary ...

Indeed, indeed, but who will stop the reptiles shoving the mutton Dutton's homophobic bigotry down the pond's throat?

Certainly not Ms Korporaal ...

Indeed, indeed. The long absent lord protect us from businesses who feel a sense of community with minorities, who collectively might add up to a healthy demographic with which to do business ...

But that mention of Coopers is the key, and it leads the pond on to the matter of boycotts in general ...

Now in the usual course of affairs, boycotts aren't uncommon ...

A kindly correspondent sent the pond a newspaper clipping doing the meme rounds of late, though he neglected to add a date or a source ...

Luckily the invaluable Trove was on standby here to identify the story as being in The Sun on 17th October 1949 ...

The maltreatment of  the invaluable Trove by Malware and his minions was one of the early reasons that the pond decided to boycott the Malware government ...

Now of course the point of that newspaper clipping was the deep irony in Australian politics, which might many years later culminate in that immortal fuckwit Lloydie sounding off about the Croc of politics ...

But it also brings the pond back to boycotts, which have a long history in Australia, with Malware's side of the fence frequently showing the way, with this opening to a story in Fairfax bringing back memories ...

There's more of that story here for those who aren't boycotting Fairfax ... but if ever there was a good reason for boycotting Sophie, Alby and the ironbar ...

Now the pond never sets off on a boycott without a reason, and it came with this reptile editorial ...

By one of those twists of irony, the wicked google even deemed that these two aspects of the reptile day should be co-joined by the search engine logarithms that routinely spell doom for the pond ...

Now before proceeding on to the laughable irony of the bullying reptiles deploring bullying - right this day the bullies are bullying the unions in their usual bullying way - the pond would like to present an excerpt from the top and the bottom of the Oz editorial so that the juxtaposition of thinking might be admired in a stripped-bare way ...

Business leaders, like all Australians, are entitled to one vote in the plebiscite on same-sex marriage, promised by the Coalition at the election last year. They also are entitled to voice their opinions, as are those who disagree with them. Using influential brand names to bolster their case, however, especially without the full endorsement of companies’ owners or boards, is problematic.

Yes, there it is, the immortal line "using influential brand names to bolster their case ... is problematic."

Cut to the end, and we see ...

Prominent activists and Greens MPs have damaged their credibility in the debate by abusing and boycotting a family-run company, Coopers Brewery, after its beer featured in a respectful Bible Society debate between Liberal MPs Tim Wilson and Andrew Hastie, who hold opposing views on same-sex marriage. Those against a plebiscite on the dubious grounds it would unleash vilification against same-sex couples harm their case by vilifying others.

Suddenly "using influential brand names to bolster their case ... is  respectful" and no doubt tasteful and exemplary too ...

Dear sweet long absent lord, it must be tricky to be a fuck-witted reptile scribbling editorials for the lizard Oz ...

Now, as previously explained, as much as the pond would like to boycott Coopers, it has already boycotted all beer (and more sadly wine too).

But if people want to boycott, it's a never no mind, and if they don't want to boycott, ditto. People can spend or withhold or splash their cash as they will, at least until the government takes control of their card ...

But the pond has a special reason for suggesting a boycott of the reptiles and Coopers is quite fine.

Remember all the hasty, pathetic retreats and denials organised by Coopers when they came under a little heat?

Well you can see the video, and there's more at Business Insider here, under Coopers says sorry and has canned its Bible Society beer in bid to win back drinkers ...

The pond, being in the screen cap business, just wanted to show the still because they looked so gob-smacked ...

But yesterday in Crikey, here for more, came this ...

The pond routinely boycotts liars, and takes a particular delight in boycotting Xian liars (though in an equal opportunity way, it will do the same for Islamic and Scientologistal and angry Sydney Anglican and secularist liars).

But enough of the pre-selling and the up-selling, the pond may as well now run the pathetic Oz editorial on the subject of boycotts ...

Oh go tell it all to a Liberal MP avoiding the Snowy scheme or boycotting reconciliation day in parliament, you useless hypocritical fucking reptiles ...

And as for that meta-logic ... surely if they've vilified others, then the grounds that vilification would be unleashed aren't dubious? 

After all, the vilifying Andrew Hastie has talked of totalitarians, and been vilified in turn for his pastie Hastie vilifying, which no doubt would result in bullying and vilification by the reptiles of anyone feeling the need to vilify the vilifying Hastie ... and so on and on up the vilifying reptiles fundament in a virtuous circle of unending vilification ... and the pond hasn't even invited the vilifying Bolter into the vilifying circle ...

Talk about a good reason for boycotting the Oz ...

Well by the pond's count, it's thus far managed to suggest a boycott of hypocritical Xians, useless hypocritical reptiles, sundry boycotting Liberals deserving of a boycott, and whatever else might turn a dull Friday into a splendiferous one ...

Others might boycott as they like, or not ... 

All the pond notes is that, while the reptiles routinely blather on about freedom of choice, freedom of action, freedom of speech, freedom of spirit, and freedom to go the high road or the low road, the reality is that they're a bunch of vilifying bullies routinely telling people to conform ...or get written up and thundered at by the vilifying reptiles ...

Fortunately, given the way that the Snowy has intruded into the conversation several times, the Pope has issued an edict in this matter today, and as always, the pond must obey papal instruction, while urging true believers to find more papal rulings here ...

You don't have to have worked in the public service or Canberra to enjoy it, but trust the pond, it really helps ...