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EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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MC Eating Disorder posted:

I love that internet culture is so ingrained in our lives that nonstop virulent abuse is something that just needs to be endured apparently

Well yeah, obviously. The internet isn't even real, idiot!

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EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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hahaha

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Aug 14, 2012

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Birdstrike posted:

nah mate this thread is about lawn decorations and tinsel on buses, what's up with this journalism thingo?

Is there a War on Christmas in Australia too?

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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hooman posted:

It's a white genocide on Christmas thank you.

Ah, my mistake, cheers! :tipshat:

open24hours posted:

Complacency about Christmas decorations on public buses is the reason we have school chaplains.

All that crap looks mighty itchy and uncomfortable, especially if it's as hot down there as y'all are saying.

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Aug 14, 2012

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Kommando posted:

it's called compromise.

Yeah, like, do you really want to Aus Greens to end up like the US Greens, i.e. a useless fringe party full of loons driven by ideological purity over practicality?

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Aug 14, 2012

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open24hours posted:

It's this kind of thinking that got us the Labor party.

That's not an unfair point. I'm just saying that hewing steadfast to pure ideology has dangers of its own.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Gorilla Salad posted:

People with bowel obstruction also "sweat" faeces out of their skin and only get to die after horrific suffering as their own waste backs up until they are literally choking on their own poo poo and need someone, often another family member, to reach down their throat and do everything thing they can to try and scoop out enough of it so that they can breathe again.

This repeats over and over again, with all dignity lost, pain beyond the ability to bear and absolute exhaustion but it just doesn't loving end. At this point the person cannot even beg for death as they can no longer speak from all the poo poo clogging their throat.

Just unimaginable suffering until they finally die.


No one who has ever seen a loved one die like this, who has ever held them screaming for them to wake up as they desperately try to dig the poo poo out of their mouth and throat so they can maybe, just maybe, take one more breath, stands against the right of someone to die on their own terms. Before the pain becomes too much. Before all dignity is lost. Before life itself becomes an endless nightmare.

loving hell.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Wait, y'all don't have gay marriage yet?

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Aug 14, 2012

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Recoome posted:

:qq: why can't i hold a rally to commemorate the cronulla race riots :qq:

Does Australia have a constitutionally protected right to free speech like we Yanks do?

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Ian Winthorpe III posted:

Maybe the idea of 'closing the pay gap' is flawed in that it treats men and women as identical interchangeable economic units rather than two groups whose differing reproductive roles in creating the next generation of society mean that there was always be imbalances between the sexes in many metrics.

Haha, do you have a source for this one?

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Aug 14, 2012

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Ian Winthorpe III posted:

I'm talking about disparities between the sexes which have an well-proven biological basis. As far as I know there is no similar fundamental disparity in the biological make up of men of various races, but if you would like to illustrate to me the clearly-documented differences in chemical, hormonal and anatomical characteristics between Whites and Aboriginal people then feel free.

Literally loving :biotruths:

freebooter posted:

Nothing in the Constitution but the High Court has ruled that we have an implied right to freedom of speech based on the norms of the countries our constitution is based on, which has always struck me as a hilarious Australian "she'll be right" attitude towards a fundamental human freedom.

http://www.findlaw.com.au/articles/4529/do-we-have-the-right-to-freedom-of-speech-in-austr.aspx

Although you'll find most Australians and most people in this thread agree with how things are, in fact a quote I specifically recall from an argument way back is "freedom of speech isn't all it's cracked up to be."

Interesting, thanks!

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Aug 14, 2012

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Recoome posted:

excuse me but i am a sex-haver and therefore can be considered a subject matter expert on sex

Same.

Also I just learned that Australia has federal trans-inclusive non-discrimination laws on the books, and also that non-binary folx have the option to have a non-specific gender on legal forms. That rules.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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hooman posted:

If we're honest, most goons would lose a fistfight to hitler.

Especially if you take into account that Hitler was constantly methed out.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Hey Kommando, do you have a link to a full-size version of the cartoon in your av?

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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I am going to take the very controversial stance that suicide prevention is Good and Correct.

Also MCED I'm glad you don't kill you are self.

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Aug 14, 2012

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thatbastardken posted:

fences should not be a replacement for mental health services, but they do have a demonstrable effect on preventing suicides so that's good.

Didn't you hear? If we can't 100% eliminate mental illness, there's no point in measures that reduce the incidence of suicide.

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Aug 14, 2012

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Les Affaires posted:

mental health funding as stimulus measure, turnbull where's the plan

Can we really expect a Liberal government to do anything Prozactive about mental illness?

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Aug 14, 2012

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Orkin Mang posted:

what the hell

It's true, mate.

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Aug 14, 2012

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Digiwizzard posted:

I wonder how large the torture camp allocation in the budget can actually swell. Like eventually we're going to have to choose between keeping that last hospital open or going ahead with that prison fortress on an artificial reef with electrified jail cells and robot guards made of solid gold.

So how long until that hospital shuts down?

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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So Tones is the Aussie answer to Trump?

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Aug 14, 2012

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Solemn Sloth posted:

Yeah except Australia as a country was actually dumb/racist enough to elect tones

Haha you underestimate us :unsmigghh:

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Aug 14, 2012

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Birb Katter posted:

"This is sharia law..." Nicholas Folkes in response to the banning of the Cronulla Riot memorial.

What a stupid dickhead.

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Aug 14, 2012

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Solemn Sloth posted:

who the gently caress is nicholas folkes and why should anyone care

According to Quack's definition, Sharia Law.

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Aug 14, 2012

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Birb Katter posted:

He's this guy and he was the one trying to hold the anniversary riots that no one would give him a permit for.



Wow, he's an even longer string of poor decisions than I could have possibly imagined.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Zenithe posted:

I prefer this photo:



Of his court appearance, two days ago.

I bet he vapes.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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What do you suppose they'd do if they found out that suicide is haram?

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Who's the Kermit-looking dude?

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Aug 14, 2012

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I love Pope's caricatures so much.

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Aug 14, 2012

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Yeah that 2% of your population really is terrifying :fuckoff:

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Anidav posted:

Queensland is Ok.

Sorry about your lovely state, Anime Dave.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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What do you want to bet that Folkes slashed his own tires?

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Aug 14, 2012

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Birb Katter posted:

Not sure the guy who had his tyres slashed is allowed to have knifes. It's that guy with the bow tie I posted the other day.

What an insufferable cockhead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyqSbtAFvcQ

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Haha, on his Facebook, he's billing this thing as "THE WORLD'S BIGGEST HALAL FREE BBQ"
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/dec/12/nick-folkes-barbecue-party-turns-cold-on-10th-anniversary-of-cronulla-riots

quote:

Nick Folkes’ 15 minutes of fame ended on Saturday, with just 40 supporters gathered around a small barbecue at the far edge of Cronulla.

Nobody could see them. Nobody could hear them. Police outnumbered them 10 to one. Journalists just about matched them, with more than 20 reporters and cameramen at the scene. The leader of the so-called Party for Freedom drew a tiny crowd after an enormous effort from New South Wales police and the local council to prevent his 10-year anniversary memorial rally for the Cronulla riots from taking place.

Also, what's this I see:



Looks an awful lot like water.

EXAKT Science fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Dec 12, 2015

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Birb Katter posted:

So what I'm getting from this is that Barnaby Joyce is holding Christmas to ransom each year to get his way.

quote:

Nobody move or the fat Turk gets it!
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EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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Laserface posted:

In Tokyo, those 'all you can eat/drink for 2hrs' places wont let you in if you're australian. I dont blame them, because Im sure theres a reason, but it would be nice if my passport somehow identified me as 'not a racist' so that I could enjoy something.

Wear an American Flag T-shirt

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Aug 14, 2012

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Birb Katter posted:

At least we're not America. LA Sheriffs fire ~30 times at back of man walking- then crawling- to get away from them today. If you don't want to watch snuff porn maybe don't click the link though as it has a a video of what it says on the tin.

I mean yeah Yanks are bad, but we don't have people in concentration camps begging for death. At least, not until Trump gets elected :unsmigghh:

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Aug 14, 2012

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Birb Katter posted:

Your prison system leaves me doubting the veracity of your answer, at least we genuinely just do it to brown people :smith:

Oh gently caress. At least the people in ours are criminals?

gently caress it dude, I got nothing. Burn it all.

EXAKT Science
Aug 14, 2012

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The person who defeated the most powerful evil wizard ever was a loving halfblood.

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Aug 14, 2012

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I was just chatting with my coworkers about how racist Australia is compared to the US, and brought up the refugee camps. One of them literally said "at least they have a place to stay." :wtf::wtf::wtf:

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Aug 14, 2012

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Gonna give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she didn't know just how bad they were.

open24hours posted:

You know the US has its own network of migrant detention centres, right?

Yeah, my phrasing was a bit off. I meant comparing/contrasting US/Aus racism. I'm not trying to minimize how garbage the US is about immigrants/race in general.

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