I love Aussie politics: those damn Liberals aren't liberal anymore, but they say they're the liberal Liberal Party:-)
The CEC are an interesting one. At face value they don't appear to bad, but they have a lot of kooky policies if you dig deep enough. Unfortunately, I can't remember what the really bad ones are now - my girlfriend told me about them when she was studying politics but that was a while back:-(
I also have no right to tell you how to live your life. If you wish to download porn, that is your perogative. By my moral code, it is wrong for ME to download porn, it is also wrong for me to force you to live by my moral code. If you are interested in the rest of my moral code, please ask.
Halleluiah, a sensible Christian!:-)
I'm agnostic, but I still admire the core values of Christianity - be good to others, don't lie/cheat/steal, love your family, etc, etc. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of Christians take things way to far and/or try and impose their beliefs upon others - that is what gets to me.
It is very nice to see someone who has a strong belief, but realises that it is their own choice, and might not suit everyone else.
> > An important point here - the primary party of The Coalition is the Liberal Party, not the liberal party.
>Sorry to nitpick, but the Coalition is not the Liberal party (large L). The Coalition made up of is the Liberal party and the National party.
I know, that's why I said "the primary party of The Coalition is the Liberal Party" - they are definately the more important of the two!:-)
I guess this comes down to where your political views lie, but I'll take a party who supports the environment and tolerant attitudes to drugs over a party who supports internet censorship (amonst other loopy things) any day of the week.
I'm not saying that I support all of the Greens' policies, but they have more "good" ones than the other parties mentioned (in my opinion).
I shudder at the idea of the Greens being in power, but I think it would be fantastic if they had a significant share of power, as their social and left-ist oriented ideas would go a long way to offsetting the "a bit right" and "very right" attitudes of the ALP and Liberal Party.
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No worries :-)
I love Aussie politics: those damn Liberals aren't liberal anymore, but they say they're the liberal Liberal Party :-)
:-(
The CEC are an interesting one. At face value they don't appear to bad, but they have a lot of kooky policies if you dig deep enough. Unfortunately, I can't remember what the really bad ones are now - my girlfriend told me about them when she was studying politics but that was a while back
I also have no right to tell you how to live your life. If you wish to download porn, that is your perogative. By my moral code, it is wrong for ME to download porn, it is also wrong for me to force you to live by my moral code. If you are interested in the rest of my moral code, please ask.
:-)
Halleluiah, a sensible Christian!
I'm agnostic, but I still admire the core values of Christianity - be good to others, don't lie/cheat/steal, love your family, etc, etc. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of Christians take things way to far and/or try and impose their beliefs upon others - that is what gets to me.
It is very nice to see someone who has a strong belief, but realises that it is their own choice, and might not suit everyone else.
> > An important point here - the primary party of The Coalition is the Liberal Party, not the liberal party. >Sorry to nitpick, but the Coalition is not the Liberal party (large L). The Coalition made up of is the Liberal party and the National party. I know, that's why I said "the primary party of The Coalition is the Liberal Party" - they are definately the more important of the two! :-)
I guess this comes down to where your political views lie, but I'll take a party who supports the environment and tolerant attitudes to drugs over a party who supports internet censorship (amonst other loopy things) any day of the week.
I'm not saying that I support all of the Greens' policies, but they have more "good" ones than the other parties mentioned (in my opinion).
I shudder at the idea of the Greens being in power, but I think it would be fantastic if they had a significant share of power, as their social and left-ist oriented ideas would go a long way to offsetting the "a bit right" and "very right" attitudes of the ALP and Liberal Party.
>It is generally considered that Labor is "left" in Australia whilst the coalition (liberal and national parties) are the "right".
An important point here - the primary party of The Coalition is the Liberal Party, not the liberal party.
The Liberal Party are *not* liberal in the true sense of the word - they are on the conservative end of the political spectrum.
This has lead to Australians referring to "small L liberals" and "big L liberals", to differeiante between the two.
> The family first party is clearly a right wing party and is identified locally as such.
Yep, they're religious zealots of the worst kind. The only parties worse than them are One Nation and the Citizen's Electoral Council.