Once more into the Breach, Dear Friends!
At Dr Warren Throckmorton's, TransCanada, Canadian Sentinel, ColossiansThreeSixteen....
*SIGH* When will it end? Not in my lifetime. So much ignorance, so little time. So many repetitions, giving the same data, correcting the same old misconceptions. Sometimes I'll reach a hundred like this, sometimes only one - or none. But every little bit helps, every little bit increases the odds of getting better legislation, greater human rights, more understanding, and yes, more sympathy. Not as in "Pity poor little me", but sympathy as in "I never knew...". Empathy. That's what's required in the long term, if we get that, the rest will naturally follow.
Intermittent postings from Canberra, Australia on Software Development, Space, Politics, and Interesting URLs.
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Sunday 9 March 2008
2 comments:
Anonymous commenters - please add a signature (doesn't have to be your real name) on each post of yours. Anne O'Namus, Norm D. Ploom, Angry from Kent, Demosthenes, or even your real initials, it doesn't matter.
Commenters are expected to be polite to each other, but the same standard doesn't apply to comments regarding me.
Australian commenters are very very strongly advised to publish anonymously. Sydney alone has more defamation actions than the entire USA and UK. Nearly double that of the UK in fact.
As Google does not reliably inform me that a comment has been posted, and I have no control over first publication, I assert that all comments are innocently disseminated under the NSW DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - SECT 32 and similar acts.
I've followed a couple of the links to the debates you've been engaged in, for the most part they look like hotbeds of ignorance and bigotry - go to admire how you keep your cool in such forums.
ReplyDeleteKeep on fighting the good fight.
Things can change pretty fast. It is possible that you will see significant advances on this issue in your lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI admit that it's unlikely however.