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1 hour ago, wendybr said:

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I don't watch it - whenever I've walked in on an episode at home, I've usually left the room within 5 minutes - it's sickening....imo.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-21/green-game-of-thrones-reduces-****-to-entertainment/6485596

 

in a few episodes of the simpsons marge pretty much forces homer to have sex with him........one is meant to be a children's cartoon the other is meant to be an adult tv show

 

i personally dont watch game of thrones because i couldnt keep up with it tbh but context is everything so i cant really judge it but game of thrones is meant to be a brutal universe, just because something is shown doesnt mean its glamourised , i have seen some of the death's of characters in that show and they were brutal and not shown as a positive but i doubt anyone is being raped because of a tv show anyone ****ed up enough to **** someone else is not going to have their mind changed by a television show either way

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6 hours ago, wendybr said:

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I don't watch it - whenever I've walked in on an episode at home, I've usually left the room within 5 minutes - it's sickening....imo.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-21/green-game-of-thrones-reduces-****-to-entertainment/6485596

 

That article is from 2015 what even

Game of Thrones is great. The **** scene was to show how much of a dick that character was - and it was implied, because it was off screen.

What was not off screen was when said rapist got mauled by dogs a few episodes later, now where was the outcry there?

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1 hour ago, wendybr said:

Yes...he was awful. An absolute idiot.

the thing is he got emotional(angry) and said some really stupid things when he was angry, i know plenty of people here dont like him but take jordan peterson for example when he was asked that question which was just a personal attack disguised as a question he kept his cool, he was rather respectful all things considered, he didnt yell, he didnt show much in terms of emotion while whoever that liberal guy was he got angry so fast and yelled when he did, even if the content of his message was good(it wasnt) he looked far too emotional to be good when it comes to politics, you do not want overally emotional politicians, obviously they need some level of emotion or they will just be robots but you need some level of control :P

 

for example Julia's misogyny speech directed at abbott was one of those few times she actually showed emotion in her entire time as PM, it worked she was retrained but at the same time got her point across, it wasnt overally emotional and incoherent 

 

 

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1 hour ago, wendybr said:

This is encouraging. Hope it turns into votes.

It's a shame it's taken 12 wasted years to get back to the levels of public concern we had back in 2007.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/climate-concerns-weigh-on-australians/ar-BBW0rdm?ocid=spartandhp

its depressing **** all has been done since then, every government has failed in this pretty much

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Rudd got started with the Carbon Tax...then pussyfooted around, and got bullied by Abbott and Co, and things fell apart.

LAUGHABLE to think back to the "Your lives will be so much better/electricity will be so much cheaper when we 'Axe the Tax'" garbage they peddled.

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This article is months old...before Zali Steggel announced that she would run...but it sums up what I really hope is the mood over in Warringah.

Apparently the Vote Tony Out  t-shirts are all over the place, as are the posters in front of peoples' homes. 

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/grassroots-tony-abbott-warringah-election-independent-20181222-p50nvo.html

I'm hopeful....

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4 minutes ago, wendybr said:

This article is months old...before Zali Steggel announced that she would run...but it sums up what I really hope is the mood over in Warringah.

Apparently the Vote Tony Out  t-shirts are all over the place, as are the posters in front of people's homes. 

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/grassroots-tony-abbott-warringah-election-independent-20181222-p50nvo.html

I'm hopeful....

The betting agencies have Abbott favourite at the minute.........but we live in hope.....lol

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On 19/04/2019 at 9:54 PM, wendybr said:

Interesting...highest ever % of eligible voters are enrolled to vote.

97 per cent of eligible Australians are enrolled to vote — and some can't wait to get it over with
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-19/biggest-election-but-voters-keener-than-ever-for-it-to-be-over/11029728

They can thank the SSM survey thingy for that. A lot of young voters enrolled to have a say.

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Yes...great isn't it? :D

The conservatives played it badly......a whole generation of young voters will most probably never vote for them.......lol........:D

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Murdoch f**** us by telling Abbott to get rid of the FTTP

Australia was promised superfast broadband with the NBN. This is what we got. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-23/what-happened-to-superfast-nbn/11037620

My brother-in-law, a diehard conservative, just moved and got rid of Foxtel. To replace it, he has bought an Android TV to connect to Kayo sports. His biggest problem is that he can't connect to the internet in the short term. He has a very strong connection with Optus and they can't help move the speed of connection any faster. 

So Rupert, p*** o** quickly.

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7 minutes ago, Paul01 said:

Murdoch f**** us by telling Abbott to get rid of the FTTP

Australia was promised superfast broadband with the NBN. This is what we got. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-23/what-happened-to-superfast-nbn/11037620

My brother-in-law, a diehard conservative, just moved and got rid of Foxtel. To replace it, he has bought an Android TV to connect to Kayo sports. His biggest problem is that he can't connect to the internet in the short term. He has a very strong connection with Optus and they can't help move the speed of connection any faster. 

So Rupert, p*** o** quickly.

Yep. One of the most "corrupt" decisions ever made in Aus politics by an Aus govt against the best interests of it's citizens for the benefit of a commercial organisation.....News Ltd.

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2 minutes ago, sonar said:

Yep. One of the most "corrupt" decisions ever made in Aus politics by an Aus govt against the best interests of it's citizens for the benefit of a commercial organisation.....News Ltd.

Actually, the Murdoch family since they own most of the A-class (voting shares).

I know that issue of connection has been reported to Optus Senior Management. But Optus are at the mercy of NBN Co currently staffed with conservative cronies who do the will of Murdoch via their political masters.

I hope that if we get a change of government, that there is a Night of the Long Knives at NBN Co.

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