Tim Blair

I'm soooooo tired of comparing everything to Hitler. These asshats only cheapen the comparison. Used to be that it meant something, but now it's nearing uselessness from overuse.

The late American philosopher Leo Strauss had an apt term for such nonsense, something like reductio ad Hitlerium (my Latin is rusty).

"I want to know where to go to meet like-minded people to talk, to protest, and if necessary in the long run, to revolt"

's okay, K.E., you're already revolting (heh, I crack me up). Just kiddin' there, dude, I only use cheap jokes like that for people who make me smile.

[smile]

I get a such kick out of folks who talk about "revolt" but are afraid of guns (especially guns owned by the VWRC and their RWDB minions).

Nazism... the new fragrance by Calvin Klein

That's a good point iowahawk. In regards to comparing right wing politics to Nazism, I think if such people had any idea what Nazism was really about they would never say such a thing. That's like saying Bill Clinton is the equivalent of Joseph Stallin.

If only Simon Wiesenthal had had this olfactory superpower!

Oops. It was Ken Summers who made the comment I was referring to (people afraid of guns wanting to revolt). Still, iowahawk's comment was good.

Don't you wish Godwin's law applied outside the bounds of internet discussion threads?

Hey Bishop - homsexuality is written in both the new and old testaments as a sin - you know, something not to do. Perhaps that is a little difficult to understand. Unlike Tim, I guess I worry that our religious leaders would at least demonstrate some knowledge of their faith.

The only thing that comes to mind:

Whiskey bottles and brand new cars;
oak tree you're in my way.
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you.

CHORUS-
Ooh, ooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell?
Ooh, ooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you.

Yeah.
Angel of darkness is upon you.
Stuck a needle in your arm (you, fool, you)
So take another toke, have a blow for your nose,
one more drink, fool, would drown you. (hell, yeah)

Check out this link to Bookslut, in which she compares the meat industry to the Third Reich!

http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2003_10.php#000819

We should let gays get married as part of a long term strategy to fuck up the family court. Who are the bastards going to give all the money to when there's no woman?

Allowing civil marriages does not mean churchs have to marry gays if that is contrary to their religeous beliefs.

Looks like this peace-codger is standing in front of the US embassy in Canberra.
Let me imagine his day; waking up in his expensive Yarralumla/Red Hill/Forrest home, having breakfast at Manuka with fellow wealthy lefties, bemoaning whatever is trendy to bemoan at the moment; then stroll down to the embassy to do some hearty protestation.
Then home, to supervise the gardener and deal with his investment portfolio.

As I have quoted Frank J. of IMAO:

There are more conservative than liberals in America. There always have been, and there always will be. And we have guns and you don't. If you want a street fight, it will be very short. This is important for you liberals to know, because we conservatives could easily slaughter you all if we wanted, but, instead, out of the kindness of our hearts, we let you live and tolerate your shrill dissent. You guys need to be more thankful of that.

Won't get very far with pointed words and sharpened protest signs when revolt time comes.

'I smell Nazism every day'

That would probably be the flesh of burning refugees in Australia's concentration camps. Hang on, Margo's not based in Woomera is she?

JEEBUS! They've re-animated Jim Cairns!
(He always was a bit of a zombie, so no-one will notice the difference).

Gay marriage? Why not polygamy? Or other multiple person relationships? Arent these just as justifiable as gay marriage? Perhaps even more justifiable for many people.

For crying out loud, where does it end? Gay marriage is an afront to common sense and decency. Its a mental illness like any other and should be treated accordingly.

Tim, what makes you think being agnostic disqualifies you from being in the clergy? Where have you been? Anyone in the Church of England who believes in God is considered a reactionary conservative.

Tim, what makes you think being agnostic disqualifies you from being in the clergy? Where have you been? Anyone in the Church of England who believes in God is considered a reactionary conservative.

Her best line: "whats the point?". I couldn't agree more Margo, you old prune.

Hey unit -- next thing you know: "Dogs and cats -- living together!!!" And you know what that leads to: "Drinking beer!" Ban sock hops now!

Why scratch and sniff Adolf when you can grope him?

You are wrong Bishop Reynolds: the Christian Church is the last vestige of evil in society. The world will not be safe until the last Pope has been strangled with the guts of the last bishop (to misquote Voltaire). Then at last humankind will be truly liberated from fear, oppression, narrow-mindedness and pecksniffery. Free at last, free at last....

Imagine there's no Church.. it's easy if you try..

"We should let gays get married as part of a long term strategy to fuck up the family court. Who are the bastards going to give all the money to when there's no woman?"

They will start doing anal measurements to determine which partner was the woman, you silly goose.

Aside from her Nazi sniffing fans, did you get the 'load' of the questions for the panel discussion she's hawking?

No, nothing loaded about them, and no stunts intended.