This post has come about after reading this which was linked to me from my friend, Paul. Consider firstly how you would treat a child of, let’s say, 5 years old. Would you ever cause suffering to this child? I would presume that you would not do so with purpose. Would you, perhaps, kill the …
Rare Blood Disorder, PM to Help?
A woman in Australia is suffering from an extremely rare blood disorder and has petitioned directly to the Prime Minister to help fund her treatment. The drug which can ease her suffering is one of the highest in the word, costing $40 000 per month, for the rest of her life. Without the treatment she …
Keisha’s Family Home Raided
More information has become clear about the missing Sydney child, Keisha. Despite police officially saying just the other day that the family were not suspected of murder, the case was handed over to the Homocide squad, and they have now raided the family home. Neighbours reported that as they left they took a mattress, doors, …
Neighbours, Chris is First Regular Gay
At the beginning of 2009 the Australian B-grade soapie lovers were rocked with the news that their very own Home and Away might be featuring a lesbian kiss. Under pressure from groups such as Pro Family Perspectives the producers decided that the kiss would not be aired, and the scene ended up ‘fading away’. Just …
Prop 8, Julia Gillard and Rationalism
Months ago the state of California declared that, through Prop 8, gay marriage was not to be legalised. Only in the last 24 hours a judge who heard the appeal came to the decision that Prop 8 was not to be upheld and same sex couples could get happily married. The judge who overturned Prop …
Keisha, Time is Running Out
I did this post yesterday about the six year old missing Sydney girl. Further details about the background of Keisha were released today, and the assumptions of foul play by her parents are just mounting up. News Limited wrote today that as a younger child, Keisha was admitted to hospital with an adult-sized bite from …
Can’t Compliment
What ever happened to the compliment? It seems that the only things that are passed between people these days are snide comments and immature repeats of ‘your face is’ and ‘I know you are!’. Jump back a centry and had a man shown such disrespect to his partner, he would have had a very hard …
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