Burqa ban a political excuse for persecution

Posted to The Age (3/10/2014) on 3/10/2014 at 9:53 AM
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Our politicians are weak like piss. By allowing the wearing the de facto Batman outfit in the Parliament House is going to set precedence for people to wear the same going to the bank, casino or any establishment. By the way, Batman does not cover his mouth and jaw.

I shall be scared out of my wit if the supposedly meter reader or postman come near my house clothed in such daunting "uniform".

Helmet is not allowed to be worn in many places. Why should wearing such outfit an exception? How can the bank or casino be so discriminatory to ask the bikies to take off their helmet so that the CCTV can have a clear view of their faces?

Organisation installing biometric system will be throwing good money down the drain. It must be the most unthinkable and laughable situation having someone with the whole body except the eyes covered, standing in front of the self-checking machine at the immigration control at the airport.

There must be some basic dress code when one is at public places. That dress code must be enforced. If fully clothed is permitted, the opposite should be given the same treatment.

Let's go nude in the Parliament House! Like Winston Churchill once said, "we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender".

Jacqui Lambie issues warning to Clive Palmer, PUP senators

Posted to The Age (13/11/2014) on 13/11/2014 at 10:34 AM
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Lambie has a big hole (gap) as big as the Australia's projected economic Black Hole. I would like to know what she is going to do with rising unemployment, not only in Tasmania but also whole of Australia.

Melbourne Cup becomes story of Red Cadeaux and Admire Rakti

Posted to The Age (4/11/2014) on 5/11/2014 at 1:48 AM (Not published by newspaper)
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Humans can't speak horse language, even if the horse has one. It is illogical to say that horses enjoy racing or otherwise, because they can't tell us so.
Animals used in circus performance are a thing of the past, but horse racing is getting bigger as a money making event. Is it double standard? In my opinion, it is. There is no difference between animals performing in a big tent and horses racing on race tracks.

In racing, the jockeys whip the horses to "make" them go faster. It is cruel, and only in epic theatre movies of Egyptian pharaoh dynasties that I see slaves being whipped. It is the avoidance of further pain that makes the horses run faster, and the riders' intense whipping is a testimony of the latent greedy, sadist and aggressive nature of the jockeys.

To put horses under intense pressure in races definitely will cause distress to them. Races are not day-to-day event, and many successful ones are trained for hours each day, transported to different places, live in strange and foreign environment, run on different track, etc when they participate in big race carnivals. If a human is subject to that kind of unreasonable treatment, he/ she will be applying for stress leave and claim Work Cover compensation.

It is time to rethink about horse racing. Let's something to correct it.

What I learned from Katie Hopkins' 'To Fat and Back'

Posted to The Age (4/11/2014) on 4/11/2014 at 10:30 AM
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Sad case for this arrogant and ignorant woman. I know I have become fat because my belt appears to be shorter, or when I look into the mirror. I gain weight because I eat a bit more than usual on a cruise, and I don't do my normal chores on a ship, for that I enjoy immensely. I allow myself to do so, because the events leading to gaining those extra kg were pleasurable and fantastic.

Some are born with fat genes, and that cannot be denied. Many of these people accept their being fat and live happy ever after, and nothing else. Are those fat people that laugh often really pretending, or are they hiding their sorrow? There are many comedians who are bigger in size than the society norm, and they actually make fatness as a laughing matter and a good living at the same time.

To force oneself to gain 20kg for some stupid social experiment of course will make anyone miserable. This is not dissimilar asking one to go hiking if one prefers going up the top of a mountain by helicopter, or asking one to eat curry if spicy food is too hot for the liking.

Publicity stunt, yes. End result, thumbs down!

It's a noisy world, so scream and let scream

Posted to The Age (3/11/2014) on 3/11/2014 at 10:35 AM (Not published by newspaper)
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Decades ago, houses were smaller and closer. People were just as tolerant or intolerant depending on how one's take it, but they were different from today's "rights fighters", who are more inconsiderate and selfish. They think it is their God damned right to set free their babies in public places, including on public transport and plane.

Parents claiming innocence for their children's behaviour is not an excuse for deprivation of other's quiet enjoyment, wherever they may be.

Would anyone accept a mentally deranged person running amok or screaming at will at public places, even if a carer or medical personnel is accompanying the person? Who should take responsibility, or should the nuisance be barred from these places where the rights of a lot people should be respected without any prejudice!