I agree we are so bent on voting for who will promise us the most thinking too short term. My question is what about in 100 years time?
The problem with internet filters is just that it’s difficult to get them right. You don’t want sites blocked such as CAF which, while presenting a solidly Catholic position and providing very useful information, discuss at times some very graphic topics and for that reason is likely to be lumped in as pornography and blocked by your average unsophisticated internet filter.Thanks, mate, for giving our election a mention here.
Overall, liberals tend to be more pro-life than labour, but it’s not a clear difference, as both tend to preserve the status quo - ie. not introducing new anti-life legistlation, but also not repealing the existing legislation, and not overriding state governments. A little known fact is that Kevin Rudd extended Commonwealth support for abortion-providing overseas aid agencies - and I don’t expect Julia Gillard will reverse that!
I strongly support labour’s internet filter. I just can’t see why there so much opposition to keep internet nasties out of peoples’ homes. I just wish they would extend it to all forms of pornography.
The advocates of gay “marriage”, and euthenasia, are going to keep pushing their agenda. Having libs in power may be more of deterrent than having labour, but, again, it’s not a clear cut difference.
The Greens are, however, a different matter. They are strongly “liberal”, in the modern sense, ie. actively campaigning for almost every anti-life, anti-morals cause: abortion, gay marriage, euthenasia, IVF for gay couples, etc. Labour’s life and morals record is tainted by their alliance with the Greens.
And, thankyou, Trish for reminding us to pray to Mary MacKillop! How did i forget that??
Labor (note spelling) is not in alliance with the Greens and never has been in any parliament. The minority Labor goverment in the Tasmanian state parliament since earlier this year incorporates a couple of Greens by necessity, but they are not in an alliance. The South Australian Labor government has the same arrangement with a National Party member in order to get a majority.
It’s not just a matter of a few dodgy ideas. The whole philosophical basis of the Greens worldview is the idea than human beings are nothing more than very intelligent animals and have no intrinsic value. No Christian could possibly accept this. All the Greens’ policies derive from this atheist anti-human philosophy, even though occasionally some of their policies may superfiically coincide with Christian policies (eg on refugees). And even on care for the environment the Greens have achieved nothing and arguably have in fact caused nett damage to the environment by their counterproductive tactics and policies.
That’s not the issue in Australia. Nobody is suggesting preventing any discussion of any topic however gruesome or graphic. The proposal is merely to allow the Government to block oversease web pages which would be “Refused Classification” i.e. prohibited, if they were on an Australian-based website, cinema, DVD etc.
Actually the appearance of a lot of opposition to the filter is an illusion. Self-selected web-based “polls” on the issue, accompanying articles passionately arguing against it, have been “flashmobbed” by porno aficiandos giving a supposed 90% vote against the filter. But in the only properly scientifically conducted stsatisticall poll on the issue (where people were approached at random and asked neutral questions) showe dthat of the population as a whole, more than 80% support the filter.
Amen
Frankly im putting Liberals last. I trust the Greens far more then the Liberals.
Fair enough. I have concern economically about he greens. I consider they may try slow the short term growth of mining.
Personally, Im voting the Greens ONLY into the senate to keep the other parties, or as my grandfather calls em ‘b*****ds’" honest. Democracy only works if everyone has an equal say, to much power held by one party and the idea of ‘democratic’ government falls to its knees.
I can remember as a boy Don Chip i think with that slogan and it was a valuable asset back then with the democrats that were.
Im not voting them in because I think they will make good mediators, I just think power divided by three makes it much harder for any group to get a strong hold on the senate.
Sooo many of us are uninformed, my pet hate is dad voted for them i have all of my life so tats how i vote.
I think compulsory voting is the only way to go for Australia. Australians are too apathetic.
Hmmm. There are realistically 2 possible scenarios:
