The height of manners.
*ring ring*
Lady: Chris Pearce's office.
Me: Hello. I was wondering if I could leave a message for Mr. Pearce?
Lady: Of course. What would you like to say?
Me: Can you tell him that I found his behaviour in Parliament yesterday utterly appalling?
Lady: .......
Me: Sitting and reading a magazine through what was an entirely historical moment is some of the most small-minded, self-serving, and repugnant behaviour I have ever witnessed. He should be ashamed of himself.
Lady: Mr. Pearce supported the motion....
Me: And yet was apparently unable to put his own agenda aside for half an hour to show some common decency by simply listening. Or pretending to listen. Unbelievable.
Lady: (through lips of string) Thank you, I'll pass your comments on.
Me: See that you do.
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pffft.
Go Fitsy.
incidentally, what magazine was he reading?
*no actual honour detectable
You are a rude, nasty person. Your behaviour in parliament yesterday was not only insulting to most Australians, you demean the Parliament.
You were too spineless to abstain or vote against the apology, yet you just had to make your disgusting, narrow-minded point.
You, sir, are a disgrace to the Parliament of Australia.
Pearce's actions remind me of nothing more than a silly child.
Thanks for your efforts to educate the member re manners. Much appreciated.
However i worry: are you clinging to the hope that everyone will be converted overnight? Your distress over the facebook freakbots suggests that perhaps you are compelled to find reasons to be irritated and upset.
Why not spend a bit longer drinking in the joy and the relief of the occasion. Breathe the love more deeply into your heart, eh?
Don't let anybody spoil the beauty of such a day. No no no !
Not everyone has the required grace and compassion. This is sad, but don't let it get up you too much. Some people always want to splash their septic into the yard.
Tell us more about what it was like being in the midst of the crowds when everything was going well :-]
kind regards, michael
(ps: pls excuse sanctimonious tone .. i also find said idiots extremely distressing)
Talk to imaginary friend. Leave the room because don't like the game that Kevin wants to play. Skulk around outside for a bit. Tell everyone that Kevin's game was silly.
A fuckwit as ever.
And yes, let's enjoy the moment. There's much to be done, but let's enjoy the moment. I was at work but listening yesterday, and quite overcome. Tears flowed. What a day.
After your post yesterday I typed in 'sorry' into the facebook search engine and found so many of those groups- some with nazi swastikas etc.
As I went looking for it, I shouldn't be so shocked to find it- however I have reported the images and hopefully others will too.
I can respect (ie. handle begrudgingly) the fact that there are people that disagree with this issue with the fear that other indigenous issues will be forgotten after yesterday ( I think Noel Pearson said something to that effect in the age), but that people post nazi crap on "I'm not going to say sorry I didn't do anything" etc etc groups is just far too much. I hope that by posting here lots of like minded people might do what I do and take steps to get such racist bigotry removed from the site.
I know it's facebook and bullshit, but what the fuck is it doing on there, you know?
-I wonder how quickly facebook acts on these sorts of things also?
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6039223789
I just wish I could be as unbelievably, unutterably rude as to deserve such a tongue-lashing. Fits, you had me at 'repugnant'.
So the Libs reinforcing the 'insensitive thicko' stereotype. Who woulda thunk it?
On a lighter note, Happy Valentine's everyone! I hope your letter/in box brims with non-creepy and appropriate declarations of love.
I am writing to express my amazement at the appalling behaviour you displayed yesterday.
To improve your standard of respectability, I advise you to view the House of Commons Code Of Conduct which I have pasted for you below.
It might provide you with some dignity that you desperately require for the office you hold.
"Selflessness
Holders of public office should take decisions solely in terms of the public interest. They should not do so in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends.
Integrity
Holders of public office should not place themselves under any financial or other obligation to outside individuals or organisations that might influence them in the performance of their official duties.
Objectivity
In carrying out public business, including making public appointments, awarding contracts, or recommending individuals for rewards and benefits, holders of public office should make choices on merit.
Accountability
Holders of public office are accountable for their decisions and actions to the public and must submit themselves to whatever scrutiny is appropriate to their office.
Openness
Holders of public office should be as open as possible about all the decisions and actions that they take. They should give reasons for their decisions and restrict information only when the wider public interest clearly demands.
Honesty
Holders of public office have a duty to declare any private interests relating to their public duties and to take steps to resolve any conflicts arising in a way that protects the public interest.
Leadership
Holders of public office should promote and support these principles by leadership and example."
Also, as others have mentioned, the literacy level in the comments of those groups is FREAKING ME OUT.
"Many thanks for your email. I stood and supported the motion in the House of Representatives yesterday when asked to vote on the motion. I did not stand after the individual speeches as this is not the usual course of action in the Parliament. The only time I have ever done such a thing is following the visit by a foreign Head-of-State. I did, as is almost always the case by all Members on a daily basis do some brief reading during the speeches. I believe it is now important to focus on the major issues facing the indigenous community, such as health and educational outcomes. In addition, yesterday I stood in the House in support of a Matter of Public Importance regarding the protection of Aboriginal children. I trust this clarifies my position on these matters. Regards, Chris
"some brief reading"? oh, how i wish i had a job which allowed me to do "some brief reading" while i was at work.
prick.
Douche.
Bag.
wretched man.
Happy Valentine's Ms Fits.
Ho hum. The swastika has been around for more than 3000 years. Longer than the Egyptian Ankh. Swastik(a) in Sankrit translates to well being. It is still a ubuquitous symbol for good luck in India today.
The Germans only appropriated it in the mid 1800's as a symbol of Aryan "purity". Hitler and the attrocities was not until the 1920's.
I personally am reticent to suggest censorship. Just sayin'...
But he wrote you a poem:
Dear Marieke, how I love you so
You're my She-Ra, I'm your GI Joe
Still you never want to play with me
You're well out of my league you see
But of you I can still fantisise
Your sexy voice, your milky thighs
We'd live together in the country
But I know deep down it could never be
You're in love with another, but I love you better
You'd be so happy if we get it together
I'd dip my balls in turpentine
If you'd just be my Valentine
<3 Jake
Mr Pearce,
As you are older than me and more likely to pass away first, I'll be attending your funeral and quietly sit down and read a magazine while they go through the motions.
I also think he would be a great addition to the First Tuesday Book Club as Marieke's footstool or ottoman or pouffe (sp) or something.
He's a classic case of "a turd in the punchbowl". What a child.
He's a classic case of "a turd in the punchbowl". What a child.
violets are blue
all my base
are belong to you
roses are red
and i wanna get laid
i love you marieke
milk milk lemonade
roses are red
cabbages are green
open your legs
and i'll fill you with cream
roses are red
violets are blue
go get me a beer bitch
Happy Valentine's Day babe!
Also, I didn't flag the group, just the images.
I would consider myself against censorship usually and wouldn't have a problem with this if it wasn't in an open forum where the underage etc could stumble onto it. I personally find it disgusting, yes, I believe it to be wrong, yes, but they also think that about us lefties and the apology- I guess we just don't have any symbols that could be considered universally offensive as I believe the swastika to be (in that context).
blah. Sorry fits, it all went awry there...
He is a charming young man from Tasmania and also intelligent. He has a nice beard and only rarely engages in asshatteryesque behaviour like posting pictures of his balls on BigFooty.
You really make-a me peak-a
I give my three nipples a tweak-a
Every time I think of Marieke
Come to Wendouree
We'll build a budding family
You'd better be a lesb-ee
Cos I'm a woman apparently
I am one horny muthafucka.
Idrank4 lires of horse sperm whle eating the toes of this homeless man who spat on me.
I hate my life.
Ah, the "Oh will someone please think of the children...?" defense. I rate it alongside The Chewbacca defense.
You shit me. You're usually against censorship, except, of course, when it offends your sensibilities.
In fact all the supercilious attitude on here to these semi-literate rednecks shits me.
One, you don't win hearts or arguments by deriding your opponents no matter how ignorant and offensive they are. And two, it's not cool to lairise just 'cause you have a "good" education from some cunty private school in Kew.
Hi, Miss Hardy, my name is Scott Richardson, otherwise known as 'Catfish Jake'.
I love you. I pull to your voice and I have a piece of your hair.
btw- nice bed.
I am actually lying in your herb patch posting on wireless internet and stealing your basil plants to splice with mine.
No I am Catfish Jake!
I'll send you my sperm!
We can make babies!
I luvvvv you markiereeeeee. I am soo pathetic. and i am sooo ugly!
god, y dont i just shoot myself.
Shame my dick is so small that it wouldn't even penetrate Bombers anal hairs.
Well friend, some of us are from the most shithouse of suburbs, and attended the most shithouse of schools. And yes, it still gives us a right to rip a new one for half-wit pricks who are 'semi-literate'. If anything, it gives us even more of a right.
Hey, I've even been banned from Catallaxy. Woohoo!!
Well friend, some of us are from the most shithouse of suburbs, and attended the most shithouse of schools. And yes, it still gives us a right to rip a new one for half-wit pricks who are 'semi-literate'. If anything, it gives us even more of a right.
Hey, I've even been banned from Catallaxy. Woohoo!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21670345505
Many of the staunch lefties in this forum have much more in common with the rabid right-wingers than they'd like to accept, In that they both allow their emotions and prejudices to stunt their ability to communicate their disagreement effectively. The danger in this is that rather than shame Peirce & co., It serves only to lionise them amongst some as a champion of their cause and as a result, increase their popularity.
That's not to say we shouldn't critisise, just perhaps be a little more diplomatic and less condescending to those who do not share our opinion. As an example I'm happy to put disclaimers on my apology. I have no reason for myself or my family to apologise for something we haven't done, I have no reason to apologise for the fact that the aboriginal community have not tried harder to alleviate problems in their own communities, I do not apologise for the many missionaries and govenment workers who took aboriginal children for what they 'thought' were the right reasons. I AM SORRY I belong to an affluent nation that has still not addressed the shameful condition of the aboriginal population and I empathise with the families who suffer continuing injustice and deprivation whilst my elected representatives of all persuasions have failed to act.
I can't see how anyone can object to that?.
It was a whole lot of ordinary people.
And I think you should re-read Kev's version of an apology - sorry sans qualification.
Also: Ms Fits I have a complete girl-crush on you and can well understand the adoration you evoke in blogreaders, but whats with the weirdo penis-obsessed blokes who keep posting?
And I stand by the fact that I have a problem with the way they're (those groups) expressing themselves which is based in racism and bigotry- I understand your point but for assuming that I went to some "some cunty private school in Kew" is a bit of an unfair assumption because I have an issue with facism.
it's not cool to lairise just 'cause you have a "good" education from some cunty private school in Kew.
I got a cunty education from a cunty state school in the country. I probably have less formal education than a lot of the people on these Abo bashing Facebook groups. The thing is, these people are fuckwits. I am not. These people are ignorant. I am...less ignorant. These people are irremediable, for the most part. Therefore, one shall lairise at one's cool leisure in part to keep these moronic, hateful opinions from gaining currency in the wider population. But mostly for fun.
Now, shoo.
Anonymous is correct about censorship, don't know why they feel compelled to be so goddamn rude about it.
Many commentors on this blog only seem to have the leftist hate, and none of the humour and compassion required to balance it.
If I didn't enjoy seeing my thoughts on a page, I wouldn't read this section, it's fucking depressing most of the time.
Lighten up, dickheads. We won, don't you remember?
I live in London and so was unable to attend any such Sorry day gathering. Frankly I'm as pleased to have escaped all the sentimental nonsense of the day as I am to escape the endless AFL based 'news' that seems to be so vital to the Melbourne public(supposedly 'intellectual elite' half included).
I'm not opposed to the notion of the nation acknowledging injustice against the aboriginal population, au contraire. I just believe that we should be making it a first step in the difficult job of rectifying the situation and In order to do this we cant afford to be deliberately provoking those who need to be carefully swayed.
Oh and sorry for the grammar and syntax, I've had a few.
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