Posts by Richard Llewellyn
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"It's not sport, I am saving The World."
Heh, not another christian fundamentalist! :)
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Heh, while I'm sure you guys are enjoying your sport with Doris, don't you think there is something a little ironic about some of you giving her a hard time about her 'identity'?
Just a thought - One of the things I love about PA is the (generally speaking) lack of proprietary ownership of every single debate by the 'usual suspects' gang of idealogues who try and run every dissenter out of town.
Hope PA never strays too far down that path :)
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Johnny Carson - "Democracy is buying a big house you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you wish were dead"
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Gotta admit, I found Robin kind of entertaining, while he was shamelessly hawking his wares (been guilty of that meself) at least he didn't take himself too seriously.
Unlike Ron/Ross who tirelessly beat a losing argument to death with absolutely no style or entertainment value.
Maybe RB should be able to hold tribal councils.
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Deano aka Matt Helm
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Is that Buck Rogers?
I thought it was Dean Martin .......
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"or if you're a Press Gallery journalist, here..."
Heh heh - Riddley you have obviously done some time in the Gallery! (I thought it was a well kept secret where all the best political goss comes from).
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Gawd, I'm confused.
The one thing I do know is that the only two times I ever smacked one of my daughters (burned into my memory) was a product of sleep deprivation, relentless two year old tantrums, and exhaustion of my (at the time) very limited parental tool-kit.
External forces such as legislation, social and cultural mores, and 'what the neighbours might think' played zero part.
And what I learnt from these experiences, painfully, is that smacking my child produced two very clear lessons, the first being that it made me feel absolutely shamed and sick to my stomach, and secondly, smacking doesn't actually work in terms of influencing behaviour in a positive way.
So, I guess if anything, I'm comfortable with the principle of the bill, but would like to see it backed up with wider access to better parenting education (apologies to those who already do a fantastic job in this space) rather than leaving any ill-equipped parents to work out by painful trial and error what works and what doesn't work.
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Did I tell you I've grown a beard?
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Yay!