Don't be disappointed Geoff. I cannot control how you feel....that's solely in your court how you respond as an adult.
More than happy to try and answer your questions, although as a private anonymous citizen I am under no obligation to answer anything at all. Some of your questions are completely loaded and make no sense whatsoever.
Disclaimer up front - I freely admit I am no expert in any matter whatsoever other than my very specific and narrow field of engineering endeavour. From what I gather from reading technical papers on the subject, there seems to be this ridiculous CV slanging match where Emeritus Professors on both sides of the argument are tearing each other down and saying they are not qualified to have an opinion.....so heaven help the lay person on the street....who votes.
As far as I can tell, the Libs support action on climate change. It's a different form than carbon tax, but it is taking action.
I think that's why they called their policy "Direct Action". Their political opponents however are doing their level best to undermine and discredit the policy before it even gets off the ground. No surprises there. More will undoubtedly unfold in the coming months.
While some people want the carbon tax retained, others just want to make sure that there is still going to be action.
The challenge of a democracy Geoff. Some adults want it this way, other adults want it that way. I guess that's why we have elections and pursue the option the majority voted for. Quite reasonable I would have thought.
While there has been an election and there is a result, despite what you think of me, I do know that that result is set in concrete until there is another election.
My personal opinion of you Geoff has nothing to do with the election result ??
The result is set in stone, and is one of the very few things in this debate that is absolute, hence why I keep referring to it. I don't think there was a pamphlet or a policy agenda that didn't state upfront, that if the coalition got voted in, they would scrap the Carbon Tax. Anyone who stands up and says they had no idea the coalition, if voted in, was going to scrap the Carbon Tax as their first piece of introduced legislation is having a lend of themselves.
However, Tony would be a very poor politician indeed if he had every idea and policy already formed in a way that could not be changed- and he has shown that he is a very good politician.
The policies and ideas were published for all to see before the public went and voted on the Saturday. There was a stark choice between the two major political parties in this area. Hopefully the Libs and Nats follow through with what they promised to do before the election. It's political death-on-a-stick to do otherwise, as Julia Gillard found out.
People have the right to make their feelings known, no matter what the election result. It's the constant debate which makes a democracy. You cannot say that because there has been an election, everybody should now be quiet and to follow the leader.
Never said anything of the sort. I refer you to my previous post....
Yes they have a right to protest - more power to them !!
What you've ignored is also what I said, whereby I stated that the election captured the definitive opinion of 14.0 million voters which can be verified and studied and interrogated, rather than these weekend protests which captured the opinions of 0.06 million voters which are to say the least not verifiable in any respect. There is a massive difference Geoff.
When the ALP was in power, people debated and people protested. Sometimes more, sometimes less, than the "tiny little 60,000". People continue to debate and protest. Suddenly it's all wrong?
Not at all, but the end effect is what ?? I refer you to my previous post....
Yes they have a right to protest - more power to them !!
And people who say that it's OK to debate or protest should now be belittled?
Not at all, I don't know where the "belittled" tag comes from, that seems to be a favourite of yours throughout the years.... but the end effect is what ?? I refer you to my previous post....
Yes they have a right to protest - more power to them !!
The election result is in, so everybody who disagrees is just blind to the fact that a government has changed hands?
Not at all....but their actions certainly don't point to going along with the majority of Australians. No-one seems to have asked the obvious question.....
What was the point of the Get Up / Green / Labor organised protest last weekend ??
I have read a broad cross section of the protest media coverage from all of the cities across Australia, and my impression was a general slagging off of Tony, witty put downs on billboards....they were running competitions for the smarmiest campaign poster similar to your Subway poster board....and a general calling for the elected Govt to enact the exact opposite of the policies that the Liberal / National Govt took to the general population, were voted in by the majority of Australians and are now introducing into Parliament due to their election success.
As I said previously, the weekend protest looked more like a belated Labor Party rally with all of the red shirts, a hangover from the election probably...dunno.
Seriously, what was the point ??
