Salvation through faith in God and suffering are connected by hope. See Romans 5:

Stalin and Mao weren't TRUE atheists. No TRUE atheist would do such a thing.

Ah, where the hoomans are. Even after RTFA I couldn't work out exactly where the northern reaches of Antarctica were.

Fair point, but I have to say that hearing guys complain about the chafing their wedding tackle is getting after a week in the desert wears a little thin after a while.

My point exactly. You're the one who said that unprovable assumptions are invalid.

If you've done any work in epistemology over the last fifty years you'd be well aware that the biggest problem with bias is that we're not always aware of it, and even when we are we don't always know what to do with it. Any observation we make about the world has to be interpreted before we can use it to make statements about the world and is therefore suspect.

The best we can do is minimise the effect by separating raw observation from interpretation. That's why double blind testing is the gold standard in science. That's easy in physics and chemistry, but hard in armchair sociology. It's also why I'm glad when job applicants don't put their gender or date of birth on their résumés.

So you're assuming that unprovable assumptions are invalid. Could you please prove that and thus validate your claim?

Yes, in November 1975. The Whitlam government was sacked by the GG, John Kerr.

I think you miss the parent's point. The problem he(?) has is that if he is to get a place at the shelter he has to spend the day running around doing busy work to keep the shelter's stats up instead of looking for work/accommodation/whatever.

I've seen people miss job interviews because their case worker has forced them to attend classes on how to handle job interviews.

Gerry Harvey will rant about how all the overseas companies are screwing you for your info it on Today Tonight, then introduce his own version of the scheme two weeks later with great fanfare and Australian made stickers. Bogans everywhere will line up to buy a second phone, just to feel the love.

Or, for that matter, Indonesia. These photos were taken in Indonesia so presumably Indonesian copyright law would have at least some bearing on the question of ownership.

When I read the summary I thought it might have gone side to side and projected streeview on the wall. Whilst I'd much rather be outside on a real bike I do spend a lot of time in crank classes. I'd love to be able to load up a classic bike ride from Europe and get going without worrying about idiot drivers or bike riders who have more expensive equipment than me.

I can just imagine the Tennants and Davidson/Moffetts getting together for Christmas lunch. Swapping stories about the good old days, complaining about these new Doctors who couldn't tell an Abzorbaloff from a Toclafane, even with dampeners on their sonic screwdrivers.

And then they tune in to watch the new Christmas special. Ah, good times...

A slight correction of my own: it reads like you're suggesting the Senate can't introduce legislation. They can introduce most types of legislation except appropriation and taxation bills. In practice you're probably right though---most legislation seems to originate in the House of Reps.

The easy part's getting the brain out. The hard part's getting the brain out!

I agree with your point, but this is a Federal matter, not a State one. The states have happily censored everything for a long time now, but the Feds have stayed right out of it, even when they have the power to stop the Territories selling porn.

Still, your point is a good one. I know far too many people who see the parallel with TV and video and wonder what the problem is with a bit of censorship.

I do find it odd that SBS---which goes to great lengths to explore the pale blue area between porn and erotica is owned by the federal government. If they were really serious about censorship, that'd be a very easy place to start! AH, politics...