Misleading advertising at the ABC -- the huge costs to the People of Australia

Lost causes due the club mentality --E Burke knew that good intentions can lead to greatest evil . Pity the producers at ABCTV , who supposedly studied literature , don't.
Heres a brief list

Here is a brief list .
This is an incomplete list - drawn together in a huury because the reform of the ABC to provide sound reporting should be a priority at the next election ( this note June 2018)

The arty farty lot at ABCTV are prone to pick up incomplete arguments and with the help of the herd drive themselves down a cul de sac.    For a psyches  view of the depth of this disease look up JB Peterson.
The criminal act is not to provide misinformation ( some reporters do that ) the criminal act is not to seek to redress it by reporting stuff we have been sending the ABC for decades .


Raising questions would be Ok, but reigning of us with unreasonable imperatives has been in part,  the ABC's legacy . They turn damage into degradation,  not knowing the différence and not caring to ask US about degrees of resilience.   Thats incompetence in reporting 


1. The creation of water. As a result of the overreliance on Tim Flannery and friends, most States of Australia built desalination  plants that don't now don't do  anything .
2. Carbon Tax . The real cost of energy has gone up considerably over the last few years as a result of distortion forced on the people by the panic merchants and those who would drive us away from burning coal .
3. Damage to the Great Barrier reef .   Richard di Natalie is prepared to sacrifice his reputation on his worry t that OUR actions are damaging the reef . If its not that the water is getting hotter its pollution  from Queensland land - or something else  . As with all the other lost causes ABCTV does its weekly ritual of providing a story that supports the cause .a fact sheet that fits ;  even though as we who have studied these things know,   reefs need fertilization. We and Darwin know a little bit about  how much , they have no idea
3. Incontrovertible evidence that Veganism will save the planet .eg  Julia Beard's panel  on Thedrum--competent practical  science people as usual were not present .
  As with the the earlier causes,  the ABC lists reports week after week which support the idea that we are raping cows for milk and so on . The end result of this movement has yet to be seen.

 a brief response here...     

Moral authority from the out of touch minority

RE : Booing at sporting events

What a laugh .- all this fuss about booing at sporting events . These last few weeks have seen the religious left ( eg Jane Caro on ABCTV )pontificating about how one should behave in the auditorium . "One mustn't boo" was the conclusion after many could not conclude their sessions with the Sanhedrin over what is sinful in the new age. Unfortunately the new age has been ignoring the question of sin long enough for it to come back and bite them big time.

Takes one to know one - ABC boo each week when conservatives speak , What hypocrisy ! -especailly when its snide stuff . ( the way to avoid being prosecuted for the garbage words you apply is to convey your judgement without words )

Fortunately for some of us, sin is just normal and its best to limit your attention to your own or you might just spend your whole life worrying about others instances .

Booing can be  quite OK - telling someone what you think about their behaviour is what good friends do. Honest face forward confrontation is not only not condemned in scripture - its advocated from the Creator in the garden and fig leaves upwards. Nah is a boo just as Yey is a hurray !
In a booing crowd,  you simply can't always tell whether a comment is racist or deeply hurtful to someone . Should we all stop booing so there is no confusion about whose sinning ? No - we would never enjoy the idea of game playing -most people are not hurt by words used in a game. Players shake hands at the end to assert that .
We feel for Adam Goodes and anyone who "gets it all the time" because some of it is probably racist and deeply personal and  hurtful  . People hide behind words and what can we do about it when we still believe in primacy of free speech . Same with people who feel ostracised because of their unusual choices looks or gifts - its hard .  Speak back , questioning and points of order are all good options to counter .  "Tough it out "is good advice for all of us when it happens to us

The reality is its easy to go beyond just telling someone what you think of their behaviour ( to their face  - which is not a sin ) particularly when you are angy .new to some in the new age - anger is not a sin.  " Be angry but don't sin " puts the two subjects in context .( Ephesians )
The sin is when words are cutting words and involve physical and verbal violence ( both considered as prosecutable and serious matters in our code.

So,  some booing is Ok and some is not . "No I disagree " they say in Parliament each day ---nay .

If we aren't allowed to play games or respond to what we see and hear ,we don't learn to test limits and grow up .
Maybe we can't all shake hands at the end of the game, ( great symbol)  but at least we can and mostly do go back to talking like grownups after the game.  see you there ---noise anger and all !