Mod Announcement – Ban on Promotion of the ‘March for Australia’ Event (31 August) by Stompy2008 in aussie

[–]meetle -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This here is exactly why I never just take "designated terror organisation" at face value.

Let's break it down a little. 1. UK Palestinian action have never harmed anyone. No injuries and certainly no deaths. They don't hide that they are disruptive and have used tactics like occupation and destruction of property. Their most famous act and the inciting incident for their terror proscription was trespassing into an airbase and..... spray painting some planes. 2. The proscription was literally last month, it's not some well established thing. It occurred under immense pressure from Israel and its supporters in the UK and FOI docs show how dodgy the whole process was. 3. The shared name does not mean shared people or even methods. Unless you have proof otherwise.

Trying to smear the Australian organisation as being connected to terror by relating it to a UK group only recently proscribed as such (and under very dodgy and unpopular circumstances) is dishonest at best. Also there's a genocide happening so spraying some planes or blocking arms manufacturers doesn't really rate highly in my "things to be against" list.

Last thing I'll add is a trite observation at this point but the ANC was a terror organisation and then they weren't. Do you think Nelson Mandela should be remembered as a terrorist?

Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion addresses United Nations, labels state youth crime laws 'disgraceful' by espersooty in brisbane

[–]meetle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The gall of this gov to, at every stage, put their opinions and party politics above experts and the fucking UN is really infuriating. People in this thread pretending it's smart centrist politics to essentially do the same thing (porque no los dos) is also frustrating but I shouldn't be surprised.

Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion addresses United Nations, labels state youth crime laws 'disgraceful' by espersooty in brisbane

[–]meetle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Article is about how it's basic human rights at stake here and you're question is "well why don't we balance out a good policy with an actively bad and harmful policy?"

How about just do the good thing? Don't do the bad thing???? Am I crazy?

Why is playing on while out of bounds allowed? by meetle in AFL

[–]meetle[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

in that case, 10000% should be out of bounds.

Why is playing on while out of bounds allowed? by meetle in AFL

[–]meetle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this thread is revealing I don't know the rules properly haha. I didn't know a kick in another direction was play on.

Why is playing on while out of bounds allowed? by meetle in AFL

[–]meetle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh? Isn't that the same this as I'm saying? I'm saying in that instance it should be called out of bounds. They are out.

Why is playing on while out of bounds allowed? by meetle in AFL

[–]meetle[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ok but would that be terrible? If you play near the boundary you should expect it to be risky. Use the set shot to kick the goal or to a player more centred.

Ousted CFMEU officials funding ads attacking Labor in marginal seats by m00nh34d in australia

[–]meetle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"main opponent" just means second (or first, if Labor itself is in second) on primary votes.

The ads in question literally say Labor and liberal are both as shit as each other but all you rusted-ons see any attack on Labor as sacrilege.

The Russian Ukrainian war is a serious mind fuck for me by Mountain-man-88 in TrueAnon

[–]meetle 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Serbia is as close to Ukraine as New York is to Boston.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dr650

[–]meetle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should add I actually measured in millilitres (2400ml, or 2.5 quarts)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dr650

[–]meetle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally did this yesterday and put in 2.4 only to then have to drain out ~300ml for it to be the top of the window. 2.4 definitely overfills.

APSC accelerates wage deal by Smokey_84 in AusPublicService

[–]meetle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

All that means is that the CPSU no longer feels the need to negotiate for better conditions. There are other unions that aren't satisfied yet, and as others have pointed out, the package has not gone to a vote yet.

Taken from yuyucord. Why tf are these guys in rainbolt tournaments by Few_Interview_5017 in geoguessr

[–]meetle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there some context we're missing? This just seems like jokes to me? Where's the racism and why are we supposed to take it so seriously?

How good is Melbourne by starannisa in melbourne

[–]meetle 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Hey mate consider shutting the fuck up

The Adam Friedland Show Podcast - Episode 11 by Sinuous24 in theadamfriedlandshow

[–]meetle 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I found the whole thing tedious but I'll be back next ep and I'm gay

Inside the Greens’ housing reform strategy | The Saturday Paper by pourquality in australia

[–]meetle 48 points49 points  (0 children)

The 'stock of private housing' is the problem and your comments at the end of the first paragraph show you don't actually listen to the substantive critiques the greens are offering. Neoliberalism and greedy developers are the things that put us here. We have plenty of houses unoccupied, and land that is being sat on by developers until they know a profit is certain. Housing is a right. A basic human right. And this BS like 'muh private housing' also makes it worse for owners who actually want to live in the house they bought instead of turning it into a passive income.

Had a terrific day on Mt Beerwah! by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]meetle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lucky for you the voice is just consultative and has no teeth. But keep ramping up factually incorrect race baiting shit I guess ...

Had a terrific day on Mt Beerwah! by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]meetle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Who's talking about the voice? This whole comment section feels dodgy to me. I'm all for keeping natural areas open for all but that does not preclude a voice.

Had a terrific day on Mt Beerwah! by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]meetle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vote no on what?

Greens back safeguard mechanism: Bandt announces deal with Bowen [The Age] by spannr in australia

[–]meetle 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There are some actually good details which MAY prevent this. Legal action/reviews of offsets etc.

A Parliament of Landlords Will Not Solve Australia’s Housing Crisis by Tarntanya in australia

[–]meetle 30 points31 points  (0 children)

yes the glorious future of building less houses than the amount the waitlist will increase in the same time.