Gay marriage! So here are a few arguments, for and against, from the comments section of Australian news websites. Real people, with real opinions, telling us what they really think (usually with incorrect grammar and spelling). It’s wrong: Opposition comes from the position that there is a morally right way of expressing sexuality, and a [...]

I fully support a dual naming of Fraser Island to include its Traditional name, K’Gari. The State Government confirmed at the weekend it was considering a proposal for dual-naming of the iconic island. The local Butchulla people want the internationally renowned island’s traditional name K’gari restored. K’gari means paradise. The Fraser Coast Chronicle While I [...]

Imagine this: Sometime in future, everyone on the planet decides to live in a virtual world [think Second Life]. However, they don’t access that world via a computer screen and keyboard.

(Source: David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) This kind of language I can handle. What really bugs me: ‘Mundy’, ‘Toozdy’, ‘Winzdy’, ‘I done some shopping today’ and ’10 k’, ’3 pair’ and ’50 tonne’.

(David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) Which is weird because I always thought that people drank when they were feeling depressed. Who can afford three glasses of wine per day though? These people obviously have high disposable incomes. Do you feel delighted, pleased, happy, average, unhappy, discontent, or terrible? [...]

36 per cent of Australians believe that you have to be Christian to be ‘truly Australia’!? WTF? (David Dale – Who We Are – A snapshot of Australia today) I felt reassured that 91 per cent of people thought that feeling Australian was enough to make someone ‘truly Australian’, and I can accept that becoming [...]

I was reading an article today and got really depressed. (Azeem Azhar (2005). “Better and Faster than politics” New Stateman 18(878) p. 24.) Here is a snippet: The bottom of the pyramid is a new competitive business space, with new demands. If you want to sell toothpaste to an Indian villager, you need to know [...]

There are going to be a lot of very disappointed dead people. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that I am super knowledgeable and know that heaven doesn’t exist. But there are an awful lot of people on the Earth who believe that their special brand of religion is correct and that everyone who [...]

Clip of the Week:

Advertisement: Anglican Church The Anglican Church has begun to get creative in its battle to attract new members to its congregation. This advertisement is just one of many executions of the same campaign which are displayed on small billboards at the front of Anglican churches. All the advertisements use controversy or a play on words [...]

Dad, did dinosaurs really exist? Sure they did, son. The Bible says so. They didn’t call them “dinosaurs” back then, but instead they were known as “leviathans” or “behemoths”. But, my science teacher says dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. Is that true? Of course not, son. Then how old are they? Well, let’s see. [...]

The Planet is a beautiful and unique documentary. It really communicated to me the fragility of the Earth. It also gave an interesting and comprehensive picture of the whole global warming problem – from historical, environmental, social, economic, financial and political perspectives. Here are a few quotes from the documentary which resonated with me: “The [...]