Comments on: Barack Obama celebrates National Andrew Bolt is a Dickhead Day

By: John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:55:47 +0000

Unsure how Rush Limbaugh is more recognised internationally than Andrew Bolt…

By: Chris Sherlock

Chris Sherlock — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:55:38 +0000

@James Henstridge: that was EXACTLY what I was going to say!

By: James

James — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:00:52 +0000

I for one support anyone that fights against the unabated growth of “good intentions” propagated through the powers of government. As we are seeing in todays business cycle when a business fails or gets to big and fails it is an inconvenience and causes hardships for some.

.. If government gets to big or overbearing, freedoms are lost people are incarcerated or made criminal and people die.

“Jeff Waugh is passionate about the philosophy of Software Freedom and the business of Open Source.”

Microsoft would call you and extremest based on you statement.

By: James Henstridge

James Henstridge — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:34:56 +0000

@foo: I guess you are right. Without extremists like Pauline Hanson leading the way, it never would have been possible for the previous government to implement the Pacific Solution.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:09:27 +0000

I know some extremists in Australia. They are very extreme in their World of Warcraft playing.

By: foo

foo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:55:48 +0000

Extremists create the ideological space that allows opinions of the rest of us to be better accepted. The open source and free software “movements” wouldn’t exist without the extremism of Richard Stallman. Slavery wouldn’t be abolished without the extremists who valued human liberty. Don’t be so quick to dismiss extremists, they are the valuable means to create change in society.

I think you are wrong about Australians and accepting right-wing nutjobs, after all some say 77% of Aussies are racist:

http://australiasfirstpresident.blogspot.com/2007/06/77-of-aussies-are-racist.html

By: Paul Dwerryhouse

Paul Dwerryhouse — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:33:41 +0000

Well, Sydney did have Stan Zemanek for a long time…

By: Jeff Waugh

Jeff Waugh — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:54:15 +0000

Extremists are ugly no matter what they believe in — whether it’s an obvious side of the political spectrum or something else entirely, even Software Freedom! — but we generally don’t tend to have extremists of any ilk here in Australia.

By: David

David — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:47:43 +0000

Got to agree with Walden on staying classy. But what can I say… I’m one of those “hypocritical right-wing crazies”. At least I’m not one of those hypocritical left-wing crazies…

By: michael gardner

michael gardner — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:30:03 +0000

LOL, absolutely!! Andrew Bolt drives me bloody crazy….!