The Sydney Morning Herald has taken the strange step of making The Guide (the TV section) optional in Monday’s paper. They now also sell it on Sunday and it has an 8-day range from that day. It seems apparent that this is an attempt to boost falling sales on Sunday, but I’m not sure how well that will work; I… Read more →
Note that it’s like real writing, but it’s nice to reach an audience of more than the choir invisible via my blog. They edited the letter a bit for length, and removed the dig at community-minded people who don’t want to contribute to making the community a better place, but it’s basically all there. Yay to me 🙂
The herald is reporting that the Sydney Anglican Diocese is worried that ethics classes are decimating scripture class (aka special religious education, or SRE) attendence. Wow, I thought.. there’s only 1 in 10 students stilll attending of those who were in class prior to the trials. It turns out that they’ve lost 30 to 47% and perhaps up to 60%… Read more →
Sometimes you see an article that just sums up how you feel. Now I want to get out on the road again and ride somewhere. Instead, I’ve got 8 hours behind a desk 🙁
Hey Hetty and Bernadette? Can I get a panic button too? When my boss asks me in email to do something stupid and to do it now, that’s online bullying and harassment, isn’t it? What can I do in that situation? How about we teach the children to tell their parents, if they feel threatened by something they’ve read or… Read more →
Carl Scully, the ex NSW roads minister, has a piece in the SMH today in which he tries to blame cyclists for his mistakes. He claims that we’re second class citizens who shouldn’t be on the roads and who don’t pay for our use of the roads anyway. The comments have it right in calling him on his bullshit; it’s… Read more →
Julian Morrow, from The Chaser – obviously one of the main targets of the new law, along with Broken Rites and similar groups, has an opinion piece in the SMH, today. It’s a funny read, and spot on: One easy way to identify a bad law, other than simply reading it, is to think about what types of conduct might… Read more →
I’ve sent a couple of letters to the SMH, but they probably won’t get published in the flood of correspondence they’re getting on the topic, so it’s good I have a blog to toot my own horn 🙂 For starters: Dear Sir, If the Catholic Church is not behind the legislation, and is not concerned with “annoying behaviour”, perhaps it… Read more →
