Obviously based off this photo:



That's Leonard Siffleet, who was a 27 year old RMIT Graduate, just like I am now. :(

you want a medal?

0/10 very unclassy.

I thought exploiting someone who sacrificed their life for the country for your shallow attempt at vanity was quite unclassy to be frank

Vintage.

Pretty clear the intention was to reinforce that he was a real person one can relate to, underscoring that the horrible loss of life and other things that happened in the war was a terrible thing that shouldn't be forgotten and obviously nothing to do with me and my massive vanity personally. Not that it needs explaining.

You miss the point.
He wasn't trying to paint himself as a hero. He was merely implying how lucky we are in this country and that we have a choice to join the army or not. Back then it was mandatory service due to conscription and anyone regardless of profession was recruited. I thought you would have been more intelligent to realise.

Edited by SocaWho: 14/7/2014 09:14:30 PM

he was a commando not a conscript

I thought you would have been more intelligent to realise (not really)

Nitpicking about the career of a man who was tortured and died in a horrible way for our country to score points against someone on an internet football forum. There really is no depth too low, hey.

:-k

someone is still burning
3 guesses as to who

Ur mum.

They way it's mouth opens as the glasses go on, gets me every time :lol:

Shhhhh................

It's all gone quiet over there...

What's happened to Whiney Pyney and Smokin' Joe? They were all over the telly a few weeks ago and now you don't hear a peep from them.

Good thing they're not off negotiating with the minor parties like Tone said they wouldn't. What a hypocrite he'd be if that happened eh?

Opinion polls in my electorate have Pyney on the nose \:d/ I don't hold much hope of getting rid of the "grub" but it's a nice fantasy to day dream about :)

Edited by mcjules: 16/7/2014 10:54:07 PM

It's like a stunned silence.

We all knew it would be bad, we just weren't sure that it would be quite this bad.

lol @ James McGrath.

Can't handle dem inner-city leftist views :lol:

MUH ABC.

-PB

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-16/hockey-appeals-for-compromise-on-budget-cuts/5600064
Not a smart move Joe.

The conservative media are getting very twitchy about the senate, it's not their job to just rubber stamp government policies.

Abbott has caused quite a stir amongst Sydney Anglicans (not sure about the rest) by saying that the refugees trying to come to Australia are 'un-Christian'. Not a bright move there Tony.

Smokin Joe said he'd just bypass the Senate on some matters anyway such as forcing GP's to charge the extra instead :lol:

-PB

Yeah I'd love them to try it TBH.

Now certain media types are spruking that if certain budget measures aren't passed it will put us into an endless deficit for at least the next decade or two!

-PB

Yep that's the twitchiness I was referring to.

Well the carbon tax has finally been repealed, a shameful day in our history IMO.

meanwhile its 10 degrees outside

Everyone catch Tone on 730?

Turns out that he can't talk about the 153 missing Tamils, but he can assert that Tamil Tigers invented suicide bombing just weeks after praising WWII Japanese "courage".

some justice in this world

you can keep crying even though this decision will benefit you

there's a reason the rest of the world hasnt done this, its because they're not as gullible as the average australian ALP voter

And to think he hasn't even done a full year in office yet :lol:

Fuck me swinging :lol:

-PB

What is wrong with internalising a negative externality into the the pricing mechanism to ensure the consumer is presented with all the factors of the cost of production to allow a rational decision to be made with one's scarce resources? The rational consumer is fundamental to market economics, and while negative externalities remain it is adversely impacting upon efficient resource allocation.