Search results

It incentivises emissions reduction. 'the circular money flow', is intended and desired, the ostensible objective is not to make people financially worse off, or to transfer net wealth from people to government, but simply to influence behaviour through incentives, from behaviour A to B, with...

Between ages 25 to 30 you will now get nothing lwol.

I heard the Abbott government are going to introduce a 50% co-payment on medicines on the PBS. That's fucked, people will be dying for their lack of medications, Abbott screwing over the working class yet again. Oh wait, that's actually been the policy in place since 1960, nevermind.

Honestly there are heaps bigger life recking things in the budget than $7 gp co-payment, probably the least thing to worry about. If you're aged under 30 and unemployed, you're fucked lol, suicide is the only option. Pension/dsp etc indexed to inflation instead of cpi - about time, it's gonna...

$7 gp co-payment is nothing, lol at complaining about this, but it could (will) be a lot more in the future?

The 10y treasury bond rate most recently is 3.77%, that's not too bad for HECS borrowers, I guess maybe I won't pay it back.

Something I hadn't read much about HECS/HELP indexation is changing. Used to be indexed to inflation, from June 2016 will be indexed to 10 year treasury bond rates, up to 6% max. Previously I had thought of HECS, not growing in real terms ever, as basically a higher tax rate for graduates, not...

"Crows have become highly skilled at adapting to urban environments. In a Japanese city, carrion crows have discovered how to eat nuts that they usually find too hard to tackle. One method is to drop the nuts from height on to a hard road in the hope of cracking it. Some nuts are particularly...

itt: Arabs in 600 a.d. didn't speak greek, therefore pedophilia didn't exist.

The term paedophilia comes from the greek roots; 'paed' - relating to children, 'philia' - lover of, so it makes no sense to say paedophilia didn't exist at the time in question, given muslims in this thread keep insisting sexual relations with children were 'perfectly normal' at the time...

Well I just wanted to clarify if you had any objection to sex with children other than 'sex with children is wrong today because it's not popular now; only have sex with children if it's a popular practice in the society you live in, then it's great' 'Oh and make sure your 12 year old wife is...

Having sex with someone at the onset of puberty is absolutely wrong at all times, now and in the past. It's extremely dangerous and physically and mentally harmful until later teen years. It's not uncommon for puberty to begin at the age of 9 or younger now. Puberty begins earlier now than in...

The whole religion of Islam is based on advocating ideologies created 1400 years ago, and implementing those practices into the 21st century. What you've just written is dismissive of the whole religion (which I agree with). SerNichols posted at the top of this thread praising the quran as the...

Why do you disagree with it? You've clearly stated it was accepted in the prophet mohammeds time, and that if he hypothetically had married a 9 yesr old, you would still believe he is the most perfect person to ever live. If child marriage was legal and socially accepted today, would you accept...

I know right, I can't believe the mods would host SerNichols offensive pro-pedophilia advocacy.

Saving this comment from edit, for it's helpful insight into when it is morally good to marry and seduce a nine year old. The answer is always, except the last 50-60 years. Presumably with this new Iraqi law coming in, it will again be fine to marry a 9 year old, I mean it is the zeitgeist, why...

Do you respect the religions of juche, aum shinrikyo, and heaven's gate? Do you respect the decisions and choices of Robert Hughes, Rolf Harris, the prophet Mohammed, and Geoffrey Leonard? Clearly it is a good and fair idea to deride, harass, and humiliate others for their beliefs often...

lookin tubby.

is that dan nolan