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Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper?
May 25^th, 2012 at 12:42pm

Do you feel sorry for either man, on any level? I remember when the news first came out (please excuse the pun) on Slipper, I admitted sympathy for him. The reason is that he was probably repressing his true self for years and years, and trying to cover it all up, although overall, that's no excuse for sexual harassment and/or ripping off tax payers via such means as cab charges.

On the issue of Thomson, however, there is no sympathy on my part. Slipper may have fudged some cab charges, but Thomson actually stole hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars of other people's money, and even worse is that they are some of our lowest payed people in the country. I know that others have pointed to the fact that he doesn't appear to be all there, which does look highly probable, but that doesn't excuse what he's done, and if he is really unfit, then he has the choice to leave. Whether or not he takes it is up to him. This is no one's fault but his own.

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john_g Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1549 Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #1 - May 25^th, 2012 at 12:43pm Poll now added.
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Armchair_Politician Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26270 Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #2 - May 25^th, 2012 at 12:45pm No for both - they put themselves in these situations.
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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #3 - May 25^th, 2012 at 12:46pm Gee yet another friggin thread on the same topic
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john_g Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1549 Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #4 - May 25^th, 2012 at 12:48pm adelcrow wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 12:46pm: Gee yet another friggin thread on the same topic Not really. This is just about how you feel for them.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40769 Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #5 - May 25^th, 2012 at 12:53pm no, no.
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Reply #6 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:03pm

john_g wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 12:42pm:

Do you feel sorry for either man, on any level? I remember when the news first came out (please excuse the pun) on Slipper, I admitted sympathy for him. The reason is that he was probably repressing his true self for years and years, and trying to cover it all up, although overall, that's no excuse for sexual harassment and/or ripping off tax payers via such means as cab charges.

On the issue of Thomson, however, there is no sympathy on my part. Slipper may have fudged some cab charges, but Thomson actually stole hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of dollars of other people's money, and even worse is that they are some of our lowest payed people in the country. I know that others have pointed to the fact that he doesn't appear to be all there, which does look highly probable, but that doesn't excuse what he's done, and if he is really unfit, then he has the choice to leave. Whether or not he takes it is up to him. This is no one's fault but his own.

Neither person has been charged, so your assertions are just your OPINION not fact. I prefer to deal in facts. Maybe you could merge all of these thread too muso, I'm so over every thread being about slipper and Thomson. Roll Eyes

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matty Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11055 East Sydney Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #7 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:08pm No for both. ALL self-inflicted and ALL their own fault. I know how bad sexual harassment is from personal experience. I see that roo-girl is still just as stupid as ever. Imagine if these two were Liberal or National MPs? He'd be calling for blood.
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26513 Australia	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #8 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:10pm Quote: Slipper may have fudged some cab charges Weren't those charges dropped? SOB
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Reply #9 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:10pm

matty wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:08pm:

No for both. ALL self-inflicted and ALL their own fault. I know how bad sexual harassment is from personal experience. I see that roo-girl is still just as stupid as ever. Imagine if these two were Liberal or National MPs? He'd be calling for blood.

I wonder if Freediver would consider a policy of posting peoples personal details if they abuse others on this site..it would certainly clean things up.

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Reply #10 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:11pm

matty wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:08pm:

No for both. ALL self-inflicted and ALL their own fault. I know how bad sexual harassment is from personal experience. I see that roo-girl is still just as stupid as ever. Imagine if these two were Liberal or National MPs? He'd be calling for blood.

You should stop harassing karnel then.

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matty Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11055 East Sydney Gender:	Re: Do you feel sympathy for Thomson and/or Slipper? Reply #11 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:12pm Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:10pm: Quote: Slipper may have fudged some cab charges Weren't those charges dropped? SOB No. Mr Ashby dropped it from his civil claim because he wanted to focus purely on the harassment charges.
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Reply #12 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:13pm

adelcrow wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:10pm:

matty wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:08pm:

No for both. ALL self-inflicted and ALL their own fault. I know how bad sexual harassment is from personal experience. I see that roo-girl is still just as stupid as ever. Imagine if these two were Liberal or National MPs? He'd be calling for blood.

I wonder if Freediver would consider a policy of posting peoples personal details if they abuse others on this site..it would certainly clean things up.

What do you mean?

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Reply #13 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:14pm

skippy. wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:11pm:

matty wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:08pm:

No for both. ALL self-inflicted and ALL their own fault. I know how bad sexual harassment is from personal experience. I see that roo-girl is still just as stupid as ever. Imagine if these two were Liberal or National MPs? He'd be calling for blood.

You should stop harassing karnel then.

This is the thing with the Greens - hypocrites, the lot of them. Who would ever make fun of a thing like sexual harassment?

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Reply #14 - May 25^th, 2012 at 1:15pm

matty wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:14pm:

skippy. wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:11pm:

matty wrote on May 25^th, 2012 at 1:08pm:

No for both. ALL self-inflicted and ALL their own fault. I know how bad sexual harassment is from personal experience. I see that roo-girl is still just as stupid as ever. Imagine if these two were Liberal or National MPs? He'd be calling for blood.

You should stop harassing karnel then.

This is the thing with the Greens - hypocrites, the lot of them. Who would ever make fun of a thing like sexual harassment?

Better question, imbecile why do you lie so much?

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Question: Sympathy for Slipper and/or Thomson.
Yes for Slipper, no for Thomson. 1 (6.2%) Yes for Thomson, no for Slipper. 0 (0.0%) Yes for both. 4 (25.0%) No for both. 11 (68.8%) Total votes: 16 « Created by: john_g on: May 25^th, 2012 at 12:43pm »