From DRAH's link in the OP.
Quote:"Tony Abbott himself recognised (in that speech) the toxic nature of the place has to change," Mr Fitzgibbon told ABC TV.
"Yet now here he is making it more toxic than ever before."
Mr Fitzgibbon said hypothetically if Mr Thomson were guilty of all the allegations against him, "the punishment he has received both in the parliament and the media is greater than that he deserves."
While I agree with the start of that quote, and sincerely wish that Mr Abbott would behave more decently, the last paragraph is something I cannot support.
If Mr Thomson is guilty of everything alleged against him, then his personal suffering over the matter would then have to be construed as primarily self inflicted, by falsely declaring innocence, which he knew was untrue.
If that were the case, then he should receive the maximum penalty for all offenses alleged.
However, we do not as yet know his guilt or innocence, and as such, everyone should back off, and reflect upon their own behaviour.
If Mr Abbott truly wished to represent the principles of Christianity, which he has often asserted as being so important to respect, both individually, and as a society, then he has failed terribly in displaying any such principles in this imbroglio of shame.