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matty Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11055 East Sydney Gender:	Re: Bob Ellis has died Reply #30 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm: matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm: Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died? what about them? I mean why didn't they criticise them too.
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Reply #31 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm

teddybear wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:11pm:

teddybear wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:10pm:

[quote author=tedbear link=1459684740/24#24 date=1459739392][quote author=matty link=1459684740/22#22 date=1459739048]Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

Double standard's is normal for these lefty ***t's

Exactly.

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Reply #32 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

Deflection.

Ignore the worthless clown(s).

Back on topic:

"He belonged to a generation of Australian genius whose irreverent disregard for convention helped sculpt an independent, confident sense of identity, free from the cultural cringe. He helped write, and tell, our national story."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-03/bob-ellis-dies-after-40-years-in-journalis...

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74262 Gender:	Re: Bob Ellis has died Reply #33 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm: John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm: matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm: Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died? what about them? I mean why didn't they criticise them too. who says they didn't?
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Re: Bob Ellis has died
Reply #34 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:21pm

Vic wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:14pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

yes, there were people on here that celebrated when Thatcher died. Just as there were some that celebrated when Hazel Hawke passed away. Is that the attitude of some on here? Because they did it we will too? By and large, the majority of posters have civility and respect when someone - regardless of their political association passes on - they tend to remember the milestones that person left to the rest of mankind. They remember the good things.

They did it, so we will too is an extremely childish view to take - but no surprise given from whom it is coming

And where exactly did I take that view? Please point it out to me.

I haven't said anything bad about Ellis, actually and I think it said when anyone dies (except people like rapists and murderers). I am just point out this obvious double standard. In fact it is much worse than a double standard because nobody has said anything bad about Eliis, when you had people actually out there cheering when Thatcher died.

Nor do I recall anyone cheering Hazel's death or saying anything bad about her. As a staunch Conservative I felt sorry for her that that "great Labor man" cheated on and left her for another woman.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 136510 Gender:	Re: Bob Ellis has died Reply #35 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:22pm "Vale Bob Ellis. A brilliant writer, a wicked wit, a true believer with every fibre of his being. And so it goes."
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Reply #36 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:23pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

Deflection.

Ignore the worthless clown(s).

Back on topic:

"He belonged to a generation of Australian genius whose irreverent disregard for convention helped sculpt an independent, confident sense of identity, free from the cultural cringe. He helped write, and tell, our national story."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-03/bob-ellis-dies-after-40-years-in-journalis...

It isn't a deflection. Nor do I think that longy or anyone else said anything bad. They just made an observation.

I am just pointing out the double standard. You shouldn't celebrate when anyone dies (apart from some criminals).

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Reply #37 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:24pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

I mean why didn't they criticise them too.

who says they didn't?

I remember it, nobody said anything on here at the time.

Also some disgusting ex-prostitute whose name I can't recall was on Q&A talking about not having a glass of champagne. Nobody on the show or in the audience said anything. They didn't praise it but they didn't condemn it either.

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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 136510 Gender:	Re: Bob Ellis has died Reply #38 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:26pm "He could write like an angel. At times outrageous and iconoclastic but also insightful, caring, poetic, sweet and melancholic. Naughty."
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Re: Bob Ellis has died
Reply #39 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:29pm

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

I mean why didn't they criticise them too.

who says they didn't?

I remember it, nobody said anything on here at the time.

Also some disgusting ex-prostitute whose name I can't recall was on Q&A talking about not having a glass of champagne. Nobody on the show or in the audience said anything. They didn't praise it but they didn't condemn it either.

May have been an ex-prostitute, but the audience was 1) bit shocked, 2) that ex-prostitute has more qualifications than you

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No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Re: Bob Ellis has died
Reply #40 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:33pm

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

I mean why didn't they criticise them too.

who says they didn't?

I remember it, nobody said anything on here at the time.

Also some disgusting ex-prostitute whose name I can't recall was on Q&A talking about not having a glass of champagne. Nobody on the show or in the audience said anything. They didn't praise it but they didn't condemn it either.

so you don't remember it? and everyone is supposed to run with that? Grin

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Reply #41 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:37pm

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:21pm:

In fact it is much worse than a double standard because nobody has said anything bad about Eliis,

so much for your memory ... you can't remember what was said on page one last night, you expect everyone to believe you remember what was said 3 years ago?

longweekend58 wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 8:39am:

He is the labor supporter even Labor could not stomach. He was not just pro-labor, he was idiotically so.

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Reply #42 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:37pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:33pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

I mean why didn't they criticise them too.

who says they didn't?

I remember it, nobody said anything on here at the time.

Also some disgusting ex-prostitute whose name I can't recall was on Q&A talking about not having a glass of champagne. Nobody on the show or in the audience said anything. They didn't praise it but they didn't condemn it either.

so you don't remember it? and everyone is supposed to run with that? Grin

There's been a bit of a trend lately.

matty, ian, Longy, Armpit, et al.

If they say it's so, it must be true.

No evidence or cited reference required.

And they wonder why the rest of us treat them with such utter contempt.

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Re: Bob Ellis has died
Reply #43 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:43pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:37pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:33pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

I mean why didn't they criticise them too.

who says they didn't?

I remember it, nobody said anything on here at the time.

Also some disgusting ex-prostitute whose name I can't recall was on Q&A talking about not having a glass of champagne. Nobody on the show or in the audience said anything. They didn't praise it but they didn't condemn it either.

so you don't remember it? and everyone is supposed to run with that? Grin

There's been a bit of a trend lately.

matty, ian, Longy, Armpit, et al.

If they say it's so, it must be true.

No evidence or cited reference required.

And they wonder why the rest of us treat them with such utter contempt.

you know matty's an aspiring psychologist ... perhaps he's trying a little reverse psychology on you?

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Reply #44 - Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:52pm

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:43pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:37pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:33pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:20pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:18pm:

John Smith wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:06pm:

matty wrote on Apr 4^th, 2016 at 1:04pm:

Same response to Bam and Greg - What about those who celebrated when Thatcher died?

what about them?

I mean why didn't they criticise them too.

who says they didn't?

I remember it, nobody said anything on here at the time.

Also some disgusting ex-prostitute whose name I can't recall was on Q&A talking about not having a glass of champagne. Nobody on the show or in the audience said anything. They didn't praise it but they didn't condemn it either.

so you don't remember it? and everyone is supposed to run with that? Grin

There's been a bit of a trend lately.

matty, ian, Longy, Armpit, et al.

If they say it's so, it must be true.

No evidence or cited reference required.

And they wonder why the rest of us treat them with such utter contempt.

you know matty's an aspiring psychologist ... perhaps he's trying

Yes, he's certainly trying.

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