Thread: What is the point

In The Drum today John Hewson put a particularly good story on his attitude to the current crop of parliamentarians and their approach to government.

He was not short in saying how he felt either.

I too am an early baby boomer. When I was on the road for my job I liked listening to question time debates......but that was 30+ years ago. Today I refuse to listen to the garbage they call debate. Jim

I am from the same generation and have the same views about the people that govern us.
It is an embarrassment.
I would like to see more Barry Jones there but I am afraid that they are in danger of extinction

Well, I'm an Australian, born 1948. Baby boomers? who decided to label people, Gen x, gen y, gen wtf, I thought, young & old, we were all in this together. Looking around, I was wrong. From top to bottom, people are in it for what they can get out of it. No wonder we have the politicians we deserve, when they come from a public base like that. Don't blame the politicians, blame the society we live in.


When people think it is ok to trash the bush, on their 4wd trips, when there is "road rage", over silly incidents, when neighbours have battles over minor , inconsequential incidents, when politicians cater to the lowest common denominator , because they know they'll vote for them, instead of concentrating what is good for the Nation, this Nation will continue to drift down to the lowest common denominator. And we will probably deserve it.


My Father was born in 1932, and just before he died, he told he was ready to go, he said this country was not the country he grew up in, he said his biggest disappointment was knowing his grandchildren would grow up to a very uncertain future, and he said the fools were taking over from the wise men. I took that with a grain of salt, turns out he was smarter than I thought. Bob

Bob. what your father have to said is the same that many of us saying now.
How many people are not prepared to give a go to policies to look after the environment because they can affect their style of life?
How many people go against the advice of science and do not care about what can happen to their children and their children?
Greed rules mate and that affect humans in many ways.

Hello from Zimbabwe.

I work in this place from time to time and, sadly, many people here have died for the democracy that they genuinely crave. Others are languishing in gaol or bear the physical and mental scars of living in a non-democracy.

While contemporary Australian politics is a disappointment to many of us, I would genuinely caution about too carelessly throwing our democracy away. This includes not voting because you don't like the clowns that emerge - too easy.

This great nation is, believe it or not, one of the world's oldest democracies (that's correct - there aren't a lot around) and it should be a source of pride rather than derision to the lot of us.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by S3ute

Hello from Zimbabwe.

I work in this place from time to time and, sadly, many people here have died for the democracy that they genuinely crave. Others are languishing in gaol or bear the physical and mental scars of living in a non-democracy.

While contemporary Australian politics is a disappointment to many of us, I would genuinely caution about too carelessly throwing our democracy away. This includes not voting because you don't like the clowns that emerge - too easy.

This great nation is, believe it or not, one of the world's oldest democracies (that's correct - there aren't a lot around) and it should be a source of pride rather than derision to the lot of us.

Cheers,

Don't worry mate, there are quite a few of us that will not give up, even if we have to belt some sense into the fools who are running the country at the moment. When you think about the genesis of our democracy , that's a given. Bob

I am a War Timer, 1943, and I learnt very early in my life from my family that one never becomes involved in discussions about religion or politics
But I do think that the current schooling could be improved by teaching both the basic literacy and numeracy as well as general knowledge about the Westminster system of government.