tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post6141507920997332433..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: A devouring ideologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-46400104109970854482015-12-23T15:08:34.876+11:002015-12-23T15:08:34.876+11:00I am the new guy
I am the new guy<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085633684511185224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-4311924656626694542011-05-06T14:42:33.080+10:002011-05-06T14:42:33.080+10:00No offense taken Mark it is your blog!No offense taken Mark it is your blog!JesseJamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-15515814663331321982011-05-05T20:08:04.565+10:002011-05-05T20:08:04.565+10:00JesseJames,
No offence taken. You might be right...JesseJames, <br /><br />No offence taken. You might be right, but I'm looking at this stage for people who are interested in ideas. I want to see if I can gather together half a dozen or so people in a local area. We'll see.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-49490988122851610112011-05-05T09:51:33.272+10:002011-05-05T09:51:33.272+10:00""Democracy is invalid as a ruling princ...""Democracy is invalid as a ruling principle for this reason; those in power are not stake holders in the consequences of the decisions they make.""<br /><br />I would disagree.<br /><br />Democracy at its localised best gives local communities power over the things that matter to them, housing developments etc.<br /><br />I agree that you should not simply get the vote at 18, it should be earned in some minor way, by paying income tax perhaps. <br /><br />The principle that if you pay into the pot you should have a say in how it is spent and if you don't then you shouldn't is a decent one.<br /><br />A property qualification [which excludes me]would probably lead to a more responsible voting public, but restricting the francise to this extent would be problematic.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-60712361724716166112011-05-05T09:44:00.589+10:002011-05-05T09:44:00.589+10:00Mark if you want to get converts design a leaflet,...Mark if you want to get converts design a leaflet, not an essay.<br /><br />Not trying to be mean, but most people are not as smart as you Mark!JesseJamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-77584382784882382912011-05-04T23:37:50.950+10:002011-05-04T23:37:50.950+10:00Mark, is it not better characterized as a dissolvi...Mark, is it not better characterized as a dissolving ideology. It leaves component objects in place temporarily but erodes the bonds between them. Then any force can collapse the structure without much effort. <br /><br />Reflect for a moment on historical societies, the formed hierarchical power structures were based on talent and risk. It's almost impossible for western civilization to understand why people would be comfortable with dictators. Democracy has degenerated into an almost occult like philosophy - numerology.<br /><br />Democracy is invalid as a ruling principle for this reason; those in power are not stake holders in the consequences of the decisions they make. <br /><br />Is abortion right? - the answer: 142. Should some prevaricating, adulterous lech rule over us? The answer is always 51%.<br /><br />At least dictators had to make a compelling moral case to their subjects, in that they're willing to risk something (usually their lives) for the power they hold over them.<br /><br />In our culture the answers to important moral and ethical questions are nothing more than numbers. Are men and women the same? 112. Should men marry men? 5 to 4. <br /><br />Little wonder our elites can get away with the treasonous actions they're imposing on us. Numbers hold ordinary people transfixed, frozen from action by the same superstitious fears of a less enlightened age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-2566297747768625012011-05-04T22:13:03.042+10:002011-05-04T22:13:03.042+10:00More important than which political party is in po...<i> More important than which political party is in power is the state ideology. </i><br /><br />That is why I dislike the concentration of some conservatives on politics instead of things like culture, religion, ethics, entertainment and philosophy which shapes the mind. You acquire the mind and the soul and it's finished.<br /><br /><i> Liberalism is a devouring ideology, and unfortunately it is our state ideology. </i><br /><br />I wonder when there will be a movement throughout the world for the secession of societies. Liberals can immigrate and continue creating their own liberal societies while conservatives can create their own societies. <br /><br />This is perhaps a viable solution no? Or are liberals so parasitic that they will not go of their host?Elizabeth Smithhttp://alcestiseshtemoa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-50100828000450123972011-05-04T19:20:19.593+10:002011-05-04T19:20:19.593+10:00Some progress. I've built up a small list of c...Some progress. I've built up a small list of contacts - of people who have emailed in. I'm about to start up a bulletin. Hopefully within the next couple of years there'll be a little group which meets up at a local cafe or pub.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-46240965455954773872011-05-04T15:05:07.510+10:002011-05-04T15:05:07.510+10:00...So we are to be freed from being men or women, ...<i>...So we are to be freed from being men or women, Australians or Canadians, rather than as these things.</i><br /><br />I don't believe liberalism frees us from our nationality, but rather it changes the notion of what nationality means. In a non-liberal society, nationality would be a trait that is not self-determined, much like gender or race i.e. an innate part of a person's identity. Liberalism changes the nation from a community connected by traditions or traits (such as religion, ethnicity, race, culture .etc.) to a group of people who agree to live together and accept liberalism as the communities' political ideology. <br /><br />By the way Mark, Eltham is a lovely suburb, especially compared with the western suburbs cesspool I’m stuck in. Are you making much progress with the Eltham Traditionalists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-24251817022240922162011-05-04T14:33:42.837+10:002011-05-04T14:33:42.837+10:00"to belong here is to believe in these things..."to belong here is to believe in these things"<br /><br />If this is true, one wonders why the UK, and to a lesser extent Australia, is so solicitous of Muslim demands and so accomodating of Muslim immigration. They manifestly don't believe in those things, and say so quite publicly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com