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Random Note โ€” Tolerance and Values

by | Sep 21, 2025 | Blog, Random Notes, Tolerance, values | 0 comments

๐–๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ž. ๐€๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐€๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ. The constant reference and retreat to ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ or โ€œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌโ€ and ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž is something worth a bit...

Random Note โ€” Valuesย 

by | Apr 2, 2024 | Blog, Random Notes, values | 1 comment

This reference and retreat to โ€œvaluesโ€ or โ€œour core valuesโ€ is something worth a bit more thought. It triggers and touches on something that makes me bridle whenever I hear it. As I wrote on Saturday: โ€” ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ โ€œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌโ€ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฒ...

Random Note — Values, Schmalues

by | Apr 1, 2024 | Random Notes, values | 0 comments

โ€œโ€ฆ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌโ€ฆโ€™ Notice how โ€œcore valuesโ€ has become the latest set of haughty default smug and supercilious weasel words deployed in an attempt to virtue...

Random Note โ€” Values

by | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Random Notes, values | 0 comments

If thereโ€™s any good to come of Thorburn-Gate it is that it exposes once and for all just how disgustingly phony and misguided these human rights commissioners are. Human rights commissions, which have been around since the 1970โ€™s are another ย of those institutions...

Random Note — Core Values

by | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Random Notes, values | 0 comments

In the debate over core values we all intuitively know and understand what is meant in the Australian and Western context (mateship, loyalty, equal opportunity, freedom of speech and religion, a fair go and the rule of law) but it has become quite apparent there is an...