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Random Note — Values 

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

This reference and retreat to “values” or “our core values” 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: — 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 “𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬” 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲...

Random Note — Values, Schmalues

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

“…𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬…’ Notice how “core values” has become the latest set of haughty default smug and supercilious weasel words deployed in an attempt to virtue...

Random Note — Values

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

If there’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 1970’s are another  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...