Comments on: Jonathan Moylan should be jailed

By: Cindy Eiritz

Cindy Eiritz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:06:07 +0000

Jonathan is a strong, courageous, creative person. ANZ should not be funding coal projects. Coal projects are morally wrong in this day and age of climate change. Coal exports are causing global warming. Global warming is causing the increase in frequency and intensity of fires, floods, cyclones and superstorms. Wake up ANZ, you can do better!

By: Great-grand-mother

Great-grand-mother — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:48:09 +0000

I was 21, and had been married for 17 months when my first child was born.
Not many teeth left, i grew up in Europe during WWII, quite undernourished; so, i empathize with the hungry people.
No Leaving certificate. But its European equivalent. And started work at 14 as sole earner in the family. In 1945, my father’s business and most of his customers having been bombed out by our Liberators, he could not readily find work.
Would you call your own grand-mothers “pervs” for talking to a child ? He looked hungry and cold; my motherly heart went out to him; but soon i was most surprised at the wisdom emanating from him. At that young age, he could have lived carefree and jolly in his good family home, but he was concerned and revolted at so much misery in the world, all created through greed. He deeply regretted that his strong views caused pain to his parents. Isn’t it odd, how we can sometimes unburden our heart to complete strangers and yet can’t communicate with our nearest and dearest ? But then, isn’t that what bloggers do?

Investors CAN have a lot of influence, by investing in truly ethical companies. Shouldn’t we care whether our savings are being used for good purposes or for making cluster bombs or mines ? For destroying the forests or the fish stocks ? Most of the contributors to this blog appear to have no concern for the coming generations. Please reassure me !

By: .

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:35:08 +0000

lol

not teeth

By: nilk

nilk — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:34:47 +0000

I suspect that the bleating hordes like Bort and Great-Grandma would be the first to call the police in the event of a burglary or assault.

I don’t know why – it’s not as if they advocate actually holding to the Law.

On the contrary, they’re happy for it to be broken so long as it fits in with their idea of what is ‘for the greater good*.’

*for some reason I’m thinking of the movie Hot Fuzz. If you’ve not seen the film, the link is for a snippet from towards the end, so consider this a spoiler alert.

By: Token

Token — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:29:06 +0000

Holy moley.

How long is the list of “long time lurker, first time posters” types who contributed with deranged lefty fruitbat comments to this thread?

By: .

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:22:52 +0000

Great gran

Curious…we’re you an early teen mother?

Not teeth, no year 10 leaving certificate, pensioned since 15 and no fucking idea.

By: candy

candy — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:20:20 +0000

He might have been a good kid, Grand-grand-mother but no-one’s above the law, last time I checked.

By: .

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:17:48 +0000

Mr Moylan is a hero, put him in jail and I’ll break him out with unlimited force.

Come on hero, let's see you do that.

Totally by chance, twelve years ago i met this young man in a country railway waiting room. We struck up a conversation. As a great-grand-mother, i wish there were a few billions Jonathans. Maybe then there would be some hope of a livable future on Earth.

He was 12 at the time, you old perv.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:10:49 +0000

Great gran

Curious…we’re you an early teen mother?

By: Great-grand-mother

Great-grand-mother — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:00:11 +0000

To Bort, You seem to be the only evolved, thinking human being on this blog.
If the earth is not warming up too fast, why are icebergs melting ? and where will water be found when the Hymalaya, Andes, etc, are ice-free ?
What is the INTRINSIC value of market shares ? Is not the stock-market the biggest GAMBLING house ? Those who panicked and sold hurriedly may be the most fervent, greedy followers of the “Market” ???
I refuse to invest my savings with for the higher returns, i want to know how they are used : staying in the local community, helping it per the local Credit Union.
Totally by chance, twelve years ago i met this young man in a country railway waiting room. We struck up a conversation. As a great-grand-mother, i wish there were a few billions Jonathans. Maybe then there would be some hope of a livable future on Earth.