You can't use the excuse about "This is my right" or "I want this freedom" If in granting them it leads to exploitation or discrimination of others. Your freedom should not come at the cost of another persons rights or freedoms. That's why there is no such thing as absolute freedom. This includes religion. There should be freedom of religion but also freedom from religion. If your religious tenants are predicated on discriminating against others then you need to take a serious look at yourself and your faith. If your business makes its profits on the back of exploiting its workers then you to need to take a serious look at yourself. If you wave your flags on Australia Day and proclaim you live in the greatest country on earth then you need to walk the walk on that. Patriotic talk is cheap without action to make our country a better place for all its residents. A country is judged on the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens and so should our politicians be so judged lest we wake up one day and find we are living in an Australian version of Trumps America.

I have been finding, over the last few months, that my Facebook and Instagram feeds are now full to overflowing with "Suggested Content" and all I can do is Snooze that content for 30 days. Which means after I go through it all it happens again after 30 days. It's content I don't want and I have not asked for. It also means that I am missing the stuff from people I want to see.

On Remembrance Day. I remember.

In early May 1917 a 21 year old private called John Cornelius Hunt would with thousands of other Australians step of the jumping off spot near a small town called Bullecourt. This was in fact the second battle of Bullecourt. He would be very badly wounded and would eventually be sent home to Australia.

Banning something is a way for politicians to look like they are doing something and being tough at the same time. So when they ban under 16 year olds from social media, without including education about said social media, firstly all the teens will rush to instal VPN apps to try and get around it and parents will live in a false sense of security thinking their children are now safe. How will you prove your age? Is anybody seriously considering giving for example Facebook copies of your ID? This is such an ill conceived idea which absolves the social media titans from making their platforms better and safer for everybody.

Well I finished reading Jack Hibbert's play "Liquid Amber" last night. I must say I enjoyed it in particular its irreverence and as it says on the back cover its vulgarity. it poked fun at and tore strips off just about everybody and everything. The cast had an age range from 70 to 18 which means if it were done you could have a real cross section of ages I think making for a much richer experience.