Tim's Bits and Pieces

I just realised that I'm not actually that big of a fan of Robert A. Heinlein. Sure I liked Starship Troopers, but I've read a few of his other books (The Cat Who Walks through Walls, Orphans of the Sky, and Revolt in 2100) and none of them of them where that great, they aren't bad, they just aren't that good for the reputation Heinlein has. (I think I might have read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress as well, but I can't remember it very well)

I'm back in Australia now, and to relieve your minds I'm not dead. ;-) I'll probably even start posting new blog posts soon.

Ernie Dingo on Aboriginal Drinking:

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The High Court of Australia has decided that the blame for stupid things drunks do is on the drunks themselves:

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From the Good News department we've got this:

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Child rapist to be beheaded. Sounds about right for rape and attempted murder of children as young as three. I'm not a big fan of most Middle Eastern justice systems, but at least they understand the correct punishment for rapists and murderers.

Dear Internets,

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Population growth our biggest challenge:

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Soldier killed in training accident. My condolences to the family and unit colleagues of the dead soldier. The person I feel the most sympathy for though is the soldier who fired the shot that killed one of his mates by accident. That would be really hard to bear.

The Northern Territory [Labour] government is proposing raising the fines for begging to $6500. (They're also raising the fine for not keeping a yard clean) I find myself wondering why there is even a fine for begging, and I definitely wonder why they think it needs to be so high? Sure beggars are kind of well ugly and annoying, but still why should we introduce laws to punish the poorest members of a society for something that doesn't cause any harm to anyone else?