There is very little we can do about deaths and misery in other countries, but we can do quite a lot about the same in our own country.

When overseas aid is mentioned, we hear the cry "Charity begins at home".  That applies to trying to stop death and abuse in Australia. If we can put our energy and concern into that, we can make a difference.

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@am*3 wrote:
Who is Ben Quilty? Anyone that needs to ask that knows nothing at all about one of the Australians due to be executed, nor the relevance of his Art degree. 😞
Unbelievable.

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That never stopped you from asking for links, information and asking questions. How rude and how soon you forget.

Agree but all we hear from many is shovel that overseas aid out.

 Rudd  went on a bender of mammoth proportions handing out billions whilst he was foreign minister and the billions wasted on the soccer bid, billions more wasted on securing a seat (temporary) on the UN, the mind boggles, its criminal.

The worst part, the criminal negligence of it was, the money given away,  was borrowed.

All the while ignoring the plight of our indigenous brothers and sisters.

Off topic a bit but foreign aid has been a topic mentioned on here before.

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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Who is Ben Quilty? Anyone that needs to ask that knows nothing at all about one of the Australians due to be executed, nor the relevance of his Art degree. 😞
Unbelievable.

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That never stopped you from asking for links, information and asking questions. How rude and how soon you forget.

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That doesn't even make sense in relation to my post. 

I query misleading information that is passed on as fact.

Nothing to do with the Who is Ben Quilty - which is a question. To discuss  Myuran S and not know who Ben Quilty is and what part he has played in his life... is unbelieveable. Also the comments about Ben Quilty even though poster doesn't know who he is were derogatory.

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@am*3 wrote:

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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Who is Ben Quilty? Anyone that needs to ask that knows nothing at all about one of the Australians due to be executed, nor the relevance of his Art degree. 😞
Unbelievable.

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That never stopped you from asking for links, information and asking questions. How rude and how soon you forget.

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That doesn't even make sense in relation to my post. 

 

I query misleading information that is passed on as fact.

 

Nothing to do with the Who is Ben Quilty - which is a question. To discuss  Myuran S and not know who Ben Quilty is and what part he has played in his life... is unbelieveable. Also the comments about Ben Quilty even though poster doesn't know who he is were derogatory.

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Let's actually go back to what I posted:

Who is Ben Quilty? And why should readers care what he has to say?

I don't get to read everything about everything, I'm lucky if I get to watch the nightly news on whatever channel the TV is on. So please explain to me which part was derogatory. And which part is unbelievable? My posts last night were not about the actual people in this case, but to someone who seemed to be getting distressed about the issue.

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@nevynreally wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Who is Ben Quilty? Anyone that needs to ask that knows nothing at all about one of the Australians due to be executed, nor the relevance of his Art degree. 😞
Unbelievable.

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That never stopped you from asking for links, information and asking questions. How rude and how soon you forget.

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That doesn't even make sense in relation to my post. 

 

I query misleading information that is passed on as fact.

 

Nothing to do with the Who is Ben Quilty - which is a question. To discuss  Myuran S and not know who Ben Quilty is and what part he has played in his life... is unbelieveable. Also the comments about Ben Quilty even though poster doesn't know who he is were derogatory.

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Let's actually go back to what I posted:

Who is Ben Quilty? And why should readers care what he has to say?

 

I don't get to read everything about everything, I'm lucky if I get to watch the nightly news on whatever channel the TV is on. So please explain to me which part was derogatory. And which part is unbelievable? My posts last night were not about the actual people in this case, but to someone who seemed to be getting distressed about the issue.

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I could care less who Ben Quilty is, or thinks he is. So I personnally  don't care what he has to say.

If people find that unbelievable..... so be it.   He has no ability to change the crimminals outcome so he's not really relevant.

Who the crimmanls have hung out with in the last 10years is probably of more interest to them.

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@am*3 wrote:

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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Who is Ben Quilty? Anyone that needs to ask that knows nothing at all about one of the Australians due to be executed, nor the relevance of his Art degree. 😞
Unbelievable.

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That never stopped you from asking for links, information and asking questions. How rude and how soon you forget.

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That doesn't even make sense in relation to my post. 

 

I query misleading information that is passed on as fact.

 

Nothing to do with the Who is Ben Quilty - which is a question. To discuss  Myuran S and not know who Ben Quilty is and what part he has played in his life... is unbelieveable. Also the comments about Ben Quilty even though poster doesn't know who he is were derogatory.

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Derogatory???, this is a serious thread about a grave matter and it surely doesn't deserve the lectures and finger pointing and rudeness you came out with.

So the poster didn't know who Ben is, so what? that's no need to be so rude. 

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@am*3 wrote:

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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:
Who is Ben Quilty? Anyone that needs to ask that knows nothing at all about one of the Australians due to be executed, nor the relevance of his Art degree. 😞
Unbelievable.

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That never stopped you from asking for links, information and asking questions. How rude and how soon you forget.

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That doesn't even make sense in relation to my post. 

 

I query misleading information that is passed on as fact.

 

Nothing to do with the Who is Ben Quilty - which is a question. To discuss  Myuran S and not know who Ben Quilty is and what part he has played in his life... is unbelieveable. Also the comments about Ben Quilty even though poster doesn't know who he is were derogatory.

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You felt the need to belittle a poster for their not knowing who Ben Quilty is.

I replied with a courteous post saying who Ben Quilty is. There was no need for your comment at all and no need for your the lack of manners.

And the media are all over it like flies on a maggoty carcass.  Shameful reporting.