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Death, Taxes, and a horrific injury list before the season has even begun... At what point do we bring in a Witch Doctor? It worked for the Socceroos...

How would I prove you wrong? That sort of blanket statement isn't really possible either way. Nor is it necessary. All I'm saying is that a single experience, undertaken in a capitalist workplace, isn't a particularly good statement about 'human nature' nor is it a good drawing point for...

A) that isn't a semblance of socialism. You just tried to put in place a random and arbitrary arrangement that no one else agreed to, and some jerks at work took advantage. B) the nature of humans is shaped by the society and environment around them, at least in part. You shouldn't be...

Yarran was still capable of playing football at Carlton though, and his mental health issues spiralled after going to Richmond. His struggles at the Blues were quite public, too. Malthouse insisted on playing him out of position, he had lost heart after Eddie Betts was treated so badly by the...

Curnow requiring knee surgery being snuck into the bottom paragraph is an all time record for burying the lede

I'm not opposed to migration necessarily but a big part of the housing problem is that not all houses are alike. New migrants might be able to increase the supply of housing 50kms from the center of Melbourne, but they can't build houses in the inner city because there is limited space. You can...

Walter White would certainly be an interesting addition to the list. No doubt he'd be able to cook up something special in the forward line...

How has no-one picked up that Sam Docherty appears to be wearing a hat... 13 years to the day since the infamous Andrew Walker incident... Have we learnt nothing as a club from our past mistakes? I thought out new fitness team were supposed to be cutting edge?

From working in schools, something I'd really like to clarify is the problem is not 'misuse' of social media. It is social media used as intended: that is, as an addictive, omnipresent aspect of the life of young people that has come to dominate everything they do. I'll repeat the drug analogy...

I think this legislation has been very clear about what the lawmakers intend - that is that people under the age of 16 do not have access to social media. I think it has also been made clear that it is the responsibility of businesses to take reasonable steps to ensure children under 16 do not...

You might be right, but it is still a LONG road ahead from here. Carlton had the following from 2015-2017: 6x top 10 picks 10x total picks in the top 30 across 3 drafts Alongside this, traded for 7 other players who had been top 10 draft picks in the preceding 4 drafts We started with 20...

Good teams look at what players can do and build around that, not focusing on their weaknesses The key thing with McMahon is that he ticks the scoreboard over. He kicked at least two goals in every VFL match he played this year - that's Charlie Curnow level of consistency. If one of the big...

I don't think parents 'get it' (yet). They mostly see one or two kids, very personal (obviously) and not much to compare. And it's all ok... But then their teenager is struggling at school, so it's off to the paediatrician for the ADHD diagnosis. Or they get bullied online in their bedroom...

Yeah, some. My perception is homework is more 'all or nothing' than before. I also think teachers are better and more 'efficient' than before and don't rely on homework as much too. My bigger concern here is around reading. I used to give kids a survey about what they read when I started with...

Thanks. I appreciate you doing your part as a parent and wish more did the same. Schools can try, but (see my comments about drug use above) the issue is that a) we aren't very good at this. We're good at reading and maths, and science and art, and... that's already a lot. b) it's a losing...

I don't necessarily disagree, although I do think adults use it differently (and honestly, 18 year olds use it differently to 13 years olds - things are changing very fast). The main differences I'd see to adult usage are: volume (as you note) content. Adults are still often engaging with...

I work in schools and my views on this have flipped 180 degrees in the past 18 months or so. At one point I would have been vociferously opposed. I've gone from that to 'geez, this is getting a bit out of hand' to thinking regulation inevitable, and faster that everyone thought. And here we are...

Why are you talking in second person? Do you think high ranking members of the Democrats are reading the politics section of an Australian footy forum?

Great pick - Carlton supporter, his Dad is the hardest working lawyer in footy (think of all those tribunal appeals he has won) and I didn't see him concede a single goal in any of his highlights picks. Shades of Harris Andrews in the way he moves and seems to do a really good job of keeping the...

Maybe, I could well be wrong. Those are track times, not on field, and if we want speed, why not take the faster guy who gets it more often, and who is known for his leadership potential? My observation of FOS movements is shades of Dow that I think give me the willies - those little side...

I still cannot understand why FOS is rated highly. He is undersized as a mid (182cm), not particularly fast, and his movements look very Dow-esque to me (nice side step in traffic, but no burst forward). His stats went backwards from last year to this, and aside from kicking 5 goals in 4 games...

All dogs are pitbulls. Give me an example of a dog that wasn't a Pitbull. You can't. You've been given countless examples of social ownership that aren't state ownership. It's silly and a waste of time to argue otherwise Similarly, a state has a clear set of criteria established by...

I actually think you are close to the mark here... believe it or not, I don't think socialism is that big a stretch from what we have now. 'socialism is just groups of people owning capital... are we already not mostly socialist'? The corporate model isn't a bad a starting point - it has been...

You seem to be insisting on this idea that socialism = communism = complete state ownership. It actually makes any form of discussion impossible, because you're arguing a straw man at every post. It's a bit like trying to discuss 'dogs vs cats' with someone who keeps insisting that all dogs are...

Anarchism and Communism (at least as modern ideologies) have a lot of crossover, and arose at a similar time period (mid-late 1800s) in response to similar circumstances. In particular, the rise of the powerful and centralised modern 'state', which only really became possible with the rise of...

How is this so hard? They have played 15 years in the worst uniform in the history of the league - an amateur design that made them look like Auskickers. They've gone for a full reset and come out of it with the second worst design in the history of the league. It now looks even more like an...

The EPL currently has 15 teams based within 200kms of its central point (London); those teams are largely based in and around two major cities (London and Birmingham), with a few peripheral teams still close enough to drive without a toilet stop. That's 3/4 of arguably the biggest league in the...

I think the argument for taxation on billionaires is that everything they have: their wealth, status, their companies, etc - is dependent on the protection and stability of our society. Despite arguments from some liberal philosophers, we aren't all independent agents out to seek what is best...

Made the prelim final last year. We were in genuine premiership contention this year until injuries hit and it all went **** up. The OP mentioned 14 players (I am ignoring Pittonet and Young who are backups). Of those 14, by the end of the season 8 were out injured, and 2 others were playing...

I think you need to broaden your understanding of socialism and what it is (and could be). You seem intent on defining it in very narrow ways that then lead to very specific conclusions. Socialism isn't just the Soviet Union or China (under Communist Party leadership); it's a wide and varied...