Comments on: PM’s posting judgment looks a little queer http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: justin Larkin http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19237 justin Larkin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19237 What the F*ck ?! After the anonymous piece yesterday with its snippets of irrelevant nastiness we get this today? What the F*ck ?! After the anonymous piece yesterday with its snippets of irrelevant nastiness we get this today?

]]> By: Richard Laidlaw http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19238 Richard Laidlaw Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19238 Alex ... mate! John Dauth is a great appointment as high commissioner in London. His sexual preferences are not a public issue. And when he was doing his best to keep the royal breasts covered, all those years back, he was doing his job. Megaphone Sheridan's right on this one. Alex … mate! John Dauth is a great appointment as high commissioner in London. His sexual preferences are not a public issue. And when he was doing his best to keep the royal breasts covered, all those years back, he was doing his job. Megaphone Sheridan’s right on this one.

]]> By: Connor Moran http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19239 Connor Moran Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19239 Jonathan Green: Did you edit out a paragraph or two but forget to read it through again? This item doesn't seem to have a right-to-exist otherwise. Jonathan Green: Did you edit out a paragraph or two but forget to read it through again? This item doesn’t seem to have a right-to-exist otherwise.

]]> By: Peter Kington http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19240 Peter Kington Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19240 As a lay person, I know nothing about John Dauth. But if Alex Mitchell's best news angle on this story was to draw parallels between former London diplomats' sexuality, then I'd profer Mitchel is best suited to a gig with the News Ltd tabloids and not crikey.com! As a lay person, I know nothing about John Dauth. But if Alex Mitchell’s best news angle on this story was to draw parallels between former London diplomats’ sexuality, then I’d profer Mitchel is best suited to a gig with the News Ltd tabloids and not crikey.com!

]]> By: andrew http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19241 andrew Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19241 Omigod!!! <br /><br />The gays are taking over!<br /><br />Run for the hills! Protect the royal breasts!!!<br /><br />This piece was satire, wasn't it? Crikey wouldn't actually puclish some rot unless it was an exercise in...errr...something.<br /><br />Oh dear. Omigod!!!

The gays are taking over!

Run for the hills! Protect the royal breasts!!!

This piece was satire, wasn’t it? Crikey wouldn’t actually puclish some rot unless it was an exercise in…errr…something.

Oh dear.

]]> By: Chris http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19242 Chris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19242 I'm as baffled as Alex Mitchell over Rudd’s appointment of Dauth and Fischer. Both are bottom-of-the-barrel, recycled irrelevance compared to the wealth of ambassadorial talent on, and off, the circuit. You’d imagine in unstable times the nation would strategically position astute, switched-on tacticians as our economic, trade and political advocates and watchdogs. Either the PM has exercised flawed judgement or sloppy indifference to a role that surely deserves more serious consideration? This pair of has-beens (Fischer, as a former Deputy PM and Minister for Trade admitted he was computer illiterate) should have been pensioned from the public purse long ago. If a diplomat’s role is really about maximising our nation’s international security and keeping us at the economic and commercial cutting edge I’m convinced there were far better candidates. I’m as baffled as Alex Mitchell over Rudd’s appointment of Dauth and Fischer. Both are bottom-of-the-barrel, recycled irrelevance compared to the wealth of ambassadorial talent on, and off, the circuit. You’d imagine in unstable times the nation would strategically position astute, switched-on tacticians as our economic, trade and political advocates and watchdogs. Either the PM has exercised flawed judgement or sloppy indifference to a role that surely deserves more serious consideration? This pair of has-beens (Fischer, as a former Deputy PM and Minister for Trade admitted he was computer illiterate) should have been pensioned from the public purse long ago. If a diplomat’s role is really about maximising our nation’s international security and keeping us at the economic and commercial cutting edge I’m convinced there were far better candidates.

]]> By: Cathy Johnson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19243 Cathy Johnson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19243 I can't see the harm in Alex Mitchell referencing sexual persuasions in his article. If he's stating facts, it's more concerning to note the number of sensitive prudes who reject them. I had no idea Sir Alexander (Alec) Downer was bi-sexual and I had no idea he'd ever been a prisoner-of-war; nor did I know there was once a seat or electoral division called Angas and that Downer had been made a Freeman of the City of London. All information is useful. Imagine how p**sed off I'd be if in a revived episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Eddie asked me who was Charles Spencer's godfather? I can’t see the harm in Alex Mitchell referencing sexual persuasions in his article. If he’s stating facts, it’s more concerning to note the number of sensitive prudes who reject them. I had no idea Sir Alexander (Alec) Downer was bi-sexual and I had no idea he’d ever been a prisoner-of-war; nor did I know there was once a seat or electoral division called Angas and that Downer had been made a Freeman of the City of London. All information is useful. Imagine how p**sed off I’d be if in a revived episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Eddie asked me who was Charles Spencer’s godfather?

]]> By: Moira Smith http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19244 Moira Smith Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19244 What was the point of this irrelevant and homophobic piece? What was the point of this irrelevant and homophobic piece?

]]> By: AR http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/08/08/pms-posting-judgment-looks-a-little-queer/#comment-19245 AR Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-19245 On or off his meds, mad Mark L picked Kruddy long ago as the Yank's Manchurian candidate in Oz.<br /> On or off his meds, mad Mark L picked Kruddy long ago as the Yank’s Manchurian candidate in Oz.

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