Comments on: Of Interest http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/ Australian Libertarian Society Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: pommygranate http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/#comment-45987 pommygranate Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:15:47 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=566#comment-45987 nothing wrong with 'endless sporting competitions'. go the 'Tahs! nothing wrong with ‘endless sporting competitions’. go the ‘Tahs!

]]> By: TerjeP (say tay-a) http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/#comment-45985 TerjeP (say tay-a) Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:10:16 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=566#comment-45985 Just before I read your comment pommy I was thinking that Earth Hour is kind of like the sabbath. Some ultra othodox Jews don't use electricity on the sabbath because it requires people to work in power stations. Empty gestures and an endless fascination with sporting competitions seem to be a good fit. But if it's voluntary, cheap and it makes you feel good then why not. What is more of a worry in my view is media reports that some universities turned off the lights and then also had to close pedestrian access to parts of their campuses because of concerns about personal safety. That seems like dumb with a capital "D". Just before I read your comment pommy I was thinking that Earth Hour is kind of like the sabbath. Some ultra othodox Jews don’t use electricity on the sabbath because it requires people to work in power stations.

Empty gestures and an endless fascination with sporting competitions seem to be a good fit. But if it’s voluntary, cheap and it makes you feel good then why not.

What is more of a worry in my view is media reports that some universities turned off the lights and then also had to close pedestrian access to parts of their campuses because of concerns about personal safety. That seems like dumb with a capital “D”.

]]> By: pommygranate http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/#comment-45982 pommygranate Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:48:45 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=566#comment-45982 last year about half of our street turned their lights off. this year, none. Australia is fast becoming the land of the empty gesture - first signing Kyoto (without actually committing anything), then apologising to the Stolen Generation (without providing them compensation) and now this vacuous exercise. can't wait to see what comes next - compulsory hairshirts for our school-children? re-introduction of the cilice for all white males? fasting on a Sunday to atone for all our sins? last year about half of our street turned their lights off. this year, none. Australia is fast becoming the land of the empty gesture – first signing Kyoto (without actually committing anything), then apologising to the Stolen Generation (without providing them compensation) and now this vacuous exercise.

can’t wait to see what comes next – compulsory hairshirts for our school-children? re-introduction of the cilice for all white males? fasting on a Sunday to atone for all our sins?

]]> By: TerjeP (say tay-a) http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/#comment-45978 TerjeP (say tay-a) Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:35:46 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=566#comment-45978 We couldn't make it to Earth Hour this year but we managed to watch some of it on TV. ;-) We couldn’t make it to Earth Hour this year but we managed to watch some of it on TV. ;-)

]]> By: TerjeP (say tay-a) http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/#comment-45974 TerjeP (say tay-a) Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:31:57 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=566#comment-45974 The article on bank regulation had some interesting factoids that I didn't know. They tend to reinforce my existing view. The comparison with Canada is neat. The article on bank regulation had some interesting factoids that I didn’t know. They tend to reinforce my existing view. The comparison with Canada is neat.

]]> By: DavidLeyonhjelm http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/03/30/of-interest/#comment-45956 DavidLeyonhjelm Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:36:02 +0000 http://alsblog.wordpress.com/?p=566#comment-45956 The one about being paid for a job interview is a scam. It's just a variation on an employment agency - you register your details and prospective employers supposedly contact you. Except the employers are theoretically desperate enough to pay you to come in for an interview. Not likely. The one about being paid for a job interview is a scam. It’s just a variation on an employment agency – you register your details and prospective employers supposedly contact you.

Except the employers are theoretically desperate enough to pay you to come in for an interview. Not likely.

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