You're implying fundamentalists are stupid: most of them are not, they merely subscribe to a more rigid moral code. Do you really believe "fundamentalist" is congruous with "stupid?" I've met many a fundamentalist who is not stupid, and a great many very stupid people who are not fundamentalists.

But don't believe that I think this story is good news or that I agree with it - I believe in the freedom of speech and media expression. I also believe in the fair treatment of your fellows; your communications minister apparently believes in none of those ideals.

David: You don't know what "fundamentalist" means, do you.

For the record; I never meant religious fundamentalist. Yes, thats the common link, but it's not what I meant.

I should probably word it better. The link between fundamentalists and stupidity was not the angle I was looking for.

I meant that those three politicians are renowned for sticking to their narrowed minded belief systems. Which is all well and good; everyone's allowed their own opinions and can live life how they want.

But when you're in power, and people are presenting logical, rational and reasoned arguments as for why this idea is economically, ethically and morally wrong, and you still stick to your guns, that is when the problem arises. Conroy specifically, has not actually shown why any of these arguments are wrong, but sticks to his "hurr durr child pornography" arguments. Oh, and "the russian mafia" did it. That was good for a laugh.

Yes, its a delusional view, but I like to think that politicians have a duty to rebut these arguments, especially when the plan is at the tax payers expense.

Conroy doesn't seem to have any understanding of the technology he is dealing with. As pointed out by that network engineer from Internode (name is lost on me), the logistics of not only implementing it, but getting it to work effectively, are almost impossible at the current state of technology. When you refuse to even acknowledge things like that, and stick to your belief system, thats when a person living by fundamentalist ideals becomes stupid.


On a slightly off-topic point, did anyone see Fielding's little "no proof of human impact on climate change" decision? That was...interesting...to say the least.

Yes, the word 'fundamentalist' (as it is generally used in our society/societies) is synonymous with 'stupid'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalism

Belief in a magical sky fairy oustide of the context of a video game qualifies you as 'stupid', or possibly 'guillible' - or the somewhat less offensive 'silly'.

A fundamentalist lacks the ability to distinguish anything beyond basic black and white. He adheres to ideas rigidly with no possibility of compromise.

Thus, is stupid.

Fundementalist also make descisions based on beliefs, even if it's wholly lacking of any evidence supporting their claims. Also see: nutter.

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