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bullus_hit said:
Pturls, any journalist worth his salt will analyse both sides of the argument and then come up with a well thought out conclusion, they will always accept and encourage new information and if indeed they have an open mind, they will occasionally shift their views according to the times.

Bolt is a political activist who represents certain groups in the community - he sees the world in black and white and will continue to do so whilst he's on the HUN payroll. Contrary to being well constructed arguments, they are one-sided rants which are very often lacking in thorough research and often come across as being petulant.

Bolt also continues to spout the same issues with the tedium of a broken record, generally I welcome views from all corners of politics and opposing ideologies but I draw the line at someone who stubbornly refuses to accept that the world is cast in shades of grey. Commentators such as Mark Steyn tend gravitate towards the right side of politics but he is also very deft at arguing a case and often leaves me pondering my current stance on various issues - that is at the very heart of what it is to be talented writer and journalist.

just to clarify my earlier reply was this, where i stuffed up the attachment.

Considering you have lost respect for Bolt - an assumption gleaned from your last paragraph - and therefore only read the first line of his articles, you certainly have a comprehensive grasp of what he allegedly stands for.
Further, given the range of topics you have quoted, he certainly must express his opinion well and argue most consistently over a wide range of topics.

Are your views flexible on the above topics? I doubt it.

Further, you can add the subject of the so called 'stolen generation' to your list of topics.

As for your post above, he is a columnist paid to express an opinion and generate thought and debate. It is OBVIOUS you do not agree with what he writes, hence you see them as one-sided rants. He always provides facts and figures to support his opinion, which is more than many others do. The 'other side' of his arguments are generally plastered right though the media for all to see, anyone who doesn't have their head in the sand knows the alternate views - he only has so much room to write.

Get over it.

Back to my original post related to this thread - 'As far as being a journalist (read columnist), Barratt is not in the same hemisphere as Bolt'

I stick by this.
 
pturls said:
Back to my original post related to this thread - 'As far as being a journalist (read columnist), Barratt is not in the same hemisphere as Bolt'

I stick by this.
Viva la difference I say. But I reckon they are both from very much the same quality batch of journos - full of bs.
 
pturls said:
. He always provides facts and figures to support his opinion, which is more than many others do.

I read an article of his (in the context of "gawd, look at this tripe" rather than wanting to) supporting the Catholic position of no contraception in Africa to help stop the spread of aids. The "facts and figures" he used to supprot his arguements where flawed in some cases and plain wrong in others. My point is just be wary what people try to promote as truth.

anyway, that's all I'll say on the subject, as I'm wasting my time on this bloke.
 
Tigers of Old said:
...Keep punching by all means but don't wonder why the articles keep coming.

He certainly won't be going anywhere if you continue to click through to his articles and feed his blog.

Speaking of Barrett, punching and going anywhere, I'd love for him to come up here for a holiday.

Chiang Mai has a wonderful inexpensive and totally professional dental restoration clinic. :boxing
 
Chiang Mai Tiger said:
Speaking of Barrett, punching and going anywhere, I'd love for him to come up here for a holiday.

Chiang Mai has a wonderful inexpensive and totally professional dental restoration clinic. :boxing

I was quoted USD10k + travel expenses for some nasty Thai services.
 
I also  emailed the herald and on behalf of all tiger supporters I let him know what a joke of a journalist he is suggested he should be writing for the comic section.What a tosser.
 
pturls said:
As for your post above, he is a columnist paid to express an opinion and generate thought and debate. It is OBVIOUS you do not agree with what he writes, hence you see them as one-sided rants. He always provides facts and figures to support his opinion, which is more than many others do.

His 'facts and figures' are almost always made up or a misrepresentation. I seem to recall he used some temperature figures to support his anti global warming views that turned out to be readings from so far up in the atmosphere that they were irrelevant.
 
his is a really funny thread its just gold that people cant see the blatantly obvious. heres a clue mr barrat is doing us all a favour. we are on a win win with all this nonsense.if mr barreat berett borat ah damien is proved wrong he looks foolish and loses awhat credability he has.in the meantime he keeps those in charge of our club on their toes which going by our performances on and off the field is a good thing.
you know ferals i hate to say this but a fair bit of the time mr bearatt berrett borat ah damien is correct.i mean to say one example when a side is 1 and 15 or thereabouts everyone should be questioning the coach.
no people i woulkd leave leave mr whatsisname alone and when we actually go debt free and win a premiership shove it up him then.
 
the claw said:
his is a really funny thread its just gold that people cant see the blatantly obvious. heres a clue mr barrat is doing us all a favour. we are on a win win with all this nonsense.if mr barreat berett borat ah damien is proved wrong he looks foolish and loses awhat credability he has.in the meantime he keeps those in charge of our club on their toes which going by our performances on and off the field is a good thing.
you know ferals i hate to say this but a fair bit of the time mr bearatt berrett borat ah damien is correct.i mean to say one example when a side is 1 and 15 or thereabouts everyone should be questioning the coach.
no people i woulkd leave leave mr whatsisname alone and when we actually go debt free and win a premiership shove it up him then.

Claw I just don't understand why we can't do both. Shove it up him now AND shove it up him then.
From a risk perspective I do have considerable concerns that if we fail to give him a right royal reaming right now - when we do win premiership, go debt free etc, etc, that we will be so happy that we might forget to take that opprtunity of driving a hob nailed boot up his clacker. And he might have retired or more likely been sacked. :P

Nope, on reflection definitely time to take the long run and go the kick up the backside now. ;D
 
Brettstigers said:
Claw I just don't understand why we can't do both. Shove it up him now AND shove it up him then.
From a risk perspective I do have considerable concerns that if we fail to give him a right royal reaming right now - when we do win premiership, go debt free etc, etc, that we will be so happy that we might forget to take that opprtunity of driving a hob nailed boot up his clacker. And he might have retired or more likely been sacked. :P

Nope, on reflection definitely time to take the long run and go the kick up the backside now. ;D
dont worry about being forgetful brett. you can rest assured i never will or forgive. but atm he has us over a barrell with our pants pulled down its a scary thought.
 
Maybe Barret should do some research on a player that has currently been suspended by North whom was also previously on the West Coast Eagles list. Wasnt this player on Norths list linked to underworld crime figures in WA also?

Seems very two faced of Barret.

Typical gutter journalism.
 
nwonash said:
Maybe Barret should do some research on a player that has currently been suspended by North whom was also previously on the West Coast Eagles list. Wasnt this player on Norths list linked to underworld crime figures in WA also?

Seems very two faced of Barret.

Typical gutter journalism.

No point, stories about North players boost Hun sales by about 10 copies, which is probably the amount of new members that Nth will get this year.
 
The_General said:
No point, stories about North players boost Hun sales by about 10 copies,

A positive sign for the Tigers then? People are interested in us, even if it is to see us getting slagged off. There's no such thing as bad press!