Comments on: Richard Pratt and the great and the good http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: joe2 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162964 joe2 Fri, 01 May 2009 01:36:24 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162964 Which reminds me ...John Howard looks stunning in a yamaka. Which reminds me …John Howard looks stunning in a yamaka.

]]> By: joe2 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162963 joe2 Fri, 01 May 2009 01:32:40 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162963 I heard about that Sans Blog@73 before it was reported in the paper. It is probably just as significant that Rudd <em>didn't</em> attend his funeral. I heard about that Sans Blog@73 before it was reported in the paper. It is probably just as significant that Rudd didn’t attend his funeral.

]]> By: Sans Blog http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162962 Sans Blog Fri, 01 May 2009 00:58:17 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162962 I was surprised to read in the SMH this morning that Kevin Rudd, had made a deathbed visit to Dick Pratt: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politicians-should-defend-the-public-interest-not-pratts-reputation-20090430-aore.html I was surprised to read in the SMH this morning that Kevin Rudd, had made a deathbed visit to Dick Pratt:

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politicians-should-defend-the-public-interest-not-pratts-reputation-20090430-aore.html

]]> By: adrian http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162961 adrian Fri, 01 May 2009 00:21:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162961 You can call me whatever names you like, Mark Hill but I stand by that statement 100%. If that makes me a bigot in your eyes I couldn't give a f*ck. You can call me whatever names you like, Mark Hill but I stand by that statement 100%. If that makes me a bigot in your eyes I couldn’t give a f*ck.

]]> By: Mark Hill http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162960 Mark Hill Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:36:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162960 "I believe that most hard right libertarians first and foremost base every judgement on their ideological disposition, and manipulate the facts to fit this ideology." Bigot. “I believe that most hard right libertarians first and foremost base every judgement on their ideological disposition, and manipulate the facts to fit this ideology.”

Bigot.

]]> By: Bill Posters http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162959 Bill Posters Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:00:21 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162959 <blockquote>s i understand it, the charge was withdrawn because a key piece of evidence was ruled out by a judge as much as because he was dying.</blockquote> Not according to the CDPP, which made it clear - in court - that the charges would have been withdrawn even if the evidence had stayed in, purely on the grounds of Pratt's health.

s i understand it, the charge was withdrawn because a key piece of evidence was ruled out by a judge as much as because he was dying.

Not according to the CDPP, which made it clear – in court – that the charges would have been withdrawn even if the evidence had stayed in, purely on the grounds of Pratt’s health.

]]> By: Katz http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162958 Katz Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:13:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162958 Shorter neoliberals: Pratt was an incompetent (alleged) cartelist. Wonderful eulogy line: "Richard was a giant among unsuccessful white-collar criminals." Shorter neoliberals: Pratt was an incompetent (alleged) cartelist.

Wonderful eulogy line: “Richard was a giant among unsuccessful white-collar criminals.”

]]> By: adrian http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162957 adrian Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:21:25 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162957 "Christ, why did I bother being civil?" I didn't realise it was a bother to be civil. Seriously though, that wasn't an uncivil comment - I believe that most hard right libertarians first and foremost base every judgement on their ideological disposition, and manipulate the facts to fit this ideology. Most are incapable of judging an issue on its merits. Even a cursory glance at Catallaxy, for example will make this obvious. “Christ, why did I bother being civil?”

I didn’t realise it was a bother to be civil.

Seriously though, that wasn’t an uncivil comment – I believe that most hard right libertarians first and foremost base every judgement on their ideological disposition, and manipulate the facts to fit this ideology. Most are incapable of judging an issue on its merits.
Even a cursory glance at Catallaxy, for example will make this obvious.

]]> By: stuart http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162956 stuart Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:03:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162956 From the IPA's study you can only conclude one thing, that amcor and visy colluded to keep prices low... sure thing... From the IPA’s study you can only conclude one thing, that amcor and visy colluded to keep prices low… sure thing…

]]> By: Mark Hill http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162955 Mark Hill Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:01:32 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2009/04/29/richard-pratt-and-the-great-and-the-good/#comment-162955 " adrian Apr 30th, 2009 at 2:42 pm But FDB, be fair. Ideology’s all they’ve got." Christ, why did I bother being civil? ” adrian
Apr 30th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
But FDB, be fair. Ideology’s all they’ve got.”

Christ, why did I bother being civil?

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