Comments for imodernreview

Comment on a tale of two sisters by Erwin Swasbrook

Erwin Swasbrook — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:27:49 +0000

Always admired Christy’s beauty, now I can admire her empathy, tenacity and mind. This is a hugely important issue in women’s equality – and a important step forward in the fight for equality for all.

Comment on a tale of two sisters by Suzie

Suzie — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:37:31 +0000

Great article. Something that I can identify with, my own pregnancy may have gone very differently if I didn’t dwell in a developed nation.

Comment on paved paradise by putrabbn

putrabbn — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:45:31 +0000

Wow.

Comment on should Australia have a Bill of Rights? by Lutz Elber

Lutz Elber — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:22:16 +0000

I wonder why our parliamentarians don’t want to move in that direction? Can anyone tell us?
Ofcourse, changing our constitution has always been difficult because it virtually requires that the political Left and Right agree on a referendum proposal to put to the people.

Comment on sharia’s challenge to Australian equality by Stevie Modern

Stevie Modern — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:57:02 +0000

Correct. In the Omari case however, it was debated whether the deceased was in a (legally defined) fit state at the time of writing the will. The will was contested based upon the ‘inferred’ intentions of the deceased person’s religious history. That is how the issue of Sharia law come to be in question.

Comment on sharia’s challenge to Australian equality by illawarrior

illawarrior — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:09:22 +0000

Any person is entitled to leave a will disposing of his/her assets any which way he/she chooses.If the choice was according to Sharia principles, that is completely legal. Muslims are completely free to adopt sharia principles, whilstever they compley with Australian Law. However, if there is ever a clash. Australian law over-rides any religious practice / custom. Law must always come before any religion .. and that is made very clear to potential immigrants.

Comment on essays unassailable by Andres

Andres — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:06:59 +0000

Christopher was well known in Australia and greatly respected. He was a regular correspondent on Late Night Live radio with Phillip Adams and was always well received on the lecture tour. His philosophy and humour will live on in the anecdotes told, his podcast debates and lectures. Christopher Hitchens is dead, after a full life, too brief, well lived.

Comment on thinking BIG: bjarke ingels by Aekkachat

Aekkachat — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:04:13 +0000

As an American, my first thought was, ‘That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.’ That is mildly depressing. I appreciate a design that can emerge without timid deference to the planning bureaucrats who constantly try to find risks in designs like these without grasping the bigger idea of architecture’s social purpose. This design is made with the focus of creating a fun and exciting space people can enjoy. I normally dislike most of BIG’s designs because I think they often have a tone-deafness towards context in their brutally large scale. This project however is more about the grand potential of architecture to create excitement and pride.

Comment on 1984: george orwell by samanthaeden

samanthaeden — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:42:45 +0000

I’m a huge George Orwell fan. I wrote my undergraduate senior capstone paper on him (a capstone class is required to finish an English degree at the college I went to). Some of the biographies I read suggested that 1984 may have contributed to Orwell’s death. It’s a great novel, and a great final novel by an interesting author and man.

Comment on about imodernreview by asjellis

asjellis — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:09:02 +0000

Good blog with a solid philosophy. I look forward to more articles.