So, I'll be yet another blogger to weigh in with an opinion on Tony Abbott's no sex before marriage comments.
Straight up, I'm not a Liberal voter. I'm not particularly keen on Mr Abbott (in fact, he kind of reminds me of my extremely nervy doctor who dropped me from his patient list because I didn't get sick in a calendar year, but that's a discussion for another time).
And as much as I like to keep politics and religion separate (and as much as Mr Abbott probably should know to do this), he's a father. And, quite surprisingly, the Australian media has been a dick and taken his comments out of context. He has three daughters and this was what he would tell them. Carrie Bickmore (on the super newsy 'The 7pm Project') said it best and most succinctly with something along the lines of would the Australian public prefer him to encourage them to slag it up. And when the 6pm news crew goes out and asks people what they thought, you kind of lose hope in humanity. As I sat there blankly staring at the TV, a little voice in my mind is telling me that they must have hunted around for the people most likely to support their little crusade.
For those who have been hidden under a rock, Mr Abbott was asked the advice he'd give to his daughters. In a more eloquent way, he said not to have sex until they're married. Little bit of a public forum for that and the only thing that Mr Abbott is guilty of is giving fatherly advice (in said public forum). You know, time and place, Tony.
I can't really believe that this comment is such an offence to Australian sensibilities. It certainly wasn't a command. And I think that everyone needs to remember that it was said as a father, not as a politician. If it was said as a politician, then it's open for slamming.
The next thing that bugs me is that, beyond Tony not being able to be a 'family man' when being interviewed as a person (and I still have real issues with people being role models outside their jobs) is that people then went on to attack Julia Gillard (no, it's not a political issue, but come on, Australian media had already jumped up and down and labelled it as such). I read that Ruddy didn't want to weigh in on the argument (but, let's be honest, it'd be a safe bet that he'd agree). According to several media outlets, Julia is apparently not able to comment on this issue because she doesn't have kids. Talk about beating a dead horse on that issue, but its relevance is very weak.
Straight up, I'm not a Liberal voter. I'm not particularly keen on Mr Abbott (in fact, he kind of reminds me of my extremely nervy doctor who dropped me from his patient list because I didn't get sick in a calendar year, but that's a discussion for another time).
And as much as I like to keep politics and religion separate (and as much as Mr Abbott probably should know to do this), he's a father. And, quite surprisingly, the Australian media has been a dick and taken his comments out of context. He has three daughters and this was what he would tell them. Carrie Bickmore (on the super newsy 'The 7pm Project') said it best and most succinctly with something along the lines of would the Australian public prefer him to encourage them to slag it up. And when the 6pm news crew goes out and asks people what they thought, you kind of lose hope in humanity. As I sat there blankly staring at the TV, a little voice in my mind is telling me that they must have hunted around for the people most likely to support their little crusade.
For those who have been hidden under a rock, Mr Abbott was asked the advice he'd give to his daughters. In a more eloquent way, he said not to have sex until they're married. Little bit of a public forum for that and the only thing that Mr Abbott is guilty of is giving fatherly advice (in said public forum). You know, time and place, Tony.
I can't really believe that this comment is such an offence to Australian sensibilities. It certainly wasn't a command. And I think that everyone needs to remember that it was said as a father, not as a politician. If it was said as a politician, then it's open for slamming.
The next thing that bugs me is that, beyond Tony not being able to be a 'family man' when being interviewed as a person (and I still have real issues with people being role models outside their jobs) is that people then went on to attack Julia Gillard (no, it's not a political issue, but come on, Australian media had already jumped up and down and labelled it as such). I read that Ruddy didn't want to weigh in on the argument (but, let's be honest, it'd be a safe bet that he'd agree). According to several media outlets, Julia is apparently not able to comment on this issue because she doesn't have kids. Talk about beating a dead horse on that issue, but its relevance is very weak.
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