Thread: Queensland election, who will win??

First I'm not hot under the collar. I don't get angry over stuff people I don't know type on a mostly anonomous internet forum. There are just far more important things in life than that.

mic-d posted a 2 line entry to this thread. As far as I can see it's his first foray into the discussion. The first line reads (to save you scrolling up the page) :

What a mob of whingeing whining Monday armchair experts.

Maybe that's meant as a joke, but it reads like an attack. I often am misunderstood in type because the comment lacks body language, intonation etc, but I do try when I remember to add emoticons etc to indicate the context. This person lacks those in his origional post and as far as I can see in his (lets assume for brevity it's a "him") followup. My comments were intended to make him realise his post could be taken as a personal attack and IMO that is inappropriate. I would like to think he sees this as an opportunity to explain the context and intent of the post rather than a personal attack. Perhaps I failed.

The reference to conservative voters was not specifically drawn from your comments. It's a generic term used to describe people who vote for "conservative" politicians, as opposed to "socialist" politicans.

With regards your comments, my understanding at least as of some years ago is that 93% of people in Australia vote the same way at every election. I have been one of those people, consistently voting for independants. In truth my vote does not count. In fact elections are won and lost on a few hundred thousand votes, swing voters in marginal seats. The rest of us simply don't matter. Even in the senate relatively few votes determine the outcome. I live in a safe "consertative" seat. My councillor, state and federal members are all liberal (or LNP if you like). They win on primaries. My vote does not matter.

Hopefully that clears it up.