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It would be interesting to know if she ever felt bad about it. I mean there are some things you'd have to do as a lawyer that would trouble you, and it's why I could never do the job. Doubt it's ever a question she would want to answer though.

Heh. True enough, and something worth considering.

I get what you're saying - it is technically just her doing her job and someone else would have done it. There's something about doing that to someone that sticks in my craw though.

Well. I wouldn't quite call that a victory, Morrison's only marginally less of a cunt than Dutton.

What kind of fucking disaster country are we when the lawyer who cheated dying asbestos patients out of compo is the best moral option?

One can hope!

God, how did we get to the point where an authoritarian lunatic like Dutton even ended up a minister, let alone within a whiff of the Prime Minister's office? It'll be pretty awful times if he secures it, I think. A year's still enough time for him to do irreversible damage, and I wouldn't put it past him to get some kind of 'emergency' declared after that point.

You know someone's worth their weight in gold when all sides of the divide can declare you a good man. I'd say Kofi had a pretty good innings in that regard. Hopefully that's not a bad sign as we head into more chaotic times.

Brushing up on a bit of ancient history I've managed to neglect.

Only one- and it was someone I was never with. It was shortly after I broke up with an ex about nine years ago. She was a close friend of mine, we'd been there for each other during some fairly rough shit during the time prior (I was depressed, she was going through health problems, I was her shoulder, she was a light in the dark). She was on the rocks with her partner, I'd split with mine, she'd suggested we could hook up. I was tempted but I made the decision that it wouldn't be right with me torn apart from a breakup and her still technically involved with someone, it all just screamed a bad idea we'd regret., so I had to turn her down. Of course, as time passed I realised yeah I was actually in love with her. But with chaos in our lives, there was never a time to revisit that and we kinda grew apart over the years. We still talk now and then, but we're not in each other's lives as such. I get the impression that ship's sailed and we'll never be like that again. Sometimes I wish it could have been otherwise, but at the same time dwelling on it accomplishes nothing - just gotta move forward with your life I guess. In terms of partners you broke up with, I have absolutely no doubts and second guesses as to those. If anything, time has only proven me more right - I found out recently an ex of mine is starting a family, and that's just not the destiny ahead of me. I've still got a lifetime of walking the earth ahead of me

Im aware Im wasting my time asking you to think of this in such a way that its you versus everyone else, but is that really what you think? I want this guy to face justice just as much as you do. I just dont believe in punishing a bunch of innocents along with him. If that makes me a snowflake SJW on George Soros payroll in your eyes, then Im proud of being one. *goddamn punctuation got stripped on this phone

Ladies and gentlemen, case in point.

I'm usually happy to lurk nowadays, but there's just something about you that brings out my inner snark. I think it's because you're such a caricature.