Deepsea, you ask:
Why would anyone want to deny you the right to be myopic, self-centred, luddite flat-earthers ?
Errr.. history and recent events would suggest that you and people like you would, actually.
From my post#122:
If anyone has a better explanation of the difference between Conservative and Labour/Greens, I'm all ears. If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!
If a Conservative supporter doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a Labour/Green doesn't like guns, they want all guns outlawed.
If a Conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a Labour/Green is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.
If a Conservative is gay, he quietly leads his life.
If a Labour/Green is gay, he demands legislated respect.
If a Conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A Labour/Green wonders who is going to take care of him.
If a Conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Labour/Greens demand that those they don't like should be banned.
If a Conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A Labour/Green non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!)
"They're will be no carbon tax under a government that I lead."
Technically, maybe she could be said not to be lying in forcing this highly unpopular tax upon us now, for the government we have today could be said to actually be lead by Bob Brown rather than Julai(r) Gillard.