Re: [SLUG] Getup's links to labor

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+slug-chat, where this isn't off-topic

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Jill Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Wikipedia *definition:*  GetUp!* is an *Australian
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia> political organisation
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_organisation>
> *that campaigns on issues important to its members. It was launched in
> August 2005,
> the week that the Coalition
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_%28Australia%29> took control of the
> Australian Senate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Senate>.
>
> What a lot of gobbledygook. How naive do politicians think we voters are?
> Labor party members should not be permitted to masquerade as independent
> members
> of the community who are supposedly joining together to oppose unfavorable
> laws and legislation
> made by politicians.

But, on the other hand, we should take your statements are
disinterested and unbiased..

> Otherwise it's just a blatant case of a conflict of interests.
> The saying "you can't have a foot in each camp" also applies here and
> is a very wise statement that needs to be observed in many instances and
> this is one.
>
> Facts are that: GetUp was created to foil the workings of a true Human
> Rights group known as
> UPMART.org

coming from "[email protected]"?
Yeah, right.

UPMART members should not be permitted to masquerade as independent
members of the community who are supposedly joining together to oppose
groups of independent members of the community who are supposedly
joining together to oppose unfavorable laws and legislation made by
politicians.

>
> Unfortunately the getup masqueraders have caused Upmart a lot of damage
> which in turn has caused the community as a whole to suffer bad laws that
> could have been won over by now.
>
> Jill
>
>
> Kris Gesling wrote:
>>
>> Getup wasn't set up by the labor party but a number of the main
>> organisers are members of it, particularly of the right faction. In
>> saying that I don't think that matters so long as they keep that part
>> of their professional lives separate and dont let that compromise the
>> role of Getup. As for the 300 000 members or whatever they're up to
>> now, I don't think they've ever done a survey of party affiliation, as
>> far as I can recall at least.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Kris
>>
>> On 12/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
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