DISQUS

I never claimed that I'm Zimbabwean you fucking retard. Are you just Ireen under another name? Neither of you seems capable of understanding simple concepts.

I've never met Tarisai, nor would I ever want to. So there goes that theory, too!

The only real Australians are migrants. Prior to modern migrant settlement, there was no Australia, so the people who were here before then were not actually Australian either. This landmass was probably known by other names to the Aborigines but it certainly wasn't known as Australia - that came much later.
And FYI Aborigines are not the original inhabitants of Australia either, they migrated to this landmass a very long time ago. As far as scientists have been able to determine, the land was empty when they arrived, but they are no more the original inhabitants than the folks who came much later.
And conquering the local population went on long before white settlement of Australia and continues to go on today. If you want to have a big pansy ass cry about it, at least get with the times and complain about things such as Palestine.

As for what's bugging me? Just imbeciles like you who STILL CAN'T LET IT GO! She lost, as she deserved, and is unlikely to be heard much from again. Also as she deserves. She was a spoilt little two faced brat who got her 15 minutes and can now release her CDs straight to the bargain bins for her idiot followers, such as yourself.
Quit coming back just to cry over how mean I was more than three months ago. I don't often say this, but... GET A LIFE!

OMG LET IT GO YOU FUCKING MORONS! SHE LOST! hahahahahahaha

I always saw Mythbusters as the science-y fun show while Brainiac was the funny-science show. But even Brainiac occasionally rose to greater scientific value than Sleek Geeks did with their chilli eating stuff. If Brainiac had done the experiment they would at least have had three people, one for each drink!

As Spencer said, it's difficult to do science for TV, but with the Myths Revisited shows and the occasional outtakes and unaired episode, showing some of the preliminary work they did and the endless repetitions they do for certain experiments, it's pretty clear Mythbusters at least do the best they can within their 40-ish minutes a week.
And by revisiting things they get wrong? That's pretty much the essence of science! Keep poking at things until you get them right!

The funny thing is I'd imagine if you played Sleek Geeks for Adam and Jamie, without telling them what Spencer had said, they'd probably have nothing but good things to say about the show... Or would at least be polite about pointing out the flaws!

Heh, yes, it's much easier with careful resolution selection!

Cheers, I actually saw that the other day and forgot to update my post with the info. It's been added now. :)

My vote will be sent off next week some time. Haven't really looked at the ballot too much yet.

The fact that it's not on the table as a policy has more to do with various religious pressure groups than public opinion. The fact that "marriage in all but name" is part of Labor policy proves that the public is generally supportive or apathetic when it comes to the issue.
I agree that "the m-word" is much more divisive. But for every person "not up in arms about it because there's no danger pollies will enact it" there's another not up in arms because there's no chance pollies will support it. It swings both ways...

I am real, I have a life and even nobodies are allowed to criticise, as you so eloquently demonstrated.

You don't stick up for what you believe in by abusing people. You didn't address what the person said, you simply attacked them.

I never said you were uneducated, I was pointing out that you're constantly criticising others for their lack of education, while displaying less than stellar communication skills of your own.
You're the one who made people's education, or lack thereof, an issue. When you do that you are inviting the comparison to your own intelligence... or lack thereof.

I'm not sure about Dicko but Mark definitely did like her at first and regardless of whether he liked her or not he was professional about it and tried to get the best performance out of her that he could.
I think Tarisai is backpedalling now to justify to herself why she got booted out. And running her mouth the way she is is certainly not going to help her situation, particularly not with the crap she's been talking about current and ex-contestants.
If she can manage to get an album recorded after her petulant behaviour, well, good for her. I'm not sure many folks are going to buy it though.

Yes. It's also rare for an Eskimo to make it that far. Are we supposed to fall down and worship an Eskimo should one ever enter Australian Idol? Or is it okay to treat them on their merits?
If you want to let it rest, go away?

Who makes the decision if not the Government? They're the ones who have to change the legislation to make it happen.

The people do want gay marriage, or don't care if there's gay marriage. It's a minority that find this a major issue at this point.





Also, some homosexuals do still want children. One of the things standing in the way of adoption, for instance, is that the law doesn't allow homosexual couples to adopt in some instances I believe. Whilst it's true that many homosexuals don't want children it's certainly not true of all of them!

No, I don't want her to, it was my contention that she can't do them justice as she does with Whitney/Tina. She's a very limited performer and she showed that with her lackluster performance on Sunday night - a performance which got her booted from the show!

If she could actually do songs outside that range she would be able to win Idol.

Again with the uneducated comments. You can't even spell "totally"! Give it a rest.

Besides, I thought you had your own business to take care of? Is your business sticking up for fake people off the telly?

Because she's a hypocrite and a fraud and there's more than enough of that on television these days.
I don't know her personally, just what I see on TV. And some of that is pretty darn ugly. Maybe the show is bringing out the absolute worst in her, but that doesn't tend to be the case...

I didn't claim to be from Zimbabwe. I merely pointed out that attempting to use your country of birth as a bludgeon against others when you don't even know what country they're from is really, really stupid.

The opportunity to appear on Idol isn't rare, they hold auditions every year and tens of thousands of people show up. That's not rare!

Wow, I have your permission to believe what I want? Thanks ever so much.
How could I miss the warnings about Judgement Day? Mental midgets like yourself are telling us every damn day that everyone in the world is doomed to burn for all eternity, usually because some guys like to suck cock or something.

I'd welcome Judgement Day. It'd be a respite from prats like you.

Firstly, not every state even has the HSC. There's no shame in not having one!
Secondly, do you really want to criticise someone's intelligence when you're incapable of spelling even simple words or using the right version of words?

What vaxwell said was very constructive, you just don't like it because they completely tore apart your argument into itty bitty pieces and fed it to a cat. :-P

I never said it was her fault that she's short. That, since you apparently couldn't tell, was a joke.

And oh, I'm crushed, some random internet troll doesn't like me. I think I'll go cry now.

As I already pointed out above, "the Lord" is not going to have mercy on me, if he even exists. Please, learn your fucking religion if you're going to preach it to others. One of the key tenets of earning God's forgiveness is that you MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS. If you do not repent then you will not be forgiven.

If I'm going to Hell then at least I'll be in good company.

It's all very well to respect your elders but it is absurd to respect them when they do things unworthy of it. Mark and Dicko were being deliberately cruel to her and she continued to put on the fakie-polite persona.
Then when she was backstage and figured anything shot wouldn't go to air, she tried to let Mark have it. Talking back and even arguing with her elder, like you say she would never do. Hmm, I wonder why people would think she's fake?

And let me get this straight, only Africans can show respect? Because that's what you're implying.
And FYI, for all you know I'm from Zimbabwe as well. Imbecile. Neither of our nationalities has anything to do with our opinion of Tarisai, nor does it affect our ability to be polite or impolite. As a Zimbabwean you ought to know all about the capacity of your people for utterly disgusting behaviour.

Fortunately, unlike you, I'm not assuming you're just like Robert Mugabe because you're from the same country. Funny how the person big on respect can't show respect for others, isn't it?

That whole section was hilarious. I wish I could upload it to YouTube but it'd get yanked I suspect, even though it would be fair use.
Mark and Dicko goaded her repeatedly and she still kept prefacing her remarks with not meaning offense, etc. It was pretty clear that Mark and Dicko were trying as hard as they could to get a real reaction out of her but she's just too fake to give one.
Utterly pathetic!

Basing your argument on the colour of my skin is the only "non starter" here.

I think you'll find more workers happy with what their union does than there are happy with being forced onto an AWA. Maybe it's because AWAs are new, maybe not. I think it's likely they're unhappy with the fact that at least unions were looking after the worker's best interests, even if it's not in any one individuals best interest. AWAs are in businesses best interest, not workers, and there's no collective group that can do anything if people are getting screwed.

I think you'll also find that a goodly portion of AWAs get rejected by the Government's own watchdog organisation as being unfair. Which says that businesses are attempting to take advantage of their workers under the new system and that some, at least, are getting away with it.

I'm no fan of unionism but the Government's "WorkChoices" scam is certainly no better.

The white people don't stand out, but the black person amongst the white people stands out?
And I'm racist? Hmmmmmmm. :)

If I had meant "more caucasian", I would have said so. Put her next to Natalie Gauci and ask people to choose who is better looking and I'd put good money on Natalie winning. Maybe I'm wrong and more people consider Tarisai attractive. I find that difficult, but not impossible, to believe. Attraction is a very personal thing.
Immediately suggesting that someone finding other people more attractive means they're racist makes it apparent where you're coming from, though.

In any event, I see many talented, eloquent and confident black females, even if you only count singers - try Beyoncé Knowles or... *gasp*... Whitney Houston and Tina Turner. Or if you want to restrict it to Idol finalists, how about Jessica Mauboy from last season?
Tarisai is not of their caliber. Her single "talent" is to be a less impressive clone of Whitney Houston or Tina Turner. That is not a unique style! It's ridiculous that you even think she has her own style when it's apparent to a lot of folks that she most assuredly does not. She's a cover artist and that's all she'll ever be.

As for whether I can do it? No, of course I can't. I've never claimed otherwise. That hardly invalidates my argument. That's like saying your criticism of me is invalid because my writing style is better than yours. Your criticism is invalid because you're full of shit, your pathetic writing standard just makes you look even more foolish. :)

God won't forgive me. Firstly because having an opinion on a singer in a karaoke contest is not something He is going to care about. Secondly, he won't forgive me because that would require I repent of my sins - and I refuse. I am proud to have committed certain sins against God and he would know it.
Thirdly, and most importantly, he won't forgive me because he doesn't exist. I'm sure you'd agree that's a pretty big sticking point, but you'd have to pull your head out of your arse long enough to realise it first, I suppose.