Happy Australia Day.

It really is the Lucky Country...

Little Johnny made a huge mistake moving away from the traditional long weekend.........long weekends are sacred ......Thursday holidays ,not so much.

Tomorrow will be a National Medical Disaster as a wave of sickness strikes the nation.

Hi,

the post by Oliver, copied from another forum he follows regarding the history of Australia day has been removed/hidden as it is known to be incorrect.

The original source and the analysis of it can be read here, www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-this-is-not-...rated-on-january-26/

Terry

WHY DELETE

He is entitled to his opinion
Right or wrong
Agree or dis agree
I never Beleive everything I read
And its not necessary to prove otherwise
cya

Swishy, I didn't delete it but support the Mod who did, it's not about believing or not believing it's about starting a verbal punch up on here.... it is a trucking truck forum to talk about trucking old trucks and the trucking truck drovers who moved em.... the Mods do enough fire fighting on here as it is without encouraging a hand grenade attack.

I like Olivers contributions.... (and yours) but this one is not a trucking truck related truck.

Swishy wrote:

WHY DELETE

He is entitled to his opinion
Right or wrong
Agree or dis agree
I never Beleive everything I read
And its not necessary to prove otherwise
cya

It was a cut and paste of a cut and paste of a cut and paste etc.... all the way back the original post on Facebook that is mentioned which in itself says it came from someone else so it is not really Oliver's opinion. It is just further spreading of misinformation written for whatever purpose by some unknown person sharing their alternate facts without being prepared to put their name to their claims. It seems plausible enough to read it and agree with whoever wrote it and accept their claims are being correct and that is why misinformation is so easy to spread.

It was removed for the same reason we remove or moderate other posts that further the spread of misinformation around electric vehicles, alternative energy, politics, religion and particularly posts that aren't really related historic vehicles etc., as it can negatively affect the reputation of the Forum and it is not something we need to be a part of .

Terry

I agree with the mods decision to remove it. I am an administrator of the forum it was posted on, no one has complained of it being there but this is another forum and the mods decision should stand.

Well Im flabbergasted

Do people start moderating everyones story and if Google fact checker says it's not okay it gets pulled

Dunno, to me it's the thin edge of wedge

Sorry moderators but poor call in my unmoderated opinion

We were a land of free speech but it appears not anymore

Anyway I suspect Im in the minority here, thats fine as well as I generally just do my own thing

Hope everyone had a great day doing what ever it is that floats their boat, I know I did

Paul

Mrsmackpaul wrote:

Sorry moderators but poor call in my unmoderated opinion Paul

Paul, moderation is a thankless task. This is a well run forum, the moderators made the decision lets move on and discuss trucks.