If the nation went to family therapy, who’d say what and why?
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    Just a tongue-in-cheek way of getting to a productive discussion and maybe shaking some skeletons out of the cupboards and wardrobes.

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    @ceohh
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    Why is marijuana illegal in Australia? How is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?
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    I have used marijuana for over 45 years. I use it responsibly and I have never had a bad experience with it. Why should I have to break the Law to have a quiet smoke in my own home on my own land? Why as a responsible adult can I not choose what is best for my life?

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    @EmpoweringFem
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    Is it time to stop asking questions and concentrate on answering them?
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    Most thinking persons will say that humanity is in crisis. We have a modern obsession with looking to the future for answers to solve this crisis. If we accept the view that we are not very evolved from the ape man then I think its fair to argue that what is inhibiting our ability to problem solve our state of crisis is simply data overload. I think the answers lay behind us in the rich history of the last five thousand years. This we can mine for answers but the future is never accessible to us.

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    Ian Hutchison
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    Why do so many Australians leave?
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    About one in twenty Australians live overseas at any given time – among the highest ratios of expatriates to residents of any country in the world. Why do so many of us leave? How do we relate to the people and places and culture we leave behind? And why do we come back? Since becoming an expat myself (one of the 200,000 Australians in London) I’ve often imagined that our wanderlust says something about our national psyche. But what?

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    @Simon_Collinson
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    Why do people rush to find a person guilty rather than give the benefit of the doubt?
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    One of the most infamous examples was the Lindy Chamberlain case and I noticed other such cases also. I wonder how many lives have been ruined because public opinion, along with the media are happy to make ill-informed judgements.

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    Shirley
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    Is the relentless pursuit of economic growth sustainable as our planet shudders under the impact of the effects of global warming?
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    As the irrefutable evidence of the effects of human causation of global warming through increasing production of greenhouse gasses gains traction,it seems that a new economic paradigm (other than growth) must be urgently considered. After all, it’s about the survival of the next generation(s).

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    David Jewell
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    How can we all keep the desire to learn?
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    Life long learning challenges premises and stimulates awareness of difference, whilst negating ignorance.

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    @@reflectabit
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    How is it that printed junk mail is still a thing in this era?
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    Ashley Singh
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    Who gets to decide?
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    Like, when there is more than one opinion at play… and our beliefs are based on what we feel to be intuitive truths, how the hell do we make a decision? Is it just power?

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    Famika Braunhoff
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    What’s it all about, Alfie?
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    I have always found it to be a most poignant song/question and I wanted to ask it again in a milieu where it would be wrestled with a tad. With the 24 hour news cycle constantly informing us yet increasingly we have no clue as to what is really going on in the world.
    is viewing events the best way for us to understand the world? Or should we be looking deeper?

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    Tess Maskell
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    Why is Cameron Frye such an underappreciated character? He was the kid I related to most in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
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    This cult film is loved by so many, and yet there are many overlooked ideas in the movie. Did Cameron really make things better with his dad? What’s the deal with Ferris, anyway? He’s so sure of himself, and his parents love him and he can do whatever he wants, and he knows it! Cameron is the real MVP. Recognition is needed.

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    Alani Sharp
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    What is the most appropriate or meaningful response when a child asks (for the thousandth time), “why”?
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    Lou McGregor
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    Why is it, that at the age of 50, I am starting to realise that everything is a feminist issue?
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    I want to teach my 2 boys why this matters, so they can be feminists too.

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    @MelissaRymer1
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