I dont think the "whataboutery" examples of corrupt pollies such as shorten is a lazy arguement at all...
Firstly, i was pretty clear about it NOT being an excuse for her defense...
Sure--ill admit i hate him & think he should be in jail--period--he is a selfrighteous pig ...!!...but here ive used him as an example, not as a comparative excuse...
The example being, ive little doubt the dollars attached to him & his far reaching union shenanigans would far exceed a few 'in tertitory' grants...yet we still pay him...
Again, just an example--not an arguement starter...
And secondly, these different examples of some pollies getting off lightly, others falling on their sword "gracefully" (
), while others get a public stoning, can often be a tell-tale sign of where the real power & corruption lies in the ranks of our political arena.
As has been suggested, while not slways the "cause", there is always an agenda attached to these "corruption scandles" in the media, or hidden beneath it, & trying to decifer honest fact from agenda i think is a problem.
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...