Why are you always so negative, jam? This guy did not agree to what the new regime wanted him to do. He took a principled and courageous decision and handed in his resignation. Is that not something to be admired?
Note, I work for tha S.A. government, because I think I make a difference. In private I would make about four times more. Most public servants do not have fat salaries at all, where did you get that nonsense?

I don’t know why you persevere, Heather. This j.a.m. person only ever sees what it wants to see.

I knew about sex quite early, but it took quite a while before I worked out what, “she knew him” meant. I was suspicious, but I thought if that was what it meant my grandmother, the vicar, my Sunday School teachers, the RI teacher at school etc wouldn’t be saying it so calmly because they always portrayed sex as something dirty and disgusting and sinful.

I was very surprised when I realized that was what “knew” meant.

He hasn’t left his job yet. Give him a chance. He’s entitled to his opinion about Trump. Merely criticizing Trump isn’t necessarily evidence of Trump Derangement Syndrome. There are plenty of valid things Trump can be criticized for.

There was nothing sanctimonious about the tweet.

And public servants don’t receive extravagant wages, and as a former underpaid public servant it pisses me off when people make such ignorant statements. Those who do never have any understanding of how hard we work at frequently thankless tasks for the good of our country.

This guy did the right thing, unlike the disgraceful Kim Davis. You didn’t have a problem with her public campaign. You suggest this guy campaign to change things, then attack the first thing he does as part of his public campaign.

This was an ad hominem attack. That is not arguing the issues.

Well, as a kid I was kinda happy that at least they spared the girl children. The ‘known a man by lying with them’ did not really register. I was innocent, say ignorant, about sex, let alone child rape and sexual slavery.
I think I was about 13 when I found out about sex, and I remember that at first I could not believe it.

I did not formulate that very well. I mean desert-plants have the tendency to become somewhat ‘fatty’ and rounded for the first reason, From there, it is ‘easy’ to camouflage as a stone. The first reason predisposes as it were for the second one.

If you take a look at his Twitter feed, there’s nothing about actually solving the illegal immigration crisis, helping people or anything remotely constructive — just a lot of histrionic Trump derangement (surprise!).

Public officials have a duty to the put-upon taxpaying citizens who pay their extravagant salaries to uphold the democratic rule of law and to do their damn jobs. If you don’t like a law, then campaign to change it — and by all means fault the politicians for failing to address the underlying issues. But nobody in a democracy gets to unilaterally pick and choose the laws they obey or enforce. At least this clown did the right thing to quit if he wasn’t going to do the job. And if he’s actually going to take some action to help bring about a solution, fine. But sanctimonious twittering doesn’t cut it.

Me either. Not without finding another job first anyway.