wah, wah....I don't agree with the quick draw of Mathyssen, but I also don't agree with an MP looking at personal pictures on his laptop during Question Period.

Another good example of why parliament should sit only once every couple of years.

As reprehensible as is what she did, I believe there is blanket immunity for what is said within the HoC. The punishment, if any, will have to come via HoC rules and procedures -- no recourse to the courts.

Alan

She repeated it outside the house.

I like the comment regarding how progressive Moore is with his support of gay marriage, and how that has garnered him respect from opposition peers - and lost mine. I don't know what being progressive had to do with the story but I hope he sues as well.

I hope he sues the ass off of that stupid one trick pony from the London.
And as for Taliban Jck not knowing what was going in is a crock of ND sh**!

It's the heterosexuality of it all. Heterosexualists make gays feel excluded and uncomfortable plus heterosexual males are aggressive and often offensive to women. Haven't you figured out how these people think? Make sure you watch the posted YouTube of the blonde lady.

"It was even worse, she said, that it was coming up to the 18th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, in which a lone gunman killed 14 women at a city college".

What has the murders by Gamil Gharbi got to do with this?

The drive by smear campaign that has become so prevalent in government, should alarm all of us. The fact that someone's reputation can be tarnished this easily with out consequences scares me. Protection of the House, that's a joke. These so call politicians use this protection for baseless attacks. Then the media is so quick to replay over and over as if it is God's truth. The state of ethics and morals no longer exists in government. What decent person would want to run for a government position these days?
Get a good lawyer and sue her.

"I taut I saw a puddy twat"

"they are burning negligees on the lawns of Prince George even as we speak"-hot cross Hedy Fry.

"I wouldnt have girls in negligees on my computer"
Scooter Brison

Don Martin nailed it in today's National Post:http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=147166

Hope the Conservatives keep their "COOL" with all the NDP-LIB crap going on (this non-controversy, KHS-MBM, et al)

in the end the accusers look pretty foolish. keep on keepin' on...........

BTW the late night news showed pictures of puppy-dogs as what was on Moore's laptop. No mention of Playboy-type stuff.....

Anyone notice the clones, Moore and Del-Somebody from Ontario? These two guys look so similar, I wouldn't know who-is-who without their name on the screen.

"Noting government cuts to a number of women's programs, Mathyssen said that Moore's actions added to the impression that the Conservative government is no friend of women. It was even worse, she said, that it was coming up to the 18th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, in which a lone gunman killed 14 women at a city college."

Ah, yes, drag in one of the left's favorite tragedies, one that was solely the fault of White, Christian, heterosexual gun owners, a vile bunch, if ever there was one!

If she was a little more adept, she could have mentioned that it was only a few days before Dec.7th, and therefore must be a slur on all the brave men that died at Pearl Harbour, and those courageous Japanese fighter pilots, some of whose relatives we incarcerated needlessly just because of their ethnicity! (extreme sarcasm.)

If anyone ever wonders why our kids are so cynical about politicians...........

She obviously has no freaking clue if she thinks bikinis = Playboy. There's a reason why guys pay the high coverprice for Hef's mag, and it ain't to see girls IN their bikinis.

But these are the same people that defend federally funded lesbian porn movies. The mind boggles.

She should feel ashamed....she should make a no conditional apology to the house for impuigning another Honorable Member.

The Speaker should admonish the House and knock the heads of the House Leaders.

Karen Redman should also apologize....

This stuff should end up before the House Ethics comittee....under Speakers Warrant....Ms Mathyssen when did you see it, who did you discuss it with. What were the discussions in caucus, were there discussions as to the political implications of this. Who participated in those discussions of the political discussions of this.

If this were the navy, she should be keelhauled.

The socialist MP has no business to tell anyone what they can and can’t see.
This is another action that is typical totalitarian mentality. Not knowing anything they shoot their mouth off to throw dirt at others.

It is interesting though how that crowd spies on everyone.

Moore would have done better not say anything since he had nothing to apologize for. Perhaps he should not have looked at his girlfriend then, though he can and that is the point.

"Noting government cuts to a number of women's programs, Mathyssen said that Moore's actions added to the impression that the Conservative government is no friend of women. It was even worse, she said, that it was coming up to the 18th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, in which a lone gunman killed 14 women at a city college."

Ah yes, I can see the link between the two things. It is Gamil Garby day again isn't it...great excuse to bring that up.

He has every right to sue her, she said it outside the House.

The biggest problem with an accusation like this is how far it travels before the truth catches up, if ever. That leaves James Moore, a very decent young MP, being accused of viewing "soft porn" on his laptop in the HOC, when it was NO SUCH THING.

To add to the idiocy, Twit Karen Redmond jumped up to make a statement on the subject and a prime example of desperation and gotcha politics.

James said it was his worst day in politics, that says it all.

When will people Stop Voting these laughing stocks to parliment, She made a very serious Accusation. This could have ended Moores career & an apology what will that do. Then Redman standing up & trying to lay blame liberal assaults threw Hearsay again. Someone else said the same as i said yesterday It is time the Speaker calls in the Whips & reads the riot act, enough of the drive by's & mudslinging for the purpose of scoring political points Get back to work.
I also said yesterday, Yes Dion i hope you try & pull the plug Because this is Not What Canadians want, They want a government that Governs not one that is stopped at every roadblock by an opposition that are opposing for self righteous Selfish Purposes only.
Bring it on

The real travesty in this is that she obviously planned this whole thing out because it was a day later that she brought it up.

Regarding those that are saying that he shouldn't be looking at pictures during sitting - Garth types on his blog - Thibault draws on napkins - some sleep - some don't even show up (Paul Martin). How many websites do you open up that have some bikini clad woman selling something.

The richest thing is that Irene would fight to the death for the right of naked men to parade in public in front of children but can't handle a man scrolling through photos of his bikini clad friend on his private computer.

Only in Canada....

I don't understand. I thought all computers and the internet were for was (all purposefully mis-spelled):
1) Pirn
2) Gombling
3) ordering veagre
4) blogging
5) see 1)

Being an NDPer, I thought that she wasn't allowed to judge anyone (that's bad). Oh wait, that applies to us, not her. She can judge all she wants, cause she knows better than us.

He was looking a pictures of his dog, not women.
It didn't happen in Question Period but at night with few members in the house.
People need to know the whole story before they comment and ruin people's reputations.

What's wrong with brightening an otherwise dreary place?

I think Mathyssen is pi--Off because she did not get to go to the Womens conference in Switzerland this week and wants attention.

Apparently Taliban Jack and his backbench PC/religious police/thought patrol want Canadian women to wear burkas in public and the internet.

The Toronto star and National post have this on "front page" at their site, I am puzzled as to why its the third article down from the Globe and mail.

Also, the globe and mail can be very sneaky with their comments. They simply shut the comments down on this article, but the new post showing Moores clearing from the situation, REATINS THE OLD COMMENTS!!! There were some nasty comments pre-judging Moore to the tone that he should be fired etc. They are still there, and no one can comment. Is there a way to contact them?

It could be worse boys and girls...

You could be me with that fool Karen Redman as your Member of Parliament

Tying this into the thread about HRC, will Moore accuse her of work place harassment and ask the HRC to investigate the matter? Given as she works for the NDP could they be included in the claim as well? Since the speaker of the house did not shut her down could he be included as well?
Given that CBC, (Don Newman, and Peter Mansbridge) aired the accusation on national tv could they also be included in the complaint? While the house is a privledged enviroment where you can get away with saying almost anything, I don't think CBC has immunity just because the house does.

There seems to be a tendancy for some to blame Mr.Moore for viewing personal E mails on his laptop while in parliament.I would say that Mathyssen over stepped her her bounds as she should be on the OTHER side of the house!How was she able to see Mr. Moore's laptop if she wasnt spying on his activities for some other reason or had instructions from Layton to undermine Mr.Moore.

I like Steve Janke's suggestion....she should be sent to a sensitivity training class to understand that not all men are objectifying women.

At a minimum the Speaker should suspend both Redman and Mathyssen for some time frame for bringing the house into ill repute. As well, since this matter was discussed at NDP caucus the Speaker should haul in the Leader and the House Leader and Whip from the NDP and make clear in no uncertain terms that this was beyond the pale, will not be tolerated and absolutely must stop.

Plus give them the cold shoulder for a day in recognizing the NDP in question period.

This should still come up in the ethics comittee....both redman and her.....

The fact that she repeated her accusations outside the House means that she's open to a lawsuit. I don't think it should go that far, but I think that the House needs a stronger Speaker. The House is deteriorating to street corner gang mentality.

The Liberals and NDP have become, not elected members of parliament, responsible to the electorate to run the country, but partisan gangs, out for the kill, using whatever criminal tactics they can get away with and focused solely on their own political party's power.

Neither party has any interest in Canada or the wellbeing of Canadians. It's strictly gang warfare, focused on control of the turf, on power, on destroying the other gang.

This is the real problem. How does one stop this transformation of these two political parties to street corner gangs?

Should we expect anything different from the brain dead idealogues of the NDP? They are, after all, nothing more than totalitarians at heart.

Biff - Yep! the Dippers and Libs are hypocrites of the first order!

Has anyone offered any explanation of just what that woman was doing eaves dropping on someones business? IMO - same thing as listening in on a telephone call or reading mail over a persons shoulder. It's uncalled for, dishonest, low and just plain creepy behaviour.

Here's a Joke passed to me by e-mail a while ago:
At a local barber shop on Ottawa it happened that both Stephen Harper and Jack Layton were in side by side chairs at the very same time.

No one said anything and the barbers confined their banter to innocuous comments about the traffic going by on the street.
At the end of the tonsorial procedures the barber who was working on Jack asked if would like some scented aftershave. Layton replied with a chuckle "Heck no... I wouldn't want Olivia to think I'd been in a whore house!"

Harper offered to have his barber give him a good splash of the stuff. The barber asked if he didn't have the same concerns as Mr.Layton and the reply was "My wife has no idea what the inside of a whore house smells like."

I just left a message for Philip Crawly (CEO of the GLobe) and for Gerald Owen (customer relations) at the Globe and mail.

416-585-5000

Call and let them know that people are aware of their muzzling.

The alleged “MP viewing porn” story is now carried on ABC news.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/06/2111238.htm

BIKINI-gate goes wild!

So now the world has discovered that men generally are attracted to women!?!

I wonder what the accusation would have been, had the image been of a man in a speedo?

For all we know it was a picture of his girlfriend, a vacation photo, etc. This is just beyond stupid. As if the world needs to know what people do on their PCs.

GAY MARRIAGE is okay in Canada, but oh my GOD a man looked at a woman in a BIKINI!! Heaven forbid that the man might get married and possibly conceive a child that expels greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

In a society that defends the 'anything goes' mentality in respect of sexuality is the NDP member now suddenly rediscovering the virtue of modesty for women?

If one were to express moral outrage to the objectification of women by drawing in the Montreal massacre victims, how come no braying on the 'Mengelian-like death camp' that ground up women like so much sausage meat at the Pickton farm?

But I forgot police resources are scarce and human life on this side of heaven is occasionally pretty cheap.

And GOD grant me the serenity to ignore abject stupidity.

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht BGS, PDP, CFP

Commander in Chief

Frankenstein Battalion

2nd Squadron: Ulanen-(Lancers) Regiment Großherzog Friedrich von Baden(Rheinisches) Nr.7(Saarbrucken)

Knecht Rupprecht Division

Hans Corps

1st Saint Nicolaas Army

Army Group “True North”

He's been tried and convicted in the media. Her soft porn story is the one running without explanation on news channels (ie. City Pulse) at the bottom of the screen.

This is damaging. I think Moore must sue her, in order to get the media to adjust to the truth.

Sensitivity training is a good idea also. But not without hitting her in the wallet. That'll hurt her and her party the most.

Happy Gamil Gharbi day, everyone.

Thanks,CanuckInMI

"Ah, yes, drag in one of the left's favorite tragedies, one that was solely the fault of White, Christian, heterosexual gun owners, a vile bunch, if ever there was one!"

From reading the MSN nobody would ever know that "marc lepine" was really named Gamil Gharbi ans he was the son of a nutcase Algerian Muslim.

Ain't nuthin to do with us "White, Christian, heterosexual gun owners" and knuckledraggers.

Who let the SOB into the country in the first place? Wasn't me.

We complain about overuse and abuse of the privacy laws. Now here's an instance of where personal privacy applies. I was always taught that it is most impolite to read over someone's shoulder, especially personal correspondence. It surely does look like someone grasping desperately for a political advantage, doesn't it? Has that woman no regard for our privacy laws and customs?

If that Liberal Shrew, Redmond, stands in the HOC and apologizes for her support for Mathyssen's statement, as well, James should accept neither. This is far too damaging as well as hurtful for him to be brushed off with an apology.

He needs to go far afield already to save his reputation, it's been reported out of the country as well.
This is taking our Parliament down to the level of providing tabloid fodder.

Doesn't she have work to do? What is she doing looking over other people's shoulders?

I see, the NDP is your nanny and is always looking over your shoulder.

I'll bet if he was looking at a scantily clad man on his lap top, no NDP member would have complained.

Only Hetro white (non Muslim) males can do wrong in Canada these days.

The connections (Montreal massacre etc) made by that old twit Mathyssen were so far beyond connecting dots. Those dots were being dragged kicking and screaming.

What an opportunistic bunch of scum bags in the NDP and Liberal partys. Question period is nothing but a big game of gottcha.

If I had to sit through one of those sessions, I with nothing but a lap top, I would be seeking out a "digital lap-dance myself"

Enough of this gotcha politics. I think Moore should sue, force a very public apology from Redmond too. I know this suit would be settled quickly, but it's time to ensure consequences for people who make irresponsible remarks.

What bothers me most about this is the sanctimony of it. Mathyssen makes an unfounded accusation, and then launches into a tirade about the Montreal massacre, Tory's record, and so on. Is anyone else sick of this smear/lecture BS?

If you put it out there you should pay the price. That's what needs to happen here. If Moore had indeed been watching porn on his laptop, does anyone believe the opposition would accept an apology?

Moore, get yourself a good tort lawyer and sue her. Make her squirm for a while, then let her off the hook when you have your satisfaction.

I was thinking that it was mighty quiet lately in Dipperville. The old biddy has probably been looking over shoulders for a long time trying to get something that would titillate (pun intended) the media and make the "Year end review in politics".
I would normally not even raise an eyebrow at someone looking at their e-mail at work but the fact that the accuser brought it to the public realm for personal/political gain has me agreeing with "Sue 'em".

btw, loved the barbershop joke OMMAG.

I understand Kate if you want to delete this but here is what I think of Mathyssen for doing what she has done,

Mathyssen is a crazy bitch!

I agree. Sue her down to her socks. It's gone international now. This might clean up some of the unnecessary poppycocking.

Another reason to boot the NDP candidate who comes to your door in the butt.

Gamil Gharbi...I suppose no one wants to say he was a ardent product of a sick ideology (islam) who was demonstrating his displeasure at females being educated. Kind of like the taliban burning down girls schools and killing their teachers in Afghanistan. No the femnazis give him little recognition as anything but a white misogynist with a gun.

Suppose the truth will ever be allowed to be known?

I don't think so either. Too racist.

Every one here should bombard the dipper site with e-mails and flood it about this subject.

My first reaction to this was the KHS gambit didn't work, time to try something else. If someone like me can spot this, why can't the MSM? My next reaction was, my word lady, you're sure sensitive. However did you become a politician?

I hope Moore sues her silly NDP a** off since she was careless (stupid ?) enough to repeat her lies outside the HoC. Maybe then publicity seekers such as herself will think twice, but with Libs & NDP, I somehow doubt it.

How in the heck did this rate so much TV time anyhoo? Do none of these "journalists" ever question or say to themselves "now wait a minute - there's something not quite right here" whenever these outrageous accusations are made

Irene Mathyssen's crusade is a good example why the Dipps are politically irrelevant.

Do ANY of us wonder if she'd be beaking off about this if she saw an MP surfing gay porn?

I had Irene as an English teacher in high school.

She's an idiot. She is by far the least intellegent teacher I ever had.

I hope she gets sued as someone needs to start to hold these creeps to account. And just what the hell is the bloody speaker doing?

Mathyssen*s distortional reach from what could have been a Victoria Secret ad to the slaying of women in a Quebec University shows such a wild lack of logic it should disqualify her from office.

Even those who *never watch television* realize that every second advert features a scantily clad woman. = TG

Dipper lady should be sued. Sure, there's an apology now, but in a few years it'll enter the public mythology as "that tory that was surfing porn" and the left will repeat it endlessly. Any settlement can go to charity.

This is the angle that should bring her down: she is violating the privacy of Moore. I thought the NDP was a Chump-ion of privacy rights? What is she doing invading his cyber-bedroom anyway? I thought the government has no place in Canadians bedrooms. Too many double standards here.

The real kicker to me in all of this is that for years we've been admonished by feminists, male and female, that politics must become more even handed; that once there are more women in the house, it will regain some decorum. Indeed Dion is still prattling on about his plan for male/female electoral equalization.

If this is what happens when we have a stronger cadre of women in the house I would hate to see a 50/50 split. If we then elect a bunch of "church lady" type busybodies who have nothing better to do but become offended on behalf of women everywhere whenever some man says or does something that hurts their little female feelings, I think I'd rather stick with the old boy rule. Now that I think about it, Dion kind of resembles the "church lady".

To gain some semblance of credibility as full play elected officials as opposed to single track nincompoops, they ought to turn down dial on the misogynist-seeking missiles just a tad.

"I thought the NDP was a Chump-ion of privacy rights?"

Well I guess you made my point for me Doug...the Dips really don't know what they stand for...they only know what they are against and their cranky detached value system has them bearing a grudge against just about everything and everybody.

As they sit now I wouldn't be shocked to see them ban "fun"...to this latest gen of Dips anything that people do that gives them pleasure probably is at odds with some tenet of misanthropic Dip philosphy.

If he were to look at pictures Sven Robertson in the gay calender it would have been okay.

That's on of the "intellectual" followers of Tommy Douglas you saw there. In any event, why was she spying on another member's screen? And we thought Stephane Dion was a moron!

Why was Mathysson offended by a picture of a lady in a bikini, but not upset by nudity on the streets in TO?
She attended the Gay Parade.

He will never sue. He will suck up the insult.
It's what men do.

These are the same people who want to legalize prostitution.

"Moore, get yourself a good tort lawyer and sue her. Make her squirm for a while, then let her off the hook when you have your satisfaction."
Posted by: Shamrock at December 6, 2007 12:07 PM

She should only be let off the hook if she agrees to wear duct tape over her mouth for the next two years. And that Redman dolt as well.

She has no problem tying this in with the Montreal massacre, yet her party actively supports abortion. I wonder how many females are aborted every year in Canada? 50,000? More?

Commie aholes.

I live in the riding next to James Moore's. I'm actually kind of pleased to hear that he's got a girlfriend, if you know what I mean. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Last election my own riding narrowly elected an NDP member. Dawn Black is, to borrow Mark Steyn's phrasing, so dumb she has to take off her pantyhose to count to 12. I don't know Irene Matthyssen, but being familiar with other NDP hacks, I know the type. Moore should sue her. Media will play down this story, so the lawsuit would bring it the attention it deserves. He was obviously just going through his e-mail, and the girlfriend attached a picture of herself that popped up. Anybody's who's attended sessions of a legislature knows that the places drone on for hours. At least Moore's got a laptop and can operate it. That's probably more than can said for much of the NDP caucus.

angry in the great white north has a great column on this situation.

He suggests

"I call for Irene Mathyssen to be sent to attend gender sensitivity training. During the training, she will be asked to learn that not all men are slavering dogs, and that all men deserve the benefit of the doubt. Men deserve to have the opportunity to explain their actions first, to face their accusers, and to be considered innocent until the preponderence of evidence proves otherwise.

She must learn that public humiliation is not the way we deal with an issue like this before the facts are known.

Indeed, she must learn that her own sense of righteous indignation is not a substitute for those facts that she seemed disinclined to seek out first.

When Irene Mathyssen learns to treat men as individuals deserving respect and consideration, then her apologies will mean something. As it is, it seems that Irene Mathyssen objectifies men, assuming all of them to be dumb rutting animals."

Heh. Perfect.

PM made a reference to this in the house today & noted the liberal whip apologized & he noted the NDP Mouth was not in the house today, Moore said she called him & apologized he accepted this & expects her to apologize to the house. Then he got a standing ovation & the NDP behind him even stood( of course they would nation was watching & waiting)

Kate: "Update - It's been a good week for the NDP."

Has Taliban Jack resurfaced from under his burka yet?

See the NDP had to appologies AGAIN because of a smear campaine carried out against Liberal Dave Oliver, in last election. LIED about trying to bribe a NDP canidate. The NDP seem to think that they have the right to smear anyone they want. Under Layton they have become nothing but a group of harpies. I emailed MP Moore and encouraged him to sue Mathyssen.

Maybe now is the time for Taliban Jack to make that scouting trip to Afghanistan to "dialog" with the Innocent Blood of Islam and get to the "root causes" of their perceived oppression.

Nice to see the NDP admit to being duplicitous skanks and have to be abjectly apologetic twice. Shouldn't this come in threes?

Did they apologize for saying our troops were worse than the terrorists?

Does anyone who is posting here know that it is a bikini-clad female? Because if not, you're perpetuating it as much as any of the news outlets.

I'm just grateful it wasn't one of the loony rednecks left over from the Refoooorrrrm Party seeing something objectionable on a NDP laptop. As it is, it's only a loony professional female educator with an axe to grind.

Ah The House of Clowns, the most overpaid comedy network on TV. Bet Rick Mercer's pissed he couldn't come up with anything like this and the Schreiber laugh in. The networks must be pleased though they get this stupididty for free.

Over at angry in the great white north he shows the seating arrangement in the house. If she saw the screen from there she must have eyesight better than any fighter pilot which leads you to believe she was creeping around like a whore in a brothel and spying on people.

I saw the Global National report by Tara Nelson on this last night, 5:30 PM out here on the wet coast. The entire report was about how the Conservative MP was caught surfing porn in the HOC, even though it was already out that the allegation was bogus.

I e-mailed Global National immediately after the broadcast and requested them to broadcast a retraction and apology first item on tonights newscast not bury it somewhere at the end. Well guess what, I watched the entire broadcast and not a peep of a retraction or apology. I guess Global National has to be added to the CBC, CTV, Red Star et all as part of the disgraceful reporting on the MSM.

They have now lost one more viewer as I will never watch thier newscast again.

What a sad bunch of twits and dried up old prunes! And they call this "Leadership"!

Richard Ball: "These are the same people who want to legalize prostitution."

What part of Canada do you live in? Prostitution is legal in this country; you just can't do it from the safety of your home. Outcall "escort" services abound in every major Canadian city. So long as you don't look for business on public streets ("public solicitation" is illegal), conduct your negotiations over the phone, and travel to your client's home or hotel room, you can charge people to have sex with you.

You can even advertise in the papers. The Toronto Sun carries ads for "escorts", and "eye magazine", which is owned by the Toronto Star, runs 3-4 pages of escort advertising, accompanied by full colour photos of very scantily clad women. I'm not even going to mention Internet ads, which are even more salacious.

An American I met golfing a few years ago admitted to me that the reason he was visiting Toronto was that, by following these rules, he could fool around with some girls and not risk a criminal record. He also noted with the strong US dollar (at the time) and apparently low Canadian rates compared to Nevada (AFAIK, the only place prostitution is legal in the US), he got much more mileage, so to speak, for his buck.

Geez, maybe I should have entered this into the Post's new motto for Canada contest:

"Canada: Sex tourism and loving it!"

Sue Mathyssen, the CBC and the Globe & Mail for millions.

Force them into sensitivity training to understand their bigotry against white male Christians.

Donate the money to a just conservative cause.

Everyone knows the name of Mathyssen. She has been held up to shame for spouting off accusations, as it should be.

Hardly anyone (except SDA regulars, apparently) knows the name of the Liberal MP who stood in parliament with even less of a factual basis and freely made the same sort of defamations.

This is starting to look like the Liberal partisans at the MSM will use the tempest to take down both their rivals.

I do like the sensitivity training idea, only make it optional for Redman (since she only spoke under house immunity.) Then issue daily press releases on the latest speculations of whether she will or won't attend.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/National/2007/12/07/4712365-sun.html

Irene has no intention of apologizing, she is the victim in all of this.

Moore was smart he would sue her. Females making false allegations, and getting away with it, makes all females look vicious and manipulative.

As long as there is immunity in the house, this kind of nonsense will continue.
When TV cameras were allowed in the house in 1977, the immunity rule should have been done away with.
When proceedings are on national TV, what is the difference if allegations were made outside the house or in it?

right, honey pot. Mathyssen now has no intention of apologizing. See Steve Janke's comment

http://stevejanke.com/

Mathyssen now plans to only state, in the House, that she ought to have commented first to Moore, before her House comments and her public press declarations of 'horror'. But, she maintains her accusations against him - of viewing 'soft porn', ie, his girlfriend in her swimsuit and his dog, at a beach.

Redman, the Liberal feminist who rose to support Mathyssen in her accusations, remains silent.

The self-righteous, smugness, and the petty maliciciousness of the Opposition members in the House is becoming unreal.

I think this is a crappy apology.

http://tinyurl.com/2zxj2c

The only thing she apologized for was in not talking to James Moore, first, before rising in the house. Does that mean she feels free to rise again under the same circumstances as long as she speaks to the member first?

She should have apologized for being a nasty, suspicious busybody.

I guess though that is the nature of the beast whereby we belong to some kind of communally managed system so that everybody is entitled to know everybody else's business, only for the good of the community, mind you.