I won't bother poking my head into your spat with d33zy, but there's no need for personal attacks. Freedom of expression should also apply to the non politically correct.

Oh yeah. You still haven't commented on whether the behaviour was correct in Parliament.

I think it was wrong, dead wrong. As a representitive of government, he has plenty of official, mandated ways to express his opinion. I think any citizen is within their rights to speak out like that in whatever venue they can find, but the Senator has a prefectly good soapbox he can stand on. I feel he was just doing this for his own poll numbers. Is there an election coming?

EDIT: There is nothing brave about speaking your opinion in a free country (except maybe when you're politically incorrect). Wanna see brave? Try standing in front of a tank in the Square.