Definition of a Moral Vacuum

The ABC news reports the following:


The labelling of Liberal MPs dissenting on the Federal Government's policy of mandatory detention as "political terrorists" has sparked widespread condemnation of the MP who made the comment.

Liberal backbencher Sophie Panopoulos made the comment while criticising the push by Petro Georgiou and his supporters to achieve significant changes to the government policy.

Mr Georgiou has been in talks with Prime Minister John Howard about the issue but has decided to table two private member's bills that would free women, children and long-term detainees from detention.

Ms Panopoulos says Mr Georgiou is holding the Government to ransom.

"There is an arrogance in the thinking by a few individuals who are at odds with the vast majority of the parliamentary Liberal Party and the vast majority of the Coalition party room to hold the Government to ransom on this," Ms Panopoulos said.

"If you spit the dummy because the vast majority of people in your own party won't agree with you, and you in effect behave as a political terrorist, well I think you actually lose credibility.

"I don't think it's a bad sign for the party at all."


This gives me the idea for some new Orwellian definitions:

Liberal Party of Australia

A collection of people organised into a political group, who, when staying in office in excess of two terms, automatically form into a moral vacuum.

Terrorist

A word commonly used by the majority of liberal party members to refer to anyone who disagrees with the party line, no matter how unethical or immoral or vacuous.

Political Terrorists

Members of the Liberal Party who have managed to avoid forming a moral vacuum; Liberal party members who follow their conscience against the explicit demands of their leader.

It is unclear how Political Terrorists got to have a moral conscience, although some people think it could have something to do with a related disease know as compassion.