"South of Sidney"? This article is of no value.

Post #238,375 by Meerkat 12/16/05 7:02:44 PM Reply	"South of Sidney"? This article is of no value. If they can't even spell the name of the city correctly, how could you take anything else in the article as fact? Worldnetdaily says "Australia's Muslims have inflicted on their hosts harm that exceeds by far the scratches and other scurrilities they suffered from the surfers". Putting aside the fact that, by using the word 'hosts' it brands all of Australia's Muslim population as only being 'guests' rather than Australians. As for the rough version of events - Lebanese youths attacked some surf life savers. Next weekend 5000 pissed (that's drunk, as well as angry) idiots chased after and attacked a women simply because she was wearing a headscarf. Some of these charming individuals were wearing t-shirts proclaiming "ethnic cleansing unit" and the like. The initial attacks were of course a terrible thing, but the overreaction is just disgusting. There's no 'goodies' vs 'baddies' in this one. For example it's the Anglos that were [link\|http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1532636.htm\|arrested for stockpiling molotov cocktails]... This article is no better than our loathsome shock jocks who have to all intents and purposes incited violence against Australian Muslims, yet somehow have avoided being arrested for it. I guess you can get away with anything when 300,000 people vote the way you tell them to. Sigh. Anyway, as many people have said to you before, Box - will you stop reading that shit?! From all the news sources I have read, "... shot at parents and kids who convened to sing carols at a primary school in western Sydney." is a complete and utter fabrication. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #238,376 by boxley 12/16/05 7:33:29 PM Reply	links, your turn [link\|http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C15%5Cstory_15-12-2005_pg7_47\|http://www.dailytime...15-12-2005_pg7_47] Also in Auburn, a Christmas carol service at a Catholic primary school was disrupted on Monday evening when men of Middle Eastern descent fired shots into parked cars and verbally abused parents and children. No one was hurt in the incident, which was condemned by Sydney\ufffds Catholic Archbishop Cardinal George Pell as \ufffdapparently motivated by religious intolerance\ufffd. [link\|http://www.cathnews.com/news/512/82.php\|http://www.cathnews.com/news/512/82.php] The Australian reports that a community hall linked to a Uniting Church was burned to the ground early yesterday, carol singers were spat on and church buildings peppered with gunfire. this link indicates why people not muslim might be pissed [link\|http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20535\|http://www.frontpage...icle.asp?ID=20535] ABC news mainstream enough for you? [link\|http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1530250.htm\|http://www.abc.net.a...0512/s1530250.htm] The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has blamed religious intolerance for a shooting attack on cars outside a Christmas carols ceremony in western Sydney last night. the original article was an opinion piece not news. thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #238,379 by Meerkat 12/16/05 8:11:25 PM Reply	Ta, hadn't heard of that event before. I'm not following the whole issue as closely as I might. "Cardinal George Pell, has blamed religious intolerance" is funny though, he's a major proponent of religious intolerance himself. Tomorrow will be the real test, I guess. Unfortunately I have to venture into The Shire that day - but I'll be far enough away from Cronulla. Just means I have to allow a bit more time to get past the roadblocks :( Anyway I guess the main point I want to get across is there are plenty of dickheads on both sides. It's not the pure-sweet-innocent Side A being harassed and unduly victimised by Side B. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #238,382 by boxley 12/16/05 8:38:04 PM Reply	absolutely on point dickheads on both sides taking advantage of the situation. thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #238,390 by Meerkat 12/16/05 9:22:01 PM Reply	The White Supremacists handing out pamphlets on the beach are a case in point. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

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