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spindles · 12-11-2005, 08:43 PM

First - people like Alan Jones/John Laws are nothing but bigoted idiots - unfortunately they have a huge audience that agrees with them. My understanding is that 95% of the time they will say something controversial to get listeners. They rarely have practical solutions - anytime they say "we should do X", it is more than likely an impractical idea that sounds good. I would not give them the time of day.

Second - the amount of racial vilification that seems to be flying around (in the last 5-10 years) is very scary. I blame our government who have spent so long on the illegal immigrants/war in iraq/terrorist bandwagon that I am not surprised when racial tensions arise. Quite frankly, the scaremongering that the current governments go on with is shocking.

When anybody is the target for unprovoked attacks, then the perpetrators really need to feel the full weight of justice.

This whole cronulla situation just goes to show that your ethnicity does not determine whether you are a fuck-wit.

12-11-2005, 08:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	First - people like Alan Jones/John Laws are nothing but bigoted idiots - unfortunately they have a huge audience that agrees with them. My understanding is that 95% of the time they will say something controversial to get listeners. They rarely have practical solutions - anytime they say "we should do X", it is more than likely an impractical idea that sounds good. I would not give them the time of day. Second - the amount of racial vilification that seems to be flying around (in the last 5-10 years) is very scary. I blame our government who have spent so long on the illegal immigrants/war in iraq/terrorist bandwagon that I am not surprised when racial tensions arise. Quite frankly, the scaremongering that the current governments go on with is shocking. When anybody is the target for unprovoked attacks, then the perpetrators really need to feel the full weight of justice. This whole cronulla situation just goes to show that your ethnicity does not determine whether you are a fuck-wit. __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?