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The dangers of values: Brenton Tarrant, Fraser Anning and the Christchurch shootings : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 18/3/2019

Playing the values game is a dangerous one. What, exactly, are

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I believe that some people probably tell themselves that terrorists are 'lone wolves’, or that the likes of Tarrant in New Zealand are not representative of the broader community because they cannot face the fact Fraser Anning and Tarrant do, in fact, represent many people who, while not outspoken or violent themselves, thoroughly approve of outspoken or violent people doing the business for them. As in 'all Muslims are not terrorists’, where nobody has the slightest idea how many non-terrorist Muslims approve of terrorism by other people, so to it is with non-Muslims, tacitly approving of retaliatory violence. They are just not going to say it out loud, particularly now that freedom of speech has been been blocked by Left extremists and even by run of the mill politicians like our Prime Minister and Immigration Minister, both frightened of people who say what they think.

I don't remember Jack Nicholson's exact words in the Court Martial scene, but too many Westerners 'can't handle the truth’
Posted by ttbn, Monday, 18 March 2019 10:09:00 AM
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There are many of us who don't believe that sword-wielding Islam and Christianity are able to cohabit in peace!? And resent the spread of this alien culture by deceit and trespass. As occurred wherever Islam has spread? These are my honestly held views!

Neither do many Muslims, who would appear to be the prime target of these, our way or death, sword welding Muslim miscreants?

That said, there's no place in civil society for hate speech and the incitement to violence! The purpose and outcome of hate speech!?

Targeting people in prayer is beneath contempt, qualification or justification!

This creature should be locked away in solitary confinement and the key thrown away, for the term of his natural life!

And that Senator (with just 19 primary votes) should be excused from the house indefinitely, pending elections. And Just not given any oxygen by the equally hostile Murdoch media/right-wing shock jocks!

These imbeciles need to wake up to themselves and stop being tools for fools!
Alan B.
Posted by Alan B., Monday, 18 March 2019 11:01:36 AM
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Dear Alan B.

This is how a man who is not a cowardly thug responds to an egging;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw97LIBGbR4&feature=youtu.be&t=90

Our pathetic senator is openly relating what he did to the teenager to what the diggers did in the trenches.

The man is such an utter embarrassment.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Monday, 18 March 2019 3:04:02 PM
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Steele,

Anyone, no matter whom, if hit with an egg or any other sticky substance, has every right to hit back in self defence.

Anning's attacker was rightly wrestled to the deck, any other action would have been stupidity.
Posted by Is Mise, Monday, 18 March 2019 5:53:39 PM
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SteeleRedux What about the one who threw the egg at Gillard WA police charged him, Victoria police like low crime statistics did not charge the little gutless wannabe social media celebrity.
Posted by Philip S, Monday, 18 March 2019 6:13:31 PM
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SteeleRedux You may have egg on your face have not seen it yet but apparently there are more videos, to quote a description of one from someone who has seen it.

"Try all the videos, they took heaps of them and only edited some of them. You'll see one view from behind the violent assailant after he is slapped where he steps forward and punches Anning with a hard straight right to the chest thereby assaulting Anning a second time after the initial clandestine assault to his head. But this time as the instigator he is undoubtedly culpable and has now committed an assault and battery.
He made no attempt to withdraw after the egging to Anning's head,in fact he poked his phone in Anning's face as he stepped in and threw that punch."
Posted by Philip S, Monday, 18 March 2019 6:25:15 PM
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