Non-sequitur Cherful

Maybe the law is an "ass" - but follow it we must, do you disagree?

Disobeying the law and its judgements can lead to anarchy.

Perhaps you don't understand ... neither Bolt nor his employer appealed the Federal Court's judgement.

I am sure he/they had much wiser, experienced and informed counsel than cohenite

a.k.a. Anthony Cox, lawyer and secretary of the 'climate sceptics party'

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/anthony-cox-39612.html

http://climatesceptics.net/author/anthony-cox/

bonmot
Non-sequitur Cherful

<Maybe the law is an "ass" - but follow it we must, do you disagree?

Disobeying the law and its judgements can lead to anarchy.>

The fact that we must follow a law whether imposed by Hitler, The Queen of Sheba or whoever, does not necessarily means the law does not have the potential to cause self interest groups to use it to gain advantage and hit people over the head with that law to shut up legitimate questions or concern

Neither Bolt nor his employer appealed the Federal Court's judgement.

Which part don't you understand?

If they or their QC's don't want to challenge the law, perhaps you should help them.

Sure, Cherful - have legitimate questions of concern - but Bolt makes stuff up to hit people over the head, your words.

Adieu

Bolt is the best journalist in Australia.

Hi again Cohenite,

Re: “You have either not understood my point or are wilfully ignoring it”.

Pretty sure I understand it. But it is just not supported by Justice Bromberg’s findings or anything else.

Re: “The point is, if all the litigants had equivalent aboriginality, why should some receive compensation?”

There are many sound reasons why some people apply for compensation and others don’t, and why some are granted more than others. A range of factors apply.

Re: “This point defeats any claim that Bolt was being racist.”

No, it doesn’t. Bromberg clearly found Bolt was racist at several points. Refer paras 303 to 335. “Race, colour and ethnicity were vital elements of the message and therefore a motivating reason for conveying the message ...” (327)

Re: “To be racist one must be acting to the detriment to all members of that race … Bolt clearly was not impugning all members of the aboriginal race.”

Bromberg disagrees. “That young Aboriginal persons or others with vulnerability in relation to their identity, may be apprehensive to identify as Aboriginal or publicly identify as Aboriginal, as a result of witnessing the ferocity of Mr Bolt’s attack on the individuals dealt with in the articles, is significant to my conclusion that in writing the articles, Mr Bolt failed to honour the values asserted by the RDA.” (415)

It seems Australia’s doom that large parts of your media have now adopted wholly the Kelvin MacKenzie approach to newspaper content: abandonment of any pretence to actual journalism in favour of campaigns using whatever distortions and outright fabrications are required. Including, as Bromberg puts it, "hate propaganda".

Which brings us back to the original article. Yes, the media does exacerbate people's fears And, yes, the community suffers greatly.