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Australia’s terror paranoia is unfounded : Comments
By Christopher Michaelsen, published 12/9/2005Christopher Michaelsen argues there are good reasons why we need not expect a terrorism attack in Australia.
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When I came to Australia in 1971, and was introduced by a man about his “wife”, I understood he was degrading the woman as being a woman of low social standing. As that is the meaning of “wife” in Dutch.
You see, words can have different meanings.
When I listen carefully to what was stated by the Muslim and that he held bin laden was a great man, I did not detect any offensive remarks in this. It is not what he stated that was offensive but rather how another person perceives what he states is offensive.
If he had stated bin Laden was great for defeating the Russians, then likely it was acceptable.
If however it was stated that bin Laden was great because what he did to the Americans, then bias comes into place and then it is an offence.
Why?
The man is entitled to express his personal views, provided he does not do so to commit a criminal offense.
Look at the Vivian Solon case, where she was basically portrayed as some Asian prostitute, and deported and somehow the Minister then in charge, Ruddock is made Attorney General and the minister now in charge is neither held accountable for leaving her rot, despite it was known she was wrongfully deported.
Where is responsible government?
Today, I had a sudden visit (unannounced) of a man who had contemplated suicide in 1995, but I assisted not to proceed with it. The woman who accompanied him made known to me that she had heard a lot about me and that she had great respect for what I was doing. She has for the third time cancer back and is not expected to live long. To me, it was rather an honour that such a sick woman wanted to visit me before she is to die.
We have enough rot around in the world and can do well without propaganda to scare the living day lights out of ordinary citizen about terrorism.