Hi Foxy

Yep, I realise you're not "blaming society for what Cauchi did".

But your attempts at even-handedness are providing oxygen to someone on this thread who would appear to have a rather concerning political obsession.

Regards Mavs

Hi Mavs,

So should I be silenced because of the political obsessions
of others?

Hi Foxy

Umm NO. Its up to you.

But just beware some in OLO are pretty extreme in their views - who even see moderates as weaklings.

There's one good thing so far. Some more extreme OLO commenters have decided not to comment at this thread. I suspect they are currently busy commenting at more extreme Shadow sites, somewhat irritated that Cauchi is a very Catholic name.

Hi Mavs,

The bloke suffered from mental illness, extreme Schizophrenia, he acted alone he wasn't affected by "Leftism" as Indy tries to make out. On Saturday I read a heap of garbage which inferred that it must have been a terrorist attack against eastern suburb Jews, payback for Gaza, the extrapolation was astounding, for example one said he looked "Arab".

Hi Paul

Yes the extremist rumour mill, with dreamed up stories for money, even spread to Channel Seven.

See "False claims started spreading about the Bondi Junction stabbing attack as soon as it happened" of Monday 15 April at http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/15/false-claims-started-spreading-about-the-bondi-junction-stabbing-attack-as-soon-as-it-happened some parts:

"Police said on Sunday they had no indication that the stabbing spree committed by Queensland man Joel Cauchi was motivated by a particular belief system – but that didn’t stop speculation spreading on social media that the assailant was motivated by a variety of religious or political ideologies'

"Each tragedy that attracts global attention is now an opportunity for social media accounts to attract followers and revenue off the back of inflammatory claims, or to fit the incident into a predetermined narrative [like "Leftism" is to blame] before the facts have emerged, and this weekend was no different"

"The false accusation was further boosted in an incident described as a “human error” by the news outlet [Channel] Seven"

"...many of the misleading claims made about the attack over the weekend, including those from neo-Nazis accounts claiming the offender was non-white “to fit into their anti-immigration narrative”.

"“Disinformation on X is rewarded – literally financially, but also in that the first story that gets out there is often the one that stays in people’s heads,” they said."

TO RACISTS

Cauchi is a Catholic Maltese name. Malta is 89% White - with most in Malta able to speak Italian and often English. Many of their ancestors come from Italy (especially Sicily - near to Malta) and from the UK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta

I almost feel sorry for Paul1405 & his many attempts to make any incident racial. I maintain that the stupidity of the Doctrine of the Left is the crux of most societal problems today. To try to make everything a race based issue is simply a sign of the extremists indoctrinated by that mentality.