Foxy,

" .... it can't have been easy being a female and a Muslim to boot to achieve as much as Yassmin has ....."

It's called 'identity politics', dear. It's been the utter downfall in Indigenous politics and organisational structures for decades. For the life of me, I don't know how some (no, let's be honest: most) Indigenous 'leaders' ever get into top positions, they're almost always less qualified and experienced than many of their staff, and sometimes younger as well. I blame the Labor Party.

Joe

SteelRedux:

“She is paying the price of being politically incorrect.”

She is paying the price for being culturally insensitive and it is her job to be culturally sensitive. She showed a complete lack of understanding of the relevance of Anzac Day to most Australians. There is nothing politically correct about honouring those who gave their lives for our freedom. It is the most natural and human of responses to mark their sacrifice with a day of remberence.

Anyone who could not acknowledge the logic of that most human of responses is not fit to hold a position where cultural and human sensitivity should be basic pre-requisites for the job. Her attempts to detract attention from the focus of the day in order to peddle her own personal grievances aroused the ire in most Australians. Even if her issues are important in themselves it does not negate the lack of timing and sensitivity that she showed.

How can she call, with any credibility, on the rest of Australians to be sensitive to other cultures when she is so ignorant of theirs? It makes you question whether she actually knows what cultural sensitivity means.

Dear phanto,

She's young and needs guidance in many areas.
As she learned from her insensitive ANZAC day
posting. However how many older experienced
politicians and leaders of society do we know
who are totally insensitive to the feelings of
others? I could name quite a few, as I'm sure so
could you. And what's their excuse?

Foxy:

She was appointed to a position based on her credentials. If she is young and needs guidance then she should not be in that position.

Other politicians can be insensitive but that does not excuse her behaviour. When they act in the same way they should be criticised in the same way.

Re that lying Moslem woman, ABC Lateline had an excellent segment last night on terrorism being not caused by mental instability, not caused by retribution for US actions in the Middle East, not caused by anything whatsoever but religion. A particular religion: Islam.

There was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing about the role of ASIO but that what essentially had to be confronted "without pussyfooting around", confronted with something more than ASIO can do, was the Islamic religion which calls for death or subjugation of everyone not stupid or evil enough to embrace it.

The Lateline segment can be recovered using I-View or at www.abc.net.au/lateline

The responsibility for the terrorist menace in Australia lies in unthinking importation of a Moslem Fifth Column. Potato Head, as Minister for Immigration, needs to look closely at guidelines for allowing individuals to enter the country. Ms Merkel has already blown it for Europe.

Specific suggestions for rules governing entry follow.

First and foremost, entry should be forbidden for anyone who is known to have breached, while outside Australia, Australian laws relating to national security. Returning IS fighters should be sent straight to gaol to languish there for at least 30 years (my own druthers would be to take them out and shoot them, or to lock them up for 30 years and then shoot them).

Other entrants should receive a card in PC multiculti language on which the entrant must sign a declaration that s/he will totally respect the right of every person in the country to adhere to or speak out against any religion or to reject the requirements of any religion - penalty for breach being deportation to point of embarkation.