Foxy, "And what's their excuse?"

Yet again the red herring 'Tu quoque', ad hominem fallacy.

Joe (Loudmouth),

I don't believe that it is "identity politics" with
Yassmin Abdel Magied as you suggest. I believe that
she's achieved what she has due to her impressive
background (qualifications and talent):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yassmin_Abdel-Magied

Phanto,

I shall again quote what I cited earlier:

"What exactly was it that got everyone so outraged?

Did she attack veterans? No?

Did she dishonour ANZACS in past wars? No?

Did she commit a crime? No?

She used free speech (which only a select few are
apparently entitled to do) to remind people, as they
take in the horror and loss the world is still a bleeding
and suffering place.

How DARE a Muslim Woman do such a thing in 21st Century
Free Speech Australia?"

And she did this on a private Facebook account (her own)
which she immediately removed and apologised for.

I would say that she had been very sensitive to other
people's feelings under the circumstances.

EJ,

You wrote - "That lying Moslem woman."

How exactly did she lie?

leoj,

What I wrote earlier was relevant to this discussion.
It was not a red herring or an ad hominem fallacy as
you posted. How about you actually contributing
something to discussions instead of consistently
condemning and pointing out false faults in what others
post. Be a problem solver not a spotter.
Try again.

Foxy:

She didn’t do any of those things you have carefully selected but that does not mean she is innocent of any wrongdoing at all.

I have explained what I think she did wrong and why it was important given the position she holds in influencing government policy.

If she was just making personal remarks then she would not have done so in front of an audience of 20 thousand Facebook followers. That is just another example of her insensitivity.

Foxy,

More ad hominem from you. And yes, it was 'Tu quoque', a herring or an ad hominem fallacy before.

You do that a lot.

Phanto,
You are entirely correct in your two posts on page 7.

What Yassmin posted on Anzac day was not only insensitive it showed her ignorance of our society. It shows she is unfit to hold a position on any government advisory body.

Foxy ,and others, should note carefully what you said on page 7.

Foxy,
All the criticism of Yassmin was simply because we were offended that anyone could possibly suggest we share our honor and respect for our service men and women with any other group. Especially those that came here intent to gate crash our borders and take advantage of our generosity.

I remind you that a male person at SBS was seriously critisised for disparaging Anzac day, a couple of years ago. He was sacked because of that