nicknamenick,

That may be your interpretation. But what I meant was that these violent cowards have no respect for the law, even where police are present and there is video evidence. The uniform has no effect on them, which is worrying.

The public realise there is political interference in the police, that the dead hand of the political masters is compromising effective policing and law enforcement.

Since when was assault and battery and damage to property to be excused because some bullying activists were the offenders? And reportedly there was a member of the Australian Senate, Lee Rhiannon(Brown) cheering them on. Whereas as a federal Senator, Rhiannon should be directing protesters to pursue the many channels, herself included, afforded by democracy.

The National Greens need to cut the NSW 'Eastern Bloc' Greens adrift and Lee Rhiannon ought be censured by the Senate.

Lastly and importantly, any member of the public who is abused and jostled about by the protester thugs needs to get advice from a lawyer on his/her rights, to pursue a Torts action against the offenders for battery and damages. There are witnesses and video evidence may also be found. Just because someone is in the public eye, or is present at a gathering going about their private, legal business does not entitle cowardly mongrels to take liberties with their person and property.

Christine Forster, for instance is not a young woman and a fall could have been devastating for her future mobility, resulting in lifelong pain and forever altered, limited, life choices.

Fat lot those selfish, serial protesting feral Green thugs care. Stirrers.

You'd imagine that federal Senator, Lee Rhiannon would be interested in Christine Forster's wellbeing and would be apologising. That would have been the classy thing to do, but no, that is not Rhiannon!

over the top leoj . Pulling out the stitching on her lightweight jacket is bad , but "terror thugs"?

It was vile for thugs to abuse Senator Dastyari over his origins and to accuse him of support for the Iranian ayatollahs, even though his family fled from them with their lives thirty years ago.

It was vile for leftist thugs to attack Christine Forster and threaten her with violence.

These days, can any of us stand back, weigh up what we are seeing, and call thuggery out for what it is, Right or Left ?

Or do we say, well yeah, they're sons-of-bitches, but they're OUR sons-of-bitches, and ignore what we don't want to see ?

I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so peaceful and self-contained.

Joe

Yes. Not very nice. But, once again, blame it on the Left themselves: their dismantling of our values enables far Right reactionaries. Why does the Left expect 'civilised' behaviour from other people when they are incapable of such good manners themselves? e.g. Abbott's sister, who is not and 'elderly' woman by the way.

What is a Muslim doing in a pub? What is a Muslim doing drinking what appears to be white wine? Don't tell me it could have been a soft drink because pubs don't serve soft drinks in wine glasses. Maybe Dastyari is not a serious, or even practising, Muslim. But he uses Islam as a reason why he is vilified. Hypocrite.

His beer-drinking mate behind him was certainly didn't step in to assist him. Perhaps he doesn't know who his friends really are.

Hi TTbn,

I don't think it was Dastyari who used Islam - that seems to be what he was abused for. And no, he's probably not a 'good, practising Muslim', he's an Australian, enjoying a drink, like you and me. So why should he be abused at all ?

Barking up the wrong tree, mate :)

Joe