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inciting hate
Aug. 2nd, 2005 08:34 amWow. Today I got an email purporting to be copied from an editorial in an Australian newspaper. If that is its source then that newspaper is scary trash and the writer is seriously brain-damaged. I've included it in the cut below.
( Read the text of the email here )
Australia isn't a christian country, nor muslim, nor hindu, nor buddhist; it has been shaping up to be the most non-religious country on the planet, and needs to be protected against creeping religiosity before it causes real damage to our society.
One of the best things we always had going for us is that with our cultural cringe we always considered that we had no culture. It made us one of the most refreshing and open places in the world. Unfortunately, the past was recently rewritten in very Orwellian fashion by the current leaders. Now because of this deliberate and surreptitious boosting of patriotism we are leaving ourselves open to the hate and violence that other countries have long been prey to.
The guy who wrote that column doesn't believe in a "fair go". He believes that others have to do what he wants or else! That is not a fair go.
He is right that it is our land. We stole it from the previous owners. He needs to remember that when he asserts some moral superiority.
Our experiment in multiculturalism was working pretty well until the forcing of ghettos by ignorant racist freaks like this guy. Ghettos are a really, really bad idea because it leads to an "us and them" siege mentality. True multiculturalism is a very good idea because the influx of new ideas helps a culture grow, change, and adapt. The minute a culture stops changing it starts to stagnate and die.
If we need to eject anybody from this country it is haters of humanity like him.
( Read the text of the email here )
Australia isn't a christian country, nor muslim, nor hindu, nor buddhist; it has been shaping up to be the most non-religious country on the planet, and needs to be protected against creeping religiosity before it causes real damage to our society.
One of the best things we always had going for us is that with our cultural cringe we always considered that we had no culture. It made us one of the most refreshing and open places in the world. Unfortunately, the past was recently rewritten in very Orwellian fashion by the current leaders. Now because of this deliberate and surreptitious boosting of patriotism we are leaving ourselves open to the hate and violence that other countries have long been prey to.
The guy who wrote that column doesn't believe in a "fair go". He believes that others have to do what he wants or else! That is not a fair go.
He is right that it is our land. We stole it from the previous owners. He needs to remember that when he asserts some moral superiority.
Our experiment in multiculturalism was working pretty well until the forcing of ghettos by ignorant racist freaks like this guy. Ghettos are a really, really bad idea because it leads to an "us and them" siege mentality. True multiculturalism is a very good idea because the influx of new ideas helps a culture grow, change, and adapt. The minute a culture stops changing it starts to stagnate and die.
If we need to eject anybody from this country it is haters of humanity like him.