Posted by Kim It's very easy to take on the plight of those like Ms Hanson, or anyone else who might generate "ratings" in the media. I'm not trying to be critical here, but it sure is easier to ring a phone poll or a talk back radio station on a "popular" issue. And let's face it, having "popular" people on the covers of newspapers and magazines sure helps generate sales. The media don't tell us about the more "taboo" subjects, as the plight of the Iraqi's mentioned here by yourself. We are an engertic nation when it comes to sporting events - I'll cheering on the Wallabies! Imagine being able to harness one tenth of that energy and throwing it behind some of the true injustices right here on our doorstep. It's a dream, but people like you sir, give us real hope that maybe one day it just might happen. Thanks again. Kim --Previous Message--
on November 20, 2003, 6:38 am, in reply to "Re: Justice, Pauline Hanson, and others!!"
That's the difference between you and most people, sir.
: Good on you Kim - I do agree with you here -
: Pauline Hanson was found to be innocent and
: the outcry about her incarceration turns out
: to be justified. Furthermore, the experience
: in jail changed her previously hardline views
: on crime and punishment and she showed an
: admirable capacity to change there.
: My point really was my dismay at the energy
: invested by people in her case, when the case
: of the Iraqi family was almost completely
: ignored.
: Many thanks for your balanced comments and
: your kind words.
: Kevin
: --Previous Message--
: By no means am I a "Pauline Hanson
: supporter", however, you surely cannot
: be inferring that by having an innocent woman
: incarcerated is not an injust thing?
: Every assylum seeker and refugee has a story;
: most are too tragic for those not exposed to
: poverty and injustice on a first hand basis
: to truly understand.
: Ms Hanson's sentence and indictment are to be
: amended, and an acquittal will be recorded.
: In effect, she was an innocent person being
: subjected to an injustice.
: For what it's worth, I believe as Christians,
: we should fight all fights against all
: injustice; not simply pick and choose which
: ones suit us at the time.
: Whilst my intention is not to glorify Ms
: Hanson, surely her case could be, in part,
: compared to that of Aung San Suu Kyi?
: An injustice is an injustice. The hurt and
: suffering of people and their families in
: these situations is real.
: Is it maybe that Ms Hanson isn't the smartest
: cookie in the barrel, or maybe her outspoken
: nature, or maybe just her continuing case of
: foot-in-mouth disease that somehow makes
: people think that she "got why she
: deserved", or didn't deserve the support
: she received?
: I don't think it's up to us to judge people.
: We should just do what we can, when we can,
: for all victims of injustice; be it political
: or social.
: Anyway, for what it's worth, that my two
: cents worth.
: And although I partly disagree on you with
: this one Father, I still hold you with great
: esteem and want to clearly state that.
: Thanks for the opportunity to voice my
: opinion.
: Kim
: --Previous Message--
: What a bizarre turn of events last week in
: Australia. One Nation founder, Pauline
: Hanson gets a jail sentence and the place
: goes nuts!
: Talk-back radio is flooded with calls;
: Channel Ten in Sydney have the highest ever
: response to a phone poll on the severity of
: her sentence; everyone from Bob Carr to John
: Howard have a go at the judge who passed the
: sentence and One Nation membership takes a
: terrific boost.
: At the same time, a family from Iraq, held in
: detention here for four years, accepted a
: Government offer of plane tickets that were
: intended to take them to Syria where they had
: hoped to get visas. They arrive in Vietnam
: and are thrown out and land in Thailand -
: tossed into a small room and then expelled
: because Syria would not grant them a visa.
: In 48 hours they return to Australia and end
: up in the Port Hedland Detention centre -
: locked up again - Mother Father and their
: children.
: But who cares? Not us evidently - hardly a
: ripple on the airwaves. A little mention in
: the papers and that's it!
: But Pauline - everyone's on her case!
: A little out of whack don't you think?
: : :
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