Posted by Kevin Bates on November 21, 2003, 3:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Justice, Pauline Hanson, and others!!" Kevin --Previous Message--
Thanks again Kim - what aq good image - I'll be cheering the Wallabies on too - and as you say if we could only harness a portion of all that energy and passion - imagine what we could accomplish. Let's keep trying - and again thanks much.
: That's the difference between you and most
: people, sir.
: 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--
: 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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