The West's Paralysis over Western Muslims
(31Mar05) “..The Dutch feel "torn"--but by what? Not by the threatening presence of Muslims who openly despise their country, but by their own critical attitude toward those Muslims, an attitude that violates the Dutch ethos of tolerance and inclusion. And that is why, as reported recently in the New York Times , many Dutch have been emigrating from the Netherlands . They're not so much fleeing the Muslims as fleeing the guilt and inner conflict they experience as a result of their negative reactions toward the Muslims…” The West's Paralysis over Western Muslims “…The West will continue to sleep, so long as it refuses to renounce the liberal belief that the highest values of our society are tolerance and inclusion, the liberal belief that all differences can be settled by reasoned discourse....”
Bottled water a waste of money
(28Mar05) More on the bottle versus the tap
"…premium" bottled water such as Mount Franklin sells in supermarkets for about $1.60 a litre - 209,333 per cent more than tap water, which in Melbourne costs 0.075 of a cent per litre…..” Bottled water a waste of money.
“….Grant Hose, research fellow in ecotoxicology at UTS, who oversaw the analysis, said the results showed that the notion that bottled water was somehow more "pure" than tap water was incorrect. …Tap water is as healthy for you as bottled water - it's no different," Dr Hose said.
(27Mar05) “….The trouble is that the trendies who normally champion human rights seem to think persecution is fine, so long as it's only against Christians. While Muslims openly help other Muslims, Christians helping Christians has become as taboo as jingoistic nationalism…Across the Islamic world, Christians are systematically discriminated against and persecuted. Saudi Arabia — the global fountain of religious bigotry — bans churches, public Christian worship, the Bible and the sale of Christmas cards, and stops non-Muslims from entering Mecca” writes Anthony Browne in this Spectator piece Church of Martyrs . “…Christians are regularly imprisoned and tortured on trumped-up charges of drinking, blaspheming or Bible-bashing, as some British citizens have found….. But the BBC, despite being mainly funded by Christians, is an organisation that promotes ridicule of the Bible, while banning criticism of the Koran….”
Fitzgerald: The Post's Arab media dhimmitude
(27Mar05)“…Al-Jazeera is a spreader of lies and nonsense…. Allowing it to broadcast in this country is madness… Fitzgerald: The Post's Arab media dhimmitude Al-Jazeera is a cross between TASS and Der Stuermer. During World War II the Americans would not have stood for one minute to have Nazi propaganda broadcast into this country....”
Professor David Flint was on the program on Thursday morning, 24th March, to talk about his new book. Details here: Malice in Media Land ( Freedom Publishing Co.) .
Greenery has overgrown fair debate
(20Mar05) “..Green propaganda is now so pervasive in the media and public debate it has become part of the cultural background…” Writes Michael Duffy in Greenery has overgrown fair debate. In his first Sydney Morning Herald column, Duffy again highlights the total and absolute bias, betrayal and lack of balance of the ABC. “… Anyone concerned by the left's domination of cultural institutions in this country will be further depressed by the sad example of this program, the cover-up afterwards, and the lack of interest in the whole sordid affair from the media..”
What does “Judeo-Christian” mean?
(20Mar05)“…..for all its importance and its repeated mention, the term is not widely understood. It urgently needs to be because it is under ferocious assault, and if we do not understand it, we will be unable to defend it, writes Dennis Prager in What does "Judeo-Christian" mean?
(20Mar05)“….The essence of the discipline can be summed up in two words: Hating Whitey….Welcome to Whiteness Studies.
The stated goal of Whiteness Studies enthusiasts is to make race-consciousness a permanent part of American life for white people…. True to its Marxist underpinnings, Whiteness Studies ultimately seeks solace in revolution, overthrowing or destroying “whiteness” and the whole wicked society that contains it…”
Archived on this page on the same topic: Hue and Cry on 'Whiteness Studies' and Harvard Hates The White Race?
Orwellian State at the UN Women's Conference
(12Mar05)“…When the Sisterhood speaks of “equality,” equal opportunities for men and women are the last thing they have in mind….. When feminists claim to be in favor of gender equality, they are really referring to a genderless society. “Gender equality” means “genderless society.” Get it?.... Then there's the mantra of “women's empowerment”---That one is even more disingenuous. Orwellian State at the UN Women's Conference
Feminists think of “empowerment” in the neo-Marxist sense – inducing women to become angry and resentful, thus driving a wedge between the sexes and undermining marriage, the most fundamental unit of society…
Propaganda is a slippery slope. Once you tell an untruth, you have to come up with more falsehoods in order to be consistent."
Labor renders Werriwa indefensible
(12Mar05)This is the Alan Ramsey column (SMH 12/13 March). It is a case study for anyone interested in the machinery of NSW Sussex Street Labor politics .
"The local branches are stunned." Writes Ramsey in Labor renders Werriwa indefensible "The phone doesn't stop ringing. Even the Liberals are incredulous. These useless, faceless operatives in Sussex Street will destroy this once great party…..Losing Werriwa would be [ Melbourne 's] equivalent to the Libs losing the Toorak heartland. It will surely now happen…” “….Remarkable. Little did they know it was the one that got away. We have the Macquarie Fields riots. (in Werriwa) . Who did the interviews on Channel Seven and the ABC's 7.30 Report ? Brenton Banfield, with his consumate ease, grace and style. Our Werriwa candidate silent. Local state members silent. Just left to Brenton. Truly bizarre. "
How America has become a multicultural madhouse
(9Mar05) “…multiculturalism had been conjured up solely to serve as a battering ram, "a philosophy of antagonism to America and the West," an "attack on America, the European-American culture, and the white race, with special emphasis on white males, writes David Kupelian in How America has become a multicultural madhouse “Today, in the rarified but toxic air of multiculturalism and political correctness, all cultures and all values are of equal value: The most ignorant, oppressive, suffocating, women-hating culture, where young people's hands and feet are amputated as punishment for petty offenses, is now worthy of equal respect to Western culture…”
Weighing the Evidence- the Schapelle Corby case
(8Mar05) This is compelling and should be compulsory reading for anyone traveling overseas. It's the story so far in the Schapelle Corby case in Bali…Nothing has fallen her way. Video surveillance cameras not working, Xray machines not up to the task, Indonesian customs not bothering to reconcile the weight of luggage with Corby 's “chits”, failure to fingerprint the package of marijuana. On and on it goes. Read about it here in Weighing the Evidence from the Sydney Morning Herald “… Federal police say "it is a recognised criminal activity" for drug dealers to use innocent travellers as unsuspecting "mules". They have arrested baggage handlers at Sydney Airport for the offence. Drugs are inserted in luggage at one airport and a photograph of the target bag and its tag are emailed to the destination airport, where baggage handlers recover the drugs before the passenger collects the bag…”.
Muslim Rape Epidemic in Sweden and Norway - Authorities Look the Other Way
(4Mar05) An Islamic Mufti in Copenhagen sparked a political outcry after publicly declaring that women who refuse to wear headscarves are "asking for rape." Apparently, he isn't the only Muslim in Europe to think this way: Muslim Rape Epidemic in Sweden and Norway - Authorities Look the Other Way “….Y ou can now see examples of young, unveiled Moroccan women with a so-called "smiley". It means that the girl gets one side of her face cut up from mouth to ear, serving as a warning to other Muslim girls who should refuse to wear the veil…”
Political uproar after mufti's remarks
(4Mar05) “…..An Islamic mufti in Copenhagen , Shahid Mehdi, has sparked political outcry from the left-wing Unity List and right-wing Danish People's Party, after stating in a televised interview that women who do not wear headscarves are "asking for rape." Unity List equality spokesman Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil has threatened to file suit for defamation against the mufti on behalf of herself and all the women of Denmark …. Political uproar after mufti's remarks
The Arabs Berlin Wall has crumbled
(4Mar05) "Democratisation is a process, not an event". Far too often, it's treated like an event: ship in the monitors, hold the election, get it approved by Jimmy Carter and the UN, and that's it. Doesn't work like that, writes Mark Steyn in The Arabs Berlin Wall has crumbled “…What's happening in the Middle East is the start of a long-delayed process. Eight million Iraqis did more for the Arab world on January 30 than 7,000 years of Mubarak-peace marching”
(1Mar05) Andrew Bolt serves it up to Catherine Lumby in Sensitive New Age Dills “….I've long thought a big stick helps a bozo to hear better, but Lumby's report is a model of faddish thinking on crime and punishment, relying on two fatal notions: that we can reason anyone out of being a bastard, and can trust him to "negotiate" their morality……you can imagine how much notice was paid last month by (Dane) Tilse and some 60 other NRL boofs when they sat in the first of the lectures recommended by Lumby – six hours of sensitivity training…”
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