The claim that the CNN footage of rejoicing Palestinians dates from 1991 is
being refuted by CNN, so as I posted the claim on this list, let me be the
first to post their response and defence.
Cheers - Tim
There is a viral email doing the rounds internationally (see foot of email
as sent to a
All good points, Rod. The CNN thing I posted was from a closed list that
was the first place I saw the fake claim. That is, CNN responded to the
claim on that list. Counterpunch, who published the original fake claim
have taken the story off their site, with no explanation. I've written
Interesting little thing I just picked up. Apparently the CNN footage of the
Palestinians dancing in the street over the US tragedy is fake: that is,
the Counterpunch media-watch organisation (counterpunch.org) reports that Marcio A.V.
Carvalho of the state university of Campinas in Brazil
Laurie wrote:
Perhaps we do it by calling them cowards when they behave like cowards,
dishonest when they behave dishonestly, racists when they behave like
racists etc.shame them into acting more responsiblymore of a push
than a nudge, but maybe that is what is needed.
I agree
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For the first time possibly the world will get a glimpse the Australian
xenophobia. The refugee story is the lead on the BBC web site this
evening. It appears that we are the brutal, inhuman people that our
history
book have tried to conceal.
The sheer nonsense underpinning this
This has nothing really to do with Laurie's post, but does anyone know if
Germaine got Aboriginal permission to enter Australia this time as she--in
her best chastise Australians mode--promised she would always do?
Cheers - Tim
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From: Laurie Forde [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laurie asked:
Hi Tim,
Could you give an example of what you consider to be a non-judgemental,
helpful to reconciliation, unhypocritical contribution to the list,
I used to learn a lot from Tony Spier's contributions, which I thought had a
lot of dignity. Still there, Tony?
Laurie also
These online polls are meaningless, worse than other forms of polling, which
are bad enough. It is completely pointless being shocked by their results
and drawing conclusions about what people really think. Ruddock, or more
likely, one of the undead he employs in his office, can sit there and
Even if we put direct vote manipulation aside, what does a No answer to that
particular question mean anyway? I can easily imagine answering Yes to that
form of words. What would it prove? What does the question even mean? The
idea of labelling a group of people as redneck or progressive on
As much as I enjoy some of the discussion on this list (not that there is
much these days) and the endless supply of interesting info, it is also a
place that exhibits some of the most amazing narrow-mindedness. Some of the
judgemental comments that are made about ordinary Australians would be
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