If Margo has an axe to grind then so do I. I don't think it needs much salt at all (though a little bit is always prudent). I can't say I'm all that surprised really, though it is shocking. I'm sure it goes on all the time, we just don't know about it. Good on Margo for naming it! and thanks Michael for posting the link.
I was most disappointed in the media's reportage of the day which focussed on what Bush had to say even though they all reported it wasn't much of substance. the greens didn't get the attention they deserved. Maybe that's partly to do with the censorship Margo's drawing our attention to but I think it says a lot about how the mainstream media does work. I'm going to write to Margo to thank her for the article if I can find an address for her and I think forwarding it to my local MPs an excellent idea, so I'll do that as well. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodd Clarkson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "List - Insights" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: democracy > I'm just stunned. I knew Mr Howard has little respect for the truth, > but this is just astounding. > > Even if Margo has an ax to grind, and it sounds like she does, and you > take her comments with a grain of salt, the enormity of what she is > saying is a concern for all Australians. > > Clearly Mr Howard doesn't not believe in letting the truth flow free. > > I think my favorite faux pax from yesterday was when Mr Howard tried to > collect some political capital saying he'd asked Mr Bush to speed up the > trial of Mr Hicks and Mr Habib. I'm no lawyer, but it's my > understanding that you need to charged for some crime before going to > trial. Surely what Mr Howard meant to say was that he asked Mr Bush to > either charge these two Australians for something and THEN get on with > the trial, or release them instead of holding them in detention without > cause. > > I believe that the Uniting Church should be putting more pressure on Mr > Howard to treat these two men as Australians and demand the same action > that our government should give any Australia held without charge by > another country, instead of allowing Mr Howard to treat these two men as > simply guilty by association because it suits his own political ends. > > Any how, I'm off to send a copy of this article to my local member > asking if he can explain why Australians should tolerate this level of > political censorship over the visit of one man. > > > Rodd > > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 13:25, Michael Stephenson wrote: > > Whose democracy are we living in? > > > > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/23/1066631577337.html > > > > > > Michael. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
