The litany of stupidity
As police officers were carrying out the largest anti-terror raids in Australia’s history yesterday, I went out on a limb and made a really bold prediction: the next 24 hours would see all sorts of people in high places fall over themselves to absolve Islam of all responsibility. Actually, it wasn’t that bold at all. Blind Freddy could see it coming. In fact, this woeful prayer to Islam has been underway for quite some time. Exactly...
Dealing with the Islamic State
Everyone wants to do something about the Islamic State. But what? So far most of the action has amounted to a bunch of press conferences in which supposedly intelligent people drivel blather about the non-Islamic beliefs of those carving out the new Caliphate. For instance, Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has refused to call the Islamic State the Islamic State because he believes it is not Islamic or a state. So he referred...
Upping the debate over innocent crims and governance in Queensland
There’s been a bit of a stoush in Queensland over the LNP government’s new laws targeting criminal organisations. Apparently, the concern is that these laws mean three old grannies wearing Salvos shirts and selling jams at the local fete could be locked in the slammer. If that is the case, then it’s a bit of legislative overkill. It’s also a concerning attack on rights and freedoms. As a result, any number of news stories have been...
