Most people know very little about politics. They are essentially stupid. Even in what passes for democracy in Australia, only around 30% of citizens would vote if they were not forced to do so. I refer to this as "enforced consent" The voter turnout figures are little better for local government elections in England, where local government delivers far more services than in Australia. People get the governments they deserve. That might sound cruel -- no one deserves Julia Gillard, or Tony Abbott for that matter -- but this blog is after all entitled 'very,very un-PC'
Because of their stupidity, people are easily manipulated by the masters of the black arts. China is currently up in arms about the Japanese occupation of the Diaoyu Islands. There's nothing like a nationalist hurrah to divert the population from a bad economy -- and China's economy is bad. Some fool in China surrounded his Honda with anti-Japanese slogans and set it on fire. The ironic thing is the car was probably made in a Chinese factory. If you watched the Chinese protesters on the islands, two were side by side, one waving a Republic of China (Taiwan) flag and one was waving a People's Republic of China flag. Any oil or gas under said to be under the islands is irrelevant, a mere diversion. This is blatant Han Chinese chavinism designed to stir up trouble.
Britain's Dark Lord, Peter Mandelson, put Tony Blair in power and helped keep him there. Regarded as the architect of New Labour, he was elevated to the peerage and the Privy Council, earning a new title, the Prince of Darkness.
Australia's own Master of the Black Arts, Bill Shorten, member for Maribrynong, is distinguished by his ability to wholeheartedly agree with any statement made by his political superiors, even if he has yet to hear it. His most notable claim to fame is that any 'reform' he makes to industry superannuation only serves to tighten the union movment's stranglehold over the nation's savings. His latest stroke of genius is to legislate so that Queensland public servants made redundant in recent downsizing must be employed -- by private sector employers -- under public service terms, conditions and salaries.
But for sheer idiocy and ease of manipulation, the world's Muslims must take the cake. I do not wish to imply that all Muslims are stupid. There are as many stupid Muslims as there are anyone else. But what country would declare a public holiday so the public could have a riot apart from Pakistan? Quite frankly, I do not know why second generation Muslims are radicalised while their parents, like all immigrants, simply want to establish themselves in their new country and get ahead.
As far as the movie which set off this chain of mayhem, I have seen it and it is obvious that it was designed to be offensive as possible to people of the Islamic faith. As far as its value as cinema is concerned , it is completely devoid of merit. I know I'm supposed to say 'the poor Copts, Christians in Egypt are persecuted blah blah blah, boo hoo hoo' but quite frankly the people behind the movie were Copts just stirring up trouble.
I can see no reason why anyone should doubt the historicity of the Prophet Mohammed. Scholars do not doubt that Jesus existed or even that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, existed, even though he was born almost 1,000 years before Mohammad. The truth is that Islam has a very similar relationship to other faiths to Christianity in the late Middle Ages, before the Rennnaissance, before the Reformation, before the Enlightenment and before Modernism. Islam provides a complete world view for its adherents. Islam has a dynamism and energy Christianity lost centuries ago. Thus, when its fundamental belief system is threatened, it provokes a visceral reaction similar to that of a conservative Catholic when confronted by an evangelical Protestant. The Muslim street is very easily aroused.
It seems only logical that, as we now have a considerable number of Muslims in Australia, we should help them integrate into our society. Going soft on lawbreakers will be conterproductive but the response of trhe older Anglo-Celts, that 'we should send them back where they came from' is not possible.
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