The press release I mentioned over at “Thoughts on Freedom,” which was published in AFR’s “rear window” page, regrettably was spoiled somewhat by someone in that organization deciding to have a slap at Lisa Milat. They have been contacted by Peter Whelan and now know of our displeasure regarding their action. The press contains a number of good serious reporters; unfortunately I have met more intelligent hill-billys than some of the rest of them. Lisa’s candidacy brought out the worst in some of them.
I sometimes wonder if, when some of them go back and look at the stuff that they have done in the past, they shake their heads and ask; “Did I really write that crap.” On the other hand, I doubt that those who write it have the intelligence to see anything wrong with it. The executive will not tolerate further smears on Lisa, we will not ignore them, and we will fight back. Lisa is a responsible and respectable member of the community and does not deserve this.
While checking back on the controversy on the coverage of this I came across the post, “A Current Affair v Lisa Milat,” and looking through the comments it seems that we tend to get too tied down on minor details of fringe issues, to the point where we never seem to get the big picture across. At least half of the 124 comments seemed to be on the gay issue. Basically as long as they have equal protection under the law, and there is no state discrimination against them, gays are a non-issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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