Comments on: Moral Panic Monday! II http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amused http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195208 amused Tue, 01 May 2007 00:49:15 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195208 <blockquote>If Labor does not ‘me-too’ any Howard dog-whistling on this it will be disastrous at the ballot box.</blockquote> I don't think so Mr Greenfield, not this time. Your bad.

If Labor does not ‘me-too’ any Howard dog-whistling on this it will be disastrous at the ballot box.

I don’t think so Mr Greenfield, not this time. Your bad.

]]> By: John Greenfield http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195207 John Greenfield Tue, 01 May 2007 00:25:51 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195207 derrida derider Rudd might have a bit of a credibility issue there after his recent invitation to Hilayly to go back where he came from. If Labor does not 'me-too' any Howard dog-whistling on this it will be disastrous at the ballot box. derrida derider

Rudd might have a bit of a credibility issue there after his recent invitation to Hilayly to go back where he came from. If Labor does not ‘me-too’ any Howard dog-whistling on this it will be disastrous at the ballot box.

]]> By: derrida derider http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195206 derrida derider Tue, 01 May 2007 00:14:36 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195206 Actually, I reckon if Rudd is sharp he'll close off the option of an anti-muslim scare campaign by loudly predicting it in advance. Actually, I reckon if Rudd is sharp he’ll close off the option of an anti-muslim scare campaign by loudly predicting it in advance.

]]> By: steve http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195205 steve Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:06:26 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195205 Oh Dear, Rats on the sinking ship using the Australian media to indulge in a bit of TransIndian Dogwhistlin', perhaps Jack! Hillsong was just a brilliant political ploy wasn't it? Oh Dear,
Rats on the sinking ship using the Australian media to indulge in a bit of TransIndian Dogwhistlin’, perhaps Jack! Hillsong was just a brilliant political ploy wasn’t it?

]]> By: steve http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195204 steve Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:29:20 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195204 <blockquote>Secondly, you would do well to know that Kevin Rudd is the first candidate for Prime Minister in Australian history to place Christian theology right at the centre of his campaign.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=15357&PN=1&TPN=1" rel="nofollow">He's in fine company </a>as far as I can tell. But I doubt that claim is correct anyway.

Secondly, you would do well to know that Kevin Rudd is the first candidate for Prime Minister in Australian history to place Christian theology right at the centre of his campaign.

He’s in fine company as far as I can tell. But I doubt that claim is correct anyway.

]]> By: philip travers http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195203 philip travers Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:55:01 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195203 The man mentioned in the Utah blog was crying it was a serious Republican Party meeting and one must assume he has some relevant importance in Utah.Crying and making the comments he made springs from a obvious and yet,strange to me,deep belief the UNO is evil.I could say objectively,that,has occured to me also as a word that has definition.Sad thing is,maybe he hasnt met anyone within the UNO charter he could appreciate. I followed a interest in Buckminster Fuller to a UNO site and Bucky was both a Christian and great humble man worthy of being called a inspiring American. Let the Utah Republicans discover Buckys influence.For the sake of clarity,and the sake of understanding. The man mentioned in the Utah blog was crying it was a serious Republican Party meeting and one must assume he has some relevant importance in Utah.Crying and making the comments he made springs from a obvious and yet,strange to me,deep belief the UNO is evil.I could say objectively,that,has occured to me also as a word that has definition.Sad thing is,maybe he hasnt met anyone within the UNO charter he could appreciate. I followed a interest in Buckminster Fuller to a UNO site and Bucky was both a Christian and great humble man worthy of being called a inspiring American. Let the Utah Republicans discover Buckys influence.For the sake of clarity,and the sake of understanding.

]]> By: John Greenfield http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195202 John Greenfield Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:30:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195202 Fiasco While you are of course technically correct, wrt the particular infectious disease at issue here, Keating is our innovator. Oh, and I do not read Windschuttle; I get enough of him on LP! :) Fiasco

While you are of course technically correct, wrt the particular infectious disease at issue here, Keating is our innovator. Oh, and I do not read Windschuttle; I get enough of him on LP! :)

]]> By: Enemy Combatant http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195201 Enemy Combatant Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:28:45 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195201 "If things get really desparate for the government this year, will they be tempted to take a leaf out of Utah Republicans’ book?" Kim, things are already "really desperate" for the govt. Heard Malcolm Fraser on the radio today. Mal reckons that the The Big Fright before the next election will come at the expense of the Muslim commununity, in much the same way that Roman Catholics were "it"in Oz in the first half of the 20th cent. eg. "They're not real Aussies because they owe their primary allegience to The Pope", or in this case some terrorist-loving Ayatollah or Iman. Mal knows what The Rodent is capable of. He made him Federal Treasurer once. So maybe Australian Muslims will be The Rodent's Satan du jour this campaign. After Tampa and SIEV-X, The Rodent's form suggests Mal could be right . “If things get really desparate for the government this year, will they be tempted to take a leaf out of Utah Republicans’ book?”

Kim,
things are already “really desperate” for the govt. Heard Malcolm Fraser on the radio today. Mal reckons that the The Big Fright before the next election will come at the expense of the Muslim commununity, in much the same way that Roman Catholics were “it”in Oz in the first half of the 20th cent. eg. “They’re not real Aussies because they owe their primary allegience to The Pope”, or in this case some terrorist-loving Ayatollah or Iman.

Mal knows what The Rodent is capable of. He made him Federal Treasurer once. So maybe Australian Muslims will be The Rodent’s Satan du jour this campaign.

After Tampa and SIEV-X, The Rodent’s form suggests Mal could be right .

]]> By: steve http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195200 steve Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:24:53 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195200 Or try the date <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Restriction_Act_1901" rel="nofollow">1901.</a> As FdG was indicating. Or try the date 1901. As FdG was indicating.

]]> By: Fiasco da Gama http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195199 Fiasco da Gama Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:11:04 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/04/30/moral-panic-monday-ii/#comment-195199 <blockquote>Also, you would do well to know that Australia’s immigration attitude towards people with highly infectious diseases was laid down in Keating’s day.</blockquote> It's rather older than that, John. Read Alison Bashford's <i>Medicine at the Border</i>, or if that's a bit too ethnocultural-history for your taste, Keith Windschuttle's <i>White Australia Policy</i>.

Also, you would do well to know that Australia’s immigration attitude towards people with highly infectious diseases was laid down in Keating’s day.

It’s rather older than that, John. Read Alison Bashford’s Medicine at the Border, or if that’s a bit too ethnocultural-history for your taste, Keith Windschuttle’s White Australia Policy.

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