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Where is the confected outrage?

cm85au — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 22:27:14 GMT

Saudi Arabia executes 47 people in one day including Shia cleric

Saudi Arabia has executed 47 people for terrorism, including the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Most of those executed on Saturday were involved in a series of attacks carried out by al-Qaida from 2003-06, the interior ministry said.

However, it also detained hundreds of members of its Shi’ite minority after protests in 2011-13, during which several policemen were killed in shooting and petrol bomb attacks. Several of those held had been sentenced to death.

The interior ministry statement began with Koranic verses justifying the use of execution and state television showed footage of the aftermath of al-Qaida attacks in the last decade. Saudi grand mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh appeared on television soon after to describe the executions as just.

Iran’s Shia leadership has warned that executing Nimr “would cost Saudi Arabia dearly”.

[...]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/02/saudi-arabia-executes-47-people-in-one-day-including-iranian-cleric

I wonder what happened to the outrage 'tourists'? Maybe they're on holidays. I'm sure if this had happened in the USA Ban ki-Moon and the other members of the traveling cocktail party known as the UN would have held an emergency session. They may even have wheeled out Kofi Annan who would have said something frofound like "I am very concerned".

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

debra9275 — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 23:06:15 GMT

i think it's terrible, It's not much different to ISIS. Iran and Iraq are apparently outraged too because the Saudis executed a shia cleric. Most of the world is outraged by the execuutions, one only has to google to see that, but the Saudi's are US allies

why would anyone's outrage be 'confected'?

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

moonflyte — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 23:31:02 GMT

Its barbaric and inhuman but that's what these countries are like. Their country, their laws.

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

myoclon1cjerk — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 23:57:12 GMT

Our allies and trading partners. 🙂

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

moonflyte — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:29:11 GMT

So what, we can't tell another county what to do just because we trade with them. Who are you casting your eye on now? Australian business who export?

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

opmania — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:32:22 GMT

Confected outrage

LOL

Must remember that one for the future

Hope you don't mind if I use it once in a while

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

myoclon1cjerk — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:37:59 GMT

Why bring this up at all?

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

imastawka — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:40:58 GMT

I thought someone was discontinuing another lolly range

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

the_great_she_elephant — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:49:01 GMT

My newspaper this morning contained an article which said, in part "Although most of the 47 men killed in the Kingdom's biggest mass executuion for decades were Sunnis convicted of al Quaida attacks it was Nimr and three other Shi'ites all accused of involvement in shooting police who attracted the most attention in the region and beyond."

The article went on to state The US State Department said, Nimr's execution "risks exacerbatng sectarian tension at a time when they urgentlyneed to be to reduced."

I couldn't agree more.with "allies" like this, who needs enemies? Sometimes you just want to throw your hand up in despair.

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

village_person — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 03:22:19 GMT

@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Why bring this up at all?

Couldn't agree more. Let's get into meaty subjects like "hairstyle trends for 2016".

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

opmania — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 03:30:38 GMT

Humour is absolutely forbidden on this subject

Or any for that matter 🙂

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

village_person — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 03:32:05 GMT

@debra9275 wrote:

why would anyone's outrage be 'confected'?

Hard to say. Perhaps a chance to get on TV or have your photo appear in the paper. Remember this:

Vigils held in Sydney for Bali duo Sukumaran and Chan before execution

About 300 people gathered on Monday night to hold a candlelight vigil for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in their home city of Sydney one day before the Bali nine duo were to be executed.

The crowd huddled together at Blues Point Reserve, North Sydney, in front of a temporary monument of 15,000 flowers donated by Amnesty International supporters that spelt out Keep Hope Alive as a news helicopter hovered overhead.

[...]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/vigils-held-in-sydney-for-bali-duo-sukumaran-and-chan-before-execution-20150427-1mum8r.html

and this:

'Bring our boys home,' celebrities tell PM

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has defended Tony Abbott after he was told to show "some balls" over the impending execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

A group of celebrities, which include well-known actors Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton and Guy Pearce, has released a video urging the prime minister to do more to save the Bali Nine ringleaders from a firing squad.

Another actor Brendan Cowell tells Mr Abbott to show "some balls".

"Tony, if you have any courage and compassion get over to Indonesia and bring these two boys home," he says.

[...]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-3058309/Bring-boys-home-celebrities-tell-PM.html

What stopped Mr Rush and crew from lodging a protest about the impending deaths of 47 people? Was he busy learning his lines for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Who Gives a Toss"?

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

debra9275 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 07:58:31 GMT

Oh, you want to hear from celebrities? Sorry, can't help you there

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

moonflyte — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:59:52 GMT

@opmania wrote:
Confected outrage
LOL
Must remember that one for the future
Hope you don't mind if I use it once in a while

I have used that on here for years, must have copied it off me. LOL but feel free to use it.. Here's a few more "prosecco socialist", "fung gooley", "mot Juste" and lastly "I must get the London look".

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

debra9275 — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:34:58 GMT

ah... "confected outrage" doesn't that originally come from Andrew Bolt??

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:19:06 GMT

can't tell if you're joking or actually

think bolt came up with that phrase...

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

lind9650 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:24:56 GMT

We are outraged that non-christian people are demanding that we change our ways and laws.

Why do some people think we can demand the same of another country???

Erica

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

debra9275 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:26:45 GMT

why would I be joking??

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=andrew+bolt+confected+outrage&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=UQ2LVq3jO8LI0gSJ2ZzYBA

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

debra9275 — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:28:55 GMT

@lind9650 wrote:
We are outraged that non-christian people are demanding that we change our ways and laws.

Why do some people think we can demand the same of another country???

Erica

I wouldn't want to change our ways and laws, but I don't believe execution is right in any country- too many mistakes have been made

Re: Where is the confected outrage?

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:56:30 GMT

@debra9275 wrote:
why would I be joking??

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=andrew+bolt+confected+outrage&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=UQ2LVq3jO8LI0gSJ2ZzYBA

sorry, i thought you would have been

familiar with the phrase and attributed

it to bolt as a joke (which would have

been funny)

its been around for years and often

used in question time.

it basically means fake outrage.