This Is Just Beyond The Pale!

[icyfroth]

Are We Descending Into Barbarism?

An Australian socialist group has withdrawn newspapers depicting Tony Abbott getting his throat cut by a straight razor.

Spoiler

The grisly Red Flag cover, which was accompanied by the headline "One cut we'd like to see, attracted more than 200 comments – most of them negative – on publisher The Socialist Alternative's Facebook page overnight.

"Oh ... not cool. I'm no fan of the LNP — policies, parties, associates or leader — but this seems unnecessarily violent," one post read.

Another said: "dreadful picture. DO NOT CONDONE violence to anyone. Even Abbott. You LOST me off this page and as a supporter."

The group released a statement this morning defending the Michael Callaghan-inspired cover, but said "legal concerns" meant they would be withdrawing it all the same.

Read more at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/07/01/16/32/socialist-alternative-withdraws-abbott-razor-co...

How long before we become like the US and the Middle East where democratically elected leaders are deposed and/or assassinated?

[debra9275]

I think I am quite balanced in not taking an interest in any gutter press from either side. 🙂

[lightningdance]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:
No.

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then how can you make a balanced judgement when you only look at one side of things?

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Going with the flow perhaps?? 

[debra9275]

The "flow" on here seems to be that it was the Labour Party 's fault that all that trashy stuff was written about JG or it never happened at all, & the labor party's fault that it is now being written about TA

No, I don't go with that flow at all 🙂

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I think I am quite balanced in not taking an interest in any gutter press from either side. 🙂

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yet you profess outrage at the gutter press from one side but not the other?

[debra9275]

no

I said a  number of times throughout this thread that I don't agee with it from either side.

I will leave you to it now

I don't really like being manipulated 

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

no

I said a  number of times throughout this thread that I don't agee with it from either side.

I will leave you to it now

I don't really like being manipulated 

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then quit your sniping.

[cherples]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@debra9275 wrote:

no

I said a  number of times throughout this thread that I don't agee with it from either side.

I will leave you to it now

I don't really like being manipulated 

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then quit your sniping.

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Perhaps you could refrain from telling others what to think and do.

Why is it sniping when posters don't agree with a certain viewpoint?

[icyfroth]

I respect anyone's informed viewpoint.

Taking potshots from the sidelines without having a real idea about the subject is not constructive.

Admittedly, I've done the same myself and have been shot down in flames for it, not unexpectedly.

Out of consideration for our past association, I've been as respectful as possible.

[lightningdance]

Perhaps reading only one side of the debate and then commenting on only that one side is not debate at all and just going with the bias that's shown re the discussion about the gutter politics and publications  that is being defended  on here.

If one is not willing to see both sides of a debate and only comments on their own bias then that is not debate.

Perhaps if one is not able to comment on the morality of the topic then one should not participate if they cannot offer any debate other than a one eyed outlook that doesn't address the topic.

Just an opinion and not offered as offence to anybody cause that's how I roll.

[cherples]

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@icyfroth wrote:

I respect anyone's informed viewpoint.

Taking potshots from the sidelines without having a real idea about the subject is not constructive.

Admittedly, I've done the same myself and have been shot down in flames for it, not unexpectedly.

Out of consideration for our past association, I've been as respectful as possible.

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Disapproving of violent content regardless of which side it's aimed at isn't taking potshots or sniping from the sidelines without having any real idea about the subject.