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An Australian socialist group has withdrawn newspapers depicting Tony Abbott getting his throat cut by a straight razor.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

[icyfroth]

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debra9275 wrote: The current polls tell a different story about how the country is reacting now 🙂
It hasn't taken long has it? Lol

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 This is the post I was referring to with regard to (off-topic) sniping.

Nothing to do with the article and graphic referred to in the OP.

Thank you.

[cherples]

It was posted in reply to another post though and should have been viewed in that context.

[icyfroth]

Oh so it's alright for you tell ppl how they should view things, is it?

[debra9275]

The boiling  hate and the war cry from the left has been breathtaking to say the least and can't be compared in any way to the reaction from the country to the failures of Gillard and Rudd and what they put the country through for 6 agonising years and Australians are still suffering from the failed legacies and paying for the failed Labor experiment.

 debra9275 wrote: The current polls tell a different story about how the country is reacting now
It hasn't taken long has it? Lol

it was a response to that post about the reaction from the country,

[durruticolumna]

Back on track and let me be crystal clear that this is beyond the pale and beggars belief.

[cherples]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Oh so it's alright for you tell ppl how they should view things, is it?

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That's not what I did at all.   

[durruticolumna]

6 agonising years? Why that beggars belief!! Crazy Clarks have just gone belly up. Hundreds more out of work 😞

[icyfroth]

Maybe you could start a new thread about it, durri.