Where is the confected outrage?

[cm85au]

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”.

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

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".

[opmania]

Humour is absolutely forbidden on this subject

Or any for that matter 🙂

[village_person]

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@debra9275 wrote:

 why would anyone's outrage be 'confected'?

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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.

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http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/vigils-held-in-sydney-for-bali-duo-sukumaran-and-chan-before-execution-201...

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.

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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"?

[debra9275]

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

[moonflyte]

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@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

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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". 

[debra9275]

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

[Anonymous]

can't tell if you're joking or actually

think bolt came up with that phrase...

[lind9650]

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

[debra9275]

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=UQ2L...

[debra9275]

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@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

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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

[Anonymous]

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@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=UQ2L...

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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.