Many are too receptive of what they read in the media...fearmongering,gossip over truth and fact

and directing blame and hate onto others is a desired thing.

That sort of stuff (bs and scapegoating) can bring power to the wrong people .

I think people need to know the facts more than media hype fiction.

At the same time, when a person in a position of authority speaks publicly, it is reasonable to expect that people will take notice.

THE controversial Muslim leader Sheik Taj el-din al Hilaly has savaged Australia in an interview on Egyptian television, claiming there is no freedom or democracy for Muslims here and that English people are the most unjust and dishonest.

The senior cleric said Muslims were more Australian than Anglo-Saxons because they came here voluntarily, that Australians played the "fear card" to keep Muslims down, and that racial prejudice was the reason for the 55-year sentence given to the gang rapist Bilal Skaf.

www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/11/1168105115861.html