September 14, 2004

PEACENIKS ON THE MARCH

Uh-oh! The peaceful are acting all militant again:

The bombing at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta was a consequence of government policy, Greens candidate Andrew Wilkie said yesterday. Mr Wilkie was addressing the Greens' national campaign launch in Melbourne yesterday.

"The terrorist outrage of last Thursday may please John Howard, particularly given his track record to try and play up national security for his own cynical political advantage.

"Unfortunately for John Howard though, he is part of the problem, not part of the solution," he said.

Wilkie is part of a maladjusted peacenik fringe that also includes our pals at WarbloggerWatch:

Thank God we're beating the terrorists, except for this of course. Then again, who cares what happens to Australians? Isn't that near France? So what if we're inflaming a generation of moslem extremists near their borders? Suck it up Australia. Suck it up.

You Aussies should adopt the Russian model like America has done. It's worked so well for The Russians. I have no doubt it will work equally well for us one day. Your schoolkids are a dime a dozen anyways...

Thanks, friend! And Adelaide intellectual -- that phrase looks so wrong -- Gary Sauer-Thompson is at it again:

The tragedy is that it is innocent Indonesians who were killed not Australian military personnel.

Gary works for Senator Meg Lees. Let’s see what she has to say about his bold views:

From: Tim Blair
To: Meg Lees
Subject: peace is good

Dear Senator,

Hi! Like you, I love peace. And I hate death! So I was very upset to read the following comments by Gary Sauer-Thompson on his “web log” about how he wants Australian troops to die:

"The tragedy is that it is innocent Indonesians who were killed not Australian military personnel."

I understand that Gary works for you, maybe helping you decide what you should say and think. But this isn’t right! He is thinking violent ideas. Is he violent in your office? It would be wrong if he disrupted afternoon Quiet Time with violence.

Please tell me what you think, and punch Gary hard in the face for me.

Yours in peace and love,

Tim

The Senator's reply is awaited.

Posted by Tim Blair at September 14, 2004 04:42 AM
Comments

"...and punch Gary hard in the face for me."

If she had any sense she'd do it, too.

Expressing that kind of sentiment "The tragedy is that it is innocent Indonesians who were killed not Australian military personnel," reflects badly on the Senator, not just her flunky employee.

Posted by: Bruce Rheinstein at September 14, 2004 at 04:52 AM

Tim's free association riff at the end of his post is eerily good. Maybe this kind of illogic attracts Dems because it's simply more fun than stuffy syllogism?

Posted by: c at September 14, 2004 at 05:29 AM

Whoops, wrong post!

Posted by: c at September 14, 2004 at 05:30 AM

It does not hurt to ask for an autographed picture as well.

Posted by: Ron Hardin at September 14, 2004 at 06:28 AM

The tragedy is that it is innocent Indonesians who were killed not sniveling, self-absorbed, terrorist-enabling, hate-filled, leftnik mama's boys.

Posted by: Rebecca at September 14, 2004 at 06:49 AM

tIm, me no licke the wayz that you rip on peeplez from Adelaide. We haave plenty of smartz and kan hit those fuzzy bals beter than youse cockrooches.

Posted by: Rob at September 14, 2004 at 07:46 AM

Hey Warblogger Watch! I've been harassing their comments section for months, it's like a scab I can't help picking. Watching WBW decline slowly into pathetic irrelevance while it's hated foes become major new media players has been a hillareous experience. Recently one of their lemming-like number claimed total victory in the war against warbloggers and therefor there was no need to post anymore since the likes of Penjamen and LGF were vanquished.

Then Shropshire started talking about living in a space station.

Posted by: Amos at September 14, 2004 at 09:57 AM

I am particularly disgusted that a vile creature Sour Thompson lives of my taxes. Is there no-one we can complain to? His employer?

Posted by: Niobe at September 14, 2004 at 10:07 AM

My comment of Sour Pricks site:

So its a pity Australian Military personel didnt died, eh? Does that include our peacekeepers in East Timor?

I have to confess I am very disgusted by your attitude.

No wonder Mr & Mrs Average hold "intelectuals" in such contempt. It is going to take more than anti-howard, anti-neocon sneers to get them on side.

Posted by: Niobe at September 14, 2004 at 10:15 AM

Sorry, that should have read "my comment on Sauer Thompsons site"

Posted by: Niobe at September 14, 2004 at 10:16 AM

I haven't seen GST's original post (and don't wish to soil myself) but would it be fairer to say that his view is:

"If someone had to die, I wish it was Australian troops."

Whilst obnoxious, this is not quite the same as wanting people to die. The real question is, does he wish the bombing never happened at all. Hmmm...

Posted by: fidens at September 14, 2004 at 10:19 AM

From James Taranto's "Best Of The Web" (opinionjournal.com) today:

"Dallas's KXAS-TV reports that the mother of Chad Drake, a U.S. Army specialist who was killed in action in Iraq last week, on Wednesday went to what was billed as a "candlelight vigil . . . to remember U.S. war dead in Iraq." It turned to be a political rally, with a decidedly pro-Saddam tone:

A family friend said the vigil turned abrasive toward the family members. The friend sent an e-mail message to NBC 5 News that described the alleged treatment some vigil attendees directed at the family.

The family friend's message alleges Drake's mother was 'harassed and yelled at, booed and hissed, told her son died for nothing.'

Drake's mother reportedly left the event in tears.

The Dallas Peace Center, which sponsored the event, did apologize to the Drake family."

I think GST and the other Peace Creeps have proven what side they're on.

Posted by: JDB at September 14, 2004 at 10:31 AM

Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply tim. Senator lees has probably got something more important to do than replying to your purile rubbish.
Actually, on second thoughts please hold your breath waiting for her reply.

Posted by: jockman at September 14, 2004 at 10:50 AM

Don't hold your breath waiting for jockman to capitalize proper nouns.

Posted by: bob at September 14, 2004 at 11:04 AM

Just a thought but if Sour Thompson works on his Blog from Lees office then that would be abuse of taxpayers funds - is there some way out there that we can work out if he's been cheating on our taxes - then Lees might listen to us.

Posted by: JR at September 14, 2004 at 11:07 AM

If anyone 'had to die', I wish it had been Sauer-Thompson.

Posted by: dee at September 14, 2004 at 11:55 AM

I've banned jockstrap. He obviously needs to find something better to do with his time.

Posted by: Andrea Harris at September 14, 2004 at 11:55 AM

Maybe holding his breath?

Posted by: Sortelli at September 14, 2004 at 12:00 PM

Actually, on second thoughts please hold your breath waiting for her reply.

That implies that he actually had a first thought.

Posted by: david at September 14, 2004 at 01:24 PM

yeah tim! don't be 'purile'! LOL!!

Posted by: roseco at September 14, 2004 at 09:16 PM

Here's a link to a vintage description of these people's fathers and grandfathers and mothers and grandmothers and earth mothers.

Posted by: Brian Jones at September 15, 2004 at 01:39 AM

Aren't "lees" the crud found at the bottom of the bucket after you've brewed something or made beer or whatever? You know, the crap nobody wants that gets thrown out with the rest of the garbage?

Posted by: JorgXMcKie at September 15, 2004 at 03:50 AM