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IN THIS WEEK’S BULLETIN
The 125 moments that defined Australia. And the 38 moments that didn’t.
The excellent article 125 Moments That Changed Australia very properly included the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. The article should have mentioned the consequences, such as three years of self-righteous spite against those who were innocent of the murders, and half a billion dollars of their sporting equipment destroyed. Result: for no measurable change in crime trends, and Sydney drug gangs arm themselves with impunity.
Media exploitation causes the copycat effect, where extra crimes follow the publicity of thefirst. For instance, Dunblane spawned a world orgy for media poseurs that filled the weeks leading to the Port Arthur massacre.
Suicide bombing and video beheadings took off because the news industry exploit and reward these hideous murders. Port Arthur changed Australia - it’s time we changed our media.
ChrisPer
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I got as far as “His ritual is probably meant to warn off the French and the Dutch, but it signals the dispossession of the Aborigines.” and turned off.
Barely 4 items in and the author manages to work in a damning ‘but’ and some modern-day and fashionable anti-British propaganda. Didn’t bother reading past the first page - the next item quoted Manning-Clark.