Return of the Son of Fear of ZOG

Posted on July 23, 2008 by @ndy

It’s a little-known fact, but when the Learned Elders of Zion met in the Jewish cemetery in Prague in the mid-nineteenth century to formulate their Protocols, they kept one footnote secret.

Until now.

PROTOCOL No.9

9. In order to annihilate the institutions of the GOYIM before it is time we have touched them with craft and delicacy, and have taken hold of the ends of the springs which move their mechanism. These springs lay in a strict but just sense of order; we have replaced them by the chaotic license of liberalism. We have got our hands into the administration of the law, into the conduct of elections, into the press, into liberty of the person, BUT PRINCIPALLY INTO EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS BEING THE CORNERSTONES OF A FREE EXISTENCE.*

*TO THIS END, THE HIDDEN HAND SHALL ORGANISE A GATHERING TO TAKE PLACE IN MELBOURNE IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY YEARS HENCE. There the virtues of Multicuturalism will be EXTOLLED, whiteness PROCLAIMED as operating through institutions, ideology and identity formation to secure political, legal and economic privileges for white people as a collective, leaving many Indigenous and other people racialised as ‘non white’, collectively disadvantaged and dispossessed of material, cultural and intellectual resources, and the GOYIM made GUILTY. Do not suppose for a moment this statement is empty words: think carefully of the successes we arranged for Darwinism (Evolution), Marxism (Communism), Nietzsche-ism (Socialism). To us Jews, at any rate, it should be plain to see what a disintegrating importance these directives have had upon the minds of the GOYIM. This gathering shall create DIS-UNITY and OBSCURE our Agenda for the GOYIM.

And it shall be called…

Re-orientating Whiteness

Melbourne, 3-5 December 2008

Keynote Speakers:

Following the success of the Historicising Whiteness conference of 2006, Re-Orienting Whiteness continues the critical engagement with whiteness studies. In conjunction with the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association, Re-Orienting Whiteness 2008 invites scholars to explore the potential, or otherwise, of ‘whiteness’ to analyse the operations of ‘race’, past and present.

Our central aim is to bring whiteness studies into a closer conversation with other approaches to ‘race’, particularly those which have emerged from studies of colonialism and postcolonial theory. There has been remarkably little cross fertilisation between these areas of scholarship, despite the many obvious synergies between them. We seek to foreground this tension as a fundamental challenge for the field. We envision the conference traversing a variety of countries, periods, methodologies and theoretical concepts, bringing together scholars of diverse backgrounds and interests. Broadening out from the (settler colonial) context of the United States, we wish to explore how whiteness operated in colonial and non-colonial contexts across the globe.

Possible themes include:

    * Indigenous perspectives on whiteness
    * The politics of apology/assimilation/sovereignty/restitution/power
    * Whiteness in the colonial/settler colonial encounter
    * Whiteness in non-colonial contexts
    * The gendered privileges of whiteness
    * The chronology of whiteness: visibility/invisibility
    * Cultures, representations, borderlands, bodies, transformations
    * How important were global imperial processes to the operation of white power?
    * Does whiteness even matter?

Please send 200 word abstracts, along with a brief half-page CV, by 29 August 2008 to: reorientingwhiteness[at]gmail[dot]com

Proposals for panels of up to three speakers are most welcome. Website coming soon…

Conference Convenors:

In association with the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association. Supported by the School of Historical Studies, Monash University and the School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne.

Fortunately, the brave men and women of Stormfront Down Under have not let ZOG‘s cunning plan slip under the radar, and are encouraging one another to protest this affront to White Civilization. ‘White_Australian’, a keen advocate of further education, proclaims “As Australian White Nationalists it is our DUTY to go to this conference”. Another racist meathead, ‘Prometheus’, whinges that “Our primary enemy isn’t the Islamics, or the Vietnamese, or the Sudanese, it is these whites who will attend this meeting to advocate deconstructing whiteness, that is, deconstructing our own race. This is a rare opportunity to attack the belly of the beast. Going there to argue intellectually would only legitimise their argument and politicize what is essentially an … issue of self preservation. Events like this can only be dealt with [by] protests and brute force.” Similarly, ‘Kindred_Loyalist’ is of the opinion that “This is a Communist initiative. The war against the concept of race was largely initiated and sustained by Jews and Communists. Boas, Lewontin, and Gould were all Jewish anthropologists who made no secret of their hatred of “racism” and their belief that a scientist doesn’t have to approach his work objectively. Lewontin was also a Marxist. Many Jews working in academic areas outside anthropology have contributed to the destruction of race as a concept too. Professor and sociologist, Steven Seidman … stated “Whiteness is assumed…It is the default condition”. Noel Ignatiev is a Communist Jew and his site bears the heading “Abolish the White Race by any means possible”. Maurice Berger and Eric Foner, both Jews, are also active in “whiteness studies”. Kevin MacDonald‘s The Culture of Critique explains all this in much detail.” Paul Innes, the US-appointed moderator of SFDU, reckons that repeating the nutty performance of the Aryan Guard in Calgary, Canada last year would be a neat idea (although Paul admits he may not have the opportunity to grace the event with his own presence).

NB. The video above depicts the Aryan Guard goosestepping about Calgary on March 21, 2008. The soundtrack is provided by the Californian neo-Nazi band Final War, who played at the Melbourne Croatia Social Club in September last year for the annual Ian Stuart Donaldson memorial gig. This year the gig is scheduled for September 13, and will * Blood Red Eagle (Newcastle), Ravenous, and at least one other group of struggling neo-Nazi string-pluckers and tub-thumpers from overseas. Of last year’s affair, which ended up being a relative success for the neo-Nazis, but a PR failure for the Social Club, one anonymous bonehead remarked:

The Chairman of M.K.F.C. has been reported as calling supporters of the B&H Movement and S.C.H.S as “scum”. Perhaps that term would better apply to those such as G.Roberts and C.Smith (aka Cam Sexenheimer) in regards to their efforts to attack, vilify and divide Australian-Croatians via their poorly researched and truth-challenged article; “Neo-Nazis split Croat Community”. The only apology we will make regarding this entire matter is to the innocents of the M.C.S.C., caught in what amounts to a “beat up” orchestrated by anarchist and extreme left misfits. Frustrated by their impotence and inability to halt a meeting of White Nationalists they chose the easiest target they could find and made up a scapegoat in the name of the M.C.S.C. Absolutely reprehensible!

On reflection, there’s probably some truth to this. That is, it’s quite likely that, even if the venue for the neo-Nazi gathering had been known in advance, the possibility of there being any direct confrontation between those in attendance and those who object to such gatherings was, and remains, very low, Skin Heads Neither For Nor Against Racial Prejudice being one of many groups content to sit on the fence regarding neo-Nazi infiltration into punk and skinhead subcultures. Nevertheless, the two neo-Nazi groups responsible for organising the gig — both local franchises of US-based groups — aren’t taking any chances, and the venue remains a closely-guarded secret until the day of the event. To give some flavour as to the quality of its supporters:

ozwick14 : that was a fucking awesome gig! Rock on 28!

mason20 : Sure was, No offence to Final War but come on sbs….Fortress was the bloody headliners.

ozwick14 : fortress made the night for sure

[Paul Innes] : This report was vilificatory, discriminatory and false – let alone poorly done. Still, it is SBS that did the report and was a Non-White presenter, so it was the usual crap propaganda to be expected.

dirtyboy830 : Australia a multi-cultural society? WTF? Why doesn’t he go to the Congo and preach that bullshit.

Berserker88 : Reporter: “this is their message of hatred” Final War: “People only hate us for only being proud” So SBS are finally admitting its racist to be proud of being white these days, yet its fine if your anything but white… what a suprise.

xXxKIBBLESxXx : All i have to say is a big FUCK YOU MAN to the bloke that called us white folk skum, we aint skum you arsehole. let people beleive in what they want to, dont call us skum just cause you dont agree.

Predator1888 : haha ur calling us scum.. We are proud to be white! And yet u call us scum for being proud… Its nigger lovers like you that are turning our beautiful country to shit! I doubt ud call us scum to our faces u piece of shit!

47Cyanide47 : I’m not a Nazi and I don’t agree with nationalism, but people cant say that Nazis have to be stopped, its a point of political view, its not something people can just stamp out and forget about.

14greek88 : Fuck all these race trading scum bags fuck all you scum. predator1888 Said it great. white power 14/88!!! Also Final War is a great band! ARYAN PRIDE!

ozwick14 : [snip] this whole report is full of shit and who gives a fuck what that fat cunt thinks? He’ll get his

bigroly : fuck the jew fire up the ovens lets make it six million +

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Add me. Add me. Add me. Add me.

Posted on July 21, 2008 by @ndy

I’m a loner alone with neuroses and hate
Anger is a permanent character trait
My letter bombs are primed and they’re ready to send
Would you like to add me as a friend?

I’m a wound-up whiner with a fetish for guns
I’m almost 50 and I live with my Mum
I hope my nude picture doesn’t offend
Would you like to add me as a friend?

Add me. Add me
My mother says she wished she’d never had me
Add me. Add me
Would you like to add me as a friend?

I’m a recovering alcoholic I rarely leave my room
Peeping through the curtains in my dog costume
The voices in my head aah they’ll get me in the end
Would you like to add me as a friend?

I’d really like to mail you the picture that I drew
It’s Kylie’s body but the head is you
I’ve asked you fifty times before I’m asking you again —
Would you like to add me as a friend?

Add me. Add me
My mother says she wished she’d never had me
Add me. Add me
Would you like to add me as a friend?

Here’s a picture of me in my Nazi uniform
doing a trick with an egg that I like to perform
at a monster truck rally that my Mum and me attend
Would you like to add me as a friend?

I’ve added Britney and Paris and you and Tom
I’m going to find your address so I can visit you at home
I don’t like people but I think I could pretend —
Would you like to add me as a friend?

Add me. Add me
My mother says she wished she’d never had me
Add me. Add me
Would you like to add me as a friend?

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Huh

Posted on July 21, 2008 by @ndy

I reckon that Roger from American Dad is based on Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of the psychotic child murderer Vivian Thompson in Neil Jordan’s In Dreams (1999).

Claire: YOU THINK YOU CAN SCARE ME, YOU SICK FUCK!
[crying]
Claire: Get out of my brain.

Vivian Thompson: I don’t like you anymore!
[points gun at Claire]
Claire: No, no. I don’t die here. I die in the lake, remember?
Vivian Thompson: Oh yeah.
[points the gun at Claire’s foot, instead]
Vivian Thompson: Maybe you develop a limp.

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The Guardian. G8. Genoa.

Posted on July 20, 2008 by @ndy

The Guardian has published a series of articles on the anti-G8 protests in Genoa in July 2001, the seventh anniversary of which is now upon us…

Behind the bloodbath in Genoa
July 19 2008
Letters: Thanks for running Nick Davies’ excellent piece on the battle of Genoa, in which Italian police severely beat anti-globalisation protesters at the 2001 G8 summit

Mark Covell on his treatment at the hands of Italian police
July 17 2008
Audio (2min 56sec), Jon Dennis speaks with the British journalist, Mark Covell, a victim of police violence at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa

The bloody battle of Genoa
July 17 2008
Nick Davies: Will the victims of police brutality at the G8 summit in 2001 ever see proper justice?

Genoa riots: 15 guilty of G8 brutality will not go to jail
July 16 2008
Police officers and doctors convicted of gross mistreatment of detainees at holding camp freed

Police and doctors convicted of Genoa G8 brutality avoid jail
July 15 2008
Fifteen Italian police officers and doctors sentenced to jail for brutally mistreating detainees after the 2001 G8 riots in Genoa were today celebrating their freedom after it became clear none of them would actually serve prison terms

Rape threats, beatings and racist chants: 15 Italians jailed for abuse of G8 Genoa protesters
July 15 2008
Sentences of up to five years for police officers and doctors found guilty of mistreatment in 2001

See also : ‘I lost the best years of my life’, BBC, July 15, 2008: “Mark Covell was one of five British anti-globalisation protesters who was injured and has been seeking justice ever since. “This was not just giving a few hippies a slap around, this was systematic,” Mr Covell said. A journalist with alternative media organisation Indymedia at the time, he was present when police raided a high school where protesters were camping during the summit. He was left with eight broken ribs, a shredded lung, a broken hand, 16 missing teeth and was in a coma for two days. While he was on a life-support machine in hospital, 81 others were arrested and taken to a temporary prison camp outside Genoa, at Bolzaneto. The police chief tried, and failed, to take him too.”

At the time, the SWP blamed the violence on the anarchists (‘the black bloc’); a story which one of their local former franchises continues to circulate. In reacting to the latest trial verdicts, however, the SWP have dropped their attack on the black bloc, and instead bemoan the heavy-handedness of the Italian police, whose crimes they now describe as “terrible”. Apparently, no one is expected to remember their slurs from seven years ago — and who knows, the SWP may be right. In any case, speaking of fiction, that of Michael Moorcock features in the following article from the NYT:

Across the Universe: Amorality Tales
Dave Itzkoff
The New York Times
July 20, 2008

…Since this is a science fiction column, perhaps the best way to understand Moorcock’s past is to peer farther into his future. In the late 1970s, with the Tories preparing to take power and George Lucas’s “Star Wars” saga in ascendancy, he published his pioneering essay “Starship Stormtroopers,” a brilliant, bench-clearing diatribe that ought to be required reading for any speculative-fiction fan who is ready to put down his 20-sided dice and become an adult.

In “Starship Stormtroopers,” Moorcock takes a one-man stand against what he perceives as widespread reactionary politics in genre fiction, railing against not only monolithic science fiction writers like Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and A. E. van Vogt (“wild-eyed paternalists to a man,” he declares them), but also C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien — titans of fantasy who seemed to be obvious influences on him.

Wielding his pen like Stormbringer, Moorcock writes, “If I were sitting in a Tube train and all the people opposite me were reading ‘Mein Kampf’ with obvious enjoyment and approval it probably wouldn’t disturb me much more than if they were reading Heinlein, Tolkien or Richard Adams.” And then he takes off the kid gloves.

What the “utopian fiction” of such authors teaches its readers, Moorcock argues, is blind obedience to a romantic hero whose motives may be just as ambiguous or pernicious as those of his enemies. “Heroes betray us,” he writes. “By having them, in real life, we betray ourselves.” Left unchecked and unexamined, our desire to believe in these infallible father figures yields Ronald Reagan, George Wallace and Joe McCarthy. And, Moorcock says, “At its most spectacular it gives us Charlie Manson and Scientology.”

Moorcock writes that the only true alternative to such figures is the anarchist: “a mature, realistic adult imposing laws upon the self and modifying them according to an experience of life, an interpretation of the world.”

Whether or not one fully buys into this line of thinking, it’s not hard to see how Elric was, for Moorcock, a formative attempt at a character who would transcend the problems the author saw in genre fiction and exist within this new framework — a hero who rarely won the treasure or the girl, and sometimes encouraged the girl to leap into a yawning chasm to her doom.

Moorcock’s essay first appeared in the Cienfuegos Press Review, No.4, 1978.

See also : Anarchism and science fiction: A reading list

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Old punks never die…

Posted on July 20, 2008 by @ndy

…they just go to Liège to make a racket:

Human Error, live @ Carlo Levi, July 16, 2008.

“We have pointed out nazis in the audience that called themselves “punk” (to quote one: “It’s so easy to be a nazi punk in Melbourne, no-one hassles you”). We changed that.”

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Scott Parkin 1 : ASIO 0

Posted on July 19, 2008 by @ndy

The vewy vewy secwet thin blue line protecting Australian citizens from the depredations of US peaceniks and Iraqi refugees has been dealt a bitter blow by some Men in Wigs. In a decision which has former HoWARd crony and current ASIO boss Paul O’Sullivan hopping mad, the full bench of the Federal Court has ruled that spooks must reveal the basis of their decision to chuck Scott Parkin — and Iraqi refugees Mohammed Yussef Sagar and Muhammad Faisal — outta Australia. Now, the ball is in Attorney General Robert McClelland‘s court: thanks to HoWARd, boofhead has the power to say ‘no’ to Parkin & Co..

Legal victory for expelled peace activist
Peter Gregory
The Age
July 19, 2008

United States peace activist Scott Parkin has won a legal victory against Australia’s security agency, prompting his lawyers to call for the release of documents that ultimately caused his ejection from the country. Mr Parkin, now working in the US on climate change projects, was forced to leave Australia in 2005 after receiving an adverse security assessment by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Together with Iraqi refugees Mohammed Yussef Sagar and Muhammad Faisal – both held at Nauru and subsequently released – Mr Parkin has taken Federal Court action challenging the legality of the assessments. Last November [2006], the trio won an order requiring ASIO to produce documents showing why the assessments were made. ASIO appealed, but a full bench of the Federal Court today dismissed its challenge to the initial order made by Justice Ross Sundberg…

Outside court, their solicitor Anne Gooley, a principal at Maurice Blackburn Cashman lawyers, said… legal counsel for ASIO acknowledged that may be the case but the adverse security assessment may have been made because of people who they associated with, even if they (were) not aware of the implications of the associations at the time. We saw in the Haneef case the dangers of using an `association’ as the basis for decision making.”

See also : ASIO told to show why men were a danger, Peter Gregory, The Age, July 19, 2008

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Ah… er… um… What. The. F@#$?

Posted on July 19, 2008 by @ndy

Ah, dunno for sure, but it appears that Simon Sheppard, the co-founder of Redwatch — a site most recently run by a rather sad fascist called Kevin Watmough, and consisting of thousands of photos of ‘reds’ (including former ALP leader Kim Beazley and TV soap * John Woods addressing a rally in Melbourne… along with demands for them to be identified!) — has done a runner after failing to appear in court. He and his co-defendant, Stephen Whittle, have pissed off to The City of Angels, where they’re apparently seeking asylum.

LOL!

o n e

Holocaust denier convicted of trying to incite race hate online
Rob Preece
Yorkshire Post
July 12, 2008

A MAN who claims accounts of the Holocaust are “exaggerated” and describes Anne Frank’s diary as “evil” has been convicted of putting articles on the internet that could stir up race hate. A jury at Leeds Crown Court yesterday found Simon Sheppard, 51, guilty of nine counts of publishing racially inflammatory written material on his website between March 2005 and April 2006. The court heard Sheppard’s website attracts 4,000 visitors a day…

(Sheppard’s site is ‘The Heretical Press Directory’ — it gets 4 1/2 *s on the bizarro scale.)

t w o

Hunt for race hate writer on run
Lancashire Evening Post
July 15, 2008

Police have launched a manhunt after a writer who penned race hate articles for a controversial website failed to turn up at court. Stephen Whittle penned five offensive articles which appeared on the Internet, a jury was told. The unemployed 41-year-old, of Avenham Lane, Avenham, Preston, was found guilty of publishing racially inflammatory written material, and four similar charges. Prosecutor Jonathan Sandiford told the jury that Whittle used the pseudonym Luke O’Farrell for the articles, which were posted on the web between March 2005 and January 2006… Sheppard was found guilty of 11 counts of publishing racially inflammatory written material. He may face a retrial, however, as the jury were unable to reach verdicts on seven further charges. Whittle and Sheppard are next due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on July 28.

t h r e e

Race-hate pair flee to US for political asylum
Rob Preece
Yorkshire Post
July 16, 2008

TWO men convicted of publishing race-hate articles on the internet have skipped bail and fled to the United States to claim political asylum, the Yorkshire Post can reveal…

f o u r

Racist given US asylum advice
Stef Hall
Lancashire Evening Post
July 17, 2008

An anti-Semitic Preston man who skipped bail and fled to the United States to claim political asylum is being given “consular assistance” by the Foreign Office, a spokesman said today. Racist Stephen Whittle, 41, of Avenham Lane, was detained by American immigration officers in Los Angeles airport on Tuesday…

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T.H.U.G. rules East Brunswick

Posted on July 18, 2008 by @ndy

*sigh*

I still wonder why I bother, and it appears that a gig in Brunswick on the 71st anniversary of the Spanish Revolution is not a gig too far…

Hi there Andy,

Thanks for your concern regarding the Sham 69 show.

From the venue’s perspective, whilst we may not support the type of behaviour cited below, we do not censor shows and respect the right of artists who play here to book support acts of their choice.

We aim to provide a safe and comfortable environment for all of our customers and will be ensuring this is the case for the Sham 69 show.

Do let us know if you hear back from the band and if you have further concerns please don’t hesitate to contact me or our manager K.

Warm regards,
J [July 16, 2008]

Previously…

‘Victim of white supremacist abuse returns to join protest chorus’
Marika Dobbin
The Melbourne Times
October 18, 2006

A LOCAL woman who was intimidated and racially abused by a group of men last month will attend a protest against neo-Nazism outside a Fitzroy pub.

A coalition of local groups is organising the “peace movement” in response to a neo-Nazi concert at the Birmingham Hotel on Saturday, September 23, held to commemorate the death of British white supremacist Ian Stuart.

Blondien (not her real name) says she was walking alone to her car on Johnston Street the same night when she was surrounded by about seven men. She says the men screamed abuse at her, calling her a black c..t and forcing her to repeat the insults.

“It’s disgusting that people would single out one person and you have to say stuff about your race to get out of it,” Blondien said.

Music is planned for the protest on Saturday, October 28, at 1pm outside the Birmingham.

Hotel co-owner Gary (who wouldn’t give his surname) said: “I’m not getting involved in someone else’s bullshit.”

Coming to Brunswick…


    The handsome Canberra boys, Simon (left) and Chumley (right), come to see the ugly Melbourne boys.

Uh-oh…

Lefty skinheads, Maoris, race-mixing mongrels, abominable gays, filthy commies, troublesome Jews: it may be a good idea to avoid the East Brunswick Club this Saturday night (July 19).

Chumley

RACE MIXING SEEMS TO BE BECOMING A TRENDY THING AMONGST OUR YOUTH TODAY IN AUSTRALIA: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
Chumley: The band have never been too keen on mongrels, and it sickens us to think that anyone could stoop to such levels.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HOMOSEXUALS, AND HOW SCHOOLS PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY THESE DAYS?
Chumley: The way the gay community have been given the ticket from out of the closet and on to our streets is an abomination, and the way filthy commie teachers incubate this disease is another example of just how far Australia has fallen. We are absolutely disgusted with the way things are at present, but things will soon change.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINION ON THE CURRENT CRISIS IN THE WEST BANK BETWEEN THE JEWS AND THE PALESTINIANS?
Chumley: As everyone can see the ever troublesome Jews are up to their old tricks by causing mass disorder. So we think that the Palestinians should wipe the Jews out and take back Palestine, then we should go in and wipe the Arabs off the face of the Earth.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONALISTS MOVEMENT?
Chumley: It makes a lot of sense.

Simon

How did the oi! skins and nationalist/[white power] skins get along in Australia? What is your opinion on that? And how are things today?
Simon: All my mates were into oi! and white pride as well. I did not know any skinheads that were into oi! and were not white and proud of it. Lefty skinheads would never dare to show their face on the street for fear of getting severely beaten. And that’s the way it should always be…

What is the best memory with White Lightning and or any other “scene thing”?
Simon: Best memory was playing a gig in Melbourne, in some pub, can’t remember which, full swing into it and about 30 Maoris drinking in the front bar… I’m sure you can picture what happened. Bedlam. We managed to protect all our gear however. Mic stands make magnificent clubs…

T.H.U.G.

‘We Rule’

You go to the football, what ya gonna do
Go out at night, take your mates with you
And when you fight, you fight to win
No one’s gonna beat you, no one’s gonna do you in

Hanging ’round the streets, when someone starts on you
You kick their teeth down their throat, beat ’em black and blue
Don’t care about jail, don’t care about the law
Take vengeance on your enemies, as you’ve done before

We rule, OK
Death to you bloody scum, now is judgment day
We rule, OK
We fight for freedom, and we will have our say…

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Ecce Homo

Posted on July 17, 2008 by @ndy

PAUL KENNEDY, REPORTER: The hundreds who came to Emma Foster’s funeral last January were marking a life that had been blighted by a shocking crime.

She was repeatedly raped by a senior Catholic priest while she was just a primary school student. At 26, Emma Foster had committed suicide. She was just one of many victims of Melbourne priest Father Kevin O’Donnell.

ANTHONY FOSTER, FATHER OF ABUSE VICTIM: Emma was abused by the parish priest while she was at school, she was taken out of class, taken to a hall close to the school, where he raped her and this was early primary school between the ages of five to eight.

LETTER TO MR AND MRS FOSTER FROM THE LAWYERS FOR THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE, 31 AUGUST, 1999: “A realistic alternative to litigation that will otherwise be strenuously defended.”

LETTER TO MR AND MRS FOSTER FROM THE LAWYERS FOR THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MELBOURNE, 7 MAY, 2004: “They do not admit that Emma Foster and/or Katherine Foster were subjected to physical and/or sexual and/or psychological abuse while infants by Kevin O’Donnell.”

BISHOP ANTHONY FISHER, CO-ORDINATOR OF WORLD YOUTH DAY, 16 JULY, 2008: “Happily, I think most of Australia was enjoying [and] delighting in the beauty and goodness of these young people and the hope for us doing these sorts of things better in the future, as we saw last night, rather than dwelling crankily, as a few people are doing, on old wounds.”

…with, of course, one very obvious, 2000-year-old exception. Mind you, the addition of a suitable soundtrack can perform miracles:

*On a bizarro note, Gerard Henderson flogs the few thousand sneering secularists who read the Green Left Weekly and New Left Review with a wet lettuce leaf, condemning them for their hypocrisy in failing to maintain as many schools and hospitals as the Catholic Church (or, alternatively, covering up as many cases of sexual abuse): The sorry sport of Pope bashing, Gerard Henderson, Sydney Morning Herald, July 15, 2008.

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Happy Wednesday!

Posted on July 16, 2008 by @ndy

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