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Terrorist Attacks

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easy_tiger

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SpaceAce said:
There needs to be a hard and decisive push back against this toxic PC culture and the leftist social justice warriors who propagate it. *smile* them all.



The push back against social justice?

Social Injustice?

I think the horse has bolted on that tug o war Spacey?
 

SpaceAce

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easy said:
The push back against social justice?

Social Injustice?

I think the horse has bolted on that tug o war Spacey?

Social justice in principle is a noble and virtuous notion. Our society was founded on this.

However when it is co-opted by a small cabal of well funded radical activists and used to pander to entitled minority groups and shut down free speech, then it becomes a dangerous weapon.
We still have time Easy.....unfortunately too many people in this country are sleep walking into oblivion.
 

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LeeToRainesToRoach said:
Yeah, we're all plotting to kill Muslims. Terrifying.

Without rehashing of arguments here, we can probably think back to a very recent event in which Muslim's were targeted in our own backyard after a garbled right wing manifesto.

Best to cut off violent hate speech before it is reinforced.

SpaceAce said:
There needs to be a hard and decisive push back against this toxic PC culture and the leftist social justice warriors who propagate it. *smile* them all.

Worrying.
 
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easy_tiger

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SpaceAce said:
Social justice in principle is a noble and virtuous notion. Our society was founded on this.

However when it is co-opted by a small cabal of well funded radical activists and used to pander to entitled minority groups and shut down free speech, then it becomes a dangerous weapon.
We still have time Easy.....unfortunately too many people in this country are sleep walking into oblivion.

Right wing *smile* is heaps nastier than left wing *smile*. Heaps better funded and cabally too.

Have you tried the hors dervs at a young anarchists gig?

And the sleep walk to oblivion sounds like one of Steve Bannons ( speaking of nasty?)?
 

LeeToRainesToRoach

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Coburgtiger said:
Without rehashing of arguments here, we can probably think back to a very recent event in which Muslim's were targeted in our own backyard after a garbled right wing manifesto.

Best to cut off violent hate speech before it is reinforced.

Which parts of the recent discussion did you find violent or hateful? Has anybody in this thread supported or advocated terrorism of any sort?
 

MB78

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The fact is looking through this thread this year is the ones most alarmed and critical of what happened in NZ, are now silent.

I for one, am horrified by all the innocent people being murdered by nut jobs that 98% can’t relate to. However it’s not PC to stick up for Christian values and Western culture.
 

SpaceAce

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easy said:
Right wing sh!t is heaps nastier than left wing sh!t. Heaps better funded and cabally too.

Have you tried the hors dervs at a young anarchists gig?

And the sleep walk to oblivion sounds like one of Steve Bannons ( speaking of nasty?)?

Who said anything about being 'right wing'?? Thats now become a dirty label put onto anybody who has a conservative view and dares question the current narrative

Hors dervs?? Not sure what you mean there, but I did enjoy a plate of hors d'oeuvres at a function recently

We live in a society which is pathologically consumed with hedonistic crap like MAFS to even give a sh!t about geo-political and economic realities. THAT is walking into oblivion!
 

MB78

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Brodders17 said:
As a white Australian i want to say i oppose the actions of the killers.
(I would also like to note I will consider any white Australian who does not publicly state this must support the actions of their fellow white Australians today.)

As a human will you oppose the actions of terrorists?
 

Baloo

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When I read these left vs right debates I feel like Mr Blonde as Stealers Wheel starts to play
 

LeeToRainesToRoach

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Panthera Tigris said:
Media reports are suggesting that it is a small Islamist group that haven’t previously been thought of too much by Sri Lankan authorities. It seems largely to be a new group to Sri Lankan shores. I suppose we will find out in time, what links - if any (loose, formal or otherwise) - they have to ISIS militants.

Apologies, turns out it was that group after all.

Sri Lanka Blames Local Jihadist Group for Easter Sunday Blasts

Sri Lanka has blamed local jihadist group National Thowheed Jamath for one of Asia’s deadliest terrorist attacks in years, after confirming seven suicide bombers carried out the Easter Sunday blasts.

The death toll rose to 290 in coordinated blasts on Easter Sunday at churches and luxury hotels which targeted foreign tourists and Christians -- marking a shift from the violence that fueled a three-decade civil war on the Indian Ocean island.

Sri Lanka Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne pointed the finger of blame at the National Thowheed Jamath at a press conference in Colombo.
 

Panthera Tigris

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easy said:
Right wing sh!t is heaps nastier than left wing sh!t. Heaps better funded and cabally too.

I remember my Political Science class in 1st year Uni. We had a small scattering of self identifying Marxists in the class who thought Pol Pot, "had some good ideas" (in the context of his 'year zero' ideology). These were people who during early adulthood were involved in the Socialist Alliance. But when it became apparent that they were never going to gain any political influence by being part of the Socialist Alliance, some of these individuals joined the Greens as their vehicle to political influence.

So in that context, I don't accept an absolute claim that right wing sh!t is always necessarily nastier than left wing sh!t. Like i suggested earlier. Scratch just below the surface and you often discover these people are just as bigoted and prejudiced as the right wing nasties. Just that they hold a different set of prejudices.
 
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Panthera Tigris said:
I remember my Political Science class in 1st year Uni. We had a small scattering of self identifying Marxists in the class who thought Pol Pot, "had some good ideas" (in the context of his 'year zero' ideology). These were people who during early adulthood were involved in the Socialist Alliance. But when it became apparent that they were never going to gain any political influence by being part of the Socialist Alliance, some of these individuals joined the Greens as their vehicle to political influence.

So in that context, I don't accept an absolute claim that right wing sh!t is always necessarily nastier than left wing sh!t. Like i suggested earlier. Scratch just below the surface and you often discover these people are just as bigoted and prejudiced as the right wing nasties. Just that they hold a different set of prejudices.

Yeah fair enough.

I suppose having to chose between living on an island with stalin or hitler would be a tough one.

Anyway, its awful when innocent civilians lives get ended, whichever flavour, banner or religion.
 

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easy said:
Anyway, its awful when innocent civilians lives get ended, whichever flavour, banner or religion.

Isn't it all part of God's or Allah's plan?
 

22nd Man

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The Lankans have spent best part of three decades tearing themselves apart. Not sure that the civil war scars have healed over. the educated classes are still migrating in large numbers.

The military in most south Asian countries don't always work in lock step with the govt of the day. India has played both a destabilising and supporting role.

Those Columbo hotels have copped multiple attacks over the years. Attacks on international hotels are stock in trade of Islamic groups.
 

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One angle on the difference in reactions to NZ are
1 - perpetrator was one of us
2 - location was our friendliest ally and country most similar to us on virtually every score
3 - NZ largely terror free until then (place least likely to be a target?)

There have been some massive Muslim v Muslim bombings in / close to mosques with similiar death tolls. They attract minimal news coverage and little comment. (Reflects our western news bias....eg train derails in Pennsylvania, three die, makes evening news here. There would a train accident every week that big in India..zero coverage here... the biggest example of this bias was the Boston marathon bombing hysteria ...yanks are sort of like us, we have marathons...)
 

TigerForce

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/world/asia/sri-lanka-bombing-explosion.html

Extract:

• Sri Lanka’s security forces were warned at least 10 days before the bombings that the group planned suicide attacks against churches, but apparently took no action against it, indicating a catastrophic intelligence failure. Top government officials say the warning never reached them.

Looks like the cops ignored a warning. Then again, why would terrorists give a warning?
 

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TigerForce said:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/world/asia/sri-lanka-bombing-explosion.html

Extract:

• Sri Lanka’s security forces were warned at least 10 days before the bombings that the group planned suicide attacks against churches, but apparently took no action against it, indicating a catastrophic intelligence failure. Top government officials say the warning never reached them.

Looks like the cops ignored a warning. Then again, why would terrorists give a warning?

They were apparently tipped off by Indian intelligence three times, including Saturday and again ten minutes before the attack. They were even given names.

Apparently the IGP (Inspector-General of Police) was suspected of conspiring to assassinate the president, and was required to submit voice samples in February. And this is the guy in charge of the show! Wouldn't be surprised if he looked the other way.

I don't think this is going to be unravelled without outside help.
 

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LeeToRainesToRoach said:
They were apparently tipped off by Indian intelligence three times, including Saturday and again ten minutes before the attack. They were even given names.

Why? I just don't get it.
 

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LeeToRainesToRoach said:
Apparently it's the third most religious country in the world - 70% Buddhist, 13% Hindu, 10% Muslim and 7% Christian. It seems compulsory to have a team.
This is a terrible turn of events for Sri Lanka. They have been largely spared the Islamic terrorist scourge and by and large any anti Christian sentiment has come from the more radical end of Sinhalese Buddhists than muslims. In the end it only takes a very small minority to change things. It is a massive hit to an economy that was beginning to recover through tourism and other investment after years of civil war.
I used to go to Sri Lanka for work years ago and I found them wonderfully welcoming people but in those days there was always the undercurrent of danger. Looks like it is back again in a different guise which is a great tragedy.