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April 13, 2007
Well, That’s Weird.
I’m pretty sure I’ve spent the majority of my life believing John Laws to be quite the spank lord. Lord knows I’ve found his quips in the past, in particular the ones he’s made regarding homosexuals, to be hideous and cringe worthy. But if I ran into him today, I think I’d shake his hand because he’s certainly - pleasantly - surprised me.
In response to the Prime Minister’s revolting defence of Alan Jones after the Australian Communications and Media Authority decided Jones’ abominable comments regarding Middle Eastern Australians - a spray delivered right before the Cronulla riots of 2005 - were in breach of Australia’s broadcasting code, Laws has piped up the following…
“You better ask yourself if this is the sort of individual you want articulating what you seem to think are the views of many Australians. It’s very easy to pander to prejudice. Many of the most dangerous people the world has ever known did just that.”
It’s not often I find myself actually applauding when reading something on a website, but when I saw the above quote in this smh.com.au article, I most certainly did.
PS: This is chockers with relevant quotes.
PPS: One week until I can tell you what the dilly-o’s happening regarding Ausculture! Woot!
Posted by Jess at April 13, 2007 5:27 PM— Filed under Common
Comments
"Do you [J-Ho] really want to be seen publicly supporting Alan Jones? I know you and your wife like him. That's fine, but your wife allegedly liked Peter Hollingworth too."
Hehe. Solid gold from the Golden Tonsils.
Posted by: Cloudy | April 13, 2007 6:17 PM
They're kinda both as bad as each other. Maybe if they get in a spat and then a fist-fight and both killed each other...
Posted by: tristan | April 13, 2007 8:37 PM
I wonder if being rival radio shock jocks has anything to do with it? Hmmm, Perhaps there's more of a personal interest at work?
Posted by: Wayno | April 14, 2007 6:56 PM
The trouble is, John Howard, Alan Jones, many of the ‘mums and dads’ who write in to his show, and a whole swathe of the community fail to see their own racist tendencies. As I implied a while ago, racist undertones seem endemic across the Country. And that’s why Jones says things on his show like this:
“...we don't have Anglo-Saxon kids out there raping women in Western Sydney. So let's not get carried away with all this mealy-mouthed talk about there being two sides, I can tell you.
Because my correspondence here from mums and dads, I'm inundated, and I don't hear people complaining about Catholics and Protestants and Anglicans. I'm sorry.”
The good news is that attitudes are changing. Fast.
Posted by: Al Cad | April 16, 2007 8:51 AM
Yeah, it was a cool thing to say. But it's only because Laws and Jones are playing hide the sausage behind closed (soundproof) doors.
They don't call him the golden tonsils for nothing... you know what I mean?
Posted by: zzymurgy | April 16, 2007 11:44 PM
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Great.
Posted by: Al Cad | April 17, 2007 2:24 AM
Links in the comment set off the spam guard thingo, Al Cad. I usually try and sort through the junk comments and rescue the real ones when I get a chance...
Posted by: Jess | April 17, 2007 8:58 AM
The end of Ausculture as we know it! :’( At least the good people of this place will be saved the monotony of scrolling past my improbably long comments. But here’s one more, for old time’s sake...
Racism really boils down to ignorance and self-interest. Ditto a score of other prejudices. We each have a tendency to selfishness. And the world is such a big and complex place that no one person can ever have a full picture.
My point is, it isn’t enough to think Alan Jones is a racist waste of space. We need to dig around inside our own psyches and try to keep on top of our prejudices.
BB07 promises representative housemates. Finally! (It’s the whole point of Big Brother, so pretty dumb of the producers not to for the first 6 seasons!) It’ll be essential viewing; I think I’ll play Count The Prejudices!
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Merci and au revoir Jess, and thanks for the mammaries...
Posted by: Al Cad | April 22, 2007 3:15 AM