14-10-2014, 12:26 PM
Also the supine Australian press is utterly toothless when it comes to investigating anything deeper than the surface level of these various stories, holds a grudge against conspiracy theories, lacks any real context to put any deep political activity occurring domestically into perspective, and views past events like Nugan Hand with bland indifference. ASIO and ASIS recently pushed for and received new journalistic restrictions in case any rogue reporters felt like stepping out of line. Finally our security agencies are protected against any FOI leaks and articles critiquing their activities are rare. Everything is reported through the respective prisms of either the war on terror, or the traditional mainstream narrative of the conservatives locally being 'mean' and 'tricky' without considering who they are being mean for, and how deeply the local populace is being tricked.
A fun note - I know through friendship and casual acquaintance some of the 9/11 truth activists here in Melbourne and in Sydney. In Melbourne a few years back, a local fringe festival performer put on a one man show taking witty pot-shots at the official 9/11 story, singing a clever song about WTC7 and other skits. It reached a receptive audience and wasn't doing too badly. A week or two later I heard from a friend that the performer had cancelled the remainder of his shows. I asked why, and the answer was - "Death threats. He received an anonymous death threat over the phone. He felt he had to take it seriously, so the shows were cancelled". So there's always that, if the other methods detailed above don't shut people up.
A fun note - I know through friendship and casual acquaintance some of the 9/11 truth activists here in Melbourne and in Sydney. In Melbourne a few years back, a local fringe festival performer put on a one man show taking witty pot-shots at the official 9/11 story, singing a clever song about WTC7 and other skits. It reached a receptive audience and wasn't doing too badly. A week or two later I heard from a friend that the performer had cancelled the remainder of his shows. I asked why, and the answer was - "Death threats. He received an anonymous death threat over the phone. He felt he had to take it seriously, so the shows were cancelled". So there's always that, if the other methods detailed above don't shut people up.