Killing An Arab

The title of my post is from the title of an old Cure song that my mate Steve in London would appreciate.  I was thinking of him this morning as he had sent an email saying he appreciated the photos I posted of Sunday’s BBQ.  All these nice thoughts were then interrupted by an absolute Tool on the radio news this morning that has sent me into a state of apoplexy.  Someone official sounding like the police chief or some government official was announcing that police and security personnel would now have the ability to politely question “men of middle eastern appearance”

He said that as a security measure all men of Middle Eastern appearance can now be expected to be politely approached and quizzed at places such as train stations and “that if they have nothing to hide, then they should not be alarmed or upset”.

What about fucking Privacy!  What about the fact that the guy may have other criminal issues (non-terrorism) and may not be too friendly about being “politely quizzed” (read interrogated) knowing he has some outstanding fines or some such…

Does anyone know of one government that decided to racially “quiz” its populace?  The fucking Third Reich of Nazi Germany, that’s who!

For those who don’t know me personally, I am not of Arabic decent or of the Muslim faith, but am I alone in thinking that this is going way too far?!?  The newsreader read this with that knowing reassuring tone that this was a good thing and nobody on the radio questioned this.  It also coincides with some poll results today that show that 40% of Australians agree with the Shoot To Kill policy adopted in the UK that cost the life of a Brazilian National… (and remember, Brazil isn’t part of the Middle East, but he was black!)

Which brings me to my next point, not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arab.  Did you know that one of, if not the largest Muslim nation is on our northern border in the form of Indonesia.  Last time I looked, Indonesians did not look Arabic.  They looked ASIAN!  And where was the only attack directed at Australians?  Indonesia.  And where the perpetrators of this attack Arabic?  No.

So shall we now start “politely quizzing” Asians???

Pauline Hanson may be politically dead, but her policies live and breath through a xenophobic Liberal government hell bent on destroying the fun loving, free spirited country that is (was) Australia.

Good bye freedom and multicultural harmony, hello Police State.

If we were serious about ending Terrorism, then we should pull out of the Middle East, denounce the attacks as against the laws of the UN and claim neutrality.  Who has done this already???  Fucking New Zealand!

Do you see Arabs in New Zealand being questioned?  Do you see NZ citizens being captured in Baghdad?  Do you see NZ’ers afraid to travel the world as NZ’ers because of the fear of reprisal?

No.