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On Sat, 03 May 1997 16:06:02 GMT, andrewr@omen.com.au (Andrew) wrote:

>
>TJAY <tjay@dynamite.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Tim Richards & Narrelle Harris wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 03 May 1997 08:28:29 +0800, John Kennedy <johnk@iinet.net.au>
>>> wrote:
>>> >Whatever happened to "I may not believe in what she says, but I defend
>>> >her right to say it"?
>>> >The scariest thing in the entire Hanson episode is the huge number of
>>> >people wanting to gag her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that was Nazi
>>> >Germany......
>>> 
>>> Don't be ridiculous.  A huge number of people want to *disagree* with
>>> what she says, as loudly and as clearly as possible.  Comparing her to
>>> Hitler isn't gagging her, it's making a point that she can reply to if
>>> she pleases.
>>> 
>>> Although I must say, listening to Hanson speak is almost as
>>> excrutiating as listening to John Howard speak... but I'm sure her
>>> right-wing puppetmasters will write something suitable.
>>> 
>>> To those who reject Hanson's scapegoating and simplistic answers:
>>> Please turn up at 7pm outside the Challenge Stadium tonight (Saturday
>>> 3/5/97) and exercise your democratic right of reply to her
>>> feeble-minded fascism.
>>> 
>>> Tim Richards.
>>> 
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>                     Tim Richards and Narrelle Harris
>>>   parallax@iinet.net.au    http://www.iinet.net.au/~parallax
>>>         "I'm shaking the dust of this crummy little town
>>>            off my feet and I'm going to see the world!"
>>>               - George Bailey, 'It's a Wonderful Life'
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>So Tim and Narrelle, your the ones who organize the yahoo, mindless,
>>greasy haired rent-a-crowds
>
>I'm sure Miss Hanson doesn't mind the extra publicity that these
>morons get her .. I heard on the news earlier that they were expecting
>to get 500 protesters .. Hmmmmm how many people paid to listen to her
>talk ?? From memory the stadium holds at least a few thousand .. Do
>the math !! Also take note of the numbers from the seven nightly news
>poll .. The results were also a huge show of support for her.
>But you will always get some loud-mouths who wish to make a stand for
>"the good of the country" (or at least to get on TV)
>Don't get me wrong, I applaud freedom of speech, but I don't like a
>group of rabble just standing there shouting out derogatory comments
>and inflaming an already tense situation. Maybe some of these people
>should run there own campaign to get into politics and see if they get
>the same support !
>Well thats me off my soapbox ;)
>Cheers
>Andrew
>

Thats very close to the truth. Look out you'll be branded a racist son
of a gun next, and that would be upsetting.