Some gems from Scott Morrison's maiden speech, 14/2/08:
"Growing up in a Christian home, I made a commitment to my faith at an early age... "
Indoctrinated from birth...
"My personal faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda... "
OK...
"In recent times it has become fashionable to negatively stereotype those who profess their Christian faith in public life as 'extreme' and to suggest that faith has no place in the political debate of this country."
Contradicts himself...
"This presents a significant challenge for those of us... who seek to follow the example of... Desmond Tutu... [This leader] stood for the immutable truths and principles of the Christian faith."
My goodness, is this the same Archbishop Tutu who wrote "I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of apartheid"? (Divesting from injustice, huffingtonpost.com, 25/5/11)
And who praised the work of UC Berkeley BDS activists "in support of divesting the university's money from companies that enable and profit from the injustice of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and violation of Palestinian human rights"? (ibid)
And who pointed out that "these students are doing the right thing... the moral thing... which is incumbent on them as humans who believe that all people have dignity and rights, and that all those being denied their dignity and rights deserve the solidarity of their fellow human beings"? (ibid)
Mr Morrison, you're no Desmond Tutu.
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I am an Australian living overseas and travel on an Australian passport.
I am already embarrassed by the corrupt political system in Australia, rotten at all three levels of government. Now Morrison has inflicted this outrageous violation of international law on the country. There is no popular support for this change of policy. It is simply the agenda of a tiny minority of fanatics who accept Israeli barbarism, serial wars and ethnic cleansing as legitimate.
Be very afraid traveling the world on an Australian Passport. Morrison: you have made me a marked man and endangered my safety.
Thanks mate.
Not to mention the fact that on Saturday, the day of Morrison's acknowledgement of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, DFAT announced travel warnings......but you won't see that reported on the ABC. Let's hope Morrison won't end up with blood on his hands. How ironic that he tried to shame the opposition with all that crap about tightening online security measures.....with one announcement, he has single handedly endangered and ostracised Australians everywhere.
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