Today, our Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, reacted to supposed threats by Al Queda to carry out car bomb attacks in Australia by saying "we won't be intimidated by such threats"

I'm sorry Mr Downer, I don't know about you, but I AM intimidated by such threats, and I'm sure so are most Australians! I'm shit scared!! I don't want to leave my house and hang out in public places, especially hotel lobbies and night clubs. I don't know how good Mr Downer's memory is, but only 13 moths ago, 88 Australian's died in Bali from a car bomb. How can we not be intimidated by something that is actually happening!!?? Not only that, but something that has been drummed into us day after day in the media. Every single day on every single news bulletin, there are reports about terrorist attacks, and when there is no attack, there is a report about the government warning us of an imminent attack or a heightened alert. Intimidated?? You bet!! And the government is doing the intimidating on behalf of Al Queda.

If the government and media call someone a "terrorist" it means that that person has "terrorised" ie instilled terror in people ie intimidated them.

Not only that, but they are egging Al Queda on, and encouraging more new recruits by declaring a war on terrorism and by telling Al Queda in the same breath that we are not intimidated - essentially issuing a challenge for Al Queda to try harder.

I just want to say to all you people out there who are planning the next car bomb attack - "I am intimidated. I am terrorised, and I am sorry for the stance our government is taking. This is not a war. I don't want to kill you, and I don't want you to kill me. It's taken 12 billion years of evolution to get me where I am today and I want to make the most of my 70-100 years of life that evolution has mustered up for me. I want to find peace and find forgiveness, and figure this whole thing out, so you don't need to become a suicide bomber, and more innocent people don't need to get killed. It is from my position of total intimidation that I ask you to channel your anger directly to the people who cause you such anger - the politicians and business people with whom you have an ideological argument. And use your own evolved skills as a thinker and organiser and intelligent creature to plan and scheme alternative options for your life, the life of your loved ones, and the society as a whole. I would hate for you to kill me in some kind of statement against the politicians and business men, when I am as ideologically opposed to them as you are, perhaps for different reasons, perhaps for some of the same reasons. If you don't kill me, then we can work together for change, and to bring about some solutions to the problems that have led you to make plans to kill me. Let's end the war on terror, let's begin a QUEST FOR PEACE.

Alexander Downer is a politician first and a human being second. He knows nothing of your struggle, your grievances or your motivations, as he knows nothing of mine. Ignore his ridiculous comment and join me in plotting a non-violent attack on the constructs that enslave us all. They are only constructs and they can change, but you can't bring an innocent person back to life and you can't bomb Alexander Downer into enlightenment. You can only pursue a quest for peace on behalf of your family and your decendants.  [  ]

I just had the misfortune of seeing Quenin Tarantino's latest splatterfest offering and I can't tell you how sorry I am to know that this dude has the opportunity to make movies. As if this world isn't violent enough, QT has to attempt (pathetically) to make violence funny and clever - well fortunately he fails on both accounts. Hopefully now he and his ilk will fade off into obscurity from where he came from. Quentin needs to spend a few weeks with an Iraqi or Afghan family just before a US bomb drops on their home, to realise how unfunny mutilation and dismemberment really is. His genre is outmoded by reality. Back in the pre-internet days, hack and slash movies were acceptable because nobody really new the truth about the violence that was taking place on this planet. Now in the era when Al Jazeera and internet sites like GNN.TV bring the truth and reality of the horrific results of warmongering, the idea of making a funny movie about slicing people into pieces is just wrong. Kill Quentin. Kill Hollywood. Kill George Bush. Kill Osama Bin Laden. Kill any of these twisted individuals, but don't kill the opportunity for films to make a difference. Free up the cinemas for movies that will change the way people think, not reinforce the acceptance of violence to the point of total compliance. Reject the notions. Challenge the status quo. It's time for the quest for peace to truly take shape and breathe life. Quentin, you are dead, as dead as most of your cast.

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