Correction

In the last blog, I misspelt the name of the ratbag agitating for a Stalinist-style Media Council in the fair country of OZTRAILYA.  Or, maybe I didn't...who cares?  It does not affect my point.

Regardless of how the man's name is spelt, he is still a Super Nut worthy of our scorn. 

Free speech is the issue, pure and simple. 

Stand up for your democratic rights and call out those who seek to steal them from you.

Enough said.

Alias:  Frank Satyr

So Much for Free Speech in Australia...

The current 'report' into the news media in Australia is a con.  It is an ugly thing.

Having read Finklestein QC's words carefully, I am feeling quite disgusted. 

As I see it (am I still allowed to say that?), there is a deep polemic running through the lawyer's mind, and it can be summarised thus: "We, the overpaid lawyer-and-academic types, don't trust you proles to do your own thinking."

This mooted News Media Council is a dangerous, loopy idea.  So what if Fred Nurk has a different opinion from mine?  Everyone can say what they like.  That is the idea in a liberal democracy.

I want to read opinion A and opinion B and opinions X, Y and Z.  I want to be offended.  I want others to sometimes be offended by my opinions.   This is the essence of freedom.

The irony in all this is that the Left continues to willingly pass nails to the bloke building this Trojan Horse.  Well, how would they feel if, say, a conservative government stacked the Council with its own toads and stiffled their speech?

This issue is about saying what you want to say, whether on a blog, a newspaper or in everyday life.  Only a closet Stalinist would believe that any of Finklestein's ideas were relevant in a liberal democracy where freedom of speech is valued and practised.

Alias:   Frank Satyr