Well I guess people supported other criminals like Ned Kelly and Brendan Abbott although I doubt if they had the sort of hate old mate here has sliding thru his blood.
I am not sure what the problem is here with talk about justice, this prick tried to murder 14 people and was quite evidently responsible for, if not actually doing it , then inciting other pieces of shyte to burn public buildings.
While it's great that Mr Wooten can now live life on the outside, the gag conditions are apalling. Lex Wooten is a public figure , like it or not he is an important and valuable person. The rest of those among us closing our eyes to the on going injustice towards Aborigines is just as damaging for us as it is them. Why can't people take the blindfold off and see the obvious. Lex Wooten's jailing was the continuation of the brutal in custody killing of Mulrunji Doomadgee. WAKE UP PEOPLE !!!!!
Good news ... Lex has been released on parole, but ...
See Townsville Bulletin 20 July 2010 ... Wooton media gag outrages activists ...
"Despite his early release, activists have expressed outrage at his parole conditions which include that he is not to attend public meetings on Palm Island without prior approval; that he must attend the Men's/Elders' Group; is prohibited from gambling or attending any premises where gambling is conducted and cannot speak with the media."
@dlowe286 Yes its fantastic that he has been released from jail. There is a facebook group Lex Wotton with with updates & support for Lex & his family. The next fight will be to overturn this punitive gagging condition attached to his parole. Thanks 4 your comment.
@Uriohau & @dlowe286 , I am so glad that Lex has been released. Thanks to God above for this. Hopefully he and his family can begin to rebuild their lives. I still marvel at the lack of protest and sympathy for Lex and his family when he was jailed. Yet a hateful , selfish, disruptive and racist woman like Pauline Hanson can get so much out pouring of public sympathy for an 18 month sentence when Lex gets nothing for 7 years. Now Hanson can prance around like a celebrity. Not poor Lex!
I must admit that not only myself but the majority of Australians got it wrong, but to me it looked like him outside the Palm Island Police Station and in news pics it looks like him starting all the shit that led to the attempted murder of all the coppers and the arson of the buildings!
Why have people forgotten about Lex Wotton ? He must be released from Jail right now.
I remember all the sympathy people had for that rotten stinker Pauline Hanson when she was in Jail and how she was treated like bloody royalty when she was released. She started up racism again and did so much damage within Australia. She walks around strutting her stufdf while Lex Wotton is in Jail because Hanson-like people turn their back on the truth. Get Lex Wotton released now !!!!
@casting4325 , We shouldn't give up on Lex Wootton. This is the most unjust jailing of someone that I have seen in recent years. The time to free Lex Wotton is now !
@errortable I agree but what has happened to Lex is just another symtom of the underlying problem.The bigger problem.There will be more Lex Wootens if things do not change. No HUMAN RIGHTS for the Original peop;e & the COLONIALISM mindset running things are the core issues.But correct we cannot forget abour Lex who is a politcal prisoner.
I was in Australia in 2005, and I remember how following the whole story of Mulrunji- I realized how inherently racist Australian people are. It was an eye opener... People in Europe and the US have no idea about the injustices the indigenous people of Australia have to endure...
I am always surprised how this issue is not as vocal as it should be... I have never looked at an Australian the same before- and now I always bring up the issue- to see where they stand
The more I discover about Mr Wotton the more I realise what a tragedy and injustice it is for him to be locked up. While nobody likes or condones riots we have to look at the root causes and adress them. If people were to take time to look further and see what kind of person Lex Wotton is then they'd calling for his release as well. My best wishes to him and his family. Congratulations to Uriohau for this excellent clip and music. Hopefully the wider community will realise whats at stake here.
The colonial world is a world cut in two. The dividing line, the frontiers are shown by barracks and police stations. In the colonies it is the policeman and the soldier who are the official, instituted go-betweens, the spokesmen of the settler and his rule of oppression.... (Fanon)
FUCK THE COONS
peterjones771 1 year ago 6
Well I guess people supported other criminals like Ned Kelly and Brendan Abbott although I doubt if they had the sort of hate old mate here has sliding thru his blood.
I am not sure what the problem is here with talk about justice, this prick tried to murder 14 people and was quite evidently responsible for, if not actually doing it , then inciting other pieces of shyte to burn public buildings.
The prick should pay just like any whitey would.
Inconvenientruths 1 year ago 8
While it's great that Mr Wooten can now live life on the outside, the gag conditions are apalling. Lex Wooten is a public figure , like it or not he is an important and valuable person. The rest of those among us closing our eyes to the on going injustice towards Aborigines is just as damaging for us as it is them. Why can't people take the blindfold off and see the obvious. Lex Wooten's jailing was the continuation of the brutal in custody killing of Mulrunji Doomadgee. WAKE UP PEOPLE !!!!!
errortable 1 year ago
Good news ... Lex has been released on parole, but ...
See Townsville Bulletin 20 July 2010 ... Wooton media gag outrages activists ...
"Despite his early release, activists have expressed outrage at his parole conditions which include that he is not to attend public meetings on Palm Island without prior approval; that he must attend the Men's/Elders' Group; is prohibited from gambling or attending any premises where gambling is conducted and cannot speak with the media."
dlowe286 1 year ago
@dlowe286 Yes its fantastic that he has been released from jail. There is a facebook group Lex Wotton with with updates & support for Lex & his family. The next fight will be to overturn this punitive gagging condition attached to his parole. Thanks 4 your comment.
Uriohau 1 year ago
@Uriohau & @dlowe286 , I am so glad that Lex has been released. Thanks to God above for this. Hopefully he and his family can begin to rebuild their lives. I still marvel at the lack of protest and sympathy for Lex and his family when he was jailed. Yet a hateful , selfish, disruptive and racist woman like Pauline Hanson can get so much out pouring of public sympathy for an 18 month sentence when Lex gets nothing for 7 years. Now Hanson can prance around like a celebrity. Not poor Lex!
errortable 1 year ago
I must admit that not only myself but the majority of Australians got it wrong, but to me it looked like him outside the Palm Island Police Station and in news pics it looks like him starting all the shit that led to the attempted murder of all the coppers and the arson of the buildings!
Kerbinpro 1 year ago
Why have people forgotten about Lex Wotton ? He must be released from Jail right now.
I remember all the sympathy people had for that rotten stinker Pauline Hanson when she was in Jail and how she was treated like bloody royalty when she was released. She started up racism again and did so much damage within Australia. She walks around strutting her stufdf while Lex Wotton is in Jail because Hanson-like people turn their back on the truth. Get Lex Wotton released now !!!!
errortable 2 years ago
Right on errortable.
Have you seen recently that Rubin "the Hurricane" Carter is in Australia to promote wrongful incarcerations.
Well he should start with Lex.
casting4325 2 years ago
@casting4325 , We shouldn't give up on Lex Wootton. This is the most unjust jailing of someone that I have seen in recent years. The time to free Lex Wotton is now !
errortable 1 year ago
@errortable I agree but what has happened to Lex is just another symtom of the underlying problem.The bigger problem.There will be more Lex Wootens if things do not change. No HUMAN RIGHTS for the Original peop;e & the COLONIALISM mindset running things are the core issues.But correct we cannot forget abour Lex who is a politcal prisoner.
casting4325 1 year ago
Stay strong Lex
stcomerford 3 years ago 2
I was in Australia in 2005, and I remember how following the whole story of Mulrunji- I realized how inherently racist Australian people are. It was an eye opener... People in Europe and the US have no idea about the injustices the indigenous people of Australia have to endure...
I am always surprised how this issue is not as vocal as it should be... I have never looked at an Australian the same before- and now I always bring up the issue- to see where they stand
sypin 3 years ago
The more I discover about Mr Wotton the more I realise what a tragedy and injustice it is for him to be locked up. While nobody likes or condones riots we have to look at the root causes and adress them. If people were to take time to look further and see what kind of person Lex Wotton is then they'd calling for his release as well. My best wishes to him and his family. Congratulations to Uriohau for this excellent clip and music. Hopefully the wider community will realise whats at stake here.
errortable 3 years ago
The colonial world is a world cut in two. The dividing line, the frontiers are shown by barracks and police stations. In the colonies it is the policeman and the soldier who are the official, instituted go-betweens, the spokesmen of the settler and his rule of oppression.... (Fanon)
Uriohau 3 years ago