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Read this article: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/38027...
26 January 2012: 'Amnesia Day'. WTF happened? People gathered in front of Old Parliament...
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Read this article: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/38027...
26 January 2012: 'Amnesia Day'. WTF happened? People gathered in front of Old Parliament House to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The peaceful day was suddenly interrupted when someone announced that Tony Abbott was speaking to the press only meters away from the site. (It is important to know that, that very morning, the mainstream media (eg. Sky News) had reported that Abbott had made a provocative statement to the press - that the Embassy should be removed - which predictably caused anger among the Embassy crowd. As it later turned out, the media had distorted Abbot's actual words, which were: "...I think a lot has changed since then and I think it probably is time to move on from that". The events that followed can be traced back to this sub-standard and incompetent bit of shitty journalism. Whichever way you look at it, Abbott's statement was ill-chosen - given the significance of the day - implying as it did that the Embassy no longer served a vital purpose and that Aboriginal people should get over the past, accept a token apology, and "move on". Nevertheless, if Abbott's actual words had been reported correctly, the Embassy crowd might not have reacted with such anger. Instead, the Embassy crowd rushed to confront the Leader of the Opposition about his inflammatory statement. Within minutes, they had grown and surrounded the glass-walled restaurant, chanting/banging on the windows, disrupting the function (at which PM Julia Gillard also happened to be present). 10 minutes into this rather surreal scenario, Police and Security decided to launch the PM directly from the restaurant into her car - very nearly injuring her - and causing her to lose her shoe. (Commit the memory of that shoe to your minds, dear readers). This sudden event caused the crowd to lose control. Some people attempted to impede the car carrying Abbott & Gillard from leaving, whereupon police reacted with force and threatened the use of batons and pepper-spray, which very nearly escalated the situation. Fortunately, no injuries were incurred.
To add to the above example of crap journalism, news reporters for mainstream channels such as Ten exaggerated early reports from the scene by characterizing it as a violent "riot". In fact no-one attempted to touch the PM or Mr. Abbott. Whilst exaggerating the level of violence, several early reports also failed to mention that the reason for this behaviour was not mere hooliganism, but rather Mr. Abbott's alleged statement regarding the Embassy. By the time that the full picture was reported in later reports, headlines depicting the PM being assaulted by a violent horde of savage natives and feral hippies had already gone around the world.
Whilst the crowd did not behave in the best way, no-one advocated violence and it was clear that no-one - including the PM or Mr. Abbott - felt physically threatened. The whole thing was turned into a spin story which has no-doubt damaged the image of the peaceful and diplomatic mission of the Aboriginal community and its supporters. Worst of all, it gave hundreds of rednecks - who were not present at the event - a perfect excuse to publicly vent their racist invectives against Aboriginal people all over the country. Embassies are about diplomacy, not violence.
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"Nearly Tonight" is taken from Mark Joseph's New Mini Demo Album "Six".
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"Nearly Tonight" is taken from Mark Joseph's New Mini Demo Album "Six".
Please go to www.markjosephofficial.com for more details.
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The Garden is a 1990 British arthouse film by director Derek Jarman, starring Tilda Swinton.
The death of a Disco dancer
Well, it happens a lot 'rou...
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The Garden is a 1990 British arthouse film by director Derek Jarman, starring Tilda Swinton.
The death of a Disco dancer
Well, it happens a lot 'round here
And if you think Peace
Is a common goal
That goes to show
How little you know
Death of a Disco dancer
Well, I'd rather not get involved
I never talk to my neighbour
I'd rather not get involved
Love, Peace and Harmony
Love, Peace and Harmony
Oh very nice..
.. but maybe in the next world
Death of a Disco dancer
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The Innocents is a 1961 British film based on the tale "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Debora...
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The Innocents is a 1961 British film based on the tale "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, directed by Jack Clayton, starring Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave.
[ I love Henry James]
Please don't cry
For the ghost and the storm outside
Will not invade this sacred shrine
Nor infiltrate your mind
My life down I shall lie
If the bogey-man should try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
To tease, torment and tantalise
Wavering shadows loom
A piano plays in an empty room
There'll be blood on the cleaver tonight
And when darkness lifts and the room is bright
I'll still be by your side
For you are all that matters
And I'll love you till the day I die
There never need be longing in your eyes
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
Ceiling shadows shimmy by
And when the wardrobe towers like a beast of prey
There's sadness in your beautiful eyes
Your untouched, unsoiled, wondrous eyes
My life down I shall lie
Should restless spirits try
To play tricks on your sacred mind
I once had a child and it saved my life
And I never even asked his name
I just looked into his wondrous eyes
And said: "Never never never again"
And all too soon I did return
Just like a moth to a flame
So rattle my bones all over the stones
I'm only a beggar-man whom nobody owns
Oh see how words as old as sin
Fit me like a glove
I'm here and here I'll stay
Together we lie, together we pray
There never need be longing in your eyes
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
As long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine
Climb upon my knee, sonny boy
oh though you're only three, sonny boy
you're mine
and your mother she just never knew 1
as long as there's love
as long as there's love
I did my best for her
I did my best for her
as long as there's love
as long as there's love
I did my best for her
I did my best for her
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