Title: Former Liberty Forum poster 'Quo Todt' charged with "hate speech" in Australia Source:
news.com.au URL Source:http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25475819-948,00.html Published:May 13, 2009 Author:Paul Lampathakis Post Date:2009-05-13 08:53:07 by bluegrass Keywords:None Views:11643 Comments:47
May 13, 2009 07:00pm
A PERTH man has been charged under racial vilification laws for allegedly posting anti-Semitic videos on the internet site YouTube.
Maylands man Brendon O'Connell, 38, is seen on film in front of Perth's Bell Tower and at a South Perth supermarket while allegedly making anti-Semitic comments.
Mr O'Connell was charged by the police State Security Investigation Group this afternoon with conduct with intent to incite racial animosity or racist harassment.
The maximum penalty for the offence is 14 years' jail, or fines of up to $24,000.
Opposition Multicultural Interests spokesman John Hyde - who alerted police, Jewish community leaders and the Ethnic Communities Council of WA about the videos - praised WA Police for using the anti-vilification laws to lay the charges.
"Members of the multicultural community can take comfort in the knowledge that this alleged race hate crime will now go before the courts,'' Mr Hyde said.
It is believed to be the second time a person has been charged under the racial vilification laws, which were introduced by the previous Labor government and were designed to outlaw the publication, distribution or display in oral, written or pictorial form of material that was threatening or abusive and intended to cause hatred or contempt or ridicule.
meanwhile the prisonplanet forum topic is up to 12 pages. it seems this has become an issue that is going to plague the infowarriors for some time. i guess that's what happens when they overreact so incorrectly. especially now that even one of 'their own', texe marrs, has slapped them down. You just know they are in the strategy room figuring out how to make this go away. i don't really post there, but below is a good excerpt by someone :
Have you ever considered that it may be a worthy debate that was long overdue? Or should we all just accept one path towards the truth, and that is if you don't accept this person or that persons 'truth' that you are an anti- semite, jew hating, stormfront whacko?
I consider this taking truth to the next level. Breaking down old canards for daring to be critical of zionists for example. Or pointing out the fact that Joos do in fact predominantly control the media and that it is not anti-semitic to say so. And let's take that AS word...when a Jew states that 1-million palestinians are not worth a jewish fingernail, isn't that 'anti-semitic'? After all Palestinians ARE semites.
But no, we have to stick with the conventional thinking. Attack everyone else, but don't dare say they have power