Jumping to conclusions...

Lol being that as it may as well as being about a society that does not want to give up it’s muskets – what a great comment used in the same sentence as ‘enforced weapons amnesty’…

I think objective journalism has failed. It was killed by liars. Any system which requires you to question and quote a person who you know to be lying (all the interested parties in public affairs) has nothing left to offer us.

Honest opinion is in many ways preferable as long as biases and interests are declared.

Anyway it’s warming to see the indo media making even bigger dickheads of themselves than ours.

Issue all the travel advisories you like, you rotten pricks.

hey Maelinar..

go watch “Bowling For Colombine” and see what Mike Moore has to say about us as a society living in FEAR, how the media/govt controls the fact that we live in a constant state of anxiety etc etc. He, of course has his own spin on it and there are enough people to say his edit style makes others appear to say and do things not in context, HOWEVER, being that as it may as well as being about a society that does not want to give up it’s muskets…. it also fits quite nicely to what you are saying there about social research.

I’m surprised that the press, PM, anybody else who wants to talk, seems to be making references to this note in the ‘I’ve read it and know it’s contents intimately’ tone, but still manage quotes like “he sees no reason why it is not related to Schapelle Corby”…

Come on which one is it ? Related/Unrelated ?

The contents of the note seem to be taking as much time as the boffins down at the lab in identifying just what kind of white powder it was, unless it’s pertinent to a criminal investigation they should be releasing the information ASAP to dispel the public lynch-mobs that are forming

Or is the real question that the Govt like holding the public in a state of hype and suspense just like Ray Martin and the pussy-bum face lady (sorry forgot her name) on TT ?

There’s probably a ‘link’ in there somewhere to social research that has found that a society kept in a state of hype consumes more fuel and smokes more (hence more revenue in taxes)…

But what’s in a link ?

Indonesian Embassy > Bali > SC ?

I’ll go get the pitchfork, you grab the flaming torches and some sturdy rope !

And we all love the site for it.

“Does that last point include this website? Not so much, I wouldn’t have thought – it’s never really pretended to be some kind of impartial, independent media outlet… “

and we’re kinda proud of that fact too

Bugger, they’ve changed (or updated) the story. Before it said that he had stated that it was after reading the note.

The report states that there was a note accompanying the ‘non-dangerous’ bacteria, however it’s contents remains a mystery. Our fearless Prime Miniature has said “he sees no reason why it is not related to Schapelle Corby”.

Make what you will of that, I think it’s more likely attributable to a tsunami donator horrified to discover how the Indo Government wants to spend the relief funds.

This was all I could find on ninemsn —

Embassy bacteria not dangerous: police
The bacteria sent in a suspicious package to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra is not believed to be dangerous, police say.

I’ll have a look.