Totally agreed.
(But I won't be there as it's a bit of a hike from England)
The odds are that Martin Place will be closed off by the APEC fence. So there is no guarantee that we will proceed from Market St to Hyde Park via that route.
For those that can come along and help support free trade it should be an interesting day.
no bitch - i called you et al uneducated. Time you hit the marketplace for fresh insults. If the demand's there, you'll get some.
And your logic that a commercially non-viable enterprise or service just shouldn't be provided because it isn't commercially viable is ridiculous. If you think that strutting that argument does any good for the credibility of your logic, at least have the cojones to go after Gunns, BHP, Boeing and other recipients of massive taxpayer provided subsidies and related benefits, rather than lobbing in on the soft Windschuttle-esque target provided by a multilingual media service.
Hugh,
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone here who supported subsidies to any business whatsoever.
As for the urine comment. It's all I have grown to expect from collectivist bullies.
APEC security is costing us $170 million!
Anyway, I was disenchanted with protest when I fronted up to protest the Iraq war. It annoyed me that special interest groups went out to ply their own message, distracting from the main message which should have been "All of us here don't want this war."
I do however hate bullies so I will be there with bells on. Especially ignorant bullies who have no grasp of the ideals espoused by those they hate.
Hugh
I generally ignore people who start their points with 'yo bitch', but i'll make an exception for you.
As Ben points out, all corporate subsidies are wrong.
Why, by the way, is SBS a 'soft target'?
This is a direct transcript from Al Jazeerea TV -obviously Osama is very happy with the turnout of his friends and supporters at APEC. I would swear though that he has read my article that I just sent you.
Kman
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Osama's special thanks to APEC protesters.
Osama’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri spoke on Al Jazeera TV yesterday to says thanks on behalf of Osama bin Laden to all those who demonstrated against the president of the Great Satan - America.
“This greatly assists our world –wide fundamentalist movement and to spread hatred and contempt for America, the one and only true enemy of our jihad against the West. This will move us even closer to our one goal -- to destroy the West and impose a global Islamic government”
Osama wishes also to thank the Fairfax Press management and their columnists, plus the ABC and SBS, the Teachers Unions of Australia and universities. Special thanks also to the organisers of the demonstrations -the various socialist, communist and union movements like the Greens which are doing more than their fair share in moving Australia to the left with our mutual beliefs being the destruction of capitalism and by default - America and Western civilisation.
Most importantly, Osama wants to reward high school teacher Kim Peade who put on that beautiful anti - American play from Davidson High School, and also Alex Bainbridge and Simon Cunich, the Marxist organisers of the “Stop Bush Campaign”. Osama bestows on them the high order of Crossed Swords with car-bomb clusters. These friends of Osama must be very proud to be so honored. And Osama gives a heartfelt salute to Davidson High School for their very much appreciated support.
Osama says he was not happy for some time that the CIA, Israel and Halliburton got all the credit for the attack on 9/11 after he - Osama, had proudly and rightfully claimed credit on world -wide TV for the whole operation. And after seeing his Muslim friends and their leftist supporters in Europe and elsewhere, dancing in the streets as the Twin Towers came crumbling down, well he was very disappointed at the leftists for giving credit for all his hard work and planning to others.
Osama though says he understands now because the leftists have to do anything and everything they can to move us all toward an Islamic/socialist partnership where all convert to Islam, and so we can all happily share together, sharia laws, mandatory five times a day prayer sessions.
Osama is still disappointed though that the Americans get all the credit in Iraq for the civilian deaths. What is the point in slitting peoples throats, beheadings, car bombing crowds of people and trying to impose fear on the populace if America get all the credit for these civilian deaths?
Those weak stupid American
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Those weak stupid Americans are not of course doing any such thing, and are instead building schools and infrastructure and spreading their accursed democracy which actually gives women equal rights with no more honor killings – what barbarians these people are - no wonder we need our seventh century sharia law.
Anyway Osama says we are winning the global struggle for Islam in leaps and bounds. With most of the major cities in Europe soon having majority Muslim populations-with Mohammed quite rightly replacing Jack for most popular babies name in the UK as it has already done in most of Europe, which is the cradle of western civilization. And with London alone having already built nearly 700 mosques, well we are well on our way to that dream of a worldwide caliphate, which will indeed delight our 1.3 billion Muslim brothers worldwide.
More good news is that within only eight years, over half the soldiers in the Russian Army will be Muslim.” and with Muslims in military power we will have access to the nuclear arsenals of Russia with it’s 5,830 warheads, and massive stockpiles of bio and chemical weapons - How good is that Australian friends?
Almost forgot - Osama did say a special extra thanks to those protesters with the "Get out of Afghanistan and Iraq "signs, because if we could only get those Americans out -we can then move our Mujahedin in to the nations with the oil fields and shut down the world's economies. You may not be able to drive your car in Australia or have a job-but remember friends, its all for the great holy cause of jihad.
If we ever did have to us our Islamic nuclear weapons on America or Australia, we may lose a few million of our own faith, but what proud Muslim would not be not be overjoyed to die for jihad and know that the whole world would soon be at peace with Sharia Law under the one true god - Allah?"
So Osama says…”Thank you again Australian friends - Keep up the good work and victory will soon be ours! O.b.L”.
Kman
I wouldn't be that sure, that Osama is after religion... =) They're all after petrol, you know, watch Fahrenheit 9/11..
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