Finally, Bob Brown has decided to take a stand against religious fundamentalists. He has called for an inquiry and he wants answers.
The group he has targeted are called the "Exclusive Brethren". As the name suggests they are a fundamentalist religious group who are opposed to electronic communications, contact with the outside world and the usual loopy rules applied by hard-core religious groups.
Sounds like a radical shift in Green Party policy doesn't it?
Well not really.
The Exclusive Brethren are a fundamentalist Christian religious order. They have about 40,000 members worldwide and, according to some reports, are doing OK for money. Although forbidden to do just about anything within the modern world, they have made a foray into political lobbying. Their most recent campaigns have been against the Green Party in the Tasmanian and New Zealand Elections.
The extent of their lobbying was mainly leaflet distribution, newspaper advertisements and a couple of reports of "heckling" at Green Party meetings. Sure, an absolute nuisance to any political party, but nothing life threatening. The cops have been called in once or twice, but it seems they had nothing to answer for.
They don't kidnap people, they don't fly planes into buildings, they don't fire rockets into cities, they don't fund armed militia groups, they don't make bombs and they sound harmless by today's standards.
I don't like them one bit, but I'm sure if I punched the biggest one in the nose I wouldn't get any more trouble if harassed.
But Bob Brown wants a tax-payer funded inquiry into the group because they oppose him in politics.
Will Bob Brown call an inquiry into Hezbollah, Hamas, Al-Qaeda? What about the religious groups who raise money for these terrorists? Will Bob Brown call an inquiry into them?
NO !!
Bob Brown wants an inquiry into a group that will not do harm to his electoral chances or the personal safety of anyone.
Bob Brown is a coward and I am amazed that sane people will vote for him. He has no idea about politics and should be put out to pasture.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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Yeah, the Greens seem to have pretty much no real reason for having a go at the Exclusive Brethren. This *is* a democracy we live in, and groups are allowed to campaign for whoever they see fit - and provide funding for whoever they see fit. That funding part might rile Brown and his Greenie pals a bit, since money is the root of all evil, or something like that, but still ... it's a bit weird.
Bob Brown also said something about the Exclusive Brethren acting more like a cult than a sect, and doing harming people who decide to leave their sect, which is a bit more serious - but in the light of the way the rest of this bizarre campaign against a single religious group is being carried out, it's not exactly easy to take seriously.
On the face of it, I don't see anything wrong with these Brethren chappies at all ...
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