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Ever wonder if an Akita is a Japanese Akita or an American Akita? Outside of the United States and Canada, it is quite easy to figure out if you have a Japanese Akita or an American Akita.
With the exception of the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) and the American Kennel Club (AKC), the Akita is split into two distinct breeds worldwide – the Japanese Akita and the American Akita (although Canada is leaning towards splitting the breeds). Both breeds trace their roots back to Japan and both are considered pure Akitas. In some kennel clubs, the names for the two breeds are reversed depending on which breed was introduced in that country first. Despite having their own breed club, uninformed British Akita owners often contact JACA on Facebook and insist that they have a Japanese Akita only to discover that, no, actually what they have is what we call an American Akita. We suspect that this happens because of the variation in breed names. You see, the British refer to what we know as the American Akita as an Akita, and they refer to a Japanese Akita as a Japanese Akita Inu. Some people actually just call it an inu which makes little sense to the country of origin because inu simply means dog, as in any dog, no matter what the breed. So when Brits go around saying, "I have an inu," Japanese speakers are thinking, "Yes, you have a dog. But so does that Shiba-inu owner over there." And then everyone is even more confused. Hopefully, you'll find the chart below a useful tool. It shows how registering bodies worldwide categorize their Akita breeds.
* At time of publication, these kennel clubs do not recognize the breed split.
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American Kennel Club (AKC)*
Canadian Kennel Club (CKC)*
Japanese Akita is called…
Akita or Akita Inu
Japanese Akita
American Akita is called…
No American Akitas in AKIHO
The photo on the left is of Kenji, a male Japanese Akita and Sumi, a female American Akita. The photo above is of Nabi, a female Japanese Akita and Bearshi, a male American Akita. The sizes and facial features/colors are the most obvious differences between these four dogs of the two breeds.
In the United Kingdom, if your KC pedigree says Japanese Akita Inu, then you know you have a Japanese Akita. If you live in an FCI Country, the Japanese Akita is known as Akita, but a few countries may list it as Akita Inu. As of 2013, the United Kennel Club (UKC) in the US has a Japanese Akita Breed as well. Regardless of where you live, if your Japanese Akita has an AKIHO pedigree, that is as legitimate as it gets.
In the United States, things can get a little confusing. The largest kennel club in the United States, the AKC, considers both Akitas as one breed. However, the second largest American kennel club, the UKC, considers them two breeds. On top of that, the oldest AKIHO branch outside of Japan is located in North America.
What are the words to watch for when looking for a Japanese Akita?
The search for a new puppy can be a long and tedious task. When searching for a breeder with a reputable breeding program, you may find that the breeder wants an application followed by an interview. As the search continues, a prospective puppy buyer starts to develop the urge to settle. That is the moment when mistakes happen. When looking at advertisements, be aware of words and phrases that hint that the puppies are, in fact, American Akitas. Here is an example:
"Parents of the litter are Japanese-style (or Japanese-type) Akita Inus and their parents (grandparents) are 100% imported to the USA and/or are AKC Champions."
The use of the word style or type followed by statement that parents are 100% import and/or AKC Champions should raise a red flag. In this case, the use of "and/or" is also a hint that these puppies may not be 100% purebred Japanese Akita. Focus on breeders who are willing to show you why their Akitas are, in fact, Japanese Akitas. But keep in mind that a dog being AKC-registered doesn't necessarily mean that the Akita is a blend. There are breeders in AKC who only have Japanese Akitas, and these breeders will tell you that their puppies are from 100% imported lines and will be able to produce a legitimate pedigree to back up their claim.
So how do I figure out if an Akita is a Japanese Akita?
The most effective way is by looking at an official pedigree. Both JACA and UKC use the following criteria when registering Japanese Akitas:
(a) all ancestors in a three-generation pedigree are registered with the Japanese Kennel Club and/or Akita Inu Hozonkai as a Japanese Akita or trace all their ancestry back to such dogs or (b) all ancestors in a three-generation pedigree were registered as a Japanese Akita within a register created by an FCI Kennel Club since their recognition in October 1998 or the Kennel Club (UK) since 2006 or (c) it has a three generation pedigree which is a combination of the above, provided all eight great-grandparents are either as specified in (a) or (b).
Don't be afraid to ask the breeder. In fact, make sure you ask these three questions during your search:
"Do you believe in two breeds of Akita?" If the breeder isn't pro-split, then their Akitas could be blended.
"Do you register your puppies and are they / can they be registered as Japanese Akitas?" Akitas that cannot be registered as Japanese Akitas are a big red flag. Look for a dog with a registration from AKIHO, the UKC, the JKC or an FCI-affiliated Kennel Club but don't forget there are a few Japanese Akitas in AKC that are registered as Akitas (some might be blends).
"Would you mind sending me a copy of the Sire and Dam's pedigree?" You don't need a copy of the official pedigree. Some breeders are hesitant to give official pedigrees. You just need to see if the puppy you are purchasing falls under the guidelines listed above. A sample pedigree or online database will work just fine. For now, we recommend you use the Akita Inu Pedigree website.
If you are still confused, drop us an email. Send us a photo of your Akita and a copy of his/her pedigree to info@akita-inu.com and we will help you figure it out.
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Religious Freedom: Not For Religious Schools
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The Battle for Religious Freedom in Australia
Plenty of ink has already been spilled on the government response to the recently-released Ruddock report on religious freedom, but let me present a few more words on it. First, I will offer a number of brief considerations, and then I will provide some longer thoughts on all this.
-Details of the report's 22 recommendations were released previously, so we have not too much new material here, but more background information, and insights on how the Morrison government wishes to proceed.
-Being a precarious minority government, and with a federal election due next May, it remains to be seen how much can and will be done on this in the next few months.
-Prime Minister Morrison has said that religious freedom will be a key issue he will run with into the election. How this washes with an increasingly secular Australia remains to be seen however.
-Federal Labor will of course be resistant to much of what Morrison may want to do here.
-What ultimately really matters is any draft legislation that will appear on this, informing us in concrete and specific terms just what and how the government will run with all this.
Now let me turn to other considerations which will need a bit more time to explain. First, Philip Ruddock claims there is not much evidence for discrimination against religious faith. Um, he is living in dreamland. I and others have repeatedly documented genuine cases of religious persecution and anti-Christian bigotry in Australia. The problem is real.
Second, we must bear in mind that the whole reason this is being discussed is because of special rights – including fake marriage – being granted to homosexuals. All throughout the marriage debate the other side lied constantly, claiming no one would be impacted if homosexual marriage goes through.
We know how blatantly false this is. There was no real problem with religious freedom up until recently. But when special rights are granted on the basis of not just sexuality, but for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" and the like, then everyone is impacted.
Third, when religious freedoms come into conflict with supposed discrimination based on sexuality, guess who always loses? No matter what the Morrison government finally comes up with, it will be an uphill battle to preserve genuine religious freedom in every sphere, from homes, to schools, to churches, and to faith-based organisations.
As Everett Piper just wrote concerning this issue in America:
It is legally and politically untenable to pretend you can grant minority status to any group of people and then maintain for yourself an "exemption" to deny these people the minority protections you just granted them. If "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" (a moving target and transient definition if there ever was one) are granted minority class status under federal law, what in the world makes the religious institution think that its "religious freedoms" should or will ever trump the civil rights of the protected group it just recognized?
Even Chai Feldblum of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agrees with this fact when she boasts of the "zero-sum game," where the rights of LGBT Americans will be secured only by curtailing the rights of religious Americans. LGBT community rights "cannot be adequately advanced," says Ms. Feldblum, "if pockets of resistance are permitted to flourish."
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Fourth, conservatives and Christians have normally been averse to top-down "solutions" to these sorts of problems. Thus many of us opposed things like a Federal Bill of Rights, and for good reason. Such things simply give the state too much power, and when the state decides what rights can and should be granted, they can easily decide which rights can be taken away. But see more on this here: billmuehlenberg.com/2005/08/07/what-is-wrong-with-a-bill-of-rights/
Fifth, such government mechanisms will of necessity result in competing human rights groups, watchdogs and bureaucracies. Yes, a democracy is all about balancing competing rights and the like, but making this the stuff of state determinations is always risky.
As mentioned, the activists tend to win in such standoffs, and compromise is the usual result – not for the sexual militants, but for faith-based groups. They always tend to come off second-best here. And having the state adjudicate here is fraught with danger.
That leads to my sixth point. In the end, will a stand-alone religious freedom office be set up, or a religious freedom commissioner, or a religious human rights office be established? Whatever actual form it finally comes in, questions remain. Who will run these things? How will they be appointed? What accountability will they have? What guarantees will there be of religious impartiality?
If a Muslim gets the top job – or one of them – will he rule fairly for Christians? Will an atheist be allowed to run the department or call the shots? Religion is a very large term covering a lot of ground. Which religions will benefit, and which will suffer?
And even if a Morrison government sets up something like this, and appoints a really good person or persons to fill such roles, they can easily be replaced by a Labor government. We could have some good folks doing some good things re religious freedom for a few months, but lose it all in May.
Related to this is my seventh point. Religious freedom is of course a good thing, but like all freedoms, not an absolute in a fallen world where competing interests and values must be balanced. Christians of course will want to have the religious freedom to, say, preach the gospel unhindered on a downtown street corner, or have only Christian teachers in a Christian school.
But a Muslim may well want the religious freedom to, say, spread sharia law far and wide in Australia. Of course that is already happening here. In the interests of religious freedom, will things like female genital mutilation and polygamy be granted further legal protections to freely operate in Australia?
Eighth, we have the issue of Christian capitulation in all this. It is bad enough when activist groups, aided and abetted by the heavy hand of the law, wear down our religious freedoms, but too often gullible and clueless Christians further aid this process.
For example, in the US right now some evangelical groups have been capitulating big time to activist demands to have sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) laws fully ensconced in government legislation. This is another case of the activists getting what they want while the Christian church continues to lose it all.
In the mistaken interests of "love" and "acceptance" far too many Christians already have handed the activists all they want on a silver platter. Far too many of them have no worries at all about the erosion of religious freedom. So our own side keeps doing us in, sadly.
Finally, the stakes are very high here indeed. As Jennifer Oriel put it in The Australian:
Religious freedom is the subject of private conscience and a public good that provides for civil society by limiting state authority over family, friendships and faith. It is essential to liberal democracy and the flourishing of liberty. In the Western context, religious freedom empowers citizens to live according to their innermost beliefs while respecting the basic rules that govern open society. Without it, we would be unfree.
Plenty more can be said here. And readers will complain that this is all rather gloomy, and that I offer no solutions to get us out of this morass. It certainly is gloomy, but whether we can now at this late stage find a way out is a moot point. The homosexual horse has bolted – long ago.
Many decades ago I and others warned all we could how religious freedom would be under huge attack if we keep granting special rights to these activist groups. Now they have almost all they want, and just seek to get the church to fully acquiesce, or be hounded out of business.
Once laws are passed, such as faux marriage laws, it is very hard to undo them. And the activists have made it clear that they are certainly not done yet. They want complete acceptance and promotion of their lifestyle, and they want it everywhere – in schools, in churches, and even in homes (as in targeting home-schooling).
So even if the government introduces a few bits of legislation next year, there are no guarantees they will be passed. Indeed, there are no guarantees they will even be half-way decent to genuinely protect religious freedom. And assuming the government gets turfed out in May anyway, we already know what Labor and the Greens have up their sleeves.
It really will be the end of religious freedom then. So right now we are fighting a rear-guard action. These fights should have occurred at least thirty years ago, if not earlier. But sadly many of us were voices crying out in the wilderness all along. We warned and pleaded with folks – especially Christian folks – to wake up and protect their freedoms.
But hardly anyone listened – or cared. Now so many of our freedoms are gone, and things will likely only get worse. It does not do much good at this point to say "we told you so". But we did! Yes, we can all pray and work with the current government to see some sort of legislation put up that will do some good.
But I for one am not holding my breath. Too much has already been lost. Far too many concessions have already been made. Far too much progress by the activists has occurred. Trying to put the genie back in the bottle at this late stage will be all but impossible – barring a miracle.
And a miracle is exactly what we now need. And the church is the only one that can be of help here. All true believers have really only one option left: to get on their knees and repent of their carelessness, apathy, indifference, carnality and compromise.
And pray for a miracle. The only real miracle to save us now will be a revived church. It has been an overwhelmingly dead or sleeping church that has allowed all this to happen, and only a revived and alive church can hope to see things turned around.
Lord have mercy.
23 Responses to The Battle for Religious Freedom in Australia
Yes, a democracy is all about balancing competing rights and the like, but making this the stuff of state determinations is always risky.
I don't think so as democracy (from Greek – people power) is about majority rule which is why minority groups such LGBTIQA+ want to change that.
As for making laws regarding religion: Section 116 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act provides:
The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion etc.
Thus, the protection of religious observance and exercise of religion is enshrined in our Constitution. However, there is no Constitutional provision to protect Atheism.
As such, Morrison or anyone else – as to religion – HANDS ORF COBBER!!
Thanks John. Regardless of the Greek origins of the term, all Western democracies do indeed seek – at least in theory – to balance the interests and rights of the majority with those of various minority groupings. Sadly however, at the moment, the minority activist groups like the militant homosexual lobby have been successful in holding the majority to ransom. That is the real concern here, and a battle we continue to lose, unless things somehow turn around.
Bill you are truly a blessing from the Almighty!
You are willing to ask in public the question that I and many people have been asking in private – what if the government of the day appoints a Muslim as "Religious Freedom Commissioner"?
What guarantee do we have that this can't happen?
Mr Morrison said: "If you support a multicultural Australia, you'll be a supporter of religious freedoms. You'll understand that religious faith is synonymous with so many different ethnic cultures in Australia."
Sorry Mr Morrison, you are wrong. We say yes to multi-cultural Australia but only a Christian multi-cultural Australia. The campaign for religious freedom is coming from Christians if you haven't noticed. Just look at how many submissions to Mr Ruddock came from Christians (>99%) so please address our concerns and not the concerns of new immigrants who brought their own religions with them.
This is more proof why we must have a Christian-only immigration policy. These other people come here with their different religions and then work with the Cultural Marxists, Muslims and Left Wing Christians to protect their religions and undermine Christianity.
Thanks Michael. In principle at least, religious freedom should be for all people of all faiths. However, it does not work out so well when we consider that at least one religion has such intrinsic contempt for Western goods such as democracy, rule of law, freedom, pluralism, respect for women and so on. That is where it gets difficult for any free country. It should offer equal protection under law for all people of differing religions, but not all religions are fully deserving of such protections it seems.
Andrew S Mason
Ruddock's claim that there is little evidence for discrimination against religious faith likely reflects the threshold he subscribes to. Where references to Muhammad that offend Muslims are the threshold for discrimination used by those on the Left, the same standard is not applied to Christianity. Perhaps this distinction reflects the different privilege the Left ascribes to each? I skimmed through part of the 140 page report on religious freedom and it notes a lack of documented cases – mostly headline news and a few personal accounts. Without data it's difficult to prove how widespread the issue is.
Should a religious commissar or other such equivalent be established it is almost certain that upon the Greens and\or Labor taking power in Australia that this unequal standard will be applied forcing Christians to decide just how far outside the law they're prepared to venture in their bid to remain faithful Christians and good citizens..
Matthew Verschuur
"The only real miracle to save us now will be a revived church. It has been an overwhelmingly dead or sleeping church that has allowed all this to happen, and only a revived and alive church can hope to see things turned around."
It is easy to say that we want a shakeup of the Church, and it is easy to long for a revived Church. But the practical (spiritually attuned) aspects of this have been resisted by some of the best Christian voices, who either have capitulated in part to the program of the Left or have had weak theology which has not adequately primed them for a victory position.
The entire Ruddock Review is of no consequence for those whose authority is first in Scripture and in the Spirit of God. To advocate for "religious freedom" then is entirely misguided. Today's ideological war against Christianity is not something that we could have done anything about, because it already began with the French Revolution, and Bible prophecy shows how today's state of the Church was inevitable.
Revelation 3 as a prophecy about today's churches shows how the call is for all Christians to repent and get right. You can develop out of weak theology and we are able to extricate ourselves from the influence of Enlightenment philosophy/Leftwing ideology within Christianity.
Amen Bill, we need revival!
But do we actually need 'Religious Freedom' per se? Many will see 'Religious freedom' as licence for Bigamy, FGM, Jihad etc for anyone from Atheism, Islam, Mormonism, Satanism, or whatever.
Rather, don't we need true 'Freedom of Speech' and 'Freedom of Association' where we have freedom to offend and ridicule ANY belief (religious or otherwise) that we believe to be wrong, evil, quaint or ridiculous, and where we can choose with whom we associate, how we do business, and what we promote or denigrate?
Offend, ridicule and denigrate are strong words: but their interpretation is very subjective and if we dis-allow their possibility, we shut down robust public debate and deny freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of association. To have laws dis-allowing their possibility creates victims who can and do use such laws to to persecute anyone who dares contradict their beliefs (e.g. the shameful treatment of Bernard Gaynor). So offend, ridicule and denigrate are not necessarily 'hate': they can in fact be love pointing out and debating the evidence that FGM, SSM, Transmania, Sharia, etc are harmful to those concerned, and detrimental to the community as a whole.
Unfortunately, the apostate church, its child abuse scandals, Islamic violence, etc., has given 'religion' a bad name. Hence it may be better to see the fight for religious freedom as what it actually is: the fight for true freedom of speech and association, of which religious freedom is a result. Existing laws re inciting to riot or violence, if properly enforced rather than trumped by misguided racial and religious discrimination laws, should be adequate to control the real preachers of hate.
But regardless, we need revival of the church.
Yes freedom should be for all people of all faiths IN PRINCIPLE but you can't treat unequal things equally.
I don't know a single Christian who says we should endure "Jesus: a prophet of Islam" billboards for the sake of freedom of religion!
It's not just plain wrong and a total lie, it's sacrilege and blasphemy. The law can either protect us from these insults against what we hold sacred, or it get out of the way when Christians take things into their own hands (like happened to this billboard).
P.S. Andrew S Mason, you can note this down as a documented case of Anti-Christian Discrimination.
Louise Bingen
Peter Newland, you wrote:
I don't believe as Christians we should "offend, ridicule or denigrate" other faiths or lifestyles. That's not how Paul or any of the other apostles did things. They presented Jesus to the pagan Greeks, Romans and Jews. They didn't go on about the rampant homosexuality of the Greeks, or immorality of the lives of the pagan gods or the cult of Diana/Artemis in Ephesus or the gladiatorial games in Rome. Just read the New Testament especially Acts. Talking to Muslims and going on about Mahomed being a paedophile, is not helpful, it will just get their backs up and they won't listen to anything positive about Jesus that you say.
Matthew Verschuur, the so-called Enlightenment, was the worst thing that happened to western Christian society! You are right of course about the French Revolution (first communist revolution, my opinion). But the big problem in France that lead to that was that the church did not care about the ordinary people and was hand-in-glove with the government. Same in Russia before the Revolution. It is my opinion that the rise of communism and its effects will be laid at the foot of the churches on Judgment Day. There was a lot of cross-over between the American and French Revolutions, some of the same people took part in both.
Jim Evans
The Religious Director (I think that's his title) at the ABC is a Muslim. (Have you noticed how Compass has changed in the past few years?)
The Program Director of the BBC's Songs of Praise is a Muslim.
If Sections 37 and 38 of the Anti Discrimination Act are changed, then you can bet that not only schools but everything else with a Christian tag will be next. Read the ALP Bill that is being discussed by the Senate Committee and you'll be alarmed.
But God knows.
Dear Jim, do you have a link to the ALP Bill?
And a question to you Bill,
Is there a Biblical angle to the Jerusalem/West Jerusalem move the Embassy/don't move the Embassy that Christians should be aware of?
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The Aussies have made a bad mistake in joining those who divide God's land. Joel 3.2
They've chosen to divide Jerusalem no less. They've chosen to be burdened with Jerusalem and have not respected God's holy city. They want to give some of it to a foreign god.
Getting beat by the Pommies is preferable to the misery they've chosen for themselves.
Some commentators translate Zechariah 12:3 as they rupture themselves. At any rate we can expect changes to Australia's fortunes, keep us posted.
How sad the Aussie church was unable to avert this tragedy.
Yet once more will Jerusalem be troubled by those who take the city. At the end of the prophesied time, the city will be restored to the descendants of Jacob and will never again be divided or given over to the nations.
So should we as Christians in Australia use our votes to influence our Government's recognition of the legal status and boundaries of the capital of the secular State of Israel or should we rely on prayer prayer and wait for our Lord to restore His City to His People at the End of Time?
Thanks Michael. Aside from biblical angles, the political angle is worth running with: all other nations have embassies in their capitals. As to your last question, why not both?
Part of the problem has always been, at least in the past 100 so years, we underestimate satan's power. we seem to think he is a toothless tiger 'he will gum you but he can't hurt you'. It is like going to war assuming your enemy has 1 or 2 battalions so you send 3 or 4 battalions to overwhelm him then when you get there you find he has 3 or 4 DIVISIONS and YOU are the one overwhelmed! I actually had a christian tell me satan's power is just God's power shining through satan. Many others just out right deny he has any power or that old chestnut of 'are you saying he is more powerful than God?' as a way of shutting down the conversation and not having to actually acknowledge satan has power. (for the record NO I am not saying he is more powerful than God but he IS MUCH MORE powerful than any mere man.) Satan was the anointed cherub the most powerful of all angels prior to he fall and the is no indication of he losing any amount of that power when he fell. He is also the god of the world. Since we are constantly underestimating our enemy and his strength is it any wonder we keep getting our butts kicked by him???
Too many christians are naive and think people wouldn't lie or use deception to get something so when homosexuals say 'we wouldn't use these laws against you' and 'we aren't trying to criminalize the bible' too many believe them. I think so of that is the 'I wouldn't do that so they wouldn't do that either' or 'I am a good judge of character' and 'I would know if they were lying to me'. I think we want so bad to believe the best in people we allow ourselves to dismiss anything contrary to that. we believe people are basically good. We believe being kind and nice to people will open doors (if he sees how nice christians are he will want to be one of us) and plant seeds (maybe I didn't reach him but hims seeing what a nice loving person I am will surely work on him and the next person will bring him to christ). we have become the 'barney the purple dinosaur' (I love you, you love me) version of christianity. Also the ren and stimpy version (happy happy joy joy). We don't act in a way that commands respect. You can't win through weakness and you can't show people a worthless religion and expect converts. Churchianity is worthless and that is what too many churches are the church of. As a result we are laughed at and not seen as serious. If we don't believe what the bible say why should anyone else. Jesus and the apostles didn't change the world by loving it with a warm and fuzzy love the makes you feel good but does NOTHING for you.
We put ourselves in this position by compromise Only with God's help can we get out of it by learning you CAN'T compromise with evil. Satan only compromises or seeks coexistence until he can dominate. Only a fool takes satan at his word when he promises too just exist peacefully along side you and not cause you any problems. Although when he does advertise what he is going to do only a fool wouldn't believe him. If we had taken Mein Kampf seriously maybe the holocaust wouldn't have happened. Homosexuals and others told us what they were going to do we just didn't believe them. big mistake.
Graeme Mitchell
Thanks Bill for a sober and accurate description of the predicament we now find ourselves in as Christians in Australia as AD 2018 draws to a close. I agree with your analysis, as troubling as it may be.
Thanks Graeme.
Louise and Matthew are right about the damage caused to the church by 'The Enlightenment' and corruption in the church. But it simply continues our "Did God say …?" sin that triggered The Fall.
That's why we have weak theology from many otherwise excellent Christian apologists who can't logically defend Genesis and God's explicit word that He created the heavens and the Earth and everything in them in six days. Hence atheists are correct to argue that since Christians don't believe what Genesis plainly says re creation, then why should they take any notice of the rest of the Bible. Thus many Christians are afraid or unable to defend the Bible and faith and we wonder why the church and Western nations are in decline. We need revival, but how can we be revived unless we understand where we got it wrong – how and why we started not believing the Bible.
'Enlightenment' ideas, such as Charles Lyell's admitted aim to "free the science (geology) of Moses", attacked Bible authority re the age of the Earth. Then Charles Darwin used Lyell's supposed long ages of geology to claim that evolution from single cell to complex animal was allegedly feasible. Scientists, and then theologians, gradually compromised, despite counter evidence, and began reinterpreting Genesis to agree with long ages of evolution. Worse, since the 1970s we have English translations of the Bible that, without explanation or textual justification, mistranslate the Hebrew to agree with long ages (the short articles on Gen1 in tinyurl.com/BibleOrEvolution give details). The compromised translations facilitate claims that eons before God created Adam and Eve, He allegedly created soul-less Homo sapiens creatures who provided Cain's wife. Yet it is Biblically consistent, and compatible with Josephus' claim of 56 children for Adam and Eve, that by the time Cain needed a wife Adam and Eve's descendants would have numbered about 1,500. It is all a matter of Truth. Is the Bible God's word or not?
Is the Qur'an true? Is it true that Muhammad had sex with a 9-year old? Did he own and trade in sex-slaves? Is it true that Muhammad said women are worth half a man – mere fields to be 'plowed' by men and that most of the occupants in hell are women? Is Islam's claim that Muhammad is the perfect example to follow?
Should we major on unpleasant truths? No. We should not deliberately, offend, ridicule or denigrate anyone. Nevertheless, does it show love or hate to avoid truth and leave people trapped in ignorance in dangerous religions or lifestyles where their earthly and eternal lives are at stake? Suppressing the truth here is hate not love. Jesus and the prophets did not mince words for fear of offending.
Remember it is the truth that sets free and that the Gospel is an offence to many. They hated Jesus and they will hate us too if we are true to the Gospel.
One reason we lost the Same Sex Marriage debate was our deliberate refusal to spell out the unpleasant truth re the physical, mental and spiritual dangers of SSM. Yes, the truth may offend. But our objective should always be the truth in love, recognising that we will be held responsible for not sounding a clear warning to those in danger – a warning that requires freedom of speech rather than freedom of religion.
Mark Wong
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https://www.citizengo.org/en-au/ed/166749-keep-freedom-our-religious-schools
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Sexdiscrimination
When Jesus and the prophets were speaking, quite harshly, to people, they were speaking to their own people, Israelites / Jews and their religious leaders not to pagans following other religions. The greatest condemnations by Jesus and the prophets was for the false teachers and leaders of Israel, because they had the teachings of God and didn't follow them.
When it came to Paul speaking to Greeks and Romans, who were pagans and didn't have the teachings of God, he didn't insult their religions or gods who were very immoral or talk about the rampant homosexuality in Greece. He presented Jesus to them without denigrating their gods first, depending on them to realise the Jesus and His Father were the true Gods and leaving paganism behind. When he walked around Athens and saw all the idols, he was sad that people worshipped them and when he spoke to them later he started by saying "I see that you are very religious people.." Of course we don't know everything he said. He wrote to the church at Ephesus, Ephesus was the centre of the cult of Diana / Artemis and a great temple to her was there, but never in his letter did he mention this or go on about the immoral worship rites there. People who stand outside mosques and question people about Aisha's age when Mohamed married her, make me cringe. Better to go to the local coffee shops where they gather and talk about Jesus.
SSM is a different matter, it doesn't deal with people's strongly held religious beliefs. How would we feel if someone, a Muslim, a Mormon or a JW was trying to convert us to their way by insulting and denigrating Jesus, we'd want to punch him out?
Peter Newland, the people we need to be most harsh with and not afraid to offend are false Christian teachers!
Louise, It's not that simple. The Gospel does give offence. But while offence should never be our intention, we must not hate by hiding the truth from those who need to hear it.
I talk with Muslims in Melbourne CBD. I know all 4 Muslims who were on TV a few weeks ago when 3 of them were charged with terrorist offences. I exchanged several emails with one of them. I talk with atheists, Mormons, Lesbians, Gays, Socialists, Transvestites etc. One Lesbian from QLD abused me by email re my tinyurl.com/SSMYesOrNo pamphlet, yet she became civil and exchanged another couple of polite emails where we both explained our position and agreed to disagree.
I never intend offence, denigration or ridicule; rather I try to keep to a sober discussion of the facts. But that does not stop people FEELING, or choosing to feel, offended etc. E.g. in offering Christian pamphlets, some respond in a belligerent manner, but sometimes they will enter logical debate and we can have a good discussion, but sometimes, especially when they can't answer a probing question, they CHOOSE to become abusive and storm off.
And that is what is VERY wrong with laws that make it an offence to offend etc: such bad laws encourage people to CHOOSE to feel offended etc. so that they can use those laws to punish people who promote ideas that they don't like. Such laws are disastrous to freedom.
I attended most of the many-weeks long trial where the "Two-Dannies" were charged with violating the Victorian Racial and Religious Vilification Act by allegedly vilifying Muslims who had been sent by a Government agency to see if they would be offended by a Christian meeting re Islam. I was shocked when the Magistrate stated that "Truth is irrelevant" – all that was relevant was that the Muslims, who arguably set out to be offended, were offended – and it cost the Christians hundreds of thousands of dollars and months of stress, all because they were explaining to Christians true and relevant facts about Islam.
We will not have freedom of speech or religion if it there are laws that make it illegal to "offend" someone. Defining offence can't be objective: it is inherently subjective, not like physical injury or theft. People can and do decide to play the offended victim if that is to their advantage. Bad laws reverse the onus of proof: instead of 'innocent until proven guilty' it becomes 'guilty until proven innocent'; but, how can you prove innocence if the accuser is intent on playing an 'offended' victim to punish you?
Louise, you seem to imply that offending religious beliefs is more offensive than offending SSM beliefs. So should we have blasphemy laws? Do you think Asia Bibi should be executed after a decade in prison for allegedly insulting Islam? I think blasphemy and 'offence' laws are fatal to freedom.
When Muslims, Mormons, JWs, atheists, Gays etc say what I regard as insulting things about Jesus or the Trinity etc., I don't take offence and as you say "want to punch him out"; rather I try to explain who Jesus is and offer them hard-copy of my pamphlet JesusGodSpiritSonA5.pdf (at tinyurl.com/BibleOrEvolution).
I hope and pray that this discussion helps you and others understand the issues better.
Peter, yes, the true gospel will cause offence to some, that is Biblical. That's not what I was talking about. I was thinking of those who when they talk to Muslims the first thing they say is about Aisha and Mohamed's marriage,
Thanks for what you wrote.
I think the first main battle in the sexual area was lost in the 1960s and 70s when living together without being married became accepted as normal. It meant that marriage was downgraded to an option, not a social necessity. That opened the door to more recent downgrading of marriage and attempts to eliminate marriage as the committed relationship between a man and a woman. Gay 'marriage' could not have been accepted if proper marriage was still overwhelmingly considered necessary for men and women to live together.


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Albany man sentenced for role in death of Equan Fallen
Aug. 2, 2019 Updated: Aug. 2, 2019 11:43 a.m.
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Bullet holes riddle the front doors of the Livingston Avenue building where 20-year-old Equan Fallen was gunned down on Tuesday. Albany police said he died at Albany Medical Center Hospital after he was shot at 448 Livingston Ave.
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The sun rises on 448 Livingston Ave., Albany, where 20-year-old Equan Fallen was shot and killed on Tuesday.
ALBANY — A city man who took part in a shooting spree that ended with one victim dead received a sentence of 18 years to life in state prison at his sentencing Friday morning.
Shaquille Moore, 27, is currently serving a two- to four-year sentence for a 2018 conviction that will run concurrently to the new sentence, according to District Attorney David Soares' office.
Moore pleaded guilty in May to murder in the second degree.
On the evening of June 12, 2018, Moore and Trayron Palmer shot at a group of people — including a 1-year-old child — on the front porch of a home on Livingston Avenue. Equan Fallen, 20, was shot in the chest and later died. He had been engaged and was set to marry that September.
Palmer pleaded guilty in March first-degree manslaughter for his role in the incident. He was sentenced to 23 years in state prison, to be followed by five years of post-release supervision.
Both were sentence by Judge Peter A. Lynch in Albany County Court.
Last month, Lynch adjourned a previous sentencing date for Moore after he refused to be brought to the Albany County courthouse from Clinton Correctional Facility.
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At the time, the judge noted Moore's refusal to come to court could be a violation of his plea deal with prosecutors — which was for the sentence he received Friday. The maximum sentence for second-degree murder is 25 years to life.
Moore was previously convicted on charges of attempted robbery, possession of prison contraband and weapons possession.
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iPhone 8 Plus Remains Intact Inside Burning Mercedes Benz
Posted on December 4, 2017 by m_tagalicud
Many mobile users had considered and trusted Nokia as an 'indestructible phone' for its durability for many years. But based on this incident, it seemed like iPhone 8 Plus had taken its place.
Photo: Digital Spy
On November 26, a Singaporean lady was driving a Mercedes Benz to bring her friend back to her apartment. When they reached home, both of them smelled something burning so they got down from the car to check where it was coming from.
Shortly, they noticed that the front part of the car had sparks and was starting to burn so they immediately moved away from it. Not so long, they heard about 4-5 explosions coming from the car and the fire spread rapidly that within a few minutes, the Mercedes was totally 'eaten' by the flames.
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At that point, there's nothing more the two can do so they just called the fire department.
Since the Mercedes had burst into flames quickly, they didn't have the chance to save their belongings inside the car including an iPhone!
Apparently, the Singaporean had just bought an iPhone8 Plus for $1000 and just left it in the car still unboxed. So, when the car burst into flames she also lost hope in still having her brand new iPhone as definitely, everything in the car was already turned into ash.
When the firemen put down the flames, they checked on the Mercedes and found the box of the iPhone8. When they opened it, they found the phone which looked untouched and had no traces that it had gone up in flames.
In fact, a smartphone technician was surprised after learning about the incident as most phones would definitely melt under extreme heat or their batteries and LCD screens would be damaged unless they were wrapped in a protective material that will prevent them from being damaged. The technician then concluded that the woman was so lucky that her iPhone8 Plus survived the fire.
Unfortunately, what happened to the iPhone wasn't the same with the Mercedes Benz which was totally destroyed in the fire.
Meanwhile, Singaporean police had concluded that overheating caused the car to burst into flames.


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Australian KCA journalist to go to jail for breaching suppression order put on a suppression order by 7's Kerry Stokes
By Shane Dowling on August 2, 2014 • ( 41 Comments )
I will be going to jail sometime in the near future for doing nothing more than the crime of journalism. Yes, journalism is now a crime in Australia. On Thursday the Supreme Court of NSW in my absence ordered me to pay a fine and Channel 7's Chairman Kerry Stokes's costs. In lieu of the fine jail time is standard which is the option that I will take.
This is happening with the full knowledge and support of a dodgy NSW judiciary led by Premier Mike Baird, Attorney-General Brad Hazzard and Chief Justice Tom Bathurst. (Click here to read more)
There are two options, the first is trying to appeal on limited funds and playing the game on their territory which they control or two, don't pay the fine and go to jail on principle which helps highlight how corrupt the system is and fight hard in the court of public opinion online which is our territory and we the public control.
The contempt
Channel 7 owner Kerry Stokes and his lawyer Justine Munsie instituted defamation proceedings against me on the 14th of April 2014 and at the same time went to court ex parte (without my knowledge) and asked for a Suppression Order on the defamation proceedings and for a Suppression Order on the Suppression Order as you can in the document below.
The following day at 5pm Tuesday I was emailed the documents. The next day I published a post on this site about it and wrote an email of complaint to the NSW Attorney-General, Chief Justice Bathurst and the federal police. I have been found in contempt of court not just for the post I published but also the email of complaint I sent to the Attorney-General etc. Yes making a complaint is apparently a criminal offence even though it is protected as political communication as per the High Court judgement Lange v ABC 1997.
The Suppression Order only lasted 2 days and expired at 4pm on Thursday the 17th April although Stokes's lawyer's argued in court that day it should be extended permanently. Justice Harrison did hand down a judgment on the 24th regarding the hearing on the 17th but did not give specific reasons why he issued a Suppression Order in the first place on the 14th nor why did he have an ex parte hearing on the 14th of April. So why was the Suppression Order issued in the first place and why a Suppression Order on a Suppression Order.
Justice Harrison has never published a written judgment justifying it even though it is the law that judges have to publish their reasons which is meant to keep them honest. It could be argued that Justice Harrison is a criminal on the run as he cannot justify his actions and judgment.
WikiLeaks – The Suppression Order on the Suppression Order leaked
International news was made on Wednesday (30/7/14) when WikiLeaks leaked the document that shows the federal government had managed to get a judicial officer to issue a Suppression Order on a Suppression Order in a matter involving the Reserve Bank international bribery scandal. Every media organisation in Australia has reported the story. So will the courts or government have them charged for contempt? Of course not. So why was I found guilty and fined?
The SMH said: In a statement provided to Fairfax Media, Assange said it was completely egregious to block the public's right to know and suppress the media in any instance, and especially in cases of international corruption involving politicians and subsidiaries of a public organisation".
"Despite the legal implications WikiLeaks publishes this suppression order, as it will others, to uphold our values of freedom of information and transparency of government – the Australian people have a right to know, we work to ensure this right for them, even when their government tries to obstruct it."
WikiLeaks suggests there has not been a comparable "blanket suppression order" since 1995 when the Australian government sought to suppress publication by Fairfax Media of details of a joint US-Australian espionage operation to bug a new Chinese embassy in Canberra. (Click here to read more)
Actually the situation is a lot worse than Assange or anyone else knows when you consider that Suppression Orders on Suppression Orders are being issued for simple court cases like defamation suits for people like Stokes. Where did the federal government get the idea to get the Suppression Order on a Suppression Order? Maybe the idea came from my matter with Stokes as they have been aware of it for months.
Where you see JM, KS and SD they are the initials for Justine Munsie, Kerry Stokes and Shane Dowling.
Section 6 is the Suppression Order and then lists what things are covered by the Suppression Order. Section 6 G is stating that there is a suppression order on the suppression order where is says "any orders of the court made in these proceedings. (the suppression Order)" (Click here for a PDF version of the suppression orders) That means at the time the Suppression Order was in effect I could not even tell people that Kerry Stokes was suing me for defamation and that there was a suppression order put on it. I could not even say someone is suing me and there is a suppression order on it. Yep, this is Australia your new Communist State. (Click here to read the transcript for Kerry Stokes's barrister's (Sandy Dawson) private hearing on the 14th of April with Justice Harrison (when I was not there) to have the Suppression Order issued)
The court never charged me for contempt Kerry Stokes did. So who runs the court? Stokes seems to.
As a side note the Financial Review published a story on the case Thursday morning before Nicholas heard the sentencing, so at least someone in the MSM have done their job (Click here to read – It is behind a paywall)
The Suppression Order on the Suppression Order and why I have to be punished
What has happened is a deliberate attempt by Kerry Stokes and his mates in the courts to send a message to all the little people. Do as you're told otherwise you will pay. The reason given by Kerry Stokes that he was entitled to a suppression order in the first place was that I disobeyed an instruction from him in 2011 not to publish a threatening letter sent to me by his lawyer. Courts are issuing those types of orders on a regular basis and do not want others to disobey them. (Click here to read)
What every Australian should be concerned about is how does a billionaire media owner like Seven Group Holdings Limited Executive Chairman Kerry Stokes manage to get a Suppression Order on a Suppression Order in a defamation case and how many other times has this happened and to whom and by whom.
Judgments of William Henric Nicholas QC or also known as Nicholas AJ
Acting Justice Nicholas heard the contempt proceedings on the 15th July and handed down a judgment on the 22nd July and then heard the sentencing hearing on Thursday (31/7/14) in my absence and handed down a judgment ex tempore (in court immediately). I only found out about the judgment on Friday when I phoned the court myself. I wrote a post about the contempt hearing (Click here to read) and click here for the sentencing judgment. I did email in submissions but they pretty much went in the bin as Nicholas admits. (Click here to read the submissions). I could dissect how corrupt both of Nicholas's judgments are further than I have but I'll save that for another time. The fine is $2000 and Stokes costs are to be paid forthwith on an indemnity basis.
Today it is me, tomorrow it could be you or another journalist or another blogger or simply someone using Twister or Facebook etc. Where is the attack on free speech and political communication coming from? The people who are meant to protect your rights like Channel 7's Kerry Stokes and the politicians who protect him.
Make sure you save a copy of the above picture and start putting it everywhere such as Facebook, Twitter and even the local message board etc.
So what is motivating Kerry Stokes – Nothing more than a power trip
Some might wonder why Stokes is doing what he is. Well Stokes has a long history of suing anyone and everyone, just Google the C7 case for starters were Stokes had to pay $200 million in legal fees and lost badly. But then it could be the fact that I have written numerous times about the 2010 "election year bribe" where Kerry Stokes has been ripping off the tax payer and not paying his share. (Click here to read more)
Mr Stokes has been married four times and does not talk to his 2 children from his first marriage. In a story in the SMH last year titled "Billionaire's 'forgotten' family speaks out" Stokes's granddaughter is quoted as saying: "I am very disappointed in him, and a little bit disgusted that he can publish things about his other children and leave out his other wife and children and his granddaughter. I don't really have any sympathy for him," says Tara, the four-times-married billionaire's granddaughter by his eldest son, Russell." (Click here to read more)
I wouldn't normally raise someone's personal issues but I think in this case given his extreme relationship with his own family it helps to some degree explain why Stokes acts as he does. Stokes seems to only care about power and nothing else.
Is Kerry Stokes a fit and proper person to be a Director of a company?
Directors of companies are meant to be fit and proper people. The question that has to be asked is whether Mr Stokes fits that category. I have no doubt he does not and that he should resign or be sacked from his position as Executive Chairman of Seven Group Holdings Limited.
Someone wrote a while ago in the comment section that they felt sorry for me regarding being sued by Stokes. Well there is nothing to feel sorry about as this website is about driving change for the better and if you are going to try and change things you are going come up against obstacles. That's all Stokes is, an obstacle and he is not as tough and powerful as he thinks he is. In part at least what is happening with the Suppression Orders is an attempt at media control/censorship or at least social media control/censorship.
What you can do to help!
The obvious thing is that you can use the social media buttons and promote this post because the number of likes and how times it is promoted on Twitter etc will influence whether or not the politicians do anything. And make a donation if you can which helps a lot. But also use the contacts below and ask the politicians why they haven't already taken action given I notified them long ago what is happening. Remember all Australian's rights which include your rights have been undermined by the precedent that Justice Nicholas and others have set. Because a precedent is a law and it is what other courts, especially lower courts, are meant to follow.
Contacts to email and phone and ask them what they are doing about protecting your right to free speech and political communication regarding the above:
Federal Attorney-General George Brandis – senator.brandis@aph.gov.au – Ph(02) 6277 7300
NSW Premier Mike Baird – office@premier.nsw.gov.au – Ph (02) 9228 5555
NSW Attorney-General Brad Hazzard – office@hazzard.minister.nsw.gov.au Ph (02) 9228 5258
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Categories: Brad Hazzard, Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, Justice William Nicholas, Kerry Stokes, Mike Baird, Senator George Brandis
Tagged as: Kerry Stokes, Suppression Order, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Supreme Court of NSW, WikiLeaks
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For people who want to help and put a few posters up around your neighbourhood below are 2 different sizes of the same poster. Just click on them then save them
Kerry Stokes suppression order poster – A4 – Click here: https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/kerry-stokes-suppression-order-poster-a4.jpg
Kaylene Gerster says:
just read this…do hope that someone who can help you reads this…. all the best Kaylene
If we all join together and do our bit we can help ourselves.
Eric Shepherd says:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
Hang in there Shane you have the admiration of everyone who is lucky enough to read your missives, The very best of luck, what goes around comes around. Regards Eric Shepherd.
Tony Hutton says:
I am with Eric and please hang in there Shane, you have all of our prays Mate..:)
kurt flahavin says:
I'm sorry you may have to go to jail Shane. Keep your chin up mate. Kerry Stokes is a dog of a person, simple as that.
Gary Smuts says:
All the best Shane, the Truth will survive !!
Clark Kent says:
As Usual this is and unbelievable Disgrace , How much further can these Traitors and Criminals go before we the people stand up for Something ? and actually do something about it.
Tom Ruut says:
That is truly awful.
Adrian Jackson says:
All media moguls eventually die of old age and 5 years after they die many can't even remember who they were. Time is on your side Shane
Concerned Aussie says:
Oh they will be remembered alright, but not in the way they want. Mr Wonderbra, lol. And for most of them to go down in recorded history as being part of the wave of corruption currently being exposed, their children, great grandchildren and further descendants will be brought into great shame when they see what their ancestors really did.
I bet not many of them have thought about that.
Pat McCann says:
unfortunately, most descendants are cut from the same cloth! Channel 7 is not worth watching, I rate it with the ABC…garbage!
Thomas Isaac says:
I can fully comprehend the position you have found yourself in. You have my support and gratitude for standing up for all Australians RIGHTS. What the 1% backed by the JUDICIARY and POLITICIANS are doing is wrong. We the Australian people are not slaves and the political parties, the judiciary and the 1% are not our masters. Stay strong Shane.
Janelise C says:
An utter disgrace. Be strong and vaya con Dios Shane (hopefully not to prison)
Doug Sinclair says:
A percentage of people in society believe in pure and right principles.
Those folk are the defenders of the quality of democracy and freedom.
Sadly they are usually vigorously attacked with ferocity in much the same manner as change agents are.
The likes of people who would cut such honest people down are the Corporate Psychopaths, criminals, Extreme Narcissists with some degree of dysfunctional Sociopathy in their make-up.
One of their favourite tools is Defamation laws; I know I am a victim of such a matter.
Some Judges as you rightly point out are not worth the respect their cloaks of office would earn them. In my circumstance the Judge defamed me in summation and records of his decision yet he is immune from prosecution because he has an equivalence of Parliamentary privilege that is afforded Judges in their work. Another abuse of office.
Stay strong you do have supporters.
ohdeah says:
Just keep shaking my head – when IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT going to put a stop to the corruption in our Courts – we all thought Tony Abbott would be better than the Rudd/Gillard mob – come on Tony, do something about this.
CHANNEL 7 IS A BIASED UNDEMOCRATIC, ANTI-AUSTRALIAN DICTATORSHIP, THAT PUSHES THE GLOBALISTS AGENDA DOWN EVERYONE'S THROAT. ANYONE WHO STANDS UP AGAINST THE CONTROLLED MEDIA IS DISCREDITED OR JAILED. THIS IS WHY
MAIN STREAM MEDIA IS DYING, AS MOST REALISE THE ELITE CONTROL AND USE THE MEDIA TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS, DREAMS( OF WORLD POWER) AND CORPORATE MONOPOLIES. THE MEDIA OWNERSHIP HAS TO BE BROKEN UP, AND THE OWNERS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE LIES, PROPAGANDA, SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND DENIAL OF DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRALIA.
Neenee says:
I am deleting Channel 7 (actually 6, 60-64) on my TV Remote Control. Those who support censorship are not welcome in my living room.
Louie2U says:
Pride is where you stand by your principles. Well done Shane.
The prostiticians have none. They duck, dive, hide or just make themselves scarce when an honest decision is required. They appoint these criminals then never undo their mistakes. Is it any wonder white collar crime is so alive & well in Australia? Labor, Liberal, Geens – whomever is elected – they all turn out to be the same once they get into power. High powered corruption at its worst is what has been meted out to you. Will karma ever get them? In this lifetime? I bloody well hope so! I am completely aghast at the treatment you have received. Take care & keep up your great work.
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Con Dassos says:
Shane, it appears from your article that the sentence is inappropriate for the crime.
On balance, maybe a fine of $1 would reflect the gravity of the crime.
Yes, I'm sure $1 fine is most appropriate, after all Justice is "Blind".(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Justice) …. ie neutral.
E W Allison says:
Kerry Stokes has obviously read your T shirt "Why rent a lawyer when you can buy a judge"
Brad Turner says:
You think that this is about "contempt of Court"? You have exposed these people for what they are, and this is pay back my friend. Whatever I can do to help, please ask.
Read the last section of the above article where is says: What you can do to help! and do what you can. Thanks
Stokes will turn 74 on 18 Sep 2014. His Wikipedia entry is an interesting read concerning being adopted in 1940 and four marriages.
Don't bother with Brandis. He's bought and paid for. Sold his soul long ago.
WE CARE SHANE says:
How can any law-abiding Australian citizen keep putting up with such dishonest and disgraceful actions by some (too many) Judges in our courts for so long and for how much longer?
As sure as night follows day Shane you deserve so much support every good free thinking Australian can do for you in any way– and I pray you will get it and quick.
And this is what the evil powers to be are VERY afraid of is "Good People Power".
You are truely cared about by many people Shane and "THANK YOU" doesn't seem to sound enough.
The Climate Realist says:
You should apply to the court for a payment plan citing hardship and pay the fine and costs at $1 a month. What is the $ value per day of incarceration now? I know years back a friend that got nabbed for heaps of unpaid speeding fines did her time at $1000 a day. Is it still similar or has it kept up with inflation?
Anything Goes When The Chips Are Down says:
Re: citing hardship—this is a very inspiring alternative that I would be proud of Shane if he choose to take–try anything Shane.
Whatever happened to freedom of the PRESS, and a mans freedom to an opinion? We are subject to the opinions of Editors and publishers and TV bias, constantly, are they FREE to say what they want?
Linda Milazzo says:
Is it not time for the men and women of this land to take back the control from the criminal Freemasons ie: the Judiciary and the government. We all need to put away our need for material things and get down to taking our land away from the controlling, money grabbing criminals, if we do not stand up now what type of a world are we leaving for future generations to come, the reporter was reporting, so where is free speach supposed to be a crime or sedition, next we will be classified as criminals for coughing in public. WAKE UP AUSTRALIA!!!!
Was it Voltaire who said "to know who rules over you, find out who you are not allowed to criticize"?
We The People Demand True Justice says:
Shane, I hope this humble donation will be of some assistance for your fight towards true justice and your freedom to keep ordinary Aussie citizens informed of what evil is well hidden from the general Australian public of which is totally unacceptable.
Don't ever change from your ethical campaign for transparency, truth and justice 🙂
Peter Gauci says:
I think this case highlights one of the worst flaws in our legal system.
Technically Shane broke the law in disobeying the suppression order so is definitely in contempt.
But contempt is exactly what the courts deserve when they behave in this manner. It simply isn't reasonable or fair to expect citizens to obey the court if they make such blatantly and grossly unjust rulings.
Unlike most other professions it seems like judges are not subject to professional or ethical standards.
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Gerrit Hendrik Schorel-Hlavka says:
Shane, my view is that when a person(s) is(are) obligated to comply with a court order, including an order not to publish then the person(s) is(are) entitled to be given reasons why having to comply with the orders. without any reason given I view no one can expected to comply. In the Marriage of Tennant (1980) 5 FLR 777 at 780 (Elaborate judgements are not required, but the reasons which lead the magistrate to make his order must be explicitly stated.) if therefore a judge issuing a non-publication order effective immediately then I view not providing a reason at all is an abuse of judicial powers and cannot be enforced.
The only way to get any justice is to become an independent politician,for years i have been watching these things and the only way is to hit back where it hurts most.
Mmm. Do they understand they just provided you with free board, food , time and Internet for the duration?
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