I always dreaded dinner parties when I was growing up. My parents would invite their Indian friends (Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Parsees etc), and I'd have to put up with boring discussions about politics, religion and cricket. Or my father would invite his academia friends and/or postgrad students, in which case the talk would be about this symposium or that academic journal.
I wonder what they talk about at dinner parties hosted by the Bolts. If his blog is anything to go by, Bolt's dinner time discussions would revolve around why white Aussies are victims of nasty Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or Muslim and/or African and/or Sudanese and/or Somali victimhood/crime/lack of assimilation etc.
It's hard to find Bolt saying anything nice about anyone. His blog seems to attract an assortment of whingers whingeing about how little they whinge compared to other whingers of a slightly darker skin pigmentation.
In Bolt's world, the white man lives in fear of imminent attack. Everything is black and white, especially in terms of skin colour. Imagine a dinner at the Bolt household with this kind of (allegedly reasoned) discussion:
I would say that most Australians have a healthy dose of Islamophobia simply because they fear being either…
a. Blown up
b. Shot
c. Raped
d. Assulted
e. Intimidated
f. Spat-upon
g. Insulted
Rosemary of Queensland (Reply)
Mon 30 Mar 09 (07:12am)
I never knew Patricia Ilhan engaged in all that nasty stuff. Anyway, here's more from dinner guest Rosemary.
Rosemary replied to Rosemary
Mon 30 Mar 09 (10:45am)
I would also like to add that as far as I am concerned, the Islamophobia that is present is entirely the fault of the Muslim community both here and overseas.
By not controlling, civilizing and moderating their young males, and by not casting out the radicals in their midst they have, by their silence and shameful inaction brought upon their heads the consequences of being mistrusted by the general community.
She's right. Let's look at the young males in my family. One studying medicine, the other dentistry. Both teetotallers, though not teetotalitarians. And then there is this disgraceful example of uncivilised and unmoderated Muslim manhood.
Bolt's dinner guests have some fascinating insights into the legal and political systems of other nations.
lethal replied to David Mon 30 Mar 09 (10:37am)
... in Muslim nations there is no separation of church(mosque) and state (and islamic (sharia) law often prevails) ...
Yep, plenty of sharia law in action in Turkey, Bosnia and Albania. And Pakistan is known for its strict Islamic code, especially on TV.
And, of course, lawlessness and violence can only be met with lawlessness and violence.
These cowards as we all know are only brave when there’s 20 of them on one. They go to s#%t when faced with equal numbers.Look what happened at Cronulla, That kept em quiet for a while. The law needs to evolve to deal with this ...
Des Lyxic of Oak Flats (Reply) Mon 30 Mar 09 (09:52am)
What drives Bolt's guests to spew forth such rabid nonsense? One wonders whether Bolt's dinner party might descend into something resembling this ...
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