The Case of the al-Saadi family

The case of the Iraqi al-Saadi family raise so many issues it is difficult to know where to start.

The basic story is that the family car did not stop when directed to in a conflict zone and ignoring the posted warnings was fired upon. There were some injuries. The incident occurred in an area close to the Australian Embassy where a car bomb had been set off a few weeks earlier.

The civilian passengers who were injured received a mercy donation (charity) of about $7000 to help with medical expenses. Not being able to get good care in Iraq the family was flown to Australia to receive medical attention there where they have remained.

Now they are attempting to sue the military and the Australian Government for compensation. This could cost millions of dollars.

If successful it means that a decision made in the field by soldiers in a conflict zone has been arm-chaired in Australia. This would also mean that any future action of a similar nature taken by any soldier in battle could be subject to civilian judgement.

The problem for the soldier is that they would have to be second guessing themselves from that point onwards. For a soldier this is just about an automatic death sentence and the whole of the Australian Army might as well be disbanded. Perhaps this is the aim of those pressing the case or perhaps it is just another scumbag lawyer trying to get richer at the expense of Australian soldiers in this case.

The other issue is that there is a growing list of people who have been given charity and have sued the government. The cost to the taxpayers of Australia is growing and this is taking health care, education etc. away from the Australians and into the hands of lawyers and foreign people of doubtful nature.

Apology to Aboriginals in Australia

The government of Australia has made a formal apology to the local Aboriginals over what has been shown to be a myth, that of the "Stolen Generation." To date there has been no case taken to court where the plaintiff has demonstrated or proven their case. In one notable instance the mother of the child came out and said that she willingly gave the child up. To this day that child is still claiming that she was one of the "Stolen Generation."

It should be noted that the majority of children were simply abandoned to the elements as half casts. These children were rescued, fed, clothed, educated and generally taken care of. For this they are now complaining and want money.

The bottom line has always been money and the apology has opened up the door to the potential for millions of dollars in payments in the future. If success is measured by return on investment then if what has been given back to Australia for all of the money that has already been poured into the process the current level of success has been very close to zero.

Yes I did read the Stolen Generation Report which I found to be full of emotive statements and based on mostly oral tradition and reports. The validity of such sources has been challenged e.g. the Hindmarsh Island fiasco.

Racism

Racism: Anything said about any other race when said by a white person.

Let's face it when you see any claim of racism it always involves a white Western individual saying something about another race.

Consider the recent cricket 'racial' slur event in Australia. Teams sling off at each other all the time, they can call each other's mother a c*nt and denigrate each other all day long.

In this case however it was against a player described by the media as "the only black member of the team." In Australia the indigenous population gets all kinds of special treatment and people are so scared to upset them that they are handled with kid gloves and get away with just about anything.

In this case it was only because the player, who many do not even consider to be 'black', i.e. he is just a regular Australian member of the team, was looked upon by some as being different and so had to be treated in a special way.

In summary, if I called any non-white and idiot I am a racist, if they call me one that is perfectly OK in today's PC, no equality environment.