Thursday, June 02, 2005
No terrorists here, thanks
Following the conviction and sentencing of Gold Coast woman, Schapelle Corby, on drugs charges in a Bali court last week, Australians have vented their frustration on anything Indonesian, apart from cheap furniture purchased from A-Mart.

This venting has included someone posting a suspect package to the Indonesian Ambassador in Canberra, initiating a security threat, an evacuation of the building and the placing of 22 staff in isolation. The package was confirmed later to have contained a ‘biological agent’, subsequently found to be just a dull white powder and ‘some bacteria’.

Foreign Minister “Lord” Alexander Downer said, "All of us pour condemnation on this action and our hope that none of the staff will have in anyway been harmed”.

One word that was not been used by Downer was ‘terrorist’.

A couple of years ago when some goon was using similar tactics to clear out US government offices, everyone was quick to label them with the ‘T-word’, no doubt because he was one of those damn muslim-ists.

But I guess this episode in Canberra is just an over-exuberant Australian patriot who is upset with the decision of an Indonesian court, and not a terrorist at all.

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