Saturday, September 16, 2006

A few clarifications

Just in case you googled yourself into my site when looking for stories about the 8 year old West-Papuan boy called Wa-Wa who supposedly is under the threat of being eaten by his tribe "in the next ten years", well, it ain't me.

I really can't speak on his behalf despite sharing the same name, and I am pretty unclear on exactly what the circumstances exactly of his life or welfare, but I'd still like to take this opportunity to say what a fuck wit twit Naomi Robson is and that Today Tonight is the lowest form of entertainment any one would ever come across. Nevermind all the misquoting and misleading editing they do all the fucking time esp about Muslim Australians, and the numerous times she'd been caught by Media Watch for doing whatever unethical business they are doing.

Australians, BOYCOTT THIS DISGUSTING PROGRAM!! Its not "current affairs" its not even gossip, its complete tripe that is keeping bogans of this nation bogans.

Oh, poor little Naomi gets kicked out by an authoritarian terrorist tolerating model-jailing drug-mule executing government for snooping around without prior permission. I can just imagine her squeeling. Serves her bloody right.

Of all the pressing issues you can investigate in West Papua, like their ongoing independence struggle against Indonesia, asylum seekers that Australia SENT BACK to face whatever Indonesia wants to do with them, the generl impoverishment of the area, the arms and drug trade, illegal logging and HIV/AIDS coming out of their ears etc etc etc, instead you go do a story another network has already done... on CANNIBALISM?? Several anthropologists/etc experts already says its not something they practice anymore, they only do it to each other's tribes not their own etc etc, the initial report was not even investigating cannibalism to start with, bumping in the the little boy was a side thing. To sensationalise Papuans as "savages" is reenforcing the ignorant and xenophobic and neo-colonialist attitude Australians has towards anyone who's not white and speaks English. As sad as it is for any one to die and their human rigthts violated, Cannibalism is not a systematic issue. Genital mutilation, domestic violence, forced conscription is - and millions more die from this much much more frequently than isolated cases of cannibalism. For fucks sake why isn't she going around saving kids from killing themselves in refugee camps or jumping off a leaking boat.

Oh, and did any one ask her to tick against "Indonesian Values" she identifies with on the visa card before they let her in? She failed? How unjust!!

2 comments:

Br3nda of coffee.geek.nz said...

ummm.. what exactly are australian values?? it's a frigging huge country, how could you possibly summarise is on a form? in a tick box?

Paul Martin said...

Regarding Naomi Robson and Today Tonight, I couldn't agree more. Well said WaWa. I find the quality of commercial television in this country appalling. It's not even on my radar. If I have a little time to look at the TV guide, I only look at ABC and SBS.