Pleonastic
Bluelighter
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In an attempt to combat the boredom that seems to be coming to some people with the sudden realisation that social is actually crap at the moment (just a joke, settle down
), I've decided to throw a discussion topic onto the table.
As I'm sure most people are aware by now, the other morning on the Today Show Anthony Mundine made some controversial comments regarding the September 11th World Trade Centre collapse. The statements he made basically blamed America for "bringing it on themselves", because they didn't understand the Islamic religion. For more information about the remarks and his subsequent retraction he made later that night on the Ray Martin show, check out the online news sources...
My question for discussion is: Did the media tear him apart without thinking about what he was trying to say (did he have a valid point that was just very badly expressed), or was Mundine truly a great big twat for saying what he did in front of a national audience? There's probably some good arguments supporting both sides of that proposition if we think about both sides objectively...
What do you think?
As I'm sure most people are aware by now, the other morning on the Today Show Anthony Mundine made some controversial comments regarding the September 11th World Trade Centre collapse. The statements he made basically blamed America for "bringing it on themselves", because they didn't understand the Islamic religion. For more information about the remarks and his subsequent retraction he made later that night on the Ray Martin show, check out the online news sources...
My question for discussion is: Did the media tear him apart without thinking about what he was trying to say (did he have a valid point that was just very badly expressed), or was Mundine truly a great big twat for saying what he did in front of a national audience? There's probably some good arguments supporting both sides of that proposition if we think about both sides objectively...
What do you think?