[Imc-aotearoa-ed] racist and factually incorrect post?
finn c.
imc-aotearoa-ed at lists.indymedia.org
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 00:23:01 +1300
Hi
I'm quite disturbed this has been hidden.
> Factually incorrect - because of its depiction of 4 photo's of arabic
> men who it claims to be S11 hijackers in the absence of any proof they
> were hijackers (the US govt has still not given any factual proof that
> any person was a hijacker).
Err, so you want to hide this because it's got some factually incorrect bits? Theres quite a few articles on indy [and every other media source] that are factually incorrect.
> Racist - because of the phrase ``garden of evil'' in the introductory
> section. This is a clear reference to the biblicial Garden of Eden,
> which is deemed to have been in the Saudi/middle east area, but has been
> twisted to reflect badly upon all Saudi's.
Ok, but this is gotta be on the border. Stuff like this can be dealt to far easier by just commenting on the article. And '666' is just one of victors names that he uses when he talks about things that he doesn't like.
> I would like to see this modified (photo's and `garden of evil' phrase
> removed) or hidden. Although this is clearly Victors work, I did not
> classify it as spam, cos the cut and pasted article is not in breach of
> the Ed policy (tho I don't agree with it).
Ahh, actually this is the bit that is in breach of the ed pol - copyright violating work :)
finn