Small victories
A little while ago I read Graham’s comment that while “Pandagate seems to be hot topic” at the moment, “we’ll all be bored with this by Monday.”
He’s probably right, I thought, this hasn’t got far to run.
Oh, but it does.
I popped back to Two Cents, the current affairs blog, to see what was happening in the thread on Miranda’s latest post.
I’d pointed out that it was hypocritical to complain about people teasing your physical appearance, and then to criticise Michael Moore’s physical appearance. Later, I argued that Alex Lew’s censorship policy was based on flawed premises. It’s hard to complain about personal attacks in a thread that started with Miranda’s personal attack on Moore.
I also pointed out that it was hypocritical to delete comments containing “allegations that you cannot backup” when Rohan D’Souza’s defamatory rant about Michael Danby was allowed to stay on the site. I guess that last comment struck a nerve, because it was deleted. I know it’s hard to cope when someone makes a good point, but do you have to delete it?
It’s not just me who thinks it’s a good point. Rohan’s obviously a bit worried about his defamatory words, because his name has disappeared from the list of contributors in the blog’s sidebar, and the post now claims to have been written by “Global Warming”. The Liberals might think global warming is a mythical creature, but we know it’s real — and we know its name is Rohan D’Souza.
You can run, but you can’t hide.
Meanwhile, how has the Panda Gang’s harrassment campaign been going? Perhaps inspired by Dear Leader, they decided it would be a good idea to spam a member of the Victorian parliament. The reason I mention this again is that they’ve hit a slight snag — the email form provider has (shock, horror) decided to suspend their account.
Alex Lew says he’s not sure what the problem is, but those of us living in the real world will have little difficulty in understanding this provision of the Bravenet terms of service:
You may not use the Products and Services to:
(v) “Stalk” or otherwise harass another…
It’s quite sad that if Alex takes a photo of Miranda campaiging in the Melbourne Uni elections, they jump up and down about him “stalking” her — but apparently it’s okay for them to send bulk emails to his boss, or, more recently, to dig up information about Ms Fits and spam her employer, too.
Unfortunately for the Liberals, Bravenet has more common sense than they.
I’m getting tired of using the word “hypocrite” so frequently, so pick a nice synonym yourself.
Update: Poor Miranda. Or rather, poor Miranda’s sister. Apparently everyone at Girton Grammar School — including sis’s friends and teachers — are following the saga, and “think she’s gone nuts”. Hardly surprising, really.
Update: Rohan’s decided to put his name to his work again.
At least I’ll give them one thing, they’re not cutting and running in the face of public outcry. And they’ve obviously not been pulled aside by the party and told to pull their heads in yet. Which is fun – there’s plenty more in this as they attempt to make themselves look increasingly far right to “annoy” everyone else. One of them will eventually write something that will hopefully lead to comedy for all.