Topic: Mass shooting in Christchurch NZ

[Rhi]

Sickening.

[KissThisGuy]

Fucking sickening. A disgrace to the human race.

[jed the red]

Quite right. I've deleted the post. It was a momentary frustration, and was really aimed at the enablers who will deny it's such a thing.

In fact the response from NZ has been impeccable. As I would expect, from that wonderful country

A fair point mate. It’s easy to allow our emotions to run away at times like these. No harm done on these boards.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Sickening.

Where are they from?

People should be reporting them to the police and their employers.

[Red Beret]

Heartbreaking.  Just so so wrong.  What kind of person/people does this??   

[Red-Soldier]

Terrible news!

A seperate incident also happened yesterday in NZ:

The Green climate minister was punched in the face, possibly by a far right nutter.

New Zealand's climate change minister has been assaulted in the street while on his way to Parliament House.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw was punched in the face early on Thursday in Wellington, though was not seriously injured.

PM Jacinda Ardern said: "In New Zealand, you just don't expect these things to happen."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47565792

[Red_Mist]

Where are they from?

People should be reporting them to the police and their employers.

Yep. Lots of talk about why the attacker wasn’t on a terror watch list. Well look no further than this lot to add to that list. Zero tolerance, add them to the list and let them know they’re on it. It might just make them realise they’re no different to an ISIS terrorist, identical to the one thing they hate the most.

[Broad Spectrum]

Where are they from?

People should be reporting them to the police and their employers.

I actually searched for Lisa Trigg, from Queensland. Absolute fucking joke, social media platforms with their fucking billions of dollars need to do more. Top job, massacring innocent civilians.

[I've been a good boy]

It's at times like this I truly hope hell exists, because this guy will rot and suffer there for all eternity. It's one thing to go into a mosque where you're greeted with a friendly "hello brother" then proceed to shoot them all in the face but to record it as well? Fucking dickhead, hope he gets the death penalty.

Fraser Anning is also a scumbag of the highest order, hope he is no longer in office in then next few days and gets some proper shit from his colleagues and the public. The whole world is fucked, sick of this shit happening every fucking day

[Mutton Geoff]

I despair at the way the world is heading, far too many of these massacres of innocent people and far too many supporting these nut jobs, R.I.P all the victims in NZ .

[RedSince86]

Shocking and disgusting.

No surprise in today's climate with politics and society turning towards far right hate xenophobia.

RIP to all concerned.

[gjr1]

Wow I live in Australia and just heard this now. Busy day for me

I have no words... NZ normally the mildest country on Earth

[TepidT2O]

Where are they from?

People should be reporting them to the police and their employers.

FAr right extremism is just as much a danger as Islamist extremism.  Surprisingly we haven’t seen any far left extremist yet, I’m sure some will come along (although historically they dont tend to be quite so murderous)

What a horrible time this is.

And the victims? Always the innocent

Always those who are peacefully going about their lives doing no one any harm.

And that’s the tragedy.

[Nobby Reserve]

I've seen some written 'interview' this shitstain is supposed to have done. The gist was that he'd travelled widely around the world and had no problem with people having different race, culture or religion  - as long as they stayed in their own country. But when they come to his country they're invaders. And invaders of other countries need to be wiped out.

The white Australian living in New Zealand must have no sense of irony.

[Red_Mist]

Wow I live in Australia and just heard this now. Busy day for me

I have no words... NZ normally the mildest country on Earth

Can you campaign to get that Queensland senator removed from his job? I’ve never read such a disgusting response from someone holding public office.

[Ray K]

Just utterly horrendous. I was going to say it is hard to comprehend, but I guess it's not with all the far right hate groups and their fellow travellers in the political world who help to radicalism them (I'm thinking of you, Frottage and Johnson).

RIP to those poor victims. All my love to our NZ friends on this website. 

[gjr1]

I grabbed this from the abc in au
Senator Fraser Anning

Senator Anning said in a tweet: "Does anyone still dispute the link between Muslim immigration and violence?"

"I wonder if there will be as much outrage from the left wing when the next Muslim terrorist attack occurs? Most likely silence and talk about lone wolf attacks, mental illness and no connection to Islam”, he added.
In a media release, he said "whilst this kind of violent vigilantism can never be justified, what it highlights is the growing fear within our community, both in Australia and New Zealand, of the increasing Muslim presence."
"The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place."

Crazy, sad and scary

[kcbworth]

Can you campaign to get that Queensland senator removed from his job? I’ve never read such a disgusting response from someone holding public office.

We've been trying. He wont be there for much longer and essentially doesnt have any influence over any policy

Due to some weird quirk he got voted in with 19 votes or something ridiculous... in a state with 5 million people AND mandatory voting

[Indomitable_Carp]

If you saw it on social media, report it and they'll take it down. Don't give the attackers the attention they crave

Unfortunately the Australia news channels have already done the work for them. I thought our media was the pits - but they make our media look like saints.

[Iska]

Unfortunately the Australia news channels have already done the work for them. I thought our media was the pits - but they make our media look like saints.

I’ve read that the Daily Mail and the Mirror both have the footage up too - I daren’t look myself.

[rafathegaffa83]

Terrible news!

A seperate incident also happened yesterday in NZ:

What the fuck is happening in New Zealand?

Just utterly horrendous. I was going to say it is hard to comprehend, but I guess it's not with all the far right hate groups and their fellow travellers in the political world who help to radicalism them (I'm thinking of you,Frottage and Johnson).

RIP to those poor victims. All my love to our NZ friends on this website. 

Yep. Society has normalized these fringe views in an unbeliveably short space of time. Case in point that Senator from Queensland. Also media corporations hosting the video of these attacks can fuck off. Have some sense of decency and decorum.

[thejbs]

Wonder will Trump talk about good people on both sides this time? Mental illness will be the excuse, of course. Even though it was premeditated and meticulously planned. The people online cheering this won't merit a mention, unlike the phantom Muslims in Brooklyn that cheered 9/11.

[gamble]

FAr right extremism is just as much a danger as Islamist extremism.

Far right terrorism is the fastest growing form of terrorism in the UK. For some forces it is the majority form of terrorism in the UK.

More than 2 in 5 suspects arrested in terror offences are white ethnic - the largest ethic group amongst terror suspects.

Prepare to rewrite your jokes, your cognitive biases and stereotypes. The times a a-changing.

[thejbs]

This is how a president should respond to this:
 

@AOC
 6h6 hours ago

Morning (Friday) is Jummah, the weekly day of worship for our community of Muslim friends and loved ones.

Be there for them. Check in. Perhaps extend a kind gesture at your local mosque.

There is so much fear and hate.

We must negate it with active, courageous love.

[Kenneth the Messiah]

Born and raised in Christchurch, heartbroken and sickened that this could happen anywhere in the world, let alone here. After everything we've been through as a city recently to have this dealt to us, is just hard to comprehend.
Thoughts and prayers to all.

[Crosby Nick]

Born and raised in Christchurch, heartbroken and sickened that this could happen anywhere in the world, let alone here. After everything we've been through as a city recently to have this dealt to us, is just hard to comprehend.
Thoughts and prayers to all.

It’s awful mate. Such a lovely place and great, warm, welcoming people. Thoughts are with you all.

[So… Howard Philips]

It's at times like this I truly hope hell exists, because this guy will rot and suffer there for all eternity. It's one thing to go into a mosque where you're greeted with a friendly "hello brother" then proceed to shoot them all in the face but to record it as well? Fucking dickhead, hope he gets the death penalty.

Fraser Anning is also a scumbag of the highest order, hope he is no longer in office in then next few days and gets some proper shit from his colleagues and the public. The whole world is fucked, sick of this shit happening every fucking day

There is no death penalty in NZ, like most civilized countries.

However in cases like this and Brevik I think putting them to sleep isn't a bad option simply because right wing terrorists seem happy to go to prison and continue to agitate from their cells, probably wanting to continue "their struggle".

[thejbs]

There is no death penalty in NZ, like most civilized countries.

However in cases like this and Brevik I think putting them to sleep isn't a bad option simply because right wing terrorists seem happy to go to prison and continue to agitate from their cells, probably wanting to continue "their struggle".

Nah. The death penalty is never right. It's vengeance, not justice.

The people who do this deserve to live out the rest of their lives in a 6x6 cell with no daylight and little means to communicate with the outside world. Death penalty makes them martyrs.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

I've seen some written 'interview' this shitstain is supposed to have done. The gist was that he'd travelled widely around the world and had no problem with people having different race, culture or religion  - as long as they stayed in their own country. But when they come to his country they're invaders. And invaders of other countries need to be wiped out.

The white Australian living in New Zealand must have no sense of irony.

Not just that he was a white Austrailian living in New Zealand, but that he'd widely travelled the World.

Reminds me of Vinnie Jones saying that he had emigrated from the UK because of its immigration levels.

[So… Howard Philips]

Nah. The death penalty is never right. It's vengeance, not justice.

The people who do this deserve to live out the rest of their lives in a 6x6 cell with no daylight and little means to communicate with the outside world. Death penalty makes them martyrs.

True, as long as they cannot communicate with the outside world.

I have some memory of Brevik issuing communiques from his cell but I may be wrong.

[vagabond]

I grabbed this from the abc in au
Senator Fraser Anning

Crazy, sad and scary

I had to look this person up just because I couldn't believe they were real. Shame on whoever in Queensland voted this hateful guy in.

[Bangin Them In]

Born and bred in CHCH, my home town has had a wretched few years

These simpletons will always react like this to the rallying cry from the politicians, they are so fuckin dumb, if they are told by the right wing that we need to get rid of the muslims they think that should be this afternoon

Deeply in my thoughts today, tragic and unnecessary

[Chakan]

Tragic and disgraceful.

RIP

[BarryCrocker]

I had to look this person up just because I couldn't believe they were real. Shame on whoever in Queensland voted this hateful guy in.

He literally got a senate place with 19 votes.

Anning was third on the One Nation (an anti-immigration party) senate ticket in Queensland at the 2016 federal election. He gained just 19 below-the-line first-preference votes under the optional preferential voting system. Due to its high statewide count, One Nation elected two senators in Queensland at the 2016 election – party leader Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts. In October 2017, during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, the Court of Disputed Returns ruled Roberts was ineligible to be elected to the Senate due to his failure to renounce his British citizenship. The following month, on 10 November, Anning was declared elected in place of Roberts following a special recount. Prior to his elevation to the Senate, he was facing bankruptcy legal action due to money owed to the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. This could have made him ineligible to sit in parliament, but the case was withdrawn.

Wiki

[GreatEx]

Anning exists purely as a punching bag for all sides of Australian politics. Even Pauline Hanson condemned him after he used his maiden Senate speech to advocate a return to the White Australia policy. Whether this was before or after she wore a burqa to parliament in her own crass publicly stunt, I cannot remember.

He represents a few dozen internet trolls and no one else. Let's not give him any more free publicity.

[vagabond]

He literally got a senate place with 19 votes.

Anning was third on the One Nation (an anti-immigration party) senate ticket in Queensland at the 2016 federal election. He gained just 19 below-the-line first-preference votes under the optional preferential voting system. Due to its high statewide count, One Nation elected two senators in Queensland at the 2016 election – party leader Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts. In October 2017, during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, the Court of Disputed Returns ruled Roberts was ineligible to be elected to the Senate due to his failure to renounce his British citizenship. The following month, on 10 November, Anning was declared elected in place of Roberts following a special recount. Prior to his elevation to the Senate, he was facing bankruptcy legal action due to money owed to the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. This could have made him ineligible to sit in parliament, but the case was withdrawn.

Wiki

Ah, I see. That explains how he managed to get elected with such hateful views.

[Number 7]

Such tragic news.

RIP to the people who lost their lives. Such a waste of precious life.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Sickening world we live in. RIP

[B0151?]

Ah, I see. That explains how he managed to get elected with such hateful views.

He was in the party that got those votes for a reason though.

[leroy]

Unsurprising that it was an Australian and depressingly predictable that Fraser Anning mouths off in the most idiotic way possible.  Not content with plain old disgusting he ratchets up to genuinely idiotic sentiments too.

Ironic to see members of this government falling over themselves to say how horrible it is while they have ministers and above dog whistling about the "African Gang Terror" in Melbourne.

Sorry to my Kiwi brothers and sisters...  not sure where we go from here in Australia.  I think it gets a lot worse here before it gets better.