media release

DATE 7/01/09

Green Hypocrisy

It seems that the police terror exercise based around a hijacking by radical Greens group has been justified. Bob McMahon, spokesman for the Tasmanians against the Pulp Mill yesterday said that protestors could use illegal activity. I quote, “some Laws are so unjust they just have to be broken”.

The protest was attended and supported by Greens leader Bob Brown who railed so loudly against the idea of a violent Green group. Commenting on the Police exercise on December 10th, Greens Leader Bob Brown said “It wasn’t acceptable

when protestors have always acted peacefully”. Seems that this stance has changed, but only when the laws are ‘unjust’.

This blatant contrast highlights two obvious issues that need to become a public focus. Green groups sense of moral superiority that, in their opinion, lets them pick and choose which laws to follow. Based on their sense of justice? What about the people trying to make a living working to build the pulp mill, do they have access to the same justice? Or does justice only apply to those who agree with Bob McMahon.

Secondly, this shows that Greens Leader Bob Brown cannot be trusted. He is happy to criticise the Tasmanian Police for daring to suggest that Green groups could be violent, but also happily supports Bob McMahon saying that, “some laws are so unjust they have to be broken”. What do the Greens stand for? A lawless society or one governed by an independent legal system?

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