For those savvy on the Election 07, you'll know what I'm referring to - the liberal volunteers handing out fake "how to vote cards" appealing to Anti-Muslim sentiment. MP Jackie Kelly has likened it to a Chaser style prank and as a Chaser fan, I find that outright insulting to the Chasers.
Link: http://au.news.yahoo.com/071121/2/1518t.html
The Chasers mock politics in general but in a way which has no serious consequnces (minus the APEC stunt but it only got themselves into a legal mess.)
Handing out fake How to Vote cards however, is the political equivalent to defamation and should be criminalised. Anyone who thinks this was fun is nuts.
Your thoughts?
2007-11-21 10:16:38 · 6 answers · asked by Lighthouse 5 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
krakkati - come on. What the Chasers do and what the libs did are different in nature. The libs actions of putting out fake voting cards are:
- lying to the public AND
- equivalent to political defamation, implying that Labour supports the bali bombers.
That's outright misleading, but hey, coming from a party with a leader like John Howard, what do you expect?
2007-11-21 18:19:13 · update #1
Imwanda - come on! What the liberal's did amounted to political defamation. If labour committed a similar crime and then excused it as a fun prank I would criticise them just the same. Thankfully, labour isn't that dishonest
2007-11-22 14:33:12 · update #2
I agree with you.
It just shows how desperate the rank and file Liberals are about the election.
The Liberal Party hierarchy have promised us it's not condoned by the party, and would anyone in politics lie to us?
Of course not.
2007-11-21 10:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-09-05 11:23:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ha ha ha...I absolutely love it!
The Chasers put shyte on everyone else that they can; they try & embarrass as many as they can; they have fans who can only understand full in your face "humour"; the fans of Chasers aren't bright enough to understand or grasp subtle acts of humour - it must be brazen full-in-face stuff.
Great to see a bit going back their way. When someone else does an act similar to what they do every day - they cry foul.
Goodonya Libs - The Labor Party are peed off because they didn't think of the idea & gain the publicity.
2007-11-21 17:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Sooooooo..............If one tends to disagree with others views in here they get singled out for criticism; called derogatory names like "tosser'.....????
Asker, you asked for other users thoughts..... you received one you didn't like so they get a lecture!
Really, it's only the uneducated & the unwashed Labor voters who'd be up in arms about what happened. If it was illegal those responsible will be dealt with according to the due process of law.
If it was not illegal......it just makes it all the more funnier!
Good to see Chasers being the butt of a silly prank.
2007-11-22 13:30:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I hope the people responsible are prosecuted- what they did was illegal and offensive to those of us who care about the right to vote and to be safe from defamation. The tosser who thinks that it is a joke needs to turn in their citizenship- they are obviously too dim to be allowed to vote.
2007-11-22 08:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Ergot W 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they are liberals, and as usuall nothing new...same tactics every 4 years
2007-11-21 12:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by steven25t 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋