reading this put a smile on my face
Rollins reported for reading Muslim book
Thursday Feb 23 14:25 AEDT
American hard rocker and political activist Henry Rollins says a fellow passenger on his flight out of Auckland reported him to Australian anti-terrorism authorities for reading a scholarly work on the rise of militant Islam.
Rollins, who flew to Melbourne soon after performing at Auckland's Big Day Out on January 20, described the experience in a blog he runs on his own website, henryrollins.com.
Rollins wrote that he received a letter from an Australian government worker informing him that the passenger sitting next to him during the flight reported him to a national security hotline.
The book, Jihad: The Rise Of Militant Islam In Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid, a New York Times columnist, was published by the Yale University Press.
It canvasses how extreme poverty and religious suppression in the areas surrounding Afghanistan has created a breeding ground for militant Islam.
Rollins wrote that while touring the series of Big Day Out shows across Australia, he was told by a "nice woman" who worked "in one of those government areas that deals with anti-terrorism matters" that he had been dobbed in.
He said the official told him that though her department did good work, it also received a lot of letters "submitted by lunatics".
"Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go **** themselves," Rollins replied.
"Tell them twice. If your boss is looking for something to do, you can tell him I suggest he go **** himself. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy."
yay sissy as our head or goverment.. lets vote the fucker out!
Rollins reported for reading Muslim book
Thursday Feb 23 14:25 AEDT
American hard rocker and political activist Henry Rollins says a fellow passenger on his flight out of Auckland reported him to Australian anti-terrorism authorities for reading a scholarly work on the rise of militant Islam.
Rollins, who flew to Melbourne soon after performing at Auckland's Big Day Out on January 20, described the experience in a blog he runs on his own website, henryrollins.com.
Rollins wrote that he received a letter from an Australian government worker informing him that the passenger sitting next to him during the flight reported him to a national security hotline.
The book, Jihad: The Rise Of Militant Islam In Central Asia, by Ahmed Rashid, a New York Times columnist, was published by the Yale University Press.
It canvasses how extreme poverty and religious suppression in the areas surrounding Afghanistan has created a breeding ground for militant Islam.
Rollins wrote that while touring the series of Big Day Out shows across Australia, he was told by a "nice woman" who worked "in one of those government areas that deals with anti-terrorism matters" that he had been dobbed in.
He said the official told him that though her department did good work, it also received a lot of letters "submitted by lunatics".
"Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go **** themselves," Rollins replied.
"Tell them twice. If your boss is looking for something to do, you can tell him I suggest he go **** himself. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy."
yay sissy as our head or goverment.. lets vote the fucker out!
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I've never seen such cowardly behaviour from a head of state and/or government.
There's a huge "kick me" sign hanging on Australia's ass and Howard fucking put it there himself (cos Bush told him to, of course)