Eames describes some of the basics facts about this atrocity.
One of New Zealand’s worst-ever massacres shook the city of Christchurch today. At least 50 individuals were killed during attacks on two mosques; another died later in the hospital. A further 48 were wounded. The attacks were carried out by a heavily armed white supremacist....While seeking to note incidents of mass murder to compare with this massacre Eames makes a culturally insensitive statement about the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand. Here Eames disparagingly refers to certain warriors of indigenous tribes of the pre-colonial era as "Maori cannibals."
Today’s death toll ties the 1943 prisoner-of-war riots for the deadliest massacre in New Zealand in 210 years, and the deadliest in its history as an independent nation. The casualty total is only surpassed by incidents in 1809 and 1772—before New Zealand was established as a nation in 1840—which were warlike attacks between colonialists and Maori cannibals. [Links added.]An Australian Senator caused much outrage by saying that the presence of too many immigrants was a "problem."
Australian Sen. Fraser Anning sparked controversy with this statement:
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.
And Eames can only bring himself to say that it was "poorly timed" refusing to say such statements are morally wrong.As always, left-wing politicians and the media will rush to claim that the causes of today’s shootings lie with gun laws or those who hold nationalist views, but this is all clichéd nonsense.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.
The senator’s statements were poorly timed, but his views do represent the fears of a significant percentage of Australians, who voted him into the Australian Parliament.He then appears to complain that multiculturalism is not a strength.
Despite the noblest of platitudes from leaders and officials, multiculturalism is never “our greatest strength.” There is no “strength in diversity.” And there is no place for bloodthirsty radicals like [name omitted], whether they are Muslim extremists or Islamophobes.He states that multiculturalism has failed.
Attacks like this point to serious problems in our societies: failures in family that can lead to monsters like [name omitted], the failure of multiculturalism, the spread of terrorism around the world. We can expect to see politicians put forward many simple solutions to these problems, such as more gun control in New Zealand, crackdowns on criticism of Islam, and more policing of what you can post on Facebook. But none of these solutions address the real cause of our problems.And what is the "real cause of our problems"? That we are cursed. And why are we cursed? Because don't view things the way PCG's leaders do. And we are obsessed with multiculturalism.
As we point out continually at the Trumpet, Britain and its Commonwealth of nations, including New Zealand and Australia, are cursed. The Bible precisely describes the state of our nations, down to our weather problems, our obsession with multiculturalism and our internal division. It describes our “sick” nations as being like “a cake not turned” (Hosea 7:8)—fragile and divided. Our own sins and moral failings are causing us many problems. In addition, God is sending curses on our societies for our rebellion against Him....
Tragedies like the New Zealand mosque attacks should stir us more than ever to pray, “Thy Kingdom come.” The good news is that it is coming—very soon.PCG has been waiting nearly thirty years for the Second Coming to occur. PCG have made at least 52 failed predictions. PCG's leaders are clearly unable to see the future. Relying on PCG's predictions will not succeed.
Alas, PCG has a long history of stirring up fear towards Muslims. This attitude may be seen in the following quote from PCG's recruitment magazine, The Philadelphia Trumpet, in which it is asserted that believing "most Muslims are peaceful folks" is a "lie." This is but one example of PCG's Islamophobia.
Americans, in their extreme penchant for even-handedness, have been selling themselves the lie that most Muslims are peaceful folks. If this be the case, why is it that America’s own media continue to throw up perpetual video images of hundreds, even thousands, in Iraq and Pakistan, demonstrating against the U.S. and baying for the blood of American men, women and children? (Ron Fraser, The Battle Lines Broaden, November 2001. As cited in a previous post.)Here are some other articles from this blog discussing PCG's demonization of Muslims:
PCG and the Islamophobia Network
PCG's Demonization of Muslims Part 1: Before 9/11
PCG's Demonization of Muslims Part 2: Conceiving Hate (2001-3)
PCG's Demonization of Muslims Part 3: Hatred Blooms (2003)
PCG Continuing to Vilify Muslims
Is PCG a Part of "the Shari'ah Conspiracy Theory Industry"?
PCG's Demonization of Iran
PCG and Bigotry Against Muslims (Islamophobia)
PCG's Ron Fraser Mistakes Wahhabism's Age by 1100 Years
PCG's Ron Fraser's Demonization of Muslims After 9/11 (2001)
PCG's Stephen Flurry Obliquely Quoted in Book About Islamophobia: PCG's Small Impact Upon Society Exposed
PCG's Richard Palmer Moans About the Non-Islamophobic World
PCG Condemns "Pro-Muslim Demonstrators" in New York
Mosque Vandalized in PCG's Hometown, Edmond, Last Month [April 2015]
PCG's Kiall Lorenz Falsely Accuse President Obama of Meeting with Muslim Brotherhood Leaders: PCG Slander Exposed
PCG's Positive Reaction to Anti-Muslim Film, Fitna (2008)
PCG Scare Mongering Against Leftists and Muslims
PCG Spreading Islamophobia After Terrorism in Brussels
Joel Hilliker Ignoring the Muslim Condemnations of the 2005 London Bombings
PCG's Ron Fraser on Obama's Rise to Power
Joel Hilliker's Fear Mongering of British Muslims (2006)
PCG Quoting Daniel Pipes
PCG's Fear Ad
This has morphed slightly from the days of Herbert Armstrong, but it’s the same approach. Armstrongism has always reached, dramatized, and fomented anything that appeared to be a possible lead in to the end times. Of course they don’t want to see cultures embracing one another and working together to arrive at solutions to the world’s problems. They must continue to fan the flames and to make it appear as if the Armstrong end times are right around the corner. Obviously, they will line up behind the saboteurs who say that multiculturalism has failed, in spite of the fact that we’ve witnessed it working quite nicely for several decades now.
ReplyDeleteSince the recent resurgence of nationalism, more specifically white nationalism, there have been more violence and hate crimes than at any time during the recent past.
Every ethnicity brings with it their good representatives, and their bad representatives. The Italians had their mafia. The Japanese their Yakuza, and the Chinese their Triads. Street gangs came along with the various waves of Irish immigrants. So, it’s not terribly surprising that there would be a small, extreme element in the Muslim population. Our past history gives ample testimony to the fact that our system fights, and controls or incarcerates the bad element of each group.
If you go to any local high school in any major US city, you will readily see that the second generation, the offspring of Muslim immigrants are largely Americanized, speaking English without an accent, and having largely adopted American customs, just as has been the case with immigrants from other parts of the world. My employer for twenty years was Pakistani. His brother’s son spoke English without accent, and volunteered for the US Marine Corps to go over and fight in the war in Iraq.
People see what they want to see. The PCG imagines conditions and events that appear to fulfill their false prophecies. It’s sad, because in this case, their members are missing out on the richness of life that people of different cultures can bring to us.
BB