JonDLundyn Parker 2 #9/1
February 14th 2007 02:42
Within twelve hours the news of the terrorists demands had broken and the public could see the pattern emerge of what looked like a series of natural and ‘one off’ disasters to a large well controlled giant gun pointing at their heads. They did not like it! Some media took a hysterical stance, crying for revenge, but most took a sombre, stoical stand, listing the demands and the showing footage again and again of the fires, the weary fire fighters, the Ocean King stranded in place and more and more pictures of the water mammals in pain and agony stranded on beaches and writhing in the sea.
Churches of all denominations called for prayer meetings and though it was only mid week there was standing room only in the city cathedrals and most suburban and country churches that were not being used for fire fighter relief were also full. Countries from Asia, the Pacific Basin, Europe and Africa sent sympathy and countries where Australia had given significant relief to refugees of storms, wars and other disasters in turn offered manpower, the only relief many poverished countries could offer. This was in some cases accepted as a political thank you and pictures of black African relief firefighters streaming off RAAF transports and a cruise liner full of Indonesian workers arriving in Freemantle to help with the West Australian fires bought tears to some eyes but knowing nods from those that suspected that Australia had just allowed another load of illegal immigrants to cross her borders.
Churches of all denominations called for prayer meetings and though it was only mid week there was standing room only in the city cathedrals and most suburban and country churches that were not being used for fire fighter relief were also full. Countries from Asia, the Pacific Basin, Europe and Africa sent sympathy and countries where Australia had given significant relief to refugees of storms, wars and other disasters in turn offered manpower, the only relief many poverished countries could offer. This was in some cases accepted as a political thank you and pictures of black African relief firefighters streaming off RAAF transports and a cruise liner full of Indonesian workers arriving in Freemantle to help with the West Australian fires bought tears to some eyes but knowing nods from those that suspected that Australia had just allowed another load of illegal immigrants to cross her borders.
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