The shaming of a good name

by Scott Balson, Global Web Builders

26th August 1998

Community Aid Abroad (Oxfam in Australia) used to be an organisation that I supported. Like many Australians I believed in the high ideals of the charity.

But that has now all changed, forever.

Community Aid Abroad has now become a vehicle for political correctness.

Today I received what is called a "RaceWatch kit". A RaceWatch kit comprises of:

The "RaceWatch" kit is the "big brother" part of the project partnered between Community Aid Abroad and B'nai B'rith Anti Defamation Commission.

Jeremy Hobbs in his undated letter refers to recipients of the kit as "Dear RaceWatcher".

In his letter he says, and I quote, "Firstly we will distribute kits like this to people to recruit other RaceWatchers and help you promote RaceWatch at events around the country and through the media."

The clear implication of the kit is to "recruit other spies for their cause". I use the word "spy" after careful consideration.

The "RaceWatcher's" job is to go and spy on others - to try and find a "racist" comment made by political parties, political candidates, the media, party workers, and party supporters. Simply put, to intimidate.

It is quite clear that RaceWatch is politically motivated - there is no option on the RaceWatch Report Sheet for "racist" comments made by an individual not associated with a political party.

The accompanying brochure clearly states that "RaceWatch is not targeted at any particular political party". Yet, at the launch, it was made clear that the rise of One Nation was the catalyst for the formation of the watchdog.

Before we look at the un-Australian and intimidatory concept behind "RaceWatch" we need to have a look at the hypocrisy behind the involvement of the Jewish lobby, B'nai B'rith.

For example the RaceWatch brochure states, "The mission of the B'nai B'rith Anti Defamation Commission is to combat all forms of racism, prejudice and bigotry." Perhaps then they should start at home as:

The Hagshama Department of The World Zionist Organization web site tells us the first requirement for immigration to Israel is: "Proof that you are Jewish! This can consist of a ketuba (yours if married, or parents' if not), or a letter written by your rabbi of your Diaspora congregation, preferably in Hebrew, or your conversion certificate." A phonecall to the Israeli Consular Office in Sydney by myself confirmed the above with the comment that "if you are not Jewish you are wasting your time trying to migrate to Israel".

And what about the terrible and government sponsored persecution of the Palestinian people by the Jews in Israel? Is that not racist, is that not a travesty of justice, who the hell are THEY to preach to Australians!

The politically correct RaceWatch Report Sheet (for outing "racists") devised by these partners has a section which details three race options to mark as having been the target of "racist" comments (is this not in itself divisive, perhaps racist?) The options are: Indigenous Australians; Asian Australians and Ethnic Australians. What happened to an option for "Anglo-Saxon" Australians - is it impossible for another race to make racist comments against them?

The Report Sheet has no provision for the contact details of those being "outed". The Report Sheet on the "racist" is sent back to Community Aid Abroad who then submit it to a contrived "court" made up of politically correct individuals who act as judge and jury. The individuals making up the court are Irene Moss (Asian descent), Trevor Boucher (President of Racial Respect) and Hon Justice Marcus Einfeld (a Jew).

If they find the "racist" guilty, based on the information provided by "RaceWatchers" the guilt party's name is provided to B'nai B'rith to be put on a database which is printed weekly and provided to the media with the deliberate intention to intimidate and embarrass those named.

There is no government backing for this scheme which has been orchestrated by a charity and an extremist Zionist lobby.

Under RaceWatch "racists" are outed by "RaceWatchers" on the same principle as those imposed in Stalin's darkest days when children used to report their parents to authorities. (The greatest recorded massacre was not under Nazism but under Communism with nearly one hundred million innocent people being killed this century.)

The formation of RaceWatch follows hot on the heels of the unauthorised publication of the names of 2,000 innocent, law abiding One Nation members and donors in the Australia/Israel Review under the intimidatory but catchy heading "Gotcha" - a chilling reminder of the horrors of Nazi Germany.

Do we really need this sort of intimidation in Australia?

The RaceWatch committee is on the record as saying that it is now racist to say that immigrants to Australia should assimilate. Where will the definition of racism, for politically correct expediency, extend to next?

I will save RaceWatch the problem of getting a report card completed on myself. I say publicly that immigrants to Australia should assimilate. If that makes me a racist in terms of their definition I will be happy for Australians to decide what they think when my name appears on their un-Australian list - without the self-appointed thought police impinging on my freedom of speech.

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