Three Sides to Christchurch - Shock and Sadness, followed by Orwellian Internet Censorship, Political Opportunism and Vilification

Three Sides to Every Story

The Christchurch massacre in New Zealand is a terrible tragedy, full stop. The reaction, less than a week later, is Internet censorship, harsh legal penalties for sharing and hosting the video on 4 chan, 8 chan, Voat, etc. while Facebook carried the live stream , and the vilification of large swathes of Aussies and Kiwis based upon skin colour.

First, Perspective. Since 1 January 2016, there have been 5,320 terror attacks around the world, and 34,990 fatalities according to storymaps.esri.com, which cites open source data from wikipedia. 26,950 deaths, or 77% of the total are attributed to Muslim extremists groups including Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Islamic State, PKK, or The Taliban. The "Other" category includes attacks committed by organizations not named above. Both Christchurch and the Utrecht shooting, covered later, are in this category. The "Unknown" category includes unclaimed attacks and attacks committed by unidentified organizations and/or individuals.

Second, The Unfolding of the Massacre for those who are unaware. We won't be going into depth on this subject as it has been covered far better elsewhere.

Third, the reaction has seen a significant increase in government censorship, fueled division along religious and ethnic lines. Main Stream Media smears site host for refusing to comply with NZ police detective request for user logs in an expletive laden tirade despite the fact the site Kiwi Farms is hosted in America and not in New Zealand and therefore not subject to NZ Law, labeling him an "Incel" (Involuntary Celibate implying he is unattractive to the opposite sex for those not in the know). It isn't enough to report the story, today's media conduct personal attacks on those they don't agree with, in a blatant attempt to lessen empathy for the subject. Not that this guy or his site are full of angels, but who benefits from this smear?

According to the article above, "New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern" has warned "that anyone caught downloading or distributing such material — especially the killer’s 17 minute bodycam footage — faces up to 10 years jail."

The New Zealand PMs warning has fallen on deaf ears in Turkey as President Erdogan airs mosque shooting video at rallies, threatens New Zealand, Australia in front of tens of thousands of supporters during 7 election rallies. From the Zero Hedge article "The only way he (Erdogan) can contain the loss of votes that is a result of economic voting behaviour is through political tribalism, or identity politics," said Unluhisarcikli. "Muslims being killed in a mosque by a white supremacist is definitely an incident that can be used to trigger [these] values."

Only a few hours after Erdogan's inflammatory rhetoric a Turkish national shot and killed 3 and injured 2 more on a tram in historic Utrecht, The Netherlands. An unreleased note found in the getaway car suggests a terror motive is behind the attacks. The timing is indeed coincidental