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Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA
Hans, people are entitled to their opinions, so comments like this don't bother me, as there will "always" be people who have differing opinions; and that is a good thing. We live in a "so-called" democracy and part of this democracy is being allowed to express one's opinions; and be thankfully we can do that anyway. I will always defend peoples rights to their opinions, even if I do not agree with them. Besides, the people making these comments weren't there anyway and I can only feel sad for them coming to such conclusions in the first place.
Furthermore, getting upset about such statements just give these people the attention they seek. By reacting to these comments just continue to inflame the situation. Just ignore it and it goes away. The kiwi-oz rivalry is nothing new and I don't buy into it anyway.
Cheers Pete
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True Pete, people do have right to their opinion but with free speech comes some level of responsibility and rantings like this can't really go without comment..the dead cannot defend themselves so we, who remember them and believe in what they fought and sacrificed for have a duty to defend them. I guess what really got to me was:
"Freelance journalist Josie McNaught said she was "so sick of hearing that ridiculous cliche'' that Australia's national identity was forged at Gallipoli."
What really is it to New Zealand what our identity was forged on, it doesn't impact on their country.
Agreed this shouldn't be esculated above the shock jock journalism that it is.