I'm sure they could manage a bit of doublespeak Stewart. .

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I agree. And it needs to come from people who really have the experience to know what they're talking about.

If I'm overdoing the posts with my particular point of view, I am happy to be told and I'll post less. I just find there's so much that's interesting and relevant to share and people in this community are generally thoughtful so sharing is really attractive.

Have you seen this interview of Grace Tame by Antony Lowenstein? It is a month old or so and before the 'difficult' comment. It is on AI, Power, and the Normalisation of Child Sexual Abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8cKJ3zeJPw.

I found her admirable. We need more voices like hers.

But yeah, whether i agree with the advertisement or not isn’t the point. I’d rather know theres a uniform approach to these matters to prevent situations of bias by moderators whether knowingly or not.

I agree with you and I also regret a bit that I put up the post. It may be offensive to some. I also agree about having an AI label and/or rule.

I forgot to mention that if you are interested in a Jewish point of view which differs from the mainstream one we are being made to believe applies to all Jews, have a look at Antony Lowenstein on YouTube. He is an Australian Jewish journalist who grapples with the issues that affect his community and all of us in the current world situation.

The swastika goes further back than Buddhism. The difference in using the swastika symbol as used in recent history to displaying a watermelon picture for example, is that the former was used to entrance people to take part in beliefs and actions that actively sought to destroy other people for the sake of racial and national self-aggrandisement. In my view the Palestinian symbols and phrases indicate taking back what was yours in the first place and being free to enjoy it. The swastika is about colonising by force of which you could say the same about the Israeli flag yet no one seems to care about that.

I do understand your argument but cannot be convinced. And btw, some Jews are offended by the pro-Palestinian freedom slogans and symbols but some Jews agree with them. Let's not put all Jewish people in the same basket. The Jewish community is very diverse. Zionists loudly object because it goes against their political and colonialist agenda but many Jews don't.

You may be right but the article does mention consumer law:

The ACCC also said it welcomed changes from the government to the maximum penalties for consumer law breaches by fuel companies from $50 million to $100 million and said it would seek the maximum penalties in any cases it pursued.

The ACC webpage says it can take action "where businesses mislead consumers about pricing. This includes on the reasons for a price increase."

I think most people use the phrase to mean that Palestinians should be free in their land and not be under continuous attack. The interpretation you speak of is laboured. I believe jailing people for saying the 'forbidden phrase' is the real shit. As you'll see from another post in this community, people are starting to get punished and even losing jobs for wearing a keffiyeh. So, will they start jailing us too for using non-verbal language deemed offensive?

Max Blumenthal is a journalist worth our attention. His knowledge and capacity are extensive and his commitment to truth is solid.

Perhaps if there wasn't so much whipped-up stir about this phrase, including criminalisation for saying it, it would not provoke people to want to say it more. Imo if you coerce people you are going to get more push-back, whether openly or not.