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You will own nothing and you will be happy...
So, recent events have got me thinking about the song, Notre Dame. There has been a very noticeable trend recently to 'kill' stories relating to Islamist terror. The attack in Australia yesterday has had very minimal reporting in the mainstream media. Meta and X/Twitter were instructed immediately to remove any footage of the attack. I wonder would the same had happened if a neo-Nazi had stabbed an imam in a mosque? I think it would have been reported very differently. If they could have yesterday, they would have reported that the young man slipped whilst holding a letter opener, and there was nothing to see here. But no one would have fallen for that. It was reported in the media that the victim of the attack was 'far right' (because he is anti the alphabet people) and an 'anti-vaxxer' (because he thought lockdowns were 'mass slavery' and natural immunity was safer than the covid vaccine - wise man!), almost as if that justified the attack. Absolutely bizarre.
The reaction of the very tight-knit Syrian Christian community was heart breaking. There was real anger outside the church, whilst the crowd demanded the attacker be handed over. There was certainly no one singing Don't Look Back in Anger. Nothing 'phobic' or 'irrational' in the crowd's response. An emotional response, yes, but an entirely rational response, if your community has just been attacked.
When Notre Dame was first played live, I was skeptical. I thought, God, I'm really not sure if this is a wise move. Putting your neck on the line in this way. But as time has gone on, I am more and more of the opinion that Moz is probably 100% correct in his assertion in this song. It was arson - but the French government thought that to admit that would provoke a popular reaction across France like what was seen yesterday on the streets of Sydney. It is what people do when under attack. So the narrative was changed to - it was an accident, could have happened anywhere, nothing to see here.
The reaction of the very tight-knit Syrian Christian community was heart breaking. There was real anger outside the church, whilst the crowd demanded the attacker be handed over. There was certainly no one singing Don't Look Back in Anger. Nothing 'phobic' or 'irrational' in the crowd's response. An emotional response, yes, but an entirely rational response, if your community has just been attacked.
When Notre Dame was first played live, I was skeptical. I thought, God, I'm really not sure if this is a wise move. Putting your neck on the line in this way. But as time has gone on, I am more and more of the opinion that Moz is probably 100% correct in his assertion in this song. It was arson - but the French government thought that to admit that would provoke a popular reaction across France like what was seen yesterday on the streets of Sydney. It is what people do when under attack. So the narrative was changed to - it was an accident, could have happened anywhere, nothing to see here.