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Australian PM Has Parody Site Shut Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ah-to-breath-the-free-air-of-australia dept.

babbling writes "The Australian Government has shut down a parody website that mocked Australian Prime Minister John Howard. The website featured a satirical speech that 'apologised' for the Iraq war. The site was down for two days before a phone call from Melbourne IT advised the owner that it had been shut down 'on the advice from the Australian Government'. A mirrored PDF copy of the "apology speech" is available."

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  1. Should not have been satirical by petrus4 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have been reading the pdf of the speech. It is open, honest, and vulnerable, and it is to Howard's shame that he had not in fact actually given it, and in public.

    Yes, to a degree it would have constituted falling on his sword, but that after all is the only thing that is really left for Bush and his supporters to do.

    As an Australian myself, I have never had a high level of respect for John Howard; the Australian Liberal Party's customary economic ability notwithstanding, I do not consider Howard to be a great orator, a great statesman, or really a great man in any respect. I have a cousin who has met with him and holds quite a large degree of admiration for him, and this cousin and I have had debates on that subject on a few occasions.

    If he was to honestly give a speech such as this one, it would go a long way towards reversing that opinion. That however, I know will never happen, as probably the single main component of greatness that Howard lacks, above all the others, is courage.