How long will we have to put up with this ignorant, self righteous twat? This part time clown, part time politician has no qualms about mouthing off about subjects that are too complex for his tiny, pea sized brain. Like arguing against doctors and drug addiction experts, when he has little knowledge about the subject.
Greens High On Soft Drug Policy: Fielding
June 2010
Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding says the Greens are up to their old tricks with their plan to stick heroin injecting rooms on street corners across the country.
Senator Fielding’s comments come after it was revealed that the Greens will continue their soft stance on drugs ahead of this year federal election.
“As a community we should be getting tougher on drugs not softer,” Senator Fielding said.
“We have a wave of alcohol fuelled violence on our streets and we shouldn’t be making it easier for people to be taking illegal drugs and causing even more problems.
“This is just typical of the Greens warped policy ideas which will just erode away the moral fabric of our society.”
Senator Fielding said the policy of introducing heroin injecting rooms would only support the supply of illegal drugs and line the pockets of dealers.
“Melbourne has already had one drug war too many, just imagine the increase in demand for these illegal narcotics if the Greens were able to get their way,” Senator Fielding said.
“Illegal drugs rip families apart and there is no way we should be making it easier for these people to get their next hit."
Senator Fielding said if voters couldn’t trust Labor and Liberal they certainly couldn’t trust the Greens with their soft stance on drugs.
“Family First is the only party looking out for ordinary Australians without taking things to extremes like the Greens,” Senator Fielding said.
Steve Fielding should do us all a favour and fuck off! He is a fear mongering, morally vacant, self serving ponce. Let me tell you why.
Fielding’s latest response was to public health specialist and Greens’s candidate, Dr. Richard Di Natale. But calling a doctor "Soft on Drugs" because he recommends a scientifically proven program that saves lives is just typical of Fielding’s messed-up moral maelstrom. Fielding’s objection to safe injection clinics in Victoria is based on nothing more than ideology and political profiting. These clinics have been established in several countries and they all have been deemed a huge success. Opposing them with little more than anti-drug rhetoric just shows how shallow Steve Fielding really is.
How apt is it that this weekend, Alex Wodak and Ingrid van Beek have both been appointed as Members of the Order of Australia, mostly for their work establishing the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) and other so called, “soft on drugs” programs like the needle exchange program.
Like most modern conservative Christians in politics, hypocrisy is part of the game. And in this game, Fielding’s target who “will just erode away the moral fabric of our society” is also his political opponent who may just unseat him in the upcoming election.
Fielding's rejection of science is not welcome in 2010. Fielding believes the world is only 10,000 years old and dinosaurs roamed the the earth with humans. He believes that a man called Noah gathered 2 of every species(including all birds, insects, whales etc.), put them on a boat and saved them from a giant flood that wiped out life on the planet. Maybe Richard Dawkins was correct when he described Fielding as having an IQ lower than an earthworm.
Dawkin’s comment may be more poignant through than just a dig at a well know buffoon. Steve Fielding has a self confessed learning disability. Add to this his bizarre views of evolution and his credibility is not looking too good. Publicity stunts like dressing up as a beer bottle and semi-stripping in a protest march doesn’t help either. This is what he said to SBS News a few days ago.
The Greens are up to their old tricks. They’re soft on drugs and really this is the wrong message to be sending Australia. We’ve got a huge street violence issue and going soft on drugs is going to make it worse not even better.
Does this even make sense? It sounds a lot like a bunch of choice, scary words randomly joined together.
As with all self righteous, anti-drug warriors, the drug using population are often portrayed as some sort of dark evil that corrupts society. Rarely are they grouped into their appropriate classes - recreational users and addicts. Mostly, these two groups are worlds apart but usually they are lumped in together under the title of scumbags, druggies or junkies. It’s this ignorance that might explain comments like this:
Illegal drugs rip families apart and there is no way we should be making it easier for these people to get their next hit
These people? Does he mean, “these people” who are someone’s friends or family or co-workers. Or does he mean those faceless junkies who should be stopped from using drugs at any cost? I would love for Fielding to explain how providing safe, medical facilities for “these people” is making it easier for them to buy their drugs?
As a community we should be getting tougher on drugs not softer
What the hell does, “soft on drugs” actually mean? Whenever we hear this term, it usually refers to evidence based strategies that save lives or reduces harm. If that is being “soft on drugs”, then Fielding has some moral dilemmas to work through. Does he just choose to ignore the ample evidence showing the "War on Drugs" has failed along with our own ”Tough on Drugs" policy?
Fielding was elected with just 2519 first preference votes (0.08%), and his party as a whole received just 56,376 votes (1.9%) for the Federal Senate in Victoria
It mightn’t be headline news that Fielding is an utter fuckwit but when he shares the balance of power in the senate, it should be of major concern for all Australians. Ironically, Steve Fielding and Family First are not in the senate through popularity but because of the preference system in Australia. Only 2519 people voted for him. I wonder why?
Where's a "Lee Harvey Oswald" when ya need one?
ReplyDeleteSteven fielding did a good thing with the alcohol debate. i gave him credit for standing up to the government and mindless taxes. But his retohic is taken straight out of Nixons handbook
ReplyDelete"we have a massive street violence issue..... yadda yadda yaddaa.... soft on drugs..... yeh!"
Thanks Anons
ReplyDelete"Where's a "Lee Harvey Oswald" when ya need one?" -Very good!
What has street violence got to do with safe injecting clinics? The same with every point he made ... taken straight out of Nixons handbook
It's just Fielding dishing up any anti-drug key words he can remember and putting them into a quote. His whole statement doesn't even make sense.
Robyn Williams was correct in defending Earthworms from analogies with Fielding methinks. The damage this guy does is deeply concerning. The media cravenly avoided his userphobic rant, also.
ReplyDeleteSo - "drugs rip families apart and there's no way we should make it easier"? What amazes me is the sleight of hand and ignorance at play. Jesus, who utterly dismissed his mother, said:
Matthew 10:35-36:
"For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law — a man's enemies will be the members of his own household."
John 2:4:
Jesus saith unto [his mother], "Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come."
Luke 14:26:
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be my disciple."
Matthew 8:21-22:
And another of his disciples said unto him, "Suffer me first to go and bury my father." But Jesus said unto him, "Follow me and let the dead bury their dead."
Luke 9:61,62:
Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say good bye to my family." Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
Received this comment recently from a woman who's child & daughter in law were treated under the Xtian sin stopping method. I think you can guess who Dr. XX is...
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Ahhh there is none so blind as those who can not see .. Dr XX in my eyes is a disgusting human being .. I am the mother of a child he treated .. He also treated my daughter in law and the mother of my first grand child .. If you want to see what his methods leave you with, go see my daughter in law who for the last 11 years has been in a home for the severely brain damaged .. In is own words to me ” they are just reoffending drug addicts”. He is a wolf in sheeps clothing and should of been stopped before he started
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Australian Christian Lobby Media Release, echoes Fielding's 'stay at home family feel':
ReplyDeleteMEDIA RELEASE For release: June 18, 2010
Paid parental leave scheme falls short of providing equity for all mums;
The paid parental leave scheme which passed through Federal Parliament last night provides greater support for working mothers wanting to bond with new- born children but falls a long way short in terms of providing equity for all new mums, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today.
ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace said it is wrong for women who stay home to care for their children to be financially penalised by inequitable government payments to the tune of thousands of dollars.
“The Government shouldn’t be disadvantaging one group of mothers as a consequence of helping another group of mothers,” Mr Wallace said.
“Much of the debate about the paid parental scheme to date seems to have focused primarily on economic considerations, but it is important that we also consider the social impacts of the legislation.
“A non-discriminatory payment to all new mothers would value all women equally and provide important assistance to both working mothers and those working in the home.”
Media Contact: Glynis Quinlan 0408 875 979