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From: g87
To: the australian
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 10:45 AM
Subject: In support of Minister Steven Smith
Rollicking
Army audits!!
In support of Minister Steven
Smith
I
am no Labor supporter.
But
I do not like it when even The Autralian's editorial, the esteemed foreign
editor Greg Sheridan, your political editor Dennis Shanahan, disparate other
scribblers and letter writers essentially write tripe!
And
undisguised tripe: Sheridan has disposed of Smith because he surely regards his
contacts in the army as more important - and the rest are plainly guilty of lack
of insight, perhaps worse.
I
recall at least two suicides: where was Peter Jensen [letters 9/3] and his
''rolling audits'' that he claims to so glibly ''found no culture of
inappropriate criminal behaviour''?
Then
- worse - he goes on:
''There
are isolated incidents but when they occur they are generally dealt with
appropriately.''
Really?
He
reconfigures as mere ''isolated incidents'' anything uncomfortable - like the
700 plus incidents? Yet to be investigated?
It
is no consolation to the families of suicide victims who had nowhere to go in
complaining against merely two of the openly - admitted over 700
cases!
Rolling
/ rollicking audits anyone?
It
is an indictment extraordinary that such outrageous excuses are proffered by
those who were responsible for looking after victims! And perhaps that is the
point - no one took complete responsibility!
But
they surely know how to lamblast the decent Smith!!
Never
mind the current mess - which on any reading and humane / pragmatic
understanding - is simply an obscenity.
I
refer to army person Jensen's lame letter The Australia 9/3 Spotlight
on ADF's history of abuse
Select
Letters 9/3/12
MAY I BE AMONG THE FIRST TO SAY THAT STEPHEN SMITH WAS
RIGHT THEN AND IS RIGHT NOW. LAWYERS DO NOT ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT, THEY GET IT
LEGAL.
GEORGE HARLEY, MOUNT ISA,
QLD
IN HIS DEALINGS WITH THE YOUNG FEMALE CADET
FOLLOWING HER SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND DEGRADATION, BRUCE KAFER MAY HAVE FOLLOWED
THE RULE BOOK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WHAT HE DID WAS EITHER SMART OR
COMPASSIONATE. STEPHEN SMITH GOT IT RIGHT.
EMMA SPENCER, DARWIN, NT
TO PARAPHRASE JACKSON KATZ, CONSULTANT TO THE US
MILITARY, THE RATES OF ABUSE WILL DROP WHEN MEN START TELLING OTHER MEN TO STOP
THEIR SEXIST BEHAVIOUR, THAT IS, WHEN THE CHAUVINISTS START LOSING STATUS AMONG
THEIR PEERS.
ANDEE JONES, SOUTH YARRA,
VIC
Geoff Seidner
13 Alston Grove
East St Kilda 3183
03 9525 9299
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