BREAKING :: 'Islamists' take hostages in Sydney cafe siege
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Sydney cafe manager was killed after he grabbed hostage taker’s shotgun — an act that helped end siege | National Post
SYDNEY, Australia — The manager of a Sydney cafe where a 16-hour siege ended in a hail of bullets early Tuesday was lauded for sacrificing his life by grabbing the gunman’s shotgun, an act that reportedly helped bring the standoff to an end and saved the lives of most of his fellow hostages.
Tori Johnson, the 34-year-old manager of the Lindt Chocolat Cafe, who was among the 17 hostages taken by the gunman and one of two who were killed, was remembered for putting his staffers’ needs first.
The other hostage who died, Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old mother of three, was known as a brilliant lawyer who taught young students how to prepare for mock trials.
SYDNEY, Australia — The manager of a Sydney cafe where a 16-hour siege ended in a hail of bullets early Tuesday was lauded for sacrificing his life by grabbing the gunman’s shotgun, an act that reportedly helped bring the standoff to an end and saved the lives of most of his fellow hostages.
Tori Johnson, the 34-year-old manager of the Lindt Chocolat Cafe, who was among the 17 hostages taken by the gunman and one of two who were killed, was remembered for putting his staffers’ needs first.
The other hostage who died, Katrina Dawson, a 38-year-old mother of three, was known as a brilliant lawyer who taught young students how to prepare for mock trials.
The Sydney Morning Herald worried about whether we'd be able to "empathize" with the perpetrator, but even the less insane Sydney paper - The Daily Telegraph - wobbled:
ANTI-ISLAMIC sentiment has flooded social media in the wake of the Sydney siege, but there is a campaign gathering steam that will restore your faith in humanity.
A Twitter movement, #illridewithyou, has sprouted with everyday Australians offering to ride on buses and trains with Muslims, or give them a lift to work tomorrow, in order to keep them safe.
Sorry, but that doesn't "restore my faith in humanity". In fact, it makes me think humanity, or at any rate civilization, is doomed. The mythical "backlash" against Muslims is such a dreary staple of these stories that I might as well just rerun my shtick from a dozen or so backlashes back:A Twitter movement, #illridewithyou, has sprouted with everyday Australians offering to ride on buses and trains with Muslims, or give them a lift to work tomorrow, in order to keep them safe.
Stage Four: The backlash that never happens. Because apparently the really bad thing about actual dead Jews is that it might lead to dead non-Jews: "French Muslims Fear Backlash After Shooting." Likewise, after Major Hasan's mountain of dead infidels, "Shooting Raises Fears For Muslims In US Army." Likewise, after the London Tube slaughter, "British Muslims Fear Repercussions After Tomorrow's Train Bombing." Oh, no, wait, that's a parody, though it's hard to tell.
Indeed. Usually the Muslims-fear-backlash crowd at least waits till the terrorist atrocity is over. In this case the desiccated multiculti saps launched the #I'llRideWithYou campaign even as the siege was still ongoing - while Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson were still alive. Muslims are not the victims here. Ms Dawson and Mr Johnson are the victims. And yet the urge to usher Muslims into the victim chair and massage their tender sensibilities is now so reflexive the narcissists on Twitter don't even have the good taste to wait till the siege is over and the corpse count is known. Far from a restoration of faith in humanity, it's a glimpse of how advanced the sickness is. For good measure, Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition, threw in the usual smug moral preening:
Australians tonight doing what we do best - uniting to overcome intolerance and hate #illridewithyou
Laura Rosen Cohen again:
It's ALWAYS ABOUT THEM.
Muslim terrorist holds people hostage in cafe, entire world worries about imaginary "backlash" against Muslims.
I'm sorry, I'm a little more concerned about the hostages. Screw the imaginary backlash and all its pedlars.
http://www.steynonline.com/6711/i-wish-that-bird-would-fly-away
Muslim terrorist holds people hostage in cafe, entire world worries about imaginary "backlash" against Muslims.
I'm sorry, I'm a little more concerned about the hostages. Screw the imaginary backlash and all its pedlars.
http://www.steynonline.com/6711/i-wish-that-bird-would-fly-away
The sad part is that you actually believe that. It's kinda like a lifelong smoker spending ten minutes double over coughing, then insisting that he's fine and smoking isn't a problem.
Don't be silly. You can't post the vitriolic lunacy you do on a daily basis and then pretend you don't hate anybody. Stop lying.
TV viewers are the ordinary public, many of whom may not want to see certain things on their TV screens. The shootout was shown live on Sky News at the very moment it was happening and then, as injured people were being taken out and some were put on stretchers, it went to a thirty second delay in case there was anything too upsetting or gruesome to be shown on daytime television.
I did. I watched the shootout live as it was actually happening on Sky News and then when the injured were taken out the Sky News presenter said that it is now on a 30 second delay "to protect the sensibilities of the viewers."