Its a pity that the media didn't manage the very same enthusiasm to write about her accomplishments as they did when writing about her downfall; but that says everything about them rather than her. They seem to be constantly edging into the gutter press terroritory so familiar to some overseas media.
The fact of having been a refugee would be sufficent for some people to be traumatised for life, yet she managed to overcome that early experience & achieved much more despite it, than most of us. Certainly far more than most of the abusers ever have.
Id like to think that the media will now have the grace to leave the woman alone while she tries to pick up the pieces & make a new life, whether they will or not though is another thing.
And since the media are so very keen on revealing all, perhaps they might manage to reveal just who they got their information from to begin with...
She also came here as a refugee, was a child asylum seeker, worked her socks off to qualify as a lawyer, was the first refugee to become an MP. And for all her achievements, there were those fairly twisted humans who targeted her, constantly.
NO ONE is 'making excuses' for her behaviour; instead most of us are trying to understand it, trying to comprehend how anyone could cope with such a level of constant abusive threats & still function.
And probably, most of us are also attempting to comprehend the level of violent malice directed towards her & the reasons for that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golriz_Gha...Parliament.
The fact of having been a refugee would be sufficent for some people to be traumatised for life, yet she managed to overcome that early experience & achieved much more despite it, than most of us. Certainly far more than most of the abusers ever have.
Id like to think that the media will now have the grace to leave the woman alone while she tries to pick up the pieces & make a new life, whether they will or not though is another thing.
And since the media are so very keen on revealing all, perhaps they might manage to reveal just who they got their information from to begin with...
(16-01-2024, 09:45 PM)TinkandTiff Wrote: Oh please! She's a shoplifter. End off. Everyone has trauma to deal with. We don't all end up thieving. I worked with a Pharmacist in a hospital a few years back. His family escaped the killing fields in Cambodia....lost some his family to genocide etc etc. Came here as a refugee/child, after trekking miles and miles to get somewhere safe. Studied hard, worked hard, ended up working in the Ministry of Health. Left as he couldn't believe what a bunch of numtys they were. His story is truly horrific...he shared it with us at work one day. Didn't go thieving from shops though. Stop making excuses for this woman.
She also came here as a refugee, was a child asylum seeker, worked her socks off to qualify as a lawyer, was the first refugee to become an MP. And for all her achievements, there were those fairly twisted humans who targeted her, constantly.
NO ONE is 'making excuses' for her behaviour; instead most of us are trying to understand it, trying to comprehend how anyone could cope with such a level of constant abusive threats & still function.
And probably, most of us are also attempting to comprehend the level of violent malice directed towards her & the reasons for that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golriz_Gha...Parliament.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)