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Maybe if GRNSW focused on rebuilding the industry from the participants up there might be a future.

So a politician is above all others, they can spew forth untruths and rubbish to serve their on purpose in the name of animal welfare but the everyday person who has done everything correctly can not.

Quote GRNSW will not tolerate comments that are detrimental or prejudicial to the interest, image or promotion of greyhound racing and has immediately commenced an inquiry to investigate the comments allegedly made by the participant.

Mike Baird brought the industry into this space, did GRNSW do anything then, NO, because the political masters had the control and saw some political advantage for them. The inquiry then was a sham and full of absolute rubbish from day one. Bit like the GA figures that were plucked out of thin air about dogs put down that fueled the overbreeding myth perpetuated here in Victoria

After Tasmania and the Batman and the South Australian elections over the weekend the Greens Days are numbered.

The bullying will continue until the governments that are perpetuating it are removed. NSW's people just remember Orange!

Victorian people the election is in November.

"REMEMBER A VOTE FOR LABOR IS A VOTE FOR THE GREENS" AND WE KNOW WHERE THEY STAND! Not in Batman for starters.

so politicians and others can lie and say what they like about our sport but no greyhound participant can open his or her mouth without being charged with something or other,

There are two major sources for this mess. GA (Parker) for producing a "confidential" memo which could be easily misconstrued and which, in any event, posed a ridiculous proposition that the industry should be cut by one third. Second, GRNSW (Newson) for supporting the same memo and sending it to McHugh unchecked and without comment

From there on it was a snowball gathering weight as it rolled down the hill.

Faruqi and the rest of the Greens also failed to get their facts right, but they also had snippets of information on killings and live baiting that added more weight to the snowball. Greyhounds were an easy target.

More currently, all the anti crowd are still able to get their message across because greyhound authorities have failed to mount serious efforts to push the greyhound cause and tell the greyhound story to the public. The GRNSW approach is always reactive, not proactive, so mud will stick. That has happened here again.

However, actions by people like the accused comment writer will not only do nothing for the cause, they will set us back further. He will deserve whatever penalty is applied. Actually, he has possibly breached Commonwealth law (18c) as well so the outcome could be even worse, thereby harming greyhounds even more.

Note: Although GA called for a reduction, it did not actually create the overbreeding myth as such. That was a tagline put up by the boss of the Vic Department who did the official live baiting review and then was blindly supported by GRV. It is a fine point but you have to get your enemies right.

Note2: References to the Tas, Batman and SA elections are dubious. Tassie Liberals got home because the mob thought they had done a good job. The Green campaign was physically weak. Labor scraped home in Batman because it had always been a Labor seat. Libs got home in SA because they were up against an idiot who was killing the state.

Green influence is volatile, varied, conflicting and often dumb but not to be ignored. See Canberra.

It amazes me that she chucks a tantrum when the system works against what she wants.

If she wants change then stick to the system she is employed by & stop using sensationalism to influence or deceive the general public. Its not the Australian way.

Canberra, The tight arsehole of Australian politics. Ignored? I was a greens voter in the nineties, they stood for something totally different then. Also the Australian Democrats did a good job at keeping the bastards honest but they also had their day and became irrelevant!

Cheers Bruce.

G = GO
R = ROOT
E = EVERYBODY &
E = EVERYTHING
N = NEEDLESSLY

The problem with Dr Faraqui is that via her facebook page, her practice of inciting her followers to shut down the greyhound industry evokes insulting comments towards her.

Then she uses those comments against her to gain sympathy for her cause again via social media.

It's really gutter politics in reverse.

Anyone, who is passionate about their industry can't help but get upset by her comments and her criticism of any positive things that GRNSW tries to do

She is trying to impose a lifestyle change on a great number of people that is only supported by a small minority, being her own followers.

I am angry that she chooses to use social media sites to spread mis-statements and lies to gain support for her cause.

GRNSW has chastised Derek Kerr for his comments, he definitely went overboard, but he is only mirroring the pure frustration of the participants of this sport, who have been under attack for going on 3 years now.

However, to some degree they should be taking Dr Faruqi to task, for publishing untruths, inciting hated and continually sensationalizing the industry in a bad light

Dr Faruqi, if she had any sense of social responsibility would stop her tirade on Facebook and other social media sites and start engaging in some positive and constructive dialogue with GRNSW and the newly formed GWIC

It's the only way she will ever get any credibility.

She has given us something though, THE SOCIAL MEDIA FLOOD that we here in Victoria will use for the next election in November.

Sandro,

What angers me is that this industry, along with every other industry these blinkered hypocrites attack, adopt the passive approach to counter them.

They cannot be beaten with a head butting contest but they can be beaten with an all out educational and promotional steamroller...no-one will DO IT!...they know this, so the out of control slander, discrediting, lies, manipulation, fabrication, incitement, and victories WILL CONTINUE!!!
WHY THE HELL WOULDN'T THEY CONTINUE?!?!?!?!?
They've got no road blocks to stop them!

"The problem with Dr Faraqui is that via her facebook page, her practice of inciting her followers to shut down the greyhound industry evokes insulting comments towards her.

Then she uses those comments against her to gain sympathy for her cause again via social media."

Pretty basic stuff, hey.
They ALL do it...to further incite and to gain more.

"She is trying to impose a lifestyle change on a great number of people that is only supported by a small minority, being her own followers.

I am angry that she chooses to use social media sites to spread mis-statements and lies to gain support for her cause."

This is why these activists are thriving.
The internet is an ideal platform to germinate and propagate their ideals, agendas, and propaganda.
It's basically germ warfare...and we have no protection.

"However, to some degree they should be taking Dr Faruqi to task, for publishing untruths, inciting hated and continually sensationalizing the industry in a bad light."

They didn't...they responded by saying they RESPECT her thoughts on Greyhound welfare.
Her overall agenda is to shut down the industry, even if it means the destruction of tens of thousands of Greys.
Crazy care and welfare, hey.

"Dr Faruqi, if she had any sense of social responsibility would stop her tirade on Facebook and other social media sites and start engaging in some positive and constructive dialogue with GRNSW and the newly formed GWIC."

They have NO SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, Sandro...none of them. Most are only interested in money, personal, and career gains...that's the saddest part of all and the good people out there are falling for it.

So, we are left unprotected, vulnerable, and rudderless.
How bloody lovely, hey.

...and they wonder why some get a little hot under the collar...

One day the industry will wake up to the fact that it needs a national representative body with power...it will be the day after the industry officially closes.

Let me have another go.

Social media comments are not private. All are on the public record.

Faruqi has not written lies. All her accusations have a base in truth somewhere, including in the McHugh report, and/or in admissions to McHugh, including by GRNSW. (Hiding post-race euthanasia evidence in stewards reports is one example).

What she has done is voiced an unbalanced opinion and grossly exaggerated the impact of breaches of the laws and practices in the industry. She is not alone in those views.

The other major error has been in GRNSW stating that they "respect" her views. Use of that word is a disgrace when used to describe her wild language.

Another peculiarity is that it took a year for this episode to emerge. While earlier education would have been desirable the subject media release should have been picked up much earlier. If GRNSW does not have a system for trolling for abusive comments then it is falling down on its job.

Meantime, all the respondents on this thread seem to have forgotten that the whole problem emerged from dumb and illegal actions by a minority of greyhound participants. Subsequent corrective action has helped straighten that out but has not eliminated it. Trainers are still getting pinged for using drugs that should never get near the industry. Some still resist bans imposed to combat the massive damage caused by live baiting practices.

The best way, in fact the only way, to combat the excesses of people like Faruqi is to demonstrate what a well-run industry this is.

Did Ms Faruqi actually place a private conversation onto a social media outlet ?? I don't know that's why I'm asking ??