After months of studiously ignoring imams spewing hate and protestors waving terrorist flags, police have finally decided to crack down on rabble-rousers.
About time!
And so it was with great fanfare - and more than a little pride - that NSW police announced this week they had finally taken action.
They had arrested an 82-year-old grandmother for making harassing phone calls to a local mosque.
She will face court in November, charged with using a carrier service to harass.
Hey presto, social cohesion restored! We can all sleep well this evening, knowing grandma won’t be doing any pocket dials.
A NSW police spokesman said …
Following investigations, police attended the home of an 82-year-old woman in Five Dock about 9.50am on Saturday.
So let me get this straight …
An angry mob can let of flares and scream “gas the Jews” on the stairs of the Opera House during a memorial for dead Jews … and police do nothing.
A sheik can yell into a microphone that the October 7 slaughter of Jews was a “day of victory” … and police do nothing.
An imam can lecture his Western Sydney congregation that jihad is the responsibility of every Muslim … and police do nothing.
Dozens of people can march through Melbourne and Sydney waving terrorist flags … and police do nothing.
But when an 82-year-old grannie finally gets so pissed off about all of this that she picks up her phone and dials M for mosque … well, that’s where police draw the line!
We’re find with Muhammad on temporary visa spewing hate.
But we can’t have old woman Ethel expressing her displeasure.
And here’s another thing that’s hilarious about this story …
The Pro-Palestinian mob can march through city streets week after week chanting for the erasure of Israel … and everyone has to suck it up.
The Pro-Palestinian mob tear down posters pleading for the release of Jewish children being held hostage under the streets of Gaza … and everyone has to suck it up.
The Pro-Palestinian mob can hold celebrations on the first anniversary of October 7 … and everyone has to suck it up.
But when grandma phones Suck-It-Up headquarters, the tough guys run straight to police crying “We’re being harassed by Grandma Ethel! Do something!”
Spare me.
And while I’m at it …
The Sutherland Shire church Scott Morrison attends was bombarded with nasty phone calls when he became PM.
I’m told they were getting more than 200 calls a day from people hurling insults and abuse.
And do you know how many people were charged with using a carrier service to harass?
Not one.
But if a grandma on her last legs dares to express her outrage to the receptionist at the local mosque, well then NSW police can’t get to her house fast enough on a Saturday morning.
Australia really has become clown world.
Ethel should have stayed off her phone. But do we really blame her for boiling over in frustration?
Whew! That was a close one. It looked like law and order was completely out of control in the lucky country. Lucky for you, NSW police have finally found the fortitude and resolve to deal with the real threats living amongst you all - everyone can now breathe a huge sigh of relief.
It is time to get out on the streets with banners and chant "Free, Free Ethel, from the Opera House to the River (Georges), Ethel must be free!"