Post No. 3,552 - From this week’s coming news/interesting reading post: attack on Helen Haines, MP, and violence in France

This week has been dominated here by the appalling attack [SBS,  The Conversation,  Wikipedia,  ABC] on the well liked and effective independent female Member of Parliament Helen Haines [personal website,  Wikipedia].   

• Responses have included:   “Helen Haines. We have been warning this would happen”   https://michaelwest.com.au/helen-haines-we-have-been-warning-this-would-happen/   AND ALSO   “Political hate speech can have real-world fallout. After the alleged attack on Helen Haines, our leaders must act | Paul Daley”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/20/helen-haines-political-hate-speech-ntwnfb   AND ALSO   “Anti‑government violence is growing. The response needs to be more than just increased policing”   https://theconversation.com/anti-government-violence-is-growing-the-response-needs-to-be-more-than-just-increased-policing-294782   AND ALSO   “Australian democracy is usually peaceful. But there’s a homegrown history with political violence that bears on the future”   https://theconversation.com/australian-democracy-is-usually-peaceful-but-theres-a-homegrown-history-with-political-violence-that-bears-on-the-future-294779   AND ALSO   “‘What would Helen do’: politicians warn against tightened security and ‘letting bad people win’ after alleged attack”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/helen-haines-alleged-attack-response-tightened-security-ntwnfb   

Violence in France has also been a dominant concern:   

• “‘It’s like we had a war’: Almost 2,400 arrested as Macron vows response to France unrest”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/almost-2400-arrested-macron-france-unrest/l51gcezko   AND ALSO   “Looters seize on massive French protests to raid and vandalise shops”   https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261017-looters-seize-massive-french-protests-raid-vandalise-shops-france   AND ALSO   “As French protests escalate into riots, they may prove a gift for Marine Le Pen’s right‑wing party”   https://theconversation.com/as-french-protests-escalate-into-riots-they-may-prove-a-gift-for-marine-le-pens-right-wing-party-294673   AND ALSO   “France faces reckoning with public order policing after violent protest weekend”   https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261019-france-faces-reckoning-public-order-policing-after-violent-protest-weekend   

 

I urge you to apply the work of this blog to work for BPM outcomes:   

• the BPM recovery of Helen Haines,   BPM justice against her attacker,   and   BPM prevention of future such attacks - which requires BPM management of hate speech;   

and   

• BPM containment of violence and BPM establishment of BPM secure peace,   BPM healing, repairs, rebuilding, reparations,   BPM resolution of genuine grievances and BPM justice on all wrongdoers (on all sides) and BPM prevention of future hijacking/perversion of protests into wanton violence.

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlightopossible flaws / issues youoshouldoconsider: 

• there mayobe flawedologicaloarguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ freeoonline course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinkingocaps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

  

Gnwmythr 

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