How To Write A Persuasive Letter To Mr Turnbull
To the Editor:
I applaud Mr Turnbull’s direct approach to the ABC where he outlined the potential danger to the live audience and the inappropriateness of allowing a voice to the well-known terror-tainted tongue of Zaky Mallah.
It has only been 6 months, since my sister was a hostage in the Sydney Cafe siege, and to witness the ABC host Mallah on their show was offensive. As a result of her experience my sister struggles to deal with day-to-day life, she is afraid to leave the house some days, and suffers from survivor’s guilt as she contemplates the ‘what if’.
Mr Turnbull took affirmative action when he stood up and made the ABC accountable recently, at question time. The siege survivors have faced accusations of exploitation for speaking to the media, and yet the ABC Q & A (22 June 2015 ep21) has allowed an accused terrorist in Mallah an open forum in the live audience. The ABC demonstrated a blatant insensitivity towards the siege survivors and the public, and deserved the denunciation it received. …show more content…
Antagonising Mallah with his personal views saw a subsequent retaliation inciting Musims to join ISIL in Syria.
Nevertheless, I find it reassuring that our government has not forgotten so quickly the terrifying siege ordeal; however, it seems this is not the case for the ABC. The ABC has displayed a lack of consideration for the survivors and their families who are trying to rebuild their lives despite having lived through this act of terrorism.
I feel Mr Turnbull sums up this situation well, “Surely we have learned to take threats of this kind, to take people like this, extremely
I applaud Mr Turnbull’s direct approach to the ABC where he outlined the potential danger to the live audience and the inappropriateness of allowing a voice to the well-known terror-tainted tongue of Zaky Mallah.
It has only been 6 months, since my sister was a hostage in the Sydney Cafe siege, and to witness the ABC host Mallah on their show was offensive. As a result of her experience my sister struggles to deal with day-to-day life, she is afraid to leave the house some days, and suffers from survivor’s guilt as she contemplates the ‘what if’.
Mr Turnbull took affirmative action when he stood up and made the ABC accountable recently, at question time. The siege survivors have faced accusations of exploitation for speaking to the media, and yet the ABC Q & A (22 June 2015 ep21) has allowed an accused terrorist in Mallah an open forum in the live audience. The ABC demonstrated a blatant insensitivity towards the siege survivors and the public, and deserved the denunciation it received. …show more content…
Antagonising Mallah with his personal views saw a subsequent retaliation inciting Musims to join ISIL in Syria.
Nevertheless, I find it reassuring that our government has not forgotten so quickly the terrifying siege ordeal; however, it seems this is not the case for the ABC. The ABC has displayed a lack of consideration for the survivors and their families who are trying to rebuild their lives despite having lived through this act of terrorism.
I feel Mr Turnbull sums up this situation well, “Surely we have learned to take threats of this kind, to take people like this, extremely