SCRABBLY POLITICS

The following exchanged emails might be of interest to the very few intellectuals among Scrabble players, who might like to have a go at figuring the identity of the anonymous "Interested Person":

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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org          30 May 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

Hi,
I have stumbled upon your website, and finding out about the inner
workings of ASPA (Vic) and its committee has fascinated me. I was
wondering if the court ever gave you a written judgment, and if so,
whether or not you would be willing to send me a copy of it (as a
non-party, the court would charge me ~$20 if I were to ask them
directly).
Yours thankfully,
Interested Person
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com   30 May 2016
To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

The court sold me a hearing recording for $50 on CD, of which I can make you a copy. The point is: Why should you be interested to such an extent? I gather that you are either a scrabble player, a journalist or "non of the above".
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org          30 May 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

To be honest, I'm just a person who enjoys reading about law and
politics. I often play Scrabble with my grandmother, and when I saw two
of my interests combine, I was interested in finding out more.
I would have been interested in reading the judgment, but if there's
only a CD, then I can see that it would take considerable effort to
send, so please don't worry about it.
I understand that since I haven't given you my name, this looks
suspicious - you have no reason to trust me. There are good reasons for
this, but since I can't explain them to you, I realise that this is
irrelevant.
Thanks for your time. :)
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com    31 May 2016
To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

There is no suspicion on my part. It's only curiosity. Two regular writers of the Age newspaper were chasing me for an interview. I did not want to be involved in a twisted version of what happened.
To satisfy your legal angle, we had two pre-hearings. We agreed in principle but never finalised the details and had to go to a hearing. I wanted to have inserted in the final agreement a specific clause to the effect that I never cheated, which was rejected by my unprincipled adversaries.
The view of the lax magistrate was that I caused the case to proceed to a hearing. Therefore, I had to pay the fees of my adversary's barrister. I don't think he paid much attention to the pre-hearing records.
I did not want to appeal for two reasons:
(1) By then, I had lost faith in the legal system and did not want my financial loss to get much deeper into the double-digit thousands.
(2) I was personally satisfied that I achieved my moral objective. My adversaries, who lacked integrity, admitted their guilt.
(3) A court order was issued. It was posted on Youtube* via a snip from Channel 9's sensationalised coverage.
Thank you for your interest. I think we met before (Jim?).
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdqhonbhffU

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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org              1 Jun 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

Thank you so much! That has indeed satisfied my curiosity. :)
I'm not Jim; I don't think we've met before. My first name is Riley.
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com       1 Jun 2016
To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

Thank you Riley. If you wondered why these legal intricacies took place, I will elaborate:
The Jewish component of Australia's population is 0.5% or less. The Jewish component of Australian scrabble players is about 80%.
I come from Egypt, with very strong feelings against "Zionist Jews". That doesn't include secular or non-Zionist Jews. Such delineation is often blurred in the eyes of most Jews, who would be quick to use the hackneyed adjective "anti-Semite", even though I would be classified as Semite myself!
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org             2 Jun 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

Ah, I see. It's true that some Jews attempt to blur the line between
Zionism and anti-Semitism, and I'm sure that this happens in the
Australian Scrabble community.
But equally, there are some people who use Zionist as a code word for
Jew. It is an attempt to make anti-Semitism socially acceptable, kind
of like how people say, "I don't hate Muslims, I just hate Islamists,"
when it's obvious that they don't really mean it.
Of course, that doesn't mean that one shouldn't talk about these things
- we need to have a two-state solution, and we need to stop ISIS - it's
just an explanation of why some people conflate two different terms.
Still, I do find it amazing that most of the Australian Scrabble
community is Jewish.
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com    2 Jun 2016
To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

It is also true that most Jews are sympathetic towards Zionists, or at least they turn the blind eye to Zionist (Israeli) atrocities, like carpet bombing chunks of Gaza.
The two-state solution is utter nonsense. There is very little left for the Palestinians. The views of Miko Peled make much more sense.
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOaxAckFCuQ

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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org           2 Jun 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

The number of Zionists is probably less than you think - almost all of
the Haredim (Ultra-Orthodox Jews) are vehemently opposed to Zionism.
They refuse to join the IDF despite conscription.
However, it is true that a significant percentage of Jews identify as
Zionists. Just as most Muslims support Palestine. If you asked these
same Muslims whether they supported Palestinian terrorism, most
wouldn't, but some would. The same with Jews.
I used to like the idea of a one-state solution, but after having
several discussions, I have changed my mind. It is no secret that there
is much hatred between Muslims and Jews in the region. There are more
Muslims in the region than Jews. I shudder to think what the
Muslim-controlled democracy (if it remains one) would do to the Jews in
this case.
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com    3 Jun 2016
To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

With the exception of Israel, the region is going back to the dark ages. Thanks to the Zionists of the US government and influential institutions, who are behind growing American terrorism.
Change would come via a change in US attitude. This can only happen after the next American civil war between the people of the US and whoever is controlling them. It might sound far fetched, but it is inevitable. It's only a question of time.
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org          3 Jun 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

Don't you think a better reason for the regression of the region would
be the Islamist dictatorships?
Do you want a civil war to happen?
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com    3 Jun 2016To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

"Islamist dictatorships" such as Saudi Arabia were relics of the past. They would have developed into better systems if they were left alone. Now they are financing US terrorism in the region.

I don't want any wars, but the US is heading for one. US citizens would at some stage rebel against their oppressors.
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org          5 Jun 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

Saudi Arabia is still a dictatorship. As are UAE, ISIS, etc. How is
Saudi Arabia funding US terrorism?
I don't think that people in the US are that upset that they would have
an insurrection. They would much rather do it at the ballot box.
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com    6 Jun 2016
To: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org

ISIS is not a state. ISIS, ISIL Al Qaeda, Boko Haram …etc are all terrorist organisations created by the CIA and financed in the most part by petrodollars of Gulf dictatorships. These organisations are ragtag armies made up of two major components:
(a)   A small number of youth brainwashed by ignorant fanatic Muslim clergy, with no proper religious education. Some of those unfortunate kids are born and grown in Western countries.
(b)  A majority of CIA recruited individuals. It is not hard to find them in poor countries with no social security structures.
How did I come to these conclusions? Syria opened my eyes. How could a group of militant anti-government individuals become so strong that they could obtain heavy armament and maintain a steady flow of terrorists pouring through the borders with Turkey?
Russia had to step in, in order to curb American terrorism in the region. I laugh when I watch on the propaganda mainstream media how the Russians and the Americans are cooperating in Syria.
Now forget about all this, we will never agree on it, but tell me:
(1) Who sunk the Egyptian plane over the mediterranean Sea in 2016?
(2) How was New York’s World Trade Centre destroyed in 2001?
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Re: Hegazi v ASPA (Vic)
From: Interested Person; privateemail@openmailbox.org          6 Jun 2016
To: Mohammed A. Hegazi; mohammedhegazi@gmail.com

You're right; we'll never agree about this, but to answer your
questions:
(1) I don't know.
(2) By Al-Qaeda members who hijacked a plane. I have previously
considered alternative theories about this in great depth, and I know
all of the arguments, but have come to the conclusion that the commonly
accepted narrative is correct.
(Even if it weren't, and you could convince everyone of this, not much
would happen. There would be trials, there would be outrage, but that's
pretty much it. There would be no revolution, because it was so long
ago that the present government wouldn't be viewed as responsible, so
replacing it would seem futile.)
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What seemed futile was to drag this discussion any further. The overall identity of the “interested person” became clear to me. It has been scientifically proven beyond any shred of doubt that the three buildings of the WTC were demolished by controlled demolition. The planes, or maybe huge drones, could not have been the reason behind the total destruction of the solid steel-framed buildings. I spent a huge amount of my time over recent years indirectly studying this, while doing translations into Arabic for a large number of subtitled videos offering scientific explanations of what really happened on 11 September 2001. There is a plethora of video material on Utube* if you are really interested, but you should ideally have a strong background in one of the correlated disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry or any branch of engineering, in order to reject the adverse pseudoscience offered by US government agencies. As to the present parasitic and racist Zionist Israel, why should any one shudder at the thought of one state for both Jews and Palestinians? Jews would always dominate in government, like they do anywhere in democracies across the globe. Palestinians, free from systematic persecution, would act like the normal people they used to be. Matter-of-fact, the outcome would be outstanding and much better than that of South Africa. It would take no more than one generation of school children sitting side by side.

*https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5C5C07B674A4CDE8 Don't be disheartened by the Arabic titles; the material is all in English. Only the unobtrusive subtitles are in Arabic. Subtitles by selfless translators were produced in about twenty languages.1(If you would like, you may catch a glimpse of yours truly at the time 4:35 on the tape.)

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

An old photo including current Committee members: Adam Kretschmer, Antonios Syrigos, Francoise Finlayson and Tony Miller

Adam Kretschmer, a pillar of Aussie Scrabble, has posted this piece of info on a different forum. I am reproducing it here for the information of readers of this modest blog.

I have known all members of SA committees over the last six years, since I have played most of my tournaments there (73 tournaments so far). I can vouch for the dedication and selfless commitment of all those members, with no reservation and nil exclusions.

What is the secret of such success story? Would it be because the average age of the current 10 members is about 40 years? It is interesting to note that the youngest among them is the president. It is sad that stagnant deadwood is causing damage elsewhere.

Adam’s Annoncement:

Following the AGM on July 9 and initial committee meeting on July 30, I am very happy to present the Scrabble SA committee and officers for 2016/17:

Committee: 

Adam Kauschke

Adam Kretschmer

Antonios Syrigos

Antony Kimber

Francoise Finlayson

Helen Jones

Larrie Strautmanis

Mel Leckie

Oliver Jenner-O'Shea

Tony Miller

President: Oliver Jenner-O'Shea

Vice-President: Helen Jones

Treasurer & Membership Officer: Tony Miller

Minutes Secretary: Francoise Finlayson

Stationery Officer: Mel Leckie

Purchasing Officer: Antonios Syrigos

Rules Officer: Larrie Strautmanis (TBC)

Ratings Officer: Adam Kauschke

Tournament Subcommittee: Adam Kretschmer, Antony Kimber, Mel Leckie, Tony Miller

Promotions Subcommittee: Adam Kretschmer, Helen Jones, Mel Leckie, Oliver Jenner-O'Shea

I'd like to extend a big thanks to our departing committee members, especially to Jane Taylor for her many years of service as president.