Redneck may be pleased to know that Human Rights do mean something. I can make him aware that the Australian parliament passed the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act in 1986.

Redneck is correct that article 2 of the US Constitution is not a human right, but a constitutional right. It does not apply outside the United States.

Australia has decided upon the rights it shall respect and it has laws which forbid discrimination based upon religion.

Most of Redneck's post revolves about an invented conflict between international human rights and Australian sovereignty and law-making that does not exist. He ends with a slur on every good and decent Australian Muslim without any reason whatsoever and without any basis whatsoever.

So once again, we see Redneck use the same arguments and same thinking as a terrorist. Note again, the slur against Australian Muslims. That is exactly what the terrorists say about us, to justify their murderous attacks on the innocent and the unprotected.

Additional note:

'Salus populi suprema lex', but Cicero was not Greek.

Greetings, I am new to this forum but please bear with me. Being an average citizen I'm not at all sure how a "Bill of Rights" would be of benefit to anyone. However I must agree with redneck that the interest of the majority should be of greater inmportance than the rights of the minority. Yes I agree that the majority of muslims may be law abiding citizens, however it was the minority that flew airliners into buildings giving us the now notorious 9/11 and again the Bali bombings carried out by the again minority muslims. So if the "Bill of rights" would give these low lives any protection at all I like redneck am dead against it. And yes if they want to live here in Australia they should assimilate. Perhaps someone who is university educated may come up with a Final Solution to muslamite problem.