Robert
You make a grave error when you confuse attacking the argument with disrespecting the person. I don't think it would be inaccurate to characterise Boaz's comments as a racist and off-the-wall reaction to this article. But fair call, I shouldn't be so flippant. I was just being robust in my argument, trying to 'grow a pair' as one poster encouraged. In the future, I may just be able to call Boaz a fag or a wog and be done with it. No PC police to arrest me.
Don't like the ALP? Join the club. Both parties have traditionally be less than gracious with dissenters - but this government takes the cake! But attacking the government doesn't automatically mean you are defending Labor. There's that flawed logic again ...

I am not surprised - liberalists never can address the realist content of one post here...

keep “dancing” in your ivory tower seether - you disrespect the Australian girls who WERE gang raped by Lebanese Muslims because they were Australian.

Educate yourself about Islam...

or take a walk about Lakemba, Punchbowl or Bankstown at night - let me know how peaceful and ‘Australian’ the Lebanese Muslims are you come across... ;)

let us not mistake it - last week Lebanese Muslims stated that they felt “betrayed” by Australia for Australia’s participation in Iraq...

I am against the war... yet I do not feel “betrayed” because I am Australian and I realise the war is not against me even though I object to it- to feel “betrayed” I would have to see myself other than Australian...

I do not have more affinity for Christians in say any other Christian country as Muslims do for Iraqis - they have more affinity for Iraqis than Australians... this says something!

I have more affinity for a Chinese Buddhist Australian - because he is an Australian - than some other Christian in some other country because I am an Australian before I am Christian - the point is these people do not see themselves as Australian, they only see themselves as Islamic, so why do you want to see them as such - they proudly call themselves “Lebs” and side with the Iraqis because they are Muslim...

...this is alarming and elucidates the ingrained thought and attitude of these people and leads to an understanding of why they can not assimilate - if they feel closer to Iraqis than Australians when they are Lebanese then what does that say!!

For those liberalists who cant quite grasp it, it means these people put Islam before Australia - and all that comes with Islam - oppression of women etc and a will to place such on our society.

It would be nice if the world were as you would like to see it where all other cultures can coexist - but if one culture wants to convert the other and uses bloody methods to that end, then it will not happen.

Anyway, address the content or shut up!!

Thor makes a good point.

People of Greek and Italian heritage say just that - they acknowledge their heritage - and then they proudly call themselves "Aussie".

Not so with Islam. They call themselves "Muslim Australians".

rebelrebel, thanks for the thoughtful reply.

I have no problem with disagreeing with some of David's view points. I go there occasionally for some reason. trying to teach myself not to bother but sometimes I'm a slow learner. I personally think David's issues are to do with religion and gender and not much to do with race.

I'm not real convinced that the presence of "a pair" has much to do the ability to insult rather than discuss, nor am I convinced that personal insult is a technique that the "right" hold any patents on. Hopefully you won't decide that it helps to call David a "fag" or "wog" even if it seems like fun at the time.

Cheers
R0bert

Thor,
If you want to address the content, then I think you should be talking about PC – not Islam, iraq and ‘being Australian’.

R0bert, spendocrat,
Both well said. Have to agree with you both.