Talking about extremists and fundamentalists?

The vast majority of mainstream Christian , Jews, and Muslims
are modern people with normal family, and social relationships,
and an at least partially rational view of how the world works.

We must keep in mind that the religiously-minded person is not
a "card-carrying" fundamentalist. These people are a tiny minority
of whatever faith, a psychologist would be likely to declare
them to be of unsound mind.

The controversial extremist of the Lakemba mosque was
Taj El-Din Hilaly. He served from 1992-2007. He was an Islamic
extremist. After a series of controversial statements on social
issues he retired from his position in 2007.

He died in Egypt 5 October 2023, age 82.

No normal rational person woul be an apologist for rape or
for extremist, fundamentalist behaviour.

As for multiculturalism being anti Anglo or trying to take
over anything in this country? On the contrary - different
waves of different immigrants have integrated into and
enriched this country in so many diverse ways.

I'll repeat what was stated earlier - we should celebrate
all great Australians - to not only be a reflection of our
past, but a salutory lesson for our future.

We need to learn
from Weary Dunlop, Caroline Chisholm Vincent Lingiari, and
all their historical kin so that we can become the
Australians we aspire to be, and more importantly that we
can continue to create the Australia we want to live in.

One thing I have learnt is that we need to respect
differences - while trying to erode the ideologies
of anger, envy, and hatred. We need to inter-lock
barriers between cultures through education,
political discourse, and social relations to create
a sustaining fabric based on human rights for
everyone within society.

Lets remember that if we are to learn the lessons of
the Anglo-West, it teaches us that engagement and
inter-action provide a far better pathway to social
stability than isolation and exclusion.

Posted by Indyvidual- "Merit must replace ignorant idealist acquiescence !"

A- Yes I've been thinking lately that there are different types of merit based systems.

The academy is supposedly merit based. There are two ways however to obtain a Post Graduate qualification- by research which requires broadbased peer review and by coursework which requires passing tests set by an academic. Peer review is in theory the more objective form of merit, that is less subject to politicisation.

Businesses are also merit based in theory however it is also being linked with the academy. Traditionally businesses promoted based on objective monetary standards. Objective monetary standards seemingly test candidates against nature and are in theory blind to the persons position in society.

You could argue that the academy tests candidates against 'idealistic' abstract principles similar to Plato's view, whereas businesses traditionally test candidates against nature similar to Aristotle's experimental empiricism.

It seems that Marxist's favour the aristocracy of the academy, despite their claims of the desire in the French Revolution to tear down the aristocracy.

I suppose that as Chris Langan implies "Conspiracy" is part of "Aristocracy" and society is made of "omnipurpose interacting conspiracies". Maybe it should be named "Conspire-ocracy".

Bit of fun...

Foxy said- "One thing I have learnt is that we need to respect differences".

A- I don't think that promoting difference, promotes stability. They are opposites in my view. But maybe Foxy doesn't see it

My father taught me to treat everyone as an individual.
He taught me to try not to pre-judge people or
make assumptions. Accept people for who they are.

That sometimes has not been easy to do. And I'm the first
to admit that I haven't always been able to do that.
Dad wasn't always successful either.

However, I do still firmly believe that respecting differences
does help create a more inclusive, equitable, and harmonious
society and that we should acknowledge each person as having
unique experiences, skills, and perspectives.Unless of course
your name happens to be Vladimir Putin, or some other power
hungry autocrat building an empire and
out for his own gain, sacrificing millions of lives.

Homelessness results in illness and shortened life expectancy.

There are some 122,494 homeless in Australia.

Migrants/refugees make up 28% of Australia's population, but account for almost half of homelessness numbers at 46%. They face higher risks of homelessness and hospitalization due to illness and assault.

Thank you Albanese.

'Education for everyone' has been the catch-cry in Australia since the Goaf.
Sounds good on the surface however, many competent blue collar workers have been lost because they wasted their & everyone else's time & clogging up University seats just because they were "entitled" to attend Uni !
As I stated in earlier posts, just about every bureaucrat is University educated so, why isn't the show run smoothly when so many "educated" are in charge ?
Because sense isn't taught nor is mentality ! The two main ingredients to manage aren't taught at Uni !