Runner,

you say >>"Football and drinking is the religion of thousands of Aussies."

I think you mean millions of Aussies. And a much more valuable and enjoyable religion than the ugly depressing and stagnant religion than you spout.

A football prayer,

Thank the gods for National Rugby League and the NQ Cowboys. Possibly not our year but I call upon the football gods to be kind and let our team play as we all know they can. May Thurston remain fit and may Bowen heal well and quickly. Please look after Steve Southerns wrist and for christ sake help Ashley Graham catch a football. We also acknowledge the hand of the Gods in saving Penrith's monumentally stupid five eighth from certain death at the hands of Carl Webb's right fist. O gods, favour thy chosen team and lead them to finals victory. For ever and ever, Amen

Oh and pox on the house of the touch judge, who as Penrith's 18th man, took our best forward out of the game and handed them the win.

Boaz, you illustrate my point very clearly.

The discussion is about a school, not the Quranic Society! You hear the M word and you run for cover and quote something from the media to instill fear and paranoia in others. The same fear and paranoia you feel yourself.

To you all M's are T's, to be feared and rejected.

I think Ditch makes a good point.

If the Camden decision were 'Common sense', then perhaps we would have seen a little more than a gathering of scared and narrowed minded opinion. Perhaps council would have asked the floor upon what grounds they object, and allowed the debate to ignite into what I'm sure many forums in Australia are currently toiling over.

It seems that it didn't turn out that way. In fact it looked more like a One Nation recruiting drive than anything else.

I think ALL religions should consistently re-evaluate where they stand with regards to their bloody past. yeah, i know, i rarely happens, but for the rest of us, it comes as a breath of fresh air when it does.

Common sense or bigotry? - my vote - mostly bigotry.

Bigotry.

common sense

Pathetic bigotry:...from those that disguise it as commonsense.