Poirot>> The initial article (and by definition, sonofgloin's haste to post it and embellish it with accompanying suppositions) was out and out demonising.<<

P, I would call it theatre of the mind, the verbiage paints the outline, your mind adds the colour.

Dear Philip S.,

Take a look at the news some evening at the attacks in
pubs, people being glassed, losing their eyesight,
taken to hospital, in comas,
elderly people being attacked in their own homes,
in cars, on the street,
women killing their children, men their wives, acohol-
driven crimes, murders, bikie gangs, violence is everywhere
in our society - but it's so convenient to blame it on
"them" not "us." We don't have ferals, yobos, and criminals.
Our Holy Book is Good, theirs is Evil.

Philip S>> Are you for real, riots in detention centers, millions of dollars property damage, numerous cases of sexual assault, intimidation, threats of blackmail<<

I know Philip for desperate and fearful these refugees are a feisty lot, not much appreciation, mostly expectation. They are not refugees, we have refugees, they come via camps administered by the UN.

Lexi - Quote "attacks in pubs, people being glassed, losing their eyesight, taken to hospital, in comas, elderly people being attacked in their own homes, in cars, on the street, women killing their children, men their wives, acohol-driven crimes, murders, bikie gangs, violence is everywhere in our society - but it's so convenient to blame it on
"them" not "us."

Please be so kind as to point out which part of my post blamed all of what you wrote above on refugees, as you directed your post to me rather than as a general comment.

Dear Philip s.,

Take a look at your post on page 4 to misanthrope.
And what follows after "Are You For Real..."

Those comments were what caused me to respond.

Lexi>> blame it on "them" not "us." We don't have ferals, yobos, and criminals.<<

Lexi, an emotive issue my for sure my belle. Yes all societies have crime but some groups punch above their weight, just a fact.

Middle Easterners are just above 2% of the population but they are over 20% of the internees in our prison system. At the moment do Middle Easterners have a propensity for crime, yes? Will they in ten years who knows.

If they integrate and homogenize with the rest of Australia perhaps the crime rate in their community will come down. If the “us and them” that the current global crop of Mohammad’s devotees espouse continues, then no, and I am betting that the “us and them” stays culturally entrenched.