Jayb,

"....The likes of the Potential Terrorists..."

You're a no-talent debater who has to resort to your own hackneyed constructions to make a point.

If you had any real substance, you wouldn't have to resort to making up puerile "namies" to give a little ooomf to your posts.

Pathetic......

Poirot: If you had any real substance, you wouldn't have to resort to making up puerile "namies" to give a little ooomf to your posts.

I have tried to debate you with facts, dear Poirot, many times, but you deflect any reasonable facts put to you with abuse off the subject. You do defend Terrorist & Potential Terrorists all the time as if they were right to do what they do. Why is that.

Are you a Terrorist or Eventual Terrorist in Australia too?
Which side are you taking in the Shia/Sunni War starting in Australia as we speak?
When will you be throwing your 6 Pen'ith double bunger in too?
Will I get an answer that's not a deflection?

So many questions, so little time.

Jayb,

"Are you a Terrorist or Eventual Terrorist in Australia too?"

What a silly little person you are.

: )

"Cossomby: Australia was established by a bunch of crooks including some of my ancestors. What is quite remarkable is how law-abiding the next and subsequent generations were.

True to a point, but they were Christian, not Muslims."

Christians have done a lot of infighting, over hundreds of years, quite recently in Ireland. Of course, as in Muslim countries, it 's never been just about religion, but class and politics and which religious group had the power. The catholic-protestant infighting carried over into Australia. (Maybe it's moderated because Christians of both types how have Muslims to fear and oppose).

I'm not condoning this, on the part of Christians or Muslims, the point is that this is just human behaviour and to claim that Christians are somehow better than Muslims is invalid. (Please don't quote the negative bits of the Koran; they can be matched in the Bible)

Dear Jayb,

Yes I am of Lithuanian ancestry - and proud of it.
Although I've got to also say that my grandmother
(on my mother's side) -
was White Russian (St. Petersburg). That's where I get
my killer cheek-bones, long legs, greenish-hazel-almond-shaped
eyes, and mane of red hair from.

As for Catholicism? -
I was raised as a Catholic - although Mum was Russian
Orthodox (Eastern Christian Rites). So I'm a bit of a
mixture.

Did we date? I doubt it - I was born in this country
and as a young girl, I was shy. I wasn't comfortable
with my own ideas, never believing they were worthy
of being heard.

Dear Constance,

Flattering as I find all the attention you keep giving
me - I really don't deserve it. But if it makes you
feel superior - then go for it!

Dear Poirot,

You Go Girl!

Now back to the topic: -

I came across this link that puts things into perspective:

http://www.independentaustralia.net/2012/politics/australias-problem-with-racism/

Cossomby,

<< If you robbed Fort Knox, etc ….you certainly wouldn't be a stateless person trying to get to Australia to better yourself by working hard>>

And if you were a middle class Iranian or Pakistani you wouldn’t be stateless impoverished urchin either.That is exactly Bob Carr's point!
Captain Emad (one of the few who were exposed) had a string of shops in Kuala Lumpur and a thriving import business (he imported people!)

<< Australia was established by a bunch of crooks … quite remarkable is how law-abiding the next and subsequent generations were>>

Yes but they didn’t have special schools or special satellite TV & radio services daily extolling the virtues of being a crook,keeping the tradition alive. And explaining how glorious it was to belong to the creed of crookedness and how every bad thing that happened in history was someone-else's fault.

One wonders if your ancestors would have left their old ways behind if they had special crook school (ala our some religious schools), special crook broadcasting services (ala SBS) and special multi-crookness festivals --not to mention tough laws outlawing discrimination against crooks!

<<Our own history demonstrates that when you give 'criminals' an opportunity to live normal successful lives, they and their descendants will grab the chance.>>

Good! you passed the primary school test.

You can now go onto the higher grades, where we will be study the history of Lebanon, Kosovo and Egypt –tell me at the end of term what lesson you’ve learned from them!