http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/02/13/06/20/asylum-seeker-pleads-guilty-to-pool-gropes
Some cultures do not mix well.

<Immigration Minister Scott Morrison’s office confirmed in December that Nazari’s visa had been cancelled and court papers said he was the “subject of an immigration hold”.

It came after a Coalition crackdown on asylum seekers and bridging visa holders in trouble with the law.

Under the previous government some asylum seekers remained in the community while facing charges with revocations considered on a case-by-case basis.

Nazari, who is from the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan, was the 31st asylum seeker facing criminal charges to have his bridging visa cancelled under the new rules.

He will be sentenced on March 3. It is expected he will be deported on the completion of his sentence.>

Cop some gaol and then 'On yer bike, mug!'. Yay for a government that will stick up for the common folk who are sick and tired of the excuses of political correctness.

I do enjoy exploring how consistent the more strident on here actually are with their views so let's start with an easy one.

There was news today that the US ambassador to Japan was meeting with discontented locals about the planned continued presence of US soldiers on Okinawa.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-13/us-ambassador-japan-caroline-kennedy-okinawa-navy-base/5256854

These servicemen have over the years been responsible for many rapes particularly of young girls. One horrendous case that resulted in over 100,000 Okinawans marching in protest was the kidnapping, beating and raping of a 12 year old school girl by three American servicemen in 1995.

But these protests have a long history, the first being nearly 40 years previously after Sergeant Isaac J. Hart kidnapped, raped and murdered 6 year old Yumiko, her body was then thrown on to a trash heap. 6 days later another US serviceman raped a 9 year old. From that day to the present assaults against young Japanese girls is a pervasive feature of the continued occupation.

To the Okinawan people there is an evident theme of American servicemen stalking then raping young girls. It appears to the islanders to be part of the American military culture, indeed part of the DNA of the occupiers, and they want these people off their islands.

So I put the question to those contributing here. Do the Okinawans have the right to demand the removal of US troops from their island? If so should the Americans leave so that no further assaults on Japanese school girls are committed by these servicemen?

Dear Yuyutsu,

My earlier link was less about armed insurrection and more about religious allegiances being superseded by religious ones but it doesn't matter.

SteeleRedux,

That is rather obvious and clumsy false analogy. It is dismissed as irrelevant.

Remarkably, you don't seem to think that 25 counts of sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14 are serious offences. That is something you might care to mention in the flesh where men are present.

You are a disgrace. It is because of people like you that rape victims, especially the young and vulnerable fear to come forward.

steele,
It is a matter for the Japanese to resolve. What people do in other countries is their business. I am interested in matters that effect Australia. Although I am aware of problems in the Uk and Europe caused by immigration of people with vastly different culture.

The case of this thread may only be an isolated criminal action by those involved, but clearly they see no wrong in their actions. Or is it that they simply have contempt for our laws and society. The muslim Lebanese have a history here of anti social behaviour.

That is why I am interested to see if underage marriage is more widespread than the public is aware and if any particular groups are involved.

Dear Belly,

The issues discussed here are matters of principle, going well beyond the Muslim question.

As for the specific practical concerns about Muslims, I already explained that it needs to be addressed in an objective manner: if it is found that Muslims are a threat to Australians and their lifestyle, then appropriate action should be taken, as harsh as necessary. However, if it's merely a matter of disliking their conduct among themselves, then it's none of our business.

My personal uneducated hunch is that there is indeed a problem with Muslims threatening the freedom of Australians to pursue their lifestyle, but it's currently confined to Sydney, with no evidence that it's likely to spread to less-densely-populated areas, away from the big-money.

Dear OnTheBeach,

<<Australian authorities obviously made a mistake offering you permanent residency and citizenship>>

It may seem a mistake from your private point of view, but as far as the authorities are concerned, they are too much in love with the money I brought into Australia over the years and still do: they care mostly about advancing the Australian economy and tax revenue.

More so, as I keep to my pledge, they have no complaints. I have been contributing to Australia in various ways, which I believe, makes me an asset here rather than a liability. One of these contributions, but by far not the only, is by writing in this forum and suggesting ways to improve which Australian-born seem not to notice, probably because they were locked up with the Australian education system.

I was still young when I came here, so my views were not as robust as they are today. In fact they changed quite a bit since, in ways that I could not foresee myself, how less so the authorities. Those born in Australia may and do change their views just the same, for better or for worse, as the case of David Hicks.

The problems I address are universal rather than Australian-specific: almost every culture wrongly believes that it's the best and is entitled to exclusive access to vast areas of land.