At the moment people like the Australia First Party and One Nation are kept in check by our Anti Vilification Laws. The sick jokes about avoiding taxis driven by foreigners, not eating from foreign take-away's, not to learn a foreign language and shop only with Australians is in fact part of the lunatic Australia First Parties policy. What is proposed is the repeal of part 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. This will give traction to the lunatic right to move on from sick policy about taxi drivers, eating out etc, and allow them to take aim at minorities in society with the expressed purpose of racial vilification under the guise of free speech.

Paul1405,
I'd support them if it meant drumming some sense into the likes of you. How much oxygen to use everyday ?

Paul, since when have Italian folk been followers of radical religious beliefs, on mass.

Since when have Chineese been a threat to our peace loving ways.

As indi says, you are crap stiring, but you picked the wrong person.
Now here's a hypo for you.

Youre on a bus, it stops and three young foriegn people hop on with back packs, are you going to be concerned, not likely.

Now same scenario, only one has a turban on his head. Are you suggesting youre not going to be the least bit concerned?

No doubt you see this as a racist remark, well I don't as i am clearly stating a fact as I would feel very uncomfortable if that were me on that bus, simply because the muslim religion harbors violence.

Now as i am Australian, living in my country, knowing full well this violence has been imported, why should I be tagged as racist.

Mikk....All people should be treated as individuals and praised or condemned on what they actually do not on what fearful, ignorant people think they might do.

So, how can we condemn an offender without being racist?

More importantly, do we be pro active, or, reactive and wait for trouble to happen before we air our concerns?

I invite you to browse my post history, as there you will find me stating that there are some very decent muslims living here in Oz.

Finally, i'm not against muslims, i'm against the religion being practiced here as it harbors violence and threatens our peaceful way of life.

Hi Retchub,

Muslims don't wear turbans. If you see a bloke with a turban, he's more likely to be Sikh, not Muslim. There's a difference :)

Joe

Hasbeen I am not 'crap stirring' as you and Indi, put it. I made a joke of The Australia First Parties policies, and they are a joke, which are on their web site. However there is nothing funny about the lunatics behind this kind of right wing extremism.
It was the "moderate" conservatives in the form of Abbott and Brandis, who egged on by the ratbags from The Institute of Public Affairs, call it a liberal Party think tank if you wish, started to stir the pot on racism by indicating they wanted to repeal 18C. All of this being in the name of free speech.
I don't know if you seen the Q&A program on which I based this tread, but Brandis was way out of step with the rest of the panel, and I wouldn't call them all lefties, the reporter from The Australian (a newspaper which supports repeal) was even arguing with Brandis.

As for your "Bus" I live in Inner Sydney, and catch buses regularly. If all the Italians, Chinese, Aborigines, turban wearers (often the drive has a turban on his head) were to get off, I would be the only one left on board. do I feel safe, YES! Am I the least bit concerned, NO! Ironically the worse trouble I've seen on the bus in recent times was some young blokes late on a Friday night coming home with my partner from the city, they were Anglo. so what, with piss in them, more the trouble, being abusive, spitting on the floor and carrying on like jerks. You don't need black skin to be a jerk!
I go to Fiji a bit, ride on the public bus, from town to town, oh my god full of black people, some Indians, one European, does he feel threatened, intimidated, NO. The day a bunch of Skinheads get on the bus that's when I'll feel threatened and intimidated.

Joe,

Some Muslims do wear turbans as do some Hindus and some Christians, among others.