Dear Bazz,

I strongly suggest that you read
"The Costello Memoirs," it really is
a great read particularly all of the
"Appendices" at the end that have been
included and cover such relevant topics
as - "Worth Promoting: Worth Defending:
Australian Citizenship."

I've quoted from
this book so many times on this forum -
that I'm beginning to sound
like a broken record -
but reading it for yourself will make it
even better and will give you a good
perspective of why we shouldn't be all that concerned.

We have a system of laws that do work as I tried
to explain and as Mr Costello points out.

The American lawyer David E. Springer
who felt a duty to address the shortcomings in the
American system stated:

"At all times, vigilance is the price of liberty.
We must remain vigilant because while it might be
us today, it will be some other group down the road
20 years from now. The measure of our society
over history is our fidelity to our principles.
We must remind our government and our people to remain
faithful to those principles or otherwise our society,
like so many in the past, will be swept on the
ash heap of history."

Finally Peter Costello tells us at the end of
his book:

"I have no doubt we can find the solutions that suit us,
provided we do not succumb to the siren calls of
demagogues, charlatons and ideologues."

"The achievements of the past decades have laid an
extraordinary foundation. Properly preserved and built on,
we now have opportunities we never had before in
Australia's history. The best years for our country are
still in front of us."

Foxy,

The simple truth of the matter is that Islam is not a religion it is a political movement which wears a religious cloak.

Dear Is Mise,

The simple truth?

Well you got the simple part right
but that's all.

Try again!

well at least the abc and its luvvies have got past it all being a budget distraction. Don't expect and apology.

No Foxy, you have missed the point.
Islam has made it quite clear;
When they achieve near 50% they will abolish parliament, delete all the
laws and impose sharia law.
It is a political declaration.
As Is Mise just wrote to you it is a political system that is a fascist
theodictatorship in construction with rules that allow no dissent against Allah's rules.
Atheists are killed if they reject Islam.

You seem to be totally unaware of its nature.

Dear Bazz,

Unfortunately I think some people are confusing
terrorism with Islam. ISIS is globally recognised as a
terrorist organisation. And Islam is the religious
faith of Muslims.

Do you have apropriate qualifications and knowledge
to tell Muslims what is or isn't consistent with
their religious beliefs?

How many of us are qualified to speak on behalf
of our own religious beliefs. How many journalists
are experts in this area to make this sort of analysis.

Very few - at a guess.