Everyone can point to the Muslim book and prophet that justifies their actions; where's the Scots book and prophet?

Hardly John Knox....

Dear Banjo;

You wrote;

“you still only show a small number of individual criminals that should have been handled by our courts. I bet anyone could do the same with most nationalities of immigrants. Did you subject the Irish, Poms, Poles or Germans to the same?”

Exactly, couldn't have made the point better myself.

As this is probably the best I can hope for I am going to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and joyous festive season including of course those I have locked horns with during the year for without you life would be much less interesting.

Drink too much, eat too much, upset the odd straight-laced relative and make absolute disgraces of yourselves. See you after Christmas.

Hi there BANJO...

Mate, to be quite honest with you, I reckon you'd know as much about it as I do ? As I see it, 'home grown' radicalism is certainly a problem ? Often driven by boredom, a lack of direction, a sense of adventure and the fact these potential terrorists are very easily influenced and led ?

I've always believed, those young people who you see just 'hanging around' seemingly doing nothing in particular, are in reality, and despite their fervent denials, are looking for mischief ?

Until their more prominent and influential Muslim leaders manage to establish much clearer lines of communications with these impressionable younger Muslims, and offer more realistic alternatives, this fragmentary migration of essentially 'lost souls' will continue to follow their ideological pursuits ?

I guess it's easy to sit here and postulate and presuppose the reasons why, so many of these young Muslim men, and women too apparently, wish to leave their homes and families, and go fight in Syria or somewhere, being fully aware upon their return surely they'll be arrested ?

There is one terror stricken politician in New South Wales this morning, and its not the Primer but the Opposition Leader John (Robbo) Robertson. It look like Robbo is going to be the main course this Christmas as he's well and truly cooked his goose by writing a letter of support in 2011 for the Mad Man himself Haroin Monis. With only 3 months to the state election, Labor cannot afford to run with such a political liability as Robertson. I would say gone, gone, gone. Labor can;t do any worse under Michael Daley, and Daley is as clean as any Labor poly can be in NSW.

Paul,

What are the odds on him staying leader?

I'm offering 100 to 1 ON.

@Paul,

<<[John (Robbo) Robertson] ...well and truly cooked his goose by writing a letter of support in 2011 for the Mad Man himself Haroin Monis>>

Hahaha talk about shooting ones self in the foot. On that basis all the Greens should resign en-mass (if en mass it the right term to use for such a piddling group). Since the Greens have been aiding and abetting the entry of anyone who like Monis boats-in and mouths the magic words "I'm a refugee" , for ages.