Dear runner,

You know that's not what I'm saying at all.

I'm trying to be serious about serious issues.
We should not use sweeping statements or get
emotional. The issues are too serious for that.

Dear Rehctub,

I'll try to get some stats for you. Although you could
Google the Australian Bureau of Statistics yourself.
The last census should have them.

You do realise that not every nationality that you
mentioned are Muslims. There are many Lebanese
who are Christians.

' We should not use sweeping statements or get emotional. The issues are too serious for that. '

May be we should be getting emotional Foxy. Just because its not your daughter or niece does not mean it won't be (God forbid). Its amazing how totally emotional you Susie, Poirot etc were about Abbotts so called sexism. I seem to remember you cheering Gillards rant. When it comes to Arab muslims raping and molesting multitudes of girls you say we should not be emotional. Something seriously wrong with your thinking Foxy. Sides are still by far more important to you than facts.

//Sides are still by far more important to you than facts.//

I find it interesting - and troubling - that you won't castigate rechtub for his flippant and disgusting comments about mental illness and suicide.

Now, what was it you were saying about sides being more important than facts?

Runner I see you are getting hysterical again.
If you can't see the difference between sexist rants by politicians, and the sexual assault of girls then there is no hope for you.

Sexual assault is a criminal offense and I am sure the perpetrators of the sexual assaults you delight in repeatedly bringing up will be hunted down and punished, whatever religion or race they come from. No one you mentioned from this forum would be upset about that.

How do you know they were all Arab Muslim 'rapists' anyway? I couldn't find that information on any of the news sites? They haven't even found all the perpetrators yet. Were all the women raped?
Did you make all that up (again) for your own sick purposes?

Dear runner,

I'm not going to argue with your "logic."

Regarding my, Suse's, and Poirot's past
posts - they need to be read in the
context in which they were written. I have
no intention of responding to your harping back to past
arguments. It rarely achieves anything
productive. We'll only end up going round in
circles.

Dear rehctub,

According to Wikipedia - Lebanese people have been
in this country for more than two centuries.
They are one of the older established minorities,
like the Greeks, Italians, and Germans.
According to the Census Lebanese men and women were
nationally over represented as - self-employed or
as employers. They own Restaurants, groceries, Middle-Eastern
shops.

By the way their religion varies from Marionite Catholics,
and Greek Orthodox, to Muslim.(small percentage).

According to the Department of Social Services -
Samoan participation rate in the labour force was 63.5 per
cent and the unemployment rate was 10.2 per cent.

Whereas for Australians the employment rate was 65 per cent
and the unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent.

The Muslim employment rate was given (2006 Census) as
being 52 per cent, compared to Australia's at 65 per cent.
The explanation given was that Australian Muslims face
discrimination in employment.(According to the Parliament
of Australia fact-sheet).

Ifran Yusuf on the conflict between Sunni and Shiites Muslims in Australia.
http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/09/01/how-and-why-shiites-are-sidelined-from-australian-public-life/