Oh don't worry Onthebeach, correcting your post did not improve its effectiveness at all.
You seem to be grasping at any straw to remain relevant in this conversation now.

As much as I support the rights of anyone believing or not believing in any God or church, I must admit I would be upset at any new large religious building being built near my home...Christian, Muslim or whatever.
But that is mainly because I am an atheist, and see no point in having a special building to worship make-believe gods who are supposed to be 'everywhere' anyway.

Mind you, I fail to see how a multicultural country like Australia can say no to another religious building, if they have already allowed all the other religious groups to build their own. As long as there is the proper space, parking and suitability for the area, then they really can't say no without being seen as racist or being anti-Muslim.

If they said no for no apparently sound reason, then that would be very in-Australian indeed

Watching a TV program on the Ku Klux Klan, who claim to be god fearing Christians at war with the inferior godless blacks, as well as some white supporters. The KKK is big on the Christian symbol of the cross. Between about 1880 and 1920 these god fearing Christians were responsible for the murder of some 4,000 people in the US.

Hi Paul,

You may be onto something - because of Jim Jones and the Branch [branch of what? Disavowed branch?] Davidians, any so-called 'crimes' of ISIS should be overlooked.

Because of crimes committed by someone else, somewhere else, in the past, the so-called 'crimes' of psychopaths under the banner of Islam committed now, should be discounted.

One = the other. It's all the same, only those committed earlier were somehow worse. We can't make judgements now about fascists because of what crackpots did years ago.

Is that it ?

I'm sorry, I'm old, I have got so out of touch with how I'm supposed to think of actions committed, nominally, against the US, actions which must therefore be good and proper. I've forgotten the rule: 'if it's anti-US, it's good.'

The problem with getting older is that you have a store of experience to draw on, and also that some of us read and reflect, we've nothing much to lose by doing so. So we realise that the world is complicated.

I'm sorry, I should remember that it is all supposed to be kept simple:

* US bad, all else good.

* US bad, all else good.

* US bad, all else good.

Got it. I think.

No, it's gone again :(

Curse you, George Orwell !

Joe

//and then he goes on his way, while I bin his pamphlets.//

What a waste. May I have them instead? I love religious leaflets. They're the funniest things not produced by the BBC, people with an irrational fear of muslims and good stand-up comics. It annoys me when people come door knocking, but when they've got one of their stalls in the town square I always stock up on their literature. I scored a free copy of the whole Book of Mormon complete with illustrations - not just some crappy leaflet - just by asking some Mormons nicely. It's hilarious.

//But until then, I won't worry about them, but I WILL mildly worry about any Muslims knocking on my door.//

They've started door knocking now? Well that is concerning. Thankfully I have a truly awful driveway and worse front steps which dissuades all but the most committed door knockers. They will be greeted in one of two ways, depending on whether or not they disturb my rest: if I am disturbed I shall answer the door in naught but my boxer shorts. That usually sends them packing. If I'm alert and active I'll invite them in for tea and fruitcake and try to swindle them out of as much hilarious evangelical literature as I can.

Paul,

"Is Mise, they don't need too, they carry out sieges where dozen die"

Where did they carry out a siege?

//Where did they carry out a siege?//

http://www.justfuckinggoogleit.com/

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=waco+texas

http://tinyurl.com/hya2fm2