Dear Bazz,

I shall repeat what I posted on another discussion:

The problem with labels is that they lead to
stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalisations
and generalisations lead to assumptions and assumptions
lead back to stereotypes.

It's a vicious cycle and after you go around a bunch of
times you end up believing that ALL followers of Islam
are extremists and fundamentalists.

They live in different countries, with different traditions,
cultures, languages, and they don't all practice their religion
in exactly the same way. The same goes for Christians, Jews,
or any other religion. Not everyone is a fundamentalist or
an extremist, or a fanatic.

individual,

Right. The sorts of immigrants dumped on us certainly have not improved the electorate. Probably a deliberate ploy by the politicians.

Only Australians will be allowed into Australia next year, with international students, fully vaccinated, later. No mention of Centrelink-centric Afghans, who won't fight for their own country, let alone ours.

Bazz,

We certainly do not owe Afghans anything. Their own army, trained by ours, didn’t fire a shot against the returning Taliban. That army hadn't been paid for some time, which is another indicator of what a useless, undeserving shithole Afghanistan is. The people are beyond redemption, have nothing in common with us, and need to be put out of our minds permanently.

Just to set the record straight:

hrw.org/news/2021/08/23/how-australia-should-help-afghans-living-fear

Worth a read.

Oooops - sorry I forgot the http:

http://hrw.org/news/2021/08/23/how-australia-should-help-afghans-living-fear

A hard pass.

Dear Nathan,

My heart is already open for the people of Afghanistan.
As for my home, to the unlikely extent that I would let anyone into it, then why not an Afghan?

I have strict house-rules, for example no meat or other products containing dead animals (including in soaps, creams, tooth-paste, medications, etc.); no television; computers and similar digital devices are restricted to certain areas of the house; keeping quiet during meditation and spiritual-study times; and of course no smoking or vaping (35.2% of Afghani men smoke), etc. If an Afghani is happy with my house-rules, then they are probably closer to me than most Australians.