What is the best way for Australia to produce terrorists?

1. Leave children to grow up (stateless?) in appalling conditions in the Middle East, knowing that they have been abandoned by Australia through no fault of their own but are being punished for their parents' sins. Will they grow up to love or hate Australia?

2. Rescue them and bring them to Australia, to the care of loving grandparents and extended family, and help them with medical and mental health support, education and career opportunities. Will they grow up to love or hate Australia?

What would Jesus do? Even for samaritans and muslims?

The lady in the silky slip in this thread is the best and most edifying presentation on it.

Cossomby,

You post reads as though both 1 a 2 are the best way to produce a terrorist, but I get what you are trying to say.

I should have made it clear that I am not interested in these women and children; I am interested in the safety of Australia and Australians. The best way to ensure that they don't become terrorists in Australia is to leave them where they are. They can be terrorists there, or farm camels. I don’t care. I don’t want them in Australia.

What would Jesus do? I don’t know. I know only what I would do and what I think the Australian government should do.

Dear Foxy,

You wrote:

"I guess its a moral choice that a predominantly Christian
country must make. A difficult choice - no doubt. However,
we have a government that is taking the advice and precautions
available to it. And for that we should be grateful."

Well said.

Hi Foxy,

Keep up the good fight, never let the bigots grind you down.

Paul in NZ.

Foxy
It helps to remember than most right-wing extremists are bitter, lonely and hateful people who resist change and are attracted to policies that are both unfair and cruel.

Apart from their place of birth and social opportunity, when it comes to intolerance there's not a lot of difference between those they condemn and themselves and ninety years ago they would have happily put self-condemned women and children onto trains and sent them off to camps.

Maybe as a compromise they'd be happy to bring them back and keep them on Manus Island for the rest of their lives.