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FxTrader said:
Once again the misused term "racist" is rolled out by the ignorant to brand someone as a race hater when he is expressing a view about a religion. Since when are race and religion synonymous terms?

While most religions are poisonous, faith based nonsense they are not equal in terms of their threat to modern society. Islam has become the most dangerous religious dogma confronting civil society and rightly regarded as a threat.

As for Wilders, whatever his other political views may be, I find common ground with him on the issue of Islamism and its ultimate aims. When Wilders says things like "Islam is a fascist ideology and the prophet Mohammed a pedophile and murderer" and "Islam is totalitarianism ... Islam and freedom are incompatible," it my sound overly confrontational and intolerant but it's also inconveniently true. It's naive in the extreme to think of Islam as just another benign religious creed. Far from it.
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Well said....+1
 
FxTrader said:
Once again the misused term "racist" is rolled out by the ignorant to brand someone as a race hater when he is expressing a view about a religion. Since when are race and religion synonymous terms?

While most religions are poisonous, faith based nonsense they are not equal in terms of their threat to modern society. Islam has become the most dangerous religious dogma confronting civil society and rightly regarded as a threat.

As for Wilders, whatever his other political views may be, I find common ground with him on the issue of Islamism and its ultimate aims. When Wilders says things like "Islam is a fascist ideology and the prophet Mohammed a pedophile and murderer" and "Islam is totalitarianism ... Islam and freedom are incompatible," it my sound overly confrontational and intolerant but it's also inconveniently true. It's naive in the extreme to think of Islam as just another benign religious creed. Far from it.
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+3

Miss Hale, yes, I agree.

You only have to go to Google -> search images -> Muslim placards....

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MrBurns said:
No she said quite clearly that while she rejects Labor she wont support Abbott.
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Ms Milne was questioned on this on "7.30" this evening and made it quite clear if the Coalition is elected to govern at the next election the Greens will work with them.
I find it a bit hard to imagine, however. On both sides.

FxTrader said:
Once again the misused term "racist" is rolled out by the ignorant to brand someone as a race hater when he is expressing a view about a religion. Since when are race and religion synonymous terms?

While most religions are poisonous, faith based nonsense they are not equal in terms of their threat to modern society. Islam has become the most dangerous religious dogma confronting civil society and rightly regarded as a threat.

As for Wilders, whatever his other political views may be, I find common ground with him on the issue of Islamism and its ultimate aims. When Wilders says things like "Islam is a fascist ideology and the prophet Mohammed a pedophile and murderer" and "Islam is totalitarianism ... Islam and freedom are incompatible," it my sound overly confrontational and intolerant but it's also inconveniently true. It's naive in the extreme to think of Islam as just another benign religious creed. Far from it.
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+4.
 
Las Vegas Strip Shooting: 3 Dead After Shootout Leads To Multi-Vehicle Crash, Police Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/las-vegas-strip-shooting_n_2733188.html

Libyan Weapons Arming Al Qaeda Militias Across North Africa, Officials Say
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...rica_n_2727326.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World

Death Valley Named Largest Dark Sky Park - SKYE on AOL
http://weather.aol.com/2013/02/21/death-valley-named-largest-dark-sky-park/

Watch: Rare Desert Snow Falls in Phoenix - SKYE on AOL
http://weather.aol.com/2013/02/21/watch-rare-desert-snow-falls-in-phoenix/
 
Student indecently assaulted in accommodation at Macquarie University.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sex-assau...-seekers-to-be-questioned-20130222-2evgl.html
A female student was assaulted while sleeping in her in her Macquarie University accommodation.

A female student was assaulted while sleeping in her Macquarie University accommodation. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan

Police will question a group of up to 80 asylum seekers being temporarily housed at Macquarie University following the alleged indecent assault of a young student as she slept in her student accommodation in Sydney's north.

A NSW Police spokesman said the group of male asylum seekers, believed to be from Sri Lanka, would be questioned along with other people staying on campus when an intruder broke into the 20-year-old woman's room in Marsfield and assaulted her early on Thursday morning.

Police said the woman was woken about 3.20am by a man who was indecently assaulting her in her room. The man fled from her room when she began screaming.

Detectives set up a crime scene at the student accommodation on Thursday and forensic police examined the student's room.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sex-assau...-questioned-20130222-2evgl.html#ixzz2LaQFkDj5
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Senate inquiry rejects 'offends and insults' law

A Senate inquiry has rejected the Federal Government's plans to prohibit conduct that offends or insults, saying the move could limit freedom of expression.

The draft includes a clause stating that unfavourable treatment of another person includes conduct that offends, insults or intimidates.

But the Senate inquiry, which received more than 3,000 submissions, has recommended the clause be removed altogether.

The inquiry says the clause may have unintended consequences, including making it illegal to offend someone.

The Federal Government is not making any promises about agreeing to any of the recommendations.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-...troversial-anti-discrimination-clause/4532960
 
Friday, 22nd February 2013

Reuters has reported that in a landmark decision Ian Kiernan has announced that Clean Up Australia Day has been moved to 14th September for this year.

Kiernan was quoted to say :
“Enough is enough, it is time the Australian public had a voice in how dirty Australia had become. Major changes needed to be made with the way in which the rubbish in Australia was distributed. For more than half a decade one company had been despoiling Australia and this had to change to avoid Australia becoming covered with rubbish.

Australia needed to go back to previous methods and previous successful companies to rid itself of the rubbish accumulated over the last five years or so.”

Kiernan added:
"Australia could make a good start to cleaning up the mess by coming together and rallying to the cause on September 14th. It is important for citizens to bring gloves, bags, shovels, cricket bats, and baseball bats to make sure all the rubbish was cleaned up properly and thoroughly so that it would not return for a very long time.”

Many commentators have suggested that there should be a major celebration and all night party at the end of the clean up day because Australia deserved a little joy. Firecrackers and cheering in the streets would help kick start a new era!
 
Yes, rubbish is an increasing problem worldwide. Packaging is a disaster and, going back a bit, two of my Great Grandfathers kept pigs that ate all of the rubbish - no packaging those days. Then they ate the pigs and that was the time to gather the neighbours round.

These days safety laws don't allow pigs to eat all the waste and I remember a school owning their own pig. I think thoughts are that eating pigs that eat all the rubbish might not be fit for consumption?
 
Muslim cleric Man Haron Monis loses bid to have charges over offensive letters quashed

A SELF-styled Muslim cleric accused of sending offensive letters to the families of slain Australian soldiers has lost a High Court bid to have the charges against him quashed.

Man Haron Monis, also known as Sheik Haron, was charged in 2011 with 12 counts of using a postal service in a way that a reasonable person would consider menacing, harassing or offensive.

He allegedly sent letters - and in one case a recorded message - to the relatives of several diggers killed in action in Afghanistan and the mother of an Austrade official killed in the bombing of a hotel in Indonesia. His co-accused, Amirah Droudis faces eight counts of aiding an abetting Mr Monis.

The letters allegedly began by offering condolences to the families, before launching into an "intemperate and extravagant" criticism if Australia's involvement in Afghanistan. They also allegedly insulted the dead soldiers.
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/muslim-cleric-man-haron-monis-loses-bid-to-have-charges-over-offensive-letters-quashed/story-e6frg6nf-1226586784899
 
Child born with HIV cured by US doctors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/03/us-doctors-cure-child-born-hiv

Medical history made with first 'functional cure' of unnamed two-year-old born with the virus but now needing no medication

Doctors in the US have made medical history by effectively curing a child born with HIV, the first time such a case has been documented.

The infant, who is now two and a half, needs no medication for HIV, has a normal life expectancy and is highly unlikely to be infectious to others, doctors believe.

Though medical staff and scientists are unclear why the treatment was effective, the surprise success has raised hopes that the therapy might ultimately help doctors eradicate the virus among newborns.
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