benwj wrote:Way too much is being read into this.
All that the Australian government did was to deny a request that Sharia Law be implemented into Australian law.
There is nothing radical about the Australian decision, apart from the fact that it wasn't taken very seriously.
Although this may have been due to the fact that the guy making the request had previously compared scantily clad woman being raped by men, to meat in the butcher shop window being taken by a dog.
When a few Australians called for him to be deported, he then said that he had more rights to be in Australia than the white Australians because he had not arrived on a convict ship.
Benwj,
I agree with what you are saying.
People will often take things out of context to make it a pretext for their own agenda.
Howard has made it clear that upon entering Australia you abide by the law of the land. Same as any other country including UAE.
If i started making waves regarding Muslims in a Middle Eastern Country i am sure i would be shown the door quick smart.
Yet, we have had clerics living in Australia going overseas calling all Muslems for Jihad.
Now, why shouldn't a person who does such things be deported from Australia?
Same as other countries.
Get rid of the troublemakers.
Again, more recently the Howard government has introduced the Citizenship Test.
IMO, if a person from another country wants citizenship, then why shouldn't they have some knowledge of the history including being able to speak English?
Yet we have people come out and say its showing predudism to minorities.
Now, if i was to live in UAE and sought citizenship, wouldn't it be reasonable to expect for me to know and understand both language and culture?
Maybe i am a naive "Ozzy" who believes in fairness and equal opportunity for all.
Yet, the most degenerated and evil vocabulary of our modern era "Politically Correct" is watering down our structure and society to prevent and shame people from an opinion.
I give John Howard credit where its due that he is prepared to speak up for Australia's heritage. More countries should do the same.
Not with arrogance.
But with a passion of Nationalism.
Just my opinion.
Cheers markco2