Lawlight said:
First and foremost, let us correct one thing - a kid being raised to believe that all those who do not believe in their god should be beheaded is what the terrorists most likely are. So that kid holding that sign is not an insignificant thing.
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I don't think you understand the concept of baiting.
But yes, I agree. It is unacceptable. Will the kid become a terrorist? Who knows. The majority of Terrorists in Australia however do not come from overseas. They are born in Australia. They are Australians.
Don't get me wrong, I am Atheist, I would prefer if no religion existed, it sets humanity back, religion often actively erodes scientific achievement.
However Australia is built on the pillars of "Freedom of Religion" and it's implied "Freedom from Religion" in the constitution. Which I will defend.
Of course the far-right groups like One Nation wishes to remove such protections from the Constitution and remove the Racial Discrimination Act.
Lawlight said:
Second thing - the Cronulla riots started because 8 Middle Eastern men attacked 2 surf life savers. Don't blame this on far right extremists. People got frustrated and tensions rose.
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Correct.
But is it appropriate for groups of people to band together and start attacking innocent people in retaliation? We have law enforcement for a reason. They are trained in this field. Let them do their job.
Countering violence with violence is unacceptable.
Lawlight said:
The 2nd article gives no indication of the motive or name of the perpetrator.
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Are you suggesting it's fictitious? But you are correct. They didn't mention his name.
But they do with this article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-30/bail-refused-over-muslim-school-knife-threat/5778562
And here are supporting Articles:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/man-sought-over-knife-threat-at-islamic-school-in-sydney/news-story/554a2770e283e22b0405c08457ed11ab
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-charged-over-sydney-islamic-school-knife-incident-20140926-10mw4c.html
Lawlight said:
3rd article - 2 extremists charged with property damage. They shot at the dome of a mosque at night. Not sure what they were trying to achieve there.
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Terrorising of course.
Lawlight said:
5th one 6th one are about the same person (a half Asian man, btw) but those are 10+ years old artcle.
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They were seperate events/issues however.
Lawlight said:
Last one is just a religious nutter but all those put together still pales in comparison to how many were arrested last year for plotting Islamists attacks.
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Indeed. But the conservative powerbase is supported by the religious nutters. Case in point: The Australian Christian Lobby, Marriage Alliance etc'.
And yet. I can still provide more links. They were just an example to get a point across. Shall I provide some more?
Lawlight said:
Sorry but One Nation will never have power not do they have a voice in the extremely left-leaning media. I think a lot of their votes are from people tired of the usual politicians.
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One Nation has power *now*. They don't need majority power to have power, they just need to hold the balance of power, which in many instances, they do.
Plus, allot of their policies align with the Liberals who are center-right wing. (Which makes sense, Pauline Hanson is an ex-liberal.)
Same thing goes with the nutty-greens who are far-left, they often align themselves with our center-left "Labor" party to get what they want, they don't need to hold the majority power to achieve their goals.
It's still a far cry from your last claim that the far-right have no voice. ;)
The majority of our News Papers is right-wing or center-right thanks to the Dominance News Corp has and is not Left leaning.
https://www.quora.com/Which-are-right-wing-media-and-left-wing-media-in-Australia
The ABC and SBS is Left-wing.
7 News, 9 News and their ilk tend to be more sensationalist.
Soundwave said:
I dunno about Australia, but in North America there's certainly been a lot of far right terrorism, and one of the big ones is these far right terrorists are so stupid they often end up targeting Sikhs (a completely different religion) thinking they're Muslims.
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Far-right extremism seems to be gaining traction all across the western world.
Trump was a big push towards that, it allowed allot of groups to justify their positions. Brexit has fueled various groups as well.