Posted on 11/13/2005 1:07:39 AM PST by 56newblog
This from Powerline;
It Isn't Going to Happen Here, Either
I'm a big fan of clarity, so my new hero is Peter Costello, the treasurer of Australia:
If you are somebody who wants to live in an Islamic state governed by sharia law you are not going to be happy in Australia, because Australia is not an Islamic state, will never be an Islamic state and will never be governed by sharia law.
We are a secular state under our constitution, our law is made by parliament elected in democratic elections.
We do not derive our laws from religious instruction.
There are Islamic states around the world that practise sharia law and if that’s your object you may well be much more at home in such a country than trying to turn Australia into one of those countries, because it’s not going to happen.
Via Tim Blair, who suggests that Costello's words "be displayed in the arrivals areas of Australian airports."
very nice.
Unlike the US and Britian, the majority of Australia hasn't been infected with political correctness.
This is exactly the what we should be telling any immigrant that comes to our shores.
Assimilate to the USA's laws and society. If you don't, get the hell out.
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"Unlike the US and Britian, the majority of Australia hasn't been infected with political correctness."
Oh yes they have. Just go read the typical Aussie paper and get back to me.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/new-laws-will-be-counter-productive-bartlett-says/2005/11/13/1131816804034.html?oneclick=true
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The federal government's new terrorism measures could "make things worse" by alienating the nation's Islamic community, the Australian Democrats say.
Democrats deputy leader Andrew Bartlett today said the new measures worked against the effort to tackle terrorism and would "almost guarantee" injustices for Australian Muslims.
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Oh I know that Australia has a moonbat population, but can you imagine if someone within the Bush whitehouse said this?
He is wrong on that account. Australia derives is laws from Great Britian and from Western civilization, which based them on Judeo-Christianity.
What??? No "we love your religion of peace" from the leaders??? That fella would never make it in the US...
Unfortunately, they have no guns.
What are they gonna do if there is an uprising, sic a crocodile on them?
Can we borrow this guy for a few weeks ?
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