#I'll ride with you

[radar 1,853]

Where were these sycophants and hand wringers when Australian Defence Force and Emergency Service personnel were advised against wearing uniforms in public or on mass transport?

So coupla dark people get glared at; brave men and women of our front line security - who put their lives on the line - face having their heads chopped off.

[dee-luded 2,958]

Where were these sycophants and hand wringers when Australian Defence Force and Emergency Service personnel were advised against wearing uniforms in public or on mass transport?

So coupla dark people get glared at; brave men and women of our front line security - who put their lives on the line - face having their heads chopped off.

yep thats all true, but we can't blame them all for the religious fundamentalists faults, of all the faiths.

[Guest]

Ever heard of the Cronulla Riots radar?

[jazza 1,323]

Where were these sycophants and hand wringers when Australian Defence Force and Emergency Service personnel were advised against wearing uniforms in public or on mass transport?

So coupla dark people get glared at; brave men and women of our front line security - who put their lives on the line - face having their heads chopped off.

Havent heard of any beheadings in australia.

If you are referring to overseas then please understand the rules of engagement.

Edited December 27, 2014 by jazza

[Wrecker45 3,378]

Ever heard of the Cronulla Riots radar?

I have but you will have to remind me how many were killed there again? And what was the #hashtag for the original victims in Cronulla that instigated the "riots".

[hardtack 10,127]

I have but you will have to remind me how many were killed there again? And what was the #hashtag for the original victims in Cronulla that instigated the "riots".

What does the "number killed" have to do with #illridewithyou? The originator had done this to offer some support (more moral than physical) based on her encounter with a woman who was afraid to wear her headscarf as she was concerned she would become a target of misguided anger. The originator did not set this up as a campaign, but rather it grew organically as a result of enough other like minded people adopting the hashtag in a show of support. It only became a "campaign" after the press got onto it and a few "celebrities" got on board.

The original idea was a good one and it is a fact that it is generally women wearing the islamic headwear that are targeted as they are easily identified. I would think that the reason the Cronulla riots were raised above was because it showed that events such as the siege and its subsequent deaths can have violent repercussions and that it is often innocent people who are the victims purely because of some misguided sense of outrage.

[Guest]

The original idea was a good one and it is a fact that it is generally women wearing the islamic headwear that are targeted as they are easily identified. I would think that the reason the Cronulla riots were raised above was because it showed that events such as the siege and its subsequent deaths can have violent repercussions and that it is often innocent people who are the victims purely because of some misguided sense of outrage.

Got it in one go, hardtack. Well spotted.

[45HG 1,539]

An interesting perspective here.

[Wrecker45 3,378]

Another terrorist attack in France over night. I'm not sure whether they were lone wolves or part of the pack. Hopefully they have a nice #hashtag in France today.

[dee-luded 2,958]

Another terrorist attack in France over night. I'm not sure whether they were lone wolves or part of the pack. Hopefully they have a nice #hashtag in France today.

fundamentalism,,,, 'play with fire', & 'live by the sword'.

[timD 994]

Another terrorist attack in France over night. I'm not sure whether they were lone wolves or part of the pack. Hopefully they have a nice #hashtag in France today.

What a spiteful, snide effort. People are dead and you use it for a failed point-scoring exercise.

#takealonghardlookinthemirrorclown

[Wrecker45 3,378]

What a spiteful, snide effort. People are dead and you use it for a failed point-scoring exercise.

#takealonghardlookinthemirrorclown

Sometimes the truth hurts.

[Wrecker45 3,378]

What does the "number killed" have to do with #illridewithyou? The originator had done this to offer some support (more moral than physical) based on her encounter with a woman who was afraid to wear her headscarf as she was concerned she would become a target of misguided anger. The originator did not set this up as a campaign, but rather it grew organically as a result of enough other like minded people adopting the hashtag in a show of support. It only became a "campaign" after the press got onto it and a few "celebrities" got on board.

The original idea was a good one and it is a fact that it is generally women wearing the islamic headwear that are targeted as they are easily identified. I would think that the reason the Cronulla riots were raised above was because it showed that events such as the siege and its subsequent deaths can have violent repercussions and that it is often innocent people who are the victims purely because of some misguided sense of outrage.

And what if the original idea was a fraud? What if it was made up just to distract from the real problem?

[hardtack 10,127]

And what if the original idea was a fraud? What if it was made up just to distract from the real problem?

If that's how you interpret it, then I would think the odds are pretty good that you are the one with the problem.

[Wrecker45 3,378]

If that's how you interpret it, then I would think the odds are pretty good that you are the one with the problem.

I love a warm fuzzy story but I also like facts. Do you understand Rachel Jacobs made it up?

[45HG 1,539]

I love a warm fuzzy story but I also like facts. Do you understand Rachel Jacobs made it up?

I know for a fact that she would hate that you spelled her name wrong.

Do you understand that she did not begin the hashtag?

A sad part of me feels that you, and/or people like you, heard the news from France and responded with a grin. I pray that I'm wrong.

[hardtack 10,127]

I love a warm fuzzy story but I also like facts. Do you understand Rachel Jacobs made it up?

Hang on a second, you went from rhetorical questions: "And what if the original idea was a fraud? What if it was made up just to distract from the real problem?" to the above "stated facts" in the blink of an eye? Methinks you stood in front of a wrecking ball facing the wrong way. You are obviously anti-islam to the point where you create your own facts to somehow justify your intolerance.

Sadly, I tend to think that 45HG might be on the money with his last comment immediately above.

Edited January 8, 2015 by hardtack

[bing181 8,169]

Sometimes the truth hurts.

Well actually, no.

It's not truth that hurts, it's narrow-minded bigotry.

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[Earl Hood 5,789]

Looks like a no go thread at the moment. Tensions are very high and I am struggling to follow the vitriolic responses. It is a sad day for all, no matter your beliefs except for those two or three well trained, mindless and godless perpetrators who are on the run. May they soon be dealt with by the French authorities.

[Biffen 12,342]

This latest incident will make life more difficult for all Muslims in Western Europe.

There was significant resentment towards their culture prior to this in counties such as Germany,Belgium,Holland, and France .

I expect to see radical mullahs prosecuted and sentenced to death in the future for inciting violence against their host countries people.

It is very hard to control people who swear allegiance to a fictitious god over the government that is responsible for them.

Also ,as the centre of their faith is in Mecca and is nearly 1200 years out of date and probably not suited to our liberal and permissive culture.

If we can learn anything from this it is that we should not support the Islamisation of our country blindly just to feel warm and fuzzy.

I support any country that begin to incarcerate radical teachers preaching destruction of non believers.

My right to not believe in any of the Dogma pushed on all the poor people of the world in the name of whatever god is more important than anyone's faith to me. Trouble with these holy wars is that the innocent bystanders are the people who have evolved enough to know that religion of any type is a Ponzi scheme for dolts at best and a scam for the feeble minded and lost.

Execute the radicals publicly.Execute the mullahs preaching hate.

They understand death to be glorious so it's win/win .

[Bluey's Dad 3,419]

Looks like a no go thread at the moment. Tensions are very high and I am struggling to follow the vitriolic responses. It is a sad day for all, no matter your beliefs except for those two or three well trained, mindless and godless perpetrators who are on the run. May they soon be dealt with by the French authorities.

"Godless" is not an insult.

[45HG 1,539]

"Godless" is not an insult.

I'd argue that depends entirely on your point of view.

[Bluey's Dad 3,419]

I'd argue that depends entirely on your point of view.

I suppose that's true, although those who use it as an insult are likely to be in the minority these days. Even the pope said atheists are good people.

It just felt jarring, as I've rarely heard "godless" used in that context outside dated movies and literature.

[Wrecker45 3,378]

A sad part of me feels that you, and/or people like you, heard the news from France and responded with a grin. I pray that I'm wrong.

You can relax, when I woke up to the news it sent a shiver down my spine. I take no joy in terrorism..

[What 18,810]

"Godless" is not an insult.

Exactly. it is a compliment.