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[–]Anthony_John_Abbott -12 ポイント-11 ポイント

Thank goodness there are no violent Australian Muslims.

From the article -

"The protest group asked what councillors were doing to protect the city from terrorism and accused the council of failing to consult the community."

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/australians-are-believed-to-have-joined-isis-ranks-in-bloody-iraq-war/story-fni0fit3-1226959115770

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-15/spy-agencies-monitoring-australians-fighting-in-syria/4630098

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-01/asio-spies-spying-espionage-threat-terrorism-syria/5062780

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australians-fighting-for-rebels-in-iraq-20140618-3ae67.html

Perhaps the council could merely tell the local residents that the people being settled in Bendigo will be vetted to ensure there are no links with international Jihadist terrorists who are flocking between Australia, Iraq and Syria.

Is this too much to ask ?

People want some reassurance - not simply to be told they are racists.

[–]aeschenkarnos 3 ポイント4 ポイント

People want some reassurance - not simply to be told they are racists.

If their fears are racist bullshit drummed up to get idiots to vote for your namesake, why indulge them?

The Muslims moving here are moving here to get away from terrorists, thugs, gang leaders, war, violence, famine, and so on. Unlike us, they have personal experience of that shit, they were victims of it, and they don't want it here.

[–]Charlie-Green-Rug 2 ポイント3 ポイント

Would you also insist on checks on non Muslims? Like, to make sure there are no connections with the IRA, or religious extremist groups in America that may blow up Abortion clinics or anything?

[–]dizzy_jtoken moderate conservative 1 ポイント2 ポイント

It is not the local council's role to protect anyone from any kind of crime, except maybe parking illegally.

Law enforcement is the responsibility of the state government, and counter-terrorism is a joint effort between state and federal authorities.

The protest group may not be racist, but it is definitely very fucking stupid.

[–]aussielander -4 ポイント-3 ポイント

people being settled in Bendigo will be vetted to ensure there are no links with international Jihadist terrorists

Lol, when there were 10,000s turning up each year under the previous policy I doubt there is much in the way of checking jack-shit going on.