Off the Record

Submitted by C (Australia), Feb 23, 2006 at 20:19

I agree with you David. I am in Australia but I think we have the same deal. It seems the majority think these people are trouble but the powerful minority with a voice - the government and media etc, take a conservative stance 'the peaceful religion' and all that bull shit. Nothing could be more contradictory.

I have heard it rumoured here though that we have an unofficial ban on Muslim immigration, which I have reason to believe, and you may find that more is being done covertly in the US than you realise. Because of our (the West's) value systems - freedom of religion and all that crap which gets misused as a vehicle for controversial politics - we can't really stand up and loudly denounce Muslims per se but, off the record things may be a wee tad different.

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