Comments on: No More Free Radicals http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Irfan Yusuf http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/comment-page-1/#comment-34393 Irfan Yusuf Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:11:47 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/#comment-34393 How does one define radical? When Kara-Ali's sect leaders took over my childhood mosque in Surry Hills, their first act was to burn all the books in the library which they deemed "un-Islamic". These included high school mathematics and science textbooks. Further, at least two senior leaders of that sect are currently awaiting trial in Lebanon for their involvement in the plot to assassinate the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. So here you have a sect which burns books and whose senior leadership face trial for terrorism-related charges. Sounds like a group ripe for identification as a sleeper cell ... How does one define radical? When Kara-Ali’s sect leaders took over my childhood mosque in Surry Hills, their first act was to burn all the books in the library which they deemed “un-Islamic”. These included high school mathematics and science textbooks.

Further, at least two senior leaders of that sect are currently awaiting trial in Lebanon for their involvement in the plot to assassinate the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

So here you have a sect which burns books and whose senior leadership face trial for terrorism-related charges. Sounds like a group ripe for identification as a sleeper cell …

]]> By: Amir http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/comment-page-1/#comment-34379 Amir Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:41:03 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/#comment-34379 Leaving aside the impossibility of identifying 'radicals', I think it's highly questionable to revoke citizenship based purely on <em>ideas</em> that people may hold. Being a radical Muslim, radical Christian, radical Socialist, or radically right wing are not crimes and nor should they be. If people carry out or plan terrorist attacks then I don't object to the state prosecuting them but I don't think we can ever go down the path of prosecuting people for 'thought crimes' regardless of how horrible or disagreeable those thoughts might be. Leaving aside the impossibility of identifying ‘radicals’, I think it’s highly questionable to revoke citizenship based purely on ideas that people may hold. Being a radical Muslim, radical Christian, radical Socialist, or radically right wing are not crimes and nor should they be. If people carry out or plan terrorist attacks then I don’t object to the state prosecuting them but I don’t think we can ever go down the path of prosecuting people for ‘thought crimes’ regardless of how horrible or disagreeable those thoughts might be.

]]> By: Doctor Patient http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/comment-page-1/#comment-34367 Doctor Patient Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:34:44 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/#comment-34367 We, via the gov't, hand out citizenship. We, via the gov't should revoke that citizenship where radical muslim clerics/idiots/morons etc have been identified. They should be removed from Australia. If they were born here it would be cheaper and less dangerous for the majority of Australians to offer them a financial incentive to go live some place else. We, via the gov’t, hand out citizenship. We, via the gov’t should revoke that citizenship where radical muslim clerics/idiots/morons etc have been identified. They should be removed from Australia. If they were born here it would be cheaper and less dangerous for the majority of Australians to offer them a financial incentive to go live some place else.

]]> By: AU http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/comment-page-1/#comment-34314 AU Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:42:35 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/#comment-34314 Yeah but let's hope he doesn't watch the Manchurian Candidate then. Yeah but let’s hope he doesn’t watch the Manchurian Candidate then.

]]> By: Eudaemonion http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/comment-page-1/#comment-34301 Eudaemonion Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:39:28 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/07/04/no-more-free-radicals/#comment-34301 All very 'Minority Report'. How much are you willing to bet this bonehead, er, 'politician', has seen the movie, or would comprehend the concept? All very ‘Minority Report’.

How much are you willing to bet this bonehead, er, ‘politician’, has seen the movie, or would comprehend the concept?

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