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		<title>By: ausGeoff</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-74341</link>
		<dc:creator>ausGeoff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, but this assertion is a total myth...
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-74264&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very&#032;sad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: It&#039;s very sad, people living on Aboriginal people’s land [...]&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I&#039;m not living on &quot;Aboriginal land&quot;.  I worked hard and paid taxes for nearly fifty years to pay for the land I live on—my tiny piece of Australia.  I&#039;ve never caused any aborigines any trouble; in fact if you&#039;d ever lived adjacent to any outback Aboriginal settlements, you&#039;d know the converse to be true.  Have you ever been threatened with physical violence by a group of aborigines because you don&#039;t have any cigarettes or alcohol on you, in a laneway at midnight?

&quot;What&#039;s the problem whitey?  Don&#039;t you fuckin&#039; like us black fellas?&quot;

How do you answer that without getting your lights punched out?

—Uh... once again, you don&#039;t know what you&#039;re talking about...
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-74264&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very&#032;sad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: It’s also funny, you don&#039;t see Aboriginal people complaining or saying unnecessary stuff about those who took over their land.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Disregarding your erroneous comment about &quot;those who took over their land&quot;, you&#039;ve obviously  never lived and worked in outback Australia, surrounded every day and night by drugged-up, drunken aborigines perpetually looking for handouts from us &quot;whiteys&quot;.


—See my first comment...
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-74264&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very&#032;sad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: [...] you asking those people to leave when you guys actually aren&#039;t living on your own land. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

How can it be that I&#039;m paying land tax, council rates, and electricity and water charges on a block of land that I don&#039;t own?

—Sorry; I&#039;m calling bullshit on this one...


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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-74264&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very&#032;sad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: I know lots of Australians who live in the Middle East and work there, they love it, they are respected, they are valued, they practice their own beliefs and values without any problems [...]&lt;/blockquote&gt;

As you quite correctly supposed, the Aussies are only there for the big bucks, and not the for the love of the people or their country!  How naive are you?

And just ask them how often the women wear bikinis to the beach, or the blokes drink a stubby in the street?

—And I appreciate your concern; I&#039;m already relaxed thank you...
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-74264&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;very&#032;sad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Relax people, and worry about your own life…&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The only reasons I&#039;d have to &quot;worry&quot; about my own life is because of the potential degradation to our society—as a whole—due to the unacceptable activities of the Aboriginal population who repeatedly refuse to accept 21st-century  standards of morality, the laws of the land, and the social norms that make for a cohesive community.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, but this assertion is a total myth&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong><a href="#comment-74264" rel="nofollow">very&#032;sad</a></strong>: It&#8217;s very sad, people living on Aboriginal people’s land [...]</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m not living on &#8220;Aboriginal land&#8221;.  I worked hard and paid taxes for nearly fifty years to pay for the land I live on—my tiny piece of Australia.  I&#8217;ve never caused any aborigines any trouble; in fact if you&#8217;d ever lived adjacent to any outback Aboriginal settlements, you&#8217;d know the converse to be true.  Have you ever been threatened with physical violence by a group of aborigines because you don&#8217;t have any cigarettes or alcohol on you, in a laneway at midnight?</p>
<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s the problem whitey?  Don&#8217;t you fuckin&#8217; like us black fellas?&#8221;</p>
<p>How do you answer that without getting your lights punched out?</p>
<p>—Uh&#8230; once again, you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong><a href="#comment-74264" rel="nofollow">very&#032;sad</a></strong>: It’s also funny, you don&#8217;t see Aboriginal people complaining or saying unnecessary stuff about those who took over their land.</p></blockquote>
<p>Disregarding your erroneous comment about &#8220;those who took over their land&#8221;, you&#8217;ve obviously  never lived and worked in outback Australia, surrounded every day and night by drugged-up, drunken aborigines perpetually looking for handouts from us &#8220;whiteys&#8221;.</p>
<p>—See my first comment&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong><a href="#comment-74264" rel="nofollow">very&#032;sad</a></strong>: [...] you asking those people to leave when you guys actually aren&#8217;t living on your own land. </p></blockquote>
<p>How can it be that I&#8217;m paying land tax, council rates, and electricity and water charges on a block of land that I don&#8217;t own?</p>
<p>—Sorry; I&#8217;m calling bullshit on this one&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong><a href="#comment-74264" rel="nofollow">very&#032;sad</a></strong>: I know lots of Australians who live in the Middle East and work there, they love it, they are respected, they are valued, they practice their own beliefs and values without any problems [...]</p></blockquote>
<p>As you quite correctly supposed, the Aussies are only there for the big bucks, and not the for the love of the people or their country!  How naive are you?</p>
<p>And just ask them how often the women wear bikinis to the beach, or the blokes drink a stubby in the street?</p>
<p>—And I appreciate your concern; I&#8217;m already relaxed thank you&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong><a href="#comment-74264" rel="nofollow">very&#032;sad</a></strong>: Relax people, and worry about your own life…</p></blockquote>
<p>The only reasons I&#8217;d have to &#8220;worry&#8221; about my own life is because of the potential degradation to our society—as a whole—due to the unacceptable activities of the Aboriginal population who repeatedly refuse to accept 21st-century  standards of morality, the laws of the land, and the social norms that make for a cohesive community.</p>
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		<title>By: ozsoapbox</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-74267</link>
		<dc:creator>ozsoapbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;its very sad, people living on Aboriginal people’s land&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Sorry what?

The only thing sad about the above statement are those that believe it.

Aboriginals land? Please. It&#039;s no more their land than it is mine.

&lt;blockquote&gt;It’s also funny, you dont see Aboriginal people complaining or saying unnecessary stuff about those who took over their land.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Australia Day is only 2 days away... stay tuned for the annual &#039;invasion day&#039; mob to start acting up again.

&lt;blockquote&gt;You only hear it from for example Italians, English, German, Greeks (Europeans in general) and some Asians……&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Lol. So I&#039;m picturing a white anglo-saxon wowser....

You either don&#039;t live in Australia or you choose to ignore the fact that nearly everything these people do is just a publicity stunt with the sole aim of acquiring a greater stake in welfare handouts from the government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>its very sad, people living on Aboriginal people’s land</p></blockquote>
<p>Sorry what?</p>
<p>The only thing sad about the above statement are those that believe it.</p>
<p>Aboriginals land? Please. It&#8217;s no more their land than it is mine.</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s also funny, you dont see Aboriginal people complaining or saying unnecessary stuff about those who took over their land.</p></blockquote>
<p>Australia Day is only 2 days away&#8230; stay tuned for the annual &#8216;invasion day&#8217; mob to start acting up again.</p>
<blockquote><p>You only hear it from for example Italians, English, German, Greeks (Europeans in general) and some Asians……</p></blockquote>
<p>Lol. So I&#8217;m picturing a white anglo-saxon wowser&#8230;.</p>
<p>You either don&#8217;t live in Australia or you choose to ignore the fact that nearly everything these people do is just a publicity stunt with the sole aim of acquiring a greater stake in welfare handouts from the government.</p>
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		<title>By: very sad</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-74264</link>
		<dc:creator>very sad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>its very sad, people living on Aboriginal people’s land think we respect them, value them and they part of this country but we actually talk about them badly all the time, make fun of them, show them no respect and cause trouble for them!!!!

It&#039;s also funny, you dont see Aboriginal people complaining or saying unnecessary stuff about those who took over their land. You only hear it from for example Italians, English, German, Greeks (Europeans in general) and some Asians......
 
you are guys for real? you asking those people to leave when you guys actually arent living on your own land. Before telling them to leave the country they love, and feel safe in maybe think about where you are from and where you should go back to!!!!! only if you think this way.

I know lots of Australian who live in the Middle East and work there, they love it, they are respected, they are valued, they practice their own beliefs and values without any problems and they get more cash!!!!!

Relax people, and worry about your own life...
thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>its very sad, people living on Aboriginal people’s land think we respect them, value them and they part of this country but we actually talk about them badly all the time, make fun of them, show them no respect and cause trouble for them!!!!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also funny, you dont see Aboriginal people complaining or saying unnecessary stuff about those who took over their land. You only hear it from for example Italians, English, German, Greeks (Europeans in general) and some Asians&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>you are guys for real? you asking those people to leave when you guys actually arent living on your own land. Before telling them to leave the country they love, and feel safe in maybe think about where you are from and where you should go back to!!!!! only if you think this way.</p>
<p>I know lots of Australian who live in the Middle East and work there, they love it, they are respected, they are valued, they practice their own beliefs and values without any problems and they get more cash!!!!!</p>
<p>Relax people, and worry about your own life&#8230;<br />
thanks</p>
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		<title>By: ausGeoff</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-44493</link>
		<dc:creator>ausGeoff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;comment-40455&quot;&gt;

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-40455&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Alan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: It’s not too bad if your a woman or a man really.&lt;/blockquote&gt;


And the  third option is....?</description>
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<p><strong><a href="#comment-40455" rel="nofollow">Alan</a></strong>: It’s not too bad if your a woman or a man really.</p></blockquote>
<p>And the  third option is&#8230;.?</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40455</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really wouldn&#039;t mind living in saudia Arabia or any other middle eastern country it&#039;s true... Lots of people from different nations have lived there for many years... It&#039;s not too bad if your a woman or a man really. Its not too bad here either for some. But I&#039;d certainly pity the aboriginals or any of the other victims of the, what would you call them really, I guess the early settlers and more recently people who think they were good or courageous people and not the vicious creatures they were.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really wouldn&#8217;t mind living in saudia Arabia or any other middle eastern country it&#8217;s true&#8230; Lots of people from different nations have lived there for many years&#8230; It&#8217;s not too bad if your a woman or a man really. Its not too bad here either for some. But I&#8217;d certainly pity the aboriginals or any of the other victims of the, what would you call them really, I guess the early settlers and more recently people who think they were good or courageous people and not the vicious creatures they were.</p>
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		<title>By: ozsoapbox</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40451</link>
		<dc:creator>ozsoapbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Alan

&lt;blockquote&gt;I doubt the 10-15% of the Australian population abused as children according to the Sydney morning herald today think life is so great…&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Probably moreso than the 100% of women abused (not neccesarily physical) in Arabian countries.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Or the refugees, or the aborignals who suffer in their own land, or the people who get bombed or shot by Australian planes, or etc etc.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Any more vague references to throw out there? What does any of this have to do with the quality of life in Australia?

&lt;blockquote&gt; I am pretty sure in fact that your definition of “dark ages” is nothing but a hollow phrase.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

No, I&#039;m pretty sure it isn&#039;t. The treatment of women is well and truly stuck in the dark ages in most of the so-called paradise on Earth Arabian countries.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Also if anything by what you call “complaining” eg about getting bashed or having to live without getting any benefit or respect from a rapacious bunch of crooks and hypocrites&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yawn. More vague blanket statement references. Strawman arguments and irrelevant, rambling are boring to read.

&lt;blockquote&gt;These so called complainers probably do a lot of good and taught you bastards something about being a member of the civilized human race&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Yes, yes. Because we&#039;ve learnt so much from Aboriginals...

&lt;blockquote&gt;If it wasn’t for the non European immigrants who share and more importantly build the wealth and production of this place&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Something had to have attracted them here in the first place. Wonder what that was? Probably the shit state areas like Arabia were in.

And as for &#039;this place&#039;, sounds like someone needs to book a one way ticket back to Arabia. I mean, if it&#039;s so great, what are you doing in Australia anyway?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Alan</p>
<blockquote><p>I doubt the 10-15% of the Australian population abused as children according to the Sydney morning herald today think life is so great…</p></blockquote>
<p>Probably moreso than the 100% of women abused (not neccesarily physical) in Arabian countries.</p>
<blockquote><p>Or the refugees, or the aborignals who suffer in their own land, or the people who get bombed or shot by Australian planes, or etc etc.</p></blockquote>
<p>Any more vague references to throw out there? What does any of this have to do with the quality of life in Australia?</p>
<blockquote><p> I am pretty sure in fact that your definition of “dark ages” is nothing but a hollow phrase.</p></blockquote>
<p>No, I&#8217;m pretty sure it isn&#8217;t. The treatment of women is well and truly stuck in the dark ages in most of the so-called paradise on Earth Arabian countries.</p>
<blockquote><p>Also if anything by what you call “complaining” eg about getting bashed or having to live without getting any benefit or respect from a rapacious bunch of crooks and hypocrites</p></blockquote>
<p>Yawn. More vague blanket statement references. Strawman arguments and irrelevant, rambling are boring to read.</p>
<blockquote><p>These so called complainers probably do a lot of good and taught you bastards something about being a member of the civilized human race</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, yes. Because we&#8217;ve learnt so much from Aboriginals&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>If it wasn’t for the non European immigrants who share and more importantly build the wealth and production of this place</p></blockquote>
<p>Something had to have attracted them here in the first place. Wonder what that was? Probably the shit state areas like Arabia were in.</p>
<p>And as for &#8216;this place&#8217;, sounds like someone needs to book a one way ticket back to Arabia. I mean, if it&#8217;s so great, what are you doing in Australia anyway?</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40449</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also if anything by what you call &quot;complaining&quot; eg about getting bashed or having to live without getting any benefit or respect from a rapacious bunch of crooks and hypocrites who would steal your land and what&#039;s under it, sit around, and then call you lazy. 

These so called complainers probably do a lot of good and taught you bastards something about being a member of the civilized human race: which is a lot more than having a nice place to sleep and shit.

If it wasn&#039;t for the non European immigrants who share and more importantly build the wealth and production of this place  (whatever you call it) then this Australia would be like the lord of the flies, or maybe some kind of  &quot;heart of darkness&quot; hellish surreal place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also if anything by what you call &#8220;complaining&#8221; eg about getting bashed or having to live without getting any benefit or respect from a rapacious bunch of crooks and hypocrites who would steal your land and what&#8217;s under it, sit around, and then call you lazy. </p>
<p>These so called complainers probably do a lot of good and taught you bastards something about being a member of the civilized human race: which is a lot more than having a nice place to sleep and shit.</p>
<p>If it wasn&#8217;t for the non European immigrants who share and more importantly build the wealth and production of this place  (whatever you call it) then this Australia would be like the lord of the flies, or maybe some kind of  &#8220;heart of darkness&#8221; hellish surreal place.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40446</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not sure how many countries there are there, but really If that&#039;s the level of discussion I doubt the 10-15% of the Australian population abused as children according to the Sydney morning herald today think life is so great... 

Or the refugees, or the aborignals who suffer in their own land, or the people who get bombed or shot by Australian planes, or etc etc. 

I am pretty sure in fact that your definition of &quot;dark ages&quot;  is nothing but a hollow phrase. Actually, those examples would be more realistic as they are based in some fact.

If society really could in reality follow that standard of knowing enough then we would probably be lynching each other and being cannibals.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not sure how many countries there are there, but really If that&#8217;s the level of discussion I doubt the 10-15% of the Australian population abused as children according to the Sydney morning herald today think life is so great&#8230; </p>
<p>Or the refugees, or the aborignals who suffer in their own land, or the people who get bombed or shot by Australian planes, or etc etc. </p>
<p>I am pretty sure in fact that your definition of &#8220;dark ages&#8221;  is nothing but a hollow phrase. Actually, those examples would be more realistic as they are based in some fact.</p>
<p>If society really could in reality follow that standard of knowing enough then we would probably be lynching each other and being cannibals.</p>
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		<title>By: ozsoapbox</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40445</link>
		<dc:creator>ozsoapbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know enough to know that most of the countries that feature in it today are messed up religious enclaves stuck in the dark ages.

If the alternative is Australia it&#039;s pretty much a no brainer. Well, unless you&#039;re a chauvanistic male who&#039;s terrified of females.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know enough to know that most of the countries that feature in it today are messed up religious enclaves stuck in the dark ages.</p>
<p>If the alternative is Australia it&#8217;s pretty much a no brainer. Well, unless you&#8217;re a chauvanistic male who&#8217;s terrified of females.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40444</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well we all eat from the profits, and I don&#039;t think you know much much about Arabia...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well we all eat from the profits, and I don&#8217;t think you know much much about Arabia&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: ozsoapbox</title>
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		<dc:creator>ozsoapbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah... because the only Australians are those directly descended from convicts, lolamirite?

As for Arabia, no you wouldn&#039;t see it. You&#039;d either be stoned to death, hung or beheaded for expressing your own opinion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah&#8230; because the only Australians are those directly descended from convicts, lolamirite?</p>
<p>As for Arabia, no you wouldn&#8217;t see it. You&#8217;d either be stoned to death, hung or beheaded for expressing your own opinion.</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-40442</link>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hospitality? You are crap! What a stupid thing to think about. It is amazing that people could so stupid. If anyone suggested it then any normal person would think it was no big deal (not that they did). 

In fact if it was in Arabia you wouldn&#039;t see a pack of idiots descended from murdering thieves writing ignorant rubbish on the Internet about it. I  don&#039;t think anyone needs or asks for anything from &quot;Australians&quot; but certainly you are nothing but a bunch of greedy criminals and owe everything you took. 

There is no Australian way of life and your grandfathers didn&#039;t fight for Australia they fought because they were told to by people in far away places like where you live now. 

If anyone should concede anything it would be that comfort doesn&#039;t lead to decency.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hospitality? You are crap! What a stupid thing to think about. It is amazing that people could so stupid. If anyone suggested it then any normal person would think it was no big deal (not that they did). </p>
<p>In fact if it was in Arabia you wouldn&#8217;t see a pack of idiots descended from murdering thieves writing ignorant rubbish on the Internet about it. I  don&#8217;t think anyone needs or asks for anything from &#8220;Australians&#8221; but certainly you are nothing but a bunch of greedy criminals and owe everything you took. </p>
<p>There is no Australian way of life and your grandfathers didn&#8217;t fight for Australia they fought because they were told to by people in far away places like where you live now. </p>
<p>If anyone should concede anything it would be that comfort doesn&#8217;t lead to decency.</p>
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		<title>By: whatevs</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-31463</link>
		<dc:creator>whatevs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As those before me have stated and rightly so, this is a country founded on Judeao Christian values and the holidays WE choose here are for our benefit. That is if one has assimilated into OUR culture as they are supposed to. 

Can you imagine what Saudi Arabia would say If I were to go there and ask to celebrate Easter Monday? The uproar then the beheading that would follow would be so swift you wouldn&#039;t be able to say islam backwards. 

No, this country has OUR public holidays and yes if you dont like it, go back to where they celebrate Eid and have a wonderful time celebrating Eid in your mud hut with all your burqua clad concubines around you. 

If we concede one public holiday to these other groups we may as well stop work in this country and just sit at home having public holidays every day of the week, what with all the religious groups that would come out of the woodwork demanding to have their own public holidays recognised as well.

The timeless Australian adage still stands poeple. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, LEAVE! You came here we did not go to your country, be grateful and profusely thankful that a country like Australia allowed you to come here and live your life free of extremist persecution, just shut up and be thankful. 

I am so sick to damn death of whinging people that contribute nothing but dissent to this country that extended the hand of hospitality to their miserable arses.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As those before me have stated and rightly so, this is a country founded on Judeao Christian values and the holidays WE choose here are for our benefit. That is if one has assimilated into OUR culture as they are supposed to. </p>
<p>Can you imagine what Saudi Arabia would say If I were to go there and ask to celebrate Easter Monday? The uproar then the beheading that would follow would be so swift you wouldn&#8217;t be able to say islam backwards. </p>
<p>No, this country has OUR public holidays and yes if you dont like it, go back to where they celebrate Eid and have a wonderful time celebrating Eid in your mud hut with all your burqua clad concubines around you. </p>
<p>If we concede one public holiday to these other groups we may as well stop work in this country and just sit at home having public holidays every day of the week, what with all the religious groups that would come out of the woodwork demanding to have their own public holidays recognised as well.</p>
<p>The timeless Australian adage still stands poeple. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, LEAVE! You came here we did not go to your country, be grateful and profusely thankful that a country like Australia allowed you to come here and live your life free of extremist persecution, just shut up and be thankful. </p>
<p>I am so sick to damn death of whinging people that contribute nothing but dissent to this country that extended the hand of hospitality to their miserable arses.</p>
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		<title>By: WhereOntotheInvaders</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-27119</link>
		<dc:creator>WhereOntotheInvaders</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OzSoapBox has made himself more then clear here 

And I will to for the sake of the Aussie

I am a Australian I celebrate Easter, Christmas, Australia Day, Eureka Stockade Day(Dec 3rd/4th), ANZAC Day, Labour Day and New Yrs 

So did my father 
So did my grandfather whom fought for this land 
So did his father... 

My friends and wide family celebrate our traditions 
And I am sure before Muslims even placed their sad Mosques and commenced the Invasion of a soverign land the Holidays for Australia were New Yrs, Anzac Day, Australia Day, Easter and Christmas. 
THEY WERE AUSTRALIAN AND THAT IS WHAT HELPED FOUNDED WHO I AM AND WHAT THIS NATION MEANS. FAR MORE THEN ANY CULT OR A CITIZENSHIP PAPER THESE INVADERS ABUSE. 

THUS NO OTHER TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION BUT THOSE AND THOSE ALONE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF LIFE. 

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OzSoapBox has made himself more then clear here </p>
<p>And I will to for the sake of the Aussie</p>
<p>I am a Australian I celebrate Easter, Christmas, Australia Day, Eureka Stockade Day(Dec 3rd/4th), ANZAC Day, Labour Day and New Yrs </p>
<p>So did my father<br />
So did my grandfather whom fought for this land<br />
So did his father&#8230; </p>
<p>My friends and wide family celebrate our traditions<br />
And I am sure before Muslims even placed their sad Mosques and commenced the Invasion of a soverign land the Holidays for Australia were New Yrs, Anzac Day, Australia Day, Easter and Christmas.<br />
THEY WERE AUSTRALIAN AND THAT IS WHAT HELPED FOUNDED WHO I AM AND WHAT THIS NATION MEANS. FAR MORE THEN ANY CULT OR A CITIZENSHIP PAPER THESE INVADERS ABUSE. </p>
<p>THUS NO OTHER TRADITIONAL CELEBRATION BUT THOSE AND THOSE ALONE FOR THE AUSTRALIAN WAY OF LIFE. </p>
<p>end of story</p>
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		<title>By: Caffeinated SentryGnome</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-18701</link>
		<dc:creator>Caffeinated SentryGnome</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>there is bad people everywhere doesn&#039;t matter what religion they are there. IMO Muslims are are just as bad as Christians and Christians are just as good as Muslims. both have good people, both have extremists that push there own ideals in the name of the god. and both have people that claim to be good but are doing suspect stuff. 

that said the same goes for non religious people, some are good some are bad and some good people have a hidden dark side.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>there is bad people everywhere doesn&#8217;t matter what religion they are there. IMO Muslims are are just as bad as Christians and Christians are just as good as Muslims. both have good people, both have extremists that push there own ideals in the name of the god. and both have people that claim to be good but are doing suspect stuff. </p>
<p>that said the same goes for non religious people, some are good some are bad and some good people have a hidden dark side.</p>
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		<title>By: ozsoapbox</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-18699</link>
		<dc:creator>ozsoapbox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not too sure about those Christian ways. If we&#039;re going to label all Muslims as &lt;em&gt;vile and disgusting&lt;/em&gt; than I&#039;m not too sure I&#039;m comfortable with kiddy fiddling Christians running the place either.

Also if &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; decided to take over Australia, I&#039;d like to think we had somewhat of a better contingency plan then &#039;leave it to the Vietnam vets&#039;. No offense, but what are a bunch of old guys going to do against an invading force?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not too sure about those Christian ways. If we&#8217;re going to label all Muslims as <em>vile and disgusting</em> than I&#8217;m not too sure I&#8217;m comfortable with kiddy fiddling Christians running the place either.</p>
<p>Also if <em>anyone</em> decided to take over Australia, I&#8217;d like to think we had somewhat of a better contingency plan then &#8216;leave it to the Vietnam vets&#8217;. No offense, but what are a bunch of old guys going to do against an invading force?</p>
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		<title>By: Caffeinated SentryGnome</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-18691</link>
		<dc:creator>Caffeinated SentryGnome</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>just to remind people, we are a democracy that means in theory we can vote and the majority will decide on the direction this country will take. 

so with this in mind a minority shouldn&#039;t be able to make changes. 

when Australia was founded our laws were based around the christian laws because at that time the majority of people were christian. now that we have become more secular culture and are happy with what was setup before us we wont change, the majority is happy with the way things are.

now we look to the future, its likely that people from Asia will become the majority and if they want something changed well they could well do so. and if Muslims became the majority they could in effect rewrite the laws to suit there beliefs. and we would be a minority.

this leaves us with 2 choices:
we can keep on rolling the way we are now. welcome to the country. yes you can vote to make changes.

or we can say no stay out we don&#039;t want your type here changing things. thus we preserve our way of life. 

what we cant do is expect our majority values to stay the same when we let people with other values come in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just to remind people, we are a democracy that means in theory we can vote and the majority will decide on the direction this country will take. </p>
<p>so with this in mind a minority shouldn&#8217;t be able to make changes. </p>
<p>when Australia was founded our laws were based around the christian laws because at that time the majority of people were christian. now that we have become more secular culture and are happy with what was setup before us we wont change, the majority is happy with the way things are.</p>
<p>now we look to the future, its likely that people from Asia will become the majority and if they want something changed well they could well do so. and if Muslims became the majority they could in effect rewrite the laws to suit there beliefs. and we would be a minority.</p>
<p>this leaves us with 2 choices:<br />
we can keep on rolling the way we are now. welcome to the country. yes you can vote to make changes.</p>
<p>or we can say no stay out we don&#8217;t want your type here changing things. thus we preserve our way of life. </p>
<p>what we cant do is expect our majority values to stay the same when we let people with other values come in.</p>
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		<title>By: bob palling</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-18684</link>
		<dc:creator>bob palling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We don&#039;t need Muslims  trying to take over our country. If they ever try think about how many ex Veitnam vets would stand up to stop these F-----s we may be old but we care about our family,s and their future.

The Australian Government may not care but we do and we are ready for whatever it takes to stop this vile disgusting breed of people. from their barbaric unchristian ways there best place is below ground about 6 feet under.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We don&#8217;t need Muslims  trying to take over our country. If they ever try think about how many ex Veitnam vets would stand up to stop these F&#8212;&#8211;s we may be old but we care about our family,s and their future.</p>
<p>The Australian Government may not care but we do and we are ready for whatever it takes to stop this vile disgusting breed of people. from their barbaric unchristian ways there best place is below ground about 6 feet under.</p>
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		<title>By: Ricky</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-18531</link>
		<dc:creator>Ricky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Australia is heading down a path that will destroy us from the inside, blame our leader who care not for the Australian culture, our leaders who out of fear from been called racist and unfair are killing all we hold dear by letting this group of people come here and get their way.

Their right when they say you should fear muslims, i know not all of them are bad but lets take a step back in history to world war 2, not all Germans were bad, only a few but still that few took power because the right people failed to act before it got out of control and look what they did to the jews.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Australia is heading down a path that will destroy us from the inside, blame our leader who care not for the Australian culture, our leaders who out of fear from been called racist and unfair are killing all we hold dear by letting this group of people come here and get their way.</p>
<p>Their right when they say you should fear muslims, i know not all of them are bad but lets take a step back in history to world war 2, not all Germans were bad, only a few but still that few took power because the right people failed to act before it got out of control and look what they did to the jews.</p>
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		<title>By: RA</title>
		<link>http://ozsoapbox.com/world/islam/observing-muslim-holidays-in-australia-is-a-crap-idea/#comment-17004</link>
		<dc:creator>RA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The point I&#039;m trying to make is whether Australia is a Christian country or a multicultural country. I know Islam is the state religion in Bangladesh with more than 90% muslims living there. But both Christmas, good friday and easter sunday are public holidays there. So the point is whether we need to look for the bad examples to follow or good ones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The point I&#8217;m trying to make is whether Australia is a Christian country or a multicultural country. I know Islam is the state religion in Bangladesh with more than 90% muslims living there. But both Christmas, good friday and easter sunday are public holidays there. So the point is whether we need to look for the bad examples to follow or good ones.</p>
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