During the period of the Martin Place siege at the Lindt cafe, my son, DIL and infant granddaughter were in lock up in seperate buildings for many hours. I was terrified until I found out that they were safe. Last week they were again locked down when another siege threat was made in Phillip Street. This time I was merely concerned, not terrified. When and how did the unthinkable in this country become the acceptable. That in itself is terrifying.
There are plenty of people in Australia who deserve a second chance. The added bonus is those people don't want to attack us. I know where I'd rather spend the effort and the money.
If people leave to fight for a foreign regime then one has to suppose they are adult enough to take responsibility for their actions. I mean, they're going to fight . . . with guns . . . and real bullets . . . they might die and they must know that . . . and still they go?
Let them leave with their lunacy and don't allow it to return to infect anyone else.
You mean agents? as in undercover operatives? I'm sure that if the Australian govt sent any of those, then they'd be allowed to return. If they get killed? Well, surely the risks are outlined in the job description.
Ok, so we have one group of people (civillians; albeit with strong religious and political convictions) who will willingly go overseas to fight and maybe die for an ideology.
And then we have the national defense force; the military who are at the direction of government. They sometimes go overseas to fight as well.
How are these two groups different? They both believe in what they are doing. But maybe they are both misled, mistaking myth for truth.
