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So... A register of firearms would be impinging of rights. But a register of all Muslims is fine, is it?

Somewhat ironic to make some statement about "outlanders" in a thread about Australia, made by a Yank.

This is all true.

However, my point still stands that the last time we had a mass shooting (19 years ago), the people collectively asked "Why the hell is is possible for somebody, anybodyto...

I'll tell you what we haven't had since we tightened regulations in 1996, Phier. We haven't had a mentally unstable individual walk into a cafe and kill 35 people again. We haven't had to live with...

Do you understand the meaning of the word pejorative? How simplistically do you need it explained to you that Senator Abetz shouldn't have used the term?

That Oprah was using the term in the pejorative.

I think a rise in GST could be supported if argued properly. The figures do show it would be extremely beneficial to the overall budget situation. I think the exemption on fresh food should remain...

Not quite. Did you even read the article?

Again, would you like it in crayon or pencil to explain to you how it is different between an African-American woman, and a white man using a historically loaded term?

Also, source for Oprah using...

He's certainly a joke. All he had going for him was "I'm not Tony Abbott". "I'm not Malcolm Turnbull" isn't going to work; people actually like Turnbull.

And no one does strawmen quite like the right.

Would you like the diagram in crayola or pencil to explain to you why an elected representative of this country using the term 'Negro' to describe...

Well, it's official. Eric Abetz must have a time machine; it's the only way to explain his 1950's views. The man actually used the term "Negro American" to describe US Supreme Court Judge Clarence...

So, the new Canadian Government will withdraw from the F-35 program and seek a new fighter. Dassault and SAAB are probably already writing their tenders.
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I have no idea what you're trying to say to me here...

You understand I'm [I]for/I] what my Government did in 1996, right?

Who said anything about disarming?

In the wake of the Port Arthur massacre, the public outcry for stricter regulations regarding the selling & owning of firearms was overwhelming. Yes, there...

And what would you say if the majority of the law-abiding population called for tighter regulations themselves?

Tell that to the families of all those people who have been killed over the years because somebody was - for no good reason - able to easily get their hands on a deadly weapon.

@OP: You can have your "study". I'll have the fact that my country hasn't seen another instance of somebody walking into a tourist spot and killing 35 people since we tightened our gun regulations.

No. I'm not saying it's the key factor. I'm saying it is one of many factors you need to include when analysing the capabilities of a military. And in a straight up US vs China comparison, the PLA...

I genuinely have no idea how you've drawn that to be what I'm saying, based on anything I've posted in this thread; or what you're trying to imply by this question.

You've still offered no supporting evidence. As the late, great Christopher Hitchens would put it: "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence."

You keep making this claim without providing a scrap of evidence to support it. Where is your proof that migrants do not contribute to the society which accepts them?

The thread title is "China soon to be a match for the US military?"

The TL/DR answer to that question is:

- Technologically? Possibly.
- Experientially? Not in the slightest.

I'm not shying away from it; I'm disregarding it because it's non-nonsensical. If you're argument is that the the US & Australia have no experience taking on an industrialised superpower, then the...

Countries that either have a precedent of treating the ethnic and religious minorities that these refugees are badly (i.e. Turkey), or aren't a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the...

Congratulations Exarch. You've excelled yourself with this one. This is undoubtedly your most ridiculous thread yet.

Yes, the swing on the day was 6%, when all the polls were predicting a swing of 10%.

Thing is, we'll never know if the swing was only 6% because Turnbull took over or if the pre-polls were...

Every PM is jeered at the footy; comes with the territory.

As for being jeered at the NSW Liberal Party Conference, the only people hurt by jeering the PM are the NSW Liberal Party. They do...

"This just in, Ben Carson is an idiot. Weather at 11."

No, it doesn't. Anti-piracy operations and UNPKF - both of which the Chinese have only in the last few years gotten involved with - are not "ample combat experience". It's experience, but it's not...

China hasn't fought a war since that short-lived border conflict with Vietnam in 1979; which both sides will tell you they "won".

While their equipment may have vastly improved, they have very...

Why do you equate control with abolition? What is wrong with having more stringent requirements as to who can own a firearm, for what purpose, and tougher regulations regarding the types of firearms...

You do understand the word allegedly, don't you? Let's just wait for the facts to emerge, as opposed to actually considering 'Sunrise' to be legitimate journalism, shall we?

We're doing just fine without one, thanks very much. We certainly haven't had to deal with 290+ mass shootings in as many days due to some bizarre fascination with firearms based on a 300 year old...

No, he's being deported because he entered the country illegally, without a visa. He tried to enter the country despite being denied a visa because he felt he had a god given right to lecture us in...

Here's a thought, what if said crazy man who hated Christian's hadn't been able to easily obtain deadly weapons?

Not to get technical, nor derail the thread; but he was deported because he entered the country without a visa. He was denied said visa because of his abhorrent views regarding the murder of health...

I find this post amusing given we're about to deport an American anti-abortion activist who had his visa cancelled before he travelled, but came anyway because it's his "god given right" to tell...

Holy Necropost Batman!

Well, guess what. He's an idiotic blowhard who will not become President.