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[Kitsune]

Aussie Gov't Ministers have stated their position on Muslim extremism. This is pretty amazing stuff:

Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that australia was a secular state and its laws were made by parliament. "If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he said on national television. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia, one the Australian law and another the Islamic law, that is false.

If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to other country which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option," Costello said.

A lot of people are cheering this as the "line to be crossed" and note they think the US should make the same statement. I think that's great! So when I made minor changes to the article to reflect the changes they suggested, their opinion changed, suddenly.

"If those are not your values, if you want a country which based on religious law or a theocratic state, then The United States is not for you."

Huh. I wonder why they didn't like that?