Views in Verse on enforcing the law of the land

The Australian Prime Minister this week addressed  the United Nations. Impressive!  No-one can deny his statesmanship in attacking the Islamic State threat...but why oh why do we have to keep being sucked into handling these terrorist threats as religious matters?


They are not ...these people are criminals. Plain and Simple!

They take their positions by including their religious zealotry in their names as though this really has any significance ...it doesn't. And yet, as Mr Abbott has done again here, we make the mistake of routinely mentioning Islam and Moslem as many times as we can in response to somehow show that we aren't targeting everyday people. But in doing so achieve exactly what the terrorists lure us into doing ...addressing them on their terms and further blurring lines by bringing religion into our position at all. We only need to create and enforce laws in dealing with crime.

These people have taken up occupation in a foreign land and declared a sovereign state thereby breaking international laws. The local terrorist act we had here in Melbourne this week where two policemen were stabbed (before shooting their assailant in response) is simply a criminal act - why risk further religious zealotry by explaining away responses to a 'terrorist act'.

We have international, local and now terrorist legislations to deal with these matters in a straight forward manner.  Why risk unjustified retaliations by attempting to show how well we understand the varying implications of Islam and the Koran - we really don't know. But furthermore, we don't need to!

As for the media and their irresponsible 'stirring' of possible sensitive boundaries  in relation to such events - we should be legislating against this as well. Stirring up religious unrest in relation to 'breaches of law' is more irresponsible than what some of the rogue leaders can be accused of in their mosques. The latter may reach hundreds in one pass; the former can reach millions! And to what end the media...? Beats me.




And justice for all...?

A wild but stumbling rush
a thirst for brother's blood
a victim falls hard before a baying crowd
A lusty blow is struck
just one with any luck
roars of faith ring out for hours
good and loud

The wild group arrived
a sword strapped by the side
the verdict a prescribed but grisly fate
A rigid but cruel
right of tribal rule
it seems justice can be swift
no need to wait

A bunker lit up bright
well into winter's night
Top brass around a massive table
Seems the generals have their say:
"Sir,there is no other way...!"
"but to hit this region hard
to keep it stable!"

The cameras whirl and play
at church that very day
it didn't really matter it wasn't Sunday

"God bless this call we've made

there'll be so many saved"...
(except for thousands there trapped
along the way)

It seems the rules are clear
handed down o'er many years
for a phalanx to extol it's common call
It's well known far and wide
that with god at your side
his will is clearly done
through one and all


But is it really fair?
whose premise we compare...?
seems they'll all see fit to make a rightful plea
Appears there's justice there for all
for help with righteous cause
as long as one goes down
on bended knee


from my desktop Grahame J Flynn