[NZerFromHK]

Mark Steyn writing about Australia. Ping!

[KangarooJacqui]

Thanks for the ping, mate... I particularly liked the quote below:

Old-school terrorists have relatively viable goals: They want a Basque state or Northern Ireland removed from the UK. You might not agree with these goals, you might not think them negotiable, but at least they're not stark staring insane.

My dad used to say, "You never negotiate with terrorists. You shoot them."

As one might shoot a rabid dog, perhaps... which is the only likeness I can make to the Islamic terrorists the world is plagued with now.

[Piefloater]

Thanks for the ping! I get the Weekend Australian delivered but somehow managed to miss this article. As usual a great read from Mark Steyn.

It looks like Spain has decided to go down the -

Or you can stick your head in the sand and paint a burqa on your butt. But they'll blow it up anyway.

path.

I can only pray that we in Australia have the good sense not to do likewise.