Quote:“Maybe the terrorists have won.”

Indeed. But that is attributable more to the willful ignorance and fecklessness of non-Muslim leaders than to their strength or ingenuity.

“‘Maybe the terrorists have won’: Country town’s annual fun run is cancelled due to the high costs of guarding against a TERROR attack,” by Alana Mazzoni, Daily Mail Australia, July 7, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A country town has been forced to axe their annual fun run as the costs to protect against a potential terror attack are too high.

The rural town of Bendigo, in country Victoria, won’t be putting on their yearly fun run in November as planned due to safety concerns.

A large chunk of the cost for setting up the run would come from the installation of concrete bollards – which are worth tens of thousands of dollars.

‘We are disappointed that this great event is being cancelled but safety is the number one priority,’ Bendigo Health chairman Scott Elkington told the Bendigo Advertiser.

He said after costs for anti-terrorism measures are added together, the event would no longer be feasible….

A disgruntled Bendigo resident told 3AW’s Neil Mitchell that he’s disappointed in the decision to cancel the fun run.

‘It sort of feels to me as though maybe they’ve already won if we’re going to be insistent on hiding behind concrete bollards,’ he said….

Last year’s run raised more than $86,000 for Bendigo Health, meaning the local hospital will be missing out on much needed funding this year.

The Bendigo Bank Fun Run has been running for 12 years, and last year attracted more than 2000 participants.

Link

I don't agree with the decision. Just hold the run and stop living in fear.

(07-08-2019 09:17 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I don't agree with the decision. Just hold the run and stop living in fear.

It's Australia. They gave up their guns. They have no way to defend themselves.

(07-08-2019 09:54 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:17 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I don't agree with the decision. Just hold the run and stop living in fear.

It's Australia. They gave up their guns. They have no way to defend themselves.

Seriously?

(07-08-2019 10:00 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:54 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:17 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I don't agree with the decision. Just hold the run and stop living in fear.

It's Australia. They gave up their guns. They have no way to defend themselves.

Seriously?

Seriously.

Wiki

Quote:Gun laws in Australia are predominately within the jurisdiction of Australian states and territories, with the importation of guns regulated by the federal government. In the last two decades of the 20th century, following several high-profile killing sprees, the federal government coordinated more restrictive firearms legislation with all state governments. Gun laws were largely aligned in 1996 by the National Firearms Agreement. In two federally funded gun buybacks and voluntary surrenders and State Governments' gun amnesties before and after the Port Arthur Massacre were collected and destroyed, more than a million firearms, possibly 1/3 of the national stock.[1]

A person must have a firearm licence to possess or use a firearm. Licence holders must demonstrate a "genuine reason" (which does not include self-defence) for holding a firearm licence[2] and must not be a "prohibited person". All firearms must be registered by serial number to the owner, who must also hold a firearms licence.

(07-08-2019 10:08 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 10:00 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:54 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:17 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I don't agree with the decision. Just hold the run and stop living in fear.

It's Australia. They gave up their guns. They have no way to defend themselves.

Seriously?

Seriously.

Wiki

Quote:Gun laws in Australia are predominately within the jurisdiction of Australian states and territories, with the importation of guns regulated by the federal government. In the last two decades of the 20th century, following several high-profile killing sprees, the federal government coordinated more restrictive firearms legislation with all state governments. Gun laws were largely aligned in 1996 by the National Firearms Agreement. In two federally funded gun buybacks and voluntary surrenders and State Governments' gun amnesties before and after the Port Arthur Massacre were collected and destroyed, more than a million firearms, possibly 1/3 of the national stock.[1]

A person must have a firearm licence to possess or use a firearm. Licence holders must demonstrate a "genuine reason" (which does not include self-defence) for holding a firearm licence[2] and must not be a "prohibited person". All firearms must be registered by serial number to the owner, who must also hold a firearms licence.

Oh no I'm aware of Australia's gun laws, but our country isn't exactly devoid of terrorist attacks so your statement seems odd.

(07-07-2019 02:14 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Quote:“Maybe the terrorists have won.”

Indeed. But that is attributable more to the willful ignorance and fecklessness of non-Muslim leaders than to their strength or ingenuity.

“‘Maybe the terrorists have won’: Country town’s annual fun run is cancelled due to the high costs of guarding against a TERROR attack,” by Alana Mazzoni, Daily Mail Australia, July 7, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

A country town has been forced to axe their annual fun run as the costs to protect against a potential terror attack are too high.

The rural town of Bendigo, in country Victoria, won’t be putting on their yearly fun run in November as planned due to safety concerns.

A large chunk of the cost for setting up the run would come from the installation of concrete bollards – which are worth tens of thousands of dollars.

‘We are disappointed that this great event is being cancelled but safety is the number one priority,’ Bendigo Health chairman Scott Elkington told the Bendigo Advertiser.

He said after costs for anti-terrorism measures are added together, the event would no longer be feasible….

A disgruntled Bendigo resident told 3AW’s Neil Mitchell that he’s disappointed in the decision to cancel the fun run.

‘It sort of feels to me as though maybe they’ve already won if we’re going to be insistent on hiding behind concrete bollards,’ he said….

Last year’s run raised more than $86,000 for Bendigo Health, meaning the local hospital will be missing out on much needed funding this year.

The Bendigo Bank Fun Run has been running for 12 years, and last year attracted more than 2000 participants.

Link

Well its a small town.

With the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, they now not only have all the police, they have huge dump trucks blocking the road where the race is held to prevent somebody driving a truck bomb in or trying to run over the runners.

(07-08-2019 10:10 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 10:08 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 10:00 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:54 AM)Claw Wrote:  

(07-08-2019 09:17 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  I don't agree with the decision. Just hold the run and stop living in fear.

It's Australia. They gave up their guns. They have no way to defend themselves.

Seriously?

Seriously.

Wiki

Quote:Gun laws in Australia are predominately within the jurisdiction of Australian states and territories, with the importation of guns regulated by the federal government. In the last two decades of the 20th century, following several high-profile killing sprees, the federal government coordinated more restrictive firearms legislation with all state governments. Gun laws were largely aligned in 1996 by the National Firearms Agreement. In two federally funded gun buybacks and voluntary surrenders and State Governments' gun amnesties before and after the Port Arthur Massacre were collected and destroyed, more than a million firearms, possibly 1/3 of the national stock.[1]

A person must have a firearm licence to possess or use a firearm. Licence holders must demonstrate a "genuine reason" (which does not include self-defence) for holding a firearm licence[2] and must not be a "prohibited person". All firearms must be registered by serial number to the owner, who must also hold a firearms licence.

Oh no I'm aware of Australia's gun laws, but our country isn't exactly devoid of terrorist attacks so your statement seems odd.

I was responding go oliveandblue's "Just hold the run and stop living in fear."

That's what we would do where I live, but those people don't feel that way anymore.