Re: How does an 18 year old become a terror suspect...?
See I'm not convinced that they all grow up with it. Definitely some do. No doubt. But I watched an episode of insight on the ABC and there were some people on there taking about their children going online and connecting with these groups. The parents were saying that they came to Australia to escape all of these things, and have opportunities they couldn't in their home country... And yet, here they were reporting their own children to the police.
I guess todays news is right around the corner from me. The helicopters overhead all morning. I can't imagine the typical families that live nearby ending up this way.
I mean, I can intellectually see how it ends up this way, it is just so sad that it does. We need to work out how we can ensure all young people, no matter what their background, feel safe and connected to the community and the country. They all belong.
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