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Sorry to rock the boat: an immigrant’s take on immigration : Comments
By Meg Mundell, published 10/11/2005Meg Mundell asks who decides who will be accepted as an Australian citizen and who won't.
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there is a need to distinguish between 'degrading remarks' and 'truthful warnings' when it comes to other religions and ethnic loyalties. Failure to make that distinction will result in tit for tat sloguneering and mud slinging match of apocalyptic proportions.
The way to identify 'degrading remarks' from the other, is to note the level of 'personal attack' found in the posters remarks. If you find 'name calling' such as 'racist/bigot/neanderthal/barbarian/Xenophobe/arrogant' and the such like, there is a pretty strong indication that the perpetrator of such remarks has little substance to their position.
There are other occasions when a person actually uses a considerable level of emotive language even including abuse, yet they also might have important information in their post. One such example was the Burns brothers. (M.S. BURNS) who spoke in a VERY "Redneck" way concerning some would be immigrants (mostly the illegal kind).
I put that aside, and examined the sources he disclosed, and found them to be from legitimate sources, some including those who would be pre-disposed towards an 'anti-howard' position. Yet they referred in well documented terms how assylum seekers of Christian background were declared 'scum/unclean/untouchable' etc by those of ..er shall we say 'another' religious persuasion. The small numbers of Christians were alienated, abused, beaten,sneered at, ostracized... in places like Baxter, all simply because they were 'Christian' among larger numbers of 'others'.
The idea that people would be coming to Australia with such attitudes against others is not something I relish. You can see that attitude on the faces of those who mercilessly beat and kicked the channel 7 cameraman outside the courtroom where recent terror suspects were being dealt with.
So, when it comes to immigrants, I have only one thing to say:
Australia chooses who comes here.
Australia determines the criteria of acceptability
Australia decides how many of any racial or religious background on the basis of"
1/ Social compatability
2/ Cultural cohesian
3/ Political stability.
Would you want any less for someone wishing to join your family ?