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Why a sustainable Australia needs multiculturalism : Comments

By Andrew Jakubowicz, published 20/8/2010

Neither of the major parties has a policy that addresses cultural diversity as a dimension of policy planning.

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J of M, living in a very multicultural city like Melbourne, do you eat at restaurants or have take away food that is cooked by Indians, Chinese, Lebanese, or from any other foreign culture?

Do you buy goods made in or by people from other countries?
Do you use goods and services provided by people from other countries?
Do you work for or with people from other countries?

If you do, then you are participating in the joys and diversities of a multicultural country.

You would also be considered a hypocrite, given the hatred you spew forth about 'non-whites' on these pages.
Posted by suzeonline, Sunday, 22 August 2010 7:27:56 PM
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Suzie,

I dare say -–if you had the right connections--you could probably find some pretty nice ethnic restaurants & goods in North Korea too—though it could hardly be called multicultural.

What you are referring is the kindergarten –“Let’s tomorrow have a bring in your favourite dish day ” – version of MC.
That level of MC has been around since Adam & Eve visited his relos across the valley.

Core MC as practised in OZ is a good deal more insidious.It involves the viewing of the community as separate, monolithic, static groups. It involves the allocation of special resources according to what group you are in. And it involves the measuring and playing off of such cultures against each other or the “dominate” culture .
Posted by Horus, Sunday, 22 August 2010 9:09:16 PM
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Suzieonline,

I live in Melbourne. Last week I opened my paper to read about

A Sudanese refugee Stephen Tito who killed another man by punching a screwdriver through his skull.
An Indian taxi driver who tried to abduct a young woman.
Two Pacific islanders who viciously bashed another man.
Another Indian taxi driver who bashed an 81yr ( yes that's not a typo, an 81 year old lady) lady.
A police raid on the Kurdish Community for possible links and support of terrorism.

The week before I read about a gang of 13 Asians bashing a man and causing extensive facial injuries.

A few years ago I saw a young boy as a patient. His father came with him at the time. A week or so later that father viciously stabbed two family members to death.

Before that a medical practitioner who works near me was stabbed to death by a refugee.


Please tell me if I too am participating in the joys and diversities of a Multicultural country?
Posted by ozzie, Sunday, 22 August 2010 9:16:49 PM
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@CJ Morgan
>Interesting that Dereck Smith affects to take offence at JR's obviously facetious throwaway line,

Interesting that you have no problem with "jokes" made about the eradication of people you do not like.

Do you and your friends often "joke" about such things?

Are "jokes" about eradication, something that is common in the circles you run in?

It would be interesting to learn what your intentions are.
Posted by Dereck Smith, Sunday, 22 August 2010 9:53:00 PM
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Hi Dereck - no, I don't normally joke about eradicating people. However, the eradication of racist bigots over time via miscegenation is a decidedly pleasant prospect to consider :) I think that's the sort of thing that Johnny was wistfully suggesting.

Not that it would be any kind of panacea though. I guess there'll always be a relatively unevolved minority who'd just find something else to be bigoted about - like religion, for example. Or maybe football codes or hair colour, or something equally vital.

I take it that you don't have any problem with the racist filth that Jay loves to espouse? Personally, I find it so over the top that I can't take anything he posts seriously.
Posted by CJ Morgan, Sunday, 22 August 2010 11:14:32 PM
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@CJ Morgan
>no, I don't normally joke about eradicating people

So if you don't normally "joke" about eradicating people, how often do you do it? Once per day? Once per week? Once per month?

I see by your name calling of J of M, you have the dehumanization part going already. Do you think it will ever progress beyond the "joking" phase? I am just wondering when you think it will progress to the stage where you will take action.

>However, the eradication of racist bigots over time via miscegenation is a decidedly pleasant prospect to consider :)

Interesting. Are you "joking" now?

What conditions would you create, in order to facilitate your eradication solution?

I am also wondering if you support the eradication of any other groups via miscegenation, or other means. If so which group or perhaps race, would you target and how would you create the conditions for it to occur?

Case in point, will you be targeting Papuan New Guineans, Japanese, Chinese, Tongans, The Bushmen of Africa, or Europeans? What about the Inuit?

>I take it that you don't have any problem with the racist filth that Jay loves to espouse?

I'm more concerned with your comments about the eradication of people you don't like, because I find them particularly disturbing. However if you want to discuss specific racist quotes of J of M's from this thread, post them and we will compare them to the definition of racism.

>Personally, I find it so over the top that I can't take anything he posts seriously.

You may not take his posts seriously, but I take your posts very seriously and I'm sure others are very interested in them as well. So feel free to tell us what you are thinking.
Posted by Dereck Smith, Monday, 23 August 2010 2:47:59 AM
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