No, Dane and Jay, the difficulties have nothing to do with race (or shouldn't) and not much to do with culture, except to the extent that certain cultural practices conflict with post-Enlightenment values, such as observance of the rule of law, gender equality, etc.

Essentially, the conflicts now, and to come, deal with ideological principles. For example, it was reported during the week that the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups consider gender equality as an abomination, a perversion and a invitation to immorality. Half the world according to this ghastly ideology, should basically have no rights, only those allowed by the men who 'own' them.

Another example involved the right of men to beat their wives, perhaps with a rolled-up newpaper, and only to leave marks where they would not show: "Give her a crack," as one eminent Islamist philosopher put it.

No, this has nothing to do with race, or culture, or perhaps even religion. The Socialist Left or SA cannot use that p!ssy excuse to divert the core of the discussion, wounded-goose-like, in order to allow their pseudo-feminist members to support backward, even uncivilized, practices.

I fear that this issue has a long way to go yet, as long as it can so easily be obfuscated.

Joe

@Loudmouth,

Yes indeed, the issue is ideological, earlier generations were menaced by communism and fascism, Islam is as much a threat to liberal democracy as either of those ideologies

…Really Joe, you simply write an “Epitaph” to your own theories; Multiculturalism is a “Dead Duck”! How blind can “One” be to reality. Those who may compare the purity of actions of the Japanese during the Tsunami period with a purity of soul, should reflect on the opposition to Foreign influence and opposition to Multiculturalism Japan represents. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2007/03/27/issues/multicultural-japan-remains-a-pipe-dream/#.UUU7ixemhc0...

And could current evidence in uptake nationality of 457 Visas give an indication of a refreshing return to a White Australia policy in disguise…Maybe Tony Abbott could best answer that one!

Hi DDan,

'Multiculturalism' is certainly not free of problems, but like 'democracy' or 'equality of opportunity', it is an ideal worth attaining. Yes, it may mean the suspension of cultural practices which conflict with the notions of equality and the rule of law.

For example, slavery may still be practiced in, for example, Mauretania (slaves were allowed to vote in elections there for the first time in about 2006), but one must presume that any slave-owners migrating from Mauretania will not be allowed to bring their slaves with them, or practice slavery here, no matter how hallowed that cultural tradition may be back home.

I have no problems with people coming to Australia and making their homes here, no matter where they might be from, as long as those post-Enlightenment principles are observed, equality, democratic rights and freedoms for all, and observation of the rule of law.

And having been happily inter-married myself for more than forty years, I would recommend it for all of our children as well. If that is what gets up people's noses about multiculturalism, then I'm all for multiculturalism. Haven't you noticed how beautiful our children are these days, compared to fifty years ago ? Imagine the next fifty years - the lucky generations !

Cheers,

Joe

Jay,

I watched the video. Imagine if a white person had said something like that! You have to wonder why our elites can't just look at the evidence instead of following some blind belief. The US kept importing cheap labour because they wanted an easy way to grow the economy. Now they have so many illegals they can't actually fix the problem. That is astounding. The only superpower allowed itself to lose control of its own boarders so that now there are so many illegals in the coutry any party that wants to stay in power must basically legalise them. They have lost control of their destiny.

Joe,

I don't doubt that there are successful multicultural marriages. I'm thinking at the national level though. What benefit does it bring to Australia to be multicultural? Better food? Or is it just an ideological belief that a room full of white faces must be somehow 'bad' and that multicoloured faced is somehow 'good'? Why is it we are so intent on destroying our own civilisation? I just don't understand it. Does anyone truely believe that if today's multicultural London went through somethink like the blitz people would pull together and work for the common good like they did in 1940? Who honestly believes poeple would 'keep calm and carry on'?

Jo:

…I am very pleased you attribute “Happily Married” to Multiculturalism. I too support Multiculturalism if Multiculturalism supports a White Australia policy with a firmly-fixed focus on Europe; particularly the British Isles. Experience and History have proved the strength and suitability of the genetic pool of the “Angles” and its adaptability. It’s a cultural “thing” Joe. Mixing cultures is mixing oil and water. Sure, oil will float indefinitely on water, but a subservient “Culture” is unknown.

…I remember as a bare-foot brat watching the “ Israelites” as they wandered around town. I would stop and stare; and they would stare back, with long hair tied-off with a rubber band and wearing strange little hats…and always carrying a book! That was before the “Beatles”. And I always wondered about the Beatles after that; If it weren't that they were British, I am sure I would have been suspicious of them too Joe! Foreigners can’t be trusted.

…Anyway Joe, read my post above, and the link to the Japanese suspicion of Foreigners; it’s endemic world-wide!