Cohenite, most asylum seekers in Australia are from China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Iraq, Fiji, Nepal, Malaysia, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Syria, Bangladesh, Turkey, Nigeria and South Korea with even quite a few deserters from Israel.

Most of those from muslim countries are minority Christians and the rest are not muslim nations at all.

Why OLO allows such rancid racist attacks on innocent people is beyond me.

Joe,

Why does grog consume their culture so?

That's the problem isn't it.

Their communities drown in a sea of booze, with the accompanying dysfunction.

How can the rest of us help them?

Or do you reckon they should all move to the cities - and all will be solved.

Marilyn Shepherd - I thank you for your very good posts and attitude to these very poor boat people. I agree it must be terrible to arrive here in this huge country and be confronted by the ugly face of racism. Also, by physical threats made to me by that silly person Hasbeen, who wouldn't know what it's like in a country where you fear every sound at your door You see Marilyn in my old country the security polis they never ever knocked, they just knocked your door from it's hingeses and stormed in with guns, even if you've done no wrong? In my old home Elbasan, with only 75 thousand people when I was there, over 600 battle tanks was nearby for a country of only over 3 million people. Government said for attackers from outside our country, no for us inside our country they were there fore!

But that's no problem for little men like this Hasbeen with his threats because that's what they did back in my old home. Well listen you very ignorant man,you're nothing, nothing compared to what we all had to deal with back in the 1950-1960 and part 1970, man woman and children had greatest fear for there lives. Me, I'm a surviver under the first 23 years of my life you silly silly little man with your stupid threats ?

I very much applaud you Marilyn Shepherd for your bravery in front of some of these people who've never known what real fear is in there own homes. Still they say Australia is lucky country, I still think it is, and I love Australia, even though theres much racism in the country still.

No Marilyn, you are wrong; the vast majority of boat people are muslim.

If you think otherwise link to an authoritative source because I do not accept your pronouncements.

And being critical of islam is NOT racist Marilyn because islam is not a race.

I have no problem with refugees of any ethnic background; some of my friends are Pacific Islanders and I train in gyms with Sudanese guys but I draw the line at massive immigration by muslims; only a complete fool would ignore what has happened in every European nation which has sizeable numbers of muslims,see:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/A3YQANdvvbY

You are a bigot Marilyn and blinded by your moral superiority to the real danger that islam presents.

It should also be stated at every opportunity that the deaths of 100's if not 1000's of boat-people lies firmly at the feet of the Gillard/green government.

Sorry about the comment above - wrong thread.

Good onya, Marilyn - although you're battling uphill with this mob : )

I second Poirot.

Bravo Marilyn!

We should correct misinformation that's being
swallowed hook, line, and sinker by our
chattering masses. As I've cited previously,
Australia's refugee policy is symptomatic of a
political preparedness to pander to short-term
electoral interest over tenable long-term
planning. No one seems to have - humanitarian concerns.
Politicians base their remarks and policies largely
on what they believe Australians want and that's a
very sad reflection on all of us.

Nearly 12 years since the Tampa incident - and nothing
much has changed.