There must be better examples of 'xenophobic' nations than Australia.

Australia has 23 million people. It has taken in 11 million migrants since WW2.

Australia achieved zero population growth decades ago. All of its rapid population growth (that has resulted in ramped up taxes and lower quality of life to pay for it) is from new records continually being set for immigration.

What other national government pursues diversification as a goal without ever feeling the need to obtain a mandate for it? Never you mind, says the government.

The current PM, Kevin Rudd, was very bold in saying that his goals are a "Big Australia" from immigration and endless diversification, also from immigration. His government set a new record for immigration. Kevin feels he deserves a top UN job and he will likely get one too.

If Australia is xenophobic, a hell of a lot of that must be coming from its diversified migrant population. Because almost everyone is a migrant, or has migrant parents or grandparents and likely came from a non-English speaking background as well.

A cynic might ask if that begs the question whether xenophobia must be continually rediscovered to keep the victim industry alive. There are so many adademics, bureaucrats, lawyers and other professionals earning a quid from it that it must soon compete in size and turnover with some of Australia's largest private companies.

But hey, all of the largesse is from the trough of taxpayers' money and there is an endless supply of that, right?

I can't blame South African Phillip Mackinik for mouthing off about the attitudes of Australians towards illegal immigrants, after all, Australia was one of the countries which insisted upon the catastrophic policy of black majority rule in South Africa and Rhodesia. So, now that Rhodesia and South Africa are black ruled basket cases, it is perfectly understandable that Phillip would return the complement to the finger waggers in Australia who helped to wreck his country.

And since Phillip is aware that sooner or later, South Africa (like Rhodesia) will become totally anarchic, he is aghast that the Australians want to stop people from fleeing their dysfunctional countries. That may be because Phillip is probably dreaming about emulating so many of his white countrymen and fleeing to Australia himself, so that he can live in a safe and functioning functioning white society again.

That the Aussies cracking down on people seeking asylum is bad news to Phillip. How is he going to flee South Africa and get into Australia now? So his article is full of contempt for white Australians, and it is full of his resentment that the Australian government is finally waking up to the fact hat everybody in the Third World like himself wants to get into Australia.

If Phillip can't live in Australia, he would just love for Australia to become an anarchic and bankrupt multicultural cesspit like South Africa. That would teach those uppity Aussies a lesson and give them a reality check about the consequences of importing certain trouble prone minorities into Australia. It would also make him feel better about being forced to remain in an anarchic black society himself.

Sour grapes, eh Phillip?

Xenophobia is the least of Australia's problems. Did you know that the U.S. is planning a nuclear first-strike on China? Read the following extract from an article written by Paul Craig Roberts and your fear of asylum seekers will quickly dissipate.

"Polls from all over the world consistently show that Israel and the US are regarded as the two greatest threats to peace and to life on earth. Yet, these two utterly lawless governments prance around pretending to be the “world’s greatest democracies.” Neither government accepts any accountability whatsoever to international law, to human rights, to the Geneva Conventions, or to their own statutory law. The US and Israel are rogue governments, throwbacks to the Hitler and Stalin era.

For the past 68 years, most military aggression can be sourced to the US and Israel. Yet, these two originators of wars pretend to be the victims of aggression. It is Israel that has a nuclear arsenal that is illegal, unacknowledged, and unaccountable. It is Washington that has drafted a war plan based on nuclear first strike. The rest of the world is correct to view these two rogue unaccountable governments as direct threats to life on earth."

It is Washington that has drafted a war plan based on nuclear first strike on China. Get it!

When that happens, Australia will have millions of asylum seekers on its shores.

Go to http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/ and read the whole article.

LEGO,
I don't know anyone personally who voices opions on illegal immigrants other than expressing sentiment for their safety, and in many cases it's only because they'd be blasted for saying anything else. This whole notion of 'xenophobia' is an artificial construct in order to silence the progression of arguments against the 'boat people' in general, which if fully developed would trump the egalitarian modus operandi - severely too. I laugh at your assessment Phillip; not because it's false, but because its outlandishly true.

We seem to think in this country that if we are just like the Taliban the refugees will stay home. Pakistan is cancelling the protection of 2.6 million Afghans after hosting them for over 30 years of western invasions and occupations starting with the 1979 Russian invasion coaxed on by the US.

That is why this latest cruelty is being done, just to keep out the Afghans.

^Forgive the numerous errors in the above post, I'm on a mobile device. Crucially, I meant "your assessment OF Phillip."