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Freedom based on tolerance : Comments

By Geoff Gallop, published 11/4/2007

Multiculturalism is based on the core democratic values of equality and human rights.

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To Keith,
You say no one here understands what Multiculturalism is, including Geoff Gallop, except for you. That’s great! I was hoping someone could explain to me. For a long time I’ve been puzzled about what it was.

You say we just have to read the legislation, which explains it. I hope this legislation wasn’t drafted by the same people which penned the Victorian Government’s race and religious vilification laws, which really left us all scratching our heads.
Posted by Mick V, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 12:00:52 AM
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Mick V

I have often crossed swords with Keith but I think you have misunderstood his comments. He justs wants us to read the legislation first. His comments make a lot of sense to me.
Posted by logic, Thursday, 19 April 2007 5:22:59 PM
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Thanks, Logic.

I was just wondering if I needed to be a legal lawyer before I waded through the multiculturalism legislation. I was hoping Keith could perhaps give a quick overview here.

I am glad you thought Keith made sense. He seemed to spend most of his breath trying to draw a line between Christianity and Judaism. In this regard he didn't make a lot of sense. He needed to be reminded that Jesus was Jewish, so was his mum, so were his first disciples, so were most (if not all) the writers of the Bible, New Testament and Old.
Posted by Mick V, Thursday, 19 April 2007 6:08:51 PM
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Mick V

Your statement about being a legal lawyer was perhaps a Freudian slip. It would be perhaps a welcome change if lawyers were legal.
Posted by logic, Thursday, 19 April 2007 7:06:52 PM
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I was wondering about freedoms written in law as opposed to cultural freedom and why cultural freedom trumps the rights and freedoms written into law. The rights and freedoms written into law are for everyone equally regardless of culture. Cultural freedoms as exclusive to a select minority or majority depending on circumstance but, not to all under that law.
Posted by aqvarivs, Friday, 20 April 2007 1:56:45 PM
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