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By Geoff Robinson, published 26/2/2008John Howard’s critics are entitled to celebrate his defeat but his style of conservatism resulted in substantial political achievements.
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(errata) in the last post the words 'at the centre' were meant to be with an ealier sentence..apologies)
THE AUTHOR
Is WRONG about 'what it means to be Christian'
Is WRONG about the purposes of policy aimed at controlling immigration and illegal entry to this country.
Is RIGHT about 'cultural identity' becoming an increasingly important issue.
Denying that people have a culture and willingness to commit cultural mass murder/genocide against one's own country is contemptable beyond belief! Imagine..I mean..IMAGINE telling people in other countries "You don't have a culture of any significance and your culture is based on immoral ideas such as 'not all people are equal' etc"
The problem is.. most migrants from backgrounds having strong cultural and racial foundations DO have this very idea.. evidence? Simple..just look for people continuing their old culture after migrating to Australia.
Why pander to it?
Yes..I can read Frank and CJ's minds.. "Hah! ...what about the white British who came here with that idea, what about Indigenous Australians..don't they have a culture of significance?"...
good point :)
PROBLEM.. while this point would be valid at the time of British arrival, we have since developed an AUSTRALIAN identity, (which should include indigenous Aussies) and that now can legitimately be promoted, protected and defended at every level.