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I think that accepting multiculturalism doesn’t necessarily mean that we have to blindly accept a tradition a culture brings into Australia that harms others or interferes with other people’s freedom just because it’s traditional somewhere else in the world.
I have no problem rejecting some part of a culture’s traditions when I see that this oppresses others, e.g. women or homosexuals.
But all traditions or faiths must be equally subject to criticism or rejection; we have to be careful to not just target the traditions of immigrant or Aboriginal minority groups.
I can’t see why traditions and faiths shouldn’t be accepted when they don’t do harm or don’t interfere with other people’s (or animal’s) rights or freedom. Can you?
If we leave lots of space for all the positive things cultures have to offer and limit the negative (ones that oppress or interfere with other’s freedom) then why would there be a problem with multiculturalism?
I have never met a person who has traveled a lot and remained closed-minded. Is that because getting in touch with other cultures opens the mind?
No wonder that Australia is such a lucky country- by living here we don’t even have to travel the world to discover different cultures. All we need is to open our mind and welcome the opportunity.
PALE
Let's hope that Rudd uses commonsense!