I've got to confess that I love this country,
and I can't imagine myself living anywhere else.

The court where we live is made up of a mixed
group of people - there's Italians, Chinese,
Sri-Lankans, Indians, Lithuanians, Macedonians,
all happily living as neighbours.

Yet it saddens me when I watch the news and hear
about the attacks on Indian students.

All I can hope is that this is a small, frustrated
minority, (possibly as a result of jobs going overseas),
that are perpetuating these sorts of crimes. I trust that
the law will deal with these criminals, and things will
not be allowed to get out of hand.

I still like to think that we as a nation have come a long
way, and although we've still got a long way to go,that
we'll be able to work things out - as we always have.

I'd like to take this opportunity to Thank You all for
taking the time and trouble to contribute to this thread.
I'm always grateful when people choose to participate
in a topic I've suggested.

For me personally, I feel that I'm done with this subject.
So, I'll be moving on - but please don't mind me - and
continue on. It's just that for me - it's now run its
course.

Again, Thanks everyone - see you on another thread.

“Really, I am not doing it right?”

You can’t be Col, going on dates; if you never pay for anything you’re not doing it right. You can’t let a female think she has purchased you in some way. Unless of course that is all good in your books, but you didn’t seem the sort to be purchased.

(PS, Graham said to send his regards to you and I asked him to not make me say something nice to you yesterday but I’m over that now).

“You consistently make me smile,Thank You!
Why do I type down the left-hand side?
Because someone told me it makes things
easier to read, and I believed them.”

It is a pleasure Foxy. Yes the left hand side does makes sense. Is Yabby doing it for the same reason? I have found Oz to be intolerant, narrow minded and that other thing… but no more than most places. Should I be saying that to Col?

Maybe Kiwis are too similar that I can’t see a particular culture in place where I live now…? It’s similar without the Maori stuff that I was kind of fond of.

I wish you were the first Aussie I met here Foxy. Seeya in the Threads.

“If you consider the way white women are portrayed in media, it is no surprise that a subset of men think all white women are slags. And, of course, some are; hence the generalisation (prejudice).”

I haven’t noticed, or I haven’t noticed the media with that thought in mind Fractelle. I guess after Saudi I thought white women had it pretty good. Perspective I guess and my tendency to not notice a lot in the media. But that is part of being on here, all the catching up I have to do.

“I agree with Foxy, you always make me laugh. Good that you are keeping a diary; you may publish a best seller one day. If nothing else it is better to get your angst on page rather than letting it fester. Although, I gather from your posts that you use anger rather than letting it use you.”

I was a bit worried about being irreverent on here but then I read some old posts from you guys and they made me feel better.

I document everything and situations around various agencies and government departments. kids aren’t allowed to know if they lived with other kids or if bad things happened to them. We are not to tell them that or put that in official files they will have access to one day. I need to wait until they all grow up so they can have their real stories.

I lack choice; there is no way to defend children if you let yourself get sad, fostering children is heartbreaking. I can’t sit and explain things to caseworkers if I burst in to tears.

I think the fight is on, they wont give me more kids until I shut up or they wont give me kids because I lodged a complaint. I haven’t worked that one out yet as I don’t really understand how government departments work. Another reason to be here.

part one
Jewely
"what happened in Cyprus?" Nothing important. I am Greek , I was married a cypriot and I migrated to Cyprus. In Cyprus I involved in politics as I did before in Greece and Germany.
I was with the socialist party (like the labor party), a small party comparing with the other European sosialist or labor parties but with a good history and hiw leader was an international personality. He was Vice-President of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation; he was at the head of ICSA (International Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa) which worked vigorously for the release of Nelson Mandela. He was the main fighter against the Junta and many times rights extremists attempted to kill him.
I was member from the district committee of Socialist party in Limassol, I was member from the district committee of youths of Socialist party in Limassol, and disctrict secretaru of trade unions (friendly to socialist party). In national level I was member from the Trade union secretariat (top union body) and member from the secretariat of the socialist youth organization.
I always promote the open, mass, democratic organizations, and I fought to expell from the party some leftists who was strong mainly in Limassol, between them an MP, and many party officcers of various levels. The leftists in their publications wrote that the Greek governming socialist party send me to Cyprus to expell them and line it with the greek socialist party, (later they went to Cypriot communist party), with this way I try to open the party to the masses from the right. Paralell as Unionist I was hard for worker's rights and ope the party to masses from the left. For example one time I suggest to the general secretariat of the union to take a government organization to the court because they use a trick to avoid to pay the labors (a special benefit) but they rejected my suggestion.

Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide
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Part two
Jewely "what happened in Cyprus?"
When I returned back in my district I decided and I took the state organization to the court and I won. When asked me the secretary what I was doing I said " If I win, every worker will benefit if I lose I will resign"
Because in the past I was member etc in the Greek socialist party some Greek officers contacted me or some times the party asked me to take them to various places etc. They was top level party, union or government officers as ministers, general secretaries etc.
Parallel I was active for the rights of Greek migrants in Cyprus, I took part in meatings in Greek Embassy or in Cypriot interior's ministry when was Greek ministers in Cyprus.
The government, a coalision between communists and a centre right party was not happy with my activities and they decided to deport me, In the parliament they said that I (a foreigner, migrant) was involving in the internal afairs of Cyprus, and with my activities I damaged the national interests. I rejected any discussion with the Cypriot government and I blamed the government that violate my basic rights as a migrant. After the support I had from cypriot parties, greek government and ILO, the Cypriot Minister changed mind and he canceled his order for my deportation.
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

"Ginx, are you saying that Australia is>>>>>more<<<<< "narrow minded, prejudiced and intolerant" than all other nations?" (Fractelle)

No. I answered the thread title.
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TB, thank-you for you comments. Always a pleasure.
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I haven't changed my view.