Master I welcome you to the forum with open arms.
But can you leave just a little bit of that ego in the bucket at the door?
All comment, all views, should be welcome, remember that theory the bloke who sweeps the floor may have the answer that saves the firm.
This impending ,or a least threatened flood is historic, can not be compared with ANY migration to our country ever.
If we manage it badly, say open door, ten years from now we will all be hungry and no longer the country we know today millions could come, just in that time.
They may yet it has been put well up the thread, food shortages and wars are going to become worse.
I however believe the UN and world has a roll to play stabilise some country's, introduce real technology to grow food not drugs create nations for these folk to live in, yes that too may fail, we just can not continue to grow world population and not pay for it.
But if you live in NSW look out your window, see the western dust from paddocks blown away over the east coast ,we can not forever ignore this country's limits.
Back to master, it is not racist to say not every migrant ,not even the children of their children, is a great migrant.
IF we could only see a world not driven by so many dividing religions we just maybe could find answers, it is time to see humanity alone is accountable for its actions

Maximillion
Are we now to allow another bunch to come in and wreak havoc..?
Realy? migrants wreak havoc? I am afraid that you hate migrants...
"I say, scrap multiculturalism"
Do not you know that the freedom of religious is protected from international law?
Do not you know that migrant's freedom of expresion is protected from international law?
Do not you know that what we call multiculturarism in realy is protected from international law, that this is part of the human rights?
What do you want to withdraw australia from HRC of UN?
Do you want to convert australia to a champion of violation of migrant's rights?
Who tell you that Only you know what is NOW the australian values?
Who tell you that ONLY you care for the future of australia?
Only a small minority of australians agree with your ideas about multiculturalism and ethnic minorities. Read the surveys about it read the studies about it.
With your ideas about multiculturalism and ethnic minorities you put your self beyont the One Nation!
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide

As I predicted - the usual blather about racism and wild statements on what other people think. A few new posters who think that it all hasn't been said countless times before.

In a way, I hope 10,000 of the bastards do turn up, and all of the idiots and smart alecs on OLO are asked to work the problem out.

But Leigh, you're the very model of the racist xenophobe you mention in your first post.

There are pros and cons to immigration and, as Master has demonstrated, the prejudice against immigrants is strangely focussed on the manner of arrival of one lot but not of another.

Immigration is chiefly a sustainability issue, but for you, it's a simple hatred of brown people that you like to tack on to other, more considered arguments.

I'm quite used to this, so I invite anyone to look at Leigh's post history and decide for themselves whether his opposition to immigration is based on anything more profound than fear and rank racism.

Sancho wrote, "the prejudice against immigrants is strangely focused on the manner on arrival on one lot, but not of another".

This is FACT. This has been my point all along.

It's a fact that this skewered view is practiced by a large minority of fearful and ignorant Australians.

On this topic, some people here have displayed a ready reluctance, until pushed, to even remotely recognise that the VAST bulk of people living here illegally came in via airports. Many thousands upon thousands of people have become "honoury" citizens, living and working in this country for decades and decades, yet they're here illegally. Others have their reasons to stay here for 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years etc etc. Anyone wishing to disrupt, terrorise, spy etc etc will enter via "AIRPORTS". Gaining entry to this country, for the purpose of illegal residence, or other specific illegal purposes, is NOT hard, if you know what you're doing. Thousands do it EVERY year.

YET - -

'Some' Aussies either ignore it, or only recognise it when they are pushed on the subjectt.

Why is this so?

It's because, the people who enter via airports mostly look and act like "US". Whereas, the desperate people in leaky boats "DON'T".

Conclusion: These stupid Australians, who are ONLY concerned about "boat" people, are concerned out of **FEAR OF RELIGIOUS AND/OR CULTURAL DIFFERENCE** - - - - typical, ignorant Aussie bigotry harking back to older times that even predate the White Australia Policy.

Some Australians wanted migrants only from UK but they found that last years the britain citizens who migrate in australia come from asian or african background!
They lost their hope for a WHITE (anglo saxon)controled australia and now they fight for the isolation of australia.
I said them many times"stop crying white australia is dead, it can can not reteurn back, come with us, with the rest of australians, we are friends and understand and care for you!"
I am sure soon or later they will understand the australian reality, that their dream for a "white australia" is dead and they will come with us.
Antonios Symeonakis
Adelaide