Thanks Lexi, I have learned a lot from you.

You said, "I've stated in the past that a historian can establish that an act took place on a certain day, but this, by historical standards, constitutes only chronology. The moment the historian begins to look critically at motivation, curcumstances, context, or any other such considerations, the product becomes unacceptable for one or another camp of readers."

True.

But it is not where my problem lies. It is OK to be critical towards Australian history in general, the WAP in particular, but it is not OK to pass such a product off as history. I spent four years in university studying history, and other two years in Deakin University again study history. I have never lost my interest in history. The training I received both in an authoritarian country and a democratic country tells me that the way in which SBS presents Australian immigration history may qualify as propaganda. It is intellectually dishonest. It is far better for the producers of the program to name their work something like "the dark side of Australia immigration history", or "look what they did to the coloured", "the nasties, the bigots, and the rednecks"...

Let's wait and see how the program unfolds.

Indy do not kid your self TBC is much more aware than you.
OK Lexi fair enough.
Peng stay around we need all views and the fact you are looking for good as well as bad is great.
I do not think Sydney siders should put the almost nightly negatives here.
Those interstate should put our print media in the favorites and for a month read about us.
no one, not me,is saying all Muslims are a problem.
But until the Muslim community get involved,stop intrusions on my right to live as Australian,and celebrate in my way, remind me what ethnic group ever intruded on those rights, I stand on my view.
PC views we must not offend [by doing what we always have] a minority who came as guests to our country is stupid.

Peng:

I also shall be looking forward to the next few episodes - especially the one dealing with the Baltic people. My ancestors came from Lithuania. My parents fleeing communism during World War II. They came as "Displaced Persons" (refugees) after the war. I was born in Australia, yet I was still considered "different" at school and university - because I spoke several languages and my names were considered difficult to pronounce. However, I have found my own sense of belonging and each of us goes through transitions and transformations. The important thing is that we acknowledge them and learn from them. I have only my life experiences to go on and the obstacles I have overcome in life have been challenging. Every relationship is a gift and I've been fortunate to have been given great gifts by some of the people I have encountered on my journey through life. They have helped shape me into the person I have become and still hope to be.

Belly:

You are a special man.