Belly,
I have no trouble in agreeing with you.

What I am against is this government imposed pseudo 'multiculturalism' that started in the 70s and we have spent millions catering to this and that ethnic group.

I think the migration from 45 to 70 was a big success because they integrated. We called them 'New Australians' and not by some ethnic name which had ethnic leaders.

You likely won't agree with this but, I think we should recognise that some groups are incompatable and we shold stop importing those groups that cannot/will not integrate. This be done from our own experience. There are only a few groups that are like this as most problems are sorted by next generation.

It seems the MC advocates only see the nice things, like children in colourfull costumes, dragon parades, more eateries and beer festivals. They seem to ignore the baggage that comes with some groups

We owe it to our childrens children to ensure we have a cohesive community

Another website that may be of interest:

http://www.themonthly.com.au/islamism-islamophobia-and-australia-yes-virginia-there-clash-civilisations-robert-manne-267

>> About Eva Sallis
Eva Sallis, an Australian writer, is co-founder of Australians Against Racism – an organization that seeks to raise awareness of human rights and social justice through the media, arts and education.<<

Lexi, this woman could not identify an elephant in a herd of mice.

To paint "the Cronulla riots" as seething racism is sensationalist rubbish. Middle Eastern youth plagued Cronulla and surrounds for years becoming a general and all encompassing pain in the posterior.

It was then and is still now a policing issue......full stop.

I vividly recall before the influx of Middle Easterners that our youth would battle it out in beach suburbs every year or so, the allegiance then was to your beach, Bondi vs Bronte, Bronte vs Coogee, northern beaches vs southern, and Maroubra vs them all.

There is a real issue though Lexi, and that is as I stated the majority of Middle Easterners are going to marry another Middle Easterner. There is a social anomaly with societies removed from their home country and that is that the displaced society tends to conform more rigidly to the old countries societal rules even when the home society has evolved or transformed through modernity.

Populations shift. Human migration is the one constant in the history of the species.
Why are we all so surprised when we're reminded that "things change"?

Poirot:>> Populations shift. Human migration is the one constant in the history of the species.
Why are we all so surprised when we're reminded that "things change"?<<

True Periot, things change, but things can also be managed.

Dear Lexi, you truly are a breath of fresh air! Where are the other voices of reason that once inhabited this space?

Your links to Eva Sallis and Robert Manne provide some much needed perspective. Hopefully, those here whose irrational fears are driving them toward hate can read and learn.

As Eva Sallis concludes, "If contemporary Australians are to live at ease with ourselves, we need more education, less fear mongering and, not least, greater honesty about the culture of racism that is so damaging us."