Banjo, Ludwig, I agree with both of you.
For that the Pink left, the nice folk who may know little,will brand us racist.
If this debate was are religions divisive we would find support for the thought it is.
If I was to ask what group of immediate post ww2 refugees demanded we change,Christian crosses decorations ext, many including me would not be able to name any.
Yet for fearing we are mixing gravel in our Christmas pudding? that trouble will come?
We are racist!
Test me, try migrating and practicing your religion in those country these folk flee, try doing it openly.
And risk being MURDERED.
yet we are racist?

Talking to the owner of a couple of large aircraft at the airport bar yesterday. He told me of a friend of his who was born in Australia to Malay parents. Ten years ago ago as a 30 year old he went to work in Malaysia & now has to renew his australian passport. Guess what ? They don't want to renew it !! He'll be stranded as he has no other citizenship. Is that the sort of Australia that wants to increase immigration ? Can't even renew it's own citizens' passport ? The mind boggles.

belly,
Don't be put off by being called a racist. When i first started to post on OLO mmigration and multiculturalism were popular topics and for projecting the views of my last post i would get many howls of racist and Xenophobia. Usually it was the opening line in debate.

Things have changed and it is now over 24 hrs since my posting and not one comment opposing those views. One swallow does not make a spring, but maybe just a little progress. Maybe people are now more aware of the many problems in Europe and UK or have seen the faults in the multiculturalism ideology.

I just hope Aus government will one day see the folly of high immigration and reduce the intake.

Here is an honest man, pity he lives in Canada, we could use more people like him here:
"Is race realism Racist?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCaxQXVHMp0

Banjo yes I was just being insistent.
I insist on the right to views other than the pink left.
I constantly am against every form of pc control and the blindness that sees a problem, suffering masses, but not reality.
Reality is we can not solve the worlds problems by bringing every one of them here.
And in truth SOME of the Muslim faith are intrusive on my rights.
Can I say that? surely I can! the hatred toward us, from second generation Australians of that faith is racism from minority against majority.

Racism towards us is the price we pay for our compassion. For some of us the failure to see that has been blinding for years now.