Dear Shockadelic,

What I'm advocating is not neutrality - but
tolerance, compassion, and understanding.
I do not see minority cultures as alien and as
a threat to social cohesion. I see them as a
core part of our national identity.

I guess that's where we differ.

As for not knowing you. Of course I don't
know you, the same as you don't know me.
We can only judge each other from our posts
and make assumptions based on them.
And of course each of us will be guilty of
some measure of bias - the tendency, often
unconscious, to interpret things according to
our own values and experiences. What our past
experience has prepared us to see and by what we
consciously or unconsciously want to see.

For me this thread has now run its course.
See you on another thread.

cont'd ...

BTW:

You can't change the past, but you can ruin
the present, by worrying about the future.

Paul1405, aren't the Amish included in your multicultural loveland?
Oh forgot, they're White. Doesn't count.
Shockadelic, how do you get so much so wrong. as I have made clear to you and others before religion or race, any reference to either should have no bearing on a persons eligibility to migrate to Australia, as much as I welcome Black Muslims to this land I would equally welcome White Amish. You on the other hand would have a long list of exclusions based on race, religion and a host of other criteria. Not that you are a bigoted racists, far from it, you like Belly and others only have Australia's interests at heart.
Come Brother Shock, join us, lets us break bread together, cast asunder the anger within, let us find true love and humanity, peace and happiness awaits you Brother. Cast evil asunder, let us all rejoice as we welcome Brother Shock back into the fold.

Shocka you try but closed minds and eyes are not receptive.
In time, next childish cartoons or film?
We will again see filth on our streets.
Truth can be damaging but in the end remains true.
What group of past migrants EVER did such as the Sydney staged riot.
And time and again, the attempt to use past migrations as part of this debate falls flat.
ONE
those migrants both integrated and kept their own culture.TWO
UNAVOIDABLE truth is they word for word mirror our concerns about the intrusion of Islam.
Paul reminds us, and is assisted in doing so, the true left are in control only because PC assists them.

Them and Us, or is it me?

As everyone knows, the world is divided into
two categories:
Other People and Us.

Other people have closed minds

Other people put filth on our streets

Other people stage riots

Other people use illogical arguments

Other people don't fit into our society

Other people are the problem

Sounds hypocritical? Let's face it we're the only
arbiters of Truth and Life is only tolerable when
we can look down on someone else.

'Sounds hypocritical? Let's face it we're the only
arbiters of Truth and Life is only tolerable when
we can look down on someone else. '

Well Lexi when your grand daughters get called sluts when they walk down streets in Sydney because they don't headware or are refused employement or education because they are female I take it you won't be quick to complain. We certainly can't judge can we? No good then saying all we need is more money and more education about how peaceful the followers of the prophet are. The followers of the prophet would not value your opinion as a woman anyway.