just a little side-tracking for a moment. Kevin 13 has just appointed the first Muslim to his cabinet. That's all good by me but when the Governor general waffled on about what a great step that is for multiculturalism I realised that those in Government are just simply pointless mutts who have no idea as to where they're taking this country. Muslims are renowned for being THE most least likely to accept any other culture or religion. So, why does this silly woman say this is great step for multiculturalism & democracy? Beats me !

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Nah! sorry Lexi, just the usual old waffle.

However, the following link may help you:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/learning/study_skills/skills/critical_thinking.htm

comprehensively demolishes the view that white idealists are smarter than other races.
Cossomby,
I think all races are born with pretty much equal intelligence. People change in accordance of their environment as the develop. Some societies have reached their apex & are now on the downhill run. Others have finished & still others are on the rise again.
As soon as a society has it literally too good it starts to fragment. We see that happening now to the wester type societies. In Australia it is especially evident by the way so many of the as yet on-the-climb societies are invited to infiltrate this country at the cost of the few Australians who still have sense but are outnumbered by the senseless.
The so-called refugees aren't refugees & the genuine refugees are persecuted by australian immigration. Those who require help are denied help & those who don't need help get huge resources thrown at them. It really doesn't paint a smart picture of the 50% of Australians who support the ALP does it ?

Yes, the first were convicts, all the rest economic migrants.

Surely the convicts were economic migrants Its just that someone else made the decision for them. It saved the British a heap of money on locking them up in the UK and provided cheap labour for the colonists. On the other hand I don see a case to call the Aboriginals economic migrants.

It seems that few people on this thread seem to realise that people try to come to Australia by boat, because they can not get valid passports from their own countries which in turn suggests that maybe they are genuine refugees

Lexi - What part of only around 10% of refugees are checked properly?

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Lexi - What part of only around 10% of refugees are checked properly don't you understand?