'To say 'Australia should stop all Eskimo immigration' is an extreme suggestion and racist.
'To say "Joe the Eskimo was convicted of theft, proves all Eskimos are thieves" is also extreme and racist. So if Joe the Eskimo bought a Jeep does that mean all Eskimos buy Jeeps?

It's been stated many times in the past that our
political conversations must shift away from the
mass, infantile finger pointing that now pervades it.
Of course there are immigrants who abuse our system, just
as there are people born here who abuse our system.

The truth is however that the majority of today's
immigrants bring with them an infusion of the same values
that our ancestors personified. The values that we all hold
dear. These are people who are willing to work hard for
long hours to make a better life for themselves and their
families. Our children do not stand to be corrupted by
their values, so much as their children stand to be
corrupted by ours. The scapegoating of today's immigrants
makes a mockery of the Australian dream. It is a national
immorality when we collectively say no to compassion.

Migrants have contributed to this country economically,
socially and culturally. Migrants have entered the professions,
reached academic positions, the sports, the arts, many have
contributed as writers, musicians, actors, ballet dancers,
the theatre, linguistically - over 270 languages have been added,
higher education has been attained with 49 per cent of all
persons holding higher degrees having been born overseas.
Infrastructure development has fuelled economic growth.
As immigrants setttle here their capacity to build our
economic prosperity increases. And the list goes on.

Foxy,

In previous threads you have made a habit of dumping a quote by Philip Adams that is contemptuous of Australia, its people, traditions and cultural inheritance prior to the relatively recent very large scale immigration targets. It is the elitism and cultural cringe of the Left.

That elitism and cultural cringe to anything and everything that is imported and a hatred of everything Australian is a theme that the serially scoffing (always at Australia) Adams did not invent. It has been a common theme of the Left for donkey's years.

While the Left and particularly the political 'Progressives' aka international socialists are forever claiming the moral high ground for their demand for the 'diversity-we-have-to-have', it is in fact more motivated by an ugly hatred of Australia and more specifically, so-called 'whites'. No surprise there I guess because the Left in the west hate themselves and the successfully democracies which protect them and likely pay their social security benefits.

In Australia the Left extremism, such as green-left and the Greens 'Watermelons' extends to cat-calling young Aussie couples as 'breeders' and demanding that they give up thoughts of the children they might want in favour of open door immigration.

While there might be few Australians who object to immigration and they have shown great generosity and acceptance of ever new records set for immigration, it is true that they have never been asked what they want and they do object to large scale immigration.

It is also true that claims that immigration is always good have been shot down in flames by independent reports of substance and credibility, including one by a Standing Committee of the House of Lords, UK. You and others would be aware of such reports because they have been cited here many times before: the consistent finding is that migration is good for migrants, but the same cannot be said for the host country.

What about some balance and attention to the inconvenient facts? The Left do not deserve the high moral ground they claim for themselves. Feet of clay.

otb,

Australia is a nation of immigrants. Throughout Australia's
history, millions of migrants have helped build our country.
We welcome people from some 200 countries to Australia and
as I've stated in the past immigration has always been an
important element in Australia's nation-building. We have
drawn from the diversity to build a successful nation.

More than 100,000 migrants from 30 countries worked on the
Snowy Mountains Scheme, a huge hydro-electric power
generating project in the Australian Alps. The project took
25 years to complete, from 1949 until 1974.

Migrants have added to the rich tapestry of Australian life,
and in the words of Australia's "Father of Federation," Sir Henry
Parkes, we have become "one people, with one destiny."

I do not see anything constructive from dividing people up
into the Left/Right political divide. This is a malignant
thought form that "other people are the problem." It is part
and parcel of the malice and intolerance that
currently stalks our society. Unfortunately there are some
people who believe that their way is the right way and
that anyone who disagrees with them is "bad."

Our political conversation as I've stated previously must
shift away from the infantile finger-pointing that now
pervades it.

Paul1405 "To say "Australia should stop all Eskimo immigration." is a view, not one I necessarily agree with but a view never the less and people should be free to express that view."

But how can they if it's "likely" to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate the lone Eskimo who, for unknown reasons, reads Australian political blogs?

And nobody would voice such an opinion without providing a more elaborate explanation/justification for *why* they believe that.
That elaboration, no matter how politely worded, is what would get them taken to court.

Foxy "Fortunately as shown by the Galaxy Poll -
Most people do not want a racialised immigration policy"

That's not what the poll asked them.
"Multicultural" can include the dozens of cultures created just by White people.
A policy restricted to Whites only would still have much "diversity".

"in the words of Australia's "Father of Federation," Sir Henry
Parkes, we have become "one people, with one destiny.""

Parkes was speaking to a nation of White people.

"More than 100,000 migrants from 30 countries worked on the
Snowy Mountains Scheme"

And how many weren't White? 3?

"an infusion of the same values that our ancestors personified"

The same values? Why can't they be the same PEOPLE (with the same ancestors!)

So all that matters is that immigrants obey the law, pay taxes and mow their lawns? How "conservative"!
What about *our* existence as a distinct people with *particular* ancestries/histories?

I bet you wouldn't support people from 200 countries moving into Tibet.
No, Tibet should stay Tibetan. Australia must be everything.

Oh, and quit it with the copied-and-pasted-a-million-times government propaganda.
Use your own words!

jodelie "We were all kids doing and enjoying the same things"

All doing the same things = monocultural, not multicultural.

Foxy,

The cultural cringe of the self-loathing Left has been a fact for many, many years. As is the cultural Marxism that is responsible for the scourge of political correctness.

As Julia Gillard said as PM, discussion of immigration, the 'Big Australia' policy she herself criticised and the 'open door' policy favoured by the lunar Greens (the 'protest party' as she called them) are all legitimate subjects for debate. Julia Gillard also noted that there are interests who do not want that debate to occur and try to derail it. For the present, Australia remains a democracy and immigration policy is a very topical subject.