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Always interesting that the federal government can find millions to promote 'diversity', but it never has money to up-grade the national highway, Highway 1, which still has narrow bridges that kill.
Posted by onthebeach, Monday, 24 March 2014 2:55:00 PM
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It appears that quite a few feathers have been ruffled
and now its getting personal and nasty. No one is anti-white or pro any sort of extremism. That's such an old chestnut that keeps being brought up. People are behaving as if immigration has not been a part of our country's history. I wonder how many are even aware of the history of immigration and the contribution that immigrants have made to this country in so many ways. For example - has anyone heard of Chris Watson (born in Chile to a German father) PM of Australia - 1867. Arthur Phillip - First Governor of NSW - 1738 - German ancestry. Eric Abetz - Senator - German. If any of you were to look up the various ancestries of - Greek Australians, Irish Australians, Chinese Australians, to name just a few - you might be surprised - who's listed and their contribution to this country. Anyone remember heart surgeon Victor Chang? He saved many people's lives if it wasn't for him lots of people would have died. He set up the Victor Chang Institute that specialises in heart disease and prevention. And he's only one of many who did good work and Australia was all the better for his contribution. I won't go into further details - You're all welcome to Google this for yourselves - from the Barossa Valley and the wine industry to our governor generals, politicians, actors, our music industry, theatre, artists, writers, famous olympians, technological inventions, businesses, suffice to say that you gentlemen should be ashamed of yourselves in trying to belittle our heritage and telling us it counts for nothing. You have a very warped outlook - so narrow it can't be taken seriously. And if anyone dares to disagree with your opinions ... Goodness me, Typical indeed! No wonder people leave - or choose to ignore you! Posted by Foxy, Monday, 24 March 2014 3:15:15 PM
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Paul1405 "immigration to Australia is no longer predominantly White Anglo-Saxons from the Mother country."
I'm well aware of that. 80% non-White these days. People who liked this also liked: Genocide. "Respect for others culture is a key to an understanding of multiculturalism and how it works." I don't want to understand how it "works" (It does?). Respect for other cultures? You mean the real thing or the theatrical fabrication put on for "entertainment" in Sydney and Melbourne? You want the real culture, you're not going to find it in Lakemba or Cabramatta. The real cultures only exist in their homelands. I can quite easily "respect" cultures than are on the other side of the planet. "people who perceive themselves as doing relativity well are not radical, but conservative" And in the past "doing well" wasn't as difficult. Past immigrants (when we had manufacturing jobs) were mainly European, which meant less adjustment was required by them or us. Today's 80% non-White immigration (during a global depression) ain't quite the same kettle of fish, eh? "Mehreen was the best of the seven candidates" No, she was the most tokenistic poster girl. Immigrant, check. Muslim, check. Female, check. I'm surprised she's not also gay and disabled. Foxy, stop pasting the same Tim Soutphommasane quotes! You've pasted the same damn comments about 473 times! Snowy Mountains: "There were people from Rumania (White), Ukraine (White), Russia (White), Cypress (probably White), Czechoslovakia (White), Hungary (White), Poland (White), Turkey (can sometimes pass for White), and many, many, more (mostly White)" "classified according to colour" When are you going to get it? It's not really about "colour". It's everything that goes WITH that. Thousands of years of genetic and cultural connections. "Anyone remember heart surgeon Victor Chang?" Anyone remember the hundreds of thousands of other Asians who've done nothing special at all? Anyone remember the two Malaysians who murdered him? What a "contribution to this country"! YEBIGA "you have bought the two dimensional good/evil narrative prescribed for you by the empires media" The threat to our civilisation from Islam existed for *centuries* before America was even discovered. Posted by Shockadelic, Monday, 24 March 2014 5:12:45 PM
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Loudmouth
Equating media narratives to titilate an audience with enlightenment narratives who's values underpin anything of any value in our system is a perversity beyond words. If you are of the school of thought which disparages the enlightenment then you are on the side of oppression. There is no coherent criticism of the enlightenment. The enlightenment project is an unfinished business derailed by Facsists, totalitarians and self hating misanthropic left wing nutters who however unwittingly and well intentioned serve the current corporate hegemony. The left, the liberal and humanitarian needs to swim out of the relativistic mud pool, wash themselves down, and cease regurgitating a Christian piety dressed up as critical thinking. Demanding fairness for blacks, gays, women, homeless, indigent is not an intellectual position. Its a Christian New Testament set of platitudes. As a political approach it is a kin to begging for scraps. This approach is a mental retardation of the first order. It is an impotent, craven approach which serves but one purpose and that is to make its proponents feel ethical superior. Fine your ethically superior but your intellectually retarded. The current hegemony will hand out a few scraps to quell the screeching beggar and whilst all the do Gooders are celebrating their victory our enlightenment rights to assemble, to strike, to health care, to education, to work, to decency, to justice, to free speech, to free press... All eroding away. Viva identity politics and lets not forget women too. Posted by YEBIGA, Monday, 24 March 2014 5:50:07 PM
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Dear Shocker,
No I'm afraid that I don't get the message that you're trying to impart. To me it's not logical, well reasoned, and simply smacks of hatred and bile and is diametrically opposed to everything that Australia stands for. But hey - you're entitled to your opinion because as someone else pointed out on another thread - postings of an anonymous nature on an opinion forum shouldn't really be taken all that seriously. Most of us know that there are many bad people from various backgrounds that do bad things. Just as there are many people from various backgrounds that do good things. In this country we're having investigations into the abuse of children, we've had criminals and pedophiles commiting vile acts, we've had our fair share of atrocities committed by all sorts of people. Nationalities don't have a monopoly on evil. It's for that reason that we have laws in this country. Anyway, the following link may put things into perspective for you: http://www.news.com.au/national/inspiring-tale-of-former-refugee-dr-munjed-al-muderis-and-war-hero-michael-swain-fncynjr2-1226849124080 Posted by Foxy, Monday, 24 March 2014 5:55:48 PM
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"The threat to our civilisation from Islam existed for *centuries* before America was even discovered." - Shockadelic
Now in the age of the Internet and google, you could easily search the expansion of Islam and the ottomans and it would be clear that the Europeans had entirely neutralised any threat from the Muslim world prior to the formation of the United States of America and certainly well before the USA thought of itself as an empire. Precisely because our populace is now so dumbed down, people like you feel they can make any nonsensical argument. Now Islam had been a threat but way before the USA was of any significance. The French and napolean and the English have treated the entire region with contempt. You may care to read up on European imperialism. So e familiarity with the subject should prove invaluable to your understanding and who knows you may even discover a new perspective as doubtful as that may be. Alternatively, you can convince yourself that Muslims really wish to cook you in a pot and eat you during Ramadan Posted by YEBIGA, Monday, 24 March 2014 6:11:28 PM
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