In recent debate here, on OLO, It has been suggested that we will in future have to be more open to diverse ethnic groups and accept aspects of cultures that currently are either unlawful or socially unacceptable.

From one poster. "Experts have pointed out that over the next few decades Australians will need to be more receptive to ethnic
change and more engaged with multicultural policies and approaches.

Australia is likely to be even more ethnically diverse in
2050 than it is now,

This will require a political leadership which encourages
tolerance and harmony and which refuses to advocate
narrow nationalism.

Such a program also requires a more humane approach to
issues like family re-union, settlement services, and refugees".

I read such views with alarm as I see our present treatment and accommodation of migrants and refugees as too soft. Especially coupled with the so called multicultural ideology.

I have asked pro MC posters here just what other alien practices should we allow or turn a blind eye to but received no comments.

So how diverse will we get and what cultural practices will we have to accept? Will FGM, underage marriage, forced marriage and polygamy become lawful activities? Only last week a convicted foreign paedophile was let off other charges because of 'cultural considerations'. Bearing in mind also there have been calls for polygamy to be lawful and for sharia law introduced.

Maybe multiculturalism could be understood similarly to multi-lingualism: the more languages people speak the better, but there must be one leading (official) language for practical reason. In Australia this is English for historical reasons, without necessarily implying its superiority over other languages.

All too often what we have in Oz is not so much MULTIculturalism as MULTI-MONO-culturalism.

Its *looks* fine as long as OZ continues to find enough minerals to sell off to pay its way, but should real hard times hit --bye bye lucky country and hello Lebanon of the West.

This will require a political leadership which encourages tolerance and harmony and which refuses to advocate narrow nationalism.
Banjo,
By 2050 there won't be tolerance & harmony & Nationalism because many white traitors who call themselves Australian are already doing their utmost to prevent tolerance & harmony & nationalism. Yes, that's what the lefties are up to or can't anyone see that ? I just wonder what they've been promised & by whom for being such traitors.

Dear Banjo,

<<I have asked pro MC posters here just what other alien practices should we allow or turn a blind eye to but received no comments.>>

I do not recall such a direct question. Also, I am not pro-MC or anti-MC: I simply oppose violence.

Yes, some of the acts you mentioned: FGM and forced marriage, are acts of violence. Polygamy however, is not and underage-marriage, unless it already falls under the former category of forced-marriage, isn't either.

However, I am more wary about violence done presumably in my name, which is what governments do, than the violence of others.

By all means, if a girl asks the state to save her from the violence of her parents, or even if information is available that a particular girl would likely have called for the state's help if she could, then the state should enter with all necessary force. But what if the girl genuinely doesn't want to be helped?

If government is allowed to interfere and "help" those who never sought its help in the first place and who were not even likely to consider requesting its help if freely-offered, one can imagine the resulting slippery-slope.

Today it's FGM, so everyone says "yay, let's stop it", but tomorrow the government may decide that nose-picking is also bad for you (not to mention obesity), so it would stop that by force too - and we all end up in jail. What for instance if the law bans kissing because it passes germs?

Today it's the sins of those Lebanese, over there, that are targeted, but tomorrow it would be your own sins that are banned: then you will cry bitterly but whom will you call for help then?!

As Jesus said: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

Yuyutsu,
If you look back over my posts of the last week or two, you will see direct question to at least 3 posters about what cultural practices should we accept.

The few alien practices I showed in the opening post are ones that our politicians currently ignore and there are a number of groups that practice FGM and forced marriage.

There are many, many cultural practices that we currently do not allow. I wonder if you would care to post some that you would not object to, that are currently unacceptable. What about incest and paedophilia, or the consumption of dog meat or dolphin meat, for example. Now I have asked you as well.