OUG>>i gotta slow dow..impatience has forced me to not stop and smell the gunsmoke.[yeah now that was a great programing/that and the texus [tax-us]..ranger and rinG tintin.casey jones..PETTY GOAT FUNCTION..and homer piles.

drifts off into the never never
badly whistlingn .memories...home and away..neighbours
have a nice day<<

I have said it before OUG, your the only wordsmith on this forum.

Sonofgloin,
The differences between, broadly speaking, the races and then specific ethnic groups (or nations) by far outweigh any superficial similarities.
There are differences in bone structure and density,muscle mass and function, proportions of fat to muscle, hair, teeth, eye and eyesight, liver function, gut function and so on.
None of these differences are disputed by science and differences in brain structure and size between identifiable groups are a scientific fact.
What you're buying into by effectively saying "under the skin we're all the same" is the idea that genetic diversity stops at the neck, that brain size and structure has no influence on the way individuals and thus groups and nations might think.
Put that way the idea of "equality" is laughable, don't you think?
Science is turning the orthodox, politically correct view of human "evolution" on it's head, here's a whole blog devoted to this very subject if you're interested in updating your knowledge of human biodiversity:
http://dienekes.blogspot.com.au/

Well, after posting this thread and directly asking about six pro multiculturalists, not one suggestion of what further alien cultural practices we should allow in the quest for greater diversity.

All I can say is that they are hypocrits as they endorse MC but wont tell us how to get more diversity, let alone how we will benefit from it. Or will they just quietly accept the adverse effects and then dine at their favoured ethnic eatery. Alien cultural practices will not effect them.

Frankly it seems they are pseudo multiculturalists who only wamt the nice things and disown the rest.

In a report due out soon, it states that on 2011 abs figures, there are 1000 girls in Aus 'at risk' of FGM and the Immigrant Womens Health Service say hundreds of underage girls have been sent overseas for early marriage.

How multiculturalists can condone this and want more diversity is mind boggling.

Foxy says: <<As the student said -we are all different>>

Soooo, if we are ALL different. why does (govt sponsored) MC place such value on *GROUPS*
And on maintaining, differentiating & rewarding *GROUP* identity?

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OUG says <<<<out of the mouths of *babes*>>
You mean this babe? http://www.impawards.com/1998/babe_pig_in_the_city_ver2_xlg.html
I'll bet this babe --however knowledgeable -- wont be getting to present her wisdom in any Mosque!

As I suspect, would this one
http://chuck-bauman.deviantart.com/art/WW2-bomber-Pin-Up-Girl-292780964

Not very sporting of 'em ay?

Dear Banjo,

I'm not aware of anybody condoning FGM.
It is illegal in this country as is under-age
marriage. People are entitled to practice their
beliefs against the framework of our laws -
and if they break our laws they shall be punished
accordingly.

But we've been over this topic many times - and you
still insist on bringing up these old chestnuts -
as an excuse to stop what you consider "alien"
cultures being imported into this country.

You accuse multiculturalism of being divisive.
This is an assertion without evidence. The concept
of "social division" is hard to substantiate in a
peaceful democracy. It could refer to many cleavages
which have nothing to do with ethnicity, such as
rich and poor, workers and bosses, educated and
ignorant, metropolitan and provincial, male and female,
and so on. These have all been important at various
times. Of course there is undoubtedly some concern
by some people that Australia was going "off the rails,"
because of diversity.

By many measures Australia is the most stable, united and
self-satisfied society on earth, but it is also apparently
haunted by an inexplicable sense that the ship will sink at
any moment.

Leadership, solidarity,homogeneity, common values, all assume
prominence in public responses to this fear. They are
frequently mobilised by politicians (notably by John Howard
in the 2001 election). However official multiculturalism has
always been concerned with alleviating social tensions.
Hence the government funded programs. However what the
critics are referring to is not official programs but their
observed increase in ethnic variety which, as in other
societies, often exacerbates anxiety.

I cited a link earlier - did you even bother to read it?
otb - brushed it aside as the work of a "student" - even
though on another discussion he was suggesting the importance
of PHD research. (He goes with his own agenda). I did not
corect otb - the author of the link I gave Dr Brock
Bastian is a Professor of Psychology and is an expert in his
field.

See you on another discussion.

Banjo.
You mean they support diversity mostly from an aesthetic point of view?
So a wider range of dining out options for middle class people and the visual spectacle of having people of other races living among us are the prime motivations for their support for MC?
I agree and the support for multiculturalism increases the further away people are from it's effects, a tradesman or labourer from the Western suburbs who is losing his livelihood to illegal workers who are paid $70 a day has a completely different viewpoint to a doctor's wife from Balwyn.