Good evening to you JODELIE...

Your previous email, where you articulated most eloquently, that any crime committed must be dealt with by the law. Whether or not it's committed by a black, brown, brindle, or white individual- all should be treated equitably before the law !

I couldn't agree with you more.

Good evening to you gentle person O sung wu
Thank you for your comment

Oh so this is where the drums are being beaten now. Too much to hope for a rational discussion I see.

What have we got. Banjo hasn't wasted any time trumpeting 'FGM, and underage marriage' in the very first post, individual has gone straight to calling those who support multiculturalism 'traitors', and Hasbeen is warning of revolution.

Well I'm happy to try starting off slowly and see where it gets us.

My father-in-law emigrated to Australia from Berlin in the mid 50s. He came from a country of people who less than 10 years before that were gassing millions of men, women, and children then shovelling their bodies into ovens. The scale of this horror was utterly unimaginable and there is no doubt the trauma is still felt deeply throughout the world.

He worked hard to raise a family in his newly adopted country but still retained many of his Germanic ways. He was never one to have a few beers at the pub with work mates, none of his sons played footy or cricket (which curiously has thus far extended itself into the third generation), and he certainly hasn't adopted the so called 'Aussie' sense of humour. What he has done however is made his way in a country that was prepared in most circumstances to let him shake off the history of his former nation and also prepared to give him the room to make a life for himself.

In the eyes of many posting here his reluctance to 'fully assimilate into our Australian culture and way of life' would be a black mark against his name and so would his history.

Does it really come down to his only saving grace in the eyes of you lot is that he is white?

For some reason I thought of my country as being bigger than that.

SteeleRedux no arguement here lol
My dad also came here by ship from Germany in 1953, under those same circumstances. He told us some stories from but carried some of the hardest to bare to his dying days.
He joined the Australian army, later married had kids and worked hard all his life. He loved Australia and its people (wouldnt tolerate idiots) but never lost his regimented Germanic ways. Racism didnt exist in our family (he married a Polish Jew who died before he came over). Good people were good people.
He ran the office of Consmer affairs and Industrail relations in the Pilbara for many years. A job he was passionate about, being able to look after those being ripped-off or deceived. Who otherwise wouldnt or couldnt seek assistance. He lived and fought for a happy peaceful life and enjoyed seeing everyone happy.
Dad would befriend anyone (though not trust many). He did love to laugh, I think to make up for all the sad times.

@SteeleRedux

Trust ol' Steeley to play a few cards from the bottom of the deck.

<<My father-in-law emigrated from ... Berlin...[gas chambers] ovens>>

<<He worked hard to raise a family in his newly adopted country...[went to the pub]...played footy or cricket>>

<<Does it really come down to his only saving grace in the eyes of you lot is that he is white?>> !

Must admit I haven't read every post --but can't recall anyone mentioning *needing to be white* before Steeley brought it up!

Steeley if you think MC is all about the above, then you seriously need to get out more --take a walk on the wild side, like the ethnic enclaves of Sydney!

A few warm'n fozzy individual examples can not right the countless wrongs we let in at our expense. There has to be some filtering. You have to be cruel to be kind now rings more true than ever. Good people are very hard to find so i suggest we let in as many as we can find.
I don't believe you find them barging in through the back door. Just look how so many carry on when they realise they have failed to carry out their orders, they riot & thrash the very facilities that provide them with safety. Freedom will come when they've proven themselves genuine. Rioting is no proof.