Hasbeen, you have plenty of other paranoid people here to spread your own paranoia re multiculturalism, so don't sweat it if you stay away.

Foxy, you are right. We are really flogging several dead horses here on this subject.
I will leave them alone now to flog each other!
Cheers,
Suse.

Thanks for that Banjo. I am not going completely, just I find it a waste of time & energy to try to discuss some topics, even with posters I admire & like, when our experiences make us have totally different points of view.

I find it even less interesting to bother with some of the very nasty people, whose only objective appears to be point scoring.

As you would also know, some are just too dumb to bother with, & some are so brainwashed that they obviously don't think, just repeat the preaching.

There have been some like Belly who I miss. I don't think we agreed more than 5% of the time, but you could always respect the man. You could see how his opinions had been molded, & respect them, even in disagreement.

There are others who hold some far right & some far left ideas. These obviously have formed their own opinions, which makes them much more interesting.

Nathan, here's some suggested solutions.
Homelessness, make parents responsible for their children and, if their children are found to be homeless, then return them, even fine the parents if needs be because after all said and done, they are their kids, not societies and, I would suggest that most who are homeless, start out as homeless kids.

Suicide, tough one, but agin many cases of this are caused by il parenting in the first place.

Unemployment. Place an immediate hold on all 457 visas and, make the unemployed move to where the jobs are, again, poor parenting is a contributor to this problem.

Quarantining welfare would also be a step in the right direction as it would hinder those who adjust their lifestyles to what they feel is their 'entitled income' the dole.

Education
The system is broken and to simply throw more money at a broken system (Gonski) is useless.

A better solution would be to provide affordable tutoring to those who want to better themselves. Once again poor parenting is a contributor to this issue as well.

Can you see the link Nathan?

Hasbeen, the majority of Australians have no idea just how close we come, as a nation, to be no existent as we are today if not for the extreme efforts of our forefathers in stopping the Japanese from concurring a tiny pacific island.

Imagine trying to do the same today with out bleeding hearts and do gooders brigades, ready and willing to defend any person who they see as il treated, even if it's a person who relentlessly follows the same faith that harbors the lion share of the worlds terrorism.

The sad reality is that nobody can pick a terrorist from a non terrorist and, within that faith, many change from one to another, even if they claim to be Australian because they were born here.

While I accept that not all Muslims are terrorists, I suggest that the overwhelming percentage of terrorists are Muslims, and there in lies the problem.

The religion/ whatever they refer to it by has not place here.

Dear Hassie,

We see things differently on many issues.
However, at least we're still talking.
That's something. The concept of "mutual
respect" is important.

Dear Suse,

I think I'll join you.
We both know that if we have a racialised
immigration policy - we will have a racially
divided society.

See you on another discussion.

otb,

You seem to have a distinct cognitive make-up -
a hostile attributional bias - a kind of
paranoia. Unfortunately I can't help you.
You need to seek professional help as I've
told you in the past.

Take care.

Foxy,

You don't like it when you are challenged over cherrypicking and long copy and pastes without attribution.

The solutions would be obvious to a librarian, one would have thought.

otb,

As Poirot pointed out some time ago to you -
you just can't help yourself. And like all
bullies you need a victim - and I've been
the "lucky" one chosen by you. That could have
worked - if I valued your opinion or thought
you were an equal. However I really don't
care what you think or have to say. I on occassion
enjoy condesending to respond to you - usually
I simply scroll past your posts.

I love nothing better than a challenge.
However, you're not in any position to do that.
But feel free to keep trying - and depending on
what sort of a mood I'm in - I'll either reply,
or not.