Dear Paul,

Robert Russell's post was well argued and I thought it
worthwhile presenting it here. He pointed out that
acting like a British colonial outpost while
claiming to be an independent nation was not altogether
a good look. And he is right - we are a new country, not
a clone of the old one. Staying "mono-cultural"
was not good economically or socially and in any case
we'd have a hard time trying to pretend that we are
"British" these days anyway.

We have moved on and created something different.
And that is something of which we can all be proud.
That should be enough.

As Russell stated - "I can't imagine a modern Australia
that didn't reflect its regional location, its
multicultural immigration heritage as well as its
Indigenous culture, whilst acknowledging the British
colonial influences as well.

Best of all worlds. That's us.

//The dishonesty of Toni, who cannot accept Bankstown Council allotted parks especially for walking dogs; why? to keep them off the streets where Muslims live.//

Josephus, you're allowed to walk your dog on any street within the Bankstown Council area. I rang them, and checked.

//Toni,
Listen to this Lakemba Imam.
http://www.facebook.com/theimamofpeace/videos/290368501693594/?t=13//

Yeah, just for the record... I don't click on any links which start with .facebook after the www bit.

I've been fooled by that mob before. Never again, Josephus.

why is it that only nations civilised by white people must be multicultural?

Every culture should have their own nation.

After a half dozen pages, we are starting to get around to what's behind the real thinking of the monoculturalists, its not culture as such, its Nationalism. They are not concerned that a bunch of Poms want to gather for a day down in the Southern Highlands south of Sydney, and watch 'Morris' dancing. What concerns the nationalists is the number of people claiming to be Muslim, about 2.5% of the population, and their disproportionate concentration in some suburban areas of Sydney and Melbourne, where they believe they present a danger to the normal existence of the majority. I agree there is evidence of radicalization among some Muslims in Australia, and radicalization is a danger, even when it only involves a small number of individuals, it has to be countered by the authorities at every turn. Having said that, I do not believe there is evidence, and none has been presented here, that all Muslims are radicalized by their religion. Just as there is no evidence that even the majority of Muslims, through a blinding adherence to Islam, want to totally subvert the "Australian way of life", and impose some kind of Islamic state upon the whole of the nation. If there was such evidence, then I would agree with a total ban on that religion, and punitive action against its adherents.
One thing of great comfort for me as an atheists is the fastest growing "religion" in Australia is, no religion at all, now over 30% of the population.

Atheists are the #1 loophole for Islam to gain ground. Why ? Anyone with a ¼oz of brain can figure that out.