Well, multiculturalism is great, and is working just fine in Aus - fish 'n chips (beer-battered Barra of course) on Fridays, Moussaka, Chow Mein, Nasi Goreng, Three-tiered-prawn, Dim sum, Sushi, Lasagna or Spaghetti Bolognese, Vindaloo curry, Irish Stew, Roo tail, bacon and egg roll, rice, mash, okra, peas, Tiramisu, Rizogalo, junket or trifle and custard - magic!

Food choice is great - and so are the great mixture of people.

Many new Aussies are the very salt of the earth, though some may dress differently, dance differently, speak differently, appear different, and pray differently, they've taken to Aus, and we've (mostly) taken to them.
And when I say 'new' I'm taking in a lot of years, right up to now.

Heard of some 10 pound Poms who expected to take over the place - because of their 'Brit heritage' I suppose - and couldn't wait to make the fare 'home' asap, once they realized Aussies weren't a pushover.

A few problems with some of the most recent arrivals, but they'll mostly settle-in pretty soon - if we treat them reasonably and give them a chance. Meantime, some do need some schooling and some discipline - though that's the same for some dyed-in-the-wool Aussies who can't help but chide over all the interlopers taking the jobs they wouldn't do themselves 'in a pink fit'.

Takes all kinds - new, and old.

Religion is personal, and as long as all comply with 'Do unto Others as You would have ...', then it should be ok - but no fudging.

When we look around at say Syria, Iraq, Myanmar, you'd have to say that religious freedom in Aus is working pretty well.

One thing I would say about religion, it seems quite a reasonable way to inculcate basic morality and ethics - if handled properly.
I reckon I've done reasonably with it, not perfect, but ok.
(Not that its had such a great effect on some dinky-di's though.)

Dear David,

«I am reading his "Critique of Pure Reason" and will try to live a moral life without faith.»

While I believe that I could, if I wanted and invested the necessary time and effort, punch some holes in Kant's attempts to justify morality in rational terms alone, this would be the most foolish thing for me to do.

Suppose one practices morality out of faith in Kant's book, then why not? what is important here is that they practice morality, itself an important preliminary step towards spirituality. Rare enough are the people who are genuinely interested in morality, rarer still are those who use it as a springboard to spirituality. If people pursue morality because of Kant, then blessed be Kant.

«From my reading of history faith has been responsible for much more harm than good.»

First we must be careful whether history-books recorded true faith, mere beliefs, or even total hypocrisy and pretense at faith.

Then we should look at what their faith (if any) was in.
Even when they claim that their faith was in God, we must be reserved and wonder whether it was truly God that they had faith in, or just some borrowed idea of Him.

Dear Yuyutsu,

Good bye for now.

Individual wrote: "Which immigrant group other than the Anglo Saxon is still compensating the Australian Indigenous to this day ?"

Although the Anglo-Saxons were the greatest criminals compensation to Aborigines is set by parliament. In these days of multiculturalism the ethnic mix of the Australian parliament is reflective of the ethnic mix of Australia.

Multiculturalism is the reason Victoria is locked down and in a total state of disarray.

Armchair Critic,

Victoria is in lockdown because of runaway WuFlu.

But I understand what you are saying: We can trace the cause of our problems to factors that led us down the path that eventually brought us to the WuFlu pandemic. That's exactly the sort of thing historians and sociologists do. They unlock the hidden facts that the ordinary person cannot see.