Altogether now lets sing the Australian Anthem
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!
LOL
Don't want other races spoiling the purity that is "aussie" but don't want independence.
I wonder if the Aborigines had the same mind set when the first convicts arrived. Oh but that's entirely different right?
I do agree with the idea of assimilation; to the extent that there are two very definitive boundaries:
1. Immigrants should assimilate with society but not to the extent that their religious, moral, ethical beliefs are quashed or expected to be quashed.
2. Immigrants should not demand that their religious, moral and ethical beliefs are catered for within the society.
I think that it opens up a whole different discussion about Australians...
This question got asked of myself and my class mates when I was at school. I will always remember the silence that ensued after the answers were written on the board. We were asked - What makes someone Australian?
- Someone born in Australia
- Hard working
- Loves a laugh
- Swears
- Sticks up for him/herself
- Multicultural
- Loves sports
- Likes a beer
Whilst I'm a lot of people would read the list and agree, I'm sure a lot of international forum visitors would probably think that describes themselves in their respective countries (except perhaps the first). And I'm pretty sure the list (which was more exhaustive than this) wouldn't sit well with a lot of people; some 5-6-7th generation Australian's may not even be described within this context. If you can describe what an Australian is which describes every single Australian then you are doing well.
I don't pretend to think that I haven't had thoughts about what will become of Australia if the level of immigration is to (seemingly) continuously increase but I do think that a lot of us Aussies are short-sighted in our views of immigrants. What the media doesn't seem to portray is the level of nativity/ignorance within the countries the immigrants are coming from especially what constitutes legal and illegal immigration. On the flip side, we Australians can be pretty ignorant about the plight of some our newest arrivals and what goes on in their countries.
Do you have the answer? The government certainly doesn't. I don't but I reckon there are alternative means that could at least be trialled - perhaps working hand in hand with the countries, the consulates, advertising the illegality of people smuggling etc.
And one last thing - the history comment...
How about this one; name as many native American Indian tribes/districts as you can. Follow it up with naming as many aboriginal tribes/districts as you can.
Our generousity and tolerance is biting us on the backside. Check this out.
aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8144154#comments
Anyway some people have the idea that Muslim immigrants are trying to force Australians to adopt the Muslim way of life.
Some areas of Sydney have a large number of Muslims living there. In these suburbs there are still pubs and bottle shops. TABs are still operating. You can go to a Chinese or Vietnamese restaurant and have BBQ pork. You won't be accosted on the street by a Islamic missionary.
Sure there are issues. Go windsurfing on a fine sunny weekend at Botany Bay and you will see the issues. Its has nothing to do with religion. Its about attitude and education. If you think its okay to be disrepectful to the environment by leaving rubbish around the place and be disrepectful to other members of the community by being rude and abusive then it has nothing to do with your religion. There wouldn't be many religions teaching disrepect. There are plenty of white Aussies who act like complete arseholes.
immigration is an easy way to keep the economy growing, making the rich richer.
Only trouble is, it's at the expense of the enviroment and also our social fabric.
Time for some politicians to man up and put it on the agenda.
I think we shouldn't aim for a big australia
You fvkers never give up - why don't you stick to surf sports and keep your scaremongering racist biggoted cut and paste dribble to yourself.
The content you guys seem to be focussing on is diminishing any cred this website once had.