What is this I don't even...

[Noblesse]

Just received this forward email from an old friend:

Our Australia

FROM  DR EARNEST TAYLOR (Ret) WHO MIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA
 
I  emigrated to Australia just over 45 years ago – On the  ship there were Poms, Italians, Yugoslavs and Greeks,  (Note – All European people!!) all looking forward  to starting a new life in Australia.  I arrived  with 42 pounds  in my pocket and that’s all I had to my name.   Did I put my hand out?? Of course not – I  got a job and paid my way just like everyone else who  came to this country back then.

Now,  it’s my taxes that subsidize these people who think they  have Gods given right (read Allah) to come here and  criticise  those of us who have worked for the  country we now call home.

If  I didn’t like what I saw when I got here I would have  gone home – they have the same option.  If they  don’t want to become an Australian, they can…………….GO  BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM – WE DON’T NEED THEM  HERE!!!

Our  Australia   
When  will this stop,
They  want two of their own public holidays, because  Christians have Christmas, Easter & good  Friday,
They  force our children to eat Halal Meat Pies and  Sausage Rolls from the school canteens, so the  Muslim kids can feel more Aussie, we were not  consulted about this change, they went ahead and  just did it.
Our  foods are slowly all becoming Halal foods, our  Bega cheeses, Cadbury chocolates even good old Sanitarium  foods show the halal logo

Our  Government is ALLOWING this to happen, it has to  stop now, while we still have some people power to be  able to stop it.
   
Regarding   Our National Anthem


I  am  sorry, but after hearing they want to sing the  National Anthem in  Arabic -  enough is enough.  No where or at no other  time in our nation's history, did they  sing it in Italian, Japanese, Polish, Irish (Celtic), German, Portuguese, Greek, or  any other language  because of immigration.  It was written in English, and should be  sung word for word the way it was   written.

The  news broadcasts  even gave the translation -- not even   close.

I am  not sorry if this  offends anyone, but this is MY COUNTRY - IF IT IS   YOUR COUNTRY SPEAK UP ----and please pass  this  along

I am  not against  immigration -- just come through like everyone  else.  Get a sponsor; have a place to lay  your head; have a job; pay  your taxes, live by the rules AND LEARN THE LANGUAGE as all   other immigrants have in the past -- and  LONG LIVE Australia  !


PART  OF  THE PROBLEM. Think about this:  If you don't want  to forward  this for fear of offending  someone-----YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM   !!!!

Will  we still have  our Country of Choice and still be Australian if  we  continue to make the changes forced on  us by the people from  other countries who  have come to live in Australia because it is their  Country of Choice??   
And by our politicians who are allowing this to happen.
Think  about  it!

IMMIGRANTS,  NOT  AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT.

It  is Time  for  Australia  to   Speak up.

I'm nauseated, and contemplating sending a reply....

[*ryan777*]

ok i agree some people (a small minority) should make more of an effort to assimilate but obviously this person is just some pissed off douche bag with too much free time

and whats wrong with halal meat? i seriously would not care if ate it or not, is there even a difference?

personally i feel the government should step back from immigration policy, open the door a bit and watch our population and economy boom

[TrueLight]

i don't really read up on immigration but do we subsidise them if they come legally?

[m@tty]

@*ryan777* How would our economy boom?

EDIT:
What would they bring with them to value add?

Possibly Money, though in most cases I assume they possess little.

Possibly skills, more hopeful here, though I don't know the actual levels most immigrate with.

[stonecold]

@*ryan777* How would our economy boom?

...more like our already ailing infrastructure would fail even more...

[superflya]

FKN SAD FUCKS, got too much spare time on their hands. tis all bs.

[*ryan777*]

population increases demand, demand means more jobs, jobs means money, money means the word keeps spinning etc etc
ok ill retract my usage of "boom" but an increasing population is more than likely going to help the economy grow

[m@tty]

Yes that is true.

The main factor here is ensuring that they enter the work force, otherwise, by my logic, they will be a drag on the economy.

[TrueLight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPAieVeiP2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OekCUmGROKo

exactly to the above

[kendraaaaa]

Population of Australia: ~21 million, Area: 7,692,024 km2
Population of Germany: ~85 million, Area: 357,114km2

Germany used just as a reference. WE NEED PEOPLE

And actually, some of the things written in that email aren't all that crazy. I mean, I'm all in favour of immigration and I think that's one of our biggest strong points (my parents fled communist Poland to come here). But, that doesn't mean we should allow our national identity to be sacrificed for multiculturalism. If you make the choice to come to Australia (talking about people who go through the immigration process, not refugees or asylum seekers) then I believe that decision should be accompanied with your interest and willingness to accept most Australian values.

[Cthulhu]

kendraaaaa and how much of our land is actually suitable for living?

[kendraaaaa]

kendraaaaa and how much of our land is actually suitable for living?

I know but come on, it's not like we're full.

[Cthulhu]

kendraaaaa and how much of our land is actually suitable for living?

I know but come on, it's not like we're full.

Yeah I know. I'm not against letting them in. I think we should. I just don't know where we'd put them. Our cities are pretty much at their limit for size; Melbourne keeps building outwards. Perth and maybe Darwin might be good spots but they're probably pushing their resources enough as it is.

[kendraaaaa]

kendraaaaa and how much of our land is actually suitable for living?

I know but come on, it's not like we're full.

Yeah I know. I'm not against letting them in. I think we should. I just don't know where we'd put them. Our cities are pretty much at their limit for size; Melbourne keeps building outwards. Perth and maybe Darwin might be good spots but they're probably pushing their resources enough as it is.

I'm no expert just bouncing off ideas, but wouldn't that mean we're in need of upgrading our cities infrastructures? Or perhaps more boldly, building new cities? Just from observation, for instance the drive from Melbourne to Sydney is so ridiculously boring because there's simply nothing. Just empty fields and the occasional cow which gets you excited. I guess the water problem arises too, but then desalination?

[*ryan777*]

building new cities would be ideal....in the ideal world

in reality nobody is going to move out to the middle of nowhere in hope a few other thousand ppl do the same

the key imo, is to further ease land/building restrictions in the current cities, there are quite a lot of people on the outer fringes of cities (way too far out for a city of 3~4million) that would love to move inwards but the current level of supply (i blame government restrictions) doesnt allow it to happen