So, the Gillard Government, starting with
the PM herself, is
already distancing itself from a taxpayer-funded study which claimed that celebrating the centenary of ANZAC
could be divisive. This shows that the Gillard Government is not suicidally stupid
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As to why Australia should "celebrate" this courage, for oen thing it is the reputation for that sort of courage which helps keep Australia free, by convincing potential aggressors that she would not be a pushover.
So what was it that our ANZAC heros were fighting for again?
What, preventing Germany from using military aggression to dominate the Continent isn't good enough for you? You would prefer some sort of fantasy-war with a Dark Lord and his demon-hordes?
(And yes, I know that the battle most commemorated was against the Turks, but Turkey was at the time part of the German coalition, the "Central Powers").
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Australia's pretty darned good about integrating its' (willing) migrant populace; it's the unwilling and unaccepting belligerent migrants (refugee, legal and illegal) that Australia and Aussies very rightfully have an issue with. I hope that Australia continues to hold fast against the xenophilia that seems to have seized England disasterously to the detriment of her people.
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Rather sad really, since originally multiculturalism meant the adaptation and harmonious integration of the migrants to the residents, and the good aspects of both newcomer and local cultures melded together into new traditions that served to improve the whole. I find myself wondering sometimes if at some point the Agenda-Driven Club Virtue hijacked it, or the ideal was the sweetly worded trap which was meant to ensnare.
The only thing that keeps me from accepting this cynical belief are the memories of the Turkish, Iranian, Iraqi and other families working hard to integrate in West Germany when I lived there as a child, The men were vehemently teaching sons to behave respectfully in front of other women, and letting, indeed, encouraging girls go without hijab except on Ramadan (making it a cultural practice). They believed in the ideal, even if in the end it may not have worked for everyone. I hear it's changed a lot there now ( ... )
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That they also spent it to protect the freedom of speech of mealy mouthed pacifists who clearly have no idea what was paid to protect those freedoms... and also don't value the price paid for their continued freedom...
Ah well. Freedom of speech. They can be as ungrateful as they like. That doesn't stop other people from judging them as utterly contemptible either however, despite the fact they seem to want to wish otherwise.
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