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WHITE POWER!
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From: "Stan Pierce" <ecre...@bigpond.net.au>
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Subject: Re: WHITE POWER!
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"Chris McDonald" <ch...@csse.uwa.edu.au> wrote in message
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> "Stan Pierce" <ecre...@bigpond.net.au> writes:
>
>
>>What qualities do Middle Eastern people have that would enhance the life of
>>Australians. That's what I meant.
>>
>>Thus the country lived free from social disruption over religious differences.
>>I'm saying that certain policy changes were carried out in the 1970s with no
>>reference to the past experience. This is not intelligent action. It was an
>>agenda of certain academics for some reason that no-one wants to question.
>
>
> I'm an Australia and am in contact, daily, with people originally from
> Middle Eastern countries and, in particular, they enhance my professional
> life with differing ideas and points of view.
>
> These people, some of whom are now Australians too, have a different
> religion than I do but (as I have no religion) then Christians have a
> different religion, too. So what? These people are not automatically
> socially disruptive simply because they have a different (or any)
> religion.
>
> Yes, people from other regions could (and do) equally do this and,
> possibly, the people I interact with may not enhance your life - but
> so what?
>
> You appear to want to categorise whole geographic regions and religions
> as either acceptable or as socially disruptive because of their religion.
> There's no basis for such generalisations.
>
> Chris.
Oh but unfortunately, there is. It's called evidence.