mozzaok wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 6:49pm:

The point of my comment was not to be funny but to indicate, using the euphemistic metaphor ‘party time’, my belief that innate in the European mindset is the same xenophobic instinct that has existed for millennia. My belief is that once vilification or hatred of a group is evoked, that demon (meant metaphorically) cannot be exorcised from society short of decades, or even, in entrenched cases like European anti-Semitism, after hundreds of years.

But I believe Australians are better than Europeans at exorcising those demons or preventing their entrenchment altogether, mainly because we do not have an overwhelming sense of historical inevitability, but also because we value egalitarianism and a have an innate sense of empathy for those who suffer.

We have proven over the last 60 years that we can absorb large numbers of migrants without our society being torn apart and I firmly believe we’ll prove over the next 60 that we can do it again. We’re not perfect down here, but I bet we’re about as good as you get.

But like every society, we must be careful how and what we hate, lest we need to live with it forever.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 7:34pm:



It aint't 'dark humour', David, when you have to explain it like this. And you know that.

Or perhaps you don't.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 7:51pm:



You can't be anti-racist unless you give a scientific definition of what race is.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 8:10pm:



Never been called that. How about you?

It is surprising that the anti-semitism so repugnant to all, when practised by muslims, seems to be taken as far less offensive, by some, when practised by europeans.

Tallo raises the issue of defining race, and that is a very valid question, because the definition has changed dramatically, for the vast majority of people, over the last century.

We see those who wish to legitimise their own preferences, harking back to nineteenth century definitions of Negro, Caucasian, Mongoloid, and steer away from the more modern interpretation of any people sharing a common descent or heredity, and/or any people who share a common history, language, or cultural traits.

I accept the latter as the most relevant definition to work with, in relation to how most modern people use the word.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 8:22pm:


I see. So all that pink pathos is about farting into a cup of tea.
How very entertaining 

YAWN...All of which has what to do with Multiculti and the Death of  Australian National Identity?

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jun 13^th, 2009 at 8:42pm:



To see things and to imagine them aren't one and the same.

But Grendel is right all this have nothing to do with Multiculti and the Death of  Australian National Identity.