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Brian Ross
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Frank wrote on Dec 12 th, 2017 at 5:30pm: Brian Ross wrote on Dec 11 th, 2017 at 7:51pm: Quote:We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We'll share a dream and sing with one voice "I am, you are, we are Australian" We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We'll share a dream and sing with one voice "I am, you are, we are Australian" "I am, you are, we are Australian" What a shame that you reserve the experience of being an Australian solely to yourself, Soren. We are all Australians, no matter what "race", no matter what ethnicity, no matter what culture, no matter what religion, no matter who we love. We are all Australians, one and all of us. Time you faced up to facts, my boy, time you joined with us in creating this great society, this great nation under the Southern Cross. You are on record , Bwian, for sneering at 'Australian' as singlet and thongs. But now, "We'll share a dream and sing with one voice, "I am, you are, we are Australian". Australian, Bwian, not "Multicultural Australian", as you would have it. Brian Ross wrote on Dec 3 rd, 2017 at 6:05pm: In reality, when Immigrants migrate to Australia, they undertake to become a part of the Australian Multicultural society. They decide when and how much they will assimilate. If that means they don't want to wear a pair of thongs and a singlet all day, every day, that is up to them, not you, Soren. You have no ability to determine anything. Remember, 85% of Australians are happy with Multiculturalism here.
So if the dream of Australia is not about singlets and thongs, as you would have us believe - what is it, Bwian? Is Australian culture solely about validating every other culture? Is that ALL Australia is? It can't be true that every other culture has something about it that Australians must validate but there is nothing more to Australian culture than that very genuflection before everyone else (not the white English and white Americans, of course, brave little SJW). What makes all those different people 'one'? Just landing here? The type of visa they have? What? Is there anything non-legal about being an Australian, Bwian? What do YOU take Australian culture to be, Bwian, and what is it about Australian culture that YOU would, as an Australian, expect all newcomers to honour and validate? In what way are you not a cultural Muslim, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, Mexican, Nigerian or Sudanese, etc? And please don't sh!te your pants and run a mile just because you have to eat your own stupid words. Bwian.  tsk, tsk. Oh, dearie, dearie, me. Poor, poor, Soren. I actually said that was what you believe Australian culture was. To me, Australian culture is a subset of our great Multicultural society. It is derived from White, Anglo-Saxon/Celtic settler culture, mixed in of course with a fair bit of Indigenous Australian, South Sea Islander and of course, our own Larrikenism. Your basic problem is, Soren it appears that you don't believe you are a part of that culture or of your native Danish culture. You're all adrift, out on a raft in the great sea of cultural consciousness and you fear that you've been cast adrift and don't have roots to anywhere you call home. Someone, I'm sure loves you, somewhere, Soren. Perhaps back in Copenhagen or here in Oz. It's just not me. I don't hate you. I pity you. You're welcome if you want to put down roots here but you have to accept Multiculturalism like the rest of the Australian population does. Enjoy yourself, dance a Samba, eat a Hamburger, enjoy your fish in white sauce, like your Fried Rice, love your Curry. Just stop thinking you're the sole defender of Australian culture 'cause you're not. Not by a long shot, mate. Nope, no sirree.
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