Thread: Three Cheers for the Aussies

United Patriots of America

The following is an e-mail that is being circulated.
It is interesting to read how another English speaking country is approaching the assimilation problem with foreigners of a different culture, different religion and different language.

Best Patriotic regards
Ron Bass

Three cheers for Australia

I wish the leaders of our country would take a stand like Australia Muslims who want to live under Islamic Shari law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government
targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown.
Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state and its laws were made by parliament.

"If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Shari law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he said on national television. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia, one the Australian law and another the Islamic law, that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Shari law and have the opportunity to go to
another country, which practices it ,perhaps, then, that's a better option, "Costello said.
Asked whether he meant radical clerics should be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country.

Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off". "Basically, people who don't want to be Australians, and they don't want to live by Australian values and understand them, well then they can basically clear off," he said. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.
AMERICA and EUROPE... ARE YOU LISTENING?
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IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It !
I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically
correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia.
However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of Australia being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom. We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese,
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to
become part of our society, then learn the language!
Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push but a fact because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God
offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home,
Because God is part of our culture. We will accept your beliefs and will not question why, all we ask is that you accept ours and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.
If the Southern Cross offends you, or you don't like "A Fair Go", then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet.

We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from.
By all means keep your culture but do not force it on others.
This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you
every opportunity to enjoy all this, but once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom,
"THE RIGHT TO LEAVE."
If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted. Pretty easy really, when you think about it.

I figure if we all keep passing this to our friends (and enemies) it will also, sooner or
later get back to the complainers, lets all try, please.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE, PERHAPS WE
CAN CREATE A GROUND
SWELL AND
SEND OUR POLITICIANS THE MESSAGE THAT THE
VAST MAJORITY OF US
BELIEVE AS THE AUSSIES DO.........

Yes indeed - bless the Aussies.

Where is that spirit in America now!!!!????

The Aussies are a tough bunch and don't tolerate BS! My hubby will be glad to see this post as he is from Australia! GO AUSSIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are with ya!

Congrats to Australians. They have their priorities straight. Makes our leaders look more stupid and weak than they already do (well, most of them).

It's plain to see, the Australian leaders and thier citizens have more balls then they have political correctness, it's a shame we can't say the same for a lot of American citizens and their leaders!

The American leaders aren't leaders..they aren't even men.

Where is that spirit in America now!!!!????

It's plain to see, the Australian leaders and thier citizens have more balls then they have political correctness, it's a shame we can't say the same for a lot of American citizens and their leaders!

In fairness to the majority they are just waking up (due to the border) from an enduced trance executed by a complicit media. That's where our job comes in EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE.

As for the Aussies YESSSSSSSSSSSSS GO AUSTRALIA GO!

Would someone be kind enough to tell me where to find the little hand clappy, frog jumpy emoticons cause there are times like this that I NEED THEM I've always loved their accent, loved their individuality and LOVE their strength of character and spirit.

Absolutely! The lessons we could learn from the Australians. Of course they have their share of PC politicians and pundits who undermine Australia at every chance they get.



SYDNEY: Australia plans to use an armed detention ship to house illegal Asian fishermen caught off its remote northern coast, sparking criticism that keeping people in a floating prison would breach human rights obligations.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who has enforced a tough border protection policy, said the detention ship was appropriate as Australia faced a stream of illegal fishermen.

"The need for it is obvious. You can have a situation where you could have a surge of illegal fishermen and women and a holding capacity of that kind is very sensible," he said.

"This is a particular need in a special situation," Howard told reporters.

Civil libertarians, the Labour opposition and the Australian Greens party all condemned the prison ship plan as uncivilised, drawing comparisons with British convicts sent from overflowing prison hulks to Australia more than 200 years ago.

"A couple of centuries ago people were condemned to hulks for stealing bread," said Pauline Spencer, from Victoria state's Federation of Community Legal Centres.

"Now we're looking at people being condemned to these hulks for stealing fish. . .," she told reporters.

AdvertisementAdvertisementAustralia, which automatically detains asylum seekers arriving by boat on remote islands or outback centres, has intercepted 234 foreign fishing vessels this year, more than double the number caught last year.

Most of those detained are Indonesian fishermen seeking lucrative shark fins. They are fined and sent back to their villages but their ships are burned.

Australian Customs has advertised for tenders to lease a vessel that will act as an offshore detention ship capable of holding 30 detainees and be fitted with deck-mounted machine guns, a spokesman for Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz said.

The ship would be used to secure illegal arrivals at sea for two to three days, allowing navy vessels to keep patrolling instead of immediately returning to port with detainees.

"We need a vessel that will be able to hold illegal fishers out at sea so we can round up even more of the boats," Abetz told reporters.

Australia already operates a detention-supply ship, the Oceanic Viking, in its cold southern waters. It is used to hold illegal fishermen caught with valuable Patagonian Toothfish.

In March, the Oceanic Viking was deployed for two weeks off northern Australia where it held two groups of 40 Asian fishermen, ferrying them to the tropical port of Darwin.

Its success prompted the decision to deploy a detention ship in northern waters.

Australia will spend $A10 million ($NZ12.38 million) a year leasing the new ship, which could be operating by early 2007.

"This policy harks back to Australia's penal history, when we should be at the forefront of compassionate and human solutions to border issues," Greens Senator Kerry Nettle said in a statement.

The Australian Council for Civil Liberties said the plan should be ditched. It was concerned about human rights abuses because the detention ship would keep detainees far from public scrutiny.

In May, Australia said it would spend $A500 million toughening security of its remote northern border with more surveillance flights and sea patrols. Nearly $A400 million will be spent combating illegal fishing.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3753136a12,00.html

AlturaCt:

I got it I got it

All the PC "pundits" who like to tell everybody how to live their lives should be given their own country. (Pick one - any one as long as it's not here).

Then they can all pick on each other and leave the rest of us alone.

On second thought, Antartica sounds like a good place. With the ice shelves and glaciers melting, they soon will have plenty of land room. Something good coming out of global warming.