Thank God I'm Australian

Every night I watch the news from around the world, and every day I cannot but feel so privaledged that I am born and bred an Aussie.

Sure, we have some problems .... trying to get along with our Aboriginal countrymen, some racial conflicts with our newest Australians, some security concerns with minority extremists, environmental issues with droughts, then floods....., but all in all we are so lucky.

No need to list the worries of the world that are all too well present, with all the deaths, conflicts, wars, racial and religious struggles that are continually beamed to us "via satellite" on our TV screens, but I wonder how we will remain safe and isolated from the conflicts that are slowly sucking in the broader parts of the globe.

The human streetscape, even in my little suburb in the inner west of Sydney is changing. I am seeing a lot more tall very black Afican (Sudanese?) people, women in full muslim wear, many middle eastern looking males and slowly but surely I am feeling the typical Aussie is disappearing.

I understand that the birth rate amongst our muslim community is nearly triple that of the multi-generational Australians.

How long before we lose our typical True Blue Aussie identity?

fear of losing identity????or some sort of stepping out of comfort zone???
or you base human value on religion, complexion, race, etcccc???
curious...

It's a commo world mate ( cosmopolitan ) , to trade , we must co-exist .

I hear what you are saying, however, I too see a heap of migrants in my community performing a service. I hear of commercial TV telling me of Gen Y demanding $$ for no experience labour. I read about the fact that the population needs to be boosted for production to continue at it's current rate to be economically viable in the global economy. I am not doo-gooder by any stretch, however, there is an immigration policy and it might play a more active part in future superannuation activities - ie. the more contributed in future, the more readily the payouts to members.

Again Roland, I hear what you are saying and I will admit I am a fence sitter (bound to get splinters!) but this importation of bodies (assumed as - dare I say it cheap! - labour) might be complementary to the product out of our schools/universities.
Just my 2 cents.

roland said:

Every night I watch the news from around the world, and every day I cannot but feel so privaledged that I am born and bred an Aussie.

Sure, we have some problems .... trying to get along with our Aboriginal countrymen, some racial conflicts with our newest Australians, some security concerns with minority extremists, environmental issues with droughts, then floods....., but all in all we are so lucky.

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If t.v. or newspaper were not watched then these events would not be a problem because one would not know about them.Even knowing about these issues doesn`t make them problems for `everyone`.

Who has driven through the main street of Auburn lately? I dropped my wife off there at a local Church Hall for her arts & crafts meeting and now know the area well.

It is such an alien feeling that exudes from that area, it certainly doesn't feel like Australia. For lunch, I bought us both a pork filled roll from the local Vietnamese bread shop there (pork bun). The asian lady running the bread shop tells me of the monthly costs of replacing her front window because she is selling sandwich fillings that are not acceptable by the local "Australians"

I kinda like my bacon and eggs on a Sunday morning

Wysiwyg said:

If t.v. or newspaper were not watched then these events would not be a problem because one would not know about them.Even knowing about these issues doesn`t make them problems for `everyone`.

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but they are being watched, and then there is the internet which is helping disseminate alternative views and support for radical thinking.

Does having an Australian passport make you Australian? Do you have to be brought up mainly in Australia to be Australian?
If you come from a foreign country and fail to successfully apply for Australian citizenship, no matter how long you have been in Australia, you are certainly not Australian.
It still surprises me how so many who seem to have lived all their lives in Australia don't really support their country properly. There seems at times to be as many whinging Aussies as Poms.

noirua said:

Does having an Australian passport make you Australian? Do you have to be brought up mainly in Australia to be Australian?
If you come from a foreign country and fail to successfully apply for Australian citizenship, no matter how long you have been in Australia, you are certainly not Australian.
It still surprises me how so many who seem to have lived all their lives in Australia don't really support their country properly. There seems at times to be as many whinging Aussies as Poms.

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What is Australia?

The land mass?

The people?

The culture? (ahem)

The government?

What is an Australian?

Someone who lives on that island?

Someone who was born on that island?

Someone who acts like an ocker(ina)?

Someone with an Australian Passport?

Someone who is indigenous to that island?

Over there she was considered a Brit because of the way she talks.

Over here she is considered an Aussie because of the way she talks.

She has always considered herself a Kenyan.

I have three passports, what am I?

roland said:

Every night I watch the news from around the world, and every day I cannot but feel so privaledged that I am born and bred an Aussie.

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For an alternate view there is probably people watching the news and thinking thank god I dont live in Australia. All those damn animal attacks and dangerous sting rays, crocodiles, sharks, snakes, and not to mention all those racists that exist there. By gee's I wont be going to cronulla anytime soon and who is the redneck politician I have heard about. Better watch out you dont get abducted whilst your there too. I heard about this forest where they kill backpackers and then this pommy couple in the desert got attacked.

Not saying Australia is bad, I think it is top notch. Just that if you watch the news you only seem to hear about the bad things going on inside a country. It would be easy to see people being scared of australia. I even recall that the australian tourism board at one stage was trying to portray australia as a safe place because of people being scared. Cant recall though which country it was in.

So what are you getting at Roland?
Are you thanking god that you are Australian, or the migrants that are moving into your area starting to worry you.

roland said:

I kinda like my bacon and eggs on a Sunday morning

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Weren't they imported from England?

Maybe the title should be 'Bloody lucky I was born in Australia.'

Having travelled a bit, lived in Rwanda, East Timor and now South America for over a year, being born into our country, and culture, is a very nice coincidence.

Thanks for being deported family.

Prospector said:

Weren't they imported from England?

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That is where the original real "aussies" came from. There were no "aussies" until the poms sent their "best" out here to become the first real Aussies. They brought out the aussie spirit which has been adapted by the migrants from then on until the mid 20th century. Whether it will survive the "multicultural" push is questionable.

kennas said:

Maybe the title should be 'Bloody lucky I was born in Australia.'

Having travelled a bit, lived in Rwanda, East Timor and now South America for over a year, being born into our country, and culture, is a very nice coincidence.

Thanks for being deported family.

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So your an ethnic Pom?

nioka said:

That is where the original real "aussies" came from. There were no "aussies" until the poms sent their "best" out here to become the first real Aussies. They brought out the aussie spirit which has been adapted by the migrants from then on until the mid 20th century. Whether it will survive the "multicultural" push is questionable.

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So the Aborigines aren't original or real?

cutz said:

So what are you getting at Roland?
Are you thanking god that you are Australian, or the migrants that are moving into your area starting to worry you.

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migrants have already "taken over" entire areas of sydney. the crime rate in these areas is extremely high, local gangs have taken over the streets, and the police are useless because the bureaucracy is more concerned with protecting peoples feelings than their life and property. even in my eastern suburbs area groups of aboriginal youths run around assaulting people (especially asian women) outside the shopping precinct in broad daylight and taking their purses. the cops don't give a ****, and what can they do with a bunch of 16 year old feral abo kids anyway? minorities are a protected species because it must be oh so hard for them to have to adjust to life in a first world country.

crime statistics clearly point out that sudanese and lebanese migrants are hugely overrepresented as perpertrators of crime, and as is the case in most countries where white people have to live with blacks and arabs, white people are overrepresented as victims of crime. go google rape in sweden for starters.

there is absolutely nothing wrong with questioning immigration policies, criticising other cultures and demanding that people who come to this country respect and uphold our way of life. instead we have sudanese arriving and immediately spiking the crime rates, and muslims going on about "muslim only" swimming days at the pool, fast food outlets not being able to serve pork products, and their desire to set up their own little state so they can implement sharia and go back to living like peasants from the middle ages.

people are utterly nieve about the true nature of islam. at least people have stopped with the "islam is the religion of peace" line because we've all picked up on the fact that this is bs, so now with a bit more research people can discover that islam isn't just a religion, it's a political doctrine, and mohammed wasn't some glorious prophet, he was a mass murdering paedophiliac narcissistic warlord with delusions of grandeur (pbuh).

i appreciate people have to step carefully when laying criticism because people always jump up and down crying "racist", but seriously, some cultures are dysfunctional are we sure as hell should NOT be importing more of these people into this country. theres millions of english speaking educated europeans who would love to settle in australia (and possibly flee parts of europe that are becoming unlivable due to immigration) we could open the doors too without worrying about cultural or religious baggage.

wayneL said:

So your an ethnic Pom?

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LOL.

A blend of Scottish, Irish and Pom.

Must be more Irish though because I had two great great grandparents die falling down mine shafts.

wayneL said:

So the Aborigines aren't original or real?

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Never said they werent here first or that they are not real. However they are not the "AUSSIES" that the world knows or representative of the "AUSSIE SPIRIT" as it exists. The aussies are the battlers that made this country great through hard work, through world wars as servicemen and women, through sporting achievements etc. That includes some aboriginals and some asians but the majority were european christians.

nioka said:

Never said they werent here first or that they are not real. However they are not the "AUSSIES" that the world knows or representative of the "AUSSIE SPIRIT" as it exists. The aussies are the battlers that made this country great through hard work, through world wars as servicemen and women, through sporting achievements etc. That includes some aboriginals and some asians but the majority were european christians.

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What is Aussie Spirit?

What makes it different to English Spirit, or Dutch Spirit, or Turkish Spirit or German Spirit, or, or, or, etc etc?

They all are battlers that made their countries great through hard work, world wars as servicemen and women and through sporting achievements etc as well.