Are they ready to come to Australia?

Ingi

I definitely agree with you 100%, to come to Australia they should come the right way by that I mean through immigration, like I did in 1949 from war torn Europe, I was 7 years old, learned English on the old ship and spoke 5 languages. We came with one large trunk with our clothes and not much else. Went to school, learned, were lucky to rent an SEC house in Newborough and then started work after 5 years of high school with the SEC as a typist. Never have been on the dole or anything, assimilated with no problems, things seemed easier somehow, no TV's, computers, only radiograms, lots of different nationalities from Europe but somehow they worked hard, appreciated this great country of ours and assimilated with each other, they went through hell back in Europe and came to a country far, far away from their own relatives and friends to make a new life for themselves, there was no Government assistance that we were handed out at all. The population of Australia in 1949 if I remember rightly was 8 million people. Nowadays people from Muslim countries seem to expect and it should be their given right to be given everything when they arrive, if they are boat people and pay a huge sum to escape their horrible country do it the right way, through proper immigration channels, not the back door. I am of the Catholic faith, I respect other people's religion but DO NOT shove it down my throat and tell me what I should be eating, wearing or what religion I should belong to, our problem here was to allow them to build their mosques etc. unless they come here assimilating into our culture and rules they are then allowed to live like we all are, pay your way, work hard, speak English, NO BURKAS, we are not allowed to enter a bank with a helmet on, yet they expect to walk in covered from head to foot. Could be man or woman who will knows?? If you don't want to obey our rules and ways of behaving decently then go back from where you come from, don't come here trying to change OUR way of life to suit yours, if you believe in Allah, that is your right but don't try to stop us believing in our faith, there is only one earth and we are all on it, if I was to go to any Islamic country would I be allowed to build a Catholic Church, of course not!! The old adage "When in Rome do what the Romans do'' the same applies here in this great country of ours Australia. I have never been racist (the word they seem to exploit every day) I don't care what country you come from, we all expect a better life for our families, but don't shove your ideals, your religion, your way of life on us our all families. To each his own I always say and then we will all live in a harmonious fashion as was intended. We are born, we grow, we nurture, we learn, we go to school, we grow up, we enter a profession if one desires or can afford it and then we marry and have children if we are blessed and so forth, the world carries on day after day, no hatred, no fighting, GREED is the killer today, whether it's the Government, some manufacturers, and POWER is next. Someone puts on a uniform and straightaway thinks they are it, you listen. I've got new for you, not one person in this world is better than anyone else, we have all been created equal, in body if not in mind.