Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 8230451)

We are a nation of immgirants

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8230438)

Office, window, garden, gum trees, mountains. Err forgot sun, blue sky.

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 8230443)

If you read the relevant posts on the topic, the person saying that, was including ALL immigrants to Australia, including British. I don't think he was being racist, but as usual the rascism card is automatically played.

My reading of his posts indicated that he meant the country would be empty if we had had no immigrants, therefore an empty country = no people = no crime.

Your post and that murder have a similarity. Racism is immediately accused without really knowing the real story.

However, I am glad to see that not every migrant jumps to accuse racism first though.

The number of British that get assaulted in Australia, per 100,000 of population is very similar to the number of Indians that get assaulted.
Perhaps it's time the British had demonstrations to complain aswell ?

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8230511)

Only a quarter of the nation are immigrants:

Census figures reveal quarter of population born overseas

Originally Posted by SecretHero (Post 8230554)

I was expecting something like a pomie (I think that’s what’s called in Oz).

Hard to accept it but everyone in Australia is immigrant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia

Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 8230585)

That's a huge percentage. It's easily enough to make us a nation of immigrants. Hell, even the Aborigines migrated here.

Originally Posted by SecretHero (Post 8230554)

First of all I am not an immigrant (or Indian) and don't even live in Australia. I read the whole thing and referring to those who are calling immigrants as criminals and other sickening comments (not knowing themselves one way or other immigrated from somewhere).

Originally Posted by SecretHero (Post 8230554)

So you are Brit immigrant and complaining about another immigrant (Indian) just because they are demonstrating their rights?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 8230640)

I am complaining about people who play the racist card at every opportunity, thereby de-valuing the real racist problems.

Do you really feel that people have a right to call everything racist even if it isn't ?

Cry wolf often enough...... and you know what happens.

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8230623)

None of the Australian Aborigines here today migrate here.

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8230623)

None of the Australian Aborigines here today migrate here.

Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 8230689)

So what? They're still not originally indigenous to this country. None of us are.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8230710)

Nonsense. They sailed here from the North. They're migrants because they migrated from one place to another.

Originally Posted by WillBlack (Post 8230716)

Then they'd all have passports with visa stamps in them; except the ones I've met.

Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 8230735)

I think you'll find they did it before there was a customs or immigration system.

Originally Posted by SecretHero (Post 8230554)

Hard to accept it but everyone in Australia is immigrant.