One of the reasons I am getting annoyed with politics is that there isn't even any attempt to be empirical. It is a case of permanent
'why 911 means you must support my politics'
. That link is to adequacy btw. Johann Hari has an article:
How multiculturalism is betraying women
.
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An article by Gary J. Bass,
What really causes civil war?
argues that a country's wealth is a better determinant of whether it will suffer civil war than internal differences such as race, ethnicity or sectarianism.
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Chris Flynn writes
how multiculturalism is a worn out policy who's time is past
. Not once in the article does he define what multiculturalism is. Multiculturalism is the liberty to pursue your own cultural interests. As a policy it is a natural expression of liberty. The alternative is assimilation, which is by definition coercion.
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During the Questions Without Notice in the Western Australian Assembly, Margaret Quirk, the ALP member of Girrawheen
was asked
by the ALP's Jaye Radisch;
"I refer the minister to recent assertions in the media that political correctness has gone wild and that even Christmas celebrations are no longer politically correct. What is the minister's position on Christmas celebrations?"
Quirk gave an interesting answer.
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Geoffrey Blainey coined the term, "black armband history", which John Howard picked up in his 1996 election and used since as part of the longer campaign in the history wars. Blainey talks about democracy as being Australia's greatest and most difficult achievement, claiming that this majority based system is the defining component of our history. But Blainey is either ignorant, or rhetorically contemptuous in the understanding of minorities and rights in a political system. Modern Australians define themselves in the "Better Country"; failure to respect minorities, and to trample individual rights are directly the fault of our government and public institutions. Australians demand better.
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Andrew Bartlett sent a letter to the President of the Senate expressing support for multiculturalism.
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Inspired by Mark Steyn in the Spectator, and derivatively quoted in the Oz this morning ...
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