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I, for the most part, agree with WW. The question then becomes how do you implement, check, police, and regulate all those points on the list? Perhaps we should colonise Tasmania and send all the criminals, misfits and malcontents down there. Wait a minute, I think we already have...

Wow, didn't realise this stuff was going on. I went to private schools and I can't remember hearing this stuff much. In fact, growing up, my best friend was half Cambodian half Lebanese, he stayed over at our place and I stayed over at his. I only remember one student yelling the word...

Lol, don't worry about it Nathan, I'm a traitor to my profession. I see language as a tool, not an art form. Sure, i love great books, poetry and works of literature, but unless you're trying to write one of those, it really doesn't matter, so long as your audience understands you then you're...

Well, nicolina, I'm about to reveal something about myself... I am an English language teacher. And one thing I will say is most native speakers of English are absolutely shocking at trying to teach non-native speakers, which is understandable. I may have a body, but that doesn't make me a...

Fair enough then WinstonWolfe, how exactly would you define multiculturalism if you don't define it by the number of people from different cultures residing in a particular place? By you own (statistically insignificant) personal experiences with a place (empirical). I never claimed those...

No big non-Anglo cultures? Ah, Aboriginal, Vietnamese, Chinese, Lebanese, Sudanese, Iraqi, Salvic cultures (Balkans). Expected to drop their language and assimilate? How? I know of no government policy pertaining to this and last I checked, centrelink offers a lot of translation services...

http://www.smh.com.au/world/stalker-wages-war-against-deviant-foreign-teachers-20100205-nirb.html Above is an article that appeared originally in the LA Times. One thing that really gets on my nerves these days is how much people around me seem to bend over backwards to criticise Australia's...