i have no issue with anyone coming here to live but make the bloody effort to assimilate and value our living standards and communication.............
clearly they do or they wouldn't be emigrating here.
what about aussies being more tolerant?
not everyone in the world speaks english, and it's not like a saudi death squad are going to give you a few year's notice of arrest so you can get your english on tongue before an option of leaving, or the taliban are going accept you even learning english before you attempt to leave.
no, most of the time, whether by plane, boat or foot, a refugee or immigrant had to leave yesterday. it takes YEARS to learn english, not days.
i think the viewpoint of "assimilate or f__k off" is terribly shortsighted and does nothing to make life easier for those suffering hardship. if anything it does more damage because YOU are segregating THEM because they don't speak english. that just drives people further away from mainstream society and does nothing to help them fit in.
if you were a little more patient and actually LISTENED to what they were trying to gesture and communicate, you might actually understand and be able to help them.
maybe it's YOU who should f__k off - and take a trip to afghanistan and stay in a HOUSE (not hotel ordering room service) in kabul for a few nights, then try and get out of the country and travel (hah!) to khartoum and stay a few nights there.
how does it feels to not speak the language in an intolerant society? do you like the treatment?
how would you do things differently now?
or is that just too hard? would you like a cup of concrete with your plate of apathy? because these people have made the trip with nothing for a permanent change with their entire family.
i think they deserve a little more respect.
these people have to have a lot of money or be locked up for a few years to make the change. those who come here legally still have had no time to learn english, so they have to start a business and employ their family, because they're the only ones they can effectively communicate with.
that's taking on financial risk for personal safety. what do they care? they're alive and under no threat, they can make it work.
i think it's time for every aussie to be labelled like the jews were duing the holocaust. wear a red star if you're a redneck, then any other likeminded rednecks can all bandy around the campfire singing koombayah, then you're all grouped together nice and tight so i'd only need a few bullets or pipe bombs......