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It’s the great Australian amnesia. We sometimes forget who we are and where we came from.
For a nation of immigrants, whose cultural diversity helped shape this adopted homeland, there are those who would like to keep Australia just as it is – or was.
The ongoing debate over who to let into the country and who to keep out found new impetus last week when Immigration Minister Chris Bowen delved into a 1970s timewarp and resurrected the multicultural mantra - the policy that launched a melting pot of ideals on living together in perfect harmony.
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Online discussions are immeasurably enriched by anonymity.
There is no doubt that the capacity to have people from the broader community contribute to discussions of a contentious nature, without fear of reprisal, has energised the political landscape and has, perhaps, even furthered our democracy.
Recall the adage, ‘it takes all sorts to make a world’.
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Helen says:
It’s perfectly possible to publish other views while deleting or disemvowelling hate speech, rudeness, personal attacks, long chunks of cut and pasted secondhand stuff, etcetera. It just needs a clearly articulated policy, like chairing a meeting. But this requires work. In the mainstream media, where we don’t even have subeditors… Read more »
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David says:
Helen, refusing to publish other views is not censorship - it’s bias. Power to the moderator. Read more »
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