Canberrans urged to help end racism

justin heywood said :

Maya123 said :

Of course, not having a degree, I’m not qualified to comment. That’s what you appear to be inferring.

Sure Maya, we’ve all met uni graduates that are as dumb as a bag of rocks, although a PhD and an Oxford Honours degree indicates that, at the very least, the person has a fairly thoughtful outlook. But these people have also managed to lead large powerful countries. Countries that have more significant experience with this issue than small, comfortable ACT.

So yes, I would certainly give their opinion more weight than Simon’s – unless he’s done much more than his modest resume would indicate.

Well said, Justin.

justin heywood said :

Maya123 said :

Of course, not having a degree, I’m not qualified to comment. That’s what you appear to be inferring.

Sure Maya, we’ve all met uni graduates that are as dumb as a bag of rocks, although a PhD and an Oxford Honours degree indicates that, at the very least, the person has a fairly thoughtful outlook. But these people have also managed to lead large powerful countries. Countries that have more significant experience with this issue than small, comfortable ACT.

So yes, I would certainly give their opinion more weight than Simon’s – unless he’s done much more than his modest resume would indicate.

Yes, it does indicate these people know how to get to the top. George Bush got there too.

Maya123 said :

Of course, not having a degree, I’m not qualified to comment. That’s what you appear to be inferring.

Sure Maya, we’ve all met uni graduates that are as dumb as a bag of rocks, although a PhD and an Oxford Honours degree indicates that, at the very least, the person has a fairly thoughtful outlook. But these people have also managed to lead large powerful countries. Countries that have more significant experience with this issue than small, comfortable ACT.

So yes, I would certainly give their opinion more weight than Simon’s – unless he’s done much more than his modest resume would indicate.

HenryBG said :

Corbell seems confused – he starts off talking about racism, and then starts babbling about “cultural diversity”.
Does he not understand that the two are unrelated concepts?

Here is what Angela Merkel thinks of Corbell’s quaint beliefs:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/multiculturalism-in-germany-has-failed-says-chancellor-20101017-16p7h.html

Here is what David Cameron as to say about the same thing:
http://www.news.com.au/world/multiculturalism-policies-in-britain-a-failure-says-pm-david-cameron/story-e6frfkyi-1226000767708

Now, who do you think has the better grasp on reality?
The German leader, a Physics PhD?
The UK leader, a 1st-class Honours Oxford graduate?
Or Simon Corbell, a graduate in “Communication” at CCAE?

What has their degree got to do with it? Personally I prefer to consider someone’s abilities above their level of education, unless the education is relevant (such as a medical doctor talking about medical subjects). I have met very intelligent people with little education, and people with degrees who were of – um – average intelligence, although the latter would have thought their degree made them superior.
Not that it really has anything to do with the comments and beliefs here, but coming from your angle, Simon Corbell’s education makes him possibly the most qualified to comment on this subject. Unless “a 1st-class Honours Oxford graduate” in whatever is relevant.

Of course, not having a degree, I’m not qualified to comment. That’s what you appear to be inferring.

Corbell seems confused – he starts off talking about racism, and then starts babbling about “cultural diversity”.
Does he not understand that the two are unrelated concepts?

Here is what Angela Merkel thinks of Corbell’s quaint beliefs:
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/multiculturalism-in-germany-has-failed-says-chancellor-20101017-16p7h.html

Here is what David Cameron as to say about the same thing:
http://www.news.com.au/world/multiculturalism-policies-in-britain-a-failure-says-pm-david-cameron/story-e6frfkyi-1226000767708

Now, who do you think has the better grasp on reality?
The German leader, a Physics PhD?
The UK leader, a 1st-class Honours Oxford graduate?
Or Simon Corbell, a graduate in “Communication” at CCAE?

Canberra already has a long establish community of diplomatic commissions and foreign embassies. Canberrans are very global citizens in Australia. I’d estimate that much of business I did in Canberra was with diplomatic commissions. Canberra doesn’t really have ethnic segregation. The socio-economic level is fairly high. When I had lived in other cities, there are majority ethnic areas, such as Auburn, NSW or Dandenong, VIC. The older established migrants tend to move out of these areas to the more affluent suburbs and that tends to leave those areas in decay and leads to crime.

Maya123 said :

I see race as irrelevant. It’s the culture that people bring with them I consider is relevant, and that can be brought by a person of any race.

I find myself in full agreement with you on that.
But there comes a time (no, I am not channeling Neil Young) when people of all races that are resident here identify solely as Australians and they predominantly adopt the Australian culture (what is left of it).

I see race as irrelevant. It’s the culture that people bring with them I consider is relevant, and that can be brought by a person of any race.

This country has laws and policies in place to advantage and favour people based on their minority status, but you expect Joe Public not to discriminate on the same grounds? Good luck with that.

Darkfalz said :

I see much more positive discrimination than I do racism of any kind. And most of the racism I see is not from white people. Honestly, we pay taxes for the perpetuation of this utter nonsense?

It’s an industry fostered by progessive nannies who are urging more people to demand to be abused, villified etc.
All it is doing is ensuring that we never have “official” reconciliation and we continue to allow migration of culturally incompatible people into Australia, some of whom happen to also be of a different race to our original inhabitants and British settlers.
I think this latest media release is part of a smoke screen to mask other major problems festering within the government.
As you rightly say it is a waste of our taxes.