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Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Friday, January 28, 2011

Racism isn't a good thing.

Racism is never a good thing.



It is disappointing that there are those bent on dividing the people of Australia along race and skin colour grounds, and I may have misunderstood this debate, because generally speaking we aren't a racist nation, so you'd have to ask why the latest push to split the nation down the middle on grounds of genetics has arisen at all?

We all have quite diverse family backgrounds and heritage and the one thing we have in common is our love of this country. So when some people say that they want to split this country into two nations of aboriginal people and others frankly I don't understand it whatsoever.
What unites us is our commonality, our life here, our legal, and democratic systems and the rights, freedoms and responsibilities that we ALL enjoy, these are the true essences of our national unity, and all of them are colour blind and ignore genetics.

So you have to ask why would we start a national debate that is based on skin colour, genetics, and place of birth?
Such a debate can only split and divide, further fracture and fragment this nation into one of broken people and divided communities, communities where people are divided on skin colour, genetics, and where your family was born.
While I have the utmost respect for Aboriginal elders, I do think their fight for justice is taking them down a path that will ultimately cause more wrongs than it can ever right.......and it has government backing … Turn It Up.

...I'm Michael Robinson.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Our Freedoms under attacks

Today The Australian newspaper carries survey results from a Macquarie University survey that reminds us that some in our society are so closed minded that they put the views of atheists and agnostics forward as true and factual and anyone with any other view is treated as somewhat mentally ill and derided.
This has been an attitude by those with spontaneous and self inspired wisdom on the “left” of political discourse and it is hypocritical because if someone had labelled those who don't believe in God has having disturbing beliefs and mocking their views as being simply made up you know they wouldn't stand for it.
Religious instruction in schools is protected by constitutional law (The reason church run schools were given over to the state to run was because the state “promised” to protect these rights) and it is so in order for parents to ensure that the religion they believe is taught to their children.

It isn't a matter for some university lecturer or some philosophy student, or even some radical political social experimenter to decide what your children and mine should be taught about what our family's religious believes. Scripture class is the final place where parents still get to have any influence over how their own children are educated.
I thought we still living in a country where the importance of the family, freedom of religion and freedom of speech were important and protected – yeah right - Turn It Up.


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Monday, November 15, 2010

What is cultural diversity if not diverse and cultural?

Let me pre-empt today's comment with some background.

For years I have used a saying: "If you try to offend no one you may end up offending everyone."

How often have you been offended that your religious and cultural festivals, days and moments have been banned because of some so called potential clashes with other groups who frankly mostly speak up and say they enjoy the diversity and welcome given to cultural celebration.

In Australia we speak of "cultural diversity" but we must ask what use is it to promote cultural diversity if we dare not celebrate culture or diversity?




The so called politically correct gang have struck again, last week it was reported that Vic-Roads, has told staff not to pause for a minute's silence at 11am on 11th day of the 11th month because someone in the administration of that department has suggested that showing respect might be culturally offensive to someone.
The ban on this Australian tradition did not come out of some community outrage or even some anti war protesters getting the whole thing confused. No. It was simply some confused policy of banning something just in case someone … somewhere … somehow …. might perhaps … possibly … take some offense.
Well, as we approach Christmas time let me put on the record for all of those Australians, be the Christian ,or be they simply part of this community in some way or another who accept that we all have diverse family and cultural backgrounds and we all get along quite well thank you very much without the interfering and meddling of someone who wants to stick their head in the sand and bland wash our culture until it is meaningless.
It is both inconceivable and strongly offensive for anyone to attempt to rub out any aspect of our traditional Australian religious and cultural practices, whether that is remembering the sacrifices of the past, showing respect to others or this Christmas calling it a holiday season … Turn It Up.


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more of in the business world.

If you have need for a commercial plumber, check him out.



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Where to Listen:
Turn It UP Mike Segment can be heard 
on Radio 2SM and stations on the Super Network
Monday to Friday with Grant Goldman.
http://www.2sm.com.au
click on Grant Goldman and Listen Live online

How to Contact
To sponsor this segment on the 2SM
Super Radio Network and
online email me at
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