I received this from a friend. I agree with nearly all of what I received so I am passing it on with only minor edits. (I don’t drink beer and very rarely eat pork so those points in the original are not applicable to me.) I think too much is made of nationalism. It is used to promote division and highlight differences between people when we should be promoting tolerance. But we do need to promote tolerance. And that tolerance does not extend to allowing intolerance to or active destruction of our laws and our customs. It does not mean allowing people to bypass normal channels and buy a ticket to Australia so they can get a free ride.
\nA Letter to the Editor
\nSo many letter writers have explained how this land is made up of immigrants.
\nMaybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people why today’s Australian is not willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any longer.
\nBack in 1900 (after federation) when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to Australia, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and be documented.
\nSome would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground.
\nThey made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times.
\nThey made learning English a primary rule in their new Australian households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.
\nThey had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture.
\nNothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labour laws to protect them.
\nAll they had were the skills, craftsmanship and desire they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.
\nMost of their children came of age when World War II broke out.
\nAustralians fought alongside men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Sweden, Poland and so any other places.
\nNone of these first generation Australians ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from.
\nThey were Australians fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan.
\nThey were defending the Freedom as one people.
\nWhen we liberated France, no-one in those villages was looking for the Ukrainian-Australian or the German-Australian or the Irish-Australian.
\nThe people of France saw only Australians.
\nAnd we carried one flag that represented our country.
\nNot one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country’s flag and waving it to represent who they were.
\nIt would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here.
\nThese immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an Australian.
\nAnd here we are in 2014 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges, but not to learn or speak English.
\nThey want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes an Australian passport and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country.
\nThat’s not what being an Australian is all about.
\nAustralians have been very open-hearted and open-minded regarding immigrants, whether they were fleeing poverty, dictatorship, persecution, or whatever else makes us think of those aforementioned immigrants who truly did ADOPT our country, and our flag and our morals and our customs. And left their wars, hatred, and divisions behind.
\nI believe that the immigrants who landed in Australia in the early 1900;s deserve better than that for the toil, hard work and sacrifice.
\nI think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags, fighting foreign battles on our soil, making Australians change to suit their religions and cultures, and wanting to change our country’s fabric by claiming discrimination when we do not give in to their demands.
\nIt’s about time we get real and stand up for our forefathers rights, we are AUSTRALIANS!
\nLest we forget it!!! NO MORE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS. NO MORE not saying CHRISTMAS in our stores and in our schools.
\nHope this letter is read by millions of people all across Australia and Aussies living overseas.
\nP. S. — Please pass this on to everyone you know to help ensure our country is not taken over by radical non-Australians !!!
\nKEEP THIS LETTER MOVING !!
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I received this from a friend. I agree with nearly all of what I received so I am passing it on with only minor edits. (I don’t drink beer and very rarely eat pork so those points in the original are not applicable to me.) I think too much is made of nationalism. It is … <\/p>\n