DD> I don't favour imigration limiting (I am an imigrant
DD> myself). Somehow people should be encouraged to integrate.

TC> Can you tell me why you favour imigration.ie give me a reason that
TC> outways the fact that one of our biggest problems is unemployment..

TC> how can bringig more people here do anything but make it worse.
TC> I will admit that OZ has in many cases benifitted from imigrants
TC> such as your good self (thats bullshit I just said that to ensure
TC> my mail feed :-) ). Obviously ALL australins are imigrants but
TC> surely we have to start seriously considering putting a total
TC> end to imigration until we have sorted out the mess?.

DD> Pauline Hanson seemed to be keen on limiting
DD> immigration from Asian countries only.  She didn't
DD> seem to be bothered by "white Europeans" comming here.

Irrelevant to that general question of
immigration at a time of high unemployment.

TC> I am obviously oversimplfying the whole debate,there must
TC> be good reasons for encourageing immigation (maybe imigrants
TC> just spell better?) as a lot of more intelligent people than
TC> I are strong supporters of it. I just want to know their reasons?

DD> If immigration figures are to be limited, the limit
DD> should be on _total_ persons allowed into the country.

Its more complicated than that. And thats basically whats done anyway.
He was asking for justification for allowing more in when we dont need them.

DD> The potential immigrant's race or nationality
DD> shouldn't enter into the equation.

Dunno, you can possibly make a case for being selective
in the sense that some are much better value than others.
Hard to see that illiterate peasants from the middle east
and places that are essentially riddled with mindless
bastardry like the Lebanon aint worth the trouble.

Its our country, we get to decide who we want and who we dont.

DD> If they have something to offer, and we (the residents of Australia)

Soorree, residents dont get any say. Citizens do.

DD> require that something - let them in.

Pity that hardly any NZers would get in on that basis.
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