How many Syrian refugees should Australia take?

[Mugwump]

[David]

[David]

[Skids]

Red Bull Chief Blasts Mass Migration and Forced Multiculturalism in Europe.

Red Bull chief Dietrich Mateschitz, considered as Austria�s richest man has criticized the open border policy of most nations in Europe and the political correctness as he pointed out that these policies are destroying the true cultural diversity of Europe.

https://newsline.com/red-bull-chief-blasts-mass-migration-forced-multiculturalism-europe/

[Mugwump]

^ Broadly true. It's not just immigration, though that is a major part of it. It is also mass tourism and global capitalism.

Aside from architecture, anywhere in Europe feels much like anywhere else in Europe nowadays ; the buildings change, but the culture and the street life is increasingly homogenised on the surface and then fragmented underneath. The old Paris, Berlin, Rome, Amsterdam, Barcelona, even London, are all gradually being blended into a global cultural blank.

[HAL]

Who or what is architecture in Europe feels much like else in Europe ; the buildings change but the culture and the street life is homogenised and then fragmented?

[Morrigu]

[think positive]

Girlfriend came over for lunch today, she's deputy head at a school with 90% Syrian refugees, she's says it's just terrifying the level of behaviour, disrespect to teachers, physical attacks, constant swearing at the teachers, walking out if class, I asked how they discipline them 'she's says what can we do? They've been through so much, that's what we get' five full tine staff members gave quit in the first term this year. Oh, and this us a primary school! Scary what we could be setting ourselves up for.

[David]

Most immediate problem that comes to mind is, why is there a school that is 90% Syrian refugees? Unless it's some kind of transitional education / English-language classes? I hope it's the latter, because one presumes that once they enter the school system they will disperse a bit and be given the opportunity to integrate, while it will be much easier for teachers to manage the few who have serious behavioural problems.

It's social policy 101 that concentration of disadvantage in schools is a bad idea. If we're failing on that metric, then there's a big part of the problem right there.

[think positive]

It's smack in the middle of a settlement area, it's not a full public school, and parents are now choosing other schools because of the problems with the refugee kids and their parents. Class numbers are kept to around 23, which is very low, and yes they have have language and cultural classes, but you can't make the parents attend too, although the schools offers these classes to them as well as the kids.

[David]

^ It sounds like a mess all round. Of course, they will insist on dumping new migrants in the outer suburbs...

[Skids]

MPs condemn domestic violence video.

Australia's political leaders have condemned a video produced by a radical Islamic group that condones domestic violence, describing hitting wives as 'a beautiful blessing'.

The video, posted on Facebook by Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, showed two women discussing men 'disciplining their disobedient wives' by striking them with a short stick, coiled scarf or piece of fabric

- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/federal/2017/04/13/mps-condemn-domestic-violence-video.html?ref=BP_HERO_SKY_islamic-womens-video-abhorrent_130417#sthash.dp3w2a5j.dpuf

This religion/ideology is the most dangerous thing to humanity.

[Pies4shaw]

Of course, Syrian refugees invented wife-beating. Christians never, ever did that.

C'mon, Skids, stop insulting our intelligence.

[HAL]

Can you remember any time that Christians did it?

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