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The Australian Polity: The Worm in the Rose
The poem of William Blake, which
speaks of the worm in the rose, is applicable
to Australia today, where
presently the greatest threat to the future
security of the country comes
from within, not from without.
One cannot be sure what the future
may bring, but at present there is no
military threat to Australia. Indonesia
is a mere paper tiger, and China is occupied
with other matters and will be
for many decades in the future.
But unfortunately in Australia there
are a number of active and influential
groups which work persistently
against national security. The most
important of these groups presently
are those who do nothing to encourage
the entry of European immigrants
but who press for the admission of
large numbers of Middle Eastern, and
especially Moslem, immigrants instead.
These groups, which range from
the Uniting Church to Amnesty Australia
and substantial sections of the Labor Party, are properly described as
left-liberal. They are quick to seize
upon any fact that may tend to discredit
Australia’s mandatory detention
of illegal immigrants (such as the
recent detention of one Cornelia Rau,
who, suffering from mental illness,
gave the authorities the false name of
Anna Schmidt and claimed to be an
illegal immigrant, and was detained
accordingly; and the case was exaggerated
by left-liberals in the media in
order to attack the government of Mr.
Howard).
The allowing into Australia of large
numbers of Moslems is contrary to
Australia’s security. Moslem groups
within Australia have not integrated,
and show no intention of doing so. On
the contrary, they remain separate
from the rest of the population, and
are in the process of expanding a network
of Islamic schools, where Moslem
children will be brought up separately.
It is objected by left-liberal groups
that not to allow free entry to Moslems
is “racist”. If that were an appropriate
description, it should not intimidate
Australia into admitting inappropriate
immigrants. But it is not an appropriate
description. The desirability of excluding
Moslems is a function of religion
and culture, not a function of
race.
Every country has the right, and indeed
the duty to its own citizens, to
give preference to those immigrants
whose culture will permit satisfactory
assimilation. The dangers of the contrary
course – that preferred by leftliberals
of deliberately preferring
those who are least likely to assimilate
– is already having troublesome effects
in Europe. There has been increasing
concern amongst the non-
Moslem populations of France, Belgium,
The Netherlands and England
inter alia at the assertive actions of
Moslem minorities. In some countries
violence has already broken out. There
is a fear of offending Moslems. For
example, on 2 November 2004 Theo
van Gogh (a Dutch filmmaker who had
criticized Moslems) was dragged from
his bicycle and killed by an Islamic
radical: he was shot six times and then,
as he pleaded for his life, his throat was
slit through his spinal column, almost
decapitating him. Moslems have attacked
the Dutch police with grenades
and gunfire, and recently more than
twenty churches and mosques have
been attacked as religious tensions
have grown.
In Belgium likewise religious hatred
has become evident through Moslem
assertiveness. The reaction of left-liberals
has been, typically, to punish
those who express concern at the rising
Moslem population. A Belgian political
party, the Vlaams Blok — indeed,
Belgium’s largest political party
— has been declared a criminal organisation
and banned in 2004 because its
opposition to Muslim immigration
was held to be contrary to “anti-racism” legislation passed in 1999.
The banning of a political party opposed
to Moslem immigration is a salient
example of the lengths to which
left-liberals go in order to de-stabilise
Western societies. It is significant that “anti-discrimination” legislation is already
being used in Australia to stifle
dissent and intelligent debate.1
The worm in the rose, referred to by
William Blake, is in this context the
left-liberal grouping that is intent on
undermining traditional Western culture.
In Australia this grouping promotes
the following causes: the immigration
of Moslems and other groups
least likely to assimilate; the encouragement
of illegal immigrants; the vilification
of ordinary Australians by distorting
the history of the treatment of
Aboriginals; the building up of the
powers of the United Nations and its
associated organisations and the
diminution of Australian sovereignty; the abolition of a stable constitutional
monarchy and its replacement by a republic
that would provide greater opportunities
for radical changes; the
deterioration of the educational system,
with a deliberate lowering of
standards and an increased emphasis
upon left-liberal political correctness;
and, generally, any other cause that
serves to undermine Australia’s security
and its Western culture.
The protestations of these left-liberal
groupings represent that they are
moved by “idealistic”, “public-spirited”
or “compassionate” considerations.
But this is not correct. An analysis
of the writings of such typical members
of these groups as Robert Manne,
supports the view that they are activated
by destructive purposes, and
particularly by a desire to attack normal
Australians, the “status quo” and
Western culture. Generally unseemly
personal motivations lie behind, such
as a resentment arising from a belief
that the declaimant has not been properly
recognised, does not have the status
or financial assets that he seeks or
is not socially successful.
It is a truism that these left-liberal
decompositors are united by an intense
hatred of the Prime Minister,
Mr. John Howard. There can be no
better proof Mr. Howard’s policies on
these issues are essentially correct.
1. See “The Totalitarian Effect of Anti-Free Speech Legislation”, infra, at pages 64-6.
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