Brr, Doug
this is a nasty business. I speak from a (physically) much smaller nation
but (in terms of populace) much larger.
I don't know what to say about it, migration is a fact of human history,
people will go to where they can make a living. I am (supposedly) pure
English, that means that I can trace my ancestry back to 1600 where there
seems to be a Scandinavian gentleman at the head of the line. Bach was very
proud of his Hungarian descent.
All nations are fictions, I guess, to an extent, we live by them.
What does worry me is that race is becoming an issue in Europe again. We all
know where that can lead.
Best
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: yr sister's mouse
> Jill JOnes said:
> >
> >Of course, silly of me. I've only just got up and am still caffeine-free.
> >And we're rather preoccupied with our own sad form of xenophobia over
near
> >Christmas Island.
>
> I was wondering what some of our Australian members thought of all that.
> It's major news in Canada, well on the CBC, although I suspect it's not
> playing that much in the US (anyone?). Apparently, Howard is using it as
> part of his campaign? And also apparently a lot of people there support
his
> stand? I think it plays big in Canada because we are like Australia a
> smaller nation but get a lot of people who've paid smugglers big money to
> be brought in. And then we keep them in some holding place while we decide
> whether or not we'll let them claim refugee status...
>
> Doug
>
> Douglas Barbour
> Department of English
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
> (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
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>
> It sounds right, spoken on the ridge
> between marine olives and hillside
> blue figs, under the breeze fresh
> with pollen of Apennine sage.
>
> Basil Bunting
>
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