tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post7763034455570646828..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Not stacking upLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-82062105633991619782008-05-21T22:24:00.000+12:002008-05-21T22:24:00.000+12:00My children went to a primary school which had a v...My children went to a primary school which had a very high proportion of Cook Island children. There were children from mainly one family who caused the school a number of problems, as did their parents. The rest were very pleasant and industrious children. I noticed that in several subjects - English, maths, and art - some oustanding results were achieved by a number of students in my children's classes. Parents were very forthcoming with support for school activities and were generous with their time in coaching sports teams, and as helpers at school camps, for example. The Cook Island people were a highly visible, valued part of the large town where they enjoyed high rates of employment and integrated fully. I found them very friendly,happy,warm hearted people and a credit to our diverse community. Certainly not readily identifiable in this research piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-34216316172935929762008-05-20T23:42:00.000+12:002008-05-20T23:42:00.000+12:00Every once in a while you write a post I can agree...Every once in a while you write a post I can agree with, Lindsay. This is one of them.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if Clydesdale's PhD is genuine? Perhaps he got it at the London School of Enoch Powell Studies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-66827322702692073242008-05-20T18:47:00.000+12:002008-05-20T18:47:00.000+12:00Why not? If they are more willing, if they have a ...<I><BR/>Why not? If they are more willing, if they have a work ethic, why not welcome them?<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Because we can't send the Maori home?<BR/><BR/>The real problem with this kind of Lysenkoist ethnosocialist "research" is that it is based on three false assumptions: that there are only a certain number of low-skilled jobs to go around; that people, generally, are bad; and that race is determinative. <BR/><BR/>These are all socialist assumptions. The facts of the matter are that the only reason there is not enough work is that welfare, the minimum wage, and other restrictive practices (school leaving ages) mean that the coercive power of the state directly prevents people from working, or pays people not to work. <BR/><BR/>People, of course, are clearly a good thing - every religion, including communism, believes that - except that environmentalism does not. Has the space and resources to support 50 Million people: if we want to compete with Australia and have a valid defense, then we need comparable population.<BR/><BR/>Finally: there is simply no such thing as society, and no such thing as race. Behaviour is determinative, not race. Socialists are racists, liberal individualists, by definition, are not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com