tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post1706884653999616747..comments2024-03-26T05:56:59.938+11:00Comments on THE PSYCHOLOGIST : Migration lessons from the soccer pitchJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082699850674281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-51840224690569262592010-06-20T22:49:09.439+10:002010-06-20T22:49:09.439+10:00"The key to such integration are not strict l..."The key to such integration are not strict limits on the number of migrants but finding the right migrants"<br /><br />And that is the key.<br /><br />"Italians and Greeks make good immigrants because they like to work and they like to fit in. Germans would fit that category as well."<br /><br />Which is probably why labor is not all that happy with them Phil. Hard working, decent people aren't of much use when your ultimate goal is screwing over society.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-58983910795141511422010-06-20T11:44:31.623+10:002010-06-20T11:44:31.623+10:00" ... finding the right migrants: migrants wh..." ... finding the right migrants: migrants who not only bring their skills to this country but are also willing to become a part of it. This aspect is often missing in our population debate, which almost exclusively focuses on the number of migrants. .. "<br /><br />After World War II, Australia encouraged immigration from places like Italy and Greece, and as far as I can see, Italians and Greeks make good immigrants because they like to work and they like to fit in. Germans would fit that category as well. I realise that's a generalisation, but I think most people would agree.<br /><br />However, in the last thirty or so years, it is almost as if we have trawled the shitholes of the world to identify the people, and the cultures, least likely to fit in, and encouraged them to come here, rather than encouraging people who we know will contribute to our society. <br /><br />The political elites like to tell us it's for our benefit, but who benefits when their society is trashed? It might make a few lefty politicians and sypathisers feel good as they lie in their warm beds at night, but the rest of us have to live with the reality.Phil Stephensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9487055.post-22469660639228767952010-06-20T10:11:15.477+10:002010-06-20T10:11:15.477+10:00Of course we're nice to the Germans afterwards...Of course we're nice to the Germans afterwards, I mean it is just soccer so it's easy to be generous. Germans don't play the important stuff like rugby or cricket.<br /><br />As Dad's Army put it:<br /><br />Pike: Mr Mainwaring, do the Germans play cricket?<br /><br />Mainwaring: You stupid boy. If they played cricket we wouldn't be at war with them.arnoreply@blogger.com