Maybe we should turn to our history  books and point out to people  why today's Australian is not  willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any  longer. 

Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all  areas of Europe to come to Australia, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in  Sydney and be documented. 

Some would even get down on  their hands and knees and kiss the ground. 

They made  a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and  bad times. 

They made learning English a primary rule  in their new Australian households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new  home. 

They had waved good bye to their birth place to  give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate  into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. 

No free lunches, no welfare, no labour laws to protect  them. All they had were the skills, craftsmanship and desire they  had brought with them to trade for a future of  prosperity. 

Most of their children came of age when  World War II broke out. Australians fought along side men whose  parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France, Japan,  Czechoslovakia, Russia, Sweden,  England and so many other  places. 

None of these first generation Australians ever gave any  thought about what country their parents had come from. They were  Australians fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of  Japan. 

They were defending the Freedom as one  people. 

When we liberated France, no one in those  villages was looking for the people of France, they saw only  Australians. 

We carried one flag that represented our  country. 

Not one of those immigrant sons would have  thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to  represent who they were. 

It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had  sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it  meant to be a Australian. And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of  immigrant who wants the same rights and  privileges. 

Only they want to achieve it by playing  with a different set of rules, one that includes an Australian  passport and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother  country. 

I'm sorry, that's not what being a  Australian is all about. 

Australians have been very open hearted and open minded  regarding immigrants, whether they were fleeing poverty, dictatorship, persecution, or whatever else makes a person adopt a foreign  country. 

I suppose when we say adopt, we think of  those aforementioned immigrants who truly did ADOPT our country, and  our flag and our morals and our customs and left their wars, hatred,  and divisions behind. 

I believe that the immigrants who landed in Australia in the  early
1900s deserve better than that for the toil, hard work and  sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has  become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. 

I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags, fighting foreign  battles on our soil, making Australians change to suit their  religions and cultures, and wanting to change our country's fabric  by claiming discrimination when we do not give in to their  demands. 

PLEASE KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!! and  hope it gets read by millions of people all across the  nation