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Get tough or prepare for a flood : Comments
By Philip Ruddock, published 15/10/2009While all governments proclaim that they determine who enters and settles in Australia, they should be judged by their record rather than their rhetoric.
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re 1. Emporor Nasi Goreng and too many rabbits.
re 1. Born to parents who clean toilets, always a toilet cleaner.
re 2. Does the Palestinian situation ring any bells?
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*Rache* Friday, 16 October
" ... If we're not prepared to live up to our obligations as a signatory to International Refugee Conventions we should at least have the courage ... "
Yes
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*Banjo* Saturday, 17 October
" ... I can tell you why I object to the 'illegals',no matter how they arrive. Simply because they are dishonest and trying it on. ... "
I would assume some are, but one ought consider that it is all too easy to judge others by our own standards, mis/conceptions and prejudices. Sometimes you know, we are dealing with very different people, who think in a very different way, who have a very different value system, and who also may be poor and uneducated.
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*Hasbeen* Saturday, 17 October
" ... He's going to slip a few 10 of millions to the "right" people in Indonesia. This will of course, be to help the poor illegals, to settle there, although we all know who will get it. ... "
The Indos will prob create or enhance a minister or individual in a politically significant role, feed on international dollars coming in and pay out at a 3rd world rate. But then, this will sure up Bam Bam's posi and we will have more of his ear on security issues.
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*AndrewBartlett* Sunday, 18 October
" ... But Australia should do more to pressure the Sri Lankan government ... "
If I do not misrecall, and according to AlJazeera, serious war crimes allegations have been made against them for acts in both the pre and post period and legitimate UN inspectors were still being blocked entry to the camps as of when I last heard.
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*TheMissus* Sunday, 18 October 2009
" ... I agree if this is the case then the Sri Lankan government should be held to account and take responsi(b)ility for all her citizens. ... "