Cohenite, good to see you pop out from a meeting of 'The Redneck Brotherhood' to throw a few insults at those who do not agree with your subjective "expert" opinions.
"there are more than enough fools in the West to prevent a robust discussion and policy development towards islam from happening."
Any who disagree with you are labeled fools. Therefore there is no need for any robust discussion, all we need is agreement with your opinions, and presto, policy is developed. What you and others promote is a simplistic "Fortress Australia" option which is backed by a "gunboat" mentality. I remind you we are now living in the 21st century and not the 19th. There is no longer a simplistic answer to the problem of refugees in the world.

Lexi, Conferring honorary Australian citizenship on Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat for what he did for the Jewish people during WWII, was wonderful to see, after all this time. I would like to see other great persons from recent history honored in such a way. It also reminds me that we must never forget what has happened during terrible times. There are still many people in this world and in our own country who lack basic humanity towards their fellow man.

There are still many people in this world and in our own country who lack basic humanity towards their fellow man.
Posted by Paul1405, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 9:06:45 PM

Paul,
The subject here is, How to stop the boats

Are you saying that everyone who wants the boats stopped from coming lacks basic humanity towards their fellow man.

I think we just object to being conned and we do not like liars and gate crashers who take advantage of our generosity.

Julie Bishop stated tonight that there is no reason at all for Sri Lankins to come here in leaky boats, the country is safe, so why leave it? she is of the opinion that they must be returned from whence they came, if they want to leave India is close by, social benefits of course are more attractive here than India where they would get nothing.
My namesake Banjo I do agree with you on your letter writing to these pages, it really concerns me with all of these boats coming in with mainly male occupants, just tow the boats back to Indonesia, but we wouldn't want that, would we, no taxpayer hand outs there, and then again perhaps there is an ulterior motive, lets infiltrate the country like Holland, France and others with Sharia law,visiting Dubai in two weeks,no hand holding there, codeine in headache tablets not allowed, women only taxis etc, do we want laws like this here, we are slowly heading in that direction such as segrated swimming pools, prayer rooms, Halal meat, a few more years when our Parliaments have these members as the majority then women once again will become second or third rate citizens, men will be the order of the day. We don't want this do we?

Ojnab,
I have long said it was agenda-driven & you think so too, in fact you know just like I do. Why do I know ? Because I have already experienced it in Europe 50 years ago. If Australians don't wake up & act soon they'll lose this war without a shot fired.
It's hard to distinguish but it is either gross complacency or stupidity that allows this to accelerate by the day. It has almost nothing to do with asylum seeking.
I hope Clive Palmer becomes PM & pulls us out of this idiotic & shameful situation.

I have inside information. That is the pull factor - our generous welfare benefits and that is the first thing the boat arrivals demand on arrival. I have been told this first hand. They are mainly economic seekers. But they still complain - food not good enough etc. And more disturbing stuff the general public would not be happy about.

Banjo, have you created an alter ego called 'Ojnab'. Is the poster Banjo Patterson the reincarnation of the great poet himself or another ego. If not you seem to be developing a 'cult' following of those who wish to emulate you.
Back to the topic at hand. I am not saying that everyone who wants the boats stopped from coming lacks basic humanity towards their fellow man.
I for one are not in favor of people making dangerous sea voyages to Australia in mostly unseaworthy boats, to seek asylum. The death toll is clear evidence of the dangers of such an undertaking.
What I do advocate is Australia acts according to our obligations as a signatory to UN charters. Nothing more than that. I support the application of due process of law for these asylum seekers. There are those that even advocate the criminality of sinking their boats and state their criminality openly. There is much unwarranted hysteria towards these people, mostly of a racial nature, which has no place in Australian society. Hysteria propagated by white supremacists and other racially driven people.
I support Australia's action in seeking the extradition of Sayeed Azad from Indonesia on people smuggling charges. If found guilty a long jail term is warranted.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/17075273/people-smuggler-faces-extradition-to-australia/