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Kids in detention: new AHRC inquiry : Comments
By Sev Ozdowski, published 7/2/2014In fact, following the tabling of the report, the Howard Government released the approximately one hundred children still being detained in June 2004.
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To the point. We became thoughtlessly involved in a war in Vietnam back in the 1960s and 1970s. Through our involvement millions were killed and a country destroyed. To help wash away the sin, we opened our arms to 10s of thousands of Vietnamese refugees and are the better for it.
More lately, we decided to become involved in even more egregious wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Millions killed, millions displaced, the countries treasures looted, a people destroyed and terrorised. But these displaced people are not refugees. We take no responsibility, we have no shame.
Over 80% of boat people are from Afghanistan and Iraq. We destroyed their countries.
To debate the legality of their arrival by boat - as if they were luxury yachts - beggars credulity. For our media and politicians of all sides to successfully frame this debate as entirely a border threat is an abomination beyond words.
Sadly, Australia has become some kind of intellectually retarded zombie state. When confronted with sporting strategy we are still capable of displaying deep insight and genius but anything to do with power, how things are run, how resources are used, how we live and anything political its like someone lobotomised a part of our minds.