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How loud do we have to scream? : Comments

By Kathryn Crosby, published 9/9/2014

We will never stop the flow of asylum seekers, because we will never stop war, persecution, and strife.

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If there is anything to be ashamed of about Australia, it is our education system.

Only a dreadfully degraded education system could produce people so incapable of logical thinking, that they could produce this bit of fluff.

This lady wants to give away the heritage of millions of Ozzies, a heritage which is not hers to give, to pacify an addled conscience.

If this lady was the "principal strategist for the Australian Democrats", it is little wonder the democrats are no more, thank god. Such addled thinking, with no rationality can do nothing but harm wherever it is applied.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 11:53:12 AM
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The issue of asylum seekers was predicted about 20 years ago (can't remember who made it).
It was if I remember correctly the prediction was to be flood of people.

I think it was in the context about the concerns of another country invading Australia, where the person predicted that it would more likely to be a flood of immigrants.

Whilst Australia remains relatively wealthy and peaceful, many people will want to follow the western dream.
Posted by Wolly B, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 1:10:40 PM
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Rather than screaming (or ranting) I would like to draw your attention to some speculations about practical options to 'stop this'. See 'Boat People Magic'
http://cpds.apana.org.au/Teams/Articles/refugee_complexities.htm#21_7_13

The basic theme is that what is being done by governments in relation to asylum seekers at present is hopeless - and that doing any better involves recognising that the wars, persecution and strife that currently give rise to refugee flows do have causes - and those causes can be addressed. Some more recent suggestions about doing so are in 'Challenging the Idea of an Islamic State'
http://cpds.apana.org.au/Teams/Articles/discouraging_extremism.htm#6_9_14
Posted by CPDS, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 3:54:04 PM
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Wolly I think the idea was we would by now be swamped under a flood of global warming refugees.

They got that one just as wrong as they got the temperature forecast.

As my father used to say about public servants, "Can't these people get anything right"? The answer is there for all to see.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 3:54:15 PM
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Xenophobia is alive and well in parts of Australia.
The only thing that will stop "boat people" who are really refugees and not "illegal boat people" is to slow down population growth world wide.
This is never going to happen voluntarily but eventually will happen through lack of resources i.e. water.
It would help if the big two parties would stop the "big Australia" push that is the main cause of discontent.
This is a result of big corporations wanting cheap labour by having a large pool of unemployed.
The gutter press encourages resentment by the racists and gives the neolibs another three word slogan.
It is easily fixed for the moment by cutting back on the huge numbers of migrants and work visa's.
There is no permanent cure because neither of the parties will actually do anything that will upset big business.
Posted by Robert LePage, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 4:24:21 PM
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Logic has left this authors brain because it clearly wasn't getting any air time. Full of emotion and lacking any form of reasoning, its hard to actually argue against the article, as facts are few on the ground.

The author is a person who claims to have been "physically sick" when Australia returned 41 Sri Lankans home while glibly ignoring the deaths of hundreds who died st sea because people like themselves the Greens encourage perilous journeys in rickety boats. Looks like their deaths can be easily dismissed as bad luck. As long as they can retain their role as the perennial bleeding hearts, asylum seekers dying doesn't matter apparently.
Posted by Atman, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 7:00:28 PM
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