Dr. Cica is highly delighted with the pressure put on the Government by yet another branch of the left opposition in Australia, ‘Get Up’, even though the real and effective pressure came from the Government’s own backbenchers who arrogantly overrode the democracy of the party room and the wishes of the majority of Australian electors.

But, was the practice of keeping children of parents who illegally entered the country with those parents ‘ one of the harshest anti-refugee measures of our times’? Hardly!

For starters, we have a legitimate border protection or anti-illegal entry scheme in Australia – not anti-refugee. Australia has been very liberal – too liberal – with refugees. Despite the left’s protests, Australia has a good record: if you believe that taking in people scarpering from their own countries and leaving most people behind is a ‘good’ thing.

Secondly, the parents themselves must take responsibility for their children, and not rely on soft touches like the Australian left to do the job for them. Children have been very handy for illegal entrants, attracting useful sympathy from left wing agitators, which rubs off onto their scheming parents.

Thirdly, genuine refugees are hunted and killed all over the world. Dr. Cica puts aside that ‘nonsense’ and sheets home the blame for the ‘harshest anti-refugee measures of our times’ to Australia. But then, we are not reading deep thinking here, are we? Dr. Cica admits to getting a thrill from clicking ‘yes’ and voting against something that had already been cut and dried before it arrived in her in-box.

But was has all this to do with the rest of the article? You’ll have to ask Dr. Cica why she wants to mix her obvious dislike for the bipartisan, left-initiated detention policies of a democratic country with games and homosexual cowboys.

Next time you get ticked off for being off the subject, remember Dr. Cica

Censorship pervades all we do and say. The fact is government has taken over the Internet to large extent by frightening people into not posting or dowloading lest they are fallen upon by a ton of bricks in police uniforms. This site is censored, try using a four letter word and see how far that gets you posting a comment here. Natasha is concerned about video surveillance. This does not concern me to anywhere near the same extent as curbs on writing and speech. I would actually welcome CCTV surevllance of our trains and buses. The level of scratched window glass on Sydneys trains is so bad nearly every carriage is affected. The busses along Luxford Rd Mt Druitt in Sydney's west have stopped running because vandals have been throwing stones at them. People who deliberately damage property for their own amusement need to be brought to account. CCTV can help this and prevent assaults, it is in effect the opposite to censorship - it exposes behaviour. Censorship on the other hand is a crime against liberty. We live in a country where it is a crime to publish a womans nipple in an advert. Also our privacy laws are slowing everything down. The right doesn't know the left is doing. For example The Department of Immigration cannot access passport details which are held in another Departments (The Foreign Office) computers! Privacy is censorship and censorship is madness. Who is to decide what is private and what is unsuitable for a citizen to read - Phillip Ruddock?

Once again, I'm a little POed that Ruddock's poked his nose in and censored something he has no business censoring.

Apparently we're allowed violent games. Just not games that endorse spraypaint.

Secondly - Leigh - sure, children are often used to push political wheelbarrows. Sadly, I have to acknowledge that happens - but you too have to acknowledge that these children are facing a difficult situation.

I can't tell exactly what you're advocating here - ship em all home, regardless? Beware the dangerous leftie propaganda, they'll have you believe these children are.... what exactly? A danger to our tolerant Australian values?

If we're going to start knocking em back on that basis, then our values have already taken a dive.

Graffiti Crimes shall be painted upon your walls
Well I shall write them, so bold so tall.

"Graffiti Crimes" Mi Sex 1979 - Still not banned.