Belly referring to ASymeonakis, "Tell me mate, I have asked before, why the vast differences in your posts, in composition and every thing?"

This is a reasonable question which has been avoided by 'AS'. I happened across a 2008 post by ASymeonakis and the English expression was excellent, yet in these recent posts there is a lot of variability.

How is this possible unless a group of people are using 'AS' as a cover for their uninformed, baseless and derogatory rants against Australia and its citizens?

See, more assumptions, you’re response is again based on your abusive assessments, nothing else.
You pick on individual words and phrases, ever heard of metaphor and allusion? Look it up. Put simply, I disagree with your outlook, so YOU define it as racist fear etc, and base all your abuse on that
Open my heart and mind to the suffering of others? I’ve spent half a life-time doing just that, and my door, and my arms, what about you? Ever put your life where your mouth is? Risk anything to help another? Or do you prefer to keep such things at arms length, where you can ignore the realities and spout your belief in your utter infallibility on all subjects.
You have been consistent in all threads since arriving, you post, then attack anyone who espouses a different view . You seem unable to brook differing outlooks, which rather begs the question…why are you here?
A Forum is a place to discuss like reasonable adults, to share views and experiences, in short, to communicate. If one is determined to attack any difference of opinion on sight, to dictate the “truth”, to not listen to others in a fair and reasonable manner, again I ask.. why come here?
And please, if all your going to say is more of the same abuse, do us both a favour, and don’t bother, it’s getting tedious.

The penny drops - stormbay is either an angry, burnt-out clinical psychologist who posts his bigoted claptrap about asylum seekers anonymously because s/he is well aware that his/her comments here contravene the APS (not APA - my bad) Code of Ethics, or (more likely) is a frootloop who has been reading the qualifications on the wall of his/her counsellor's office.

Either way, I think this person is being less than honest on the issue of asylum seekers who arrive by boat. I'm interested in the degree of vitriol and classic projection that stormbay directs towards me because I have the temerity to point out that comments about 'boat people' such as this:

<< Their only reason for coming here, is to get free housing, money, health care, the ability to continue the lifestyles which caused their problems and permission to import their primitive destabilising customs, so their outcomes can be reproduced here. >>

are not only clearly prejudiced, but are plainly contrary to the Code of Ethics of the professional association of which s/he purports to be a member.

I'm accused by stormbay of prejudice - against what or whom, may I ask? This supposed mental health professional also diagnoses me anonymously in an Internet forum of having an unspecified "unstable mental state", simply because I point out their own prejudice and bigotry. S/he also accuses others of bigotry and racism, while prattling on about "races" as if they actually exist.

It may well be the case that stormbay is indeed some kind of professional gone bad, but I think it's more likely that s/he is either a client or junior colleague of the person whose qualifications s/he claims anonymously to have attained.

“Now Julie not for a second did I intend to insult you.
You however are right, you do not yet understand the issue”

Belly you just said you didn’t intend to insult me and then I suspect you actually leapt straight in and insulted me. So far it is only a suspicion so I’m gonna go easy on you.

My daughter got a job a while ago in a little shop that sold handbags and stuff – owned by an Asian couple. The only criteria for the job was too “look” Australian. Long blonde hair and blue eyes and she’s in. Says more about the customers than the owners aye.

If you had a magic wand, what would you do with this issue of people wanting a life here?

Max, Banjo? First wave of 10,000 – arriving next week. What would make it work in this country?

Now I get the practical perceived concerns, water, infrastructure, crap attitude in 40% of citizens but what has the “she’ll be right” mantra been hiding?

Anotnios... I have to admit I have my own ‘ism. Shrinkism, Stormbay could have been any colour or creed or combination on this earth and I would have happily respected his opinion on anything and supported his right to have one but he is an alien breed that damages other humans. They are another section of this society that is not policed or held accountable for the damage they do.

Pied Piper,
Have you considered that the shop owners are making an effort to increase sales by having staff that can speak 'Strine' especially if they themselves do not speak english well. I give callers from Indian call centres short shrift. For no other reason that I cannot understand them. There was a TV detective show recently that I could not understand either. It was Scotish and I had to give that the flick.

In relation to you question. It would not work at all. I would reopen all detention centres and get army to guard. Implement urgent laws to deter any more coming. Like do away with the permanent resident visa for illegals and charge them for the time in detention. If the boats came from Indonesia I would send them back there. The first hint of incorrect info being given to our staff would result in cancelled application for asylum.

We have to make it unattractive to come and not worth the effort or risk/cost. They have no right to force themselves on us!

Pied piper,
I forgot to ask. What would you do and how would you make it work?