Hi Ludwig,
I stand by my comments.
Cheers Noisy Scrub Bird.

Hi Wobbles,
Yes, I totally agree with the comments in your response, it really is a case of "I am alright Jack - screw the rest".
It is nice to know that I am communicating with some decent people. It is nice to realise that at least some people don't think that they are better than anyone else, who may just deserve a better life such as we enjoy.
Have a great day,
Noisy Scrub Bird.

Noisy,
you're talking via the wrong end of your digestive system.

Dear Noisy Scrub Bird,

There seems to be standard (prefabricated) lines that are trotted out each time this issue comes up :
i)There’s the “ rumour and scaremongering” by the press charge i.e. the press has made people unsympathetic towards asylum seekers (if only people knew the truth! they would be warm and welcoming) Each time the media exposes asylum seekers for being not what they claim-–it’s scaremonger . But should the ABC or SBS run a one-eye infomercial -– Hallelujah! It’s Informative.
ii)Then there’s the old chestnut about the joys of diversity. Well, we can have diversity even without boat people elbowing their way to the front of the queue. And psst! (a whisper in your ear) some of the boat people hold to cultures that are not too enamoured with the idea of diversity, either!
iii)Then someone, somewhere, will bring up white guilt bit –either in the form of the White Australia Policy , Aborigines or the charge we came in boats too ( presumably, as atonement for the aforementioned guilt trips we should open our doors to all comers!)

Well, sorry, but none of those tactics work any more.
The only things that are of relevance are :
i) Are they genuine refugees &
ii) How many --if any—should we let in

And we have every right to be as discerning as we like.

Have a very bemused weekend!

Well Lexi you've hit the nail on the head when you say it just shows how careful we have to be when choosing who we vote for.

Boy, if only our voters had thought about that previously. One can't help but wonder how much we would have in the bank as opposed to our credit card debt thanks to the incompetent lot you support no matter how wrong they get it.

Dear rehctub,

I would prefer to have less in my bank account if it meant that my elderly mother and mother-in-law and others like them in this country have access to decent health care, medicine, pensions, and other things that make live worth living. The size of my bank account would not be part of this equation. Perhaps therein lies the difference in who we vote for.