SM,

What part of "not interested," in inter acting
with you - do you not understand?

Lexi,

I'm sorry that you don't feel adequate to debate the facts, but I am not asking for a graduate in statistical analysis to review and comment on the data, as blind freddy can see the 100% correlation between the pacific solution and the drop in boats.

While I know you would like this not to be true, but it is, and you have yet to provide one iota of evidence to the contrary.

The fact remains, if the problem is illegal boats, the solution is Pacific.

SM,

The facts are on the web for you to find and have
been discussed many times with you. You either fob
them off as "Labor Propaganda," or call them all lies.

The Pacific Solution as you know - didn't work then and
it won't work now. It cost the Australian taxpayer a fortune,
left the refugees traumatised and many of them still bear
the scars today - and on top of that - many of them ended
up being alllowed into Australia anyway. The boats did
not stop coming - Howard had the navy tow them back.
Google this for yourself. Nobody except for you and your Party
faithful is buying this spin any more.

cont'd ...

You're entitled to your opinion.

I'm just no longer interested in hearing it.

As for my "adequacy," to debate. Why should I
attempt to debate anything with someone who doesn't
want or respect or care for my opinion in the first place.
I'm finding that those I don't want to discuss things
with anymore are an obscenely small minority and
actually don't matter. The world doesn't end, and the
more I ignore ignore them - I find the better off I am.

So go ahead and stick to your cheerleaders - who are
like-minded - just leave me alone.

<< The Pacific Solution as you know - didn't work then and it won't work now >>

Some have a different opinion: Mark Latham writing in the AFR 22/09/2011:

"One of the myths of progressive politics in Australia is the possibility of a regional solution to people smuggling...after a decade of policy failure, Gillard needs to reject this nonsense and embrace the proven success of the Howard government strategy: offshore processing at Nauru and Manus Island and the reintroduction of temporary protection visas. As ever in public policy, what matters is what works"

Mark might be called a lot of things (& is!)-- but he can hardly be cast as a "cheerleader"... for anyone!

What an absolute joke!

You know it's a complete farce when you get Abbott cheer-leaders espousing the musings of a most reviled Labor leader (by both conservative and progressive sides of the divide) to give credence in support of non-progressive policies.

Given SPQR's Latham quote is correct, perhaps Latham was a closet Liberal all along (or someone with very distinctive current 'issues') ... nothing like a good laugh to start a week-end.