Dear SM,

I have no intention of challenging anything
anymore with you. All I can hope for is that
eventually the issue of asylum seekers will
be discussed rationally by the major parties -
without political scoring and that they will
be able to come together to find a middle-road
in solving the problem instead of "It's our
way or the highway," approach that they currently
have. Although I don't frankly see that
happening any time soon not as long as the Opposition
see asylum seekers as - the "gift that keeps on
giving," or that the only solution is "Na-Na-Na-Nau-Nauru!"

Lexi,

You have never been able to dispute the figures. Neither can Labor.

The coalition has made an offer of compromise, now it is time for Labor to come to the table.

No Belly, Indonesia can be neither offended or upset that a boat
returns, they should not have allowed them to sail anyway.
There are international laws governing seagoing passenger vessels and
I seriously doubt there has ever been one survey of any of them.

It is their problem not ours, however I do concede your point that the
changes we made to our laws has caused them a lot of grief.
They cannot avoid a major part of the blame by allowing those people
into Indonesia in the first place, after all they need to control their own borders.

Dear SM,

Again you don't seem to be able to comprehend
what has been said in the past and why. Context
is everything and figures don't mean much
taken out of that context. Links have been
provided for you - over and over again from a
variety of sources and all you keep doing is
repeating the same things over and over again.
With you there is no communication whatsoever -
because you are only capable of seeing a very
narrow picture. As for the Opposition offering a
compromise? Only if its Nauru. And that is no
compromise - merely the same old scenario.

Boing boing

and all you keep doing is
repeating the same things over and over again.

Boing boing

Quite an echo chamber

Dear Bazz,

I fully understand your reaction.
Sarcasm is your body's defence against ignorance.
Well done and keep it up.