Interesting.

Undergraduate students of 'logic and values', 'discussion techniques', fallacies in argument' etc. could really learn from some of these threads.

On this one, for instance, Poirot, my dear friend, has made eighteen 'contributions', to stretch the meaning of the word almost to breaking point, but has said almost nothing in relation to the thread. It reminded me a wrestling tag-team at one of those country shows of yesteryear, with one of the teams darting out every so often from a corner to sink a boot in or give someone a Chinese burn, and dart back again. Didn't actually do any damage, but a hell of an irritant, including for the audience.

She will now stew, and brood, and get petulant, and launch forth with an attack in every direction, as proof that this thread is really, like so many others, all about her, and how so many others here plot and plan how to pick on her and bring her down. From what, I'm not sure.

Divert, Poirot ! Divert ! Now's your chance !

BTT: of course, there are economic migrants, and they can join the queue like the rest. There are, after all, many millions of genuine refugees across the world, of whom Australia takes at least its proportionate share. I was a bit pissed off to learn that New Zealand will take only 750 refugees this year. With respect to our sheep-loving cousins, in proportion to their population, they should be taking about ten times as many.

And once the Coalition forces leave Afghanistan, there were will be many, many more genuine refugees knocking on our door - women, Hazaras especially - and then will be the time to kick up the annual intake. Thanks, in part, to all those Australians who demanded that we abandon the Afghan people to the Taliban.

Go for it, Poirot !

Cheers :)

Joe

Yada, yada, yada, Loudmouth,

Great to see you coming out in defence of those who pull the same stunts as you do.

Disingenuous labelling and snide insinuation is the way to do it, eh boys?

You really don't like it when someone calls you out on your shonky style....understandably so.

Loudmouth has made an art out of insinuating all sorts of things to his opponents in his inimitable sarcastic excuse for a style.

Jayb, thinks it's a great idea to start every post by slapping down his opponents with his "Potential Terrorist" line....(although he's posted four in row now without resorting to it - making progress)

Don't flatter yourself, Joe, that I could be bothered stewing and brooding over the likes of the talent on this thread - you have got to be joking!

Hi Poirot,

Sorry, that's NINETEEN posts now - and it is ! it is ! all about you !

And still, nothing about this thread.

And neither will # 20 be either, I'm betting. You won't be able to resist, will you, Poirot ?

Meanwhile BTT: here's a crazy idea: all of those people who arrive by boat - if they don't have exit documents from Indonesia, as legitimate refugees, in the queue, would have, then why not take them to Christmas island, make sure they are in good health, well-fed, and then fly them back to their country of departure, with a ten-thousand sort of inconvenience payment to that country's government for each person ?

In other words, they end up back where they started, no repercussions, the country gets compensation for all the embarrassment and inconvenience, and the smugglers lose some of their cachet. Would people ant to try that a second time ?

Now back to REAL topic: Poirot ! Do your stuff ! All huffy and hurt. Refuse to continue on this thread !

Do us a favor.

Cheers :)

Joe

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/indonesia-takes-aim-at-abbott-plan-20130705-2phhb.html
The link is a pointed and hard to ignore truth.
Dare we take the emotions out of the subject and confront the hard job it will be, stopping the boats?
For any government.
And are we paddling our canoe in a forward direction by reminding of past mistakes?
Reality seems clear, other country,s host unwanted refugees, [if some insist on calling them that.
And a regional solution looks best.

Loudmouth,

Great stuff!

Poirot has to be one of most intransigent, ideologically blinked posters on OLO --talk about locked-in syndrome.

You go boy!

SPQR,

Most humorous - not that you're intransigent, ideologically blinkered - or locked in....talk about pots and kettles! : )

Loudmouth,

Sorry to disappoint you, but in order to become "all huffy and hurt", I'd have to give a damn what you and some others here think.

I don't.

But it's a hobby of mine to call posters out on their shonky tactics. What''s wrong with highlighting Jayb's strategy of addressing fellow posters as "Potential Terrorists"? (merely because they disagree with him). That sort of garbage doesn't deserve a reply on subject, it deserves a rebuke.....not to mention your own ingenious devices, which I've covered many times before.

Here, I'll save you the trouble......

"Back to topic".