Under the Labor/Greens government not so long ago,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0MHRSFz6FM

There are some here with very short memories, particularly of the number of deaths at sea from criminal smuggling gangs and the quick-witted country-jumping rogues they transport.

For those touting here Sri Lanka as being all warm and cuddly to assuage their own guilt about Australia's actions may I remind you that less than a year ago both the Indian prime minister and his Canadian counterpart boycotted CHOGM in protest about past and continuing human rights abuses. British Prime Minister David Cameron did turn up for a short while, visited Jaffna, and gave a scathing critique of the violations that are occurring and left before talks got started.

What did our PM do? He explained away the torture and systematic rape by saying “In difficult circumstances difficult things happen.” Then he handed over 2 warships to their military, the same military the UN wants investigated for war crimes.

Well Hasbeen, Shadow Minister, SPQR, Cherful et al this was all done in your name, so the fears you wrap around your little selves can be calmed, so the nightmares about being invaded can be soothed. Father Tony and Uncle Scott are going to make sure things are going to be alright, they are going to look after you. They won't tell you how of course because it might bring you some distress and they really wouldn't want to trouble you. They really have your best interests at heart.

Cowards.

So the question becomes 'Has Scott Morrison succeeded in stopping the boats?'

The obvious answer is no but I am keen to see what flawed logic will be applied to make the opposite case.

Dear individual,

You wrote;

“don't insult our intelligence SteeleRedux, No-one's doing that however, many here are wondering if you have any at all because you're not displaying any.”

I would hold my intelligence quota up to your empathy quota any day. You had absolutely none for the victims of Rolf Harris nor for those fleeing a brutal regime. You are nothing but consistent.

Dear Shadow Minister,

We are not going to see eye-to-eye on this issue.
That is obvious. You seem to find political issues
more important than human rights issues, whereas I
find that human rights issues transcend mere
political issues and to me they give rise to a duty
to espouse them. I have criticised Labor's actions
many times in the past - especially on the issue of
asylum seekers. Neither major party has anything to
be proud of on the way they've handled things.
Deaths at sea occurred under both governments.
As did suicides in the detention centres.

Today we have Ministers of the Australian Government
openly and blatantly lying to the Australian people
about the matters of life and death at sea.
It's now reached the point where nobody (apart from
a few rusted-on supporters) believe anything this
Government says. That is the reality that currently
exists.

What on earth happened to the Liberal Party that my
parents and family supported for decades.
Where are the decent Members of Parliament who
believed in transparency and accountability, in
compassion, human rights, and an egalitarian society.
Sir Robert Menzies must be turning over in his grave.

Once again for Foxy's sake

One of the fathers of the above 41 was interviewed on ABC AM this morning. Bemoaning their arrest on return to Sri Lanka he said: all they were doing was looking for jobs.

So how about cutting the human rights waffle,eh!

SteeleRedux asked, "has Scott Morrison succeeded in stopping the boats?"

The clear answer is YES, because not 1 boat has successfully landed their cargo of economic illegals for a very long time indeed.

100% success.

Congratulations Scott Morrison, we need good Christian men like you to protect us from overseas scum. You're doing your job brilliantly. The socialists here hate that.