This is classic Left-think: Poirot accuses me of being Pedantic then Steele nit-picks Morrison’s interview because his responses were not “transparent” enough! (read: provide Steele with in-depth details of Oz border protection moves so he could find something more to whine about)

Here is the bottom line:
1) The first boat
-- contained manly Sinhalese whom advocates up till now had been characterising as the oppressor class
--The one passenger who merited further investigation opted to return home when he learnt he would have to wait till his processing was finalised on Manus (so much for running for his life!)
-- A father of one of the passenger later admitted they were only looking for jobs/work

2) The second boat
--Originated from India. which has a Tamil state which offers sanctuary and support (though apparently --judging by their 7,800+ Kms reroute-- it's not as generous as what is on offer down-under --COME ON DOWN have we got a deal for you!)

So all the posturing from Steele, and all prefabricated rants from Poirot, and all the (boring,school marmish) human rights rhetoric from Foxy mean naught!

PS and Poirot your mind has been boggled for a long long time.

Is Malcolm Fraser the last living 'Liberal' in Australia. Mr Fraser has characterised Australia’s interdiction and detention of more than 150 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers at sea as "piracy on the high seas." Although I have never been a supporter of the Liberal Party when it came to economic matter, I never doubted in the past many Liberals commitment to civil liberties and justice. Unfortunate today it is almost impossible to find Liberal Party politicians who embrace true liberalism in the way former Liberal Party PM Malcolm Fraser does.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/piracy-on-the-high-seas-malcolm-fraser-20140709-zt1eq.html

SPQR,

Well I expect my mind will be boggling even more for some time to come.

Watching our esteemed Immigration Minister playing "best friends" with an internationally regarded regime of ill repute sort of sits one back on their heels.

Scotty appears to be the real deal when it comes to psychopathic and sadistic autocrats.

Not only have we got ourselves a real live fascist govt...our "Immigration Minister" appears to be throwback to the Dark Ages.

Foxy,

We are not going to see eye to eye. You seem fixated on potential human rights, yet seem not to care for the thousands drowning.

So far none of the illegals' human rights have been violated, yet hundreds have been saved from drowning.

now appears the progressives even made up lies about attempted suicides. Abbott's greatest crime is to allow the abc/sbs to waste tax payers money pushing lies.

Paul1405,
I think Malcolm Fraser is going senile hence his appealing to the Left apart from still costing us a fortune same as the Goaf. At least those two didn't invite & pay to bring our worst enemies here with our tax dollars.