Dear Shadow Minister,

You wrote; “Caught you out again”.

Lol.

There have been quite a few occasions when I have had to retract something I may have posted on OLO but never in my memory was it because of you my friend, you are just not that good.

Now I asked; “Please show me an official government website where the department refers to those arriving by boat collectively as 'illegal immigrants'.”

The website you posted from 14 years ago did nothing of the sort. Would you like to try again?

SPQR,
Banjo --good to see you back on-board and helping to keep the open-borders mob in check!

I haven't been away, just watching from the sidelines. You and others have done well and no need for my input. We have had enough training over the years and the illegals advocates still persist with the same propaganda.

Anyway, I think it is nearly 'game over' for the illegals and the bull the advocates spread. Thanks to Minister Morrison, he deserves a medal.

Still his opponents are not very bright, a few people apparently like gate crashers and being conned.

Banjo,

"Anyway, I think it is nearly 'game over' for the illegals and the bull the advocates spread. Thanks to Minister Morrison, he deserves a medal."

Lol!...you guys are so funny!

I expect Tin Pot Morrison is at this moment clad in his dressing gown and his bunny slippers scouring the internet for suppliers of Tin Pot Medals and made to order off-the-peg military-style uniforms...just like a few former "juntas" I could name....or any other of those dodgy world govts who treat "humans" like cast-off remnants.

Wait for it...should be a hoot!

I trust that this clarifies things for you.
Foxy,
Perfect theory, can't argue with that. what about the reality of many claiming asylum but not actually being asylum seekers ? Like those who travel through several countries without asking for asylum there ? What about the fact, not a theory, that once Australia is flooded with people who do nothing but pray & cause trouble & you become someone who wants to leave for another country, can you claim asylum status then, after all you want to leave because you did everything in your power to bring these people in ? In my book you're one of the worst hypocrites on OLO.

SR,

It is the second time in a short span that you have challenged me and I have produced the evidence to support my claim. That you change the subject and fail to acknowledge your error is testament to your character rather than your infallibility.

As I stated previously, the left whingers especially in government started sanitizing the language as far back as 1994, so there are very few modern websites that use the term illegal immigrant along with many other terms that the vocal minority find offensive.

As for the link I provided the link to boat people and illegal immigration is clear to anyone with even the basic literacy with:

"Boat People, Illegal Migration and Asylum Seekers: in Perspective"

"The boat people who arrived in 1999 represent numerically only a tiny fraction of non-citizen entrants, and a small proportion of Australia's 'illegal' population."

SR, it is now up to you to man up and admit your error or will you try and weasel out of it?

Dear Individual,

You sound concerned.

Don't be.

Both major political parties re-iterate their
commitment to mandatory detention, offshore
processing, Manus Island, and all the rest.
So you can rest easy.

I can understand your hostility to asylum seekers,
(and those of others on this forum), or
at any rate the kind of asylum seekers that bring
people you don't like to our shores in ways that
you don't approve of. And I realise that you feel
the current developments are simply a matter of
just dessert.

You and others want them to be - sent back - the faster
the better. Well you're not the only ones with this
view. You can find this view in any focus group or
social media forum (including as we've seen - on
OLO).

And I know that - as with other emotive issues like
climate change, no explanations of the facts of cries
of anguish will budge your ingrained prejudice or shift
your - self-satisfied bias.
For you people, the issue is simple - deterrence will
work. The fact that it hasn't - is not important to you.

That's why both major parties cling to the justification of
"saving lives at sea." In this way blame can be laid on
the people smugglers - and by extension on anyone
who advocates a humane response.

This is the political tendency to divide the world into
groups. "Them" and "Us." When politicians talk about
"controlling borders," and the need for "orderly process,"
they're in fact dog-whistling to you and those who
fear unregulated invasion of teeming "undesirable" masses.
It's a fear as old as White Australia itself.

So don't worry - be happy.
We are afterall setting an example for our children
and the rest of the world.