turn back boats policy doomed to failure

[not_an_eloi]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-18/barrie-on-asylum-seeker-boat-policy-dound-to-fail/4965582

anybody watch border security - australia's front line    7 network @ 7.30 last evenin'

reality   -  far from wot abbrot and cohorts would 'ave australians believe.

why's AMSA's site been gagged from givin' australians current incident reports.   hmmm ..

[*crikey*mate*]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

The war 'machine' makes money for the already wealthy and once you have the taste for vast amounts of money you want more......greed blinds them from seeing the truth, what is right and what is good in this world. Other people and their needs are not important to them.

In these discussions about how to 'stop the boawts' it never ceases to amaze me how no-one points out that the first 'boat people' to arrive here in Australia are probably ascendants of theirs!

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Hey! I pointed it out a week or so ago! I even posted a picture of a clipper ship, as well as this one

[pct001wine]

Did you like the way abbott felt the need to utter his favourite mantra at the swearing-in ceremony ?

"Stop ... the .... boats"

Is that all this man offers ?  

[**meep**]

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@acacia_pycnantha wrote:

It's difficult for me to believe that any woman living under a strict Islamic law would not feel persecuted, unless they just accepted it as part of the natural order because they didn't know any different.

Maybe that's one reason for the Taliban's disapproval of radio or tv for the people, cos it might show them what life is like in other countries.

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that was precisely the reason.

[*ibis]

indonesia calls fed. coalition's asylum seeker policy offensive and illegal,

it fully rejects their dodgy turn-the-boats-around set-up

who cares what corrupt indonesian officials think. their days of bribes and looking the other way is coming to an end

boycott indonesia!!!!

[***super_nova***]

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@the*f*word wrote:

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I think it will deter some of the economic migrants fro  coming if they are safe but just seeking a better life. But those who really are seeking safety, they won't care where they are, as long as they are safe.

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Most people would also like to have a life, they want stable environment for their kids with the possibility of good education, and therefore secure future.  Looking at your sigie, I am surprised you do not understand that. 

[lakeland27]

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@*ibis wrote:

indonesia calls fed. coalition's asylum seeker policy offensive and illegal,

it fully rejects their dodgy turn-the-boats-around set-up

who cares what corrupt indonesian officials think. their days of bribes and looking the other way is coming to an end

boycott indonesia!!!!

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another brilliant conservative idea. good luck with that one .  looks like tones sat on a whoopee cushion.. slow deflation and a lot of offensive noise. 1 day in office and already a flop

[***super_nova***]

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@acacia_pycnantha wrote:

I'm sure we save some as well. We have a refugee quota which I think is about 20,000 per year now.

Out of all of those, I'm certain that at least some of them are genuine.

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I am sure that some people who are applying through the proper channels are just looking for better life.  But I do NOT believe for one second that people who risk the lives of their children by coming by boats do so just because they want bit better life for them.  There is a plenty of info about the dangers, people getting into these boats know very well what dangers they face. 

I just wonder what would make you leave everything behind, family friends, possessions, and travel to the other side of the world, get on unseaworthy boat to get to a strange country, possibly with different religion, and often hostile population?  Would you go just because there is a possibility to earn more? 

[spotweldersfriend]

Talk like a pirate? Here's how:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC_PR7YWQOc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I was also going to post a clip from Lost In Space where Albert Salmi plays a pirate a la Robert Newton,but to no avail. Arrr me hearties 🙂

[lakeedge]

Indonesia can go jump as far as most Australians are concerned. The corruption regarding this issue is rife & they know it.

I watched the most disgusting piece of TV interviewing by Tony Jones last night I think has ever been aired on Australian TV.

Abbott needs someone to get in there & disinfect this mob of partisan group thinkers.

[debra9275]

ooooh I don't think we should be saying that to them, especially seeing that we're asking them for their *understanding* right now