On Tue, 14 Aug 2012, Trent W. Buck wrote:
twb> So Australia guarantees more rights to refugees than its twb> citizenry? ;-)
peter> I am sick of this "boat people drama" going on for 10 years. It peter> is the meanest, nastiest debate I came across so far in a peter> democratic society.
FTR, my idle curiosity above does not mean I'm in the "boat people go home" camp; I don't even UNDERSTAND that camp.
I did not think of you, or someone else specifically, being in the "boat people go home" camp. I guess there are many decent people here, as somewhere else in Australian society. It is just time to get rid of politicians who continue to kick powerless people as asylum seekers are. Tell your local member of the Parlament what you think of it! Regards Peter