Hi Tim, just to this one: On Fri, 17 Aug 2012, tim josling wrote:
I don't mean platitudes a la the Green's web site which basically says "be kind to refugees" & "Labor and Liberal are mean".
This week Tony Abott was grilled at ABC Radio 774 about the word "illegal" refugee. He had to swallow that the word isn't right in this context, as the 1951 Convention states: (What rights do refugees have under the 1951 Convention?, http://www.unhcr.org/4ec262df9.html) "The right not to be punished for illegal entry into the territory of a contracting State (Article 31);" It did not stop him to use "illegal" again later the day at Channel Nine. Yes, there is meanness in that. People who are interested in solutions don't use this kind of misleading words against better knowledge. Regards Peter