On Thu, 15 May 2014 13:17:59 Daniel Jitnah wrote:
I take Tim's point and unfortunately he is probably right.
However, I'd like to think that someone's democratic and freedom of expression right to contact an elected Member would not be diminished for the reason mentionned. This is a multicultural society, and there are many people who come from a country and background where their first language is not English. (I am one)
The Australian government has a long history of being racist, the White Australia Policy was only repealed during my lifetime. Now the Abbott governments claims that people have a "right" to be bigots and want to reduce the effectiveness of the Racial Discrimination Act. Let's face facts, we have a racist government.
To have their views discarded for the reason that their command of the English language is less than perfect is disappointing, even worrying.
True. But I expect that most letters to MPs don't get read by the MP in question. It's probably mostly a count of people who object to a policy and care enough to write. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/