Stopping the boats

[Penelope]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

Pretty sure that there would have been some who held similar sentiments when your family arrived on our shores.

[10 FLAGS]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

Pretty sure that there would have been some who held similar sentiments when your family arrived on our shores.

There is a major difference as how the wogs who came out here in the 50 and 60s and how these boat people arrive now. In the 50s and the 60s when people came out they had to fill out their paperwork, they had to undergo medical tests before they arrived, they had to have a sponsor family who could provide accomodation for a minimum period and the people arriving had to have a guaranteed job to come to - thats how my mum and dad came out to Australia. They didnt come here unwelcomed- they went through the hoops and fulfilled all the criteria set out by the Australian Government. Thats a fair way different to whats happening now you's have to admit that.

[Penelope]

maybe not, but the bigoted, xenophobic sentiments held by the ignorant were still the same.

[Dubstep Dookie]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

Pretty sure that there would have been some who held similar sentiments when your family arrived on our shores.

There is a major difference as how the wogs who came out here in the 50 and 60s and how these boat people arrive now. In the 50s and the 60s when people came out they had to fill out their paperwork, they had to undergo medical tests before they arrived, they had to have a sponsor family who could provide accomodation for a minimum period and the people arriving had to have a guaranteed job to come to - thats how my mum and dad came out to Australia. They didnt come here unwelcomed- they went through the hoops and fulfilled all the criteria set out by the Australian Government. Thats a fair way different to whats happening now you's have to admit that.

Add to that they generally had an excellent work ethic and didnt rely on welfare (admittedly there was less welfare in those days) paid for by tax payers to live, to the extent that it happens today. 

[tiga]

Seeing as the majority of illegal boat people these days are Afghan, I'm wondering if the allied forces were to pull out of Afghanistan (which is essentially a war that cannot be won) whether it would reduce the number of asylum seekers? Personally I think it would. It worked with the Vietnamese refugees of the 70's.

[Penelope]

..well no war raging in a country reduces the need for people to look elsewhere to live, youd expect.

seeking refugee status, or asylum isn't illegal, though.

[mightytiges]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

Pretty sure that there would have been some who held similar sentiments when your family arrived on our shores.

There is a major difference as how the wogs who came out here in the 50 and 60s and how these boat people arrive now. In the 50s and the 60s when people came out they had to fill out their paperwork, they had to undergo medical tests before they arrived, they had to have a sponsor family who could provide accomodation for a minimum period and the people arriving had to have a guaranteed job to come to - thats how my mum and dad came out to Australia. They didnt come here unwelcomed- they went through the hoops and fulfilled all the criteria set out by the Australian Government. Thats a fair way different to whats happening now you's have to admit that.

Only told they were wogs and dagoes who should go back to where they came from. Yep very welcomed to Australia Ramps . My Italian grandparent's shop was even firebombed once  . The more things change they more they remain the same. It's always the latest wave of immigrants that cop all the crap.

[10 FLAGS]

Tony Abbot has the wrong idea on how to stop boats, what we should do is place some frigates out at sea and everytime we see these bludgers coming our way we should just sink the bastards.

Pretty sure that there would have been some who held similar sentiments when your family arrived on our shores.

There is a major difference as how the wogs who came out here in the 50 and 60s and how these boat people arrive now. In the 50s and the 60s when people came out they had to fill out their paperwork, they had to undergo medical tests before they arrived, they had to have a sponsor family who could provide accomodation for a minimum period and the people arriving had to have a guaranteed job to come to - thats how my mum and dad came out to Australia. They didnt come here unwelcomed- they went through the hoops and fulfilled all the criteria set out by the Australian Government. Thats a fair way different to whats happening now you's have to admit that.

Only told they were wogs and dagoes who should go back to where they came from. Yep very welcomed to Australia Ramps . My Italian grandparent's shop was even firebombed once  . The more things change they more they remain the same. It's always the latest wave of immigrants that cop all the crap.

All immigrants cop crap. Even 2nd and 3rd generation wogs still cop crap but in the end theres a difference again between how we all assimilated and the newbies of today who dont want to assimilate. Italians came from a european catholic christian background, greeks came from a european chritian orthodox tradition. Australia is a christian country - that should be the basis as to who should get in.

[Penelope]

before the wogs came we were a white country, and many believed that should be the basis on who gets in.

what's the difference?

if we take irish Christians, which do we take? the protestants or the catholics.? The effers hate each other.

Y'know my grandmother refused to go to my brothers wedding because he married a catholic. 

bigotry is bigotry, no matter what it is based on

[cub]

So who is the bigot? The person that refuses to assimilate or the person it pi55es off?
Too much of a bullsh!t argument really .......

[tiga]

So who is the bigot? The person that refuses to assimilate or the person it pi55es off?
Too much of a bullpoo argument really .......

Well said CUB.  I think it all depends on who the media focuses on at the time.

[WilliamPowell]

So who is the bigot? The person that refuses to assimilate or the person it pi55es off?
Too much of a bullpoo argument really .......

Well said CUB.  I think it all depends on who the media focuses on at the time.

I reckon you're on the money tiga (sadly)

[1965]

ASYLUM MYTH REVEALED: Boat numbers are actually falling
 
Mar 27, 2012 3:03pm

THE number of asylum seekers who came to Australia last year fell by nearly 10 per cent, the UN's refugee agency reported today.


That showed the numbers of refugee applicants arriving here was "modest - and certainly manageable," according to the United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

World-wide there was a 20 per cent increase in the number of people looking for havens in the 44 industrialised nations surveyed by the UNHCR.

The fall-off in Australian numbers was "largely due to a reduction in the number of people coming to Australia by boat," according to the UNHCR.

"This report shows clearly that the numbers of asylum-seekers coming to Australia are modest - and certainly manageable - when compared to many other industrialised countries," UNHCR regional representative Richard Towle said.

http://www.optuszoo.com.au/news/top/news-com-au/asylum-myth-revealed-boat-numbers-are-actually-falling/626096

[Dubstep Dookie]

What if aliens substituted our government with idiots, and we're all just part of a massive tv program to see how long it takes to figure it out?

What if we are all wacko but we are too unintelligent to know?

What if the first humans were super smart and the reason we are so dumb is because we are all inbred?

What if what we are living is so stuffed up because its an alternate reality to the real world?

What if we cant walk through mirrors only because our reflection is in the way?

What if every time we have déjà vu, its because we actually died and we have just reincarnated to the last save point?

What if all the animals talk the same language and were the odd ones out?

What if you are the only person that exists, and everyone else is a robot?

What if you are in the process of dying, and your life you live is simply flashing before your eyes?

What if in an alternate world, girls hump guys, poot tastes good and hamburgers eat people?

[gerkin greg]

What if in an alternate world, girls hump guys, poot tastes good and hamburgers eat people?

Love Japan. Great country