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This issue is a hard one. We do need centres to process these people and find out about their origin. Though, i think that the amount of mean spiritedness in our community is amazing. Eat shit and die in the fucking ocean you filthy forigners is the subtext of what alot of people are thinking and feeling. I thought it was horrible that Howard lied about the children overboard thing, but the thing that really scared me was that we wanted to belive it. We thought 'yeah, these people would be capable of this, sure why not, afterall they are trying to get into this country and steal our jobs'. At one stage the whole nation was going ape shit about being invaded by the forign hoard. I fondly remember the Telegraph's 3 page spreads about it. The ship in question at the time had 10 people on it. Yes, not even a full footy team. Meanwhile the country has scores of other more pressing social and economic obstacles. Yeah, i know News = Entertainment.
Meridaen. You keep saying that the majority of Aussies are on your side and maybe you are right, but the fact that there was such a protest against Woomera etc shows that there are alot of people who think otherwise. Paul keating was a bit of a wanker. But he was a wanker who bent arse over tit to secure our strong relations with asia. Howard has done much to undermine this strength.
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