Yeah - and why does America have Republican and Democrat parties when it's supposedly a democratic republic? Makes no sense.
At my work, we got into an argument about this issue. Afterwards, I thought about how cunning Howard's stance is, since so many people support his decision although most do so for completely different reasons.
I've spoken to people who range from thinking that any Afghanis should be torpedoed out of the water, to those that couldn't care less, to those that are so appalled by Australia's liberal migration laws that (real quote) 'it's so bad, we even have Asians infiltrating the government now!'
It's reds under the bed all again, in some ways. All this racist tension has suddenly been released, and it's scary once you realise how many people you thought were considerate and open-minded are in fact prejudiced assholes.
Still, it's good to know that there are still some people who oppose this sort of thing. What sort of reactions have you seen from people you know, Sydney?
[ September 30, 2001: Message edited by: LuxoJr ]
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