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Ecky Thump Esq. Started conversation Aug 31, 2001
What a situation near Christmas Isle. A Norwegian ship has done the right thing and rescued boat people from a sinking vessel, and all the Indonesian & Australian Gov'ts can say is hey we don't want you!
Australia even rushed legislation through parliament overnight, to give it the power to order the ship from it's territorial waters.
It's the same old story global multinationals ripping off and exploiting the poor and downtrodden, or so called democratic governments using them as political footballs. A lot of these refugees are from Iraq and Afghanistan, and if it wasn't for western governments blocking food and medical supplies to these countries
the problem wouldn't be as bad.
Oh! for a giant dose of humanitarianism.
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