Glad you mentioned that, Lawrence. This obviously the democracy the world is
being saved for.
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Upton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: Hypocrisies
> This morning 10 unnamed people have been arrested under our new terrorism
> laws
>
> They are held without trial
>
> They can appeal but the hearing will be held in camera and not until 6
> months have elapsed
>
> Thus, shall we preserve our way of life
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 18 December 2001 22:04
> Subject: Hypocrisies
>
>
> | I see, after the terrible riots in the Woomera Detention Camp last
> | night, that the Australian Government is being told by pscyhologists
> | that "if you treat people in extreme ways, they will act in extreme
> | ways", and that the despair these people are living with is affecting
> | their mental health.
> |
> | Naturally enough, the government says they're just "criminals".
> |
> | For those who don't know, these people - asylum seekers from
> | countries like Iraq and Afghanistan - are held indefinitely in camps
> | in the middle of the desert, prisons run by a private company run by
> | an ex-FBI officer, while their visas are considered, a process which
> | can take years. We're the only country in the world which does this.
> |
> | There are 290 children at the centre.
> |
> | I think it's about time we put away the notion that Australia is a
> | "generous" country.
> |
> | Alison
> |
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> |
> | Alison Croggon
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