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Chrissiee said:
why would you guess something you had the power to control. Get out.
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Public forum, I'm staying, If you leftists/femenists/libertarians don't like me and WON'T GIVE ME A REASON TO GET OUT, then you can get out.
 
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taylorswiftlove said:
haha sure everyone, have a go at me, I really couldn't give two fucks.
these are my opinions and I respect everyone else's, I just can't stand seeing people in developing countries die of starvation or torture or children not being able to get education because of dictators or what not.
I just think our country can handle some more refugees.

I think the reason I feel so much compassion towards refugees is because my parents came as legal migrants (on a plane, not a boat) to Australia (from Nepal), having almost nothing. they also had three children with them (including me) and lived in a shit ass apartment. whilst my mum was at home with us, my dad went and worked his ass off and got a degree, got a great job and then my mum did the same. now we live in a nice house, go to good schools & are so much better off than my relatives who still live in Nepal.
all I'm saying is that migrants + refugees can do really good things for the country, if they work hard (like my rents), and can contribute to the economy well... and not be a liability.
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It's a fairly robust environment here, I wouldn't be deterred by the reaction you just got, almost all those who attacked you have said worse to each other and if you hangs around you'll pick up the nuances of discourse in this place pretty quickly. For the record they didn't come down on you like a ton of bricks because you cared, the main thing was they resented the inference that foreign aid/government intervention is without doubt useful in alleviating poverty. I believe it is and support it but there is ongoing debate about it and ways in which it can often be counter-productive, legitimate complex arguments and you were seen to just sweep them aside under the guise of "caring".

I like to imply otherwise a fair bit for fun, but believing in free markets isn't inherently selfish and greedy. Your comment about importing people to resolve the ageing crisis similarly begged the question of whether increasing youths through one way or another is a sustainable solution to the ageing population crisis. Again it is an ongoing debate, you are definitely wrong but the way you just stated it as an immutable fact wasn't going to impress folk who have debated that very issue at length.

Finally, when you accuse people of essentially being selfish to the point of causing famine they are going to react with a degree of hostility. What you said about their morality, however much I agree with it, was more brutal than the barrage of Malcolm Tucker style vitriol they shot back which whilst profane was hardly deep and incisive.
 
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let them in just don't give them benefits because they managed to cross a border, we keep doing this say goodbye to our standard of living.

I don't blame illegal immigrants for coming here

Aren't most coming here because of the warz we caused in their countries and our attractive yet highly unsustainable and detrimental entitlement system?
 
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AAEldar said:
Australia has a small population and it should stay that way. Look at these other countries - third world with over population, that's no coincidence. It's because of this overpopulation that so many of them can't get good education and all that jazz (I admit, there are other factors of course...).

We provide for other countries through foreign aid which, while a good deed, means less spent on our own issues. We take in immigrants and support for them when we don't even worry about issues of people born here.

Limit immigration intake in every aspect IMO.


Read: IMO.
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Cool good luck destroying our economy with the aging population and no growth like japan you fucktard
 
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This nation is founded on immigrants and immigration, they are KEY to being able to sustain our current standards of living as our population ages.

Who the fuck is going to look after your parents and grandparents when they can't look after themselves?

Who is going to staff hospitals, and treat the sick if we don't have any new parents?

Who is going to start businesses, employ people and sell things people want?


Fuck everything about protectionism and fuck everything about nationalism.

This country is great because we have a boon of natural resources yes, but we have to have SUSTAINED HUMAN CAPITAL to take advantage of it.

Without growth we may as well all go back to living in fucking caves.
 
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Blastus said:
please learn some basic economics and have a basic understanding of demographics
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excuse me but this is a criminal matter. step aside you technocratic fascist.

they're called ILLEGAL immigrants for a reason.

This country is great because we have a boon of natural resources yes, but we have to have SUSTAINED HUMAN CAPITAL
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but seriously.

does this mean you support government policy attracting immigrants with high human capital, or government policy to invest in immigrants with low levels? both?
 
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what he says is right and you in essence should be agreeing with it. You only differ in who you consider said "cunts" to be

also can someone explain the advantages of offshore processing over onshore processing? And why are asylum seekers in detention centres for so long? Surely it doesn't take that long to decide whether the person is a legiut refugee or not?
 
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mirakon said:
also can someone explain the advantages of offshore processing over onshore processing?
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Offshore vs Onshore pros:
currying Law & Order votes (you appear TOUGHER ON CRIME vis a vis onshore
(some people believe) it is better for social cohesion/reduces social unrest to offshore it
possible to circumvent human rights obligations (by offshoring to countries that either don't have strong formal human rights legislation or do not enforce it)

Offshore vs Onshore cons:
Costs a fuckton more (community detention is 5 times cheaper than detention centres which are 5-20 times cheaper than offshore processing
Difficulty in negotiating international agreements
Onshore provides local jobs

And why are asylum seekers in detention centres for so long? Surely it doesn't take that long to decide whether the person is a legiut refugee or not?[/QUOTE]

legiut refugee or not?
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Depends where they come from and if they brought any documentation with them. Security and health checks are done. Sometimes security checks can take forever (however, in a study of the records of 21,000 security checks, only 2 people were found to have failed the test completely). Sometimes determining status can take forever. The system is also prone to bureaucratic gridlock etc. So it can take years, or 4 weeks.
 
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