I've pretty much given up on Western culture's capacity for self-correction.
What ever God or Karma has in store for us (by way of just retribution) we deserve 100 times over for all the misery our culture has caused to millions and millions of innocent men, women and children.
That said, it's always better to light a candle than curse the darkness and ignorance of a Prime Minister who tried to ban this memorial (in Canberra's Weston Park) to 353 refugees who drowned while Australia's 'radar' was deliberately switched off.
The tall poles are in honour of adult refugees who drowned and the shorter poles are in honour of the children who drowned while seeking refuge on the over-crowded SIEV-X:
