time for australia to harden up on boat people, page-113

"However, unfortunately for many, there is no "LINE" that exist."

That's the problem isn't it? That there's no proper channel for so many of these people to enter the country. This is what the government should be fixing, and sinking money into. So when asked the hard questions, they can truthfully say they are taking serious efforts to address the problem in a fair manner. As it stands now, the way they handle it is a joke. Survival of the fittest is not a fair system, rewarding those with the means to get in the back door, not those who need it the most. Do you think when releasing food rations in starving communities it would be fair if those who were most desperate for the food were rewarded, or there was a system in place for distributing it, as fairly as one could manage? No system will be completely fair, but what about the meek, are they to be forgotten?

"Most are leaving because they are in fear of being raped, beaten, murdered etc"

This doesn't grant them the right to get in line ahead of someone facing similar persecution, who is trying to go through the correct procedure. Again, the 'correct procedure' doesn't exist a lot of the time, and this is the problem. Is it that hard to have an embassy to process immigrants? I bet it's damn hard, but this problem will never go away by itself. It doesn't seem intractable though, to set up such facilities offshore.

"the real poor and needy ones often try and come by boat,"

One of the recent boats had a mere five women on board. Are female refugees a minority, or does something seem fishy here? I agree it's a desperate measure to take, but is really a fact that the most needy refugees come by boat? Maybe it is, I don't know for sure, but where there's money involved, seems unlikely.

"It's true, they use money to seek advantage.
But if you are genuinely opposed to that, you should also be against private health insurance, private schools and nicer neighbourhoods."

Capitalism is not fair, but government policy and the law should strive to be. So yes, from a purely ethical point of view I am against all those things. However as it stands, I'm not currently aware of a system superior to capitalism, so accept the lesser of two evils as it were.

"And sorry if it offends people but heaps of Australians are racist to an extent even if they don't think they are."

Do I detect a hint of racism towards Australians? You have made an observation, and generalised it to the broader population. Yet you label others racist for doing the same thing? If you relax the definition enough, patriotism can be considered a profound form of racism.

"Thrice I've been assaulted by these types, never by anybody Asian or Indian or anything else."

Three cheers for positive discrimination, it's alright because a minority isn't involved, right? How well would that go down if you replaced Asian and Indian with, say, upper class caucasian?