time for australia to harden up on boat people, page-244

Horsa, I agree with you up to a point that shared vaues as a nation are valuable. But they must be morally sustainable shared values. Here is a recent list of shared values held (imposed?) that lead to untold destruction and mayhem under the tutelage of monstrous dictators:

Facist Germany under the monstrous Hitler;

Facist Italy under the morally decrepit Mussolini;

Communist Russia, ex USSR, under the Georgian thug - Stalin;

Communist China under the maniacal Mao; and

Cambodia under the genocidal Khmer Rouge. Who can forget the 'Killing Fields?

And I nearly forgot Japan!

Millions of these countries' citizens suffered untold misery and torture to ensure they conformed to the
values imposed by their Leaders.