Dear Aurelius1,I'm not an historian either, but my...

Dear Aurelius1,

I'm not an historian either, but my great-grand-parents
(on my father's side) got married in Northern Ireland,
boarded a sailing ship (the Shalmar) and lobbed
in Australia in 1865 and what makes chasing
the details so hard is (back in those days)
that's all you did (if you had the cash)
you packed your bag, bought a
ticket and when the tide and
winds were favourable,
you sailed away to
Australia!

I find I can't spend too much time in the
politics component on HotCpper as
it's bad for my mental health to
be with people (for too long)
who believe that purchasing
peace of mind for them and
their children by inflicting
greivous mental harm on
other people's children
is a proper way to
behave - ie that
the end justifies
the barbaric
means.

There is no way that I can transfer
(intellectually) via my keyboard
a sense of what is right and
wrong to people who's
main interest in life is
"What's In It For Me?"

There is nothing (for you or me)
in being kind to childern who
lack a piece of paper that a
DIMIA clerk thinks is more
valuable than a child's right
to freedom from harm and
persecution by po-faced
prison camp thugs.

But there is an AWFUL lot in it for
a child who's only 'crime' was to
obey her mother when told:

"Grab your teddy-bear, Daddy is
taking us on a long voyage
to Australia."

It all depends on what you value most:

Policies, Paper or People?

Since policies and paper can feel no
pain (but people can) I value
people - and if policies and
paper need to be ripped to
shreds to protect people from
persecution by po-faced
prison camp thugs, that
has my complete
approval!

If the price of my freedom from anxiety
is to make innocent kids catatonic
from horrific prison-camp
experiences- please can
I have my anxiety back!

I can live with anxiety but I
cannot and will not be a
benificiary of serial
goverment child
abuse so racists
can feel comfy.

The end is shabby and the
means is unspeakably
evil and corrodes all
that separates men
from beasts.