time for australia to harden up on boat people, page-243

Green0, I cant resist a final deconstruction of your post as your view encapsulates to a degree the divide between "old" and "new" Australia.

You have been in the country longer than most yet its fair to say you dont have historical roots here. But you are perhaps to quick to dismiss the culture that existed.

You almost manage to imply that the struggles of the citizens back in the 40's was misguided as looking back through the lense of time they werent protecting anything of value worth saving.

Back then the citizens manned up so they could preserve their way of life and ultimately keep the land free so decades later ignorant twerps could migrate from all over the world and look down on their legacy.