ROFLMAO said:
Kasz216 said:
Mr Khan said:
ROFLMAO said:
I don't really know what to classify myself as, could anyone help? :P
-I'm definitely pro-choice. It's the woman's body, she can do with it what she chooses :P
-I see the use of force as necessary to solve some conflicts, though in most cases, diplomacy would be preferred.
-If tobacco is legal, I see no reason for cannabis to be illegal, so I would legalise it to wipe out the black market in it's trade.
-I'd legalise prostitution, with regulation put in place to make sure STDs don't spread and human trafficking isn't allowed.
-Living in Australia, I'm disgusted by practically all of the politicians' stance on Asylum Seekers. They're referred to as Boat People and made to seem sub-human. I would set up centers around Australia's entry points (The northern coast) and the Asia-Pacific (Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, etc.) where people can be processed for asylum and if they don't pose a risk to the society through diseases or violent intentions then let them in, there's plenty of land free, why not?
Next election, I'll probably be voting for the Greens, because Labor in Australia under Gillard is deplorable and the Liberals are just as bad. I'd vote Sex Party, but they aren't represented in my electorate :P |
What is Gillard's/Labour's platform currently? I try to keep track of what all the major countries are doing politically, but i don't know much about Australia in that regard.
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Probably "It's all a plot by Indonesia to invade us."
Most Austrlians seem oddly parnoid about Indoneisa.
Edit: Or now, if i'm remembering correctly, I think it might be that they deport them to other countries, not nessisairly where they came from?
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Labor's platform at the moment is largely to send 800 of our refugees to Malaysia for processing and resettlement in exchange for 3000 of their processed ones for resettlement here. It doesn't make much sense to me as it's practically a people swap where we end up taking more. The Carbon Tax too, which I agree with for the most point, except for the opening price of $23 per tonne of carbon, which I think is too high compared to other countries and will just make our industry less competitive.
I never got the whole "OH NO INDONESIA IS COMING!" thing either :P All Indonesian's that I've met have been really nice people. Having really strong relations with them is very important for our future security too, as if anybody wants to invade Australia, they have to go through Indonesia first. (Though I don't know who could feasibly do it, even the Japanese during WWII admitted that an invasion of Australia was implausible)
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Yeah, i saw that after I posted.
If I had to guess, I'd imagine it's a matter of "Not rewarding refugees/human traficers."
That way you can not accept those who are activly trying to come to your country, but avoid the cruelty of sending them back where they came from. Hoping it would cause refugees to instead try other countries since paying to come to Australia will likely end up with you in Malaysia or some other country.
Many human trafickers smuggle people like this, and then force them to work their debts off in crime. Not really possible if the destination ends up being somewhere else.
Does seem, somewhat morose though, trading humans as if they were baseball cards.
