mothra wrote on Dec 5
th, 2015 at 10:18am:
Interesting that some of our less than enthusiastic about refugee members are waxing nostalgic about the Voyage of the Damned.
It was precisely this incident and others like it that saw the drawing up of the UNHRC Refugee Convention.
Mistakes of the past anybody?
when the UN convention was initiated.....we didnt have terrorism to worry about.. did we...
war was over JUST...and everyone was sickened by it....
and yes GERMAN concentration camps were very much on the agenda....and a lot of displaced persons....
you would have had to been there to appreciate what the climate was like....I would imagine...
so to compare those times with today is a bit of a stretch to my way of thinking..
the world has become more violent more sophisticated even the poorest have weapons and power.....
refugees are now a BUSINESS...people smugglers are conning people left right and centre.. and the UN is condoning them...
you really think by us living in the past... will stop the bad guys winning this war????>..
REALLY.