Brian Ross
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Belgarion wrote on Oct 27 th, 2020 at 10:25am: Brian Ross wrote on Oct 26 th, 2020 at 7:45pm: Belgarion wrote on Oct 26 th, 2020 at 5:29pm: Brian Ross wrote on Oct 26 th, 2020 at 1:26pm: Belgarion wrote on Oct 26 th, 2020 at 12:06pm: BZ the SBS...However I see the bleeding hearts making this about oppressed refugees seeking asylum being brutalised by the thugs of the Royal Marines.
Just like the Tampa incident in 2001. Details are a lot lighter than during Tampa, Belgarion. Tampa OTOH was the Australian Government being bastards as a dog whistle. Tampa was the SASR being Government thugs. They weren't qualified to ascertain the health problems and didn't care about them, they were just ordered to get the Asylum Seekers off the boats onto RAN ships and out of Australian waters. Bugger the Asylum Seekers, hey? Bugger our requirements under the UN Refugee Convention. All so John Winston Howard could wedge the ALP and defeat them at the election. Tsk, tsk. If you want to quote international laws, don't forget the ones that state that people rescued must be taken to the nearest port, which happened to be in Indonesia. Or the ones about piracy, which is what these 'refugees' attempted when the found out they would not be taken to Australia. Or the ones the Norwegian government ignored when refusing to accept the 'refugees' although they were on a Norwegian vessel..... Well, there is nothing in the UN Convention on Refugees that suggests anything like that. As for the "closest port" there was Christmas Island. Why not go there? As for "piracy" does that mean you want to string them all up from the yardarm, Belgarion? Really? The Norwegian Government was under no obligation to accept them, they were en route to Australia. QED. Howard was a bastard, all he wanted was another term in Government. Tsk, tsk. 1. Christmas Island does not have a port..it has a small landing stage that is incapable of handing any ship the size of Tampa. You obviously haven't read the UN Convention on Refugees, Belgarion. Care to point out a definition of "Port" contained in that Convention? Quote:2. Attempting to take over a ship by force is piracy. Piracy is a crime. They would need a court, a properly convened, legal court to prove it was "piracy". Where could that occur, except on Australian soil, Belgarion? Quote:3. Tampa was a Norwegian registered vessel. That makes them Norways responsibility. The fact that the illegals wanted to go to Australia is a reason we must accept them? Norway's sole responsibility was to deliver them to an Australian Port. They attempted that only to be refused by a recalcitrant Australian Government. That was when the Asylum Seekers, who were desperate people attempted desperate measures and forced the ship's captain to sail for Christmas Island. They didn't need to dock, they just had to be delivered there. Australia sent the SASR. Funny that...
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