Comments on: Faris: Boat people put Rudd to the test http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/ now with extra source Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:09:50 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: pamela http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/#comment-14862 pamela Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14862 Without ire, disrespect or rudeness Peter Faris, I am waiting for your answer. What would you do? Stay home and wait to see if they get you or Run for your life? Without ire, disrespect or rudeness Peter Faris, I am waiting for your answer. What would you do? Stay home and wait to see if they get you or Run for your life?

]]> By: Matt http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/#comment-14863 Matt Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14863 Peter Faris (allegedly QC) writes "The refugees must spend as little time in detention as possible, be given permanent visas and then flown to Australia to be resettled at the taxpayer’s expense".<br /><br />The whole rant of his "story" flows from this.<br /><br />This ISNT labor's policy. Faris either doesn't understand Labor's policy or he deliberately misrepresents it. Either way it is highly embarrasing for a senior member of the Bar and one who is a QC. No winder no-one will brief him! Peter Faris (allegedly QC) writes “The refugees must spend as little time in detention as possible, be given permanent visas and then flown to Australia to be resettled at the taxpayer’s expense”.

The whole rant of his “story” flows from this.

This ISNT labor’s policy. Faris either doesn’t understand Labor’s policy or he deliberately misrepresents it. Either way it is highly embarrasing for a senior member of the Bar and one who is a QC. No winder no-one will brief him!

]]> By: Paul Sofronoff http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/#comment-14864 Paul Sofronoff Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14864 Could Crikey please just include a link to a web page for all of Peter Faris' future articles, rather than the article itself. It would save me (and many others) the tiring effort of scrolling past to get to the next article. Could Crikey please just include a link to a web page for all of Peter Faris’ future articles, rather than the article itself. It would save me (and many others) the tiring effort of scrolling past to get to the next article.

]]> By: MichaelT http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/#comment-14865 MichaelT Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14865 Phew! I thought a QC would know better than to rush to judgement like this.<br /><br />First, 14 people falls far, far short of the thousands that try and get into European countries after a major humanitarian crisis. Maybe we will experience a huge increase, but this is mere speculation, based on prejudice.<br /><br />Second, none of us should be jumping to conclusions about tge status of a group of people in the total absence of any facts about their individual circumstances.<br /><br />Sheer alarmism. Phew! I thought a QC would know better than to rush to judgement like this.

First, 14 people falls far, far short of the thousands that try and get into European countries after a major humanitarian crisis. Maybe we will experience a huge increase, but this is mere speculation, based on prejudice.

Second, none of us should be jumping to conclusions about tge status of a group of people in the total absence of any facts about their individual circumstances.

Sheer alarmism.

]]> By: pamela http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/#comment-14866 pamela Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14866 Some folks need to personalise asituation in order to understand it. Let me ask you Peter Faris, what would you do in these circumstances?<br />You are not lucky enough to live in Australia. You have strong opinions which you express in writing and publicly. Your opinions cause ire among the political elite who deal with dissent by <br />1. bombing your house <br />2. kidnapping you or your sons <br />3. assassination <br />4. torturing then murdering you. <br />You hear that one of these is being considered for you.<br />You hear of someone who can arrange to get you out. You or your family pay this person and off you go to an unknown destination to seek asylum. <br />The alternative is you stay and die. <br />What would you do? <br /> Some folks need to personalise asituation in order to understand it. Let me ask you Peter Faris, what would you do in these circumstances?
You are not lucky enough to live in Australia. You have strong opinions which you express in writing and publicly. Your opinions cause ire among the political elite who deal with dissent by
1. bombing your house
2. kidnapping you or your sons
3. assassination
4. torturing then murdering you.
You hear that one of these is being considered for you.
You hear of someone who can arrange to get you out. You or your family pay this person and off you go to an unknown destination to seek asylum.
The alternative is you stay and die.
What would you do?

]]> By: David M http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/03/faris-boat-people-put-rudd-to-the-test/#comment-14867 David M Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14867 Great.....let them in....wait 5 years ....for them to decide to bomb the MCG!! Great…..let them in….wait 5 years ….for them to decide to bomb the MCG!!

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