Sending a message.

When a sinking ship appeared near Ashmore reef the other day the conservative tossers that sit on the opposition benches got all excited about their chance to blow the dog whistle.

Immigration minister Senator Evans made the right call when he said, "As always, the health and wellbeing of the people is our primary concern".

And true to form, the Liberal cunts who would gladly whip up xenophobia for electoral gain said the federal government needed to send a stronger message to people smugglers.

What exactly does shadow minister Sharman Stone mean by sending a strong message to people smugglers? Is she harking back to the bad old days when her party locked up refugees on desolate islands and left them there to mentally disintegrate as a means to punish people smugglers?

Not only do the Libs have to explain their policy of punishing refugees to attack those making a buck from their suffering, they also have to get with the times. Things have changed. None of the papers are calling them "illegal immigrants" anymore.
There has been a massive editorial shift by all the Australian papers. And this shift represents a titanic movement away from the "fuck off we're full attitude" the Howard government made popular.

Don't you get it Stone? The vast majority of Australia's now know the previous government's policy attacking refugees was profoundly cruel, internationally embarrassing, and morally indefensible.

You fuckers are never going to bring back this shameful period in our history. It's hard to argue in favour of locking up children indefinitely behind razor wire from the opposition benchers. Don't even try you cum rags.