tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post6399866983651882721..comments2023-07-01T00:32:11.092+10:00Comments on Slapdash Mama: Getting all empassioned with The Lounge.SlapdashMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-46392707660853000092013-08-19T12:13:25.673+10:002013-08-19T12:13:25.673+10:00Amen to that.Amen to that.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147906610629741961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-23965738852802206482013-08-17T22:31:24.184+10:002013-08-17T22:31:24.184+10:00Abso-freaking-lutely! I am MAD as mustard about th...Abso-freaking-lutely! I am MAD as mustard about the latest asylum seeker mud slinging match and the 'PNG solution'. I blogged about it recently too - http://www.freezecheese.com/wheres-the-compassion/<br /><br />I can't believ it is even an issue in this country and I am so embarassed that when we have so much to offer these poor people that we turn away. It's awful. I hope the whole world doesn't think we are all a bunch of racist assholes. <br /><br />ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!Lanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378737160853320433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-35372682286496185852013-08-17T07:48:29.179+10:002013-08-17T07:48:29.179+10:00Back again I heard Dame Carol Kidu on radio discus...Back again I heard Dame Carol Kidu on radio discussing the effects of that could result when refugees are settled in PNG. In PNG there is no land avaialble for new settlers as land ownership is part of long time tribal laws. Also once settled the effect of new people receiving Australian benefits in a country with no welfare system.<br /><br />There are also other issues in PNG that this poor country ,though rich in resources ,has to contend with and we "dump"asylum seekers on them<br /><br /><br />BTW Dame Carol Kidu is a Queenslander who served in the PNG parliament for many yearssmrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-81543039600869401102013-08-17T07:37:11.902+10:002013-08-17T07:37:11.902+10:00Im furious that other matters are not discussed du...Im furious that other matters are not discussed due to fear mongering whipped up by both major parties with their eyes on a few key seats.smrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-71661575572770340872013-08-16T18:38:43.049+10:002013-08-16T18:38:43.049+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402703967636964187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-3654742777251393802013-08-16T18:28:43.153+10:002013-08-16T18:28:43.153+10:00You really are a true kindred spirit NS - in the r...You really are a true kindred spirit NS - in the real world (outside of the fluff that is mostly Fudge) - there is little I feel more passionate about than the right people have to be safe and unafraid and the responsibilities that lies with all of us to support and champion that view - great post lovely xxSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402703967636964187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-61956613710364678542013-08-16T13:47:52.991+10:002013-08-16T13:47:52.991+10:00I am exactly the kind of person who would put my f...I am exactly the kind of person who would put my family on a leaky boat in hope of a better life. Well said Slapdash. xCooker and A Lookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968377765693895300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-23442779538565412952013-08-16T13:46:42.706+10:002013-08-16T13:46:42.706+10:00I am exactly the kind of person would put my famil...I am exactly the kind of person would put my family on a leaky boat in the hopes of securing them a better life. Well said Slapdash. xCooker and A Lookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968377765693895300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-41519491433028584922013-08-15T23:33:13.873+10:002013-08-15T23:33:13.873+10:00I tried to comment twice today but both times I wa...I tried to comment twice today but both times I was kicked off... <br /><br />What I wanted to say was that I think Australia is plenty big to help these people out. Surely, surely something can be worked out? The out of sight, out of mind mentality is disgraceful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-85420262499906086602013-08-15T21:11:10.038+10:002013-08-15T21:11:10.038+10:00I don't like the current refugee policies eith...I don't like the current refugee policies either. It just doesn't sit right with me at all. My only small sense of conflict, is that I don't like people dying at sea, but I really don't know what is the best way to stop that happening. This feeling has nothing at all to do with not wanting refugees in our country.<br />I was in the Navy when Tampa happened and then SIEV X. It was awful. I just knew in my heart that what was happening was wrong. SMH had a journalist Margo Kingston who blogged about it. It must have been the very early days of blogging. I would print out her pieces and various other opinion writings and made a little corner of protest in my office. Not a big deal really, but it meant a lot to me when I was surrounded by people who didn't care about the wrong and right of it all.Katyberryhttp://www.theopinionatedmanager.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-10042263940380533932013-08-15T20:38:55.320+10:002013-08-15T20:38:55.320+10:00Oh thank you! You made my day.Oh thank you! You made my day.SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-82362549928168440342013-08-15T20:38:40.676+10:002013-08-15T20:38:40.676+10:00xxxxxxSlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-76931481545789846232013-08-15T20:38:29.521+10:002013-08-15T20:38:29.521+10:00God I wish I had some extra boring writing work to...God I wish I had some extra boring writing work to do, such is my lust for a bit of extra cash...xxxSlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-18226827779247151502013-08-15T20:38:02.322+10:002013-08-15T20:38:02.322+10:00Never mind Lisa any time you feel like it just dro...Never mind Lisa any time you feel like it just drop on by! I haven't been "feeling it" blogging wise at the moment anyway so I understand!SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-36073312432865921092013-08-15T20:37:25.521+10:002013-08-15T20:37:25.521+10:00It's so fucked. I actually thought when I hear...It's so fucked. I actually thought when I heard on the radio that Kevin Rudd had made a big announcement about Australia's refugee policy, that they were going to, I don't know, send a huge ship out to pick up a whole tonne of them. Such was my naivety.SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-61048653579625062502013-08-15T20:35:53.216+10:002013-08-15T20:35:53.216+10:00I know. It is so depressing I can hardly bear it.I know. It is so depressing I can hardly bear it.SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-42744177334299194262013-08-15T20:29:37.340+10:002013-08-15T20:29:37.340+10:00Not much has inspired me to comment anywhere latel...Not much has inspired me to comment anywhere lately- no reflection on what I'm reading, just my lack of time and energy. But this is a great post and I'm so glad I clicked over today. Thanks Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504006517555447190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-76854720940438587642013-08-15T19:26:31.358+10:002013-08-15T19:26:31.358+10:00Hear, hearHear, hearHousewife in Heelshttp://www.housewifeinheels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-3268964785245490232013-08-15T15:43:50.885+10:002013-08-15T15:43:50.885+10:00Here here, I couldn't have said it better myse...Here here, I couldn't have said it better myself. That photo of that camp in Jordon is horrific, imagine what it's like to live there - so sad :( <br />I have nothing sorry Sass, just passionate about doing fug all right now and saying yes to really boring writing work because I am broke and can't be picky :( xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-52597299566170936332013-08-15T14:59:04.582+10:002013-08-15T14:59:04.582+10:00Oh, also, I haven't linked up with The Lounge ...Oh, also, I haven't linked up with The Lounge today, even though I really wanted to, because I haven't for a while, and I miss it, but my latest post isn't really focused on my "passions" per se, and if I was to write one, it would just be a long ranty rave about stuff that no one really wants to read about, so I'm just enjoying everyone else's posts. What a bunch of super-passionate peeps!Lisa @ Raising Explorershttp://raisingexplorers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-20831598644988143732013-08-15T14:38:59.713+10:002013-08-15T14:38:59.713+10:00Yesterday I was discussing the issue of asylum see...Yesterday I was discussing the issue of asylum seekers and refugees with my Year 7 students. It's very hard to talk about the issue, recognising the impact of war and poverty on real human beings, when both sides of politics, as you say, demonstrate such draconian attitudes to accepting refugees. The media fuelling the fire doesn't do much for public opinion in helping us become informed about the issue. Glad you're passionate about it, Sarah. I watched a documentary a while back of a family in a refugee camp. The image of the father crying, showing the conditions in which his family live, has stuck with me. It's awful. So sad. I wish we could take them all!Lisa @ Raising Explorershttp://raisingexplorers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-49593203632877912722013-08-15T14:35:40.643+10:002013-08-15T14:35:40.643+10:00I hate that this election is nothing more than cat...I hate that this election is nothing more than catch phrases, about everything. No one has actually said how they plan on carrying through with anything that has been promised. I find it ludicrous when people say that they should just get a plane and then claim refugee status the 'right' way. You know because I am sure in the middle of a war torn country they can just pop down to the local airport and head to Australia. Tegan Churchillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437605496110028625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-90240623386881376252013-08-15T12:33:38.251+10:002013-08-15T12:33:38.251+10:00SO TRUE! I am so angry that this is the issue that...SO TRUE! I am so angry that this is the issue that I am forced to consider when I want to vote - there are SO many other more pressing issues for Australia. Just shouldn't be a political question at all.SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-41692346722590725422013-08-15T12:32:47.161+10:002013-08-15T12:32:47.161+10:00I know, it's actually quite a shock to hear so...I know, it's actually quite a shock to hear some people's opinion on the subject :-(SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242075868158858552.post-81274853078634412822013-08-15T12:32:19.273+10:002013-08-15T12:32:19.273+10:00Oh I will look it up Alex thanks!Oh I will look it up Alex thanks!SlapdashMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395454257023289058noreply@blogger.com