Gitmo, what to do and why?

Aliantha · 12-09-2007, 09:48 PM

Did you also know that the new detention centre they're building in NT will have a playstation in every room? They'll also have basketball courts and football fields along with computers etc.

While being detained would certainly not be a holiday, there are certain myths surrounding them and the purpose they serve is valuable in many ways.

When boat people etc arrive in Australia, there should be a way of containing them while their health is checked and in most cases treated. Their status as a refugee needs to be confirmed. Also, the items they're carrying need to be assessed.

Did you know that Australian fishermen in the gulf regularly encounter Indonesian camps on the coastline, complete with small crops growing, and poultry and other farm animals in pens, and sometimes not contained at all? This is not a desirable situation and these fisherpeople are clearly breaking many laws, the least of which, to name a couple are illegal fishing and entering the country without a visa, along with endangering native wildlife while breaking any number of quarantine laws. It's quite frightening really.

View Poll Results: What to do next, share your thoughts and why.
Business as usual, let them rot.	1	6.25%
Trials based on the US Civilian system, civilian judges, lawyers, Habeas Corpus, etc.	6	37.50%
Trials based on Military system of tribunals, but get on with it.	5	31.25%
Guess who is the worst of the lot, release the rest without condition, goodbye, please do not write.	0	0%
Send the lot home, turn out the lights, where they go and what they do not our concern.	4	25.00%
Drop a tactical nuke on the place after pulling out all the US troops, let them meet their maker.	0	0%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

12-09-2007, 09:48 PM	#17
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Did you also know that the new detention centre they're building in NT will have a playstation in every room? They'll also have basketball courts and football fields along with computers etc. While being detained would certainly not be a holiday, there are certain myths surrounding them and the purpose they serve is valuable in many ways. When boat people etc arrive in Australia, there should be a way of containing them while their health is checked and in most cases treated. Their status as a refugee needs to be confirmed. Also, the items they're carrying need to be assessed. Did you know that Australian fishermen in the gulf regularly encounter Indonesian camps on the coastline, complete with small crops growing, and poultry and other farm animals in pens, and sometimes not contained at all? This is not a desirable situation and these fisherpeople are clearly breaking many laws, the least of which, to name a couple are illegal fishing and entering the country without a visa, along with endangering native wildlife while breaking any number of quarantine laws. It's quite frightening really. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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