i forgot to explain the "Pacific Solution" it is basically outsourcing the whole refugee boat people thing offshore to poor pacific island countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Solution http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/pacific-solution-no-real-answer-20100917-15gb9.html <http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/pacific-solution-no-real-answer-20100917-15gb9.html>while it was discontinued in 2007 there are now talks going on with Timor Este http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/some-ifs-but-timor-could-be-a-solution-20100708-10276.html <http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/some-ifs-but-timor-could-be-a-solution-20100708-10276.html> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM, mex sara <[email protected]> wrote: > well he is setting himself for disaster really ... there seems to be more > expatriate New Zealanders than those > > that live on the little islands and some of the them are great big rugger > players that could well clobber him > > I don't think Aussies and Kiwis hate each other ... there is a lot of back > and forth lots of shopping in Australia by New Zealanders and trips to the > tropics lots of skiing and culture getting in New Zealand by Australians > [the Aussie Dollar is much better than the New Zealand one ... > > on the international sporting field there is a huge rivalry of course > > and there is a New Zealand team in the major Australian league called the > Warriors > > it used to be that in New Zealand there was a knee jerk inferiority complex > regards Australia .. but times have changed ... > > they are definitely different places > > New Zealand was settled mainly by soldiers from Britain for were sent out > to fight the Maori Wars and farmers > timber getters and fishermen mostly from the north of England Scotland > and Wales > > Australia by convicts and the soldier jail keepers and later farmers and > businessmen but from the upper echelons of England often the 'black sheep' > of the family was sent out to get rid of some kind of scandal > > both had a Gold rush in the 19th Century but Australia's was huge > > New Zealand is more Pacific Island focused Australia is more Asian > > Australia locks up refugees in detention centres surrounded by barbed wire > in the desert > and lets them drown by the hundreds and talks of a "Pacific Solution" which > means > > http://www.sievx.com/ > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1719808.stm > > http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=39449 > > *http://tinyurl.com/29wwwwu* > > New Zealand makes citizens of them > > > New Zealand is officially bilingual > > Australia has separate language groups > > Both have 'race' issues ... > > but Maori's have a treaty [ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Waitangi ] a place in > government via proportional voting and health care > > Australian Aboringionals have the 'intervention' > > *http://tinyurl.com/234pv8x* > * > * > not mentioned in the above article is that whole communities had their > [social security ] income quarantined and many self help programmes were > disbanded regardless of their success to stop self determination etc in > remote communities > > > Australia is xenophobic and there is a culture of racism that is quite > horrific > > i am try to think of places in the States that are like Aus and NZ > > New Zealand is like San Francisco and the arty part of Arizona [not the > desert thing of course] > > Australia is like Texas and suburban Detroit > > mx > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:40 AM, richardsan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:49 AM, M Christol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Do Australians & New Zealenders hate each other? >>> Some buy in Kentucky said they do so he taunts them by saying Australia & >>> New Zealand are the same country. >>> He thinks it is hilarious. >>> I think it makes him (& me by association) look dumber'n shit. >>> >> >> you are >> getting >> sleepy >> verrrry sleepy >> a deep restful sleep... >> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> "doubts are the only certainties i have left." >> m. feldman >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "StrataList-OT" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<stratalist-ot%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
