Wow! Thanks for sharing this! Powerful words!<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Michael Brinkhues:
When they came to take the communists, I was silent. I am no communist.
When they took the jews, I didn't say anything. I am a christian.
Even when they took away the catholics I keept silent. I am no catholic.
When they came to take me, there was non left to say a word.
Dietrich Bonhöffer (IIRC)
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When was this? They were held off shore or died on the way?<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Captian Zymmer:
Canada has had it's moments of not caring...there where those Chinese imigrants off Vancouver who all died on the boat (or were the East Indian) waiting to get into Canada.
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Frenchmen? I assume not! I had always thought the large majority of immigrants to Europe went to Germany (easier immigration laws). Does the U.K get a lot of immigrants and from where?<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cmder JT Wayland:
But, we have our own Illegal Immigration problems, yours maybe a swarm of boat people, ours is hundreds of people trying to get across or under the channel. It seems everyday we hear and read reports of illegal immegrants either trying to sail dingies and liferafts across the channel or hanging underneath the Eurostar Trains. And its not just men trying to get in, its pregnant women and kids as well.
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Is the population Indonesian or Aust.? How did Aust. get the island? What is it's status (protectorate, territory, other)?<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Alderon:
Christmas Island is a lot closer to Indonesia than Australia. It's a tiny dot in the Indian Ocean, about (IIRC) a thousand or so kilometres west of Darwin, a few hundred kilometres south of Java. It is tiny; the islands only about 15km long and has a population of less than 2,000.
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And your comment about the Aust. Senate: don't they have power to enforce their desision? Or is it like the U.K House of Lords. . .more for show than a purpose? The courts have the power to enfoce a Senate decision while the Senate doesn't?
Sorry for the questions, but I am confused. It seems the Senate admits the problem and wants to fix it. . .but can't?