Tell that to the civilised world that remained after the Roman Empire that was overwhelmed by the Goths who burned all the libraries and plunged the world into a dark age. Fortunately for a little known aspect of history, there was a recovery that only took a few hundred years.cripple wrote:There is no relevance to this point of view. Every wave of migration in our history has brought about change and in hindsight its almost always positive. In this instance its generally lunatic right wingers that drum up hatred and a "sky is falling" mentality. In a perfect world there'd be no asylum seekers as no one would be forced into such a situation and the few that were could be treated in a timely manner before reaching places like Australia and the USA. Until that day comes, media and politicians alike will prey on peoples insecurities about the worst possible outcome.Sky Pilot wrote:The whole boat people issue is out of control and really, none of our politicians have got a clue how to fix it without offending the looney left do-gooders. The problem could be fixed by taking some drastic border protection action at this end and telling the Indonesians to lift their game at the departure points. But the outcry would be overwhelming, so we have to learn to live with it. Within two generations our Aussie lifestyle will be seriously compromised and beyond help.
Irish monks from their branch of Christianity had copied manuscripts from all over the world and stored them in Irish monasteries from which they took them back to Europe when the Goths had finally settled down and become semi-civilised around 400AD or so.
Tony would never break a promise 
