There Goes The Neighbourhood
Is it just me or does everyone think Pauline Hanson needs a leisurely stroll around a refugee camp?
I’ve actually met Pauline Hanson and she seemed like quite a nice lady but yesterday she threw her hat in the ring for the next federal election.
She said she wants to be in parliament asking questions on behalf of Queenslanders – we live in a democracy, so ultimately it’s up to the people, but make no mistake, Pauline Hanson will never speak for me.
Earlier yesterday, a decade after warning Australia was being swamped by Asians (one of many one nation assertions that have proved to be baseless), Ms Hanson went on a rant about Muslims and said ‘diseased Africans’ should be barred from the Australia.
In a recent interview Pauline said, "Why do we have to bring people in who are of no benefit to this country whatsoever?
I’ll tell you why Pauline, because we’re humans. No matter where you were born or what medical services you’ve been denied all your life, at some point in time, you deserve a break.
If you were born in Australia, it was just dumb luck…a happy accident. You did nothing to earn or deserve this rich and comfortable life, in the same way that a ‘diseased African’ did nothing to deserve their circumstances either.
I suspect Pauline Hanson and her supporters are the same people who lament the demise of the old fashioned values, the good neighbourhood, where people took care of each other and community prospered.
Well to my mind, it’s the same principal. If the neighbourhood is dead it’s because of mean spiritedness – because we don’t look for the best in our neighbour – and we don’t lift him up when he needs a hand.
It’s a global village and Pauline, if people like you teach a new generation to be and insular…to not see all people as brothers and to not say ‘what can we do to help?
Then ultimately we’re all in trouble.
I’ve actually met Pauline Hanson and she seemed like quite a nice lady but yesterday she threw her hat in the ring for the next federal election.
She said she wants to be in parliament asking questions on behalf of Queenslanders – we live in a democracy, so ultimately it’s up to the people, but make no mistake, Pauline Hanson will never speak for me.
Earlier yesterday, a decade after warning Australia was being swamped by Asians (one of many one nation assertions that have proved to be baseless), Ms Hanson went on a rant about Muslims and said ‘diseased Africans’ should be barred from the Australia.
In a recent interview Pauline said, "Why do we have to bring people in who are of no benefit to this country whatsoever?
I’ll tell you why Pauline, because we’re humans. No matter where you were born or what medical services you’ve been denied all your life, at some point in time, you deserve a break.
If you were born in Australia, it was just dumb luck…a happy accident. You did nothing to earn or deserve this rich and comfortable life, in the same way that a ‘diseased African’ did nothing to deserve their circumstances either.
I suspect Pauline Hanson and her supporters are the same people who lament the demise of the old fashioned values, the good neighbourhood, where people took care of each other and community prospered.
Well to my mind, it’s the same principal. If the neighbourhood is dead it’s because of mean spiritedness – because we don’t look for the best in our neighbour – and we don’t lift him up when he needs a hand.
It’s a global village and Pauline, if people like you teach a new generation to be and insular…to not see all people as brothers and to not say ‘what can we do to help?
Then ultimately we’re all in trouble.
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