Monday, May 28, 2012

The World Is Taking Crazy Pills (Pt. 5)

The Australian version.


I don't know if it's the sun or the sharks or the fact that there are tons of poisonous animals but there are some bizarre things going on Down Under.


Hug-a-Migrant Day:


Thousands of caring Sydney citizens will gather at Parliament House on June 23 for “Walk Together”, part of a nationwide hugging ceremony intended to make everyone feel good about “asylum seekers, refugees, new arrivals and other migrants”. As the Welcome to Australia website explains: 

“While some of us have strong opinions about policies to do with asylum seeking, refugees and migration, we believe that the most effective way of creating social and policy change in this area is to facilitate opportunities for authentic relationships to be …” 

It keeps going like that. Nothing makes the caring left feel more virtuous than a pointless gesture of goodwill towards asylum seekers. 

This must strike your average Afghan or Iranian seeker of asylum as a curious circumstance. Throw several thousand dollars at Middle Eastern people smugglers then throw your passport in the sea as you approach Australian territory; end result, public servants from Balmain demonstrating on your behalf outside of a parliament you’ve never heard of. 

Strangely, it doesn’t matter how much evidence is compiled that many asylum seekers are a little on the dodgy side, beginning with their widely-observed tactic of arriving without any identification. Asylum seekers are the caring left’s moral superiority patches, which is why the Labor government moved towards softer asylum seeker policies following Kevin Rudd’s 2007 election.


What, exactly, is hugging supposed to accomplish anyway? Hugging wouldn't have fixed Hilali. That guy is immensely unhuggable. I would advise against it.



I heard sharks hug with their mouths.


Moving on....



Just gross:


The latest from our warmist-in-chief:


Climate change campaigner Tim Flannery says mercury tooth fillings should be removed from corpses before they are cremated …
 
Prof Flannery said undertakers should be required to remove the fillings and families also could request it.
 
“You just need a pair of pliers,” he said.
 
“It is a $2 solution.”



It's a form of cannibalism and that it is attached to a "green" cause only makes it more disgusting.



Bullying? In the workplace? Aren't adults supposed to deal with this?


The aim of the review is to look at the nature, causes and extent of workplace bullying and consider proposals to prevent bullying cultures developing in the workplace and help individuals who have been affected by bullying to return to work.



(with thanks)



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