tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post2111387388631191905..comments2024-03-27T20:59:48.293+11:00Comments on eclectica: What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. kyliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-47578907277084103092014-09-03T21:49:31.380+10:002014-09-03T21:49:31.380+10:00thanks nick! at some point i realised that unless ...thanks nick! at some point i realised that unless there is some very good reason not to, i need to visit until he has his freedom. all the detainees he has been friends with have been released and while they care about their friends in detention they are often run off their feet trying to get established here so they find visiting difficult.kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-26867394024604954462014-09-03T20:50:31.260+10:002014-09-03T20:50:31.260+10:00It's good that you've taken such an intere...It's good that you've taken such an interest in him and he isn't left alone to face the injustices of the asylum procedures. So many people must feel utterly shunned and neglected.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-646259083926026652014-09-02T09:04:13.212+10:002014-09-02T09:04:13.212+10:00Everyone is entitled to a paddle in the pity pool ...Everyone is entitled to a paddle in the pity pool from time to time. It becomes a problem when the paddle becomes a wallow.<br />That said, he has good reason to feel as he does.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-58154777997556735642014-09-02T08:38:33.596+10:002014-09-02T08:38:33.596+10:00EC
i remember once talking to someone who told me ...EC<br />i remember once talking to someone who told me they had visited villawood a few times and found it so detrimental to their own mental health that they stopped. i doubt i will ever have much time for that attitude but i am beginning to understand it.<br />i will find my way and i think x will, too. in the mean time he is entitled to some self pity kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-59550916762206024272014-09-02T08:32:27.409+10:002014-09-02T08:32:27.409+10:00ramana,
X is one of the rohingya minority and as s...ramana,<br />X is one of the rohingya minority and as such has no citizenship or right to repatriation in his home country, myanmar.<br />he is recognised by the UNHCR as a refugee and as such australia has a responsibility to accept him. the legalities are such that he will be accepted into australia, he must be, but i suppose we can do it graciously or not and currently the choice is a loud "not"kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-80904939399767986002014-09-02T05:59:11.581+10:002014-09-02T05:59:11.581+10:00Oh Kylie.
A heart-hurting post.
I so hope that you...Oh Kylie.<br />A heart-hurting post.<br />I so hope that you find your way. I so hope that X finds his way.<br />And I long for some compassion, empathy and justice in our system. But am not holding my breath.<br />Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9017882226857032208.post-8904025346738549262014-09-02T01:18:15.186+10:002014-09-02T01:18:15.186+10:00You are compassionate. Your country's system u...You are compassionate. Your country's system unfortunately is not and it has its own logic for that situation. Will X agree to go back to his country if he was deported? If not, why not?Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.com