eek, it's a petition

[darren_stranger]

Now, I'm normally pretty sceptical about how much notice our government is likely to take of petitions on issues of asylum seekers and detention camps, expecting them to dismiss the signatories out of hand as left-wing rabble whose votes aren't up for grabs anyway (in much the same way as letters on the issue are dismissed with a contemptuous 'we notice you have written to the Minister on such matters before').

But when a petition's authorship is attributed to the Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser, well, maybe this one could carry a bit of weight.

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/dtention/petition.html

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[greylock.livejournal.com]

The only questions I have is
- Why does Fraser have an aph.gov.au e-mail?
- Why would Fraser use an on-line petition system?
- Is an e-petition recognised at Law?

And, my long-standing questions:
- When, why and how did Fraser become one of the good guys?

heh:
4878. Voters against dog detention We should also deal with the issue of asylum seeker's dogs

[darkstardeity.livejournal.com]

Why does Fraser have an aph.gov.au e-mail?

I would expect a parliamentary email address to be the least of the lurks and perks that former MPs and Senators get.

Your questions did occur to me too, but I thought "what the hell?" ...

When, why and how did Fraser become one of the good guys?

I know, it's scary isn't it? The most bizarre time for me was a couple of years back when Tim Fischer was leader of the National Party - he was saying the stuff I agreed with and the Labor Party was indistinguishable from the Libs. I knew then that that was a sure sign that the Apocalypse was upon us.

[darkstardeity.livejournal.com]

When, why and how did Fraser become one of the good guys?

Of course the trite answer to this is that the bad guys just got badder, so the sort-of-OK-guys now look like angels by comparison.