We are often told not win emotional approximately the issue of asylum seekers. But is emotion an obstacle to clear thinking approximately serious ethical and political issues?Last Sunday,in a very entertaining interchange on ABC’s Insiders program, Gerard Henderson turned to David Marr – at the time in full flight fuming approximately the treatment of asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru, or the refusal of the government to allow them to be resettled in New Zealand – and said to him:“David,the issue’s not resolved by emoting on television.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com