Noticing a report in The Australian this morning: Don't set our boats ablaze: Jakarta. Indonesia is asking Australia to NOT burn the fishing boats of illegal fishermen caught doing what they do best: Treating Australia like a pack of mugs while they continue to steal from us.
I feel compelled to ask: "Why?"
Why does Indonesia not want Australia to burn the boats?
Is it possible that Jakarta is well aware of the situation where Indonesia has completely destroyed it's own waters and quietly condones the practice of stealing from neighbours? (and not just any neighbours but ones who supply a LOT of foreign aid amongst other things). I'm thinking that they don't want the boats burned so that they can be brought back and used again for the same purpose?
In any case: They have their laws which we must obey when we go there and we have ours. Keep the fires burning, boys!!
IF (and this is a long shot) Australia (not this little black duck!) decides to not burn the fishing boats - then hand them over to the local fishermen for them to use as compensation for their loss of income thanks to people who think we're idiots that are only fit to steal from.
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Other countries do exactly the same - well, maybe not exactly: some countries blow boats up and send them to the bottom of the ocean. You don't confiscate illegal fishing boats only to hand them back.
Do they think we're a bunch of mugs?
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