Why other GetUp members have taken the pledge

• " Because I hate the way the mean-spiritedness of our politicians and because I believe we need to welcome the asylum seekers and recognise what the majority have probably been through. "
  Tamara - 2042
• " Human rights are for all humans. Australia is currently in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and this is unacceptable."
  Lara - 2280
• "I have read the Myth busting sheet so am willing to speak out against these myths. "
  Rosemary - 2753
• " I see that by the repetition by the media and pollies presenting them as problematic it demonises these true asylum seekers. At least they are not calling them illegal immigrants and queue jumpers as per the past govt did. "
  mary - 2481
• " Sick of the crap."
  Brendan - 2066
• " Our country is willing to participate in the wars that cause these refugee's, the least we can do is allow refugees in."
  D - 4218
• "Critical understanding of issues such as asylum seekers is our social and moral responsibility - it is unethical to allow unsubstantiated and misleading statements to taint the reputations of some of the world's most vulnerable people."
  Hina - 2126
• " Because we need to change our culture around how we perceive, receive and treat asylum seekers in this country. In short to promote racial acceptance and the acceptance and appreciation diversity."
  Kiri - 2777
• "i too am a immigrant and it was relatively easy and it could have been very hard - all those who choose to leave their country of birth for a safer life should be encouraged, not put in camps. "
  shirley - 3450
• "We need to treat the current wave of refugees with the same compassion and political bi-partisanship that was displayed during the Fraser years towards the Vietnamese Boat people."
  David - 3350
• " We need to be a compassionate society, not a paranoid one."
  Jane - 4305
• "1. Too many Australian people have racist and ignorant view points on refugees and asylum seekers. 2. Australian politicians are spending all their energy throwing mud at each other rather than helping the refugees and asylum seekers with solutions."
  Joseph - 2130
• " I am over the intolerance and hypocrisy of both the major parties. Any policy not informed by compassion is not a policy worth having.
  Refugees are in dire need of our help."
  Stuart - 2074
• "I believe all are innocent until proven guilty. All should be given the chance to be free from want of food, security and opportunity."
  Xuan - 5068
• " I needed to see some hard facts for confirmation of my own views, and hope to persuade others. Counter the bloody shock jocks, and Mel and Kochie!!!!"
  Lucy - 7000
• " i am connected to my heart and soul far too much to shut it in the face of human suffering. once our humanity give, our worlds will crumble with it"
  eitan - 4812
• "Freedom is a basic human right. If people can't obtain freedom in their own country - i'm prepared to share this country with them! "
  Larelle - 4113
• " I want to contribute to the campaign for better information re refugees and to encourage all to believe that as a compassionate, decent and wealthy society, it is our moral duty to put out a hand to help those in such desperate need."
  Jeanette - 2015
• " I'm going to the cup luncheon with a Sudanese grandmother whose family are contributing so much to Australia, even though she speaks hardly any English. I hope she will win the cup hat prize for her fabulous head wrap."
  Ros - 7250
• " We are a nation of great riches - it behoves us to share these riches with our neighbour, especially those who are most marginalised and the most vulnerable, and usually as a result of violence and power used over and against them."
  Vince - 7000
• " We have to finally forget racism when we make govt. policy. We have to accept our responsibilities as world citizens."
  Cr Martin - 3013
• "The small % of people who make the perilous and often life threatening journey to find asylum in our country should be treated with respect and dignity. They are not criminals and deserve our compassion."
  Michel - 3028
• " We are a nation built on the efforts of those escaping poverty and violence in many countries. Why are we treating this latest wave of refugees so differently? "
  Leonie - 3021
• " Refugees are victims not perpetrators. "
  Olga - 2148
• " Because we are all people in life together. Punishing those of us who want asylum i.e. a place of safety is akin to punishing ourselves."
  Tracey - 2283
• " I dream of a more tolerant world. "
  Sharmila - 4102
• "For many years I have been disgusted by the behaviour of our politicians in regard to refugees. It is time that we showed a more compassionate attitude to all people in need of help. We should open our doors and make them welcome. "
  Bruce - 2283
• " A little humanity to asylum seekers is not so much to ask."
  David - 2102
• " For Human Rights for all."
  Lisa - 5073
• "My mind is not good at retaining information, but it would be good to just simply hand out the information to people."
  Dean - 2780
• " Fight the rednecks - make a statement!"
  Danny - 2263
• "We in Australia can have no concept of life lived in total fear, deprivation, and tyranny, unless we have been in such a country. We should help asylum seekers share our "lucky country",not inflict more intolerance and suffering upon them! "
  Pat - 6111
• "In hope for a better Australia not following in American footsteps - instead learning from their mistakes among other nations"
  ash - 4122
• "Government attitude shameful - ditto Liberals - both know the facts but are deliberately ignoring them to promote their own short term political gains.We have had enough of cheap and nasty innuendos of fear, and shabbily disguised racism."
  Anne - 2031
• " Are we going to continue to allow the Howard years of intolerance continue to dominate debate. What a disgrace that Politicians have regressed to such a low level. Shame on them.
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  Pappa - 7054
• " I am making this pledge, because I am proud to be an Australian and belief asylum seekers should be given the same opportunities that most Australian families have!!! "
  Oliver - 2782
• "Punish the people smugglers - not the desperate refugees. Boat people are often paying more than the airfare and risking their lives. If resettlement from Indonesia for qualified refugees was quicker that would stop genuine refugees setting off in boats."
  Susan - 5076
• "No one is illegal.
  
  So long as we perpetuate and ignore the conditions that create refugees we are responsible for those refugees."
  Raymond - 6163
• " Because I am an Australian and proud of our country, it's culture of fairness and giving an opportunity to people who need it. "
  Colin - 2143
• " It is time for all humans to start trusting eachother unconditionally and co-operating to heal the planet. Welcoming displaced people should be a natural humane response. "
  jill - 3747
• "It's not illegal to ask for asylum, and I'm getting just a bit tired of being ashamed to be Australian. Grow some, Australia, let them come! (hearts, why what did you think I meant?)"
  Adam - 4051
• " Our country is big and I had hoped that our hearts would be even bigger under a Rudd Government - alas not so. We should honour our commitment to a fair go and allow these people to come to our land."
  Margaret - 2260
• " I'm disgusted with the inhumanity of our current and the previous government."
  Garry - 4560
• " For australia to provide security for its people, it needs to have a population that can best utalise its wealth, which means we need to create a domestic market for our produce,beit mineral, industrial or foods, say a populatio of 40,000,000 "
  Greg - 4670
• "Sadly our leaders still pander to the lowest in human nature. I hoped for a change to genuine leadership. But as always, it's up to individuals who try to lift ourselves above narrow thinking and xenophopbia to speak out. Thanks Getup. "
  Helen - 3941
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• " They come because they are desperate people in need. On a global scale the number of boat people attempting to get to Australia is miniscule.Allan 3004"
  Allan - 3004
• "I thought when John Howard and the Liberal party were defeated, and Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party were elected we had seen the last of this fear mentality. What are we as Australians actually afraid of?"
  cathy - 4224
• " Human Rights
  This counnry has been settled by waves of refugees.
  I have visited Sri Lanka and feel deeply sad for the tragedy there"
  karen - 5068