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• I have been remiss in updating this feature of the website. Seems people get to air their views these days more on my @HumanHeadline Twitter account and on my Facebook page. Here’s a pot pourri of recent letters covering everything from the boat people I called ‘ illegals’ to the death penalty and my pending contempt of court charge.

  • @MsMonneypenny

  • @MsMonneypenny:
    Wonder how Tegun Gould feels knowing a judge thinks her punch in the face is not as bad as Hinch naming a rapist murderer #womenhaverights
  • 22/04/2013 09:52 AM

  • Oscar

  • Thank you Derryn for carrying the torch. I was saddened when I visited your web site to find an article has been greyed out. Thank you Derryn for carrying the torch. I was saddened when I visited your web site to find an article has been greyed out.
    
    I was 10, in a country on the other side of the world when I saw a letter my mother had received, where the authorities blacked out every line of text they read, scrutinised and deemed inappropriate.
    
    All that could be read was who the letter was addressed to and who it was sent from. It was very painful for my mother. The letter was from a brother she had not seen or heard from in years and became the last on a list of reasons she needed to decide she did not want her son to ever experience that. Two years later, after a perilous journey through secured borders and thanks to the red cross, we arrived in Fremantle, Australia, the land of the free. My mother has passed since, but she would have been appalled to see that justice supresses the voice defending the injustice in our community. How has it come to this?
    
    I support your stand and am amazed at your strength to stand up for what is right on behalf of all of us.
    
    wishing you strength, Oscar
  • 22/04/2013 09:50 AM

  • David H

  • Hi Derryn,
    Today I read online that you are once again being charged with contempt over yet another case of suppressed information being publicized. I just wanted to message you to say thank you. Thank you for having drive and courage to go against the law, to do what is right. I find it unconscionable that our laws are protecting these alleged and quite often convicted sex offenders and murderers on the basis that it will affect the lives of people around them. They should be put under a spot light and pointed out for their heinous acts not protected by the very people they commit crimes against. I am glad there are still bastions of truth out there like yourself willing to do the right thing, even if it's against our laws. Protecting these people is not just.
    
    I hope you win in your trial against this charge but either way I simply wanted to say thank you and that your actions are appreciated.
    
    Kind Regards, David H.
  • 22/04/2013 09:49 AM

  • Anonymous

  • Derryn:
    The courts are a law unto themselves, indulgent in their confusing practices and procedures that actually assist offenders. Who is the criminal here? There is only one person who killed Jill Meagher and he took the police to her body. Who else knew where to find her ? As you are aware, the courts do not like people who "rock the boat" and report the facts without the bullshit. You have always been a crusader/campaigner for truth and justice in society no matter the personal cost.
    
    Few people can hold their head up knowing they have fought for their values and principles without compromise, whereas others give up under such threats of intimidation. Remember the power of one and Tiananmen Square. Be proud to stand up for what is right. Regards
  • 22/04/2013 09:47 AM

  • Diane

  • Hi Derryn,
    
    Just wanted to say I'm disappointed by your blog 'define illegal'. I've always admired your 'no BS' attitude and the way you stand up for what you believe, and I've always thought you were a defender of the downtrodden. As someone who has spent a lot of time with asylum seekers and refugees - both those who have come by boat as well as those who have come from camps (and I have also visited a camp myself), I must admit I am torn by the idea of what is popularly called 'queue jumping'.
    
    I have met people who have been in camps for a generation and are still waiting, while asylum seekers are often settled in Australia within a year (although many have already lived their lifetime as refugee / second-class citizen in another country before being forced to leave there too). However, I object strongly to the idea that asylum seekers are deliberately jumping a queue, or that their claims for protection are somehow less valid. If you were fleeing persecution, the last thing on your mind would be whether you should be waiting patiently in a queue.
    
    I know many asylum seekers who came here by boat, and their stories are as varied as they are. Some, to be honest, I would doubt their claim to be refugees; some have clear physical and emotional scars from torture and systematic abuse; some would have easily been accepted into Australia as migrants (highly skilled, excellent English, and with significant funds) if they had time to go through the application process, but they had to leave their families and lives with only days' notice before being arrested for such horrendous crimes as being Christian (subject to the death penalty in Iran).
    
    I don't know if you know any people who have come by boat but if not, why not try talking to some? I think if you did you would find there is nothing malicious or deliberate in their attempt to reach Australia, no attempt to flout our law or undermine our security.
    
    Thanks Diane
  • 22/04/2013 09:37 AM