Two stories showed up today on the Guardian website.
A family of four, seeking asylum from Sri Lanka, had been held in detention for the last 18 months. The Australian government just denied the parents the right to accompany their youngest daughter to the hospital, when she needed an urgent medical transfer.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/07/daughter-of-biloela-asylum-seekers-evacuated-from-christmas-island-for-urgent-medical-care?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Then this. A court ordered the Australian government to pay a significant compensation to an asylum seeker for a two year long unlawful detention.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/07/australian-government-ordered-to-pay-iraqi-asylum-seeker-350000-for-over-two-years-of-unlawful-detention?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
This got me curious. Apparently there is a thing called “cognitive dissonance”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
I wonder if, and how, our political leaders engage theirs.
I also wonder how many of mine I’m unaware of. And what effect their resolution has on my actions and thoughts.