david volodzko via the diplomat in 2015 characterised china's justification for persecuting tibetans, uyghurs, falun gong, artists, journalists (including liu xiaobo), summed up as "for security reasons" as a thought-terminating cliché, going on to say "that’s every bit as vapid as “god moves in a mysterious way” or “support our troops.” what it really means is that the party is more important than the people." in an article published by vice, lee zachariah determined the language used by the australian government in regards to the casualties, including one involved death, as a result of the christmas island detention centre protests, often included terms like "boat people" and "illegals" that referred to the asylum seekers, implying that the act of coming by boat is heinous, whilst "illegals" "...says that their very nature is defined by being illegal, despite the fact that seeking asylum is not illegal."