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Free speech under threat: a case study in double standards : Comments

By Graham Preston, published 25/9/2014

What would you think if police were to arrest a person who was peacefully standing on a public footpath in Australia while holding a sign quoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

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Dear Graham,

In English common law, incitement and harassment are illegal.

Your group and you wish to have protection for your harassment of women who are going to an abortion facility. Harassment is an offense even if you call it free speech. You have many avenues to express your opposition to abortion. Your article that I am commenting on is one of the ways. Free speech is not absolute. If your expression becomes harassment then your expression is a criminal offense under common law. What you want is not free speech but the right to harass women.
Posted by david f, Thursday, 25 September 2014 7:01:54 AM
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We live in an oligarchy run by bankers. Joe Hockey's wife is an ex-banker. Malcolm Turnbull is the ex-CEO of Goldman Sachs Australia. Maggie Abbott, Tony's wife,used to work for a Rothschild Merchant Bank.

When John Howard was in power he signed away the last control over our RBA our Govt had. All monetary policy in regards to interest rates, is now out of our Govt control. APRA the banking regulatory authority is answerable to the Bank of International Settlements, the Rothschild head of all Central Banks ie private ownership answerable to no Govt.

If you think this is a democracy, then don't wait around for total corporate control. In their circles they refer to us as," The useless eaters."
Posted by Arjay, Thursday, 25 September 2014 7:03:23 AM
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Thanks Arjay, we need a bit of a diversion every now and then.

So, to paraphrase Mr Preston's question: what would the police do if a young man marched through a shopping centre carrying an ISIS flag ?

Ask him to go home.

And look how that turned out.

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Thursday, 25 September 2014 8:17:12 AM
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How did ISIS get so well armed and financed. Many suggest Israel and the USA created ISIS so they could go back in and secure Iraqi oil.

The USA seem to think they can win a nuclear war with Russia and China. Totally MAD.
Posted by Arjay, Thursday, 25 September 2014 8:32:26 AM
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Arjay, I admire your perseverance!

We have to deal with some very stubborn customers on OLO, the kind of people who'll swear black is white or white is black depending on which day of the week it is, people who are easily swayed by Western propaganda.

Looking at Tony addressing the U.N., I greatly fear for my country. We are being sucked into a gigantic black hole, one created by the imperial U.S., a nation which has alienated most of the world's nations.

The world is being filled with fear while the U.S. moves ever closer to its goal of world domination.

The U.S. is no better than Isil. It uses horror weapons to achieve its ends and thinks nothing about the kids born with hideous birth defects because of its use of depleted uranium and landmines and phosphorous munitions.

The world is a madhouse of greed and killing and sadly, the forces of good and peace are in disarray!

Don't lose heart, my friend!
Posted by David G, Thursday, 25 September 2014 8:42:29 AM
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Violent ferals are allowed to protest and prevent free speach although usually are to gutless to protest against those who sell girls as slaves, multilate them and make them cover their face. Instead they don't want anyone to see pictures of the babies that are about to be multilated because their 'rights' triump over this barbaric act. THey actually have a lot in common with the butchers so its no wonder they are so selective about who they choose stop allowing speak in public.
Posted by runner, Thursday, 25 September 2014 8:54:08 AM
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