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Liberties rest in the hands of the vigilant : Comments

By George Williams, published 30/6/2005

George Williams argues the fragile protection of human rights in Australia faces a new danger.

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"Right wing causes", Deuc? Well, I can guarantee you that a "Right to Bear Arms" is most certainly not on the agenda of the people who are advocating a Bill of Rights for Australia.

They are far more conerned with the fact that their fav. "causes" have hit a brick wall with the electorate, so they moan and groan about "The tyranny of the majority". In other words, democracy is a bit of an inconvenience for the implementation of their vision splendid.

But you are correct to claim that the Bill of Rights would be legitimate, if the electors were silly enough to fall for it. But that is unlikely to happen. The public has been confronted in the past by the creation of bodies such as the NSW Anti Discrimination Board who's high sounding job was presented to the public as one to protect vulnerable people like the ahndicapped from serious discrimination.

Unfortunately, this organisation has morphed in the Pro Discrimination Board, which is far more concerned with finding creative ways for minorities to discriminate against the majority.

Examples are the "Fitness For Life" scandal where the ADB found that Muslims may discriminate against Infidels but not the other way around. It has also decreed, that homosexuals may not be discriminated against, but homosexual bars can discriminate against non homosexuals. Jewish dating agencies may discriminate against goyem but non Jews may not discriminate against Jews.

Now we have the Victorian Religious Vilification Act where Christian priests had better be carefaul about what they say about the Devil, or they could be upsetting the Satan Worshippers and causing affront.

The tendency for cultural elitists to demand the implementation of high sounding legislation which then becomes a parody of the very freedoms it claimed to protect, is now in the public consciousness.

"Bill or Rights" Ha. Fat chance.
Posted by redneck, Friday, 8 July 2005 5:15:12 AM
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Funny how the Polls on the riots don't have a tick-the-box for overpopulation or lousy State Government services like trains that don't run to schedule.

Time and again you hear Shire people saying that immigration is out of control. We have a State Government run by Italian descendants, shoehorned into office in safe seats, who are hell bent on populating this city with immigrants for their own power and profit.

For example, we don't need a desal plant or massive Botany Vegas developments for the benefit of a few favoured businessmen. We want social services and we want democratic equality.

The free ride PROCESS of developing infrastructure at public cost, at the expense of democratic values and at the expense of badly needed services, just so a million more Sydney homes can be built by rich Labor supporting developers is abhorrent. NO ONE except Morris Iemma and his goodfellas want these homes or the social unrest they will bring to us all.

There is a cost to this PROCESS. That cost is civil unrest and until the Carr/Iemma government is dealt a crushing blow by the NSW electorate John Howard's senile prediction that this is just a law and order issue will be just as lame as his hope for a win at the next election.

If you want to stop Sydney riots, don't build 1,000,000 new homes. Don't pour petrol on a grass fire!
Posted by KAEP, Tuesday, 13 December 2005 12:43:24 PM
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