I also don’t wear a mask, but... No one here protests. At all. The entire pandemic...
Even as the noose of restrictions tightens ever more...
To your point, though: there’s more Aussies on this forum. I think that’s part of it. I only know of one New Zealander on here, and they DO also get plenty of criticism, anyway. They’re just not quite as bad (on THIS issue), as Dan Andrewsstan...
Besides, I don’t think NZ cops are quite as heavily armed as ours... So there’s that.
We have quite literally the second-most militarized police force in the entire Anglosphere (and hell, in much of the developed West)...
I do hope you know that.
NZ is slightly less extreme, on most of this. And prior to lockdown, you could still LEAVE the country, if you wanted to. Unlike here...
But no, this is not just Vic. Vic is the worst, but NSW is not far behind. And the ACT, which is somehow even more “leftist” than Victoria... Is also fast catching them up, in the bullshit law stakes...
ACT also has the AFP as its police force (y’know, Capitol police, innit). Who are... Much less accountable than state police. And more heavily armed (generally speaking). And who will not hesitate to simply... Kill you, to get you out of the way, or in Newspeak, to “remove a threat”... :-(
There are multiple factors that I suspect contribute to this:
The population of NSW is significantly larger than the population of New Zealand.
NZ may be seen as a lost cause even since before COVID.
Large protests and the imagery that comes with them helps to generate publicity.
Which state are you, anyway??
I also don’t wear a mask, but... No one here protests. At all. The entire pandemic...
Even as the noose of restrictions tightens ever more...
To your point, though: there’s more Aussies on this forum. I think that’s part of it. I only know of one New Zealander on here, and they DO also get plenty of criticism, anyway. They’re just not quite as bad (on THIS issue), as Dan Andrewsstan...
Besides, I don’t think NZ cops are quite as heavily armed as ours... So there’s that.
We have quite literally the second-most militarized police force in the entire Anglosphere (and hell, in much of the developed West)... I do hope you know that.
NZ is slightly less extreme, on most of this. And prior to lockdown, you could still LEAVE the country, if you wanted to. Unlike here...
But no, this is not just Vic. Vic is the worst, but NSW is not far behind. And the ACT, which is somehow even more “leftist” than Victoria... Is also fast catching them up, in the bullshit law stakes...
ACT also has the AFP as its police force (y’know, Capitol police, innit). Who are... Much less accountable than state police. And more heavily armed (generally speaking). And who will not hesitate to simply... Kill you, to get you out of the way, or in Newspeak, to “remove a threat”... :-(