You have to love how people are constantly saying that speech laws aren't that big of a deal – until they lead to this and you've already set precedent for legislating speech.
I'm not even Australian, but the shit coming out of there lately has been insane.
Although, I guess it's certainly been heading that direction for quite a while now.
Those who say speech laws are harmless are just trying to rationalize it. The "good" side wants to implement this laws so they must accept them in order to keep being good. Deep down they know how abusive and evil this laws are.
There are enough idiots that really think they are harmless. They lack the foresight or imagination that it will ever hit something they care about.
That's why I always ask myself, when I think that a piece of legislation is a good thing: "Would I want to have the person that I despise most to have the power that comes with this law?"
This is why I'm starting to sour on the idea of universal voting rights. A large chunk of the population is not to be trusted with decision making power, but the alternative seems downright terrifying.
Voting rights should come with some sort of responsibility as a citizen or at least be limited to those who have stake in the decisions being made.
If you are voting on a millage and it won't affect your taxes, then maybe you shouldn't have a vote. Or, your vote should have less weight than the vote of someone who's taxes are going to increase.
You have to love how people are constantly saying that speech laws aren't that big of a deal – until they lead to this and you've already set precedent for legislating speech.
I'm not even Australian, but the shit coming out of there lately has been insane.
Although, I guess it's certainly been heading that direction for quite a while now.
Those who say speech laws are harmless are just trying to rationalize it. The "good" side wants to implement this laws so they must accept them in order to keep being good. Deep down they know how abusive and evil this laws are.
There are enough idiots that really think they are harmless. They lack the foresight or imagination that it will ever hit something they care about.
That's why I always ask myself, when I think that a piece of legislation is a good thing: "Would I want to have the person that I despise most to have the power that comes with this law?"
This is why I'm starting to sour on the idea of universal voting rights. A large chunk of the population is not to be trusted with decision making power, but the alternative seems downright terrifying.
Voting rights should come with some sort of responsibility as a citizen or at least be limited to those who have stake in the decisions being made.
If you are voting on a millage and it won't affect your taxes, then maybe you shouldn't have a vote. Or, your vote should have less weight than the vote of someone who's taxes are going to increase.