Most laws like this also ban certain types of knives, most commonly balisong/butterfly knives. Most places admit they're not more lethal, it's purely because they're intimidating.
Australia is one of those places, and right now there's a push by the local MSM to try and crack down on "zombie knives". You know, the impractical decorative shit? Like it can still cut, but it's no worse than a normal knife/machete. It just intimidating.
These bans reveal the truth of pretty much all bans. It's not based on rational belief, it's based upon irrational fear.
I agree. I've held that position for a while in fact, though I admit I heavily lean on the former rather than the latter since I support sovereignty. But I definitely agree that this halfway bullshit is fucking awful. Either run the show, or don't. None of this halfway crap because it clearly doesn't work.
People love to call Australia a nation of prisoners, but nobody wants to realise that we never had a revolution. The jailors just became politicians.
No, it's the first thing. Australian Law is INCREDIBLY paternalistic. People always point to Germany for being a Nanny State, but I think Australia should be the ones that get that recognition considering just how many laws are designed solely for social "reformation" (aka manipulation of social attitudes). The government is absolutely treated like a parental figure here and it's pathetic.
As an Aussie, good. I'm sick of America being the nanny for the rest of the world. America should be focusing on America and Australia should be able to be independent instead of relying on others.
I'm sick and tired of this entitlement every nation seems to have towards America, as if building up their own nation isn't feasible.
No surprise hoovy didn't respond to this.
But slight addition. I'd argue that government regulation is what lead to the decadent, hedonistic age. When you replace community, family, and the church with the state, what are you going to get but an amoral mass?
The reality is that people as a whole rely on each other for the most part. Historically, and not even that long ago at that, such reliance was done through direct community and family ties, often brought together via the church. But when you replace reliance upon community and instead supplement that with state reliance, all the moral aspects vanish along with it. Anyone begging for more state interference is also begging for more of the problem.
Sorry, I forgot that like most statists, you need a parent to help guide you through life and figure it out, and since you'll need this explained as well, the government is your stand-in for a parental figure.
You have as much right to bitch about encroaching laws as a person that leaves their door unlocked with a sign saying as much does when they get robbed. So sure, you can bitch and moan, but what YOU say can instantly and rightfully discarded as the complaints of a fucking moron.
You void your right to complain about any law that encroaches. You're not perching yourself at the top of a slippery slope, you're on a fucking canyon.
I don't know which is worse, the "oops" or the "may". I suppose the former since it's malicious at that point.
I typically don't, but being a cringy retard is a great way to get me to.
As I said, his view this time isn't that unreasonable, but as others pointed out, it changes nothing when the end result is the same.
Honestly, I downvoted solely because of that retarded 'trigger warning', even if his view isn't that unreasonable. It just makes himself look like he's self-victimising like anyone else that uses that crap.
I don't mind Kirk that much, but that's pretty much accurate. He's fine with gay marriage, he's fine with transgenderism with the caveat that people not be forced into complying with pronouns under threat of punishment, he doesn't agree that the citizen should be equal to the military, and he's fine with immigration so long as it's slowed so that the people coming in can integrate.
It's a little blunt, but it's not a wrong assessment of the man. Like most modern conservative speakers, he's ultimately a neo-con. There's no reason to not call a spade a spade.
Someone went out of their way to write this article. And they got paid for it. Just remember that you don't hate these people enough.
I always laugh at people bitching that studios don't have resources and I just look at the PS2 era. Like it wasn't just Rockstar that was like this. Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Sucker Punch all released hit platformer trilogies over about 5 years, and they were all stellar games. And that's just western developers.
The modern industry is a joke.
Revealing the system apps is what did it for me, thanks.
Should also point out for people not paying attention in that less-than-a-minute video, all the games listed there are within a 3 year span.
People HATE when you point this out too. They hate the idea that old games were constantly being churned out, we didn't have complaints of "crunch", we didn't get excuses, and we didn't have to rely on patches for a year until the game was properly playable through bug-fixing.
Anyone saying the state of the industry is better today than 20 years ago is a top tier retard that has very little idea what they're talking about.
Scepticism aside, I'm honestly shocked to see a movie that at least seems to be both pro-Christian AND pro-father. It's.... refreshing.
It's probably the "opposite" problem now. They'd say it's a federal matter.
No. It's not "well played". I'm all for dark jokes, but even dark jokes have a time and a place. As others have said, this is a complete lack of reading the room, and is insulting people who want accountability for children being raped. The fact this is coming from what should be an official source that has some semblance of professionalism is even more insulting. It's one thing for some random jackass to do this. I'd even laugh at that. It's another when it's coming from an official agency.
This is what truly shows how utterly insane this is. People in the private sector lose their jobs all the fucking time and often over shit they literally cannot control. But I'm meant to weep over people who waste taxpayer money?
Do you think even one of these effected government employees cared about anyone that lost their careers over the vaccine mandates? Do you think they cared about those wrongly imprisoned over J6? Of course not. They're just terrified because the grift is coming to an end.
Pretty similar here in Aus regarding time frames.
That said, depends on what the job is. Here in Australia all you really need to work on a job site is a "white card", which is a basic safety course certificate that takes about half a day to get with a rather small fee. To be a tradesman you'd still need the training + apprenticeship + certification, but you could be on a jobsite as a trades assistant or similar.
But the barrier to getting a white card is non-existent, so all it does is legalise work from illegal immigrants. And that's assuming they're working on a jobsite that actually checks for a white card and does an induction like they're meant to.
Nah, I doubt it. Probably has some level of that, but it'd probably be a mixed bag. Just because the cliche that most people think of regarding DV is overblown doesn't mean it doesn't happen at all.
Also worth noting to anyone that doesn't know, but this isn't limited to America. Construction industries around the world use a LOT of immigrant labour, both legal and illegal. It would be rare to walk onto a job site and not hear at least one foreign language being spoken. Here in Australia, it's most likely going to be either Arabic or Chinese, but that's only because most of our illegal immigration is overstayed visas, not illegal border entry.
Which is why I acknowledge it changes the dynamic. The only aspect that holds some level of ambiguity in my personal opinion is whether these Canvas profiles would fall under public or personal usage. That said, I guess if posting something on a social media account would fall under these rules, then I see no reason why this wouldn't as well.
And like I said, this is definitely still a win.
Come on now. You know the kind of person making this argument has never done any sort of blue collar work.