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Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:35 am to Mike da Tigah
Their policies since the pandemic is bat shite crazy
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:35 am to Mike da Tigah
quote:
Australia used to be known as one of the freest countries in the world.
Then, they gave up all their guns.
/story
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:38 am to Mike da Tigah
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:41 am to Mike da Tigah
China light
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:42 am to DomincDecoco
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This thread blows harder than Andy Cohen
You didn't like my Tamil Tigers story, pal?
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:43 am to BestBanker
quote:And for our Aggie friends reading this, you may want to temper your excitement-
Penal colony. Full circle
Penal =/= Penile
Posted on 1/1/22 at 10:48 am to Demshoes
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China light
Not really.
China had Communism thrust upon them by a small group.
Australians have democratically CHOSEN this authoritarian government.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 11:14 am to DomincDecoco
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This thread blows harder than Andy Cohen
you love to bitch about TD threads little man
Posted on 1/1/22 at 11:58 am to Mike da Tigah
Can we...?
The ten countries with the highest incarceration rates are:
1. United States (639)
2. El Salvador (566)
3. Turkmenistan (552)
4. Thailand (549)
5. Palau (522)
6. Rwanda (511)
7. Cuba (510)
8. Maldives (499)
9. Bahamas (442)
10.Grenada (429)
Not real good company there.
The ten countries with the highest incarceration rates are:
1. United States (639)
2. El Salvador (566)
3. Turkmenistan (552)
4. Thailand (549)
5. Palau (522)
6. Rwanda (511)
7. Cuba (510)
8. Maldives (499)
9. Bahamas (442)
10.Grenada (429)
Not real good company there.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:09 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
ummm, you’re attempting to compare actual criminal / felon incarceration to locking up citizens for catching COVID or being exposed to someone has COVID. Your post is dumb.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:15 pm to Mike da Tigah
Just a little background (I watch Sydney's 4pm news every weeknight via VPN/9now.):
Elections are this year and I doubt Morrison is reelected. Both sides started campaigning in the middle of Delta. They went from lockdowns when Delta hit to going wide open for Omnicron. Coincidence? I think not.
I was at a work party at my wife's former boss (they're moving in opposite directions as the company grows) and one of her co-workers dates was/is a foreign student from Australia (studying a field that is genuinely something that would make her a valuable addition to the US.) How it was explained to me is Morrison's party is equivalent to the Dems here. He compares well to Clinton post his first midterm elections. The opposition leader (PM candidate) is at the top of a party more in line with the Reagan/HW/W GOP than with what the party has become. I think he might force a federal policy to supercede the various states. He's a short swarmy looking fellow with a rat face. Until party equivalents were explained to me I couldn't pinpoint his beliefs because he just goes in front of the cameras and basically says "everything that guy just said is bullshite" after they show Morrison.
Even with the Kung Flu their system gives far more power to their states than we do. They essentially live in the system our founders envisioned for us. The states' PMs have the power to do what only the feds can do here. Most of this shite is happening in states run by PMs with political views/policies similar to DiBlasio's.
Elections are this year and I doubt Morrison is reelected. Both sides started campaigning in the middle of Delta. They went from lockdowns when Delta hit to going wide open for Omnicron. Coincidence? I think not.
I was at a work party at my wife's former boss (they're moving in opposite directions as the company grows) and one of her co-workers dates was/is a foreign student from Australia (studying a field that is genuinely something that would make her a valuable addition to the US.) How it was explained to me is Morrison's party is equivalent to the Dems here. He compares well to Clinton post his first midterm elections. The opposition leader (PM candidate) is at the top of a party more in line with the Reagan/HW/W GOP than with what the party has become. I think he might force a federal policy to supercede the various states. He's a short swarmy looking fellow with a rat face. Until party equivalents were explained to me I couldn't pinpoint his beliefs because he just goes in front of the cameras and basically says "everything that guy just said is bullshite" after they show Morrison.
Even with the Kung Flu their system gives far more power to their states than we do. They essentially live in the system our founders envisioned for us. The states' PMs have the power to do what only the feds can do here. Most of this shite is happening in states run by PMs with political views/policies similar to DiBlasio's.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:29 pm to Tigers2010a
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How often do they have elections? Are the elections corrupt? Do they have their very own Dominion style election software? Who controls the media and politicians? I personally do not believe the mass of Australia supports an authoritarian and tyrannical government. Media may give that impression but I don't believe it.
It’s important to note the population is heavily weighted to urban areas. These aren’t croc hunters and prospectors, they are purple hairs and immigrants just like most huge cities.
I love(d) Australia, but can tell you even though they may call themselves conservative, it doesn’t mean what we mean. They very much have progressive viewpoints on govt control, etc
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:32 pm to concrete_tiger
Many posters want that here.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:33 pm to Mike da Tigah
No. USA isn’t also
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:36 pm to Mike da Tigah
quote:
“The problem with Australians is not that so many of them are descended from convicts but that so many are descended from prison officers.”
That’s a great quote that describes Australia perfectly these days.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 12:44 pm to Mike da Tigah
This isn’t the first authoritarian power show. In 1996 and 97, they went crazy on guns.
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Between October 1996 and September 1997, Australia responded to its own gun violence problem with a solution that was both straightforward and severe: It collected roughly 650,000 privately held guns. It was one of the largest mandatory gun buyback programs in recent history.
quote:
As of August 2001, Australia had purchased back 659,940 newly prohibited firearms (i.e., semiautomatic and pump action rifles and shotguns), and during a second buyback in 2003, 68,727 handguns were destroyed
Posted on 1/1/22 at 1:11 pm to Planetarium
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When they gave up their rights regarding firearms, they became subjects.
I have a buddy who lives in Sydney, and he believes this is the case. He was never really a gun guy originally, but he now understand that an unchecked government can do whatever it wants.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 1:18 pm to Mike da Tigah
An mp5 fired into that mob of riot officers would quell their totalitarian ways.
Posted on 1/1/22 at 2:03 pm to Mike da Tigah
Australia is slightly less free than the US but neither are very high on the freedom scale.
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