The above comment is nothing more than an argumentative dis.you want privacy? encrypt your emails. don't get into a flap because people are snooping, its hardly unexpected.
Well, i'd like to think so. Every animal, and plant has an impact on its surrounding environment. Compared to our society the impact the Aboriginies have made is.... I think this is the point.human beings are the greedy savages. and aborigines were responsible for the extinction of the megafauna that once inhabited australia, and they brought fire as a method of land management. just because a people inhabit a place for thousands of years doesn't make them super magically in tune with mother earth or any crap like that.
4 HOURS LATER, my email of code turned up. Suspicious, I asked an acquaintance who works at the Geraldton Spy Station if emails get intercepted. Yep, they certainly do... and he said "you're probably on a list".WTF!
wayneL said:The above comment is nothing more than an argumentative dis.
I am doing nothing illegal. But folks wanted an example, I gave one. It illustrates that my civil liberties have been impinged by the gu'mint. Case closed.
Pat said:Well, i'd like to think so. Every animal, and plant has an impact on its surrounding environment. Compared to our society the impact the Aboriginies have made is.... I think this is the point.
caribean said:Hi disarray, answering someone's argument by choosing the 20% possibly incorrect component when you are ignoring the rest 80% just for the purpose
well I think the king and all the kingsmen (and their horses!!) are bloody FINKS .... I mean they couldn't even put humpty du.......Last year, I sent some rather long Amibroker code via the same method, only after about an hour, it didn't arrive. Suspecting delays at the server, I sent a test email, which arrived within a minute.4 HOURS LATER, my email of code turned up.
I take your point, but we live in an era where we DO have civil rights/liberties, even as they are being stripped away.but when haven't civil liberties been impinged? the spanish inquisition? salem witch trials? world war 1 & 2? spying, dobbing in your neighbour and various propaganda pieces about "you never know who is listening" is as old as civilisation. regardless of whether or not you are doing something illegal, the onus has ALWAYS been on the individual to protect themselves from the government, not the other way round. if you trust the government then all is well, if you don't then it is up to the individual to take steps to protect themselves. the americans have taken this to extremes with the second amendment, but there are other ways to keep your information private - don't sign up for crap on the web, encrypt your emails, put false information in the census if you want and so on.
I take your point, but we live in an era where we DO have civil rights/liberties, even as they are being stripped away.
Maybe this is the anomaly, but our fathers died on battlefields so we could enjoy freedom. Now their children are p!ssing it away through apathy and by being fooled by propaganda.
The cost was too great for us not to defend it now.
I like the Swiss system of Citizen Initiated Referendums. That is democracy.Government supporters will say that this is why we elect governments: to make decisions for us and they have a point I guess.
Would be interesting to know. I think our geography necessitates seperate administration. Tyranny of distance and all that. Even with wifi.The other thing i could never understand is why does a country with just 17 million population needs to have so many parliaments (federal and states) and all the bureaucracy that goes with it?
Are there any studies out there that show how much bureaucracy we carry per head of population, and compares us with the rest of the world?
Why is it that we seem to follow every new idea coming out from one particular country or maybe two,and you do know which ones i mean....
ok folks, we have a motion on the books - Hansel suggests we ban all Citizens! - and Seikos and ....I like the Swiss system of Citizen Initiated Referendums. That is democracy.
I like the Swiss system of Citizen Initiated Referendums. That is democracy.
http://www.basiclaw.net/Principles/Direct democracy.htm
Democratic governments are supposed to make decisions on behalf of the people, not for the people. Otherwise what is the difference between dictatorship and democracy? The choice of dictator?
Yep, exactly what we have here in Qld, Wayne. Democracy has given way to a smiling dictator.
But after all.....i enjoyed a great dive this week on my small NSW coastal town... later i had a great dinner party with some friends, and while i was sipping my Taylors cab sav watching the sea, i'm thinking.... we are living in the greatest country in the world....and at the very least we're allowed to voice our political opinions, cheers, hope you had a good weekend.
Thursday February 28, 04:22 AM
Muslim support for radicals just 7%: survey
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A huge survey of the world's Muslims released Tuesday challenges Western notions that equate Islam with radicalism and violence.
The survey, conducted by the Gallup polling agency over six years and three continents, seeks to dispel the belief held by some in the West that Islam itself is the driving force of radicalism.
About 93 percent of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and only seven percent are politically radical, according to the poll, based on more than 50,000 interviews.
Apparently this is good news ! 7pc is only 100m people for the west to keep their eye onI guess we can stand down ASIO etc etc
What a study to release to the public and then try put positve spin on it, I always whudda thunk that 1pc or less of Muslims supported Radicals, amazing.
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