Thread: Civil Liberties

Originally Posted by newhue

.................................................. ........... People say if your doing nothing wrong there is no need to worry. ...........

Going by my experience, the problem is that what it is nothing wrong for you or me in what we are doing, even if it is legal, it can be wrong for those in power were you civil right could affect their interests or ideology.
Unfortunately in these beautiful country people are lay back by nature or have not been trough experiences were the freedom and civil rights can disappear within a couple of years.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

I think Adams point is that such antics are not restricted to the last two Labor leaders.

I still think we need to have a zombie apocalypse.

Yep. And +1 for the Zombies.

Interesting story about life in the 50's in Brisbane, regarding Constable Terry Lewis. From " three Crooked Kings", by Matthew Condon.

" By mid-1950 Lewis found himself behind the handlebars of a police motorcycle. Here he encountered some action. His first mention in the press as a policeman came after a wild , 60 MPH chase on the 25th August . At about 7.40 PM Lewis & another motorcycle cop noticed three youths travelling in a utility truck along Main ST. Kangaroo point. The vehicle did not have any headlights on. They stopped the driver, who said the truck lights had fused , & he had left his drivers licence at home. Lewis said he would follow them home to check his licence.

The truck drove off at 25 MPH, but soon hit 40 [! ] , & sped through stop signs crossed to the opposite side of the road on numerous occasions, swept in front of trams, & narrowly missed a group of pedestrians in Fortitude Valley. Lewis repeatedly drew alongside the vehicle & shouted to the driver to stop, but Gleeson attempted to run him off the road. His mate then hurled 3 MILK bottles at their pursuers [ nowadays they try to shoot them] & one shattered on impact. They were ultimately apprehended after several hair raising mile thru the suburbs of Spring Hill, Morningside, & Woolloongabba. The three youths were fined. "

This came from a time of drinking age of 21, drugs were not common, , people kept their houses open, even at night , children walked or rode their bikes to school, and actually played till dark after school, without parental supervision. A mans handshake was good enough to seal a deal, and women felt safe walking after dark

On the other side, a Black man could go and fight for his country, but was not allowed to walk into a public bar , with his Army mates. The major corruption was in the Police Force, while the Pollies looked on, & hid the brown paper bags under the desk. Yes, we needed a change of government in Qld, but the massive majority is taking us back to the future. Bob

Problem with a zombie apocalypse is you can't use more than two or they're colluding.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Problem with a zombie apocalypse is you can't use more than two or they're colluding.

Problem with zombie apocalypse is my knife is in the car and it's too cold to go and get.
Solves lots of problems, fun for all the family, what's not to like?

Too cold? I'm sitting in shorts in a/c and fan on.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Too cold? I'm sitting in shorts in a/c and fan on.

Yes, but you're in Sydney. You know, the olympic one.
I'm in Orange. You know, the frozen wasteland one.

Just head east about an hour or so, the news says it's a bit warmer there.