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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by LP -
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You're a funny one, MBB. Though it is important for malcontents to have their representatives. Better to have them in full view and out in the open ;)  ;D
I agree, but as each day passes another seems to fall, the more open they become the faster they self-destruct, which I fear will push them underground on the policy / agenda front. They will talk but with a forked tongue, hidden agendas.

Good luck getting elected in Australia then continuing to defraud the public!

btw., On many big issues, a simple majority isn't enough to pass major reform in Australia, be it Federally or by State.

My election fear is that the populist vote will be along such stupid lines and we'll end up with a dysfunctional parliament, we will be opening the door to foreign influence while the entity that is supposed to be the key holder is effectively crippled. Even worse still we can end up in an election loop.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by LP -
Alarmism is part of the right-wing political brief, a tool used by proper tools to foster anarchy as a way to make people react emotively without justification or thought, just act on fear or panic and it is usually mob based.

It will appear everywhere even a thread about vegemite if someone starts one!

It's quite ironic for RedTrump, Putin's diesel fuel shill, to point at France and complain that the very political tool he uses in his own backyard is now apparently evil in socialist France. Capitol Hill happened!
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by Lods -
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The French are very different to Aussies.

That about sums it up.
We do have a protesting component but we're mostly a group that will look at that sort of behaviour and shake our heads, let alone get involved in it.
If you want to turn us off your cause...take to the streets and start burning or breaking stuff.
The repsonse will be "Wake up to yourself"
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by LP -
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How long till the riots in Europe are seen here?
Very very unlikely, and such assertions I just see as alarmist scaremongering.

Let's not forget these started in Paris primarily as socialist party student protests, protests that the reporting of which has been hijacked for political purposes by right wing extremists.

It would not be surprising to find, given EU border freedom, that many involved aren't even from France.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by PaulP -
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The French are very different to Aussies. They have history, over centuries, similar to what we're seeing there now. Just look what happened when speed cameras were instituted in France and what the citizenry did in response... similar to Texas! Here, we just accept things like this and then whinge. And let's not forget what happened in France when Renault sacked thousands of employees... bad day for the CEO. Think I'd rather our culture but perhaps we could learn something when it comes passively accepting some new/unjust laws.

Not just different to Australians, but different to other Europeans. That fighting spirit is uniquely French, and goes back several generations.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments
Last post by Baggers -
Quote from: shawny – on
How long till the riots in Europe are seen here?

The French are very different to Aussies. They have history, over centuries, similar to what we're seeing there now. Just look what happened when speed cameras were instituted in France and what the citizenry did in response... similar to Texas! Here, we just accept things like this and then whinge. And let's not forget what happened in France when Renault sacked thousands of employees... bad day for the CEO. Think I'd rather our culture but perhaps we could learn something when it comes passively accepting some new/unjust laws.