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New Zealand Parliament Votes To Extend Spying Powers

Posted by Unknown on from the not-used-for-spying-pinky-swear dept.

pinkstuff writes "Amid protests and much opposition New Zealand parliament has just passed a bill which allows the The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) greater spying powers."

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  1. What in NZ is worth monitoring? by krovisser · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eh?

  2. Re:So much for retiring there by cold+fjord · · Score: -1, Troll

    Were you planning on turning to terrorism in your old age?

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    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
  3. As long as gov't is allowed to redistribute... by roman_mir · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is nothing that even a vocal minority can do to stop government from usurping power from the individuals as long as the government enjoys silent or vocal support for its powers to take away from some people and redistribute to others.

    There is absolutely nothing, short of a bloody revolution, that can be done about that and it has been shown true in every case.

    Basically once there is a large segment of the population that likes government taxing, regulating, subsidising, redistributing, money printing, 'insuring', supporting..... you can't do anything to remove that government, no matter how just your cause you may feel you have.

    Even if a country falls apart due to complete economic disaster caused by various collectivist policies (USSR as an example), if large portion of the population wants subsidies for whatever lifestyle they have, then a Mafia will rule the place apparently, which will steal as much as possible and will provide just enough of a subsidy to keep the majority of the population on its side.

    Dogs or pigs, somewhere in between there... People are in between there.

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