We are not independent. We are constitutional monarchy, which means that the Queen is still the Head of State. However, I think that the law that makes a presentation that may encourage dissent illegal only still stands because the people who can change either don't want to to or can't be bothered.
Why is it that surveys will always spout some crap-filled statistic that probably would be true if it was specified further, just to sensationalise it further. Like the "fact" that 38% of children have met strangers they met online in real-life. Is it just me or is there something horribly wrong with that "fact".
To Anonymous Coward (with misdirected attentions towards terrorists),
I think that ending "The Global War on Terror" (more like "The Global War of Terror") is a valid point. Just because you disagree about someone's opinion of the American Government's policies, does not give you the right to claim they support terrorists. There are laws against defamation for a reason, and with America being so enthusiastic about rooting out terrorists, it might (slight chance) be dangerous.
When the person you were quoting said "and the economy", he wasn't talking about ending it, but saving it. When he used the word "ending", he was only referring to "The Global War of Terror".
I am sorry to any readers who do not like this, because it is irrelevant and off-topic. But I feel a need to reprimand people who write with such ignorance.
To Nossie,
Wow!
I just was reading through your extraordinary rants, and I just got the feeling you don't know much about the Australian government.
From your almost incoherent sentences ( what the hell is, "What happens when they come for you? they aren't? how long before they do?", anyway) I managed to deduce that you are British, since the "Or is your definition of pain that of the UK queen having a great big TAX on beers locally brewed or otherwise up your arse so far every time you take a dump you brick a impression of the good queen Elizabeth?". Correct me if I'm wrong.
Just to give you some information to help you along, I am an Australian teenager from Newcastle and I don't like the idea of the filter, like many other people in the Slashdot Community, I think it should be an opt in system rather than an opt out system.
Now. The Australian government is based on a tiered system; Federal, State and Local governments. The different types of government are often responsible for different parts of the government infrastructure; such as, that the Federal government is not responsible for roads, Local and state share that. The ordinary citizen has the most influence with the Local government, and can make some dramatic changes, and the Local governments can make some dramatic changes to the State government, etc.
And, don't forget, to get into any great amount of power within a party, politicians have to be representatives of a particular area. And every single person who lives within that area must vote for that representative, because the voting system of Australia is mandatory. WE MUST VOTE IN EVERY SINGLE ELECTION, WHETHER IT IS FOR FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT!
Your way of dismissing this fact is to allege that the youth of today are indifferent about politics, that they will just use the donkey vote or something like that. Firstly, I find that grossly offensive, prejudiced and ignorant. Secondly, how much of the voting population of Australia is the "youth", saying the "youth" are between 18 (which is the minimum age for voting in Australia) and 25 years of age. Considering that the average age of Australians (based on the 2006 census) is about 47, I would say a pretty low percentage (less than 10%). Thirdly, "youths" are not as ignorant or as indifferent to politics as you seem to believe. I have sat at polling booths to hand out leaflets, and I saw plenty of "youths" asking opinions and reading through the leaflets, and then voting.
We started learning about the Australian government and politics (albeit simplified) in primary school!
I do not know much about the policies of other countries. But, Australia is not communist, or fascist, or republican, or monarchic; it is a democracy, through and through. So anything you alleged was ludicrous. Try to spin your 1984 fantasies elsewhere.
And by the way. Germany elected Hitler because they thought he was a great man and they agreed with almost all his policies that they knew of. But, Australia does not have a system of government that would allow a dictator.
Yours truly,
Lord Nerevar.
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We are not independent. We are constitutional monarchy, which means that the Queen is still the Head of State. However, I think that the law that makes a presentation that may encourage dissent illegal only still stands because the people who can change either don't want to to or can't be bothered.
That's impressive! It's nice to see that there are still people with internet access out there who have pirated less than $1 worth of media!
My question would be...
Why is it that surveys will always spout some crap-filled statistic that probably would be true if it was specified further, just to sensationalise it further. Like the "fact" that 38% of children have met strangers they met online in real-life. Is it just me or is there something horribly wrong with that "fact".
To Anonymous Coward (with misdirected attentions towards terrorists),
I think that ending "The Global War on Terror" (more like "The Global War of Terror") is a valid point. Just because you disagree about someone's opinion of the American Government's policies, does not give you the right to claim they support terrorists. There are laws against defamation for a reason, and with America being so enthusiastic about rooting out terrorists, it might (slight chance) be dangerous.
When the person you were quoting said "and the economy", he wasn't talking about ending it, but saving it. When he used the word "ending", he was only referring to "The Global War of Terror".
I am sorry to any readers who do not like this, because it is irrelevant and off-topic. But I feel a need to reprimand people who write with such ignorance.
Yours truly,
Lord Nerevar.
To Nossie, Wow! I just was reading through your extraordinary rants, and I just got the feeling you don't know much about the Australian government. From your almost incoherent sentences ( what the hell is, "What happens when they come for you? they aren't? how long before they do?", anyway) I managed to deduce that you are British, since the "Or is your definition of pain that of the UK queen having a great big TAX on beers locally brewed or otherwise up your arse so far every time you take a dump you brick a impression of the good queen Elizabeth?". Correct me if I'm wrong. Just to give you some information to help you along, I am an Australian teenager from Newcastle and I don't like the idea of the filter, like many other people in the Slashdot Community, I think it should be an opt in system rather than an opt out system. Now. The Australian government is based on a tiered system; Federal, State and Local governments. The different types of government are often responsible for different parts of the government infrastructure; such as, that the Federal government is not responsible for roads, Local and state share that. The ordinary citizen has the most influence with the Local government, and can make some dramatic changes, and the Local governments can make some dramatic changes to the State government, etc. And, don't forget, to get into any great amount of power within a party, politicians have to be representatives of a particular area. And every single person who lives within that area must vote for that representative, because the voting system of Australia is mandatory. WE MUST VOTE IN EVERY SINGLE ELECTION, WHETHER IT IS FOR FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT! Your way of dismissing this fact is to allege that the youth of today are indifferent about politics, that they will just use the donkey vote or something like that. Firstly, I find that grossly offensive, prejudiced and ignorant. Secondly, how much of the voting population of Australia is the "youth", saying the "youth" are between 18 (which is the minimum age for voting in Australia) and 25 years of age. Considering that the average age of Australians (based on the 2006 census) is about 47, I would say a pretty low percentage (less than 10%). Thirdly, "youths" are not as ignorant or as indifferent to politics as you seem to believe. I have sat at polling booths to hand out leaflets, and I saw plenty of "youths" asking opinions and reading through the leaflets, and then voting. We started learning about the Australian government and politics (albeit simplified) in primary school! I do not know much about the policies of other countries. But, Australia is not communist, or fascist, or republican, or monarchic; it is a democracy, through and through. So anything you alleged was ludicrous. Try to spin your 1984 fantasies elsewhere. And by the way. Germany elected Hitler because they thought he was a great man and they agreed with almost all his policies that they knew of. But, Australia does not have a system of government that would allow a dictator. Yours truly, Lord Nerevar.