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“Just listened to the story on strip searches. Have we sunk so low that minors going to a music festival are subjected to invasive and terrifying strip searches is the way that we as Australians think that police can behave? In most circumstances this would be statutory rape and child abuse. If a parent did this to their own child, and the child told their teacher it would be a mandatory reporting offence to child protection services. We do not live in country that supports these Starzi like actions prevalent in dictatorships and police states. Are we really like this? Has our entire history of placing limits on state power and a suspicion of excess authority, suddenly been tossed aside to give credence to political aspersions of “hard men and the “war on drugs/crime”? Where is the rule of law? Even the police have admitted that many of these search’s are probable illegal under the very vague legislation as it stands. This country is full of people who fled regimes who behaved this way. How on earth did we get here and what possible justification is there for this behaviour in a society that, allegedly, subscribes to the presumption of innocence and the rule of law and citizens rights? I suggest we strip search every politician as they enter parliament for “security reasons”. Then they can debate the validity of their complicity in this behaviour by our police. This is not my country any more, this is not Australia. If you think I’m OTT then wait 10 years. The erosion of principles and rights happens slowly and in small increments, and then accelerated at a point to protect the powerful from accountability. Programs like this and the independent media are a major defence against the subversion of free societies. If we don’t shine a light on these abuses of power how will we ever know how much we have lost until too late? More power to your arm Guardian Australia. Oh, I’m old and white and comfortable financially. This is a matter of principle, not identity politics. It matters to everyone.”
Dr?Strangelove via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/04/21
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