If the Australian media ever starts reporting on "Caucasian Al Qaeda members", virtually all white Australians will be potential suspects and thus you will finally feel the sting when the police are kicking in your door without a warrant all because one of their informants made up that you had suspect material in your house. It won't matter if that informant completely lied, you're looking at jail time on unrelated charges (illegal guns, illegal drugs, anything illegal - even planting evidence) and it will be seen as a successful operation.
This comment sums it up well:
The terrorists must be celebrating at this news. I bet they love seeing their actions causing governments to abandon fundamental rights and freedoms and begin to turn on their own citizens.
Sorry if this has been posted.
The time police can hold terror suspects will be limited and there’ll be a new offence for inciting race-based violence if the government goes ahead with a raft of changes to Australias terror laws. The changes up for discussion do involve some toughening of the laws, including expanding emergency search powers and changing the definition of terrorism to include psychological as well as physical harm.
www.abc.net.au...
www.abc.net.au
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 18/8/09 by dallas18]
[edit on 18/8/09 by dallas18]
[edit on 18/8/09 by dallas18]
