Australian Laws and bitter AU liberals

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Sep 17, 2008 at 19:28

1989 Racial Vilification Amendment Act (RVAA), modifying the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Section 20C declares:

"It is unlawful for a person, by a public act, to incite hatred towards, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group of persons on the ground of the race of the person or members of the group."

"This sets a higher harm threshold than the Commonwealth law, with a requirement for "incitement". Again, there are a series of defenses; the trigger is a complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Board. The RVAA also created, in Section 20D, a criminal offense of "serious racial vilification".

Laws are not the problem, Julie, ENFORCEMENT of them is, and you can't enforce the law when the police and courts pander to radical Islamist gang members that your country imports as a labor force to keep pace with the more influential countries.

This is all I need to say Luigi - your response to my inital post has not been read.

I'm not sure I really believe that, but it would explain why this seems kind of off base.

You do not reside in Australia and you do not appreciate our laws. I would ask you to please get back in your box.

I'm glad I don't live in Australia. It's a country that is losing world power, just like Western Europe, Canada and Japan, which could all be subjugated soon by Russia, China and radical Islam. Then, of course, you'll be begging for American involvement.

Thanks for the insult, Julie, but it's basically what I've come to expect from folks such as yourself who waste time defending other people's culture to prove how tolerant you are. It gets old after a while. Just keep in mind there probably aren't Lebanaese gang members defending your precious Australian culture on Muslim message boards. More likely they'll be talking about "Aussie sluts."

Maybe you just don't care.

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