Comment Re:Aussie freedoms are inferior (Score 3, Informative) 337
A nice place to visit but I need something like the Bill of Rights to call a country home.
Many locals would agree and it is a long sort over goal for the country. When the country was presented an opportunity for its own Bill of Right in the 1980s many of the shock jock radio announcers lobbied heavily against it and it was defeated.
I hope that some day one of those radio announcers are on the business end of not having those rights. As for the many morons who voted against the Bill it just shows how sadly apathetic many Australians have become, largely due to Murdoch and the News empire that grew up in Australia before becoming an American company.
Faux News is the enemy of freedom in the land of the free.
Australia does things all the time that just casually violate what I consider to be sacred rights.
Yes, and many times it happens to promote American interests because our politicians are too spineless to stand up for themselves. No one likes it and the Trans Pacific Partnership is a fine example. We are not even allowed to see the text of a bill that is to be passed into law.
They are things that everyday Australians object to and I'm certain everyday Americans would find it offensive too.
I know my views are incomprehensible to many.
No they are not and many reasonable educated Australians would agree with you. We need a Bill of Rights more than ever. If you are prepared to make your views known to Australian politicians it would be most welcome.