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Originally Posted by Syndrome
In a democracy it is not illegal to disagree with government, it is not illegal to invoke the freedom of speech to voice one's opinion, and it is not illegal to demonstrate. What we saw yesterday was shameful as the government attempts to intimidate those who refuse to be submissive. These are the actions of a totalitarian government which is what is expected in countries like China, but not countries like Australia.
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Not right. The gathering yesterday was illegal under the current restrictions in place in Victoria and those restrictions have been put in place by our duly elected representatives in the best interests of us all.
If you don't like it then you get a chance to have your say at the next election but to suggest that enforcing the law is 'shameful' and 'intimidatory' just puts you in the same category as those idiots.
Go and spend some time in China or another totalitarian regime and tell me if you think we've got it bad here.