In Reply to: What is your point? posted by haza on Monday, 3. October 2005 at 11:10 Bali Time:
Though all the quotes weren't really necessary.
It's part of a long line of "Do as we say, not as we do" messages from the Australian Government.
They can lie about taxes, but we get in trouble if our tax returns aren't accurate.
There are posters to make us feel guilty about not buying a tram ticket, while the car industry is heavily subsidised.
If you beat your 16-y-o kid when you catch him doing something wrong, you can go to jail. But if ASIO suspects he might have been thinking about doing something wrong at some point in the future, they might just have to lock him up without access to a lawyer or family members for two weeks. (And, depending on a decision that will be given in a court today, they may have to electrify his nads as well.)
Equal rights laws say we can't discriminate in any way, but people from certain parts of the world can't come into the country.
We should defer all non-essential travel to Bali while out Health Minister works on his tan.
...and so on and so on and so on...