On 03/08/2014, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> > wrote: >> On 3/08/2014 6:46 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> >>> wrote: >>>> On 3/08/2014 9:21 AM, Joel Rees wrote: >>>>>> On 03/08/2014, Andrew McGlashan >>>>>> <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> > <snip>
>> >>> And, in terms of party politics, remember that the whole of the >>> federal parliament, agreed that Australians are not entitled to human >>> rights, and thence, to the protections (such as they exist elsewhere) >>> of a Bill of Rights. >> >> Actually we are subject to a bill of rights, see here: >> >> http://www.clrg.info/2011/02/validity-of-bill-of-rights-1688/ >> > > That applies only to Victoria - I believe that, like motor vehicle > roadworthiness testing, human rights legislation applies to only two > states of Australia. > I apologise - after posting my response, I realise that the material on that web page, went beyond the first letter, which applies only to Victoria. Thus, that web page relates to two other states, I believ, in addition to Victoria. However, please read the text below, and, please read the citation of what Michael Kirby said - he is much more an authority on the matter, at the Australian federal level. > For the whole of Australia, see > http://www.armadale-wa.net/politics/HumanRights.html > especially, from the text of the submission made in May 2009, to the > Australian Human Rights Consultation Committee, at > http://www.armadale-wa.net/politics/HumanRightsConsulationCommitteeSubmission_200905.pdf > - read the first two pages. > > I can not copy and paste the relevant text here, but, the first two > pages of that submission, with the citation of what was said by > Michale Kirby, cover it adequately, I believe > >> Don't let them screw with our constitution either, under false >> pretenses. Local councils corporations operate as local government >> bodies today, but without the rights to do what they are doing ... >> legitimize those corporations and they'll go gang busters -- give them >> an inch, they'll take a 100 miles! > > > It depends on how you regard the status of local governments in Australia. > > Without federal constitutiional recognition and protection of local > governments, state governments like the WA Loony Nazi Party > government, are free to, as they are doing, further reduce what > little democracy we have, and, force amalgamations of local > governments, to reduce further, any representation of the people, in > government, so that things happen like my own local government > performing the equivalent of Hitler's invasion of Poland, on a > neighbouring local government, and, as with parliamentary prohibitions > of democracy in Australia, we, the people, have no say in government. > > That is what happens when we have no human rights, and the > International Covenant on Civil and Politcal Rights, are of no effect, > and, the people, for the most part, simply do not care - "Evil > flourishes where apathy prevails". > > >> And as for the recognition of >> Aboriginals in AU ... that is also completely unnecessary; any person, >> no matter what, if they set foot in Australian, then they are covered by >> our constitution. Aboriginals are no different to other Australians, >> every person is covered. They want to screw the Constitution under the >> guise of /fixing/ these things, instead they'll f*** things right up and >> we'll lose even more rights. >> > > > Regarding the issue of the Aboriginals, and, any other race; I do not > know whether you have read the Australian Constitution Act, but, > apartheid (= "apartness" - racial segregation and racial > discrimination) is constitutionally legal and enforceable, in > Australia. > >>> The bottom line remains unchanged - with Skype 2.2, and it not having >>> the advances of the later versions of Skype, I could engage in video >>> calls, using Debian 6, the operating system of my choice, and, with >>> people using different versions of different operating systems, so >>> that I could see the person with whom I was communicating, and, in >>> motion, as we communicated (which allows for seeing changes in >>> expressions, due to a person's reaction to things said), and, that was >>> both ways, and, now, Microsoft has taken away that facility and that >>> functionality. >> >> It may not be that simple for all sorts of reasons. There might be >> bandaid fixes in place for old versions that they want or need to remove >> for other reasons. Of course, it may still be simple just the same. >> >> Cheers >> A. >> >> > > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8NBS7A_98yFWZDWg=uzvxdzwzy90eehp-3htut0-hy...@mail.gmail.com
