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THE VIRUS 2020 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Columbo
Never again
Why are you insulting posters?
I do think the response from the police was way over the top though - it could have been handled way better. She should have just been told what she did could be consided incitement - get her to remove it and let her off with a warning.
name calling is not necessary. I have no idea what the different lockdowns are for the parts of your state - who can keep up with it all!
you always say how much you love freedom of speech darling
Then don't make stupid comments trying to prove a point when you don't know the facts of the matter.
And personally I never would have marched in the BLM march either due to Covid, but that is irrelevant, I was just letting you know there was a least a fine of some kind for the organisers.The ABC article you linked to says "Victoria still has cases of community transmission of COVID-19 and one of the highest infection rates in the country", so it doesn't seem like the conditions for protesting were safe then either.
Melbourne Black Lives Matter protest organisers to be fined by police
The organisers of the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne say it is disappointing police are fining them $1,652 each for breaching the coronavirus directives of the Chief Health Officer at the peaceful protest outside the Victorian Parliament.www.abc.net.au
Let's have a look at my post history then:
Search results for query: "freedom of speech"
www.behindbigbrother.com
Only mentioned the term twice. One of those was mocking kxk and the other was years ago but I have since learnt there is no such thing as a freedom of speech here.
You see it as an insult, I see it as humour. Need to find stuff to keep us positives through these COVID times, dumbass.
Columbo
Never again
Insulting other posters isn't humour. I know a thing about humour.
Totally agree.
Oh pleaseee. You are the most unfunny person on this forum. You have no idea about humour, dumbass.
Columbo
Never again
I won a humour award in toastmasters.
I wasn't trying to prove any point if you actually look at what I wrote I actually said the police did not handle this with the pregnant lady very well. I was just saying letting you know that the BLM people did get a fine but no arrests for thier protest. I was curious when I saw your post about Dan allowing it because I knew there was a state that tried to get an injunction to try and stop it, and I wasn't sure if it was NSW or VIC so I looked it up.
Must have spoke about Tina then. That shit funny.
Columbo
Never again
Nope
According to this article it’s an offence to arrange a gathering of more than two people in Ballarat. That sounds different than Melbourne was at time of BLM.
Pregnant mum’s arrest like ‘Nazi Germany’: Liberal MP lashes Victorian police
Liberal MP Craig Kelly has compared the Victorian Government with Nazi Germany after a pregnant woman was handcuffed and arrested over an anti-lockdown Facebook post in the family home.
www.news.com.au
According to this article it’s an offence to arrange a gathering of more than two people in Ballarat. That sounds different than Melbourne was at time of BLM.
Pregnant mum’s arrest like ‘Nazi Germany’: Liberal MP lashes Victorian police
Liberal MP Craig Kelly has compared the Victorian Government with Nazi Germany after a pregnant woman was handcuffed and arrested over an anti-lockdown Facebook post in the family home.
Actually, gatherings in Melbourne had a similar limit during BLM. We were in lockdown during the time and there was a gathering limit in place.
Melbourne put a max gathering of 20 according to this article at the time.
Melbourne Black Lives Matter protest organisers to be fined by police
The organisers of the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne say it is disappointing police are fining them $1,652 each for breaching the coronavirus directives of the Chief Health Officer at the peaceful protest outside the Victorian Parliament.
www.abc.net.au
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Tasmania has a max of 20 right now and havn't had a covid case in weeks. Adelaide has only just gone to more than 20. So a max of 20 is actually way different than 2 in the way the regulations are right now.Actually, gatherings in Melbourne had a similar limit during BLM. We were in lockdown during the time and there was a gathering limit in place.
Melbourne put a max gathering of 20 according to this article at the time.
Melbourne Black Lives Matter protest organisers to be fined by police
The organisers of the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne say it is disappointing police are fining them $1,652 each for breaching the coronavirus directives of the Chief Health Officer at the peaceful protest outside the Victorian Parliament.
Actually, the issue here is not the numbers but the hypocrisy of the protests not being treated the same. Before I continue I am against protesting of any form during a pandemic.
The laws to the crime of incitement and whether fines should be applied equally. Whether the limit is 2, 20 or 200. The problem with it all is that neither protest should be allowed but they conveniently choose to act on one but not the other in the same form.