by Starving Pelican » Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:10 am
RobW wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:45 am
rektj00 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 6:40 am
Even if Scoffer could negotiate Google Maps it wouldn't help as the Aussie Government has banned all non-essential international travel for some reason.
First "real" democracy that I know of where residents need to apply to leave the country.
This has been confusing me. How can a country like Australia forbid its citizens from leaving the country. It's positively Soviet.
I understand they might say you can leave but you can't come back.....
I agree that it's positively Soviet. Additionally, there's no guarantee that those living outside, who come for a visit, will be able to return to their respective countries.
As for your question, well, one thing to remember about Australia is what its primary purpose was during its formative years. The flag was placed on the soil so the Frogs couldn't get there first, then the question came as to what to do with it. I think you're familiar with the subsequent few decades. That legacy is still with us, in the form of a nanny state.
Compare that birth of a nation to that of the US, which was always a placed based on individual rights - right to be a religious whacko, the right to throw a tantrum about paying taxes, etc.
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Even if Scoffer could negotiate Google Maps it wouldn't help as the Aussie Government has banned all non-essential international travel for some reason.
First "real" democracy that I know of where residents need to apply to leave the country.
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This has been confusing me. How can a country like Australia forbid its citizens from leaving the country. It's positively Soviet.
I understand they might say you can leave but you can't come back.....
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I agree that it's positively Soviet. Additionally, there's no guarantee that those living outside, who come for a visit, will be able to return to their respective countries.
As for your question, well, one thing to remember about Australia is what its primary purpose was during its formative years. The flag was placed on the soil so the Frogs couldn't get there first, then the question came as to what to do with it. I think you're familiar with the subsequent few decades. That legacy is still with us, in the form of a nanny state.
Compare that birth of a nation to that of the US, which was always a placed based on individual rights - right to be a religious whacko, the right to throw a tantrum about paying taxes, etc.