Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 27 Oct 2005

G'day George,

 SA>  GP> (or maybe you'll never see that story, because the cops, 
 SA>  GP> upon discovering the guy was only eating lunch, will plant 
 SA>  GP> a "throwaway" to justify their use of lethal violence!)

 SA> "White powder" found in two small paper sachets with
"CSR Sugar" on
 SA> the labels?

 GP> Nah, that wouldn't justify lethal force, but a "throwaway"(a gun
 GP> found/confiscated and not officially existing, gets put next to the
 GP> body of whomever they 'accidentally' shot & all of a sudden, it's a
 GP> case of "self defense" on the part of the police officer, and
 GP> nobody argues with the use of a gun against a gun-wielding
 GP> attempted cop-killer! 

Ah, OK, I didn't get the "throwaway" reference - I doubt that is used
often here, as gun crime is still reasonably uncommon - yes, that will
probably work.

 SA> Yes, and while it might initially be used against Muslims, my guess
 SA> is that "mission creep" will ensure that it expands to cover any
 SA> sort of "seditious" activity, such as refusing to take the mark or
 SA> telling others not to take the mark.

 GP> Yeah, like not bowing down to the golden statue, eh?

Yes.

 SA>  GP> This is Australia, the article you posted?

 SA> Yes, following a conference of Federal & State leaders recently.

 GP> Not far behind for everywhere else, we can be sure!

 GP> Nothing spreads faster than a bad idea!

This is being agreed to almost as fast as politician's pay rises, and
with less public discussion or parliamentary debate.

Cheers, Steve..

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