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Beware Proposed Security Laws

Warning, warning, danger, danger! And if you can't picture me wandering around like the robot in Lost in Space saying: "Warning, warning, danger, danger!" then think of the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz and that'd be about right.

Anyway, the reason for the hysterical fear on this old chap's part is that the pollies are trying to do a sneaky on us and ram through appalling and undemocratic laws - all in the guise of protecting us against terrorists.

How about this. If you are a suspected terrorist then you can be thrown in the slammer without legal assistance, or even contact with the outside world, for any amount of time the authorities say you can be. Now that's fine if you are a would-be bomber - but what if you are just making too much noise objecting to something you believe in and those in charge want to silence you?

Or how about the proposed right for the government to ban any groups or organisations? Again, you may be in the firing line if you are too vocal or complain too much.

What about boosting the internal powers of ASIO? They can tap any phone they like, monitor our lives to an even bigger degree.

Life sentences for having something that could be used in terrorism - like a shoe perhaps, or a plastic fork?

Canberra says that we need tougher anti-terrorism laws to defend ourselves against evil-doers - but who will defend us against our security people?

Now, we've not had one terrorist episode - not even a threat - and while vigilance is needed, our current laws seem to be doing the job.

Don't let politicians get away with this. All they want to do is to further limit the freedoms we try to enjoy in Australia. Get on the phone to your local pollie and let them know this is not acceptable.

And, be assured, it doesn't matter what side of politics you fall into, there are evil bastards on both sides and none of them will willingly give up any controls they have over us.

If there is something that has really got up your nose, let Grumpy Old Coot know at grumpy@webwombat.com