Brisbane photographer arrested under special G20 powers

What can I write but, LMAO.

"I think that man is pretending to photograph flowers to throw us off!"
Officer walks over to man
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Taking pictures of flowers."
"Well since you told me so I think it's safe to assume you're not a terrorist, terrorists would refuse to give a straight answer!"
🙂


Ground control to Major Tom. 🙂
 
To be completely balance about this: the man was arrested after refusing to produce ID - not specifically an offence in this country as previously mentioned. While it is noted that he was taking photos at the time, this may not be a causal link. We don't know from this article what other behaviours he may have been displaying.

It is concerning, but predictable that this sort of thing happens whenever there's a major security event in town. And Roger certainly has an excellent point that sometimes these things should be fought. I'm not sure, though, that this is one of those times.

The Rosa Parks event was significant because it disrupted the normalcy of segregation - I doubt that could be effected during the somewhat abnormal time of the G20.

At this point a significant number of Australians are, sadly, happy to give away freedoms in the interests of security, which is why our Prime Minister is enjoying a slight lift in the polls lately.
 
Dear Michael,

So small, in fact, that all 60,000,000 inhabitants know one another by sight and often by first name... Sorry, that one won't wash. Even in my own village of 1000 people, we don't all know one another.

Cheers.

R.

Dear Roger

I was groping for a reason as to why (I believe) we in the UK are adverse to carrying ID.

What I was trying to suggest was that the relative smaller size of the UK in relation to other countries gave us a (probably) false sense of security.

On reflection a weak argument , I accept.

I also note that the young folk do carry ID as a proof of age for reasons of buying booze.

Best

Michael
 
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