On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 22:41:45 +0000 (UTC) jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
Sounds like Australia needs the equivalent of America's First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.But then again, that's the same problem Britain has: They don't have a written Constitution.
"... But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain — that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. " Spooner - 1867 http://jim.com/treason.htm J.
Jim Bell
From: Nadine Earnshaw <nadine@iinet.net.au> To: cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:27 PM Subject: Re: Free speech - front lines in Australia - [personal@bernardgaynor.com.au: Update: battle for free speech] No the issue is public vs private speech. There is also a difference between publicly stating an opinion and being abusive. this is what we are talking about legislatively