Who would have guessed that it is illegal to stand up on the pedals in Ausyland? Apparently so, and its about to be repealed..
Rule 242
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I'm not surprised, Australia is very legalistic in so many ways, their police can be very intolerant and their immigration policy is widely criticised for it's harshness. Perhaps it's subconciously wanting to compensate for their country's "convict" origins by being beyond reproach.
They'll probably take out a contract on me now!
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They'll probably take out a contract on me now!
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I suppose we are all related, apart from the aboriginals that is.I'm not surprised, Australia is very legalistic in so many ways, their police can be very intolerant and their immigration policy is widely criticised for it's harshness. Perhaps it's subconciously wanting to compensate for their country's "convict" origins by being beyond reproach.
They'll probably take out a contract on me now!
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Only if you are our PM
Australia is a massive nanny state, but what the government is doing to immigrant in our name is far from universally approved of.
It has been a long term campaign of vilification and using words like illegal's to describe them trying to sway public opinion.
Fortunately people are starting to see past this and realise how badly we have treated immigrants.
Don't get me started on the law changes that have seen major loss of freedoms and privacy.
Oh, and I most certainly have recklessly broken rule 242 often
Bearing in mind that you and I share about 50% of our genes with a banana, yes we are all related.
My son in law did the family tree thing and found that one of his ansestors was sent down under for stealing something trivial, which is what I was aluding to.