Trudy,
This whole Government agenda is governed by the Protestant ethic:
euthanasia, mandatory imprisonment, and gambling...!
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'Freedom is having nothing left to fear.'
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> Trudy,
>
> You really have to question even the political brains of the government.
> The refusal to over-rule the NT on Mandatory sentencing had nothing to do
> with a belief in states rights (well something, but not much) but all to
do
> with the electoral popularity of such legislation and the government's
> desire to be aligned with it. Gambling is perceived as something where
the
> government can also win some brownie points, but the only way they can buy
> in is to ride over states rights. The States Rights argument allowed them
> to avoid arguing the substance of the rights and wrongs of mandatory
> sentencing. That way they had a chance of keeping the middle while
> appealing to the extreme. By proposing to do this now on internet
gambling
> they have lost their alibi on Mandatory Sentencing. That means that not
> only do they have to defend the Mandatory Sentencing decision on the basis
> of its moral and ethical rights and wrongs, but it opens up the issue
again.
> Perhaps it is time to contact those Liberal moderates again? If anything
is
> going to change, they are in the best position to effect it. But
empathise
> with them. We've all been dudded, no need to say "I told you so."
>
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