[plug] [OT] Free speach in Oz [was Goodbye, Columbia]

[Adrian Blockley]

On 2003.02.02 18:25 Alex Polglaze wrote:
[snip lots of interesting points but few that I would agree with]
> Personally, I can put up with some haze in winter when the wind isn't 
> quite right, but we haven't had a disastrous bush fire like 
> Dwellingup for over 40 years, so obviously we are on the right track 
> in WA.

It aint ever that simple. Haze is not just a visual amenity problem but 
a major health problem for many people with respiratory illness. Having 
said that CALM have a very tough job and work very hard to minimise 
haze events due to fuel reduction burns

> 
> Free software an free speech, I guess they go together.
> 

Aparently not. Free speech isn't quite as free as we would like in 
Australia. I have some friends who have been protesting along the 
Causway against the potential war with Iraq. A kind gentleman from Main 
Roads turned up and began photographing them and told them they could 
no longer protest there without paying large sums of money for the 
right to advertise. We only have free speech for those who can afford 
it...

Cheers

Adrian
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