Thoughts on economics and liberty

Category: Liberty

27th March 2021

We need to steer away from cynicism and negativity

 

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10th January 2021

My next TOI blog article: Time for Big Tech to respect liberty or be forced to do so

I sent my article to the Times of India many hours before the massive communist purge that took place yesterday. But what I’ve said in this article is now even more important:

Time for Big Tech to respect liberty or be forced to do so

I’ve already discussed the common counter-arguments in this article. But there are some essential ones that I would like to note here:

a) People establish their presence on the understanding that they can speak their mind. The idea that particular views can be censored.  This is a consumer contract issue.

b) The broadest principle is that there can be no contract to slavery. One can’t get an agreement from someone to be a slave on one’s private property.

A speech service must allow all opinions unless a court intervenes.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS – SEE FULL THREAD

Since when did Big Tech get the legal right to decide that some content is inflammatory (e.g. Trump asking people to go home in peace)? Are they part of the law & order machine?

They ought to at least get legal & police experts to determine whether something is inflammatory.

And these legal and police experts ought to provide a speaking order, i.e. a direction to Facebook/Twitter (to be published) that contains justifications that Trump could then appeal in court.

THIS DICTATORSHIP OF UNELECTED BIG TECH WON’T GO WELL WITH THE PEOPLE.

 

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24th October 2020

No, Scott Morrison or Alan Tudge CAN’T FORCE Australians to take a COVID-19 vaccine in order to travel internationally

Daniel Andrews is living in a world of delusion. He said on 4 July 2020:

At that point we will not be returning to normal because there will be no vaccine in the weeks ahead, some argue even in the months ahead. It is a long way off. And unless and until that vaccine is developed, and then administered to every single Victorian, we will have to live with and embrace a COVID normal.[i] (emphasis mine.)

HE CAN’T ADMINISTER IT TO EVERY SINGLE VICTORIAN.

That’s because the Australian Constitution prohibits such compulsion:

Scott Morrison has been trying his best to make this mandatory (source)

In the meanwhile, Alan Tudge has been trying a “backdoor way to force the vaccine:

ONLY ‘GLOBALLY AVAILABLE’ VACCINE OPENS BORDER, HINTS MINISTER

“The Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD) will facilitate information being collected and shared more efficiently while still using the same authority for collection. The DPD will also allow certified COVID vaccination certificates to be digitally uploaded and connected if and when they become available.” [Source]

Clearly this needs to be FOUGHT. For a vaccine like smallpox I’d be willing to accept a mandatory shot – but this virus is barely worse than the flu. It is ridiculous for the national and State government to think of compelling Australians in such a matter.

JANE HALTON IS A COERCIVE PERSON FOR SURE, WITH NO RESPECT FOR OTHER HUMANS.

APPARENTLY THIS COULD BE DONE IF THE STATES GANG UP AGAINST PEOPLE’S BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS

[i] The New Daily, “Victoria’s COVID crisis grows: Two more postcodes locked down, 108 fresh cases”, 4 July 2020. Short URL: https://bit.ly/3ixgeg9. The video of Daniel Andrews’s statement is found in a Tweet by @YellowCube7 on 3 October 2020. Short URL: https://bit.ly/3cWdmbD.

 

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19th October 2020

A “My Will” letter to MPs in Victoria

Someone shared this template. I’m sharing – please consider writing to your MP.
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Mr Russell Broadbent MP

46C Albert Street,

Warragul VIC 3820

cc The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health

Dear Mr Broadbent

I know it is my duty to keep you informed as to MY WILL on any matter that comes before the Parliament or should come before the Parliament in the future.

It has come to my attention that the Federal Government is intending and may attempt to make vaccination mandatory for the purposes of controlling future outbreaks of COVID-19.

I do not consent or agree with any such action and it is MY WILL that you make it known to the Federal Parliament that it is THE WILL of this constituent

(1)    that every vaccination always be made subject to the free, fully informed consent of the recipient

(2)    that any vaccination never be made a prerequisite for access to any services or payments or employment, or the ability to travel freely to any location or venue domestically or internationally, or made a prerequisite for anything or any activity whatsoever.

(3)    That no vaccine manufacturer ever be granted indemnity from liability in this country for causing injury due to the use of their vaccine.

I wish you to note to the Parliament that MY WILL is consistent with

(1)    The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Commonwealth) Section 83.4 which states that “any person who, by violence or by threats or intimidation of any kind, hinders or interferes with the free exercise or performance, by any other person of any political right or duty shall be guilty of an offence”.

(2)    The Commonwealth Constitution Section 51xxiiiA which allows the Federal Parliament to legislate as to “the provision of maternity allowances, widows’ pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical and dental services (BUT NOT SO AS TO AUTHORISE ANY FORM OF CIVIL CONSCRIPTION), benefits to students and family allowances”.

Yours faithfully,

Declared in front of a court exercising summary jurisdiction being a Justice of the Peace

Signed ……………………………………………………………………………   Signed ………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………….   Witness……………………………………………………………….

Dated …………………………………………………………………………….    Dated………………………………………………………………….

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