tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post2098332188125200495..comments2024-02-06T18:46:04.220+10:00Comments on Real World Libertarian: Bikie laws: Another Bligh knee jerk.Jim Fryarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-12279262016492474052009-08-28T01:49:37.610+10:002009-08-28T01:49:37.610+10:00Benning, you are busy tonight, (my time), I guess ...Benning, you are busy tonight, (my time), I guess its morning over there. That bloody Pacific plays hell with time zones.<br /><br />New Zealand has improved a lot recently with the more free enterprise ACT party having the balance of power over there, and I don't think they were as bad as us to start with. With the traditional cross Tasman rivalry I am reluctant to praise them,(it goes straight to their heads) but they have the drop on us.Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-18268858831883079332009-08-28T01:30:20.968+10:002009-08-28T01:30:20.968+10:00Government by the Elite, for the Elite. I have rea...Government by the Elite, for the Elite. I have read that NZ used to be almost a Socialist/Communist collective. I hope they've gotten better.benninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12883327259794768568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-74982862920326218142009-08-28T01:15:20.938+10:002009-08-28T01:15:20.938+10:00Some of us are trying to stem the tide, but not en...Some of us are trying to stem the tide, but not enough yet. We as you say are inured to socialism, or at least statism. Neither major party here has any concept of true liberty, both tending to think of it as something allowed to us in small increments by the state in the European tradition.Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-26416832639639562392009-08-28T00:06:03.043+10:002009-08-28T00:06:03.043+10:00Folks normally want to pass laws to ban things the...Folks normally want to pass laws to ban things they find distasteful, dangerous, and so on. Once enacted, though, those laws need to be enforced to be effective. Leftists decry attempts to enact laws regarding 'morality' while attempting to do exactly the same. Leftists make it nearly impossible to enforce any laws while making a big show of calling for new laws. <br /><br />It <i>is</i> a show. All of it calculated to push out the average voter and give themselves power and the mantle of righteousness.<br /><br />When there's a media event murder spree - and guns *shudder* are involved - the call goes out for more restrictions on guns and the owners of them. Never mind the laws that were ignored by the murderer. Just pass a new law and make everyone safer.<br /><br />As you point out - and Leftists cannot fathom this - law-breakers don't follow the law. Law-abiding citizens do. When push comes to shove, I trust, Americans will stand their ground and toss the Leftist fools and traitors into the dustbin. <br /><br />I fear Australians, inured to tyrannical Socialism, may be beyond hope. Only the Australian voters can re-establish sanity in OZ.benninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12883327259794768568noreply@blogger.com