from Constantly Furious
One of the many ghastly legacies of Labour's 13 years of inept, authoritarian misrule was the decline in our liberties.
Nanny is now everywhere, telling us how to behave, and what we should think. She keeps her beady eye on us too: we're officially the world's number one nation for CCTV. Thanks for that, Labour.
But other countries across the world are making an effort to keep up with us. Australia has performed particularly well in this race, and may even be edging ahead with their latest initiative.
Yes, it's yet another sad day for our liberties when we learn that Australian customs officers have been given new powers to search incoming travellers' laptops and mobile phones for pornography. What the fuck? Yup, it's real:
And if you should tell a naughty fib? Won't help. Customs officials now have..
Oh, so they get unfettered rights, to trample all over ours? Dear God.
What next? What happens if, during the flight to Sydney, RAF Bloke dozes off and has a particularly fruity dream involving Gemma Arterton, that ginger bird off of Doctor Who and a bottle of baby oil.? Will I have to confess all to the customs officer? For fucks' sake.
Under the last, all-too-recent, thank-Christ-it's-over, authoritarian Labour government, we could have glumly expected exactly the same legislation to be enacted here. It's already happened on the Eurostar, many years ago, so it wouldn't be hard to extend to the airports. Perhaps the show-em-nude, todger-detecting x-ray scannners could be upgraded to read hard discs as well?
Let's hope the Coalition boys are all too busy...
But other countries across the world are making an effort to keep up with us. Australia has performed particularly well in this race, and may even be edging ahead with their latest initiative.
Yes, it's yet another sad day for our liberties when we learn that Australian customs officers have been given new powers to search incoming travellers' laptops and mobile phones for pornography. What the fuck? Yup, it's real:
"..a new question appears on Incoming Passenger Cards asking people if they are carrying "pornography".
And if you should tell a naughty fib? Won't help. Customs officials now have..
".. an unfettered right to examine travellers' electronic devices"
Oh, so they get unfettered rights, to trample all over ours? Dear God.
What next? What happens if, during the flight to Sydney, RAF Bloke dozes off and has a particularly fruity dream involving Gemma Arterton, that ginger bird off of Doctor Who and a bottle of baby oil.? Will I have to confess all to the customs officer? For fucks' sake.
Under the last, all-too-recent, thank-Christ-it's-over, authoritarian Labour government, we could have glumly expected exactly the same legislation to be enacted here. It's already happened on the Eurostar, many years ago, so it wouldn't be hard to extend to the airports. Perhaps the show-em-nude, todger-detecting x-ray scannners could be upgraded to read hard discs as well?
Let's hope the Coalition boys are all too busy...
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Having seen the article and knowing Australians, they only want to see if the porn people are bringing into their country is better than their's, if it is they will confiscate it and put it to good use. If not, they will shoot the individual and return him to the islamic country he came from
ReplyDeleteG'day Sheila!
ReplyDeleteAh but that's not the problem AB ... the problem is that this time we're all being Aussie targets !!
Good job I don't know what porn is, have none and have never ever seen any honest Bruce !