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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • We’re not discussing exploitative porn or handing out guns and drugs here, this is a platform for distributing art.
    I don’t want the Australian Government censoring things, or deciding who can and cannot view art and in what circumstances.
    I want them making guidelines about labelling, so that citizens can make informed decisions about what they and their children view.

    Discussing the particular method that Valve should implement this farce is talking past the point as far as I’m concerned.















  • I’ve already had to justify each purchase to the registrar individually, just like everyone else with guns in Australia.

    Placing an arbitrary limit on the purchase of something you have to individually justify is silly.

    Just like a golfer doesn’t use a wood when they’re on the green in golf, and “mum” doesn’t use a semi trailer to drop the kids to school; a hunter doesn’t use an air rifle to hunt foxes.

    Or at least, I don’t.

    If I wanted an air rifle capable of humanely dispatching a fox, I’d need to apply for a permit to acquire this snowflake 50cal single-shot-with-a-scuba-tank abomination.
    And part of that is justifying why one of my existing firearms can’t do the job in question.
    And even if that’s approved, I have to consider my storage obligations; because quantities and categories impact your storage requirements.
    Which are subject to inspection, failure of which can cost your licence, forfeiture of your firearms and fines.

    The /average/ gun owner doesn’t have 6 now, it’s a pain in the ass.

    And frankly, none of your business or concern.

    Mmm, bait.




  • The National Cabinet agreed in principle to the deal, but implementing it requires their individual states to buy in.

    I’m surprised the federal government hasn’t completely abandoned this yet.
    It’s simply not worth the political capital:
    There’s a vocal minority desperate to take away other people’s guns for personal/idea logical reasons.
    There’s a slightly larger, but still a minority, desperate to keep their guns (who personally have never done anything wrong).
    And an uncaring majority who are being told they will have to pay for it with their taxes.