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The safety police are doing us damage

JANET ALBRECHTSEN

A Racism Not Welcome sign that is part of a wider campaign of rolling out such signs across Sydney. Picture: Richard Dobson

2 HOURS AGO SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

We have crossed the line from safety to harm by using the cloak of the former to ward off the latter.

In short, the safety police are doing us damage. Whether the safety police are confecting some bogus harm or keeping us from managing the real risk of harm, they are controlling us, causing their own form of damage. Not just to our psyche, not just to our culture or our liberal character, but there comes a point when, to be functioning, responsible individuals, we need to face the threat of harm so we can better navigate making rational decisions that keep us safe. If someone is forever looking out for us, removing every scintilla of risk, we will soon be rendered incapable of managing risk for ourselves. We will become helpless, risible victims, infantilised all the way through life from child to teenager to adult.

The damage is being done at all levels, up and down government, federal to local, across multiple spheres from the workplace to the footy field. We are assumed to be numbskulls, every tiny directive and law aimed at the lowest common denominator. Soon enough we will all fall within that lowest common denominator, idiots needing signs to tell us our dog should not pee on a tree because urine kills plants.

I kid you not. Woollahra council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has new signs to that effect on a selection of large trees spanning a block or so. If only dogs could sniff which trees were deemed verboten. Instead, we must bear the indignity of being told “urine kills plants”.

Speaking personally, if I see an area fenced off, as these areas are, I keep the dog away. That is enough of a direction for a regular brain. But, no, if we were to be recognised as responsible adults, busybody local councillors would have nothing to do. So, they treat us worse than children.

A few streets further on, there are different signs warning us about the existence of racists, as if we are living not in Australia but in apartheid era South Africa.

The poor residents of Heeley Street in Paddington, Sydney, along with other nearby streets, have the equivalent of a council finger pointed their way, in the form of a bright red sign next to the street sign that says: “RACISM NOT WELCOME”. The sign appears to warn us that racists live in this street and tells nasty racists they are not welcome.

Any way you read it, one must ask why a local council is spending ratepayers’ money perpetuating some critical race obsession that presumes the suburb is infested with racists.

We might mock Iran and its morality police. We just do it with different words and in different ways from government down. But the common word is safety. Iran’s Gasht-e Ershad, or guidance patrols, claim they are keeping their people safe. How can women – or men – be morally and physically safe if a woman’s hair and figure are not hidden?

Closer to home, the same safety ruse appears under different guises. As one of the most egregious abusers of “safety” to control Victorians during Covid, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews might have anticipated that, sooner or later, he would be targeted by a different platoon of the safety police.

Victoria’s First Peoples’ Assembly claimed this week the Andrews government’s election promise to rebuild the Maroondah hospital and to rename it in honour of the late queen would render the place “culturally unsafe” for Indigenous people. This is the new power game in town. Attach the word culture to safety and your claim, in the minds of a few feeble and unthinking souls, sounds twice as powerful. Levelling the “culturally unsafe” allegation is the new way of asking: when did you stop beating your wife. Never mind that Andrews has committed $1bn to build a better hospital that will save lives. Are Indigenous people really so fragile that they will be harmed by the Queen’s name on the outside of a hospital? The boy who cried wolf resonates for a reason.

A similar accusation of something being “culturally unsafe” was made recently during an arts industry board meeting. It was deployed to pursue a personal grievance. It seems one person didn’t like the chief executive. It didn’t appear to have anything to do with safety, cultural or otherwise. This brute weaponisation of cultural safety led one board member to resign, uncomfortable with the weaponised bullying that ran counter to a board’s duty of care towards its CEO, and concerned that this perpetuation of flimsy victimhood won’t help a single Indigenous person improve their lot in life.

As Australian republicans gird their loins for a debate about what makes a free nation, it’s worth noting that the biggest danger to our polity doesn’t emanate from our status as a constitutional monarchy. The dangers come from within, from local council diktats, bureaucratic meddling, stifling university orthodoxy, government power grabs, from people who use safety as a ruse to exert power, to bully their way to an outcome.

Australia once prided itself on being the land of the rugged, resilient, commonsense individual. Now we lay claim to a passive mindset. It came to the fore during Covid, when we accepted lockdowns and lockups long after we were vaccinated. But our compliance has lain latent in our national DNA long before the pandemic. The daily, mundane incursions into our lives before and after Covid illustrate how ubiquitous the safety ruse has become. If we are to speak about what is culturally unsafe, it is our lackadaisical attitude towards liberty and responsibility, our aversion to even sensible risks so we can live freely and responsibly.

Remember when, as kids, after a footy match we could run on to the fields, kicking a ball as if we were champions too. The safety police have terminated that joy lest some poor little tacker trips on the grass and grazes their knee.

When we lose all sense of proportion, there is risk of real harm being done. On a street adjacent to the new footy stadium in Sydney, there is a 40km/h speed zone. This is not a school zone. It is a 24/7 infantilisation of people going to the footy once a week. Frankly, if you’re going to down a few beers at the game and cross the road to fill your tank at the pub, use the pedestrian crossing at the traffic lights. Managing risk is part of being an adult. And if you don’t start learning that skill as a kid, you probably never will. I’ll bet London to a brick that the safety police who have mandated a snail’s pace speed limit look left and right when they cross the road. So why would they think so little of the rest of us?

We have lost all sense of perspective, and none of it will make us stronger, as individuals or as a society. After the queen’s death, British police had to be reminded of the right to protest. What hypocrites we are, to revere the late queen’s values while we live by a set of values that are abhorrent to hers. Even taking a public holiday on Thursday seemed disrespectful. The 96-year-old monarch was working two days before she died, and we take a day off three days after her funeral. One wonders what the queen would have made of this: two English football teams that played the weekend after the queen died are being investigated and will be “dealt with in the strongest possible terms”. There is a phrase for our times – “dealt with in the strongest possible terms.”

Indigenous NRLW player Caitlin Moran was suspended for one game, one-fifth of the NRLW season, for a social media post where she called the queen a “dumb dog”. The post was deleted eight hours later, but the NRL’s integrity unit, much like Iran’s mullahs, was on to it. For goodness sake, an NRLW player cops a two-match suspension for a dangerous shoulder charge. The NRL could have said Moran’s comment was disrespectful, and moved on. If only “keep calm and carry on” were the motto for our age. Instead, the Newcastle Knights star will have to undergo a re-education program. I guess that won’t include a unit on freedom of expression in a liberal democracy.

Our hysterical overreactions provide the perfect breeding ground for bullies to use safety as a weapon to control people.

The royal family may be replete with mind-numbing protocols, but they are nothing compared with the diktats we accept daily, ones that prevent us behaving like free and responsible people. Our unroyal traits tend towards playing the victim, infantilising fear, blindly following decrees from myriad power-hungry people.

Every age has a cohort of curtain-twitching tut-tutters, those keen to impose their controlling morals on others. Today, they don’t need to hide behind curtains. We have empowered them to run every part of our lives.

Insomnia is a curse!

I’ll be quiet now otherwise the sound of my typing may attract others.

Cheers Tom

Beautiful artwork doverbeach, thank you

Pretty funny bespoke.

It would be interesting if Osama’s family was involved in slavering out his wife’s ancestors, bern.

WWG1WGA.

I haven’t been here for a while, other things going on. Paypal has been going after Toby Young and other people who hold and/or promotes views that Paypal doesn’t like. I’m a non entity but they’ve come for me. They’ve suspended my account unless I provide them with political information about myself. I’m not going to, it’s none of their business, I can live without them. Instead of answering their impertinent questions I tried to close the account, they won’t let me do that either.

The advent of CBDC’s will destroy free speech and every other freedom we have.

A new voice in the west

She won against her rival, Senator Kristina Keneally, and delivered a punishing 18 per cent swing against Labor in a seat it has held without intermission since its creation in 1984.

The advent of CBDC’s will destroy free speech and every other freedom we have.

correct! Our wise rulers have long sought to massage our behaviour by indirect means – censorship, advertising, propaganda, fines, taxation etc. Now, with CBDCs, they will have the perfect enforcement tool.

Buy guns, gold and BTC.

Sorry meant Sancho not Snacho, but…..

A bit sad this morning.

Anticipating the Solar Flare Apocalypse we drank all of the wine-rack dry. And we’re still here.

Alos missed the discussion of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. A magnificent band. Mrs TE hates them so I can’t play them too much. She also hates Supertramp, Jimmy Buffet, and – after one song – Led Zeppelin.

Heathrow on Friday night is a zoo.

And that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Zerohedge article on the financial trajectory of the west:

math, history and common sense have shown us (from the Ming Dynasty or 3rd century Rome, to 18th century France, 20th century Weimar and 21st century America) that all debt-soaked, decadent and fiscally wayward nations destroy their fiat currencies without exception, and the “modern” West will be no exception.

Not at all.

I longed for the EOTW in that immigration queue. And the taxi queue. And the queue at the hotel.

Now I’ll have to queue up to enter dreamland. I just know it.

Sorry meant Sancho not Snacho, but…..

One “t” away from disaster !

I’m planning a trip next year.
I’m trying to ensure every time I’m in an airport it’s Tues, Wed, Thurs.
Not having much luck this far out.

Looks like PayPal is using concern about forren influence to bypass discrimation laws. There are other alternatives that can’t afford to shed customers like they are.

The problem with the “NO” side is that Peter Dutton will have to lead it.
Now, that woulda bin a good idea before he embraced Nuclear Power and pissed off all the Martha’s Vineyard type voters, plus everyone else with a brain.

Just the once Ed case,
Trading slaves was a tradition across Africa long before European arrived.

In Victoria, the communist Labor tentacles reach so deeply into the public service it doesn’t matter if Liberal or other party gets in.

FTB, PayPal Australia, I’ve had the account for many years, so why now? Have you or anyone you know had their account suspended and asked questions like this? Why me? I have dabbled around the edges of politics, unsuccessfully, I wasn’t selling what the voters wanted, but even if you had my name I doubt that anyone would know me.

Sancho “There was no question of political belief. Just, “are you connected with a politician?”.” That’s the first question, who knows what comes after it, plus they would ask in such a way so as to avoid seeming to discriminate on the grounds of politics etc. They’re smart and cunning, whatever they do will be done in such a way that they can’t be accused of partisanship.

Plus what does the above question have to do with foreign investment? No mention of anything like that.

GreyRangasays:
September 24, 2022 at 7:25 am
Duk, ammo is a better investment. Low value items for small purchases.
I seem to recall arms are never in short supply only ammo. You can only shot with one weapon at a time. Rural people are in a much better position as their mindset is on doing real things not paper shuffling. Skills are much more valuable than things.

Geeez, glad I went to Tech School rather than the fagggy high school back in the day.

Full disclosure, I have zero exposure to crypto.
The fact that the crypto market has shrunk from $US3trill to around $US1trill and there have been zero liquidity issues or collapses within the banking universe demonstrates that crypto really is decentralised & outside the traditional/legacy ecosystem.

Trading slaves was a tradition across Africa long before European arrived.

Perhaps, but trading slaves across Africa [6,626.8 k.],
you’re not seriously suggesting that happened, are you?

Crypto was a CIA invention to get people used to digital currency.

Same sex marriage vote was not a plebiscite, it was a dodgy opinion survey. 15.5m eligible voters, 10.5m counted, 6.5m “yes”. But wait, there’s more… Millions of votes disallowed for things such as writing “no” on the envelope or on the ballot paper but outside of the tick boxes. 6.5 of 15.5 is c.40% (so it’s a no) but 6.5 of 10.5 is c.64% so it’s a yes. And that 60+% is what “they” quote.
In swift, back of the envelope calculations, 100% of pregnancies… and 0% from…
Love is love but it certainly isn’t reproduction. And def not the thin end

Duk, ammo is a better investment. Low value items for small purchases.

That base is covered…
my rule of thumb, upon acquiring any firearm, is to simultaneously acquire enough ammunition to wear it out 😉

Accidentally reported your glib response Razey.

Cassie, agree completely. I have seen the Hopkins video, I subscribe to her channel. I’m just amazed that they’re now looking at the bottom of the conservative/libertarian food chain. How far will they go?

Oh and I haven’t seen or heard Princess Allegra since the election

Same.

I live in FOWLER .. haven’t heard or seen, locally, one thing about/from her since she was elected ..!

Same experience down south. Love to turn up for photo op’s and express deep concern and do nothing else.

GreyRangasays:
September 24, 2022 at 8:27 am
What ammo is best? All of them, but of course you knew that. For you .177.

0.177 is best for cheap eating.

Ed Case,

Mombassa is a slaving port run by Arabs in Kenya. Kenya is on the right hand side.

As for Obama’s ancestors, his tribe were referred to as the fish eaters because they lived on a lake and had no cattle. They get no respect in Kenya from the locals as a result. Latterly they were regarded as being no good for the public service as they weren’t equipped for the rigours of it. Sounds like the type that might get rounded up if you think about it.

Perfect words from the BBC. Unity is our great strength, and Queen Elizabeth united us.

The closing monologue from the BBC was word perfect. 1 min 33 secs

“I live in FOWLER .. haven’t heard or seen, locally, one thing about/from her since she was elected ..!”

You’ve made this comment several times now.
Why don’t you contact her office and get on her email list?
She was puffed as an Independent, but there wasn’t anything independent about the very friendly question she asked a Labor Party Minister in Question Time.
She’s a Labor Hack, people in Fowler woulda been better off voting Keneally in, and even more better off voting the Liberal in.

Jo Nova – PETA calls for female sex strike to save the planet from storms caused by steak and sausages

The PETA-FemoNazi recipe to stop floods and hot weekends is to demand men give up meat or live without sex. There’s no more persuasion for civilization — according to PETA it’s their way or the highway, and most men must be too stupid to realize the PETA powers of climate prophesy are unquestionable. After all, there’s no chance that animal activists could be fooled by emotional soppy propaganda pushed by Global bankers, billionaires and UN industrial cartels, right? PETA can tell those moist adiabatic lapse rates from the missing tropospheric hot spots. If only men could too!

PETA strays so far out their lane they end up in orbit. They alternately blame bad weather on meat-eating, then on men, on toxic masculinity and then they blame the babies too. It’s breathtaking in grandiose, overbearing, imperious intolerance. Apparently omnivorous men don’t deserve to have babies. A ban on procreation for meat-eating-men would be… purposeful. They actually say that. Your value to the world is measured in tons of carbon. A bit like a farm animal really? Except PETA select for small and obedient.

Bottom line: It’s noble to treat your significant other as a cheap political toy, but remember, be nice to animals. That’s ethics the PETA way.

Frank opines:

Ed Case,

Mombassa [sic] is a slaving port run by Arabs in Kenya. Kenya is on the right hand side.

Go back to sleep, Frank.

A little boy was doing his maths homework.

He said to himself “Two plus five, the son of bitch is seven. Three plus six, the son of bitch is nine…”

His mother heard what he was saying and gasped “What are you doing?” The little boy answered “I’m doing my maths homework, mum”. “And this is how your teacher taught you to do it??” the mother asked. “Yes” he answered.

Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day “What are you teaching my son in maths?” The teacher replied “Right now, we are learning addition”. The mother asked “And are you teaching them to say two plus two, the son of bitch is four?”

After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered “What I taught them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four”.

Re The closing monologue from the BBC and so on…

Anyone know of a TV compilation of the Queen’s funeral etc? We were flying back from the USA when it was on and Mrs TE wants to inspect it…

The WEF plan to REMAKE Mexico, US, and Canada’s borders EXPOSED! | Redacted with Clayton Morris

Salvatore:

Two hours & Thirty Nine minutes later that heap of bullshit was rebutted, resoundlingly so.

Oh.
I’m still trying to catch up…

The bottom line, Dr. Craven, is that privileging one group over the majority on the basis of race is fundamentally inconsistent with our democratic principles.

After the last idiocy of privileging one minute group(queers and the alphabet cohort) over another (normies) with the slippery slope of SSM, I’m convinced the majority of Australians are airheads. So don’t be surprised if this gets up.

President Trump MAGA Rally, Wilmington, North Carolina – 7:00pm ET Livestream

September 23, 2022 | Sundance

Tonight President Donald J Trump is holding a Save America Rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. The venue is the Aero Center at Wilmington International Airport and President Trump is scheduled to deliver remarks at 7:00pm ET.

President Trump, is traveling to North Carolina to support Ted Budd, Republican Nominee for U.S. Senate from North Carolina, and the entire North Carolina republican ticket. Rumble livestream Links Below.

Biden’s America Is Running on Empty

U.S. petroleum reserves haven’t been this low since 1984.

Less than two years into his presidency, President Biden has released more oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve than all previous presidents combined. To date, Mr. Biden has allowed over 200 million barrels to be withdrawn—more than 30% of the total reserve he inherited, intended to be used in case of urgent need. The SPR is at its lowest level since 1984, when U.S. oil consumption was considerably less and the reserve was initially being stocked. Mr. Biden’s rapid depletion of the SPR is a national-security risk.

Mr. Biden should instead correct course by ending his war on fossil fuels and adopting an all-of-the-above approach that supports fossil fuels while also pursuing energy sources with low carbon emissions. Until then, he will be putting ill-conceived campaign promises before American energy security.

Mr. Zemek formerly traded energy stocks as a licensed NASDAQ trader and served as a senior official at the U.S. Commerce Department from 2017-19.

An important and very well publicised murder trial was soon to begin.

In preparation for the trial, the tiresome jury selection process took place, each side hotly contesting and dismissing potential jurors.

One prospective juror, Dan O’Keefe, was called for his question session.

He was asked “Property holder?” Dan replied “Yes, I am, Your Honour”.

Then he was asked “Married or single?” Dan responded “Married for twenty years, Your Honour”.

Then the judge asked “Formed or expressed an opinion?” Dan stated with certainty “Not in twenty years, Your Honour”.

A third of vacancies within the city of Hanover will be reserved exclusively for migrant applicants, new proposals praised by the local Green party have revealed.

“A green mayor makes the difference!” wrote Turkish-born Filiz Polat, the managing director of the Greens parliamentary group, in a tweet on Wednesday, which confirmed that “by the end of 2026, a third of all newly advertised positions in the city should be filled by applicants with a migration background.”

A man accused of r@ping his teenage relative secured a sweetheart plea deal from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — and then went on to allegedly sexually terrorize five people in the Bronx just a month later, The Post has learned.

BTC only derives its value in fiat bro.

Thanks for the info, wasn’t aware of that.

https://sfbike.org/resources/bike-security-and-locking/#considerations

STOLEN BIKES

Bike Theft and Policing:
Black and brown people are often deeply harmed or even killed by interactions with the police, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition decided in 2020 to end any formal relationship with SFPD. Because policing is interwoven into nearly all current solutions to bike theft, some of our recommendations do involve minimal contact with the police, but we identify those and try to propose alternatives. We encourage everyone to consider the potential impact to human life of involving the police in any situation.

Minneapolis gang violence intensifies after police defunding: ‘It’s like you’re playing Russian roulette’

In North Minneapolis, at the intersection of North Lyndale and West Broadway, a crowd gathers every night. They loiter, they smoke, they drink, they deal drugs and do drugs. The open-air drug market takes on the form of a street party, until the gunfire rings out – and that happens almost every night.

0.177 is best for cheap eating.

If you mean 17HMR, I agree, if you mean the airgun pellet, not so much. I’ve lost plenty of rabbits after even 22LR hits, but none after 17HMRs.