Dick Cheney is in town. He is the #2 man in the United States government. In many (not all) people's opinion here in Australia, the United States is in the wrong on so many issues that affect Australians. David Hick's incarceration, the action in Iraq and Afghanistan, US Foreign Policy in general, religion and its use in the neo-conservative government in the US – which includes the attempted banning of subjects in science curriculum's in US schools such as Darwinism and Natural Selection in favour of Creationism, all the way down to US trade policies in regards to wheat.
In short, there are a lot of Australian people with an agenda of issues that they would like Mr Cheney to hear. Of course he cannot and will not meet with individuals on this basis but instead citizens in a free democracy are allowed to protest their opposing views of the government and in this case the US government.
Or so I thought.
Protesting has been banned apparently. People have been told they cannot protest.
I'm sorry but when did we suddenly become Communist China? Apart from the tanks ploughing down innocent protesters what is the difference between Tiananmen Square and Pitt St Sydney yesterday?
Its about time people woke up that this conservative government of Howard has slowly turned us into a police state. Why have we got Black Hawk helicopters patrolling the skies since Tuesday until the small hours of the morning? Training they say… training for what??
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