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>> Strawman ruled by the mob! Unfortunately, yes. >> >> Anyone who doesn't like the way Australia works doesn't have to come here. I
>> >> don't go into someone else's house and tell them how to rearrange the
>> >> furniture. I have no obligation to tolerate someone doing that to me. >> So what if the same authoritarian mob who choose to live under tyranny
>> choose to control who comes in, without regards to security, when they do not
>> own the land or ports? >> What right do they have? I don't really understand what you are asking, but let me try to address
what I think you might be asking. Australia has two types of property **, private property, and
public property. People's homes are generally private property,
whereas parks and roads are generally private property. Private property is (by definition) owned by a private individual or
group of individuals such as a corporation. Public property is owned by the
government (federal, state, local whatever). If a duly elected, constitutional, government decides to let 10,000,000
refugees into the country to camp in the local park, then there is little I can
do about it apart from vote for another government, and point out the stupidity
of the rest of the voters. Regardless, the new guests on government property have no right to dictate
how the rest of society should be structured. They are not owners, they are not
shareholders in government (ie citizens), and they have no rights except the
rights that the government gives them. Whether the government has the right to steal my belongings (like 50% of my
income) to give to these people is, of course, another issue, and perhaps one
left for another time. ----- ** There are other other views on this which are also defensible, such as the
suggestion that all property belongs to the government, and that other entities
are merely given limited rights of use by the government, but I don't want to
write an entire novel here.
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