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1. Wouldn't it be better/safer/something if it were easy to find such sites, so that nicer people can know just what they're up against? If I wanted to do somet

1. Wouldn't it be better/safer/something if it were easy to find such sites, so that nicer people can know just what they're up against? If I wanted to do something about cockroaches in my house, I'd like to be able to find the cockroaches. 2. karzeem, in another comment, says that the site is within the bounds of free speech. Sincere question from a non-Australian: does Australia have constitutional or otherwise legally protected free speech? In other words, is free speech a strong legal argument in Australia?

zmimon 17y ago
> does Australia have constitutional or otherwise legally protected free speech No. Australians have no direct freedoms at all. What rights they have are "implied" indirectly from other things such as that the federal government shall not restrict trade between the states (it's hard to trade if you can't talk ...). People talk from time to time about strengthening individual rights, but most Aussies couldn't care less and due to mandatory voting those that don't care will vote down just about any constitutional amendment making it extremely difficult for such reform to ever happen.
- EricBurnett 17y ago
  Not entirely correct. Australia ratified the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is part of the United Nations. From Wikipedia: "While not a treaty itself, the Declaration was explicitly adopted for the purpose of defining the meaning of the words "fundamental freedoms" and "human rights" appearing in the United Nations Charter, which is binding on all member states. For this reason, the Universal Declaration is a fundamental constitutive document of the United Nations." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_...