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by throwawayfear 5y ago
It is the article's headline, and there wasn't enough space to edit in the specific state. But is it actually a meaningful distinction as far as these policies being constrained permanently to just one part of Australia? Will this
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Tell me what about this reduces government overreach and the severity of the law. Returning travelers quarantining at home will be forced to download an app that combines facial recognition and geolocation. The state will text them at rand
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Read out loud what you are saying. You are saying that government ordering you to quarantine in your house, with facial recognition and GPS tracking in your own home, is less oppressive than being forced to stay in one of their quarantine h
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
I would love to trust a government and have it take care of everything. But unfortunately government is run by humans who are susceptible to delusions like the consolidation of power over other humans. And if it is ever run by an AI, well,
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
My mistake. Are they not unified into a single Australian government? I'm not Australian, I'm observing from across the pond. More importantly though, that distinction does little to make it feel more right. What controls exist to
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
It can be a law for ten years. Doesn't make it less of a shitty law. And I think the outrage is useful. It will mobilize people until it boils over into action, if enough people do it when it actually counts. This is when it actually c
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Do you think they'd roll out tyranny in broad daylight without trying to find a convenient excuse with which to fool the gullible? Of course they'll say it's to save lives. Just like the "think of the children" la
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
I have never had an account here removed or reprimanded, and I’ve always lurked. I’ve made a single-digit number of accounts over the years, but hardly post(ed). I am posting far outside my comfort zone because the alarm bells are ringing.
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Not only is the evidence not there, but there is new evidence as of a few days ago that it may actually be riskier for them to get the Pfizer jab than to get covid. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/1
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
“It’s not government overreach, you have a choice of ‘temporary’ in-home facial recognition and GPS surveillance or staying at a quarantine hotel.” Not only is this a laughable “choice”, the kind of manipulative choice you’d expect a tech m
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Take a step back and think critically about what you are saying and what kind of system you are building. You are building a system of enslavement. You will not be able to go anywhere or do anything except without the arbitrary permission f
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
That trust will be abused. It is just a matter of time. History is full of examples. Why build this machine in the first place and then hope that whoever drives it is nice enough to not abuse the power? Why risk it? The pandemic is not dang
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Do you consider people with immunity from past infections to be antivaxers? https://www.science.org/content/article/having-sars-cov-2-on... Do you believe covid is dangerous enough to justify turning Australia int
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
This is tongue in cheek but there are absolutely people even in tech who are either stupid enough to go along with that or secretly want that because they are full of hate towards the “unvaxxed.” Which makes the media fearmongering about th
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
What kind of insanity have we collectively tolerated that “you can pay to be locked up in a ‘hotel’ tor two weeks” is seen as some kind of evidence that there is no compulsion? That’s like saying people aren’t forced to vaccinate since you
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Rally your people and take it to the politicians’ offices until they throw out these policies entirely. Wear masks and go in big numbers.
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Australia is already on its way to being a failed state by now. Police and military patrol the streets to enforce rules, “papers please” tyranny is required to live, and soon they’ll demand complete surveillance and control in your own hous
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Australian gov to use facial recognition and GPS tracking to enforce quarantine(geospatialworld.net)
80 points by throwawayfear 5y ago|194 comments
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
To "enforce quarantine"
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
I'm okay with everything else in settings like working in hospitals or to dorm in public colleges where updated vaccine records are required, where we were already doing it before. But not this one.
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
What is a non-arbitrary time interval, then? Over what period of time should these risks be assessed? It's common sense that one would want to know what the results are over the months following the jab, so how is that arbitrary?
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Showing proof of age so you can drink alcohol and participate in the sexualized activities at a club are nowhere near in the same ballpark as "paper's please" tyranny in order to participate in society.
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
Ditch the plans everywhere. No more mandates.
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by throwawayfear 5y ago
No more mandates.
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Previous Covid Prevents Delta Infection Better Than Pfizer Shot(bloomberg.com)
29 points by throwawayfear 5y ago|2 comments