QOTD: The Australian Prime Minister
by digby
Making the world safe for President Ted Cruz:
"Regrettably, for some time to come, Australians will have to endure more security than we're used to, and more inconvenience than we'd like," Mr Abbott said.
"Regrettably, for some time to come, the delicate balance between freedom and security may have to shift.
"After all, the most basic freedom of all is the freedom to walk the streets unharmed and to sleep safe in our beds at night."
Mr Abbott's comments come after the government agreed to explicitly ban torture in new national security legislation to be introduced to the Parliament this week.
The Prime Minister told the House of Representatives that laws would include the creation of an offence for travelling to certain areas, such as Raqqa in Syria, without good reason.
"My unambiguous message to all Australians who fight with terrorist groups is that you will be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for a very long time; and that our laws are being changed to make it easier to keep potential terrorists off our streets," Mr Abbott said.
"The only safe place for those who have been brutalised and militarised by fighting with terrorists is inside a maximum security prison."
Tellin' it like it is. Get ready for the police state, mate.
This comes on the heels of a "raid" staged earlier in search of some homegrown ISISites who claimed to be planning to kidnap a random person and behead him on the street. (One wonders if they always deploy 800 police officers when they get wind of a murder plot.) The government and the press is now in full froth, changing laws calling for a state of emergency. Of course.
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