At last, Abbott calling a spade a spade re terrorists and the legal system, bail

[vicr3000]

At last, Abbott calling a spade a spade re terrorists and the legal system, bail

'Bad people' treating us as mugs: Abbott's national security warning

There will be no more "benefit of the doubt" for those who might be seeking to harm Australia, says Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who believes Australians are being played "for mugs".

"It's clear to me that for too long we have given those who might be a threat to our country the benefit of the doubt," he said on the video.

"There's been the benefit of the doubt at our borders, the benefit of the doubt for residency, the benefit of the doubt for citizenship and the benefit of the doubt at Centrelink.

"And in the courts, there has been bail, when clearly there should have been jail.

"We are a free and fair nation. But that doesn't mean we should let bad people play us for mugs, and all too often they have. Well, that's going to stop."

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bad-people-treating-us-as-mugs-abbotts-nationa...


The bags guys playing us for mugs, helped by the People who put their human rights before everyone else's.

[lionrose.7]

I know Germans in Samoa and other islands were put in Camps in NZ during the war.

[curmu-curmu]

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@alexander*beetle wrote:

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I see that you can't balance your argument without purile insults so I'll just say this and leave you to it.  

I would prefer our laws are drawn up from valid research and with evidence and fairness. 

We have fought in wars to support freedom for others as well as ourselves. And freedom includes fairness. You obviously ignored the part where I clearly stated that if found guilty then they should be punished. 

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There's the trouble with overly generous human rights, right there. Unless someone has actually committed a crime/act of terrorism, and evidence unequivocally proves their guilt, they may well be released and provided the opportunity to commit said acts. Monis was a sterling example of this - his mindset was known, but as no actual crimes had been committed, he was allowed to remain at large.

With any form of Draconian terrorism laws in place, his reign of terror and death would have been averted. Yes...there would be some collateral ,damage inflicted with this type of law in place, but for the good of the Australian population, that's acceptable.

I for one have absolutely no qualms about seeing potential terrorists kicked out of our great country. And no, I have no idea to what extent these propsed laws should take - I'm no legislator. Just one who cares deeply for his country and its inhabitants.