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Australia, two cops killed one injured - Lilith7 - 27-08-2025
by someone calling himself a 'sovereign citizen'. They believe that govt is illegitimate...oh dear.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/571109/two-police-officers-killed-one-injured-after-shooting-in-australia
'Sovereign citizen' movement
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/571187/what-is-the-sovereign-citizen-movement
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - Agent_24 - 27-08-2025
Well, to be fair, who decides that a government is legitimate? The government itself?
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - king1 - 27-08-2025
(27-08-2025, 09:11 PM)Agent_24 Wrote: Well, to be fair, who decides that a government is legitimate? The government itself?
The people, all of them, not just the idiots
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - Agent_24 - 28-08-2025
(27-08-2025, 10:30 PM)king1 Wrote:(27-08-2025, 09:11 PM)Agent_24 Wrote: Well, to be fair, who decides that a government is legitimate? The government itself?
The people, all of them, not just the idiots
And where does the government consult the people first when they think of things like this?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/569094/cabinet-paper-leak-suggests-minister-nicole-mckee-s-u-turn-on-alcohol-sales-reform
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - king1 - 28-08-2025
(Yesterday, 07:29 PM)Agent_24 Wrote:(27-08-2025, 10:30 PM)king1 Wrote: The people, all of them, not just the idiots
And where does the government consult the people first when they think of things like this?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/569094/cabinet-paper-leak-suggests-minister-nicole-mckee-s-u-turn-on-alcohol-sales-reform
and that's why we have elections
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - Agent_24 - 28-08-2025
(Yesterday, 08:20 PM)king1 Wrote:(Yesterday, 07:29 PM)Agent_24 Wrote: And where does the government consult the people first when they think of things like this?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/569094/cabinet-paper-leak-suggests-minister-nicole-mckee-s-u-turn-on-alcohol-sales-reform
and that's why we have elections
It's all a bit abstract though, isn't it?
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - king1 - 28-08-2025
(Yesterday, 08:45 PM)Agent_24 Wrote:(Yesterday, 08:20 PM)king1 Wrote: and that's why we have elections
It's all a bit abstract though, isn't it?
well the system ain't perfect...
One could argue the King of England, being head of state, legitimises government, but I still prefer the power of the people
RE: Australia, two cops killed one injured - Lilith7 - 29-08-2025
When any govt seems to be pandering to the alcohol indistry or big pharma or whatever, though you have to wonder if perhaps 'donations' to political parties should be abolished...