"I can't pay 10 percent of what they're asking.... bugger 'em!"
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Defender
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An answer to the question "Do you own yourself?" Worse than debtor's prison, in some ways, because it was never the government's money and he didn't borrow it from them, he earned it, and I bet the tax rate is well over 50% in his bracket, which should outrage any reasonable person anywhere. He's a great ambassador for Australia, and they don't appreciate it. Also, the real-life inspiration for the character of "Crocodile" Dundee was killed by his own government for not surrendering a shotgun when so ordered. If I had a plane or an oceanworthy boat, I'd be glad to get Mr. Hogan out of there.
An interesting, and troubling, subtopic occurring to me is this:in the USA, the government is currently socialist / statist, and the government says that it owns our money but allows us to keep a wee bit of it, yet due to our ultimate insistence on exercising the right recognized by Second Amendment, the government does NOT claim to own the citizen. Yet in Australia, which has followed Old Mother England into the world of Only Ones and disarmed slave-classes, it appears that the State is telling Mr. Hogan, "We own you! You may not leave!" In most countries, the statist beast would simply attach or lien the man's holdings, house, bank accounts, but without an arrest and possibly a trial, would not subject the citizen to a restriction of his travel. HEY - this might work, it works with the USA's crack Department of Homo Land Security and our Trans Sexual Airline folks. Mr. Hogan needs to buy his tickets under the name Ullah Hamas Bootafukkah, pack a few box cutters and cell phone clusters, toss in a hunting knife or two, and a few electric clocks. If he wore a diaper on his head and got in line screaming "Death to America! Death to Australia!" they would probably get him a window seat in first class. And a nine year old flight attendant.
6 comments:
An answer to the question "Do you own yourself?"
Worse than debtor's prison, in some ways, because it was never the government's money and he didn't borrow it from them, he earned it, and I bet the tax rate is well over 50% in his bracket, which should outrage any reasonable person anywhere. He's a great ambassador for Australia, and they don't appreciate it.
Also, the real-life inspiration for the character of "Crocodile" Dundee was killed by his own government for not surrendering a shotgun when so ordered.
If I had a plane or an oceanworthy boat, I'd be glad to get Mr. Hogan out of there.
Wish I had a plane, or a boat, I would definitely volunteer my time. If anyone has either and needs a attendant or ship-hand for the trip let me know!
If I had the means I would do it in one second!
Sounds like something that would happen in the U.S., then we'd be asking for someone to help us get out!
An interesting, and troubling, subtopic occurring to me is this:in the USA, the government is currently socialist / statist, and the government says that it owns our money but allows us to keep a wee bit of it, yet due to our ultimate insistence on exercising the right recognized by Second Amendment, the government does NOT claim to own the citizen.
Yet in Australia, which has followed Old Mother England into the world of Only Ones and disarmed slave-classes, it appears that the State is telling Mr. Hogan, "We own you! You may not leave!"
In most countries, the statist beast would simply attach or lien the man's holdings, house, bank accounts, but without an arrest and possibly a trial, would not subject the citizen to a restriction of his travel.
HEY - this might work, it works with the USA's crack Department of Homo Land Security and our Trans Sexual Airline folks.
Mr. Hogan needs to buy his tickets under the name Ullah Hamas Bootafukkah, pack a few box cutters and cell phone clusters, toss in a hunting knife or two, and a few electric clocks. If he wore a diaper on his head and got in line screaming "Death to America! Death to Australia!" they would probably get him a window seat in first class.
And a nine year old flight attendant.
Slobyskya nailed it!
Slob -
To make it really work I could send him one of my blank Iraqi passports, heh, heh, heh...
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