I'm sorry you don't appreciate porcine slang. Would you prefer "Why are you going off like a bucket of prawns in the sun?" Or if you like crustaceans but prefer it was a bit snappier (no crab pun intended), how about "Don't come the raw prawn mate?"
> the original reasons for draconian law enforcement meant to be temporary are long gone..
How many times do people have to tell you that these measures are unrelated to COVID and pre-date it? COVID is thus not the "original reason" for the law in question, and never has been.
> The mentality however remains.
What mentality?
As much as this hasn't affected me yet personally (and I currently live as an expat in a country that is definitely a popular destination for some of the shifty fuckers they're actually looking for) I'm against the policy, and I would imagine most of my Australian friends would consider it overly invasive if they were told to hand over their PIN.
Are you somehow trying to suggest that because Australians in general approved of the restrictions put in place during the pandemic, that they're also likely to approve of this? I very much doubt that.
> You would with some probability jump to conclusions that I'm part of the outgroup
What "outgroup"? What are you even talking about?
> treat me with a heavyhand as demonstrated by this whole exchange
Calling someone out for talking shit about a topic they clearly don't know anything about is hardly "heavy handed".
> Wonderful, what does that have to do with this foreigner?
Well you're a foreigner who yet again made pretty ridiculous claims about Australians and their thoughts regarding how the government handled the pandemic.