thisone22

Ok, this is a spectrum.

How far along the spectrum does the emergency need to get to justify a lockdown?

For example

- The Black Plague which killed 30%~ of Europe. At what point would a lockdown be justified?

- Germany just invaded my northern border. Again. Am I allowed to force my residents to turn their lights off to avoid bombing?

Rights aren't universal, and no serious person argues this. There is always an emergency that's bad enough.

The question is 'what is bad enough' and this has no scientific answer. The answer is up to the government of the day, and the population who can decide whether to turf that government.

Yep, exactly like this.

'So you have sun, good food, plenty of money and little immigration.'

Australia has one of the highest rates of inbound immigration in the world. Number 2 in the OECD actually, right after Luxembourg.

And I, like the overwhelming majority of Australians, consider high immigration intakes to be a good thing.

Check your sources.

[1] https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/migratio...

[2] https://data.oecd.org/migration/foreign-born-population.htm

[3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133441/australia-attitu...

... this is such nonsense ... do you pay any attention at all to the politics of the US, Canada, NZ or the UK? Do you really think they're in a dark room coordinating their laws with Australian government, deciding who will go first?

It's just bog standard Australian cultural cringe.

I've spent a good chunk of my adulthood living in various countries in Europe, and Australia.

Europhilic nonsense such as in the GP betray their almost total lack of understanding as to the actual state of affairs in European countries.

Corruption is everywhere. Corporate interests influence policy.. everywhere. Moronic government decisions abound.. literally everywhere. Nasty media companies... everywhere. Imperfect educational systems ... everywhere. The racism in Western Europe is _significantly_ worse, I can tell you that from personal experience. in Europe, you can be the wrong kind of white in your OWN country - just talk to some Catalans or Basques about what that's like...

...but of course your country kid from Tamworth will have no idea of any of that while they go off clubbing in Berlin or living their French food fantasy in Lyon because 1 - They don't speak the language, which means 2 - They can't understand the news and also means 3 - They can't talk to actual locals about what real life is like there.

Yet EuRopE is So mUCh bEttEr.

(Just wait until they start interacting with the German, French or Spanish bureaucracies and see what kind of tune they're singing after 2 years.. )

And even worse, they think the English speaking populace of any country is a reflection of what the rest of that country is like. The naivete is astounding. Literally the worst kind of Australian that exists.