Sharks and laws Re: [UA] Explain American laws to me

[Patrick O'Duffy]

Timothy Ferguson wrote:

> Australians believe in luck.  Robert Hughes, well known windbag, did quite a
> decent description of our believe in destiny as the friend of the common
> man.

Fuck me, but "Beyond the Fatal Shore" is great TV.  The episode on
multiculturalism was fucking fantastic.

> That's because poker is a game of skill.

Which I generally suck at.  I'm better at blackjack, where I can put my
probability studies to some use.

> Canberra is the only place it is entirely legal to shoot pornographic films,
> within Australia.

There's apparently a thriving porn film industry on the Gold Coast as well, plus
a strong internet porn industry in Brisbane.

> Note that in Queensland if they (reasonably) think you have drugs, even of
> personal use quanitites, in your house, they do not require a warrant to
> enter and search.  As such, prohiibted weapons or drugs are a free kick for
> the Queensland police.

They _can_ do that.  Having had some interaction with the dug scene over the
years (mostly as an observer), they rarely bother, at least in Brisbane.  It's
too much effort.

> Patrick, please don't do that.  It's rude to make people an accessory...

My understanding of QLD drug laws is that admitting to having used drugs in the
past is not punishable.  If I'm wrong - well, I'd just like to say that all my
admissions have been entirely fictional.  Completely.

> By the way, I'm in
> favour of a republic, an apology, a treaty and ratification of the treaty on
> the rights of women, so I don't support him, but I believe his argument,
> that the UN committees pick soft targets, is absolutely correct.

Is Australia a soft target?  Yeah, probably.
Do we deserve UN condemnation nonetheless?  Oh yeah.
But this isn't the appropriate forum for debating Aussie politics.

> Patrick, did you hear about the cod in Cairns?

Yup.  Freaky shit.

> Remember the shark in Sydney years ago that was on show in an aquarium and
> spat up a tattooed arm?
>
> What if the bits are the same guy?  What if we are meant to collect the bits
> and put them back together?

Now _that's_ kinda cool...

--
Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia

Sumo is the most perfect of sports.  It has elegance, ceremony, danger,
art, speed, and, most important, two fat bastards smacking the shit out
of each other.

 - Spider Jerusalem, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #26



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