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EXPOSED!!!

TIME TO REVIEW THE SITUATION

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On Tuesday 01-Nov-2005 I wrote

The Police State gathers momentum. A few journalists are beginning to realise the implications the Sedition Laws bear upon Writers and Artists. Just walk up to someone, anyone, on the street and ask them what they think of the new sedition laws and the implications to free speech and the creative arts. They will just look at you as though you are some left wing nut trying to sell them a badge. Police State is coming, yeah sure, you are just paranoid Brentley. Well have a look at that picture above. FAST TRACKED my friends. Expect storm troopers everywhere. And what the hell are those things behind the state hero sent to protect us? This picture was broadcast on Channel Ten news in Melbourne as the backdrop symbolism for Emperor John’s new Anti Terrorism Bill to be passed in parliament

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Then on Sunday 06-Nov-2005

Just as the Howard Government takes aim at creative artists with their new Sedition laws the Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald published this article Why Artists are Rebels

QUOTE ” … test(s) found creative people were also more predisposed to mental illness” and in particular ” writers scored highest on most personality disorder scales and were also more likely to be neurotic and disagreeable.” Topped off by the knockout punch ” The healthy rebellion aspect involves things like questioning social conventions and being open to new or radical ideas,” she said. And the psychosis processes were “a driving force for creativity”.

Followed by Sunday November 13, 2005 Continue reading TIME TO REVIEW THE SITUATION

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