forced nbn in tassie

From the Daily Reckoning Week in Review


And in a sad turn of events, it's time to sympathise with Tasmanians. If you didn't know, Tasmania is the atoll just south of Melbourne. More importantly, the Sydney Morning Herald reports "Tasmanians to be forced to connect to NBN under new laws." The odd part is that the government still handed out consent forms to be returned to them.

A paranoid, distrustful and constantly fearing observer would point out that this is a rather intrusive display of force. The opposition recons the NBN "depends on compulsion and the elimination of competing technologies". On radio, the Tasmanian Premier did a brilliant job of rebutting the opposition's stance: "This certainly isn't compulsion in fact it's a benefit for householders."

(Editors blood begins to boil.)

Yes, aboriginal children must be phased into white society for their benefit, heretics should be tortured to save their soul and "Broadband macht Frei". It's not compulsion. In fact it's a benefit...


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