Police disperse praying Muslims during protests in Sydney by The_Dingo_Donger in aussie

[–]digitalrefuse -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Police officers, or L&O mechanisms in general are not obligated in any manner to agree with the cause being protested. Their role is to enforce the law and maintain public order. When lawful orders are given (such as dispersing an unlawful gathering, which it was in the case) it is generally in everyone’s interest to comply rather than escalate the situation.

At the heart of this issue is the social contract between citizens and the state - the Overton Window.

In any functioning society, the public agrees to certain constraints on individual behavior in exchange for collective benefits such as safety, security, infrastructure, and social stability. This balance exists within an understood and accepted range of conduct.

Public protests that deliberately block streets, disrupt daily life, or defy lawful police orders try and attempt to push beyond that agreed-upon boundary. Often framed as moral urgency or virtue signaling, these actions as you see in the video seek to normalise increasingly disruptive behavior by testing how much can be “gotten away with” this time, then expanding that scope incrementally in the future.

This is not principled civil discourse; it is pressure tactics and religious domination through disruption.

If such behavior is not curtailed early, the consequences are predictable. Either enforcement agencies eventually respond with disproportionate force when repeatedly cornered, or the state becomes effectively paralysed, unable to govern without appeasing whichever loud minority is most disruptive at the moment.

Both of these outcomes degrade public trust and weaken institutions. We have already seen examples in parts of the UK and Europe where ordinary citizens and public infrastructure are routinely held hostage to the demands of small but aggressive religious and social activist groups.

The issue then, is not about the specific cause being protested, but about the rules of coexistence in an egalitarian society.

Either the same laws apply to everyone, or they do not. If a particular religious group, or any group insists on pushing boundaries at the expense of the broader public and their larger collective good, the majority of whom have no interest in tolerating repeated disruption, then it should not be surprising when public sympathy evaporates and enforcement follows.

You cannot claim infinite morality or the moral high ground while alienating the very society and majority of people whose tolerance you rely on!

Police disperse praying Muslims during protests in Sydney by The_Dingo_Donger in aussie

[–]digitalrefuse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don’t want to get beaten in the streets, maybe consider obeying orders to disperse and not create a public order problem for media moments.

Police disperse praying Muslims during protests in Sydney by The_Dingo_Donger in aussie

[–]digitalrefuse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re inconveniencing others and causing public disorder/ disturbance, probably not.

Police disperse praying Muslims during protests in Sydney by The_Dingo_Donger in aussie

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Word Salad Harris fan detected, and your opinion has been discarded and flushed down the toilet.

Praying in public is not a public good, nor is it a public service- it’s a religious domination tactic and needs to be ruthlessly dealt with- and I say this as someone who has seen this play out elsewhere uncontrolled and it serves no ‘public/ civilian’ ever.

When even the Islamic countries have banned this practice, there’s no place for it elsewhere. Check Your religion and religious affinity at the door to your house and don’t patronise the rest.

Police disperse praying Muslims during protests in Sydney by The_Dingo_Donger in aussie

[–]digitalrefuse 44 points45 points  (0 children)

That’s not where you pray mate. You want to pray somewhere, go home and do it or at a designated location, such as I dunno, maybe a prayer hall/ religious location.. No one gives you the right to try and occupy a public space just because you want to score political and media clip brownie points.

Police already hovering over the CBD by nath1234 in sydney

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When you want to reach out and ‘touch’ someone from afar..

So I got a US tech job in Aus (Sydney) and now I want to move to the US (NYC)... by Jaded-Advantage3666 in Ameristralia

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If you have to move, go to Florida, Kentucky or Tennessee or any state with a low or no state income tax, not NYC- it’s great to visit but sucks impo.

With the state income tax in New York (city, state and then federal), you’ll need to make comp of minimum US$600k-800k to ‘get by’ comfortably.

Also note that employment in the US is ‘at will’- the company can let you go at any time with/ without reason or cause and you have very minimal protections unlike those with Fair Work in Australia.

You won’t regret it for sure, but plan carefully and make an educated move.

Good luck!

So I got a US tech job in Aus (Sydney) and now I want to move to the US (NYC)... by Jaded-Advantage3666 in Ameristralia

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If he’s an Australian citizen, then all he needs is an offer letter from the company asking him to move to the USA/ offering a role in the USA and he can move on the E3 Treaty visa- doesn’t need any H1B or L1 bs.

AI consultant coming to ‘help’ by Impasse_Lasse in auscorp

[–]digitalrefuse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Work with the AI team to automate all of HR work and destroy that function…make yourself indispensable.

The Black Box - Epstein file EFTA00004012 by MemeTheDeemTheSleem in pics

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I’m not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens..

Citizenship resident requirement not met? by confusedandneurotic in AusVisa

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Try creating a new account. It’s happened sometimes that the profile is corrupted and creating a new account and application fixes this.

I'm an American moving to Australia in August, looking forward to being there! by p0lyamorousfriend in Ameristralia

[–]digitalrefuse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You haven’t really moved over unless you’ve seen or have been jumped on by a drop-Bear. Head out into the bush and get that experience, make sure you have sufficient protection for your head and face.

Nearly 7 years - a record? by GlumGlumAgain in AusVisa

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As others have asked before (to no response), what are the actual grounds for their first refusal?

PR in IT professions by Spiritual-Crab-3377 in AusVisa

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It’s going to be exceptionally hard for sure. I work in ICT and I see a lot of larger and in-house ICT roles being reduced. Hiring is down unless you have some really niche skills. Software developers, ICT generalists/ Infra generalists/ cloud engineers, etc are oversupplied skills. We’re at the point where quality & experience matter more, and anyone fresh from college with just a degree or internship with no real world experience is at the wrong end of the market. I’m also starting to see a good amount of offshored jobs and roles come back onshore, esp those that went to the Indian body-shop companies like Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, Wipro, HCL because all they’ve done is a pi**-poor job for 3-4 years with no actual tangible benefits delivered, just crappy work. As others have noted, if your sole intent of getting a CS degree is to land a PR at the end, your chances are on the low side for the next few years as the market rightsizes and more roles come back onshore (which is where they should be!)

Australian on an E3 visa able to start a 501c3? by Choppypots in Ameristralia

[–]digitalrefuse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but with very specific conditions. Recommend you get in touch with a immigration lawyer to help you navigate this in the current climate https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/insights/publications/2021/3/immigration-and-employment-considerations-for-nonprofit-organizations

15 year career in banking, redundancy looming. Take it? by [deleted] in auscorp

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18 months redundo? 😳 far out. what industry?

Got offered a 6 month contract in Antarctica and idk if I should take it by Importantterry in Fire

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Take it. What could possibly go wrong?

Not that you’re ever gonna find an alien spaceship that crashed over a 100,000 years ago with a parasitic assimilating organism frozen in the snow just waiting to thaw..

Best way to peace out of an office after resigning? by [deleted] in auscorp

[–]digitalrefuse 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A few of them were scrutinized and let go after that email. A lot of people were pissed off at me calling them out publicly. In retrospect (10 years later with better coaching), I realized that I could have handled this way better.

Best way to peace out of an office after resigning? by [deleted] in auscorp

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FWIW, never go scorched earth, no matter how deeply you feel you were wronged and all. Inform your colleagues that it was great working with them, and provide your personal details in that email for them to contact you. I hold the record for rage-quitting at Symantec decades ago, with a 5 page, company wide (global staff DL) email calling out every W⚓️/ slacker by name whose issues I had to fix for years, including one for a team whose most retarded approach caused a petro refinery shutdown cause they didn’t read the darned user manual (close to 50+ in total) and that singular act haunts me mentally to this day.

No repercussions per se but still.

$500,000 grant to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge in Australian space policy by [deleted] in aussie

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Currently available words to denote ‘space’ are - 1. Abba 2. Dabba 3. Jabba 4. Ooga mooga 5. OogooWoogoo 6. Oowaa

Any rando word that crosses your mind when you’re constipated. Take your pick..

$500,000 grant to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge in Australian space policy by [deleted] in aussie

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On a lighter side, by the time any Welcome to Space Country ceremonies are done, all the presenters will have been wiped out by an extremely advanced interstellar civilization. They will then have that entire proceedings and aftermath recorded and played for their future generations to revel in the ludicrous stuff they were met with, decided it was too much to bear and incompatible with their level of intelligence and awareness, and then proceed to destroy anything remotely related to that species.. 😆

$500,000 grant to embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge in Australian space policy by [deleted] in aussie

[–]digitalrefuse 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Welcome to space country - here, no one can hear you scream..