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As it seems you approve of heavy-handed authoritarian means for handing a virus, why not for handling terrorism? I get the impression that to many Australians, "freedom" means freedom from risk, and loss of liberty is quite acceptable, making Franklin's famous quote so relevant (again): Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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That's not how I see it at all, but maybe that's just because you're using heavily loaded language.

Also, one situation was decidedly real, the other much less tangible. Ironically, the "authoritarianism" as you put it, is temporary for the real situation and seemingly permanent for the imagined.

I'm totally aware how my position may look hypocritical, I'm trying to explain how it looks from the inside.

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