Wednesday, Sep 12, 2007 at 20:19
Lionel, You may or may not be joking (I notice the lol) but I thought I might bring to your attention a section of the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill 2003 (A Federal Act)
60 Prohibition of incitement of racial hatred because of race, colour, religion or national or ethnic origin
(1) A person must not, with the intention of inciting racial hatred against another person or a group of people, do an act, otherwise than in private, if the act:
(a) is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to incite racial hatred against the other person or group of people; and
(b) is done because of the race, colour, religion or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an act is taken not to be done in private if it:
(a) causes words, sounds, images or writing to be communicated to the public; or
(b) is done in a public place; or
(c) is done in the sight or hearing of people who are in a public place.
(3) In this section:
public place includes any place to which the public have access as a right or by invitation, whether express or implied and whether or not a charge is made for admission to the place.
Just something you may wish to think about. If I'm barking up the wrong tree, please forgive me.
Cheers
Alan
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