tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24628937.post7949286718958744306..comments2024-03-10T01:23:48.606-07:00Comments on Belt Drive Betty's Blog: To the bottom of the bucket list...Queensland & all of AustraliaBelt Drivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06588809288861322365noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24628937.post-89975656038983366302014-01-13T05:28:06.033-07:002014-01-13T05:28:06.033-07:00I'm a recreational rider who lives in Sydney, ...I'm a recreational rider who lives in Sydney, NSW, Australia and thankfully not Queensland. The new VLAD laws are really anti association laws which have been sold by the media as anti bikie laws. Bikie gangs here have a really bad reputation due to the media so its no great surprise that most people are infavour of the anti bikie laws. Unfortunately 99% of those people have no idea what the laws are actually capable of. Under those same laws the government could suddenly use these laws to stop anyone group from gathering in numbers more than 3. So if one day they decided that the catholic church or Muslims were now an criminal organisation because they had committed crimes then they could quite easily be outlawed.<br /><br />These laws have taken us back to the 1940's Nazi germany style.<br /><br />With any luck these clowns will be voted out at the next election and order restored. <br /><br />I'm not planning on any rides in Queensland anytime soon and if I did there's no way in hell I'd be ringing the cops to tell em where I'm going and what I'm doing.<br /><br />This is utter madness and a knee jerk reaction. There are already laws in place to deal with criminals. If they can't fine the criminal elements under those laws then I suggest the police learn how to do there jobs instead of standing in the bushes with their speed guns booking people for doing 5km over the limit. Thats not policing thats revenue raising.<br /><br />Please don't tar all of Australia with the same brush - they are a bit simple in Queensland.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160712689280276620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24628937.post-78492452005964640412014-01-12T16:52:50.485-07:002014-01-12T16:52:50.485-07:00This is madness!This is madness!GMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15930992720107804089noreply@blogger.com