No, it's the cause no offence act, or else. @RitaPanahi has spoken out about it.
Sect 18C Australian Racial Discrim Act: unlawful to act such is reasonably likely to offend/insult/humiliate/intimidate another person/group
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and has been abused several times over by "victims", the QUT case is the most famous.
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luckily the judge threw that out and awarded costs.
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Yes, it's a truly awful law. And somehow it is only ever used to prosecute straight white men. Odd coincidence?
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See also Aust law section 474.17 which criminalises "offensive" speech via phone/SMS/Internet: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/claoaoma22004729/sch1.html …
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I bet they didn't make the act retroactive to the founding of Australia. Best to avoid any unpleasant history.
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no australians own our history. Good bad and ugly. That doesnt mean
#whiteguilt though.
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in Canberra its worse. Its illegal to 'incite ridicule or revulsion or ridicule' towards a religion.
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The punishment under this law is very rarely meted out, the real punishment is the process the accused is subjected to.
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some background on how 18c originated http://pickeringpost.com/story/grassby-is-dead-/3284 …
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