Why John Howard couldn't wait ...

So, here we go. John Howard was very adamant about getting some anti-terror legislation passed and really fast. (read: allowing the police to detain without arrest and all kinds of other powers given to police and authorities). It's a fine line between preventing terrorism and protecting civil liberties.

To be honest, I don't know all the details ... though I did attend a "left of left" anti-terror-law rally a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't that impresssed really. The crowd seemed more interested in bashing Howard simply for the sake of it, then listening to some of the better speakers make decent remarks.

Anyways, here is the reason why the new laws were passed so quickly. BIG (and I mean BIG) shakedown in both Melbourne and Sydney this morning that these laws facilitated.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/051107/2/woy9.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1500149.htm


I'm going to wait for the dust to settle on this one. I hope they have justification for all this, that's all I can say.