Annoyed?

I woke up this morning to find out that people can be arrested and fined $5500 for annoying other people.

Bugger.

Actually I should be clear... you can't be arrested for annoying any old people, it is specifically to protect catholic people. Which is to say I can't have slow walking people or pro-lifers or people who pass legislation saying we can't annoy catholic pilgrims arrrested for bugging the crap out of me.

Oh the humanity.

Seeing as I make it my life's work to annoy people in general and Catholics in particular I am, all of a sudden, deeply concerned about my liquidity.

These new police powers are greater than the cops had for the APEC brouhaha (which suprises me, I would have thought they would have wanted any chance to use that brand spanking new water cannon!). And this is a clear indication that Catholic pilgrims are totally less hard core than fascist world leaders.

So not only has mega bucks of our tax-payer cash gone on this enterprise (and who needs hospitals, roads or functioning public transport I ask when we can have the Pope for a week), not only have school children been used as slave labour to pack tuna and vegemite into pilgrim packs for papal loving freeloaders, but now we can end up in jail for being openly annoyed about it!

This is blatant anti-misapnthropist legislation!

While I understand that discussing the virtues of the rhythm method and the best ways to ensure women have no rights over their own bodies, how best to practise homophobia, prevent important medical research and generally drag us all back the dark ages while assiduously ignoring sexual abuse scandals is an imporant thing for any religious group to do, I remain unsure as to why I need to foot the bill. I also remain unconvinced that having my right to freedom of expression removed is either necessary or desirable... for anyone... catholics included.

Let's just say I am getting my chequebook out.

I suggest you all do the same.