Originally Posted by
vee1-rotate
So do we wait for one, and a potential mass loss of life before we implement something, or......?
Why not? We lose more people on the roads every Christmas holiday period than have been killed by terrorists in Australia
since Federation!. Hell, more Police officers have been killed by trains than terrorists (5 in Victoria alone!), yet you don't see calls to ban the railway, or have every train driver carry an ASIC. I don't even think they do full background checks on us besides the standard criminal records check, yet if a Driver wanted to kill an awful lot of people, it wouldn't be hard...
How far do we have to take this Orwellian society in the name of "security" before we no longer have any freedoms we once took for granted? The "What Ifs...." are too numerous to cater for every eventuality but that is what people are suggesting we cater for...