Comments by "" (@DanielSMatthews) on "Foreign countries ‘actively working’ to recruit government officials in spy efforts" video.

The number of arrests is the only true measure of how much activity there is in any of these subcultures, that is worthy of intervention, the rest is just very dubious thought policing and potentially counterproductive as it gives greater credibility to fringe groups than they deserve. The nut in the park on a soap box gets ignored, but the moment you try to pull him down and imply his words are dangerous and forbidden is the moment that fools start to wonder if he has a message of value and they gather around him. ASIO needs to be monitored too, because without a regulation loop they can make work for themselves and get even more funding so that their little fiefdom grows larger and larger. Sure society needs an immune system, but we don't need one that causes allergies and chronic inflammation. The media is a big part of the problem when it comes to this pathological pot stirring. A bunch of bogans with slogans is not and never will be a threat to the civilised world.
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