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To stir up or provoke to action.

New laws to criminalise incitement and hate speech have just been made. The fact that government supports (the manufacturers) making weapons and systems that kill people, and sells or gives weapons to Ukraine and others, this is inciting death and negativity to others.

Meanwhile they use Australian taxpayers’ money to cause this to happen, so the incitement of all taxpayers (goods and services) is taking place to enable the use of the weapons involved in the death and injury of others, (wars).

Am I being incited to comply with this barbaric act of condoning possible death and injury to others? It is compulsory to vote, there is political advertising to encourage people to vote for government representatives, resulting in hate speech that is promoting death and harm to others with the sale/gift of weapons and systems that kill people. The incitement of people to join in their actions, by making tax payments, that make taxpayers part of the organisation, who supply the means to cause possible death to living people. Are government putting a stop to their hate deals, weapons of death systems? Or does it depend on the interpretations given?

R Podhajsky, Ocean Shores



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