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Australia flags denying U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning entry visa
Australia has signaled it is preparing to ban U.S. whistleblower Chelsea Manning from entering the country ahead of a scheduled speaking tour, the organizer of the engagements said. Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is scheduled to speak at the Sydney Opera House at the weekend.
However, Suzi Jamil, owner of the company organizing Manning's speaking tour in Australia, said late on Wednesday Manning had received a notice from the Australian government informing her Canberra was considering cancelling her visa. [...] Australian law allows the immigration minister to deny anyone a visa if they do not pass a character test, a broad criteria that affords the government sweeping powers.
Manning is scheduled to travel to New Zealand after finishing her three events in Australia but the center-right opposition National Party has also called for her to be denied entry.
Also at NYT.
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(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday August 31 2018, @01:18AM (4 children)
How is the US Anglo-Saxon?
- Under 10% of Americans consider themselves ethnically English. A slightly higher percentage consider themselves ethnically British (i.e. including the Scottish and Welsh). The largest single ethnic origin in the US is German, with #2 being West African.
- The US speaks English, but so do countries whose people are mostly not Anglo-Saxon in origin, like Ireland, Israel, Kenya, and Jamaica.
- The US legal system bears some similarities but also considerable differences with the current British legal system and absolutely no resemblance to the Anglo-Saxon legal system pre-Norman Invasion.
- There are all kinds of major differences between the British and US political systems, such as the US not having a monarch and the separation of executive and legislative functions compared to the House of Commons.
- The US's current government leader is of German descent. The previous leader was only about half-English.
Also, if we're going to talk about penal colonies, I'll just point out that Virginia and Georgia both were Australia's predecessor as penal colonies.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @01:39AM (3 children)
"How is the US Anglo-Saxon?"
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You're missing the point in your Asperger's quest to pick nits which not even remotely germane to the discussion.
Much of the law in the US is directly derived from English law. Therefore there are many similarities in the law
in the UK and the US. This is true regardless of your stupid pointless argument about the ancestry of the US population.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @02:00AM
FTFY - to keep you on topic.
(grin)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 31 2018, @03:11AM (1 child)
I'll take Asperger's over the incurable case of being an asshole like you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 01 2018, @02:20PM
His "disease" is curable.
Pity you're isn't.