WTF ? Austria bans jokes about blondes because it could lead to terrorism

[Tender Branson]

Wow, I thought this is an Onion article, but it's not. I have heard this for the first time and it's already law since yesterday:

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[Tender Branson]

Apparently this is part of new terror law that was amended in parliament last year and took effect yesterday because the EU wanted it. Austria since yesterday basically is a police state, because now the police has the power to use surveillance methods not only for groups (like before) but also for every individual who has said something "dangerous" in public, wrote something or put something into the Internet. And no judge is needed for this anymore. Only some dude in the Interior Ministry that is not a neutral person. The amendments read like this:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEi8-XiZMwo

[Tender Branson]

No offense Tender, but Austria is by far the most ridiculous country in Europe. I actually thought it could go no lower after changing the national anthem to appease a small group of radical feminists, but I was proved wrong.

Also this is clearly a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights that ensure people Freedom of Expression and would be struk down by the courts if anyone's ever silly enough to attemt to enforce this Law.

Ironicly it wouldn't be the first time Austria gets spanked by the European Court for violating the Freedom of Expression. 

The heirs of the woman who made the (original, and correct IMO) national anthem are now setting up a lawsuit against the government anyway and will likely go up to the European Court, because they say the government has broken the copyright law.

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http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/oesterreich/422930_Bundeshymne-Verlag-erwaegt-wegen-Toechtern-Klage-bei-EUGH.html

[Tender Branson]

A gay black guy with blond hair walks into a bar, the straight white brunette lady behind him ducks.

Do black guys even have natural blonde hair ? I have only seen black guys with black hair so far or no hair or blonde coloured hair or black albinos with blonde hair. And when I went to Google I only found porn about black buys and blonde girls.

[Tender Branson]

Chad Johnson

Looks coloured to me (the hair).

[Tender Branson]

I tried to look up some articles about this amended terror law and the law doesn't exactly say anything about blondes etc.

I think it is the interpretation of this law expert that jokes about blondes etc. could be subject to this law, but I doubt any person will ever file a lawsuit against someone who told a blonde joke or there would ever be a judge that would take up such a case.

Such a provision to the new terror law (wanted by the EU) could actually be part of the legislations of many EU states, many people just don't know it ...

[Tender Branson]

Well that's just another good reason we should behead the union, burn the Lisbon treaty, and throw the remains in the sea.

It seems it goes back as far as 2006 that the EU proposed a far-reaching Anti-Terror package to be implemented in all member countries. Austria was now among the last members to implement it, because it was long opposed to the data storage provision that the EU wanted in the laws. But otherwise Austria would have been fined a few hundred million Euros if the government did not implement it by 2012. Under the new laws, every member country now has to collect and store for at least 6 months all mobile phone and regular calls, all internet communication and all other forms of electronic communication ...

I would have rather wanted Austria to pay the millions of Euros than to introduce such a fascist law. Terrorists will always find a way or means of communication to be one step ahead of the government observation guys and they also have the element of surprise on their side.

[Tender Branson]

BTW: One of the last remaining countries to consistantly oppose the new terror law was Sweden, but in 2011 the EU also warned Sweden that they rather implement it or be punished.

Any word if the parliament up there passed the data storage thing now or if it's still blocked ?

Maybe the Swedes have the guts to not pass this law and pay the fine instead ...