Tags
18c, Australian traditional poetry, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act
You think that Australia is free?
The well-informed wouldn’t agree.
And those in the fight
Closely watch what they write –
Quake in fear when they hear: “18C”
dnobrienpoetry 
Is it a legal statute?
See below
You guys are sounding more and more like us. Next thing you know some Australian baker will be fined a million dollars and be forced out of business because he won’t bake a cake for a gay wedding. Holy cow! I was hoping if I had to leave here I might be able to come there, but ….
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/andrew-bolt-x-racial-vilification-court-case/story-e6frg996-1226148919092
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975 – SECT 18C
Offensive behaviour because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin
(1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:
(a) the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and
(b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an act is taken not to be done in private if it:
(a) causes words, sounds, images or writing to be communicated to the public; or
(b) is done in a public place; or
(c) is done in the sight or hearing of people who are in a public place.
(3) In this section: “public place” includes any place to which the public have access as of right or by invitation, whether express or implied and whether or not a charge is made for admission to the place.
The words of 18C offend me because of my race (the human race). Doesn’t that mean those who wrote 18C and passed it should be tried for breaking 18C?