<story><title>Arrested by Undercover Officers After Trying to Sell His Laptop Online</title><url>https://twitter.com/i/moments/731957349640867840</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gsklee</author><text>I once dreamed of immigrating to the US and working in the Bay Area... but it&amp;#x27;s become apparent to me now that there&amp;#x27;s something inherently wrong with that country. I guess I&amp;#x27;ll go to Australia or Canada instead.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bigiain</author><text>Out of the frying pan...&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;australia-news&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;may&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;nsw-police-to-get-extreme-powers-over-suspected-serious-crime-related-activity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;australia-news&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;may&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;nsw-po...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;New South Wales police are on the verge of securing “extreme” new powers including to impose curfews on citizens, restrict who they spend time with or limit their communications, if they suspect involvement in “serious crime-related activity”.&lt;p&gt;The new “serious crime prevention orders” (SCPO) are similar to the control orders used on suspected terrorists, but broadened to a range of other offences including theft, tax evasion, money laundering or homicide.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Those acquitted of serious offences can still be issued a SCPO,&lt;/i&gt;  as will people deemed to have engaged in conduct “likely to facilitate” a serious crime, defined as one punishable by at least five years’ prison.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to my local police-state.</text></comment>
<story><title>Arrested by Undercover Officers After Trying to Sell His Laptop Online</title><url>https://twitter.com/i/moments/731957349640867840</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gsklee</author><text>I once dreamed of immigrating to the US and working in the Bay Area... but it&amp;#x27;s become apparent to me now that there&amp;#x27;s something inherently wrong with that country. I guess I&amp;#x27;ll go to Australia or Canada instead.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pravda</author><text>Canada is cold.  Australia is expensive and its government is corrupt.&lt;p&gt;But getting to the point, you really shouldn&amp;#x27;t allow isolated acts like this to influence you.&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;re much more likely to be killed by the next earthquake in the Bay area then you are to be killed by dopey police officer.</text></comment>