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The
Australian newspaper
is running a series of articles predicting life in the year 2026.One editors predicts that crime rates will steadily fall over the next 20 years,
because international DNA databases will catch more criminals.
Give us a break. Dumb as
criminals may be, they will soon learn not to leave any DNA at a crime scene.
Based on
the current situation and extrapolations of current global trends, I believe the
following scenario is far more likely.
By 2026
the ethnic gangs have taken control of the streets. Over the years the High
Court, in its quest for social justice, brought in a series judgements
protecting and enhancing the rights of criminals. The police finally lost
control following the UN Resolution of Protection of Ethnic Minorities in 2016.
When adopted by the federal government, this law provided severe penalties for
racial profiling and lack of cultural sensitivity in dealing with ethnic
persons.
Police
activity is mainly confined to dealing with white, non-ethnic, male law-abiding
citizens.
Ethnic
gangs rampage through the streets, robbing, raping and bashing at will. Three
main gangs, the African Kings, the Eastern Tigers and the Lions of Lebanon
control most of the territory. Territorial disputes from time to time result in
violent gunfights and bombings with many deaths of gang members. Each
gang has links to international criminal gangs and drug cartels.
The huge
escalation of crime has highlighted the differences between the haves and the
have-nots.
Wealthy
people live in purpose-built compounds surrounded by large walls topped with
barbed wire. Entrance to the compounds is strictly controlled by armed guards.
Only persons with high-security biometric ID cards can enter the compounds.
Life is
relatively comfortable for inhabitants of the compounds, with their own schools
together with shopping and entertainment precincts.
Modern
communications allows businesses to function within the compounds. Ultra-high
speed broadband combined with 3D video allows virtual board meetings and
interaction with remote staff.
Helipads
within the compounds and atop commercial buildings provide crime-free helicopter
travel around the cities for the privileged.
For
people who cannot afford to live in compounds, life is hellish. Citizens live in
constant fear of their lives and their property. All restaurants and nightclubs
pay regular protection money. Most other businesses pay protection money or
bribes to stay in business. Only the brave or the foolhardy venture out at
night. Every household has a gun for self-protection, bought at great expense on
the black-market. The government of ageing Prime Minister Howard placed a total
ban on private ownership of firearms in 2018. Thereafter, gun control and
distribution passed to the gangs.
The only
exception is NSW where violent crime has all but vanished. This was brought
about when the Muslim majority in that state voted in the Islamic Party of God
in the 2023 state election. The first action of the new government was to pass
legislation invoking Sharia law throughout NSW.
Militias
loyal to the Grand Ayatollah of Australia quickly rounded up members of the
ethnic and criminal gangs and brought them before Sharia courts. The leaders
were executed and the remainder given lengthy jail sentences.
Crime
quickly disappeared. The Grand Ayatollah declared a public holiday in
celebration.
Huge
crowds thronged
Martin Place
chanting “We are all Hezbollah now” while white-robed police fired their
automatic weapons in the air.
All
hotels, nightclubs and casinos were shut down. The government resumed all of the
properties in the Kings Cross area. Bulldozers flattened the area. In its place
were built an Islamic university and a madrassa catering
for 5,000 schoolchildren.
The
largest mosque in the southern hemisphere was built
on the site, opening last year. Muslim leaders from around the world,
including the President of the Islamic Republic of Great Britain attended the
opening.
Many
non-Muslim NSW people have converted to Islam. They felt the slight
inconvenience of women wearing the burka and mandatory beards
for men was worth the benefit of
full citizenship.
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