Terrorism Has a New Name

At times, living in Australia is like having a direct window to the past. Case-in-point, a number of water suppliers around Australia are only now getting around to adding fluoride to drinking water. Back in 2007, I had a post on Queensland's coming-of-age with fluoride. Now, it's Geelong's turn. Barwon Water, which provides water to Geelong (70 km to Melbourne's west) is set to begin adding fluoride to the water supply this week. Enter the dreaded anti-fluoride terrorists. According to The Age:

"Anti-fluoride activists have also threatened to blow up Barwon Water's treatment plants as the authority begins on Monday adding fluoride to the water supply in Geelong, 70 kilometres southwest of Melbourne. The Department of Human Services (DHS) received a threatening letter in the mail last week. All three threats are being investigated by police. A government spokeswoman said Ms Neville, who is the member for Bellarine, returned home on Saturday night to find the bottle of water and a note on her front verandah. It read: 'We're going to kill you, bitch'."

As I've said many times before on this blog, you can't make this stuff up.