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Mithrandir
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15 Dec 2005, 7:03 pm

Revenge will never work.

This reminds me of Miller's experiments.


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15 Dec 2005, 11:08 pm

As an Australian, and this is not an exaggeration, but this there is stupidity and criminality by people on all sides of this issue. I don't live in Sydney, but one of the groups leeching off the mob retaliation were responsible for a series of bashings at my university last year. Not to be offensive but, the riots of Brixton and LA had a deeper meaning, this is just violence. There is a concerted police effort now but I suppose the next test will come this weekend. I have muslim friends and surfer friends in my city and they get along fine. This mob action is an expansion of a microcosm into a horrific scale.



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16 Dec 2005, 12:49 am

mjs82 wrote:
As an Australian, and this is not an exaggeration, but this there is stupidity and criminality by people on all sides of this issue. I don't live in Sydney, but one of the groups leeching off the mob retaliation were responsible for a series of bashings at my university last year. Not to be offensive but, the riots of Brixton and LA had a deeper meaning, this is just violence. There is a concerted police effort now but I suppose the next test will come this weekend. I have muslim friends and surfer friends in my city and they get along fine. This mob action is an expansion of a microcosm into a horrific scale.


Are these sentiments reacent as in after 9/11 or have they been going on for a long time?


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16 Dec 2005, 1:30 am

The gang problem is ongoing, probably no more or no less than most large cities around the world. Keep in mind, this started as a small news story about the lifesurfers which then snowball monstrously as each additional element came into play. Alcohol and stupidity. I feel sorry for those affected on both sides and for the police officers caught in the middle. I hope the Lebanese Rugby League side can tour next year and help heals some wounds.

In regards to 9/11 and more in particular for us, the bombings in Indonesia and ongoing terrorist cell arrests, you'd be naive not to think it had a part in it. This is the image of the world that's being re-created as we speak.



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04 Feb 2006, 9:39 pm

I agree. It suxor.