John Carpenter's Next Movie

Escape from Southern Sydney.

The lockdown areas ;

Disgusting. The government is trying to tell the waxheads, highway-waxheads and nationalists who really owns the beach.

Maybe we should invest in a wall around the beach? It is the only way the government can be sure of keeping us "safe".

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Commentary by Rowan ;

Following on from last week's riots in Sydney, Iemma and the police were warning people to stay away from Cronulla, Maroubra and Coogee beaches this weekend. Not only that, but we were also advised to stay away from beaches in Newcastle and Wollongong. In fact, anywhere that interfaces between the land and the sea was looking dodgy.

Sadly, I live near the beach in Wollongong, and the Premier's instructions didn't go as far as to tell me what I should do. Should I remain indoors (yet still in the vicinity of said beach and said riots) or should I flee inland and potentially expose myself to rioting mobs whilst in transit?

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From Sydney cabbie, Man of Lettuce ;

I asked for his [Maronite Lebanese-Australian] opinion about the trouble. ‘I’ll can tell you this’, he said raising his finger. ‘These hard heads aren’t gunna back down till they get what they want’. ‘And what do they want ?’. ‘Respect’, he replied. ‘What, respect through fear ?’, I suggested. He simply shrugged his shoulders as if to say, ‘Unfortunately, yes’.

But they won't get respect, all that will happen is that the government will over-react, segregating and separating more and more of the city - cramping movement. They will increase punitive measures to ridiculous lengths, and give the police complete sway. All out of fear of being seen as weak on crime.

I think all antagonists from last week's mess should swallow a big pill of STFD and STFU.

Beach Gazafication

Talk about systems disruption from one event through the over-reaction of central authorities. This article discusses the gazafication of Cronulla beach by Sutherland Shire community leaders .

CRONULLA'S beaches might be divided into sections to remove some of the tensions that erupted into mob violence this week.

Sunbathers, soccer players and surfers could each be allocated an area on the southern Sydney beach to reduce the chance of arguments and conflict over who controls the sand.

Muslim and Lebanese "marshalls" and elders might also be sent from the western suburbs to patrol the area and sanction troublemaking young men visiting the beach.

Five thousand idiots in a city of four million, and this is the best we can do. As if the locals, blogs, media, government etc haven't all poured scorn on what happened, including its root cause. This is totally unnecessary.

Finally Father Bob

Is this what we want?
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