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junk_journal

The Cronulla Beach Violence

Dec 12, 2005 00:43

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__prelude December 11 2005, 05:46:50 UTC

it's a sad, angry and lost world we live in.

&happy birthday :)

junk_journal December 11 2005, 05:55:28 UTC

it's a sad, angry and lost world we live in.

sadly i can't disagree. still, thank you for the birthday wishes. :)

tommaneeya December 11 2005, 18:21:22 UTC

and here's me thinking sydney was a place for racial acceptance. moving ahead with the times. how wrong i was. watching the news made me so angry. i think i'll make a post about it right now.

junk_journal December 12 2005, 02:44:10 UTC

i know what you mean. i love this city but it makes me despair. and it's not only the shire, either. it's nationwide, it's systemic. we have all forgotten the fact that we are visitors to this land and that all our claims on it are not binding but fleeting.

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junk_journal December 12 2005, 03:55:11 UTC

the face of fanaticism

cronulla photo dreaded_dragon December 12 2005, 19:55:11 UTC

.....and all the faces seen in this photo (and many others) are WHITE anglo males we all might meet and KNOW. So much for "this only ever happens overseas where there is alot of deprivation and political upheaval"
What disappoints me is that I thought we were over the tribalism thing, that we could think and act as individuals - but no, the mob mentality is alive and well it appears.

junk_journal December 14 2005, 15:07:17 UTC

i completely agree. i think what i find so shocking too is not only the mob mentality that seems to spring out of the ether, but also the rabid support that this kind of violence gets from the supposedly responsible, placid people of the suburbs. i've been listening to talkback over the last few days and the sheer amount of hatred --- it's frightening.