The problem of violence, and the non-solutions

By injera, on July 20th, 2009%

Violence is everybody’s problem, according to the Editorial page in Saturday’s Age. Violence might be “everybody’s problem”, but the bigger problem is that the government is currently spinning “everybody’s problem” to mean “everybody’s responsibility” and, in doing so, is avoiding taking any steps to counter it.

The full article is here; below are some items of particular interest to me.

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Annoying the World’s Youth, one T-shirt at a time

By injera, on July 6th, 2008%

What a fabulous idea:

Anti-World Youth Day t-shirts are selling fast, following the NSW government’s ban on ‘annoying’ pilgrims. Take a look at some of the most popular slogans.

- You can fine me $5,500… But I still won’t believe in God

- WYD08: We close 300 roads so 300,000 can close their minds

- Good luck Pope – I’ve been waiting for a miracle at Randwick for years

- “and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who wear t-shirts that cause annoyance or inconvenience…”

- I survived a Christian Brothers education

- Oh no, I stepped in Dogma

- Too many Christians, not enough lions – Randwick 2008

- annoying & inconvenient

- I’ve been touched by the Catholic Church, so where’s my $2 billion?

- World Youth Day: You can cross yourself, but not the city

Ah, the rewards of a little bit of tag surfing. From SBS via paperbackscrawl.

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Caus(ing) annoyance and inconvenience

By injera, on July 2nd, 2008%

I know this is particularly childish, but as I’m on holidays and have nothing better to do I am seriously considering going to Sydney purely to annoy and inconvenience people.

As if last year’s APEC security hullabaloo wasn’t enough, now ordinary, non-God-fearing Australians in Sydney aren’t allowed to annoy people.  It’s probably just as well that extraterritoriality does not extend to the average person on a working holiday visa in the UK, otherwise Australians in London would probably lose most of their wages in fines for annoying the locals…

Anyway, what constitutes annoyance?

The head of the Rum Corps New South Wales Police Commissioner explains: “These are powers to stop people taking things in … like a paint bomb, all of those sort of things that … certainly you couldn’t take to the football on Saturday.”

What about condoms?

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