The Canberra Times has a story on beatings in Queanbeyan yesterday:
- Two teenagers are believed to have been targeted by a pack of up to 10 youths in a series of premeditated attacks across Queanbeyan.
It is believed some of those attackers have taken photos and video footage of the incidents on their mobile phones.
On Monday afternoon, one of the teenage victims was bashed outside Karabar High School near a bus stop before receiving a further beating an hour-and-a-half later on the Queen’s Bridge in front of his father.
It’s always nice when criminals document and advertise their crimes.
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Let’s get back on topic shall we people?
Woody Mann-Caruso said :
It sould seem from your post that you really haven’t got a clue about the distinction between spirituality and organised religion.
No, It has nothing to do with the material world being a dream, or an afterlife, or fear of devine retribution.
Maybe you should take a deep breath and not comment on something if you haven’t a clue what it is you’re commenting about. take your anti-religious rant and maybe post it on a thread where it would be relevant. It is not in response to my comment.
Where the hell are these kids parents?
Name and shame the parents!
They’re probably the same idiot bogan losers I went to Karabar with. The cycle repeats…
Kids with rubbish parents, and those kids are going to struggle all their lives because of it. Coupled with a world where they’ve seen, so far, that there aren’t many or any real consequences to anything they might do.
It’s all rather Lord of the Flies.
Where the hell are these kids parents?
Name and shame the parents!
I do, however, think that spirituality (in whatever form it may take) can lead to a feeling of connectedness with the world.
I think it does exactly the opposite.
As an atheist, I have no spirituality. My ‘connectedness to the world’ comes from the knowledge that it’s the only one we’ve got; that when you kill somebody, they stay dead; and that Jeebus isn’t going to float out of the sky and make everything better. If we f.ck it up, that’s it – no second chances.
If you’re religious or ‘spiritual’ – well, why bother? Karma or the Angry Sky Fairy will sort everything out, there’s a lovely afterlife out there, and the material world is just a dream, so who cares what happens to it?
Most of what religious people call ‘connectedness’ is really just fear of divine retribution. For evidence, one need only look at what heinous thing people will do to one another when their actions are suddenly sanctioned by their beliefs or spiritual leaders.
Peterh… I hear you.
Link to the story I mentioned in post#7
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25654198-662,00.html
In case you guys missed it in my post, I list the multiple and varied things that COULD be a possible factor in the development of this violent behaviour. I was trying to demonstrate that it is not as simple as “send ’em to gaol and it will all go away”
I do, however, think that spirituality (in whatever form it may take) can lead to a feeling of connectedness with the world. Organised relegion..well thats another thing all together. But the message at the base of most religions is one of peace and loved. It seems to me that the real messages have got lost along the way and ruined by man, who want to twist things to suit their own agenda.
or they are Liberal voters!
There could be links with the lack of religion/spirituality within our culture than contributes to inner feelings of emptiness and a lack of connecting with the world
Rubbish. Some of the most ignorant, inept, useless bastards I have ever had the displeasure of meeting you could file under relgious or spiritual.
There could be links with the lack of religion/spirituality within our culture than contributes to inner feelings of emptiness and a lack of connecting with the world
Yeah, because religious cultures have way less violence than secular cultures.
vg said :
Are you saying that the guys who put them there are much better at bashing people VG?
Qbn Gal said :
your kidding!!! do you have a link to a news article?
Two words: Queanbeyan…meh.
Those ten kiddies do need a swift kick to to the testicles.
Having grown up in Queanbeyan, and spent 6 years at Karabar, I think I’d be fairly close in saying that kids behave like this because the perceived benefits of the behaviour (ie the street cred or revenge factor) outweighs the potential punishment. Kids just aren’t scared of authority.
It’s interesting, though, in that when I went to Karabar, fights were 1 on 1, and it was finished once someone fell down.
Joshua said :
Why would you want a crim? The guys that put them in there are much tougher
I smoke to chill. I am now paranoid that I get paranoid. Gee thanks FC!
This town needs The Batman.
Pity Bruce Wayne died.
Of course you should be penalised if you decided to go commit a crime against someone who has hurt your kids.
Where does the line get drawn?
I have no kids but should I be above the law if somebody did something to my dog?
What about my car? someone damages it and they don’t get charged then am in my right to take out my own justice (because the law didn’t protect me or provide that justice).
Hell no, there would be anarchy and we would have people running around.
“Eye for an Eye” people would scream. (Then we’d all end up blind?)
But who decides what type of retaliation is appropriate? Generally people wants both eyes and both legs for an eye.
And also – protecting your children is something that should be active, not reactive.