Police dismiss safety concerns

You must not eat anything from Chicken Gourmet, or drink at Chicken O’Malleys. The dark side is strong there.

Recently had a taxi driver who said, “I wouldn’t walk around Civic at night. Nope, I wouldn’t do that. Noooo way.”, in a very creepy manner that made me ask him to drop me on the corner of my street so he wouldn’t know where I lived.

Yes, much drunkeness is much scariness. Northbridge in Perth on a Friday night; agro guys and big girls poured into lycra… errgh.

I bet it’s the chicken salt from Chicken Gormet that makes people go mad every now and then…that stuff’s nasty.

Chris, as others have mentioned I was quoting blade-runner and using to strike through to take the piss out of myself.

Wikiquote has a listing of memorable lines from the movie.

Anyway there are many places more dangerous that Civic no question, but if you keep your wits around you and watch which direction the wind is blowing you can normally stay out of strife. In Civic there’s a random dimension to the violence which I find un-nerving.

Phillip K Dick was truly a visionary, though he was also a schizonfrenic and used writing as a mean of managing his illness.
As to the press release, I think given the recent weeks events I dont think the AFP should be doing any chest-beating in public about what a good job they have done.

I don’t think it matters which City you go to there are undesirables under every rock.

Its fairly standard early on Saturday/Sunday morning anywhere. Drunks, junkies etc all looking for someone stumbling into a dark alley who they can have some fun with.

Most of the time they find a victim. They eventually find a bigger fish and get their heads kicked in.

As for Blade Runner, damn fine film.

G

OK, nightowls, you’ve obviously never trod the cracked and bloodstained pavers of Civic by DAY.
Seriously bleak, unfriendly, and a demented civil servant lurking behind every sculpted sheep and shuttered carousel.
That said, I can offer bodyguard protection at reduced rates.

I preferred the version (was it the Director’s Cut?) that didn’t have the Deckard voice-over. I prefer to works things out for myself.

Amazing how many P K Dick pieces have made it into movies. He was a real visionary.

Civic suffers fron concentrating many drunks into a relatively small area. Most other large cities spread them out – although the troubles that can be found in Hindley St in Adelaide are similar. One just has to be aware of where you are and who’s around.

I agree about Bladerunner being a good flick (but a far better short story)

What did you think was better thumper . . . the original version or the directors cut?

As for Civic being safe at night…it’s as safe as you make it. If you wander about New York looking like a tourist then you attract the unwanted element. On a lesser scale, the same goes for Civic. If you look like you are out of place, undesirables will see what they can pick off your bones.

I think Sandi’s nose is growing longer.

I never feel safe after dark in Civic these days. So many boofheads just want to ‘pick’ you. So sick of walking to my car from a venue and getting acosted by some moron who couldn’t pull a root that night, so he decides to take it out on some poor sober mug.