Townsend Place closing at night because we're filthy grubs

Sic said :

Let’s just blame it on the disgusting badly planned old people community next door and call it a day.

What do you mean?

Mysteryman said :

p1 said :

Yup, cause no one who did National Service ever committed a antisocial act.

Did I say that the result would be no more antisocial acts? No. I did not. Don’t be an idiot.

You did not use those exact words, but the implication was obvious to Blind Freddy.

Bung ’em in the ADF and that will fix things. Not.

The solution to the dumping at JKMP could be as simple as some CCT cameras and a big f-off sign advising all those of boganish persuasion that there nocturnal dumps are being recorded / all rego plate details will be provided to the rozzers etc etc.

Then they can take their rubbish out to Gunners and dump it where it belongs ! 😉

Let’s just blame it on the disgusting badly planned old people community next door and call it a day.

Deref said :

A war on bogans? Now that’s a war I could get behind!

And I’ll get behind you 🙂

EvanJames said :

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

A war on bogans? Now that’s a war I could get behind!

Mysteryman said :

p1 said :

Mysteryman said :

EvanJames said :

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

Along those lines… I often think that compulsory military service for those in the 18-25 age range. A 6 or 12 month stint in the military, where upon completion you are entitled to certain rights (like the right to vote). I think it would do a lot for teaching people to respect others, themselves, and the country we live in.

I know a lot of people would disagree with the idea, but it seems to work quite well in Scandinavian countries, as well as places like Austria, Israel and Switzerland. Food for thought, I suppose.

Yup, cause no one who did National Service ever committed a antisocial act.

Did I say that the result would be no more antisocial acts? No. I did not. Don’t be an idiot.

Why not, everyone else on the internet is an idiot. I actually think that a suitably well thought out system such as a few of the countries you mentioned have could be of enormous benefit to our country – but throwing the suggestion out as a one liner in response to illegal dumping is pretty idiotic too.

Mysteryman said :

They are why we can’t have nice things.

That’s the problem. We have too many “nice things”.

p1 said :

Mysteryman said :

EvanJames said :

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

Along those lines… I often think that compulsory military service for those in the 18-25 age range. A 6 or 12 month stint in the military, where upon completion you are entitled to certain rights (like the right to vote). I think it would do a lot for teaching people to respect others, themselves, and the country we live in.

I know a lot of people would disagree with the idea, but it seems to work quite well in Scandinavian countries, as well as places like Austria, Israel and Switzerland. Food for thought, I suppose.

Yup, cause no one who did National Service ever committed a antisocial act.

I agree that compulsary military service could not hurt the issue at all, and i also agree with your reasoning as military service does teach you respect and dicipline as well as consequence.

Mysteryman, have you done any service? I’m not having a go at you but I think you will find that there is a much lower rate of criminal acts committed by ex service people. I am not saying that it does not happen but it certainly happens less often.

p1 said :

Mysteryman said :

EvanJames said :

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

Along those lines… I often think that compulsory military service for those in the 18-25 age range. A 6 or 12 month stint in the military, where upon completion you are entitled to certain rights (like the right to vote). I think it would do a lot for teaching people to respect others, themselves, and the country we live in.

I know a lot of people would disagree with the idea, but it seems to work quite well in Scandinavian countries, as well as places like Austria, Israel and Switzerland. Food for thought, I suppose.

Yup, cause no one who did National Service ever committed a antisocial act.

Did I say that the result would be no more antisocial acts? No. I did not. Don’t be an idiot.

Lazy kneejerk reaction by a witless, unmotivated administration … how great the folly to think that dumpers won’t just head elsewhere.

This sort of lazy bureaucracy drives me spare, mainly because there doesn’t seem to be thing one we can do about it. Well, not in real time, or anything approaching it.

ThisIsAName said :

I rang ACT policing about some dumping a few years ago & the officer said outright “we don’t touch illegal dumping”. This was despite having photographic evidence of the dumpers in action.

Your mistake was reporting someone littering. You should have rung the police and reported seeing “suspicious looking” (possibly middle eastern) people dumping placing a “suspicious package”, and that you think it might be a road side bomb.

Mysteryman said :

EvanJames said :

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

Along those lines… I often think that compulsory military service for those in the 18-25 age range. A 6 or 12 month stint in the military, where upon completion you are entitled to certain rights (like the right to vote). I think it would do a lot for teaching people to respect others, themselves, and the country we live in.

I know a lot of people would disagree with the idea, but it seems to work quite well in Scandinavian countries, as well as places like Austria, Israel and Switzerland. Food for thought, I suppose.

Yup, cause no one who did National Service ever committed a antisocial act.

It’s a funny beats this illegal dumping, especailly when it is so easy to fix.

Have some coppers hang around until they catch someone. Fine them, oh, $20,000 and make sure it is splashed all over the pages of every newspaper, website, whatever, in Canberra. People will get the message.

I rang ACT policing about some dumping a few years ago & the officer said outright “we don’t touch illegal dumping”. This was despite having photographic evidence of the dumpers in action. It is easier to install a gate than have a City Rangers patrol in the hope of catching someone.

From the PDF:
“Illegal dumping of litter has been recognised as an issue in the ACT.”

How many years of dumping complaints did that take?

EvanJames said :

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

Along those lines… I often think that compulsory military service for those in the 18-25 age range. A 6 or 12 month stint in the military, where upon completion you are entitled to certain rights (like the right to vote). I think it would do a lot for teaching people to respect others, themselves, and the country we live in.

I know a lot of people would disagree with the idea, but it seems to work quite well in Scandinavian countries, as well as places like Austria, Israel and Switzerland. Food for thought, I suppose.

In a perfect world we’d catch them and punish them until they stopped.

+1

Mysteryman said :

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

pretty much. Seems to be a growing segment of society with no stake in society, no engagement or identification with it.

We need a war.

Well that sucks. Dammit I hate bogans. They are why we can’t have nice things.

Now the rubbish will be dumped in front of the gate instead ..