keystroke said:
middle eastern youths have been causing trouble at Cronulla and surrounding areas for the last 10 years and the police have done absolutely nothing despite pleas from the local community to stop it.
that is the POLICE'S fault - NOT the entirety of the middle eastern community
i am not condoning violent behaviour by any middle eastern people, but keystroke et al, you fail (once again....anyone sensing a pattern 8)) to be able to grasp 2 very important concepts
1. 2 wrongs don't make a right - violence doesn't deserve violence - and more violence doesn't help/fix/solve the problems created by the original violence....it only serves to incite more of the same...escalating a problem
2. Just because middle eastern people have caused trouble in an area, does NOT give any one the right to victimise the entire community, or even anyone at all on this basis (see above point), obviously especially not innocent people.
If the police are not doing anything about this problem, the community could follow lawful avenues and lobby them or seek higher political/judicial involvement to help stop the crime in that area (they may well have done this already to some extent, but there are always avenues to take) as opposed to ILLEGAL ACTS.
Now as someone who has spent the better part of a month spouting inane rhetoric in the 'boycott singapore thread' such as ---- do the crime, do the time ---- i would suggest you retain some kind of minimal dignity and at very least some consistency by accepting the punishment that will be served to the people responsible for these ILLEGAL acts of violence.
To close
Dealing with a problem does not have to include a violent demonstration.
Being 'sick' of a situation doesn't give you the right to cause pain and discomfort to anyone, regardless of how much responsibility you choose to attribute to them.