tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post805274267976464120..comments2024-01-22T05:10:11.938+11:00Comments on I am a liminal being: MARTIN PLACEwandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-51245512329050735312014-12-20T07:34:55.462+11:002014-12-20T07:34:55.462+11:00The debate here David is how this person with a sh...The debate here David is how this person with a shocking history of violence and anger and who rang every alert bell imaginable escaped adequate surveillance.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-50616981360149490632014-12-19T20:22:49.570+11:002014-12-19T20:22:49.570+11:00I too feel that 'the swing might be on' - ...I too feel that 'the swing might be on' - in our parts of the world. Unfortunately it's the young who are going off to join IS in large numbers - that's what makes me think of mass psychosis, though I take Marcellous's point that this was an isolated individual.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-35891180902788455662014-12-18T17:12:49.625+11:002014-12-18T17:12:49.625+11:00m - I felt strongly the (mostly young) people who ...m - I felt strongly the (mostly young) people who were there, at least early on when we went, are immune to this nationalistic rubbish, and that's exactly why they were there, and the #illridewithyou epitomises that. <br /><br />Talking to this age group, I wonder if they are feeling they have been bequeathed (by us) a divided and unworthy world . Perhaps we are at rock-bottom and the swing might be on?<br /><br />I don't think anything can rescue Abbott now, not even milking this tragedy. But boy will it come in handy for surveillance, data retention and privacy invasion legislation.wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196036534397389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-87685441195810525422014-12-18T16:04:23.741+11:002014-12-18T16:04:23.741+11:00And now (under cover of darkness, I suspect) two w...And now (under cover of darkness, I suspect) two whopping big Australian flags have been fastened to the railings on either side of the entrance to the railway station which is immediately adjacent to the flowers, coupled with a "Team Australia" t-shirt.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-30437443287540429092014-12-18T08:49:20.267+11:002014-12-18T08:49:20.267+11:00The perpetrator in this case had his own very indi...The perpetrator in this case had his own very individual psychoses. This is just outside my place of work and I have witnessed the display of public grief and sympathy. It is moving and also striking in the very broad range of people from all backgrounds waiting to make their contribution. They were still lining up yesterday afternoon as I headed home. I don't want to be a Grinch about this: I too have found myself tearing up. But I can't help also having misgivings about how it has been framed and in a way contrived (including by the hostage taker himself) as something to do with a cause or "terrorism." On the first day I happened to be on my way home as our PM came by to lay his flowers and I'm sure he can see a couple of points in the polls in it for himself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-59057333291505618222014-12-17T21:48:09.889+11:002014-12-17T21:48:09.889+11:00I can only echo Susan. Human solidarity in the fac...I can only echo Susan. Human solidarity in the face of atrocity. It's a mass psychosis we're witnessing, born of I know not what - exclusion and powerlessness don't account for everything. I can't get my head round the Peshawar school massacre.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1672155175393980448.post-269457196035022792014-12-17T01:58:31.483+11:002014-12-17T01:58:31.483+11:00This is a beautiful tribute to the capacity of so ...This is a beautiful tribute to the capacity of so many to come together in positive community in response to an inhuman act. #Illridewithyou must be one of the best uses of a twitter hashtag I've seen.Susan Scheidhttp://prufrocksdilemma.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com