on 08-03-2014 02:29 PM
on 08-03-2014 04:05 PM
@donnashuggy wrote:Well well well 🙂
from what i can gather all the lock outs and related cosmetic changes have done is reduce staff numbers and hours. it seems an anti-business knee-jerk reaction for the sake of populism. headlines defeat facts again.
on 08-03-2014 04:53 PM
depriving people of a nightlife is draconian. an international city and its entertainment precinct is stymied because of a few high profile incidents. we all need to stop driving now! people are killed on the roads after all. we should ban lightning too, it kills more people than sharks could ever do.
on 08-03-2014 04:55 PM
on 12-03-2014 10:05 AM
hoping one of my or anyone else's kids is injured is a problem alright.
all of this talk of 'king hits ' and 'coward punches' is hype anyway. i myself have been assaulted in this way a few times as a young Male . the violence is not new. it isn't as if the current generation of hoodlum is any more skilled than twenty or more years ago. its simply that the press chose to make it story of the month. this is reflected in statistics. they want to make people angry and fearful and it appears to have succeeded.
on 12-03-2014 10:17 AM
@march470 wrote:what a terrible attitude by so many to the deaths and the injuries that are caused by booze and how terrible the support of continuing this mentality people are trying to stop the deaths and the what do we see here people not supporting it and sre trying to stop it and many of tyhese people are parents my heart goes out to all the parents who have lost a child through the boozed up king hits
to me so many are happy to see people die from coward punches has to make you wonder
wonder what their attitude would be if it happened to one of theire familyt members
Not a single person said they're happy to see anyone die from any sort of violence.
What I see are people having a discussion on an age old problem.
Most of the attacks in which people have been killed would not have been prevented by earlier closing times. The most high profile ones have occured much earlier than 3 am. When the footy club that I used to live near closed at midnight there'd be a mob of people outside waiting for taxis and fights were common because there were a mob of people angry about getting shut out "early".
12-03-2014 05:07 PM - edited 12-03-2014 05:09 PM
How would you know who has a family member, relative or friend who's been attacked by some thug?
DOn't assume because people don't agree with you that they have not been affected by the problem.
Further, I'd prefer to blame the offenders rather than punish everyone. Often the offenders are not even drunk. They might use the steroid type drugs or just be very angry people.
on 08-03-2014 03:57 PM
on 08-03-2014 04:05 PM
@donnashuggy wrote:Well well well 🙂
from what i can gather all the lock outs and related cosmetic changes have done is reduce staff numbers and hours. it seems an anti-business knee-jerk reaction for the sake of populism. headlines defeat facts again.
on 08-03-2014 04:32 PM
@lakeland27 wrote:
@donnashuggy wrote:Well well well 🙂
from what i can gather all the lock outs and related cosmetic changes have done is reduce staff numbers and hours. it seems an anti-business knee-jerk reaction for the sake of populism. headlines defeat facts again.
So you support 24 hour trading and the drunks and binge drinking and COWARD punches and the damage that they do and the lives that they take... and you are saying that the OP supports this as well then?
on 08-03-2014 04:48 PM
@nero_wulf wrote:
@donnashuggy wrote:Well well well 🙂
and the point you are attempting to make is?
silly headlines without facts sell papers
on 08-03-2014 04:53 PM
depriving people of a nightlife is draconian. an international city and its entertainment precinct is stymied because of a few high profile incidents. we all need to stop driving now! people are killed on the roads after all. we should ban lightning too, it kills more people than sharks could ever do.
on 08-03-2014 04:55 PM
on 08-03-2014 04:57 PM
@donnashuggy wrote:
@nero_wulf wrote:
@donnashuggy wrote:Well well well 🙂
and the point you are attempting to make is?
silly headlines without facts sell papers
and again the point you are trying to make is?
Or do you as has been implied in a post above by lakeland27 and the fact you have made it green as the solution that you support 24 hour trading and the drunks and binge drinking and COWARD punches and the damage that they do and the lives that they take...
where do you stand on the lockouts
where do you stand on attempts to curb the COWARD punches and the deaths
where do you stand on attempts to stop the violence
Please do tell us where you stand
on 08-03-2014 05:08 PM
@lakeland27 wrote:depriving people of a nightlife is draconian. an international city and its entertainment precinct is stymied because of a few high profile incidents.
A few.... more like a LOT and lots that have never been reported, Sadly you seem to be a supporter of drunks the violence and COWARD PUNCHES and the deaths and you make it seem so frivolous that in your words its... OOHhh yea so what a few people die or get permanent brain damage and a few people that did this end up in jail for life and the violence is all part of an urban city and should be allowed.....
I wonder how their parents and families would feel about your comments and attitude.....
I wish I was allowed to say in words on here just how much distaste I feel for your callous comments but I will zip my lip and hold my fingers from typing any more....
on 08-03-2014 05:15 PM